Simon C

We had some good feedback last night. A number of the youth (12 - 18), who go to their own sessions after the opening worship set, said it was the best opening set they'd heard at the service. That could of course have meant we'd been really bad previously😁, but I chose to take it as meaning it was good. I made sure I arrived early in case the keyboards were at the front of the dias so that I could move them back before the keyboard player arrived. We've a problem with people on the front row looking like they don't want to be there / are bored / not looking like they are trying to engage the congregation. So I wanted to try and tip the balance in the favour of an engaged looking front line. The keyboards were on the front, they got moved back before the keyboard player arrived and replaced with my pedal board and mic stand with ipad holder fixed. The keyboard player when she arrived and set-up was then distracted by sound issues she was having with her over-ear headphones. So it worked out ok with the only explaining I had to do being to the sound tech who arrived at the same time as me and was on-board with it. It might sound like a small thing (or something worse), but I think it's important that those in the worship band, particularly at the front of the dias are looking engaged - does anyone else have thoughts?

If it’s his best designs then it’s the L2000 surely. I wanted to say “iconic designs” but, other than amongst G&L fans (of which I’m one) I don’t feel the L2K has quite got there.

These sat unused for about 8 months. When the round wounds on my shortscale died I put these cobalt flats on them. I thought they might work quite well on a shortscale. I’ve had them on for about 2 weeks and they are working ok. The high friction isn’t as noticeable - I think because a fretted bass doesn’t have the same accuracy requirement as a fretless does on a slide. I’ll keep them on for a few months and see how they age.

I think James the guitarist stopped playing 2 bars early too (he doesn't think so!) and Jake the drummer (who was otherwise on top form) had no clue when he was supposed to stop - luckily I was already in the place I planned to be for the solo. So all good in gigs and bars 😁.

We had a good night last night: plenty of dancing and singing to 3 of the 4songs we did. The exception was “Everything but love” by Jaime Kyle. It’s a banging tune but I think the 4 of us were probably the only ones in the pub who knew it - now we’ve played it once hopefully a few remember it for next time we do it. “Price Tag” and “Perfect” (the one by Fairground Attraction) are good singalongs, and my bandmates covered my cock ups in “Perfect” well. I thought we might struggle with “You can call me Al” but we played it well and the crowd seemed to enjoy it. We had plenty of positive feed back afterwards. We performed for the 1st time with a band name: "In Progress" The video is less than 40s. It’s the only footage my mate took, but he managed to catch the bass solo in “You can call me Al” (not the original recording version, but something I could fit into 2 bars). You can call me Al.mp4

Ahh unfortunately it goes to the thread, not the post. Here is the link to the video: And the text: “There’s been a fair bit of chat on this thread, other sites and in video reviews about the different pick ups available for these basses. I’m posting this one so people can hear what is achievable with the stock Bartolinis. This is the EHB1000S, so the shortscale. The on-board eq is active, a bit of bass boost, low mids boosted a bit, treble boost most (but not all), the way. The pick up blend is centered. I’ve some compression on, but really just to clean up my playing. I have a bit of drive on from my Spectradrive - not much, but enough to get the top end just breaking up. The eq on the Spectradrive is set flat. So not too much processing after the instrument, though the drive is undoubtedly contributing to the sound. if you want to avoid listening to me talking, the playing starts at about 1:45. And in case you don’t listen to me, the reason it’s not the full song is I was struggling with an RSI at the time I recorded it. I’ve posted this as I think it may be a useful contribution - hopefully I don’t unintentionally send us off topic.“

Hopefully you can hear the pick ups in the EHB series well enough in the attached link to understand that the opinions which state “Bartolinis in these are rubbish / poor / dark / woolly (pick your own adjective)” should come with an “IMO” rather than being a statement of fact. I also use this bass live. One thing it doesn’t lack (IMO) is lack of punch (at least in active mode).

Q1. I don’t have any trouble switching scale lengths. I guess I may spend a little while looking at the neck whilst I’m playing when I switch - but I’m not sure. Q2. My short-scale is headless, so I don’t get any neck dive on it.

Did it arrive by itself or did it have shaped wood and strings attached to it?😀

FWIW I have Barts in my EHB1000S. I like them.

In case I count as an internet validation stranger (certainly I’m on the internet and, many would say, a little strange): Old Fashioned = good.

1 and 2 I don’t know. 3. well done. I didn’t think that was possible. The answer to the question is also “I don’t know.”😀 4. I don’t think mine does. If you look at the coloured dots on mine above, the gold, red and blue dots are for finger, slap and pick on the same bass. If there isn’t a dot then the knob position is 12 o’clock. I don’t recall having to adjust volume on the bass when switching from pick to finger (I don’t really slap). I’ll check this the next time I use it that may not be until the end of the month though. I use the Rudy Sarzo Toneprint. You could try putting it in yours and see what happens with the blend. Also note that there is a relationship between the level and blend. If the level is all the way to the left, then if you turn the blend to the right you may well get a volume loss. 5. I can’t remember as it’s a long time since I did it. 6. I would have thought it will as (if I’ve understood correctly) you are in effect changing the compressor settings.

I've seen plenty of folks writing that they've hardly ever used the Rick-o-sound. So I'm posting this in case anyone would like a listen to the 1st recording I've done with Rick-o-sound . I say in the video what I've done with the pups so I won't repeat it here. Any good natured ( positive or negative) comments on the sound I get with it are welcomed.

I think that belongs on the "Rickenbacker horror show" thread, rather on this Rickenbacker Porn thread. Or maybe we need Rickenbacker Porn Star names. As I recall the formula is: the colour of your first Ric and the hair style you were rocking on your 21st birthday. So mine is "Walnut Bouffant". 😁

It looks pretty good on the Walnut I think. The neck being in natural draws the attention away from the lack of binding imo.

Indie. I'm going for the “Might not be the songs that immediately spring to mind, but we’ve played them live and they go down well” angle. It looks like YouTube posts are de-rigeur on this thread, but the following songs are all on Spotify so I’ll be lazy and just post the band and track name: Sea Girls: Violet The Killers: All These Things That I’ve Done Cake: I will survive I like the thread. It’s made me think about other songs that we could do in this genre. I need to listen to The Kooks, Libertines, Fratellis and so on more than I do.

I'd forgotten about that one.....and I'd only being playing my Ric (purchased on 2nd Jan 2024 after a 2023 of abstinence) about 5 minutes prior to writing 😀.

Things to spend your money on: lessons; strings; a set-up. They are all allowed as I recall.

It looks good with the matching fireglo lamp and wall paint. Are the other 3 corners of the room similarly attired in Jetglo, Mapleglo and Walnut? 😀

I use KZ ZS10 Pro IEMs. They cost about £45 from Amazon two years ago; they have a pretty good bass response. We each have our own mixer, so we set our own mix. The game changer for me is that the mixers are stereo, so I can pan band members left and right. As I’m usually central on the dias I just pan people to where they are on stage , but keep the drummer (if we have one) central. If I’m off at one side I mix people left and right as I see fit. The stereo field gives sound separation so you can hear fellow band members better than through a regular mono monitor. I tend to put a bit of ambient in the mix so that I can hear how the congregation are responding. If you want to do more research there is a thread called, ironically for those of us who are church musicians 😀, “The IEM (in ear monitors) Bible Thread”. It tends to repeat, so I’d guess you’ll learn most of what you need from the last 5 pages or so.

I haven't posted on this thread much. I think mainly because our service had become rather dull and I didn't feel like posting. Not all of the reasons were worship music related but some were. Congregation members had been negative in their feed back to the sound-techs, so the decent sound-techs left the service, so then no one wanted to play drums as the remaining sound-techs weren't putting any drums in the mix (fear of negative feed back / lack of ability). So a full band sounded like the leader's voice and guitar and not much else. So congregation members left. So the community spirit started to wane, so more left ...... and so on. Anyway - we identified somethings that were going wrong, corrected those that we could quickly (e.g. turn the lights on so that people can see each other), and have been working on those that take a little longer. We've now had 3 services on the bounce with really positive feedback from the congregation. So things are moving in the right direction. We are even getting people who had ducked out of the worship band rota looking like they want to come back. 2 in particular are singers who look like they are engaging with the worship which is good - a number of our people who sing or are otherwise at the front of the dias give off an "I'm bored" appearance (I've managed to muscle my way to the front, but it needs more than me looking like I'm enjoying myself). Anyway - moving in the right direction. I think we've still a way to go but the feedback we are getting is encouraging.

On the previous page of this thread there are some picture of my walnut 4003. If the skunk strip is the stripe running down the middle of the neck, then it does have a skunk stripe. It is a 2022 model.

Does it have to be a 2023 model? Guitar Guitar, PMT and Andertons will all take an order. I’m guessing they’ll all take a deposit from you, then you wait until Rickenbacker get round to making some that they allocate to your guitar shop of choice. I suspect the dealers won’t actually know when they’ll get stock. If it’s the new bridge and single truss rod you want and that’s why you are looking for a 2023 model, my 2022 4003 in walnut has both of those features.

12/8 - the Disciples