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  1. Muzz
    Soooo...RB and a tribute act for £50 plus? I'll pass...
  2. Muzz
    Love Bobby Vega - he was a revelation to me: I'd always played with a pick, and tho I can get by with fingerstyle or even a bit of slap when I really have to, it's my default setting. When I started playing other styles of music outside the rock genre where I began, I'd very often play them with a pick, palm muting and adapting attack and tone to suit. BV was the first player I'd seen taking pick playing outside the box like he does, and it knocked me out. He sounds like no-one else, and that's a very very rare thing. The fact that he's got everything else in spades is just the icing on the cake for me.
  3. Muzz
    Love it. If you're gonna relic something, do it properly...
  4. Muzz
    [quote name='Guinness21' timestamp='1446655102' post='2901208'] I bet that would be good then for like wooden/hollow stages. [/quote] I have a piece of acoustic foam a couple of inches thick, possibly 16" square, which I take to every gig. Any even vaguely hollow stages/floors, it goes under the cabs and really does prevent the resonant booming. No need to spend the money on a Gramma - the principle's very sound, you can do it for a couple of quid. The only proviso I'd add is I wouldn't put a 1x15 and 4x10 stack on foam - for one it'd compress down an awful lot, and it might be a little unstable, but I stack a couple of 112s (and previously 2 Barefaced cabs) no problem.
  5. Muzz
    [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1446413642' post='2899262'] The easiest way to develop your bass playing is to join a band that is musically and/or technically outside of your comfort zone. [/quote] This. There's lots of reasons a band would want to take someone on.
  6. Muzz
    She can play very fast. Another parpy tone. Ummmm, that's it for me...
  7. Muzz
    Still in there at number two, though...
  8. Muzz
    I've only just seen this one, and I'm not in the market for the head, but I particularly liked the cla[size=4]im "[color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]This amp has more tone...than any other bass amp in its class." [/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]More tone? That's what we need! Not happy with your tone? You need more of it! [/font][/color][/size]
  9. Muzz
    I've long felt my Blues Allergy* would prevent me from doing this sort of thing, and this thread's just reinforced that belief... * It's a medical condition...me neck swells up and I get nauseous by the end of the first chorus...
  10. Muzz

    discreet

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    Sold a cab to Mark, another painless deal done - he's a pillar of this place, I tell you, a pillar.
  11. Muzz
    OK...I'm on it... Ta.
  12. Muzz
    Yours!
  13. Muzz
    PM'd re the strap...
  14. Muzz
    Just seen this topic pop up again, and it's reminded me to post again. Three or four months down the line, lots of gigs, and it's fair to say they've been pretty well thrashed, mostly with a pick, and they're still very fresh. There's a little discolouring at the bridge end where the pick hits them, but crucially no feathering or flaking. The tone is of good roundwounds maybe a couple of gigs in - just that initial edge (I won't say 'zing', because they were smoother than that from the word go) has faded, but they're still bright and responsive. If they made the Stainless Nanowebs in Extra Long Scale for my Dingwall, I'd have bought them like a shot, but sadly they don't.
  15. Muzz
    I put an East U-Retro in my ABZ, and while it was a very nice bass to start with, it's raised the bar considerably. Mind you, I'm a big U-Retro fan - I have one in all my main basses.
  16. Muzz
    [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]As if Karl needed any more positive feedback...just completed a simple (barring the driving) trade with him - gentleman, scholar and bastion* of the NWOBHM.. [/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Cheers Pal.[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]* I hope this means what I think it means...hang on and I'll check...err: [color=#6A6A6A][b]Bastion[/b][/color][color=#545454] definition, Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work[/color][/font][/size] [color=#545454][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#545454][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif] [/font][/color][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#545454]Yeah, that'll do... [/color][/font][/size]
  17. Muzz
    Aaaaand it's gone. Well, on its way. Thanks for all the responses, guys. I've not had this cab long, but I've just gone the 2 x 112 route, and I'm clearing the decks completely now. It's a great one-cab solution, it's got the Schroeder bark and growl, and it's a very very loud and efficient (103dB) cab. Not as boxy as the angled Schroeder cabs, a more open sounding cab, this, but it's still focussed on delivering the sort of sound that works fantastically well in a band setting. It's light (38lbs), and a breeze to schlep anywhere. In the glaring absence of the spec page, which is no longer on the Schroeder website, I can confirm it's 38lbs, 103db, measures 28" high x 17" wide x 15" deep, it says 800w(!) on the back and it's 4 ohms. It's priced at what I paid for it a few weeks ago because it has an issue with the crossover which I've not looked into, I've just turned the tweeter control completely off and played Having said that, I always turn tweeters off as a matter of course... Seriously tho, I've just not got round to looking at the issue, because I've been busy gigging, and now in about 36 hours I've ended up with a pair of 112s... It's got a cover which nearly covers it (it's kind of like when your Mum turned your trousers up a bit too short for your first day at school) but it a good quality one - probably Roqsolid, but I'm not positive. Anyway, it's a belting cab for the money, and is in great nick. No trades on this one as I'm done accumulating for the moment, and I'm firm on the price. Now, the only thing left is to see which way the photos end up... EDIT...Sideways...great... Cheers, Muzz [attachment=203609:IMG_3110.JPG] [attachment=203607:IMG_3108.JPG] [attachment=203608:IMG_3109.JPG]
  18. Muzz
    If you know what you want (and it can be a big if) from a bass, and it isn't available off the shelf, then luthier-made is a no-brainer. I think a lot of people think they know what they want, but when it comes to specifying every element of a bass, which is part of the luthier thing, then there can be pitfalls. Then the dissatisfaction, then the resale, and the big hit on depreciation... I keep buying Rays, even though I really don't get on with them and never play them live more than once, but I do like them as a thing. Luckily I've never bought a new one, so I can keep buying them and selling them without losing much money. When it comes to buying new, I've only done it twice in 25 years since my BB3000, first time was a factory-produced 4003W, which was rubbish (quality) and went back to GAK the next day, and then for the same money I got a luthier-made bass to my spec, which I'll never sell. It was twice, three times as good, for exactly the same money. That's not to say there isn't factory-produced stuff which isn't great quality - I bought a Deko 54PB from Thomann the other week, and it's as good as Squier stuff at ten times the price. Is a Fodera or a Ritter 200 times better, because that what it costs? It is if you want a Fodera or a Ritter...
  19. Muzz
    Quite a few repetitions in that list, and it looks very American, but if it helps for perspective, I got to 104 of those I play/have played/might conceivably play again. Apart from the Gotye one, of course: no-one's ever gonna want to hear that again. Ever.
  20. Muzz
    [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1445509219' post='2891954'] In 35 years of gigging I have never once been asked by either the band or the audience where my Fender bass was. [/quote] Nope me neither, and I've used some pretty esoteric basses in the 35 years, too, a lot of which, ironically, looked a lot less like a Fender than a Wal does...
  21. Muzz
    Yup, they look like my rules, anyway. Edit: I preferred it when they weren't there... :/
  22. Muzz
    Congratulations: that's the definitive bass rig right there...I still would if I was in any sort of position to. "One rig to rule them all..."
  23. Muzz
    Bump for a price drop!
  24. Muzz
    I know a band up this neck of the woods booked a very large civic venue for an album launch gig, and got a few hundred people there. Basically all their keyboards, texture stuff and even backing vocals were programmed into the sequencer/controller. Curtains open, lights up, keys player frantically trying to reboot sequencer/controller. Five arse-clenching minutes later they sacked the whole gig as it had just bricked itself. They'd never even rehearsed without the thing, the drummer had never played with them without the click. they were completely adrift. Educational and very funny in one go. All I'm talking about is treble and bass (or if anyone's feeling extra brave, maybe the mid pot), guys, calm down...
  25. Muzz
    Give it a try...you might enjoy it...
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