Muzz

Streamliner?

Michael Bolton? It's not either of those dep gigs this weekend, is it Dave? If it is, I can't help but feel somehow responsible...you have my sincere sympathy... If it's of any consolation, I found myself unavoidably playing about a minute and a half of Mustang F@&%ing Sally* on Saturday night... * Yes, this is the actual title...

Never been given an hour to get the sound right. As a consequence, we can do it in 20 minutes, less if we really, really have to... Best 'turn it down' was a hotel we played in Montrose as part of the music festival up there - it was a very posh place, they didn't really want bands on, clearly, but had been dragged into the whole thing as pretty much every other place in the town was hosting gigs. On arrival, they said "Can you play quietly over there?", pointing to a small corner. Accordingly, we set up small (PA tops only, minimal kit, acoustic as much as possible), and the drummer hit the snare once to test it - not hard - the Woman In Charge came scuttling over "Oohhh no no no, that's far too loud: we've a tea dance going on next door, you can't disturb them."...

Another deal with Chris - an amp this time - and as always, well packed, delivered and perfect comms all round.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1430070856' post='2757718'] I want to see a monster head on top of it looking tiny [/quote] Gotta be two SVTs side by side... This is utterly mental, and therefore one of the most entertaining things I've read on here in a long time...

I play in a function band which does all sorts from Johnny Cash to Nirvana to Luther Vandross to GnR to Bruno Mars - all my basses have U-Retros in them, and despite having an iPad with Jamup, I find I just have one tone set on the amp (the fantastic Acoustic preset) and the U-Retro, together with different playing styles is plenty to get all sorts of sounds to cover everything. It's all in the mids...

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1429876277' post='2755847'] A pedal in a head into the same pedal on the floor. Real minimum. [/quote] Have another go at reading Lozz's post, dude...

His house concerts are very special. I keep failing to organise one round at our house... I'm pretty sure the rider details are on his website...

I've got EMG 40Ps in my Shuker, and they're very P-like, and not particularly hi-fi. And I'm a rock grunter at heart...

Three of my four main basses sound like a P when I want them to, but none of them look like one at all - a Shuker Horn, a Dingwall ABZ and a Thunderland (Thunderbird with a Lakland neck). It's all down to pickup and position thereof.

Oooooo, the Forty Eight looks promising...

I always stock up on DR strings, and last time I was there I regretted not buying an Aguilar Tonehammer 500 head...

[font=tahoma, geneva, sans-serif] [/font][size=4][font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif]I've just seen it - yup, it's dull, despite the somewhat breathless description: "...a grain pattern so intense it is reminiscent of the sand storms on the surface of Jupiter..." Really? Heheheheeeeee.... [/font][/size]

Slag fest? Hahahahaaaa... You said yourself "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]although the tube is completely inaudible", I was agreeing with you. [/font][/color]

I can see why people would spend that sort of money on a Ritter, they really do transcend the bass guitar into a piece of art, then suddenly all bets are off as to what it costs or what it's worth, but Foderas? They don't even look like all the money, at heart they're such a tedious design, and yeah, the butterfly does look like something a Chinese factory would add these days...

Not a problem - I'd ordered one from GAK as they came out last year around my 50th birthday, so for once I had the indulgence fund to be able to buy one. I've loved the look of them forever, and my first 'proper' bass was a 1980 4001 Jetglow (Geddy!) I got for my 16th birthday, so it all seemed set in the stars... Anyway, the one I got wasn't £1600-worth of bass - it just wasn't good enough. Granted, the ergonomics are always a challenge compared to a lot of other basses, but I'm a pick-player rock-klutz who owned one for nearly a decade: the one I got didn't play particularly well, wasn't set up well (the nut was cut wayyy high) and was just a lifeless thing. Well, not lifeless, but I've played £300 Indonesian basses with more zing. I sent it back the next day, very disappointed. Then I went into PMT in Manchester and played one in there, and to be honest that wasn't any more inspiring. All IMHO, YMMV, and all that, and I probably copped for a duffer (or two), and I'll bet a good one is great. I just didn't want to have to keep trying them at that price range. Cost me £30 shipping to try the first one... I still think the 4003W is the best-looking thing they've ever produced...

I thought the LM Tube was the most pointless of the tubed mini heads - you'd hear much more valve with something like a Streamliner or even a GK Fusion. The 'big transformers' thing appears to produce this mystical thing called 'heft', which is much toted on here - some folk swear by it. some folk don't....YMMV, etc...

They look fantastic, glad you like it. I bought one a year ago brand new and it went back the next day...