Ian Savage

...apologies if this has been posted before, did a quick search but couldn't find it; pretty much sums up why I'll certainly be replacing my P when I need another four-string...

http://christarry.com/my-p-bass-is-a-jedi-master.html

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Cheers for all the replies guys, it's a nice bass but looking at the finances I think I will be moving it on after all.
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Chap over here looking for a good, cheap bass: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/497/a-good-low-cost-bass#latest

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My thoughts exactly! Looks like some DBS or VBA gear will have to find it's way to me then! Or just keep saving for the ellusive Laney Nexus I want!

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*cough* might be selling a DBS7200 *cough*

Bugger, that means that the VBAs will only get pricier secondhand always wanted one, will probably never happen now...

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I had some little 8" Peavey wedges that clipped together a a pair which would have been perfect for what you want, can't remember the model number for sh*te now! I might come back to this thread tomorrow when i'm less full of wine...
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Out of interest, stumbled upon these today which are the ones I remember having: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peavey-Mini-Monitors-pair-/121157942331?pt=UK_ConElec_SpeakersPASystems_RL&hash=item1c35937c3b

I'm out I'm afraid, got me little 'un!

...I've done a little comment piece for the website I write for with a few opinions from successful PledgeMusic artists and my own 2p-worth, feel free to read and discuss: http://www.themidlandsrocks.com/?p=23167&preview=true

Anyone here done, doing or looking at doing a crowdsourced release?

I don't think the OLPs had serial numbers / model designations as such, they were just low-cost Korean-made takes on the Stingray with various finishes, 4 or 5 strings and active or passive EQ as specced. Looks like they go for £100-150 on eBay, depending on spec and condition - if the one you've found is cheaper than that go for it!

Those look decent tuners (bound to be a step up from the snot-green tulip-types on yer average Epiphone SG), and if this is from the last four or five years it'll have Wilkinson hardware throughout. If I was in London I'd be all over that, either to rebuild or break for parts - someone DO IT!

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They were advertised as being basswood. Or was it poplar?
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Poplar, if memory serves.

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I have known these things to be triggered by audience noise!

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Yep, me too - mostly ridiculous, pointless devices. Frankly IMO if your venue is in a residential area, you're going to struggle to put on a full amplified band with a drummer; look for bands using electronic kits, source some acoustic acts or go disco/karaoke.

Sorry, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit

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There are no bass amps on the Marshall website now - with the exception of the Lemmy special order item.
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Bloody hell, you're right - not even a VBA! Might have done well to hold off selling one of mine

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1375596187' post='2163192']
I used to have a Marshall 2x15 rig back in the 80s.
I think the main reason they get dismissed for bass kit is because they stick the stuff together with Pritt stick.
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I wouldn't rely on one of the MBs, but the DBSeseses I'm rocking right now seem pretty much bullet-proof

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If an ad says "Christian bass player wanted" do they feel they have to say things like "Promise you won't get cross if I don't quite nail the line"?

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I totally would if I was sharp enough to come up with that.

That'd be fair! Shame he's asking £250 more than that

Well, I appreciate THAT the SUBs will probably appreciate in value nicely over the next ten or twenty years, but asking an extra couple of hundred quid at least on top of what a bass was going for new less than ten years ago is taking the piss a smidge...

He'll get nowhere near that. Even good-condition ones go for substantially less than £500 in the current market - IMO they ARE actually worth that, they're great basses, but some of us remember them being sold new for around £400 when they were discontinued...

For rehearsal use only, my preference would just be to get a little mixer and a decent secondhand power amp (as I've said before in threads like this, in the rush to lightweight digital stuff the big ol' heavy-but-full-of-power amplifiers are going for a song) or a mixer-amp and run it into a couple of monitor wedges. I'm amazed at how many rehearsal rooms DON'T take this approach, as it's far closer to what bands are likely to experience onstage at a show and saves the faff of speaker stands, reduces the potential for feedback (if the wedges are well-placed) as well as giving you the option to 'tweak' the mix a bit more to give each member closer to what they need.

If you're a fairly quiet band, a few hundred Watts should be enough; something like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Crown-XLS-202-Professional-PA-Amplifier-200W-/171087337439?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item27d59997df , this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1U-power-amplifier-/130959030385?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item1e7dc43871 or this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/crest-Audio-FA901-/271247995027?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item3f27a3f093 would do the job nicely, then a cheap-and-cheerful little Behringer mixer or something.

Otherwise (less expandable, but easier) you could go for a mixer/amp from the likes of Studiomaster, Peavey et al (this'd do: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peavey-XR-600C-Powered-Mixer-/290951751254?pt=UK_Mixers&hash=item43be136656) and run it into a couple of wedges along these lines: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Studiomaster-Px-12-wedge-monitor-/221260738750?pt=UK_ConElec_SpeakersPASystems_RL&hash=item33842af0be - I had some little 8" Peavey wedges that clipped together a a pair which would have been perfect for what you want, can't remember the model number for sh*te now! I might come back to this thread tomorrow when i'm less full of wine...

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That leopard skin stool is real man cave stuff,
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Matches the sofa

From one of these:



to this:



(via a WHOLE bunch of other stuff) in about twelve years. Not bad going.

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and then when the producer finally declares 'it's a wrap' , you pull out the secret bacon sandwich

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No it isn't, it's a sandwich

Hmmm, interesting - don't suppose you'd be interested in a swap for a Marshall DBS7200 head (plus maybe a 1x15" cab with cash my way) would you? I'm in Brum myself so could meet up somewhere...

You MIGHT grab a used Musicman SUB for that kinda money, can't be beat for what he wants.

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Ah-ha, someone else who realised that those old Ikea 'bedside tables' were the perfect width for rack gear

Well, they joy of doing it the way I've outlined above is that you can insert an active crossover between the desk and the amps. If you set a frequency (say, 80-100Hz or thereabouts) below which the signal goes to the sub and above which it goes to the tops, you keep the bass and kick out of your tops and the vocals etc out of your subs. Works a lot better and more efficiently than just relying on the passive crossovers which most subs have built-in.