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[quote name='Darshan' post='1206880' date='Apr 21 2011, 11:20 AM']Anyone know what kind of effect the 2nd Bass player is using here for the solo right at the end of the tune? I want that pedal! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00tzcnyDL68"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00tzcnyDL68[/url][/quote] Never mind the bass, how about that sax solo! Lifts the whole thing, what a rush.

[quote name='JTUK' post='1206849' date='Apr 21 2011, 10:58 AM']A good song is a good song is a good song.[/quote] Agreed with just about all the resposes to the OP (well, the sun's shining and I've taken my medication...). Overheard at my last (covers with 2 originals sneaked in) gig: 'Who's Gregory Isaacs?' and 'That's not a Bob Marley song! It's Eric Clapton!'

[quote name='nick' post='1202023' date='Apr 16 2011, 06:58 PM']Bombast is an all time favourite of mine too, but Two Librans, Gut of the Quantifier & M5#1 are also doing for it me at the moment.[/quote] That list should surely include Behind The Counter? MCR is stuffed to the gills with crusty brown basslines :-)

[quote name='Soliloquy' post='1204576' date='Apr 19 2011, 11:23 AM']Everything that you can play on a 4 string bass, you can play easier on a 5 string bass.[/quote] There's something lovely about the simplicity of a 4 string with big gaps between the strings though. I just don't find playing 5 strings as relaxed. Maybe if I hadn't played 4 strings for about 20 years before getting a 5 I'd feel differently. Wouldn't like to be without either really.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1204066' date='Apr 18 2011, 08:09 PM']I seriously worry about your sight sometimes.[/quote] haha, god bless Wayne, Basschat's top bullshit detector (not calling the OP a bullsh*tt*r btw, just enjoying Wayne's disdain for coffee tables and bling)

[quote name='Matt_Arlita' post='1204258' date='Apr 18 2011, 10:58 PM']Currently looking at this beast for sale locally at a very cheap price. (Pic attached) Google isn't coming up with much useful information about it...I've gathered from the seller it's a 4 ohm cab but I can't find anything about the power handling of it. Does anyone here have any experience with this cab? Any info would be much appreciated![/quote] I used one for years and it was loud rather than deep. Nice dirty sound with an Ampeg V4.

[quote name='edster' post='1029443' date='Nov 19 2010, 04:08 PM']I pretty much but all my gear from here now. So far this year I've bought 3 basses, 2 cabs and an fx unit from BC'ers. If I'm buying secondhand this is the only site I'll use.[/quote] +1, never had a bad experience buying or selling here; feels more like trading with mates. Cetera, still *loving* the CIJ P neck you sold me a few years back. It's become part of the best bass I've ever played.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1201372' date='Apr 16 2011, 12:18 AM']Some pissed bloke once said "that was alright for free" does that count? [/quote] 'You all made a noise at the same time!'

[quote name='TheGreek' post='1102258' date='Jan 25 2011, 04:42 PM']+1 I would also thoroughly recommend Terry Chapman's work - excellent work at reasonable prices..[/quote] Maybe a bit late, but Richard Bartram has done two jobs for me, including turning an unplayable (literally - it had potholes in it) fretless Precision neck into a thing of beauty, and totally removing all traces of fret buzz from a Warmoth 5 string. He really cares. [url="http://www.richardbartram.com/"]http://www.richardbartram.com/[/url]

[quote name='ainsley walker' post='1144836' date='Feb 28 2011, 08:30 PM']Yeah, I was planning on buying the Tech 21 Bass Driver DI. And no the amp doesnt have a Line Out I don't think. It literally just had: Inputs, Speaker outputs on the back and a preamp output on the front.[/quote] 'Preamp output' _is_ 'line out'.

Gary is a pleasure to do business with, and his merchandise is in perfect condition, as described. Cheers!

The best 'ampeg' sound I've got was from a Pod, modelling a Hiwatt 200. Second best was an Ampeg SVP Pro with a solid state power amp (my current rig). Last time I played through a SVT and 8x10 I was disappointed. The guy whose rig it was got a fantastic sound though, definitely an Ampeg sound. Not sure what point I'm making [All: so what else is new?] except that it's all in the fingers

[quote name='High score' post='468257' date='Apr 21 2009, 11:27 AM']input much appreciated but this is crap if I have to protect the system from itself!! You come across this before? Worth having a chat with the importer? Sound Control closed now so can't go back to the shop any more...........[/quote] I know what you mean. But it's a big amp, and takes a big surge that some house electrics are just a bit over-sensitive to. The guy who built the device had problems with it tripping the fuse at his rehearsal room.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='468229' date='Apr 21 2009, 11:07 AM']I really don't buy that. Yes the all-valve SVT and sealed 8x10" cab has a distinct sound but the rest of their gear varies hugely. I would suggest that if you see a rock band who have a nice fat rock bass sound happening and there's an Ampeg rig there then you attribute that to the rig when you could get that same sound from so many other rigs. Just like the hordes of guitarists out there believing that you can only get 'that' tone from a Marshall stack cranked up to 11. The power of marketing and subconsious self-persuasion... Alex[/quote] Bit like that 'unmistakeable Ric sound' that turns out to be a well-spanked Jazz :-) hurr hur, I said 'well-spanked jazz'

[quote name='High score' post='468230' date='Apr 21 2009, 11:09 AM']I think I have seen this posted elsewhere but can't find it. Have a problem with my Ampeg SVT6-PRO. This amp has hardly been used and just over a year old (shameful isn't it) and it seems to trip fuses when it is fired up. I strongly suspect it has such a high current draw on start up due to the caps inside that it is acting like a dead short. Once running, it can be switched off / on normally. Issue only seems to occur when fired up for the first time. Anyone got any ideas? Do I have a problem with the amp? I also remember seeing a unit that could be placed in line for high draw equipment to prevent this - anyone point me in the right direction? Help appreciated..............[/quote] Yes, someone here built himself a surge protector for not a lot. The only active component is a NTC thermistor, such as [url="http://uk.farnell.com/epcos/b57237s109m/thermistor-ntc-1r-9a/dp/1688801"]http://uk.farnell.com/epcos/b57237s109m/th...r-9a/dp/1688801[/url]

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='468154' date='Apr 21 2009, 10:06 AM']This is just a weekly social outing for this moron. Move on [b]now[/b] before you regret it!![/quote] Nicely put.

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='467616' date='Apr 20 2009, 04:40 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Carlsbro-Cobra-90-Bass-Amp-Head-Used_W0QQitemZ170323086866QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item170323086866&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1688|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318#ht_500wt_1088"]link[/url] Another Carlsbro... More reasonably priced for now! Were these things any good back in the day?[/quote] No. They were a poor man's HH (which in turn was a poor man's Ampeg or Fender Bassman)

[quote name='Mike Batt' post='467587' date='Apr 20 2009, 04:10 PM']Would be interested but I'm a lefty so yours is probably the wrong way round! In my opinion I am THE Mike Batt (the Wombles guy is the imposter) As I normally say to the millions who have made this observation "same name, different bank account". Do you know if they make a hard case for these or do they fit in a "standard" case?[/quote] They're symmetrical (apart from the controls). I didn't realise they did a lefty version! Yes, you can get a hard case. They'd rattle round a bit in a standard case. Yes, I am aware that the Wombles guy is merely a tribute act. Respect!

[quote name='Mike Batt' post='467568' date='Apr 20 2009, 03:54 PM']Has anyone out there owned one of these (I think the model is B2AB). What do you thi nk? Played one in Bass Cellar recently and I'm thinking of buying but not decided. Any views? Cheers[/quote] I have one for sale. It has a nice neck pup, very dark. Personally I dislike the bridge pup but others would disagree. It hangs a bit strange, very good access to higher frets but totally different from my beloved Precision. The nut is more like a J width than a P. Great for big bands on small stages. Stays in tune when you whack fellow band members on the back of the head. You're not THE Mike Batt, are you? Not worthy! Not worthy!

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='467447' date='Apr 20 2009, 01:50 PM']I was reading the thread from the guy that wants to learn Bakithi Kumalo's line on 'You Can Call Me Al' and noted a few people said it was something they had learned/wanted to learn. Having a perverse sense of perspective, my immediate thought was 'why'? We all do it. There is a list of bass lines that seem to be essential learning for bass players; 'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick', 'Teen Town', 'Amazing Grace' by Wooten, that thing by Stu Hamm - you know the stuff I am talking about. It's all over YouTube. So we all go learn it and what? We only ever play it to impress people who aren't musicians (if it looks harder than it is) or to impress other musicians (if it is harder than it looks). We waste hours of study time learning a chunk of Stanley Clarke, or a wodge of Les Claypool, a modicum of Mark King or a pinch of Jaco or Flea. We should be studying music not musicians licks. These are just party tricks not core skills. I think its probably fair to say that the kids that don't do these things and focus on the core knowledge are probably going to be better that those that can execute the party pieces but can't really play music. For the record, I haven't learned Kumalo's line but did do Teen Town, Berlin's 'Bach' solo, 5G, Motherlode etc and a couple of bits of Stu Hamm! I am as bad as anytime in this area of wastage but urge developing players not to waste time on juggling and 'play the damn music' Listen to the grooves and don't worry about the fills; they're not important! Jeff Berlin is my guru - just don't make me listen to him playing! [/quote] I can't even play Smoke On The Water. How cool am I!

[quote name='Jimbo' post='467155' date='Apr 20 2009, 01:20 AM']N.B. IIRC Paul Simonon regretted (after the event) smashing up his 'good' Precision on the iconic London Calling album cover.[/quote] Apparently he thought it was a not-so-good bass; didn't realise it was his best bass till it was too late.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='467208' date='Apr 20 2009, 09:10 AM']I go pre - if the engineer is a numpty with cloth ears, me eqing the bass before s/he gets the signal is not going to disguise the fact [/quote] Very true. The correct answer, of course, is 'both'. A pre-EQ DI and a mic in front of your eq'd, effected, distorted luvverly cab.

[quote name='leschirons' post='465639' date='Apr 17 2009, 11:16 PM']Take a back up fretted.[/quote] Bah. I suppose if he'd said he was about to attempt to swim [i]la manche[/i] you'd have said 'wear water wings' Fretless pride! Courage!

[quote name='OldGit' post='464671' date='Apr 17 2009, 08:45 AM']+1 I blame the parents[/quote] Never was this more true than in the case of Carol Thatcher's recent disgraceful behaviour at the BBC (not you, Sean).