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[quote name='woodster' post='312836' date='Oct 23 2008, 11:21 AM']Just for reference, the Er15 data is as follows.... Freq (Hz) 125 250 500 1K 2K 4K 8K Att (db) 17.5 17.6 18.0 16.3 17.3 15.8 20.8 This equates to an almost flat graph and a much more 'natural' sound.[/quote] I stand corrected! I said, *I STAND CORRECTED!!!*

[quote name='sixshooter' post='312813' date='Oct 23 2008, 10:39 AM']It is off "The Kids Are Alright" DVD Special DVD Edition SVE3050 Sanctury Records. Released in 2004 and recorded in 1979[/quote] Wonderful film. Also worth seeing (and contains some of the same footage) is Amazing Journey. Includes a very moving interview with Roger Daltrey.

[quote name='BassBod' post='312747' date='Oct 23 2008, 09:26 AM']That sound was something special - Alembics and whatever was giving the fuzzzzz. I never could understand what happened to his sound later, the stuff I've heard with Warwick and Status basses just sounds thin and over effected to me...but I'm sure this is more to do with his choice of effects/signal chain than the basses themselves?[/quote] The sound on Live at Leeds was pretty special, too (amazing considering the pissy sounds everyone else was getting at the time) and that was just a Precision and a wall of Hiwatts.

[quote name='clauster' post='312780' date='Oct 23 2008, 10:11 AM']That's good to hear about the necks, I like quite a deep profile. I'm one of the few that loves Warwick's bolt-on necks.[/quote] yeah, the necks are geet big solid things. Much deeper than my CIJ Precision. That's good for avoiding dead spots, right?

[quote name='THT' post='312495' date='Oct 22 2008, 08:54 PM']I guess the next question would be then, where can I find MIJ basses? They don't seem to common round my area (Norwich)[/quote] Hello! Me again. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=30204&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=30204&hl=[/url]

[quote name='Beedster' post='312475' date='Oct 22 2008, 08:32 PM']A used MIJ at around £250-300 is your best bet. You'll get an MIA for £450-500, but the quality of the US models is far more variable than the Jap counterparts, and most guys who have a good MIA won't let it go for that sort of price anyway. Chris[/quote] What he said. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=30204&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=30204&hl=[/url]

[quote name='Clarky' post='312454' date='Oct 22 2008, 08:04 PM']There is only one word for this guy and its unprintable on this family Forum [/quote] True - as for unprintable though, apparently it gets past the auto-censor if you put an 's' on the end.

[quote name='Protium' post='312434' date='Oct 22 2008, 07:49 PM']"We're sorry, but tune_o_matic has declined your Best Offer for US $1.00"[/quote] heh! Bet that got him spitting and frothing with rage. My turn now...

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='312389' date='Oct 22 2008, 07:04 PM']I dont mean to be picky and I have already upset Burpster, BUT you guys keep coming up with cheaper alternatives to the ER's that are frankly crap. Look at the attenuation published on their website: CE Mark attenuation data (sorry cant get it to format properly. Freq. (Hz) 63 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k Mean attenuation 13.9 16.1 19 22.7 25 32.2 41.1 36.9 Thats not exactly flat! Great if all you want to hear is bass mind![/quote] Picky is good. But I reckon that's probably not too different from any other plug. Low frequencies are always harder to stop. Also: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher-Munson_curves"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher-Munson_curves[/url]

[quote name='clauster' post='311323' date='Oct 21 2008, 02:10 PM']Nope, that's exactly what I want to hear I've even been through the unofficialwarmoth.com board and can't even find anyone on there who's been unhappy. Once I've got my ultra simple P, the next step will be to pimp-up my Warwick Corvette to the max - active everything, switchable everything, etc, etc and then get/build a classic-style Jazz to cover the middle ground :-)[/quote] I've posted a few times here saying how much I like them, so in the interests of balance I've been trying to find something I don't like about them. All I can think of is that I got some dodgy advice one time - I asked if I could place a P pickguard on a dinky P body as a template to drill through the control holes and they said yes. If I'd done that I'd have missed the control cavity. Other than that, and the fact that they have low resale value, still love 'em.

[quote name='Thunderhead' post='311266' date='Oct 21 2008, 01:05 PM']Have a look at a pic of any P-Bass. Then wait until you have the strings on, tune the top two to a bit lower than normal (to allow enough slack to push them down but still tight enough that they don't flop about), rest the string tree on the strings in the position you saw in the pics, then push it straight down onto the headstock, taking care you don't force the strings sideways. Mark the screw hole position with a sharp object - the screw itself will do if you can get enough pressure on it with your thumb to press into the wood slightly - and drill the hole.[/quote] Exactly what I did and it worked fine.

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='298978' date='Oct 3 2008, 10:17 PM']Folklore hath said that Norman went into the studio with his Alembic Series I (bought off of Luis Jardim who had two at the time!) played the relevant riffs (which Trevor sampled!) and got paid £500 for less than an hour's work! Nice one![/quote] [quote]there was just a documentary on 6music, enititled "the look of love", charting 80's pop productions, and Trevor Horn described recording Two tribes- it took over a month to programme the bassline alone.....[/quote] So which is true? I'd heard that it was Norman.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='310965' date='Oct 21 2008, 06:24 AM']Your kit seems a bit expensive..... try this company..... VERY very good.... (I have a couple of different pairs!) [url="http://www.ultimateear.com/"]http://www.ultimateear.com/[/url][/quote] plugs or IEMs? which ones?

[quote name='dood' post='310458' date='Oct 20 2008, 02:30 PM']And a reminder of the ear plugs sticky... many tales of woe and advice to be heeded! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=533"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=533[/url][/quote] Can I slightly derail this thread and ask for recommendations for *really* comfortable (ie custom) and great-sounding in-ear monitors that'll double as hearing protection? I have narrow canals and haven't ever found earphones or earplugs that don't feel horrible. Something for on-stage monitoring, in-rehearsal attenuation and on-bike entertainment. That's be lovely. Thanks!

[quote name='Toasted' post='307678' date='Oct 16 2008, 10:10 AM']This should help: 0.5uF = 500nF = 500000pF I have hundreds of 0.5 uf caps. If you can't find one let me know what [b]voltage[/b] and what [b]type[/b] you need and I'll bob a couple in the post to you FOC.[/quote] Lifer was asking for 0.05 = 50nF. What's the circuit? 50nF isn't a standard value nowadays. 47nF will usually be close enough; if not, get two 100nF and wire them in series.

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='271711' date='Aug 28 2008, 12:49 PM']I've got a warmoth jazz, the body weighs a ton so there's no neck dive. Think the body wood on mine is all walnut so might depend on what body wood you choose[/quote] I have a Warmoth swamp ash dinky P that weighs 3.4kG and there is no problem with neck dive.

[quote name='artisan' post='302871' date='Oct 9 2008, 11:45 AM']ey up mate nice to see you back here [/quote] Pleasant surprise indeed, I haven't been around much and just logged on to see if I could get involved in an acrimonious debate about single parents or the price of fish. Right, last time you were posting there was a thread about charging batteries inside a P bass without butchering the pickguard...I think I have a solution, any interest?

[quote name='alexclaber' post='277990' date='Sep 5 2008, 04:23 PM'][/quote] Haha, Alembic nicked the design from Fender, then RG Keen (whoever he is) sticks the schematic on his site and has the cheek to slap a copyright warning on it. Alex is right about the unclippability of the input stage. And it does look like a bargain, specially considering how much Alembic charge for their version of it. Wonder what sort of quality valve they use in it though?

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='276836' date='Sep 4 2008, 11:55 AM']Bremen - you have the Elvis Dambusters clock plate of Tutenkamen as your avatar. Do you really have one or is it just a pic. Brilliant. [/quote] I wish! I think it was someone else here that reminded me of it, and I found the image somewhere. I'm thinking of replacing it with the Life of Christ in Cats.

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='277276' date='Sep 4 2008, 06:45 PM']I'm very much of the opinion that why rig ££££'s of gear with penceworth cables too...so much so that I've signed up to the 'directional cable' school of thought! [/quote] Spaking as a professional electronics engineer, and amateur bass player and music lover: Not being funny, but if directional cables make any difference to the sound of a system then the laws of physics don't apply to audio electronics and someone should be getting funding from NASA and CERN to do a phd on the subject ;-) The main reason hifi shops push expensive interconnects and speaker wire is because their margins on audio gear have been cut to the bone, but there's still huge markups to be made on 'special' cables - it's also very easy to get a customer to think 'well, I've paid 2 grand for that system so 200 quid for cables isn't much relatively speaking'. From what I know of OBBN's philosophy to cables he uses the best, toughest, most reliable parts rather than snake-oil that's the product of a marketing department. All that is required for wiring speakers within a cabinet is that it's of sufficiently low impedance to be insignificant compared to the voice coil of the speaker and the output impedance of the amplifier, and be adequately insulated, and that sort of cable does cost pence; you can spend £££ on silver cable or Litz wire but the only reason it'll sound any different is because you know it's there. Guitar leads are a different matter and you do get what you pay for up to a point (though I fart in the general direction of anyone who markets one cable for 'rock' and another for 'jazz') as screened cables are a much more complex piece of engineering and the low level signals coming from a passive bass are a lot more easily damaged. There you go, £££ saved. Spend it on a nice bass and some beer :-)

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='277200' date='Sep 4 2008, 04:50 PM']I've decided I'm going to put an on off switch on it . This one [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=37319"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=37319[/url][/quote] you do know that that's not a switch, just the cover...? Wire the switch across the jack, not in series with it, for minimum on/off 'click'.

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='277060' date='Sep 4 2008, 02:50 PM']Morning all! As some of you may've noticed, I'm currently changing one cone on a 4x10 cab of mine. Due to reasons beyond my control I had to cut the wire that goes to the speaker, and it's now gonna be too short to work with when I get the new cone. Do I need to get a special 'high output/low impedance/multicore/plastic coated spaghetti' wire, or will anything do? As I'll be patching the new wire to the end of the old wire, will I need to match the wires perfectly? I'm guessin it's kinda special, as it seemed to be thicker, and the inner strands were a lot tougher to flex...but some hints&tips would be MUCHO APPRECIATO! I'm getting pretty nifty with the ol' soldering iron and heat-shrink, but wire still just looks like bits of string to me! [/quote] You don't need anything fancy. PM me and I'll send you a few feet of something suitable.

[quote name='tauzero' post='276963' date='Sep 4 2008, 01:30 PM']Bodyless basses (eg. Hohner B2, Steinberger cricket bats). Completely the wrong body shape for those of us of A Certain Shape.[/quote] I have a Hohner B2 and I'm of The Other Shape (think John Cooper Clarke); it's completely the wrong body shape for me too ;-)

[quote name='OldGit' post='276793' date='Sep 4 2008, 10:53 AM']+1 Eb? yup... Notice how many of Famliy Man's lines are in Eb? No co-incidence.[/quote] I hadn't...does he tune the E down, do you know? I guess he has the option to play a 5 string nowadays, but it was always a Jazz when I saw him. Ah, Trenchtown Rock. The morld's most perfectest bass line, ever :-)

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='276713' date='Sep 4 2008, 09:04 AM']It is the second most useless knob on my Jazz (the first being me obviously)[/quote] haha, like it - I'll use that at our next rehearsal :-)