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Don't tell Bilbo
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[quote name='bilbo230763' post='625833' date='Oct 14 2009, 11:23 AM']There's nothing wrong with any of this. I am just trying to save people a lot of hassle chasing things thay probably already have.[/quote] The build process of my bass -- from initially visiting Jon to select woods and decide on finish & hardware, right through to collecting it and having the dream realised -- was one of the least 'hassling' things I have ever done! If the rest of my life was as much 'hassle' as that, I'd be the most relaxed man alive.
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[quote name='bilbo230763' post='625823' date='Oct 14 2009, 11:11 AM']The aspect of all of this that I am 'challenging' is the practice of individuals specifying the minutiae of a new build to their own exacting standards vs just getting a great instrument and spending some quality time with it in order to make it sing.[/quote] I could just as easily challenge your decision to buy a Wal or grow a beard. It's individual taste, isn't it? What's wrong with that?
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[quote name='bilbo230763' post='625765' date='Oct 14 2009, 10:03 AM']And a small point to note. If an issue has been debated before, it doesn't mean it shouldn't be revisited. I have never discussed this issue before, as far as I can recall, so I reserve the right to raise it here and to engage in an identical debate to the ones which have already been rehearsed. If you have exhausted the debate in your own mind, then go start another thread on something you are currently mulling over and leave those that want to discuss this particular issue to do so in peace.[/quote] OK. Well in that case, look out for my forthcoming brand new threads on playing whilst singing, whether jazz is any good or not, vegetarians, which is best out of a Jazz or a Precision, Jade Goody, strap length, slapping, football, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc...
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[quote name='nash' post='625396' date='Oct 13 2009, 07:42 PM']what's wrong with cables? i've never tripped over one.[/quote] There's nothing wrong with cables at all. I use them sometimes but I prefer using the wireless.
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Ditto. I have never had a serious wireless problem.
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[quote name='peety' post='625008' date='Oct 13 2009, 02:25 PM']I really have no issue with him wanting to move on, i just find it strange that he drove the meeting about increasing gigs etc,[/quote] That's the bit I'm having trouble in understanding too.
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[quote name='bilbo230763' post='625198' date='Oct 13 2009, 04:41 PM']I agree - nothing custom about them. {Wals}[/quote] If you order one and specify a particular facing wood or finish, then it is.
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Oh feck me, not this creaky old chestnut AGAIN. Blimey, is it October already? [quote name='alexclaber' post='625026' date='Oct 13 2009, 02:34 PM']getting one of those 'expensive custom jobs' is in many cases vastly [b]less[/b] expensive than getting an Alembic or a Wal![/quote] Absolutely.
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[quote name='OldGit' post='624965' date='Oct 13 2009, 01:56 PM']Didn't I just say that? [/quote]
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Don't forget folks, there is a [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=36625"]good/bad couriers sticky[/url] at the top of this section.
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For some blinding RH-T Incognito work, have a listen to 'Roots (Back To A Way Of Life)' from the '100° And Rising' album. Funkier than a very funky thing. Sorry, [i]thang[/i].
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Another +1 for Interparcel. I sent a power amp 900 miles across Europe, it was there in a week despite being their cheap standard rate, and even with the extra insurance it was still just over 30 quid. No damage, but then again it was in bomb-resistant packaging. I shall use them again for definite. By comparison, I've just sent a pair of foglights up to Bolton by Royal Snail 1st class recorded delivery... it took 11 days. I don't care if there's a postal strike or whatever, 11 days for a supposedly 1-2 day service is not on. It would have been quicker by pogo-stick.
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He obviously means in cat years.
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+1 for side-only. Much cooler. And he does orange LEDs too
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[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='623014' date='Oct 11 2009, 12:27 PM']That and Snatch are my fave films of all time, I've watched them more times than I'd like to admit.[/quote] D'you like dags?
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Totally brilliant amps. I had one of its earlier non-DPC brothers years ago, and gigged the sh*t out of it for donkey's ages without a single problem. Free bump for a bargain -
Common courtesy, politeness and decency seem to be in very short supply these days, and if you don't agree you can feck off Why is it some people are incapable of picking up a phone and saying "sorry, summat's come up, can't make it"..?
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Nine hundred and what?? Monumentally overpriced.
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(stock pic) Not for nothing was this baby the SWR flagship for some years (until its big brother came along!). It's a brilliant amp and I love it, but 900 watts is far more than I need and the weight is getting a bit much for me, and I'm GASsing for a new lightweight thingy. So she's got to go. There's a bit of road rash, true -- some scrapes here & there, including on the front handles, none of it is my doing however as it's lived in my rack since day 1 -- but operationally it's perfect and boy is it loud..! Unfortunately I do not have the channel-change footswitch though. It gets quite warm in use, they all do, but contrary to what some people might suggest it has [i]never[/i] overheated while I've been using it. To fund the GAS I needed nearly £500, so 480 means I'm close to being out of pocket. Shipping will be, well, whatever it costs or if you're close to Bristol you are welcome to collect. Or I can arrange to deliver to Swindon, Reading or Birmingham as I go to those places fairly regularly. UK price for these babies is at least [url="http://www.basscentre.com/bass-amps/swr-sm-900-head.html"]£1500[/url], so mine's a total steal. From the SWR site: "[i]The SM-900 has been one of the most requested bass amplifiers for concert stages and studios worldwide since its introduction in 1991 - and it continues to be the benchmark by which other bass amplification systems are judged. The 900 combines the sweet, warm SWR tube preamp tone with two power modules for the option of 900 watts in bridged mode (400 per side in stereo). The dual three-band semi-parametric EQs can be can be combined into a single six-band configuration - offering more tonal control than is available in many professional quality studio consoles[/i]." [i]Tube preamp Active and passive inputs Limiter 'Aural Enhancer' Shelving bass and treble controls 2 switchable 3-band semi-parametric EQs - can be used as 2 channels or combined into a single 6-band EQ Rack mountable (2U) Stereo and Mono Effects Loop Balanced XLR Output with Line or Direct Mode switch, plus ground lift & variable pad Bridge/Mono Mode: 900 Watts @ 4 Ohms [/i]{EDIT: just noticed, mine says 900W @ 8 ohms. Weird.}[i] Stereo Mode (per side): 400 watts @ 4 Ohms 240 watts @ 8 Ohms 144 watts @ 16 Ohms (minimum load = 2 Ohms) Height: 3.5" (8.9 cm) (2U) Width: 19" (48.3 cm) Depth: 13.75" (34.9 cm) Weight: 35 lbs. (15.9 kg) [/i]
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The best 5-string superJ I've played is P-T-P's Lakky DJ, with a Bart (I think?) preamp in it. The best 4-string is CK's Celinder, by a country mile.
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I love where I live, but on occasions I just hate being so far from London. This is one of those occasions. I would have given arms & legs to have been there.
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[quote name='alexclaber' post='621695' date='Oct 9 2009, 02:55 PM']If you get an opportunity to try doing backing vocals, give it a go, it really is good fun[/quote] +1
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