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After Friday's gig, I've come to the conclusion that I really like having the bridge pickup as high as possible to use as a ramp but I'm finding that it is choking the sound, especially when using a pick I am going to drop the pickup down a tad but still like the ramp idea so am looking for something to slot between the 2 pickups on the bass. I'd prefer ebony cos I wouldn't need to paint it but any dark wood would be fine as long as I can trim it to size easily. I had thought about buying a fingerboard blank and cutting it to size but I want to do this as cheaply as possibly

[quote name='Colledge' post='1006490' date='Oct 30 2010, 04:44 PM']if i had a superfly, i would buy an 8ohm 4x10 (making sure it has 8 ohm drivers rather than 2 or 32 (i don't even know if there is such a thing) and rewire it to present 2x4ohm loads so i could get the full power from a single cab.[/quote] Trace used 32ohm speakers in their 1048 cabs

why can't I just be bloody happy with what I have? I'm going away for a bit for sit down and a think

we'll see how it goes - ideally it would be a trade with a Hartke LH500 or staright swap for an LH1000 but I think that one may be a bit overkill

I'd like to but they very rarely come up second hand and I don't have the cash to buy a new one. I'd be selling my GK for £400 cos its only a few months old, mint condition and I really look after my stuff - assuming of course that is what I end up doing

I am thinking about getting another Hartke LH500. I had one at the start of the year but traded with my 8x10". I tried one at a practice the other week through a Peavey 4x10" and really liked the sound with the Thunderbird. I would like to have the chance to do a gig with one before I think about selling my Gallien head to make sure it is what I want and I don;t have the money to buy the Hartke and still have the Gallien. I wouldn't expect anyone to loan me their amp but I am unsure exactly what to do.

Unless you don't like the feel of your bass then there's no need to change. I have lots of love for the Thunderbirds but if you want one with a neck close to the Jazz then you need a Goth as they are narrower than the standard one Totally out of fashion as well so you can pick them up pretty cheap at the minute. I am a firm believer that as long as a bass can be adjusted to your liking it can be played live whether in your front room or on stage. You could probably pick up the rig I am using second hand within your budget ish. I love Trace Elliot cabs and have had loads of them. A lot of people are in lightweight mode so anything that weighs more than a cigarette paper is going for silly money. There is so much information available here and most of us are glad to be of assistance if you need any info to get yourself up and running

I've always wanted one after seeing Jack Bruce play one with his fingers from many moons ago. Hmm wonder if He'd have gone for the Gibby if the paint was actually dry on his after The Fool paint job

is it just me or does the colour of the body compared to the scratchplate make the bass look like one of those £50 jobs off Ebay?

one amp and 2 4x10"s so I can use 1 cab for gigs with PA support and bring the doom for the rock stuff

[quote name='Lozz196' post='1003291' date='Oct 28 2010, 07:47 AM']I`ve bought this book, and it has bucket loads of info on this: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Bass-Illustrated-History/dp/0634026402/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288248359&sr=1-14"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Bass-Illust...359&sr=1-14[/url][/quote] That's the one I have. Very useful and interesting as well as showing pictures of some beautiful and rare models - Bound neck maple fretless Jazz anyone?

As part of their New Year sale at the beginning of the year they were advertising SVT IIs for £800 so I thought, brilliant, just finished the Christmas gigs, big pile of money, I'll have one of those. I emailed them to see if they had any and the guy responded by saying that he doubted that they would get any in - well don't advertise something at a fantastic price that you can't sell.

Right, just back from the gig. when the boost was full on it was so close to what I wanted but I just needed that tiny bit more so am going to have a look out for a mild overdrive pedal to just take it over the edge cos at the minute its Close to the Edge

I used to split my signal between guitar and bass amp when I had the 12 string and did exactly that and it was very good.

Hmm, its possible that I may already own the solution to this. Whilst browsing the GK manual, all of the suggested settings for different sounds feature the boost control at the 12 o'clock position so I've just plugged my amp in with one of the cabs and cranked the boost control up and its really dirty. Jeez I've used these amps for so long I never realised they could go that dirty. What an idiot. I'm going to try it out at tonight's gig to see what it sounds like at gig volumes.

Has anyone else noticed that most online shops have no or little stock of anything Behringer right now and most are quoting estimated arrival as next year? This thread is not to bash Behringer, merely to see if anyone knows anything.

There's a guy on Ebay selling ready made PCBs I don't like to derail but I will anyway How easy is it going to be to attach everything else to this such as pots, jacks etc? [url="http://shop.ebay.co.uk/icecreamterror/m.html"]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/icecreamterror/m.html[/url] Sounds like a good idea for someone like me who's confident soldering pots but with no experience of PCBs and 10 thumbs

every time - I took one of mine out briefly during last year's Motorhead gig. Deary Jesus, it was hellishly loud. totally unbearable. There must've been a lot of deaf people in Glasgow for a good few days after that one

The Rickenbacker 4004LK couldn't be further from the one he became famous for using. Fair enough he plays this one live now but the age old question is - is Lemmy's original one real? I don't think anyone's had a close enough look at it to see if it is. i may have a chance to ask in a couple of weeks time.

I buy stuff from these guys from time to time. They do a lot of different printable paper. [url="http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/"]http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/[/url] In fact my Goth T-Bird now has a white scratchplate which is simply white matt adhesive paper with the bicentennial Bird on it stuck over the original