Ancient Mariner

[quote name='cycrowave' post='939930' date='Aug 30 2010, 12:57 PM']if i was you, i'd keep at least one bass. i gave up for a few years and concentrated on electronic music, but when i was ready to play the bass again it was nice having it there. just my 2 cents good luck[/quote] This.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='940993' date='Aug 31 2010, 02:29 PM']I've not found this. I've found guitarists are more sensitive to the tone afforded by having the right names written on things. I also tried out for a band that told me he could tell Joe Garcia had rubbish tone as he'd seen his pedal board, and wouldn't accept that I knew better just because I have actually heard Joe in action on a great many occasions (which he had never done, he'd just come into a practice to collect his combo), even did the old 'Imagine the tone that is sucked by all those pedals that aren't true bypass'. I've also handed guitars to guitarists so they could try them, and they still have to look at the headstock to see if it will sound right before they play it.[/quote] I understand, hence my comment about PRS. Incidentally on the tone-suck thing, I won't ever buy any Cornish stuff because of the myths he wove about true bypass vs his own buffering system. Tone suck is as much about preamp input stage impedance as it is pedal design (at least in valve amps).

I'd suggest that when you want something REALLY special then prices between guitars and basses aren't so different, with the exception of a couple of real vintage models ('59 Les Paul anyone?). However it's also my observation that guitarists are more sensitive to tone than bass players, and the search for the holy grail of tone is taken much more seriously. Guitarists will also often want a palette of tones, whereas many bass players will seemingly find the sweet spot for the band and stick with it for the gig. The net result is that guitarists expect and get a huge range of tonal variations, and are often willing to pay for it. What makes it worse is that there are a few 'holy grail' instruments out there for the discerning, and that helps companies like PRS to shift boat-loads of carefully made and decorative guitars to those who equate looks, build quality and price with tone.

I can't help specifically, but have you checked ebay *completed* auction prices? That should give you a max price level.

I read an interview with Dave Gilmour a few years back. In it he commented about playing bass on most of the more recent PF recordings and Waters thanking him for winning him various bass-playing awards. I don't know if that's really how it was or if that comment was a result of the animosity between them at the time.

Way Huge name their pedals using double entendres: Swollen Pickle, Pork Loin, Fat Sandwich etc. Yeah, right. Yamaha use lousy names all the time too. AES620, SGS2000 etc. At least they're easy to forget.

I don't know what the bass sets will be like, but Vox used Wharfedale badged speakers in some of their AC30 versions, and the general consensus was that they were muddy and boomy. They were a 'must change' item in a new amp. Hope these are a lot better than that.

Anyone up for a bit of sacrilege? In that Bootsy Collins thread a while back there was a youtube clip of him playing a solo with distortion and envelope filters. At the time I though "that sounds just like a guitar solo".

If it has a standby it's because the solid state rectification powers up instantly, slamming cold preamp valves with full voltage, which can shorten their life. It may also be a 'marketing feature', and not really necessary.

I met him just once, at the Wood'n'tronics bass bash in Warwick, earlier this year. He seemed, just like you said, warm, friendly, genuine, and was definitely one of those larger than life characters. We'll miss him off the forum, but not half as much as you will, I think. Thanks for posting this, Rich.

Hmmm. Guess I'd better not try to play bass around anyone here.

Just bought Rob's Roland GR33 guitar synth - he was really great to deal with, kept me informed about shipping and made sure I was happy after I received it. Very highly recommended.

I think as time goes on you realise that there is very seldom "The One", so much as great instruments that you love to play and a bunch that run between nice and garbage*. I sold a rare (even then) Kawasaki S1B back in the late 70s to buy 'the one' amp (and that never was, really) but that's about it. About 8 years ago I came across a Les Paul that, by comparison with almost every Les Paul I've ever played since, was completely phenomenal: not realising how rare a great one was, just let it go. If you've played it and for you it's really the only one like it, then by all means flog whatever it takes. Just be careful that you've not been influenced by some pretty eyes and imagining how great she'll feel when you snuggle up in the years to come - our imaginations can lead us by the nose and let us down! *I now own 10 or 11 guitars and a couple of basses. I've bought, sold and traded a bunch of stuff over the years, but there's only really 3 of that number that I'd not willingly let go despite some others being high end.

It makes sense that it would suck cool air in from outside and blow it directly onto the components on the circuit board, rather than draw it in from underneath. Warm air from electrical components won't rise very much relative to a cooling fan blowing it around, and will be insignificant by comparison.

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='918594' date='Aug 8 2010, 10:44 AM']already seen about 5 basses i'd like. doh.[/quote] You, sir, lack ambition.

It'll almost certainly be the strings sticking in the nut. Even if the tuners are really worn and sloppy, provided you've strung it properly, stretched them in and tuned up to pitch from flat (never tune down from sharp) then they'll hold tuning.

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='908742' date='Jul 28 2010, 11:10 PM']Avon EB0 copy. Gave tin and firewood a bad name. Awful thing. Probably worth £150 as a 'Lawsuit' now.[/quote] Another ex-Avon EB0 owner in the late 70s here. Didn't play terribly (and would have played much better if I'd known back then what I know now) but sounded woolly and vague, not helped by the flats someone had fitted. I've now got a couple of cheap basses, and have been amazed at how well they can play with a fret level and intonation/neck relief/action adjusted carefully.

Because he's good at it, and has been practicing for years. In my head I can play the guitar parts for Eruption and Eugene's trick bag easily too.

3500 here as well - my first real bass amp, bought from a forumite here earlier this year. Sounds great to me, though I'd really like a lightweight 2X10 to play it through, rather than a 1X15.

You had first dibs, and I don't have a specific destination in mind for it yet. If you still want it then go ahead.