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Dealing with feedback with an uncompromising drummer
40hz replied to geoham's topic in General Discussion
Sorry to hear of the issue, OP. I've been in this scenario a few times. It seems to be (on the whole, but not always) a drummer thing, the culture of drums must be loud and noisy - think Animal from the Muppets, but of course this rarely works in the real world, with the venues most weekend warriors play. With my own experience, it gets to a point where you just have to flatly tell them, as uncomfortable as it is. A few times I ended up not turning up my amp to compensate, and neither did the guitarist, and it kinda made him realise off his own back - which is usually the best way to get people to realise/understand! -
I'd love to take this back off your hands, timing is atrocious though, just spent out hundreds and hundreds on my car. Whoever ends up with this incredible bass, please let me know, so I can keep tabs on who has it, and therefore badger them to sell it to me in the future! GLWTS - this is still the best P-Bass I've ever played. -
Take a look at the new Markbass MB58R line of cabs. In 'Pure' spec they are insanely light - BF-esque. I have the 2x10 and it's an excellent cab. Much nicer than the MB NY122 I had prior.
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Having been in the market recently for another bass, I've been checking used adverts religiously, hoping for something interesting to come up, but just came to the conclusion that so much stuff is insanely overpriced at the moment, and not selling - you may as well buy new. For example, I sold a Fender Marcus Miller 2 years ago for £750 - they're now inexplicably going for double that. I even saw someone advertising a Fender Flea Active for £2500, used - pure and utter pie in the sky pricing. The market needs a thorough reset.
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Seeking Stingray Musicman 1987 serial number: 25526
40hz replied to Jonathan49's topic in General Discussion
I think this is the bass in question - and a lot of talk about that neck potentially being a refin ; https://forums.ernieball.com/threads/very-rare-87s-stingray-all-black-matched-headstock.72783/ -
Seeking Stingray Musicman 1987 serial number: 25526
40hz replied to Jonathan49's topic in General Discussion
That looks like a Cutlass - but looks to have a wood fingerboard. Don't think I've ever seen a painted neck on a Stingray (aside from SUBs). -
I absolutely love them. My favourite band by FAR. However, they've been utter pants since By The Way in 2002. I love different eras of them for different reasons, probably erring towards the early days for that absolutely wild, colourful, energetic, dangerous punk funk thing. Uplift, Mothers Milk, BSSM, OHM, Californication and By The Way are stone cold (bush) classics, IMO. My favourite album is One Hot Minute. It's the most f**** up album they've made and the heaviest. Dave Navarro's guitar playing on it is phenomenal (I don't like Janes, weirdly). Things that can get in the bin about them these days are numerous; - the cult of John (his fanboys are tragic) - the way all of their songs now follow the exact same formula and sound, with Anthony doing the same singing style that started with Stadium Arcadium (my least favourite album). - the fact they won't take any risks as they once did, even though they're in a position to do that with ease. - Flea not using a Modulus Truthfully, I just think my favourite band got old.
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STOLEN - Modulus Flea bass - blue sparkle
40hz replied to philfromstoke's topic in General Discussion
I'm sorry to hear that. Highly distinctive bass though - almost too hot to handle. I'm always on the watch for Fleas, I'll be on the lookout! -
It's fairly easy to describe - a strong, loud and full initial attack of a note. Mostly a low-mid thing as @chris_b stated. Interchangeable with 'punch', as, to me, they are more or less the same thing.
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I have the 2x10 Pure. The outside is the actual cab material (bar the felt covering on top). I can also confirm while it is soft, you couldn't dent it with finger pressure - trust me, I tried out of curiosity!
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Just sold Stew my Trace Elliot cabs. Top guy to deal with, as his extensive feedback attests to. Deal with complete confidence. Came up a way to meet me, which was really good of him as most people make me practically drop stuff off at their door! 😂 Thanks Stew! Enjoy the cabs!
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Sold Nick my Ibanez bass yesterday. Easy to deal with and a nice guy to boot. Deal with complete confidence. Cheers Nick!
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Quite right you are. Not sure how i missed that - likely because I had a 1005sms prior to this. Edited! -
Hi all! Here we have my Ibanez EHB1005 bass in Pink. Although it's actually a bit darker than Pink and has a nice pearlescent effect. Condition wise it's unmarked and near mint aside from the locking tab having previously been removed on the input jack. Bought this a few months back as I needed a back up bass at the time, and truth be told, I've played it maybe 5/6 times since then. It's also currently strung up with Flatwounds, although you can use any bass string you like on these as Ibanez don't require specialist short scale strings, you just load up and snip any excess length past the post. It's a short scale 30" length bass that weighs a scarcely believable 3kg on the nose and is supremely comfortable to play. American Basswood Body 5-piece Roasted Maple and Walnut neck, with Roasted Birdseye Maple fingerboard. Electronics are Bartolini BH2 humbuckers mated to a 3 band active EQ with Active/Passive switch (treble works as a tone control in passive mode). Midrange control is a vari-band EQ, so you can dial in or out any midrange frequency you like. Comes with the Ibanez case, manual, tools and ramp. All in all a really nice little bass that'd do anyone on longer gigs really well. I'm based in Moreton in the Marsh in Gloucestershire - happy to travel a fair distance for handover if you're further afield, as my feedback attests. Apologies, I can't post as i just don't have the materials to do so. Thanks for looking! 😁
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Hi all, Here we have my Trace Elliot 2x8 cabinets. 2x8 inch Faital Pro speakers. 400w power handling. Front ported. 12.5kg weight each. Neutrik Jack & 1/4 speaker cable connectors. I wanted this particular set up for a long time and it didn't disappoint. These replaced a BB3 and are far superior and louder (as a 4x8 vertical array). They're a lightweight, easy one hand lift. One of them on its own, was enough for some pub/bar gigs I've done recently. I've used 2 for most of my large function gigs and they were incredibly capable, with the added bonus of really being able to hear your sound on stage easily. Both cabs are in 8/10 condition with a couple of small marks on each. Comes with a padded cover for one of them (that I've alternated! 😂). £470 for the pair. No offers please. Based in Moreton in Marsh in Gloucestershire, but will travel a fair distance for a meet up/handover, as my feedback attests to. No postage. Thanks for looking!- 3 replies
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My experience, in short - heads, fabulous, and cabs not so good. I currently own a LM4 and previously had the LM2. They have a nice, gentle warmth to them and a musical mid-range, giving an almost recorded-like tone in a live environment. Cabs wise, I had the NY122 and then, briefly, a 410. I found them flat sounding, with very little dynamism (for want of a better phrase) and the tweeters were *horrible*. Very quacky sounding and sounded more like a high-mid control than true ice-pick treble! YMMV, etc.
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Glorious! I know this is probably going to be too heavy for my dodgy shoulder, but can I ask the weight? -
I've only ever bought a cab from them - and they were fab to deal with - another high profile Bass shop could learn a lot from them. However, I never really consider them when looking for basses as, personally, I find them really expensive compared to other Bass-centric stores, especially so on their used gear (although I appreciate this might be commission sales dictating this).
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Yes. I've had one for a year now. A truly excellent amplifier. It has that Markbass sound in spades (clean with that mid-range warmth) to mark (ha!) it out from the norm. I use it to drive two 400watt Trace Elliot ELF 2x8 cabinets and I've played some big shows with it, with no issues with volume or clarity at volume.
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Rare - 9 times out of 10 (there are exceptions) it's not even remotely 'rare'.
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Just bought Steve's Ibanez EHB1000s. Item as described and a great price too! As I was in a rush to get a backup bass for a weekender with multiple gigs scheduled, he offered to meet me some of the distance to help me out with time saving - doesn't get nicer than that really! Deal with confidence. Cheers Steve!
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Is there a popular bass player, that you just don’t get?
40hz replied to Rayman's topic in General Discussion
For me, there are players I don't like, but it doesn't invalidate them at all. Lots of different bass players speak to different people in different ways. Saying that, for what it's worth, and to contradict myself immediately, I just don't get 'Julia Plays Groove' amongst others. Playing someone else's songs (well), but that's it. I've seen hundreds of bass players on YouTube do the *exact* same thing, often better, but don't receive this weird fawning (I suspect I know the reason). -
Such sad news. I sold Nick my Fender Marcus Miller and had a great chat with him about dogs - he loved his dogs. R.I.P Nick.
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They aren't taking orders at the moment (haven't for about a year now, in an effort to bring down the wait time, which will just go straight back up as soon as they open up again). Price-wise, the base MK2 was over £7000 at the time they closed orders.
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Not to sound like I'm criticizing anyone's personal choices of venues, or where their bands play, but this is precisely why I stopped doing pub gigs. Functions/weddings still have twits, but IME, you don't really get that menacing 'anything could happen' vibe with them.
