40hz

Saw them at V Move 2004/5. One of the best live performances I've ever seen, Pete's Ashdown kept crapping out towards the end though. His Les Paul bass sounded huge!!

[quote name='halibut' timestamp='1423666232' post='2687667'] Cheers for the ideas. Yorick, I had raised the pickup slightly. I'll try raising it a little more. 40Hz, I didn't even know about the string twist issue. I'll slacken the string off and see if I can see any twist in it. I'll also be a lot more careful when stringing up in the future. H. [/quote] I never even knew about it myself until recently, restrung my Flea and the E just sounded absolute pants, lifeless and dull and just weird. Restrung it again, making sure it was straight from the ball end to winding with no twist and it came back to life. Odd.

Kanye is just the poster boy for this modern day rubbish that passes for hip-hop. His brand of dumbed down urban music is so unbelievably awful I can't believe people listen to him (personally speaking of course) he seemingly, in his songs, just mumbles crap about money and clubs over a jumbled skeletal beat with a weird sound effect of two thrown in (usually a dog being *anked off or the like) his ego is stratospheric and yet musically speaking, he's not anywhere near the hip-hop/rap legends (run dmc, 2pac, dr dre, snoop, notorious, nas, a tribe called quest, beastie boys etc etc). Rant over (sorry if anyone is offended, it's just so disrespectful to Beck it ground my gears) Edit - beyonce is a talented girl but one of those singers that is constantly oversinging (she's more of a brand than a bona fide artist imo) so instantly has me reaching for the skip button.

Much much better from Warwick, IMO this is exactly what was needed. Pro series Streamer here I come!

Sort of sounds like the effect of a twisted string? Edit -used to have an Epi T-bird. Superb bass and a great growling punch across the neck so this sounds odd.

GP12 owner here., 2x10 much more clarity and punch. 1x15 fine enough (prob more growl) but not much definition. Bit of a clichéd response but holds true

I absolutely love Fender but, for me, the new designs and models are all still very 'safe' I think that's partly why nothing else has really taken off. None of the new models have ever really had a 'wow' factor Or do anything drastically different.

Every 3-4 months with D'addario Flexsteels (and Prosteels) I find they keep that fresh sound and feel for that timespan, but then again depends on brand. I find Rotos and Ernie Ball Slinkies die within a week.

The unfinished neck is one of the main reasons I never bought a full fat Ray.

Kim Deal's tone on dig for fire, that is just beautiful! The Pixies as a band always had a great mix. Sounds like her Aria Cardinal bass on this particular track, although she used a P around this era too.

This looks pointless.

[quote name'Merton' timestamp='1422021199' post='2667845'] I think they will have some fairly soon. They certainly expect the Rootmaster 800 head to be ready mid Feb, and this uses the same power section [/quote] Excellent, cheers Merton

Is there a release timeframe on these yet? My Trace has died and this looks a perfect replacement.

Another Trace man here. Well I was until it blew up at practice tonight! When working its a GP12SMX AH300 . Beautiful amps with a nice clear punchy tone. congrats! Looks awesome!

Dont get me wrong I love the full fat rickies, just I'm digging the pared back look too. Edit - my bad on the price, really should look a bit closer

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1421928714' post='2666663'] Really? The triangular inlays and chequer binding are two of the things that make Rickenbacker basses stand out visually for me. Without them, they are a bit bland really. [/quote] To me they look a bit cleaner. I like that look.

Thrashed with the ugly stick!

Am I seeing things? £3700?! Edit - they are gorgeous though

I've seen them go on and off for £200-£300 In recent years. £475 is steep. Hold out for a Corvette, better bass and £500 should just about get you a real German one.

Anyone who decided to go into business selling boxes for guitar shipping would be a very rich man, the eternal ball-ache of sourcing one when it's selling time!

Rocky IV all the way!

Ahh thanks for that mate, I'll give Watford valves a try later! Yeah I know i'm not going to get proper distortion or anything, just a 'slight' valvey esque breakup would be a good option to have.

Evening gents Looking for a replacement 12ax7 preamp valve for myTrace, I'm looking for something a lot hotter, I know being a single 12ax7 I'm not going to get into proper saturated distortion territory but something that breaks up quite musically would be good. Any ideas or suggestions? Cheers