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[quote name='paul h' timestamp='1461922305' post='3038712'] Rehearsals are no substitute for gig experience and it won't be long until it will all feel very natural. [/quote] So true. Lots of rehearsal only makes you good at rehearsing. Lots of gigs makes you good at doing gigs.
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I suggest 'The Chapel Hat Pegs'. Well done to you, it's not as easy as people might think, is it? Particularly if you're not used to it! Kudos and congratulations.
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[b]*SOLD* Ampeg PF-350 Portaflex Head[/b] RMS power output: 350W @ 4ohms / 250W @ 8ohms Preamp: Solid-state Power amp: Class D Tone controls: Bass, Mid, treble Onboard limiter Balanced direct out FX loop 1/8” headphone out/line in -15db input pad Power supply: Switching Dimensions: 2 x 11 x 11 in 69 x 275 x 272 mm Weight: 8 lbs / 3.6 kg Not a heavy amp at 3.6kg (8lbs). About the same as a light bass, in fact. But it's still too heavy for me - I've bought a G-K MB200 - which is less than 1kg. That, with my new BF One10, will give me a rig weighing less than 8kg. I can't afford to keep two amps regardless of how good they are, so unfortunately this has to go and is now up for grabs. It is in pristine cosmetic condition and A1 working order. No issues. Will be well-packed in original packaging with all literature, supplied speaker lead and mains lead and despatched via an insured and tracked method. The buyer will be sent an ETA and tracking information. My feedback is [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/263574-discreet/"]here[/url]. For a quick turnaround I'm asking the bargain price of [b]£150 only[/b], to be paid via bank transfer please. This will include postage to mainland UK. This is a great amp that is based on the Ampeg Micro VR, which sees a lot of love on the forums - but obviously the PF350 is more powerful. It is very robust and well put-together too, having a steel case - it is unlike the very small and very light car radio-type amps (like the MB200)
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[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1461871414' post='3038440'] ...a 4x10 that works effectively gives me the horn. [/quote] That's handy, because the Barefaced 410 doesn't have one.
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[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][b]*SOLD* Fender Rumble 500 V3 Combo + Roqsolid Fitted Padded Cover +[/b][/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][b]Fender USA Blackface Amp Metal Logo Upgrade[/b] Model: Fender Rumble™ 500 (V3) Combo Amplifier: SS/Class-D Colour: Black and Silver Controls: Gain, Bright/Contour/Vintage Presets, Drive/Level, Bass, Low-Mid, High-Mid, Treble, Master Effects Loop: 1/4" - (Send/Return) Inputs: 1/4" Jack; [/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Aux In 3.5mm Stereo[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]; 1/4" Overdrive Footswitch (not included)[/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Outputs: XLR with Ground Lift; Headphones 3.5mm Stereo[/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Voltage: 230V UK/EUR Wattage: 500W RMS @ 4 ohms (with Ext Cab), 350W RMS @ 8 ohms (Internal) Speakers: 2 X 10" Eminence Ceramic Magnet, Compression Tweeter, Twin Ports, Cloth Grille (removable) Cab Material: 12mm Baltic Ply, Black Tolex, Chrome-Nickel Corner Protectors Handle: Moulded Plastic Strap with Chrome-Nickel Plated Caps Controls: Vintage-Style Radio Dimensions: 23" X 19" X 14" (59 X 49 X 36cm) HWD Weight: 36lbs (16.3kg) [/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I'm downsizing (!) and going down the Barefaced One10 route - so up for grabs is my Fender Rumble 500 Combo PLUS a fitted Roqsolid padded cover, PLUS a genuine Fender USA metal blackface amp logo upgrade (fitted). I [i]really [/i]want to keep it - it's one of the best gigging rigs I've had - but I simply can't afford to have two rigs on the go and that's all there is to it. The combo is in excellent working and cosmetic order.[/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I'm looking for [b]£375 FIRM[/b] which will include the [/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]combo, Roqsolid padded cover (£55 value), Fender USA blackface amp metal logo upgrade (fitted - £30 value) and postage to mainland UK[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif], which will be tracked and insured and will need to be signed for. I will send the buyer an ETA and tracking information. Combo will be very well-packed in original packaging. Payment is via bank transfer ONLY, please. My feedback is [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/263574-discreet/page__hl__discreet"]here[/url].[/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]If you want to try out and do cash on collection, I'm in SE London near the A205 South Circular. Now read on:[/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]...All you need do is set everything flat, plug in, switch on, and there it is - that great bass sound you have in your head. And the louder you turn it up, the more natural compression you seem to get - everything gets tighter and punchier somehow - just like an all-valve amp. It's very warm-sounding and organic, and it's difficult to get a bad sound out of (it also has 3.5mm sockets for Aux In and Headphones, both stereo, for silent practise - bonus).[/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The Class-D amp sounds excellent and even though you're getting 'only' 350W maximum without an extension cab, this combo easily handles medium to large rooms on its own. It's LOUD. With an extension cab, you'd get more headroom, certainly a lot more beans and you could play [i]any [/i]room. Or at least up to the size of room that would surely have a PA, at which point the issue becomes moot. I think Fender have done their homework very well indeed, which would explain why these combos are shifting rapidly by the container-load. Is it for you, though? For a punishing 50-date tour you'd need a extension cab and flight cases for sure (and backups)... though if you're touring you'd probably have crew, a tech, and could use whatever pro rig you wanted regardless of weight and haulage issues. But if you're a weekend warrior and chuck your gear in the boot of your car and park outside the pub or club you're playing in, then it's ideal. You couldn't want for more. Definitely horses for courses. So, given the career course taken by your average real-world bass player, I'd say this is a very good horse indeed. It's light, it's loud, it's affordable and it sounds great - it's a premium brand and the retro design is on-trend. What more d'you want? [/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I thank you! [/font]
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[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1461838469' post='3038012'] Same here. Given how many bassists use provided rigs nowadays to make changeovers quicker it surprises me how many manufacturers don`t have a preamp/DI pedal that sounds like their amps. Think both Fender and Ashdown are missing out on this big-time. [/quote] Absolutely - I did suggest it to Fender (pointing out that Aguilar in particular have done very nicely out of the idea, thank you) and got a reply saying that they would certainly consider it, but I assume their R&D moves like a very fat dinosaur with diabetes, so I'm not holding my breath.
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I haven't bought anything from Clarky recently, but his contribution to this forum is very much missed and I wish he'd come back!
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[quote name='GCYPbass' timestamp='1461829948' post='3037899'] Anybody had chance to compare Rumble to Ashdown MAG, Hartke LH or Ampeg PF tone/soundwise? [/quote] I have an Ampeg PF350 right now which I'm enjoying, but it's not as simple to use or as quick to get a usable sound from as the Rumble 500. I really rate the Ashdown ABM500 and would use one all day long (great EQ) but it's too heavy for my liking. All in my humble opinion, of course. YMMV, etc etc. If Fender did a Rumble preamp pedal I'd be on it like a Weightwatcher on a Greggs Steak Bake.
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[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1461836165' post='3037977'] Gigs are a very limiting environment to try stuff. [/quote] That can be very true of course, however if you rate gear at rehearsals but consistently don't get on with it at gigs then you have a problem. I suppose it depends on the rehearsal-to-gig ratio... I understand that some people like to rehearse but not do gigs, so obviously that would have a bearing on equipment choice.
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[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1461759379' post='3037367'] It's a bit weird, but I think it's just a reaction to the -often real- attraction that some people seem to have for threads with the BF name on them just to criticise or make fun. There are multiple threads about, say Precision basses, and you don't seem to have a number of people (often the same ones thread after thread) regularly joining in just to say "Precisions, meh". [/quote] But then Leo wasn't a member of this forum who then went on to become very successful. I don't know for sure, but I suspect that a lot of the criticism of BF products in particular and the company in general on this forum could well be down to simple jealousy. Pure speculation on my part, of course... [Robot cat lifts off cranium, exposing electronics within] Marge: See all that stuff in there, Homer? That's why your robot didn't work.
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Bought Paul's G-K MB200. They must be good, this is my third! Let's see if I can hang on to this one... a very smooth transaction with good communications. I enquired after and paid for the amp yesterday, it arrived at discreet towers first thing this morning and you really can't wish for better service that that. All good and as described. Forget the '200' bit, this is a LOUD amp! Thanks, Paul.
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[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1461825675' post='3037860'] Great bottom end on it though - it doesn't need any boost on the bass tone control at all ime [/quote] +1. I've found it sounds great set flat, no shape buttons in, Gain at 12 o'clock and wind up the Master. Sounds great.
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[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1461706285' post='3037056'] That was quick - usually takes at least 30 of us to rave about OBBM before a decision is taken [/quote] Yes, I didn't even get a chance before it was delivered.
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[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1461775645' post='3037580'] Just my opinion of course. [/quote] Of course.
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That's really terrible. Bastards. Sorry to hear about this. I hope you get them back somehow. http://www.bassic.ch/
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[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1461773874' post='3037551'] How are these things in terms of heft? [/quote] The heft is strong in them. The 500 is bloody loud too, even at 350W without an extension cab. Very easy to get a great sound.
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[quote name='1970' timestamp='1461764304' post='3037403'] I need them, thanks for reading. [/quote]
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[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1461750724' post='3037277'] Imho just use the bass forever then in 40 years time it will be reliced . [/quote] That works. But on a 70s P Bass with a poly finish, it's only a light relic.
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Wheels - 'Make Your Own World' now available for download
discreet replied to chuck_stones's topic in General Discussion
Yes, I do like it. From my musical perspective, i.e. having got into music in the early 70s, I'm hearing shades of UFO, Badfinger and (latterly) Rival Sons... at least from the point of view of feel, harmony, genre, commercial potential and so on. This is proper songwriting with some very nice arrangements in evidence, and the playing and singing can't be faulted. I think you're most of the way there with the recording - I feel at times the vocal production lacks a bit of air and sparkle, but that's being super-critical and I'm guessing is down to the usual constraints of time and budget - however, it's nothing a thirty-grand-a-day producer can't fix... Love the 70s vibe, the cover pic, typeface, image, it works - the whole package is spot-on - it's a pity we left 12" vinyl albums behind us imho, but there it is. Great work, well done. -
[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1461708406' post='3037090'] The thing with vintage instruments is most people listen with their eyes and not their ears... [/quote] Well yes... the look of the thing is obviously very important. Some of them even play well and sound good, too.
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[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1461701888' post='3036977'] I'll see your white, black and maple and raise you black, black and maple. [/quote] I've tried black, black and maple but I couldn't help wanting it to be white, black and maple. No accounting for taste, one man's mean, nowt as queer as folk, it would be a boring world if, blah blah. I like to have a white bass and wear black clothes, so on stage the bass draws attention away from the player... Black, black and rosewood with highly festive [i]raiment [/i]would be the antithesis, of course.
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Wheels - 'Make Your Own World' now available for download
discreet replied to chuck_stones's topic in General Discussion
Thanks for posting, I'll have a listen to that later on.