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  1. [quote name='gareth' timestamp='1447954312' post='2911825'] [/quote] Very, very suh-weeeeet!!!
  2. [quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1447965761' post='2911959'] ...a very good night in the end IYKWIM!! [/quote] Yes, I do.
  3. Eddie Reader at Blackheath Halls. Was dragged along to it by the current mrs discreet. It was egregious in every way. Still, the night wasn't a total washout, I spent the gig in the bar trading jolly banter with the barman and got staggeringly drunk.
  4. [quote name='CyberBass' timestamp='1447956039' post='2911851'] Not only is the seller not entering into conversation but the PayPal invoice he gave didn't have a complete address and a Google search didn't turn up the company or address. The mobile he gave no longer is contactable I suspect I am blocked. He isn't responding to emails, and as far as PayPal are concerned the case is closed. I feel I've gone above and beyond trying. [/quote] I think I'd have to agree with you in this case, though under different circumstances I'd have returned the goods.
  5. [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1447942821' post='2911695'] I bought a "high end" replacement power cable for my Glockenklang earlier on in the week... [/quote] Yeah, that was definitely a waste of money.
  6. [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1447941114' post='2911672'] Ha!.. no i'm not begruding the cost or benefits of a proper set of earplugs. I was more worrying that I've put my faith in the little foam ones for so long and they might not have been providing the protection I thought they were [/quote] Ha! Seriously though, if you use the foam ones and can't hear much when using them you're probably OK. Might be an idea to get a hearing test, then get some decent plugs.
  7. [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1447935885' post='2911567'] This all seems to be about quality of sound though... Are the cheapie foam ones fit for purpose, as in will I damage my hearing by using them? Are more expensive ones going to offer me better protection or just a better sound? [/quote] Ha! You've spent thousands on Wal basses, Glock amps and Berg cabs (and nicely done, btw) - but baulk at shelling out a few quid for decent hearing protection? Now I've heard everything! I SAID, NOW I'VE HEARD EVERYTHING!! Foam plugs are rubbish compared with even the cheapest ER-type plugs. You want to hear what your expensive gear is doing, right?
  8. [quote name='hemdee666' timestamp='1447847208' post='2910862'] Best cab I ever had. Will NEVER sell it. [/quote] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]That's what I said, but at least I'm moving sideways to another Schroeder cab. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color]
  9. [quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1447859265' post='2911008'] Oh Mark, what are you doing!! ;-) I hope this has nothing to do with me lol. [/quote] No, you're OK... just downsizing from a small rig to an even smaller rig...
  10. Just do Rhythm Stick unaccompanied fingerstyle, that should give us an idea.
  11. Fingerstyle and pick for me, please.
  12. [quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1447850150' post='2910886'] ...can I have a signed pic of you in your Y fronts sporting a horses head lol [/quote] Of course.
  13. Great strings, only when you play them do you realise that the tension of all other strings is all over the place and you've subconsciously been making adjustments to your playing style all this time...
  14. [quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1447778046' post='2910279'] Great advert for a great cab, and GLWTS! That Hayman is absolutely stunning BTW [/quote] Thanks - the Hayman is not for sale. [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1447780140' post='2910315'] Never expected to see this one up. [/quote] I had it for more than a year, which is a record! And I still have a Schroeder cab... that won't change. [quote name='acroxixo' timestamp='1447793022' post='2910502'] That two cabs are a massive wall bass sound. I have the 1512L and i love it. I keep dreaming with a 1010l or 1210l on top . [/quote] Yes! Once you've used a Schroeder in anger, everything else is a bit... meh.
  15. [b]SOLD: Ashdown ABM EVO II 500[/b] [b][/b][list] [*]575W RMS @ 4ohm [*]7-band EQ [*]Switchable active/passive input [*]Tube/solid-state preamp stages [*]Sub-harmonic generator adds low-end reinforcement [*]Front-mounted direct output with pre- and post-EQ switching [*]FX loop [*]Tuner output [*]Stereo Line Input: Impedance 22kOhm, input level 0dBu nominal [*]Effects Return: Impedance 22kOhm, input level 0dBu Nominal [*]Sub Output: Impedance 1kOhm, level 0dBu Nominal [*]Effects Send: Impedance 22kOhm, level 0dBu nominal [*]DI Output: 600 ohm balanced, level 0dBu nominal [*]Speaker Outputs: Minimum impedance 4 ohm [*]Shape (Push Flat): +8dB @ 50Hz and 4kHz, -8dB @ 400Hz, filter slope - 6dB/octave [*]Bass: ±15dB @ 45Hz [*]Middle: ±15dB @ 660Hz [*]Treble: ±15dB @ 7kHz shelving [*]Slider 1: ±15dB @ 180Hz [*]Slider 2: ±15dB @ 340Hz [*]Slider 3: ±15dB @ 1.3kHz [*]Slider 4: ±15dB @ 2.6kHz [*]Frequency Response: -3dB at 17Hz and 30kHz [*]Power Requirements: 230/115V [*]21"W x 8"H x 12-3/4"D (54 X 20 X 32cm) [*]31lbs (14kg) [/list] Reluctantly up for grabs (and very much priced to sell) is this Ashdown AMB EVO II 500 Class A/B head. It's SO quick and easy to get a great sound from this amp. Whether you're using rounds or flats, pick or fingerstyle, the EQ is very intuitive - it's a seven band EQ, but with three rotary controls and four intermediate sliders it offers the best of both worlds... set the sliders flat and use the EQ as a simple three-band affair, or fine-tune with cut and boost at 180Hz, 340Hz, 1.3kHz and 2.6kHz as necessary... sensible, well-selected and useful frequencies. There is also a switchable Valve Drive (12AX7) offering the usual grit and an unusual switchable Sub-Harmonic control, which ostensibly is an octaver, but this low-end Viagra can be dialled in as required, depending on the thickness you require... fnarr. It's obviously not a Class 'D' amp. I say this because it's relatively heavy (31lb -14kg) - but nowhere [i]near [/i]as heavy as an all-valve amp (around 35kg). It has a Class A/B power stage and is a really good compromise between the feather-lightness of a Class D and the incredible gut-bursting mass of an all-valve. It also has something of the heft of a valve amp about it sonically and provides a very nice thick, chunky sound which I like [i]a lot[/i]. I'm used to thinking of SS amps as the poor relation to all-valve, but this ABM has that slam in spades... and paired with a suitably sensitive cab it will fill any size room with lush yet well-defined low end. In short, I think the ABM is well underrated and it performs brilliantly, IMHO - it's very loud, warm, punchy and articulate, you can't get a bad sound out of it - you don't need to use a preamp pedal or other FX on the front of it to get a good tone - and it won't run out of steam. If you like the density of an all-valve but don't want the hernia-inducing weight, then this is for you. Note: The only difference between this Evo II and an Evo III is lack of a compressor - so if you already have a compressor, or you just don't use one, then you're good to go. Selling because I've acquired a G-K MB500 lightweight and embarrassingly, I'm a lightweight too - now I'm old and weak I don't even want to haul a Class A/B amp around. The amp is in excellent working order and is in very good cosmetic condition. It also comes with its original Ashdown cover. I'm looking for [b]£220 firm.[/b] Not looking for trades. I'd much rather accept cash on collection from Sydenham in SE London (near the A205 South Circular), but if it doesn't move as quickly as I'd like I probably could be persuaded to post it - this will be via courier for an additional £20 and payment will then be via bank transfer, please. My feedback is [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/263574-discreet/page__hl__discreet"]here[/url]. This amp sounds wicked with a Schroeder 21012L - which I also have up for sale [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/273340-fs-schroeder-21012l-1000w-4ohms-l350/"]here[/url]. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I would sell both for £500 - cash on collection ONLY. [/font][/color] I thank you!
  16. Very good, we'll need lots of pics, too. Always hard to believe that one ten-inch driver can hack it, but even though I have direct experience of several different Barefaced cabs I always seem to underestimate them for some reason... look forward to your review.
  17. [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1447790950' post='2910471'] you just answered my point. the electric bass is a vehicle for your musical creation. as trivial as it sounds, you can't over engineer a screw driver. [/quote] Yes! I misunderstood your post initially. Must be time for my meds... and it is.
  18. [quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1447790697' post='2910466'] If we all stuck to playing bass lines on a four string then nothing would happen. [/quote] I've never heard such rubbish! This thread is entirely redundant!
  19. The bass guitar is just an instrument... just as a pencil is a pencil, lack of development in pencil and paper technology hasn't stopped people coming up with interesting new poems, novels, dramas, sketches, drawings...
  20. [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1447755985' post='2909980'] Still, there's no such thing as bad publicity? [/quote] I don't know, I liked Audioslave (was I the only one? ) and it's kind of put me off him somewhat. All First-World stuff though, of course.
  21. [quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1447755009' post='2909967'] My mate Jase Brooks and I were discussing this a few weeks back. So, to try and find out, Jase contacted Nile Rodgers via Twitter : [/quote] Well there you go, a myth.
  22. [quote name='Bassnut62' timestamp='1447753919' post='2909953'] Really? did he use flats on that Stingray? [/quote] Yes. Apparently he used the stock flats that came with the bass and never changed them, a la Jamerson. But I don't know if that's a fact or a myth.
  23. [b]WITHDRAWN: Schroeder 21012L 1000W @ 4ohms[/b][list] [*]2 X 10" Neo Drivers [*]1 X 12" Neo Driver mounted on angled baffle [*]200W Tweeter/Horn with adjustable Attenuator [*]1 X Speakon and 1 X 6.3mm Jack Inputs [*]1000W RMS @ 4ohms [*]35Hz -18kHz [*]49lb (22kg) [*]23.5 X 23.5 X 16" (60 X 60 X 40 cm) [/list] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]One of Jorg Schroeder's [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]earlier 21012Ls[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]. If you're reading this you probably already know what you're looking at. The footprint is quite a bit smaller than a 410 - and I fitted a set of pro castors, so it's a real doddle to move about. It comes with a fitted, padded Roqsolid cover. It is in very good working condition and shows little sign of wear. In use, it doesn't buzz, rattle, fart or make any kind of noise that it shouldn't. It's loaded with two 10" drivers, one 12" driver on an angled baffle and has a 200W adjustable tweeter/horn. It's small and light and handles 1000W @ 4ohms - in my opinion it is the ultimate one-cab solution. It will take a LOT of power and you WILL be heard. With the right amp this cab will fill ANY sized room with bass.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The 21012L[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] doesn't have the infamous Schroeder low-mid hump like some of Jorg's smaller cabs, and is capable of producing genuinely huge pillow-like low-end heft if required. It is quite conventional and even in its delivery - it[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] has the ability to transmit the sound of your bass in a very musical way - this is not a hi-fi cab; it is not a transparent cab, and it [/font][/color][i]will[/i][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] colour your sound - but If you happen to like that sound - and a lot of people do - there is nothing to touch it.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Selling because I've just acquired a Schroeder 1212L, an even smaller, lighter 800W cab which is more suited to my needs. The two cabs together provide 1800W RMS of cabbage, but I can't think of a situation where I'd need to use them both together. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][/font][/color] [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]NOW WITHDRAWN - I FINALLY CAME TO MY SENSES! [/color][/font]
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