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[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1424712524' post='2699482'] Do love a bit of parallel compression on drums, as well as smashing the knackers out of room mics or core mics and blending a bit of that signal into the kit as a whole, can really bring out some extra life and energy [/quote] In my case I think 'parallel compression' is probably too grand a term for it... ...what I really mean is 'a compressor with a blend control'.

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1424726274' post='2699796'] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhpQMq9yccc&feature=youtu.be"]https://www.youtube....eature=youtu.be[/url] [/quote] SVT and 8X10 incoming..?

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1424725906' post='2699788'] I meant to say,of course, that they were Elgen 4x12" PA columns. [/quote] Yes, I got that. But I was thinking about a 4X12 or a 4X10 column format bass cab, as proposed by dood recently - you'd get a very small footprint but still have the advantages of an 8X10, i.e. having a driver at ear-level so you can hear yourself on stage.

[quote name='Jakester' timestamp='1424724007' post='2699736'] ...I've often had people say "that's not how it is on the record!". To which I've replied "yes, and neither are the mariarchi horns and bassoon solo you've put in, but you don't complain about that!" More seriously, people are happy to pick up the drummer for omissions but will themselves skip a tricky melodic part or solo. Everyone expects the drummer to just play like the record, without sometimes realising that the rest of the musicians aren't doing that... [/quote] People don't listen properly. Decent players can emulate covers accurately to a certain extent using technique and effects (and playing the bloody arrangement properly), but trying to make the drums in particular sound like thirty different drummers playing in thirty different studios on thirty different songs in an hour and a half is a bit of a tall order really. [quote name='Jakester' timestamp='1424724007' post='2699736'] ...I often get told what I'm playing doesn't sound like it does on the record. It's taken me a while, but I've finally realised what people are getting at - they take the whole drums and percussion track as 'the drums' and when you're not playing the drum part, tambourine 16ths and conga part all together they get the hump, not to mention your drums sounding different live to a close miked, gated and compressed studio kit... [/quote] A lot of 'musicians' can't or won't listen accurately enough to distinguish the separate strands in a piece of music, which is why they can't play their parts properly even when they think they are. You just can't get the staff..

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1424724380' post='2699744'] Up until 83 apparently, so there could be a crossover as is entirely possible/probable. [/quote] I'm sure you're right Lozz. As I'm now sure the bass is genuine.

Don't know if you think the sound quality is up to it... but maybe this will be of use. Depends what you want to use the vid for really... it's not exactly 'audiophile' quality. [media]http://youtu.be/xAvxuh0cSZQ[/media]

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1424716183' post='2699557'] I [i]thought[/i] you had a cunning plan... [/quote] Well... if I win it with the bid I've put in, I can profitably use it for kindling.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1424720302' post='2699654'] ...the first band I played with had two 4x12" PA columns. [/quote] The right sort of 4X12 column would make an excellent bass cab!

Seriously though, it is a problem. Good drummers don't answer ads for drummers, IME. Good luck with the search - it is a hard road, but it IS possible. Presumably you want to form a wedding/function band to make a bit of cash, so this would likely attract a decent hitter if you can tempt them in with the promise of loot. And free beer. And cake.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1424713352' post='2699501'] I won't be snipin' [/quote] Please do... I'm having second thoughts now...

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1424710662' post='2699448'] [/quote] That Wal isn't weird at all, but I'm glad you posted a pic of it. GAS!! GAS!! ARRGGHH!!

[quote name='Bo0tsy' timestamp='1424705213' post='2699373'] ...I don't count these as weird at all... [/quote] No, they're not - YOU are!

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1424703809' post='2699353'] Black decal E series 83 P here - [url="http://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/basses/1983fenderpsiennaburst.htm"]http://classicandcoo...siennaburst.htm[/url] Black decal, same tuners, 3 screw bridge and trussrod access at the head... [/quote] Well there you go, thanks... if Mark's got one up as the real thing then that's good enough for me. Every day's a school day.

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1424702833' post='2699332'] Only very slight oddity is the black Fender logo, other 83's generally seem to have a silver with black outline. [/quote] Great minds, eh..? Now that you've picked it up too, I'd say the decal is wrong, and with KiOgon's comment about the truss rod access, the bass is slightly... 'unusual'. IMHO, anyway. Not saying is not genuine, it may be one of Fender's many transitional models or something, but as we're only going by pics... And if it belongs to a BassChatter I'd like to get my apology in now, and say: 'Give us the lowdown!'

Well now I'm not so sure about the logo. Did Fender use the black decal at this time? I have a slight suspicion that the early 1983 logo was silver rather than black? Got me going now!

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1424702362' post='2699326'] Shouldn't really be a deal breaker if it was cheap enough - the bass is probably halfway decent, late 70s/early 80s Kays were made by Cort, and are significant cut above the Taiwanese stuff from the early 70s. [/quote] That's what I thought... I've got a bid on it.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1424701315' post='2699298'] Go the whole hog and "Ibanez" it. Straight £500 mark up, no messing. [/quote] Does it just have the wrong pickguard on it, or is that a 'Kay rout' d'you think?

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1424700951' post='2699289'] If it went for £30 it might be worth getting a scratchplate that fitted, but it's still a plywood Korean copy with an embarrassing brand name! [/quote] Plywood's trendy now, isn't it? You could sand off the 'K' logo and write 'Columbus' in Sharpie, thus tripling the value.

[quote name='lonestar' timestamp='1424700793' post='2699284'] I hope I never have to listen to someone playing,tapping, fret w***king or whatever it is one does on one of those. [/quote] I think it's just for slicing eggs. Or is that a mandolin?

It's mice.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1424699760' post='2699259'] Someone's bought it, so someone was more insane than me. [/quote] Someone was more insane than [i]anyone else on the planet[/i]. He's mad! He's mad! He's madder than Mad Jack McMad, winner of this year's 'Mr Madman' competition.

I'm no expert either, but I've seen a lot of Fender headstocks and it looks kosher to me. If it isn't, someone's gone to a lot of trouble. Maybe the fact that the D string isn't properly seated under the string tree is making it look a bit odd.

Well now, for some reason I have GAS for a bog-standard Fender Precision Bass. White with maple neck, of course...

Parallel compression is the best of both worlds, IMHO.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1424643111' post='2698756'] Be careful, it's addictive, I'm already eyeing up the Fender J I bought last week and wondering how it'd feel with a plain fingerboard. [/quote] NOOOOOO!!! Actually... it would look pretty cool...