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  1. EBS_freak
    Seems to work nice with electric basses too.
  2. EBS_freak
    If you aren't looking at drive, the Stanley Clarke Pre could be a more interesting route to take. I always find myself more drawn to that than the MB3 tbh.
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    Jeez, as if the show and your weekend couldn't get any worse. (:P)
  4. EBS_freak
    You've changed...
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    Well, you wouldn't expect to see a mask in 2 days if the people that wear masks due to being apprehensive about Covid didn't turn up. I know that for the stand I am usually on, we did discuss at length what we thought that the turn out would be like... and we both thought that people are still worried about covid, especially in an event that is traditionally, quite full of people passing closely to one another. I personally still don't think the bass community is big enough to support its own show at scale. The reason why Stevie's shows worked in Manchester, was down to the top flight players that he got and the ability to see these folk perform up close. The retail element of that show was never as big a part. This show feels like it's turned on its head somewhat... retail was put above the bass personalities - for whom the pull would have been a little more limited I think, certainly compared to the original names mentioned. From what I've seen, guitar shows are always the best attended, followed by drum shows. Bass always has the weaker turnout. Even when there was the London bass show, it was always smaller and less well attended than the drum show equivalent. Who knows what the secret to cracking a large scale bass show is? Certainly, for me at least, Liverpool seems a bit of a weird place to have held it.
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    So what we thinking? People apprehensive due to Covid?
  7. EBS_freak
    Just been checking out the insta feed today. Very little bass content. Slightly more drum content. From somebody just looking at the socials, it didn't look particularly well attended...?
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    @Stub Mandrel- you are quite right. I've just gone parts diving - and as @Richsays, same suspension. Everyday is a school day!
  9. EBS_freak
    Vauxhall Cavalier. The parts bin of various manufacturers were well and truly raided. It's like the door handles... they are as cool as f**k... until you realise they were raided from the Austin Allegro parts bin!
  10. EBS_freak
    Otherway round. It was GM that funded Lotus to produce the VX220 which would share the Lotus S2 Elise chassis - but little else more. (Different shells, engines, transmissions etc)
  11. EBS_freak
    But they are definitely not Peavey. Mind you, conversely, you could say that folks driving around in Porsches and Lamborghinis are in reality, driving around in Skodas.
  12. EBS_freak
    But it's not a Peavey
  13. EBS_freak
    I’d go UE11 at 955. If the 900 is firm, my second choice would be JH11.
  14. EBS_freak
    As in more expensive or less expensive. Less expensive is tricky, I wouldn’t recommend anything less than a UE6 for bass.
  15. EBS_freak
    SE846 via DV247 - £689 UE6 via Custom IEM company - £615 Whats a second hand value of 846s? Looking on ebay, since the start of the year, prices have ranged from 235-580 with the average price realistically being around £400. Get saving for the UE6s. My mate (MD for the book of Mormon has just gone UE6 - he was previously on 846s (main pair and a spare) and is cursing because like many, he worked up through the Shure range up to the 846s. He wished he just pooled his money from the start to get a couple of pairs of customs. He said to me when spoke to me after the first gig he did on the customs - "infinitely better than the 846s and if the UE6s are this good, I can only imagine where the higher priced stuff gets me". It's all nice stuff to have, but seriously, gun for that UE6, worth every penny.
  16. EBS_freak
    Why not custom?
  17. EBS_freak
    @TripehoundI was waiting patiently for the whistle... and there it was. Top Marks!
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    Did you read my story about the two pubs with the same name...? Funny though, a slight take on another problem - I remember when I had to have a glove box full of A-Zs to gig. The internet route print outs were fine... until the roads were closed.
  19. EBS_freak
    Dont do an underwear swap with your partner on a gig day. You may live to regret bending down to plug in that lead.
  20. EBS_freak
    aha, we've found the singer that does anything but pack up.
  21. EBS_freak
    6345789 vibes.
  22. EBS_freak
    Welcome to the world of the yoga mat/flump/cushion of air... I'm not at the stage that I'm wearing mine for the actual show... but you know, I'm probably what you'd call "getting on a bit" now - and I'm getting to that phase that you get to where you don't give a hoot what you look like.
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    On it. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393977088052?hash=item5bbadd4834:g:jDQAAOSw9yFiJ0ES
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    If there's no gaffa on a gigbag, you aren't gigging enough. Hard cases should have at least one latch that no longer springs shut - extra points if it has to be gaffed shut.
  25. EBS_freak
    Rotos? I can understand - they sound consistently dead across all strings in all positions? I just jest. My forever strings are DR (Hi-Beam or Low-Riders, I'm actually favouring the latter for the higher tension). I've found that on my 5er GB basses, the tone of the string remains pretty static as you describe, across strings. I'm using 40, 60, 80, 100 gauge strings with a slightly weightier B - being a 125. The DRs really work well with my GBs... but it should be noted that the bass plays a big part in the consistent speaking tone of the bass. For example, whilst Dingwall use the multi scale as a selling point and theres many raves about the quality of the B, you'll find less people keen to mention that the weight of the note on the higher strings is a not as pronounced - so for example, if you are playing a 5 string across the first 5 frets, there's a distinct difference in the quality and weight of notes between strings. Open strings never will sound the same as a fretted note - I'm not convinced by zero frets either. If you want consistent tone, don't use open strings... unless there's a particular need to (in terms of ease of playing, or using it for effect).
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