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[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1197449' date='Apr 12 2011, 10:15 PM']Honest mistake. Many a slip. Smoke without fire. More in sorrow than in anger. Disproportionate response. Dead men tell no tales. At the end of the day. Let sleeping dogs lie. If you get my meaning.[/quote] I'll have whatever he's smoking.

[quote name='munkonthehill' post='1197407' date='Apr 12 2011, 09:59 PM']If I go into a shop I expect the seller to know what they have and what they are selling.[/quote] Ever been to PC World? -- light-hearted interlude -- [quote name='skankdelvar' post='1197411' date='Apr 12 2011, 10:00 PM']While this thread is still getting a huge audience, can I mention my mint vintage sunburst '62 P is up for sale. A beauty or what? [/quote] Nice Gibson!

I've read about a few people on here breaking strings. I have come up with a one string bass. It means that there are less strings to break, therefore less of a problem. I've seen Sandbergs 2 string bass... this is better!

[quote name='KevB' post='1197041' date='Apr 12 2011, 05:09 PM']I've never tried one of their rack tuners but I've had a Behringer foot pedal tuner for a while and never had any problen tracking, though I'm only a 4 stringer so never tried it on a low B for instance. I tend to tune my E string playing A on the 5th fret anyway just out of habit but it will track an open string E as well as any other pedal I've tried.[/quote] Again, this is where there is a difference in requirements from a tuner. I have numerous people come around with their basses to get me to intonate their basses/guitars on my strobe tuner. I'm in agreement with most tuners being able to do the job - particularly live - but there are some things, such as setting intonation, where it's great to have an uber accurate tuner. You'll struggle to get your intonation spot on if you are fretting along the neck to get your tuner to register. Usint the A on th 5th fret to tune your E string is great... but only if you E string is properly intonated in the first place - otherwise you'll find that your A is in tune but no other note along that string is! When in the studio, everything goes through the tuner - with the sweeteners on - it makes a difference. I hate hearing out of tune instruments prominent in the mix. Some like it though - maybe for a touch of soul - or whatever you wish to call it. Different strokes for different strokes. Means the devil Antares doesn't get a look in either! Weigh up what you really need and buy that. The amount of people who buy a rack tuner because it looks pimp and has lights is staggering. I was probably in that camp... but as soon as I find the ideal lightweight head, I'll ditch the rack tuner for the equivalent pedal. I'm all for the ease of carrying and loading stuff nowadays. I haven't got anybody to do it for me anymore! The lighter you make your rack, the better. If you can make it just your head in a rack case, even better. Also, I've got a Furman conditioner in my rack. Does it do anything? Nah. Just adds dead weight and size to the rack that I could with out to be honest! Thought it would look pimp and would improve something. In reality, it doesn't improve anything, gives you a faint glow to your rack... and is an unnecessary weight. Oh, and you'll get a sh1t hot, portable pedal tuner for €150 or an "ok" rack tuner for the same money.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1196746' date='Apr 12 2011, 01:10 PM']Plus if you have an instrument with the Buzz Feiten tuning system like the MTD Basses you need a tuner that is compensated for it.[/quote] Truth.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1196742' date='Apr 12 2011, 01:07 PM']I'm not doubting but can you explain, if a string is tuned and the intonation is set properly surely it'd sound right in a chord?[/quote] You can never get your bass in tune across all strings for all keys. Thats where these guys say they can help - [url="http://www.truetemperament.com/site/index.php"]http://www.truetemperament.com/site/index.php[/url]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1196734' date='Apr 12 2011, 12:59 PM']I don't understand all the jizzing over Peterson stuff, surely if something tracks quick and tunes like the Korg then that's all you need? I'm sure the Peterson is more accurate but to an inaudible level.[/quote] Playing single notes agreed. Playing chords, the Peterson has it. It certainly makes a big difference on guitars - especially with the sweetened tunings (waits for doubters to wade in...)

Peterson Stroborack here. It's the business but expensive. It's also the best. I wouldn't actually recommend getting a rack tuner though - just get a really, really decent floor tuner. Peterson and TC spring to mind - and they'll work out cheaper than a rack unit that isn't as good. The amount of places I've gone without my rig wishing I had a really good tuner to hand...

I had similar - turned out to be a spot of tennis elbow. See if you can get your arm strapped and see what difference that makes.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1194923' date='Apr 10 2011, 07:03 PM']Lovely! Not a 'massive' fan of the LG shape... It's a little odd, but yours is possibly the nicest I've seen. The SKB is killer! Love the Diamond boards too... Amazing.[/quote] Indeed - when seeing it out of context on a stand, it may seems a little off. Once strapped on, it looks great... and feels great to the player too.

Andy Tolman on his GB Spitfire. Love his playing... top bloke too!

[quote name='silddx' post='1188337' date='Apr 4 2011, 09:09 PM']Well, well, bloody well. I am missing my Warwick Corvette $$. I'm thinking of selling this to get a recent SH one with the very shallow Jazz style neck. This 'un now has a J-Retro 01, it sounds gorgeous, it looks gorgeous, but I miss 24 frets and the Warwick ergonomics. I'm such a flake. After all the things I said about it, how amazing it is, how it speaks to me, how utterly wonderful the neck is (all true aswell) I'm missing the Warwick vibe. Never thought I would. How sad am I? f***ing sad.[/quote]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1184344' date='Apr 1 2011, 10:20 AM']This was just reported in a legal form I frequent..... A new European act on product description has created a formal Europe-wide definition of a "bass guitar" for marketing purposes. The new definition states that to be a "bass guitar", the instrument must have four strings tuned EADG, be fretted, be typically worn supported by a strap, and several other defined characteristics. Instruments not meeting the specification may be sold, but may not be described as "bass guitars". After a previous, similar, act where the naming of "Soya Milk" and other vegetable "milks" as "milk" was banned, soya milk manufacturers renamed their product as "soya alternative to milk". Several bass guitar manufacturers, including Yamaha, have announced that they will be similarly marketing their non-conforming instruments as "5 string alternative to a bass guitar" or "fretless alternative to a bass guitar". Lawyers have given opinion that the restriction on naming extends to CD liner notes and other descriptive material. And hence track listings must not reference a "bass guitar" unless the bass in question is a four string fretted bass in standard EADG tuning. The consequences of the actions are far reaching, and it is not yet known whether instrumentalists such as Pino Palladino who specialise in playing fretless basses will still be able to describe themselves as a "bass guitarist". Lawyers have given their opinion that this is not clear, and the legality of such instrumentalists continuing to call themselves bass guitarists will not be settled until someone is sued for describing himself as a bass guitarist, and a legal precedent is created.[/quote] Lame effort.

Been looking on YouTube for some time for this one. Got it... This is a Rumour featuring with Angie Stone. If you look carefully, you spot Bernie hiding in the curtains off to the side of the stage...

Very cool!

Very cool!

[quote name='Shockwave' post='1180752' date='Mar 29 2011, 01:33 PM']You can find out earlier in the thread! All was explained. I would love green LEDS but i assume the fingerboard would have to come off of the bass to get them fitted, which would damage the paintwork? A note on the paint, its VERY hard to get an even coat on it, if even one bit is missing or uneven, or darker, you cant just strip the finish back around that patch, because it leaves a dark patch. Even when you respray over the darker patch it still a different shade to the rest of the body! The last coat had to be done in one go, with no mistakes, no running. I was thinking of just putting some bright green plastic inlays in, instead.[/quote] If you go to Martin Sims, he retrofits them - and this is done by making a thin insertion down the length of the neck. The wiring is done through that slot. Once wired, this is filled and blown over with polyester leaving the work "invisible". Given what you've said about this paint (I'm guessing it's not polyester from what you've said) you'll have to spray a complete coat if you weren't happy with line.

Nice. That's going to be quite a looker when finished! Green LEDs anybody?

[quote name='griffonite' post='1179734' date='Mar 28 2011, 04:53 PM']Very interesting chaps. I knew I was probably wrong. So you think this is a shoddy repair job? Personally I wouldn't care about appearences as long as the neck was structurally sound but I can't understand why it would be left visible if it were possible to conceal the damage? Financial considerations apart, I suppose. Thanks for the replies. Any info' or opinions are useful.[/quote] I think the deal is is that if somebody is in the market for buying a Smith, they won't be looking at one with damage, especially with a repair job like that. It may be worth spending a bit to get a better repair job done... although I don't quite know who you are going to sell it to with damage like that... unless it really is invisible and looks as good as new. I think the key thing would be to get the crack repaired so it's not visible and get the polyester reblown over the repair. If needs be, it may need some seriously blowing in in the polyester department to get it spot on.

[quote name='Big_Stu' post='1179714' date='Mar 28 2011, 04:33 PM']One of the easist ways is to get another piece of the same wood, sometimes if you're lucky you can take it from the actual wood of the guitar (for eg. make a p/u cavity slightly larger under the plate). Get a saw with the finest teeth you can find & saw that bit of wood to pieces. Then mix the resulting sawdust with PVA glue until it's stodgy sawdust then fill the hole with it. (Having first fixed the actual break with the same glue leaving it a little short of the surface so that you've got a crack to put your filler into). The glue dries clear & if it's off the same piece it can't fail to match, if you chose your bit well it should be preddy damn close.[/quote] Exactly. Use the same technique for building up a nut rather than replacing it - file down another nut, collect the "dust", mix it up and it's ready to fill the nut.

[quote name='griffonite' post='1179622' date='Mar 28 2011, 03:30 PM']Would it influence your opinion of the bass if you knew it was owned by a top class musician[/quote] Nup. [quote]and the repair was done by Martin Petersen of Sei basses and that the bass had been in the repaired condition for twelve years?[/quote] Nup. That is not exactly the nicest looking of repairs. If it is one of Martin's repairs, he has obviously improved somewhat over the last twelve years!! (Having said that, it's not really fair to comment because the repair may have been done as budget functional repair - as opposed to a labour intensive "invisible" repair. [quote]I' m no luthier but I can't see how you could hide repairs on the neck like this unless there was some kind of finish on the wood that would hide cracks but I'm probably wrong about that.[/quote] Hmm.... I've seen seem amazing repairs where something like this becomes invisible.

The last thing the OP wants is an attenuator. If the OP wants to drive more speakers (but at the cost of output), he'll still be louder if he attached another 4 Ohm cab with a special diy series cable (to give 8 Ohm - I'm sure OBBM would make one up for you). I've detailed it in this post - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=45810"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=45810[/url]

[quote name='obbm' post='1179601' date='Mar 28 2011, 03:16 PM']Without knowing a bit more detail (requested) I supect that he wants to be louder, in which case the amp will be running at a high output and would probably melt one of those things as they have quite a low power rating.[/quote] Agreed - Ted may build custom spec stuff as he has done for me. As I said earlier though, all this stuff is generally for valve amps and I don't think tranny amps like things like dummy loads/attenuators and the like...

Not quite sure why you would want to do that... but... if I think what I think you are thinking, you want to change impedence of your cabs as seen by the amp? Then I guess something like Ted Weber's Z matcher would get you there? Although Ted's stuff is generally designed for valve amps so I don't know if you want to be doing this sort of thing with tranny amps. [url="https://taweber.powweb.com/store/zmatch.htm"]https://taweber.powweb.com/store/zmatch.htm[/url] I think what you want to do is as follows - [codebox] Z Match (head setting @ 8 ohm / cab setting at 4 ohm) -- 4 ohm speaker Output (4 ohms) --< Z Match (head setting @ 8 ohm / cab setting at 4 ohm) -- 4 ohm speaker [/codebox] Probably easier and wiser to buy 8 ohm cabs to be honest.