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Hi fella,   all quiet on the western front  at the mo,  folk seem unable to move from the other guitar sites, I guess they're comfy there.

I sold my Squier V1 after I bought the Silhouette Six, I don't think the silhouette  gets as deep as the squier, but it feels like half the weight,  certainly  smaller, and have often wondered what the pups were designed for.  As it's a guitar a complete  octave down now I guess  it doesn't need to replace the bass player as such.

Well, I have a Musicman silhouette bass V1, which came with both baritone and bass strings, currently  on bass flatwounds  tuned E to E, same pups. 30 inch scale like the Squier which I also had for a while,  the difference between the two  instruments  is astounding 

I've spent  my whole life using my hands for work or pleasure, (eh ?), airfix kits to tuning car engines, this is great,  really excellent,  well done fella. J

Thanks,  nothing like using strings that suit the individual,   do any of you guys have enough knowledge  to say which makes of flatwound strings  have what kind of sound, who's are bright ?,  or who's are mellow ?,   which to avoid,  etc.

On 31/8/2018 at 17:38, MoonBassAlpha said:

Nice! Is this in your house?

God I'm jealous, if it was my gaff there would be one cat kipping on the amp, and another swinging from a guitar strap, I feel better knowing its in a container, smirk.  Hope the move goes well.

Hi from Holmfirth,   I don't play all the basses I have, never mind the guitars, thank heavens I don't have room for more than one car !

So,  whilst every bass guitar i have has flatwounds,  if you put them on a typical six stringer, just cos i like the feel of the flatwound strings, will they  ''bend'' like wire wounds, then again it's the single core strings that get all the ''bending''  what if if i put 11 gauge flattys on ?, i like a mellow tone. Getting back into guitars so don't have oodles of knowledge,, answers on a postcard ?

Maybe something older, a bit vintage with a few knocks and bruises, but as cheap as poss, say an original Burns, just because.

AND ?,  is there a happy ending, will i need a hanky ?

On 22/08/2018 at 22:52, MoonBassAlpha said:

A metal one?

Ah, one of those perforated  Dobro jobby's, 

Morning ' you guitery-esque people's,   I live only ten minutes from the  home of Matamp,  it's owned and run by an old school mate  of mine who used to do work for Mathias in the sixty's,  he bought the company from Mathias's  widow years ago. Anyway,  he has tentatively  started production of  12 inch driver units to go with the majority of  amps that he supplies, think Fane/Celestion drivers. Early  days yet but should be  interesting,  if you need to update or want new cabs, another avenue for ya.

On 18/08/2018 at 21:50, Skybone said:

Who loves the sound of some outdated electronic glass bottles with killer voltages running through them?

I've been lucky enough to own a few good ones, a few dodgy ones, and I still own a great one.

Worst was a Marshall TSL122. The clean channel was alright, the other 2 channels were dreadful. It was too powerful an amp for the house, even with the Power Reduction switch engaged. Hey ho, you live & learn.

Had a JCM800 2x12 combo for a while. One of the single channel ones. Sounded great, but it had been revalved many moons previously for 5881's, they sounded good, but they didn't last very well, so it had to be revalved regularly at great expense. After I got it, a speaker failed, so I had to get a replacement (Celestion V30), then the other failed, so I stupidly put another V30 in it. Completely ruined it. Sounded awful with 2 V30's, couldn't get it to sound right after that.

The best one, is a Matamp 1224. Hand built in Yorkshire, pure valvey goodness, and with a really nice vinyl finish that they managed to source specifically for me. Got a matching 4x12 cab and a 1x12 cab for home use, both finished in the same vinyl. Had the faceplate replaced after a year with the "block" 70's Matamp logo. The amp has valve switching features where you can choose 4 different power valve combinations, 1 valve in Class A, 2 valves in Class A, 2 valves in Class AB1 & 4 valves in Class AB1. There's also a half power switch and a Pentode/Triode switch on the back.

 

What have you got???

Did someone  mention   MATAMP   ?

Well, well, as a bass player  I see I'm out of my depth here, some I like already mentioned,  Santana, Moore, what about  the now departed Jeff Healey,  I'll never play as well as him, and I can see ! 

Thanks for the  show reports S.B. over on B/chat, excellent stuff. Are you going to to some for here ?

Hi, I sneak over from B/chat sometimes,  hopefully  nobody's looking !

I'm sneaking around from B/chat too, sshh !

A 100 watt custom MatampGt1Mk1amp'n'cab,  now manufactured these days by an old school mate a few miles away,  and my Musicman silhouette 6, presently  strung E to E. Got a Rickenbacker 660 in fireglow,  but it's for sale.

Hi gang , I play mainly bass and have drifted across from B/chat  to pick some brains !  I've got a Rickenbacker 660 fireglow,  it's minus strings at the mo and I'm going to sell it, what do I put on to suit prospective  customers?