leftybassman392

Hi Andrea and welcome to the forum. I'm not familiar with your particular amp, but from a quick look at the top panel it seems you're getting a volume mismatch when switching channels (actually there's a bit more to it than that, but perhaps another time...). Unfortunately it doesn't look like there's a solution just using the amp. The issue is that everything goes through the same gain control. It's done to keep costs down, but the downside is that you sacrifice flexibility. More expensive amps tend to use separate circuits for the different channels. The upside is that you have control of settings for each channel; the downside is that they're, well, more expensive. The obvious thing to do (notwithstanding what you've said) would be to get a pedal. All overdrive/distortion pedals come with their own output level control, so you can just leave the amp on the clean setting and adjust the output level on the pedal to match it. (You probably know this already but just so I've said it, the pedal will have a bypass switch as well so you can send the signal straight through to the amp for clean sounds.) There's literally dozens of pedals to choose from whatever style you play, and the good news is that you don't need to spend a lot to get a good one. Hope this helps.

I have an Epiphone set neck Les Paul that I acquired from my nephew some years ago. It's currently in bits, and I'm planning to undertake a rebuild project. I have most of the parts around the place somewhere so wouldn't need to shell out for much. As part of the rebuild I'm thinking about replacing the current standard humbuckers with P90's or equivalent pickups. Before shelling out £200 or more of my hard-earned though I have a few queries that I'm hoping somebody will be able to answer: 1. How easy is it to drop P90's into the cutouts for the humbuckers? I've replaced humubuckers with humbuckers before, but I'm pretty sure the fitting for the P90 is different. 2. Will I need to make any changes to the electrics? It's a long time since I've done this type of work, but from memory the capacitors (and possibly the pots as well) for single coils have different values to those for humbuckers. 3. In case it isn't already obvious, I'm looking to get away from the standard Les Paul sound. I have them on several other guitars (and I used to own an '80's LP Custom so I know what they sound like), and am looking for something a bit different. I'm a complete novice with P90's though, so any guidance anybody can offer as to which ones to buy would be gratefully received. I'm aware that it's a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question, but it's an Epiphone rather than a Gibson so I'm not keen to spend silly money for what is essentially an experiment if I don't have to. Thomann have Gibson originals at around £85 a pop, plus a bunch of what look like boutique alternatives, most of which cost more. Anybody?

I had a similar buzz from my Cornford at exactly the same frequency. After checking that everything was screwed down properly, I concluded that a microphonic valve was the source of the problem. (Remember that 50Hz is mains AC voltage, which in pitch terms is between G and Ab.) Replacement of the preamp valves at my local emporium fixed the problem. I was selling the amp anyway as it happened so I reasoned that I might as well get them all changed, but the method below should work. The BDL appears to use 12AX7's x3 in the preamp, which is fairly standard. Get a new valve (you can buy them at pretty modest cost online), and swap out a preamp valve with the good one, switch on and play, switch off and continue in the same vein with the remaining valves until the problem goes away. There could be a problem with the mains transformer (I've had issues with transformers in a Fender reissue amp in the past), but I'd be surprised if you need to look further than the valves. Hope this helps.

Anybody have one? I have some credit at a local musician's emporium, and have been looking for a good reverb unit on which to spend it. The HOF2 seems to cover all the bases I need at a very decent price. I'm keen to know if anybody has one, and in particular has an opinion about it. Although I used to play and teach professionally, I haven't done so for some years now and these days only play for myself. Although I haven't completely ruled out the idea of playing in public, in truth it's pretty unlikely. I don't have a recording setup these days either so don't need oodles of features. Good sound, plenty of options and functionality are the things I'm looking for. I'm not too worried about the editor although I guess I'd get round to it eventually. Over to you guys...

As in 'more than one'...

I'm currently down to a single bass (Seibass Original headless 5er - Leftie of course), which I can't see me ever selling. Mostly down to the fact that I don't gig anymore, I have slowly but surely moved my other basses on. At one time I think I had 9 or 10, including several Fenders, 2 Shukers, A Wal Custom and a lovely Roscoe fretless among others.

Item now sold on Basschat. Mods please lock.

*Sigh* Oh alright then. If you must... Seriously, post away. The more the merrier.

That's me putting my hand up to say 'me too' by the way...

I was in the market for a small, basic valve amp recently, and did consider the Joyo. If you're in that market they're well worth a close look IMHO. I know very little about the company, but they do sound good on the YouTube reviews I've listened to. In the event I went with a Blues Junior IV. More power than I really need (and a bit more than I was planning to pay), but a great sound straight out of the box combined with plenty of clean headroom with the single coils on my Strat was what swayed it for me. I don't see me playing live again any time soon, but if I did it's good to know the amp could do that job too.

Update: the manual - such as it is - has turned up while looking for something else. Doesn't change much, but just in the interest of full disclosure.

Up for sale here is my Cornford Hurricane. Made on 21/06/2004. Bought from it's original owner in 2008. AFAIK he never gigged it, and only gigged by me a couple of times (and not at all for 9 years). As a result, it's in spanking good condition; and just to be sure, has had a recent service and revalve. The original valves are visible in one of the photos, and can be included if the buyer wishes. Basschat forum regulars will know my reasons for selling this, but it's all explained in this thread The amp is complete and original, and comes with a proprietary soft dust cover. For what I hope are obvious reasons post or courier is not realistic. An exchange at my house, the buyer's house or somewhere in between is thus the solution of choice. I'm happy to transport it as necessary, and given the asking price this will be done free of charge within 50 miles or so of Birmingham. Beyond that, I'll need to charge a small transit fee (which will be nominal as a way of helping me offset my transit costs). Payment would need to be CoC or bank transfer. Sorry, but this isn't negotiable. This amp is being advertised elsewhere. As always, I'll be happy to answer sensible questions here or by PM. Photos:

Looks pretty straightforward to me. Fretting hand is playing basic first position chords (mostly A, D, E with the odd F#m). Picking pattern looks to be thumb picking root-fifth, index finger picking 1st then 2nd string, thumb-index to finish. Repeat. The actual strings the thumb is playing depend on which chord is being played. Example: for the A chord the string sequence would be 5 4 1 2 4 2

You can use the strikethrough option (funny-looking S at the top of the edit screen) on items that sell from a list.

Good choices. You could also try Fields of Gold in the Eva Cassidy version (bit harder but worth the effort IMHO). The early section of Stairway to Heaven is very straightforward too; whether you'll want to learn it is another matter of course... One thing you haven't mentioned is how much of a beginner you actually are. All the songs mentioned so far, whilst fairly straightforward, do require some degree of dexterity around the fretboard. If you're a complete beginner (as in 'still learning where everything is') then they will still look a bit tough.

I have absolutely no idea what any of you could possibly mean...

[Pedantry] Eco-friendly is not the same as biodegradable. Eco-friendly is to do with sustainability and minimising environmental impact. Biodegradable is to do with the breakdown of organic matter. Depending on the manufacturing process the guitar may or may not be biodegradable. Doesn’t stop it being eco-friendly though as long as the bamboo is obtained from a sustainable source. [/Pedantry] ETA: The bamboo construction doesn't automatically make it a bad guitar. If you go to YouTube and type 'bamboo guitar' into the engine you get quite a selection of interesting-looking guitars made partially (or even completely) from bamboo.

I’d call it free improvisation. There was a lively discussion on this a while back over on Basschat, but it is a movement with quite a long history. A lot of it’s best known exponents are horn players such as Lol Coxhill and Evan Parker. Amongst guitarists, best known are people like Derek Bailey and Fred Frith in his wilder outings. Very much an acquired taste of course and not really for anybody who likes to know where the one is, but it does have a following. For the curious, there’s plenty to choose from over on yoochoob. Not for the musically faint of heart though; you have been warned.

Nice. Loved the sound from the Les Paul on the first track. Not quite as technical as some I've heard (Tina S. springs to mind), but a nice smooth crisp technique nevertheless, and of course original material never does any harm. Thanks for posting.

My Fender 50th Anniversary Stratocaster. U.S. made in 1996 to celebrate 50 years of the company.There's a lot of tosh talked about the various models they brought out at about that time, but this is the series of special limited editions of their primary model ranges - 2500 for each of them except the Strat and - I think - P-bass Lefties, which were limited to 250 worldwide and 50 of each to the UK market IIRC. Not a custom shop guitar as such, just a very nicely made guitar with one or two unusual touches. Actually gigged it a couple of times too. Guitars - even expensive ones - come and go, but that one was a bit special to me. Not particularly valuable I don't think (perhaps a bit extra for the Lefty rarity), but even so...

Here's a couple of things to get you started:

Pure coincidence, but I was just thinking about Lukather. Mighty impressive songwriting and producing CV too.

I had a 112L a few years ago. Quality of manufacture was way ahead of the competition when it first came out. Being picky, it felt a bit anonymous and unremarkable tonally, and could be fiddly to get a half-decent sound from (IMHO, E&OE, YMMV, etc.). That apart, a fine instrument and excellent value for money still. Pretty much the perfect learning instrument too: the number of these things in schools tells you everything you need to know.

I have mine already: Custom Telecaster Body of a Telecaster shorn of virtually all adornments, rib and elbow contouring like a Strat, pickup/selector configuration basically from a superstrat but with a few tricks up it's sleeve so I can have any configuration I want (including the Tele mid-position), pickups made by Rob himself and specified for tone over power (definitely not DiMarzios!), neck set and made so as to be as close as possible to my '84 Gibson 335 dot except for a slightly bigger fretboard radius and a Fender scale length. In short, my favourite bits from some of my favourite guitars. If I think of anything else I'll post it later.