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From: pturner@sedona.intel.com (Pete Turner)
Subject: SKB Racks and Hardshell Cases
Followup-To: pturner@sedona.intel.com
Originator: pturner@sedona
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:45:13 GMT


Hi folks,

Over the weekend, I shucked out the cash for an Ibanez SR800, (which, by the
way, if you've never played one, they are *everything* Bass Player Mag's
review says plus some...but, I digress...).

The point is Ibanez is shipping their new guitars/basses in hardshell black
cases that (I think) are made by SKB (or is that SBK -- one makes cases, the
other makes records, and I'll always confuse which is which!). I already own
a 6 space rack unit from S?? (because it was a steal from Musician's Friend
compared to the Anvil Cases I'd seen locally) and I've had it about a year. 

The question to all you out there in bit-land who also have these cases/racks,
have you had any problems with the lock-latches? I thought they were a little
cheezy and figured that they would snap off in a year, but the rack is holding
strong. Granted, I'm not chucking the stuff across rooms (or even airports),
but I figured I'd see signs of ware by now...

I've also noticed that other companies are using similar cases too. A friend
bought a G&L and it was standard issue with his strat-like guitar.

Anybody want to add to the case? (...all right, I know, bad pun...sorry)...

-- 
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 Intel Corporation        |  around me now"
 5000 W. Chandler Blvd.   |
 M/S CH3-36               |  -- Geddy Lee/Neil Peart
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 FAX: (602) 554-7281      |  it 'The Surface of the Sun'!..."
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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
From: battlec@cs.rpi.edu (Clark Battle)
Subject: Re: Fast Picking
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 20:48:54 GMT

In article <1992Dec27.144131.17798@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, rost@tecrus.dec.com (My name is Brian Rost) writes:
|> 
|> In article <TVTawB3w165w@netlink.cts.com>, english@netlink.cts.com (Steven Foley) writes...
|> >I am not a very fast picker (probably due to the fact that I am a 
|> >beginner), and I would love to increse my speed as well as my accuracy (I 
|> >miss a lot of the upward strokes when alternate picking).  Does anyone 
|> >have any drills that they did or some advice for picking up the tempo?
|> >Thanks.

it is not necessary to pick every note.  a HUGE increase in speed & expressiveness
can be achieved by simply developing hammerons and pulloffs.  (a la Vic Wooten).



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From: shinh@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu (Shinjiro Hirose)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass,ne.forsale,misc.forsalerec.music.marketplace,alt.guitar.bass
Subject: 5-string bass for sale
Keywords: Hohner Steinberger XL copy
Date: 11 Jan 93 17:09:48 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Mass General Hospital NMR Imaging Center


For sale:

Black Hohner 5-string bass.  
Steinberger XL copy (small body)
2 humbucking pickups (passive)
satin finish on neck
comes with gig bag and 2 new sets of strings

$350 or best offer

The bass is in terrific condition and sounds very good.  
I've done some recording with it, and it sounds great through
the board.  This bass is a good, inexpensive way to try a
5 string.

-Shin Hirose
(617) 623-1202
-- 

Shin Hirose						1980 CB750-F
shinh@nmr-r.mgh.harvard.edu                         	1970 Porsche 914
DoD # 0670 						"the serpent was subtil"
From: esrbz@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr J Brennan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
Subject: SWR RELIABILITY
Date: 11 Jan 1993 17:05:47 -0000
Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
Distribution: world
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To: georged@meaddata.com
Subject: Re: Bass Amp Selection Update
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
Cc: 
Bcc: 
George,
I've just started seeing a new Bass teacher, he uses a SWR SM400 and the 
4x10 and 1x18 SWR cabs. He was very unhappy with their reliability - each
part of the system has failed once - the amp TWICE both times during a gig!.
He told me that he telephoned SWR in California to complain, spoke to the 
designer, I can't remember whether the attitude was "aggressive - unhelpful",
or "laid-back unhelpful" but either way he was dissatisfied. He recommended 
that I bought a peavey 4x10+Horn speaker saying that the cost of the SWR 4x10
was too high - I did and am pleased with it.


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From: mjkobb@media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
Subject: Alembic bass preamp?  Peavey Bass-EFX/ART Nightbass comparison
Date: 6 Jan 93 04:18:49 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory

Greetings!

  I was in the music store the other day, where they finally got
both a Peavey Bass-EFX and a Nightbass in at the same time.  I went
in to compare the two of them.  While I was there, I ran into a guy
who plays a Chapman Stick, and he said he's using a rackmounted
Alembic preamp for the Stick.  He recommended it highly.  Anybody
else out there have one of these?  Where do I find one?  I'd love to
try one.

  Also, by the way, I was very favorably impressed by the Peavey.
It had very sweet-sounding chorus effects, and the pitch shifter was
not bad, although it does much better shifting down than up (no
surprise).  I also preferred its foot controller.  I'm going to go
back sometime and read the manuals for both of them.

  Good things about the Peavey:

  +Nice display.  Bright letters on black background much easier to
read than the Nightbass's black-on-grey.

  +One space.

  +Nice chorus, delay, reverb.  Decent pitch shifting.

  +Very flexible effects configurations, allowing you to put the
effects in whatever order you want, and insert the effects loop
anywhere in the chain.

  +Foot controller built like a tank.  Much more durable-feeling
than the X-15, with a much better display, and the option of using
your own CV pedals.

  I did have a few complaints about the Peavey:

  -it does have a noticable "pop" when switching between some
patches

  -The data entry/patch select dial is free spinning, which makes it
hard to step through patches with it.

  -No tube in the preamp, and I hate solid-state preamps.  I'd
probably use it as FX only, in the effects loop of a tube preamp

Thanks,
--Mike
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
From: pturner@sedona.intel.com (Pete Turner)
Subject: Re: Bass Amp Recommendations
Originator: pturner@sedona
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:21:24 GMT


Okay, my $.02:

I found a used GK400RB in paper for $350. It's a rack mount amp and I
absolutely love! It's very very clean (it's 200W into 4 ohms, which
I've never actually done, but there's something to be said when drummers
ask you "...turn it down a little...my fillings are rattling!"). My 
(typical) jokes aside, if you can find one in the $350-500 range used,
take it...or at least try it out. I sware by mine, and will never sell it...
unless I decide to upgrade to the GK 800 -- similar beast, but bi-amped!

I came to the conclusion I was going to "go rack" the next time I had the
bucks to revamp the gear. Frankly, I like having a system that's completely 
configurable by me, and that included the speakers! It seems worth having
to tote more stuff around to get what would make me happy, as opposed to 
somebody elses idea of an ideal configuation. By the way (I guess as an
example how this can turn out to your advantage), I own two speaker cabinets.
One is a 2x10 and the other is a 2x15 -- both are EV EVM Series II's so
they are real heavy. When I'm practicing at home, I just plug the
amp into the 2x10 (that stays at home) and start playing...band practice? 
I leave the 2x15 at the practice room, and from home, grab my bass and 
the rack, toss 'em in the car and plug in when I arrive.

Any other GK owners that want to add their spare change to my two cents?

	Laterness!

	Pete
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 ______________________________________________________________________________

 Pete Turner              | "I'm not looking back -- but I want to look
 Intel Corporation        |  around me now"
 5000 W. Chandler Blvd.   |
 M/S CH3-36               |  -- Geddy Lee/Neil Peart
 Chandler, AZ 85226       | ---------------------------------------------------
 pturner@sedona.intel.com | "...yeah, I've been to Phoenix...they call that
 ATT: (602) 554-8906      |  place 'The Valley of the Sun'...they should call
 FAX: (602) 554-7281      |  it 'The Surface of the Sun'!..."
                          |
 Zeta Psi - Gamma Chapt.  |  -- Some unknown late-night comic
 ______________________________________________________________________________
Xref: sparky rec.music.makers.bass:487 rec.audio.pro:2687
From: grego@bit.UUCP (Greg Sanguinetti)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass,rec.audio.pro
Subject: Re: Radio on Amp
Summary: tips to avoid radio interference
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:33:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: bit.544
Reply-To: grego@bit.UUCP (Greg Sanguinetti)
Distribution: usa
Organization: BIT  Portland, OR

In article <1hsqcoINNklb@network.ucsd.edu> mbreen@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Michael Breen) writes:
>In article <C01wG1.870@news.cso.uiuc.edu> khumphre@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Keith Humphreys) writes:
>>The Summary line says it all.  Sometimes the radio comes in on my
>>amop in between songs (my songs, not the radios). Anyone know
>>why this happens and if it can be corrected?
>
>Happens (and happened) to me with long cable runs.  I used to tell the
>other band members the cable was "acting like an antenna", but I was just
>guessing.
>
>Can anyone offer the technical reason this happens?

Yes, cables act like antenna. A quick fix is to solder a small capacitor
(>= .001mfd) between the hot and ground terminals of the input jack, in
your amplifier. This will act as a low pass filter and eliminate the
modulated RF signal.

Be certain to clean up the contacts of the jack and also your plugs with
steel wool and solvent. If there is sufficient oxidation between the plug
and jack contacts the oxidation will act as a semiconductor junction and
thus rectify the incomming signal. This will demodulate the radio signal
before the capacitor can filter it out.

These are the usual fixes. Others have noted that bad solder joints and
improper grounding schemes within the amplifier also cause this problem.
You might check to see that the signal line from the input jack to the
first circuit board is shielded.

-grego

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From: kimple@vax.cns.muskingum.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
Subject: 10" 'car stereo' woofers for a bass rig
Date: 12 Jan 93 21:10:10 -0500
Organization: Muskingum College


A while ago I asked for some recomendations on using 10" "car" woofers in a set
up for bass. Well, i finally got a pair, and here it is...

They were the Thunder 10" woofer from Parts Express. 96 db/w/m effeicency,
a freq. response of 35 - 2K Hz, and continuous power of 175 watts. (peak
is almost double that). A resonant frequency of 32Hz.

Well, for a pair of 10" 's, they do produce some LOW end! SInce they are not a
full range speaker, they are missing the clarity by themselves. I expected
this, and use my guitar's 2-10"s for the upper range. 

Bonus - these were $29.90 or so EACH! fairly inexpensivew (my price range!)

Now I have a fairly small rig, easy to pack, lift (!), and it sounds pretty
good!

Thanks to those who originally replied.

jd
From: rost@tecrus.dec.com (My name is Brian Rost)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
Subject: Re: SKB Racks and Hardshell Cases
Date: 8 Jan 93 18:00:18 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <1993Jan7.234513.5320@ichips.intel.com>, pturner@sedona.intel.com (Pete Turner) writes...
>The question to all you out there in bit-land who also have these cases/racks,
>have you had any problems with the lock-latches? I thought they were a little
>cheezy and figured that they would snap off in a year, but the rack is holding
>strong. Granted, I'm not chucking the stuff across rooms (or even airports),
>but I figured I'd see signs of ware by now...
> 
>I've also noticed that other companies are using similar cases too. A friend
>bought a G&L and it was standard issue with his strat-like guitar.
> 
>Anybody want to add to the case? (...all right, I know, bad pun...sorry)...

I''ll bite...I have a Fender plastic case which is of this type.  After six
years, the little hinges on the back are working their way out, the straps that
keep the top at 90 degrees when you open it both tore (so the top flops open
all the way).  The typical tolex type case has "bumps" on the hinges so that
the hinges keep the top up, a better idea.  Also, the latches tend to pop open
at a moment's notice (good thing there are four.  In general, a piece of crap.
My tolex cases have rips in the covering, but no problems with the hardware
after an equivalent amount of time.

I'd buy an Anvil to replace it but they are *way* heavy and will rip up my
car's upholstery, so I guess a new tolex case is in my future.


					Brian Rost @tecrus.enet.dec.com

					508-568-6115

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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
From: morrowjp@rtsg.mot.com (Jerry P Morrow)
Subject: Re: SWR RELIABILITY
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:27:18 GMT

In article <1is9dbINN7mp@violet.csv.warwick.ac.uk> esrbz@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr J Brennan) writes:
>To: georged@meaddata.com
>Subject: Re: Bass Amp Selection Update
>Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
>In-Reply-To: <1is1viINNomt@meaddata.meaddata.com>
>Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
>Cc: 
>Bcc: 
>George,
>I've just started seeing a new Bass teacher, he uses a SWR SM400 and the 
>4x10 and 1x18 SWR cabs. He was very unhappy with their reliability - each
>part of the system has failed once - the amp TWICE both times during a gig!.
>He told me that he telephoned SWR in California to complain, spoke to the 
>designer, I can't remember whether the attitude was "aggressive - unhelpful",
>or "laid-back unhelpful" but either way he was dissatisfied. He recommended 
>that I bought a peavey 4x10+Horn speaker saying that the cost of the SWR 4x10
>was too high - I did and am pleased with it.
>
I just sent my SM-400 back to California, the service center in St. Charles,
IL, couldn't fix it properly.  We'll see if they really fix the amp and how
much they are going to charge me.  Unfortunately, the amp is no longer under
warranty.

Jerry
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
Subject: Re: Hohner JBFL fretless bass.
From: kjx@comp.vuw.ac.nz (R James Noble)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 23:41:36 GMT
Organization: Gatewayed from Mail to News at VUW, New Zealand
Return-Path: <kjx@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
X-Mailer: mail-news 4.1

|> rgonzal@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez) writes:
 [regarding a phenolic-fingerboard Hohner guitar]

|> I think the effect of the phenolic, which is very hard, is to give
|> a better fretless "whine" sound, especially if you use roundwound
|> strings. The drawback, however, is that string noise (like the 
|> "clacking" sound when you press the string to the fingerboard) is
|> more noticeable, especially if you have the tone knob turned up.

I can vouch for both of these. With my scrappy technique, the clacking
can be a bit of a problem. The whine is a nice sound, especially
through a bit of delay or chorus, but (on the Hohner) can often be a
little trebly.

|> I never had any problems with it chipping.

I was very unlucky here - someone dropped a guitar (I think) and it
fell onto the front of the neck, pressing the strings sharply into the
fingerboard. Anyone know how to patch such a fingerboard? :-(

kjx
From: moskowit@panix.com (Len Moskowitz)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
Subject: Re: Hohner JBFL fretless bass.
Date: 7 Jan 93 15:33:40 GMT
Organization: Panix Public Access Internet & Unix, NYC

By the way, to my knowledge Hohner only used phenolic fingerboards on
their fretless basses.  Fretted basses use East Indian rosewood.  My
now de-fretted B2V 5-string headless has a rosewood fingerboard.

-- 
Len Moskowitz
moskowit@panix.com
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
From: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw)
Subject: Re: SWR RELIABILITY
Reply-To: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw)
Organization: Century Computing, Inc.
Date: 11 Jan 93 18:24:09 GMT


My experience w/ SWR has been nothing but good. I've had my SM400 head
and Goliath II for 3 years now and have never had a problem with
either, short of needing to replace the tube about 6 months ago.
Sounds great, live (stage) and through the board.  I put some Ernie
Ball removable amp casters on the Goliath (they don't, or didn't, come
stock) and now its completely portable.  I've called SWR at their
California offices a few times with questions or whatever, and they've
always been very helpful.

-Barry
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From: doug@hopey.telcom.arizona.edu (Doug Wellington USGS)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass,rec.music.makers
Subject: Re: Bass Technique Videos & Sounds
Keywords: instructional videos
Date: 4 Jan 93 05:45:00 GMT
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona Telecommunications
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Dec30.213042.6992@deeptht.armory.com>,
  purelght@armory.com writes...

>1) Does anyone know of any good videos that teach popping techniques
>   and other fun bass tricks?

Well, the ABSOLUTE BEST video for slapping is _The Slap Bass Program_
by Alexis Sklarevski.  Alexis, who writes the Bass column for Guitar
Player magazine, takes you step by step from simple to really complex
stuff, including the "machine gun triplets" and other tricks.  Well
worth the money, especially when you consider how many (few?) lessons
you could get for the same amount.

For Tapping, Dewayne Pate's video _The Art of Tapping_ is also excellent.

Both of these are available from Video Progressions at (800) 243-4335.

If you like what Stu Hamm does, his video is OK.  He divides his video
up into three parts with one part on general stuff, one part on slapping
and the third on tapping.  He shows some nice tricks, which are good to
add to your collection, but doesn't really show you how or where to
start.  If you are willing to spend a lot of time experimenting on your
own, and/or you want one video to cover both slapping and tapping, this
may be the one.

I have also heard good things about Beaver Felton's Superchops videos,
but I have never seen any...

-Doc
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
From: labuskif@ame_lab.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Frank Labuski)
Subject: BASS 4 SALE
Organization: PictureTel Corporation
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:59:31 GMT

Keywords:

1979 Rickenbacker 4001 stereo bass.  I have no need for it anymore.  
Top pick-up is a little flakey but otherwise it plays and sounds great.
Custom, flip-tone paint job.  Will sell for $400 or bo.  
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
From: rost@tecrus.dec.com (My name is Brian Rost)
Subject: Re: Alembic bass preamp?  Peavey Bass-EFX/ART Nightbass comparison
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: rec
Date:  6 JAN 93 08:57:49    


In article <MJKOBB.93Jan5231849@media-lab.media.mit.edu>, mjkobb@media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes...
>Greetings!
> 
>  I was in the music store the other day, where they finally got
>both a Peavey Bass-EFX and a Nightbass in at the same time.  I went
>in to compare the two of them.  While I was there, I ran into a guy
>who plays a Chapman Stick, and he said he's using a rackmounted
>Alembic preamp for the Stick.  He recommended it highly.  Anybody
>else out there have one of these?  Where do I find one?  I'd love to
>try one.
> 

The only Alembic preamp I know of is the old dual channel tube unit they made
in the 1970s.  Essentially it was a clone of the front end of a Fender Twin,
tweaked for low noise.  They pop up used in the $200 range now and then.  There
are no effects, programmability or anything....

					Brian Rost @tecrus.enet.dec.com

					508-568-6115

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	*  The above does not reflect the opinions of	   *
	*  my employer.					   *
	*						   *
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	*  musicians.					   *
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From: ian@ohm.york.ac.uk (I Stephenson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
Subject: Re: Fender Hardshell Cases
Date: 11 Jan 93 15:45:12 GMT
Reply-To: ian@ohm.york.ac.uk
Organization: Electronics Department, University of York, UK

In article <1993Jan8.150219.18320@ryn.mro4.dec.com> rost@tecrus.dec.com (My  
name is Brian Rost) writes:
> 
> 
> I''ll bite...I have a Fender plastic case which is of this type.  After six
> years, the little hinges on the back are working their way out, the straps 
> In general, a piece of crap.

On the subject of moaning about cases - am I the only one who thinks that  
Fender screwed up the cases on the Kubicki's they made?

For the price they charged they could have got some decent cases made up to  
actually FIT THE INSTRUMENT, rather than puting them in standard precision  
cases. The shape is completly wrong, and the bass rattles around inside (also,  
one of the clasps is broke on mine). Its close enough to offer some protection,  
but I was not chuffed with it (I'd also like Kubicki written on the side rather  
than Fender - never did like Fender in any case). If I had the cash I'd have a  
proper case made up, and keep my spare bass (some cheap P copy) in the fender  
case (it fits far better than the Kubicki does).

Ian Stephenson
ian@ohm.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass