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From: cei@po.CWRU.Edu (Charles E. Ivy)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
Subject: Re: Peavey Minx (was Re: small amps)
Date: 10 Nov 1992 05:59:33 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Reply-To: cei@po.CWRU.Edu (Charles E. Ivy)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, irwin@usdev.enet.dec.com () says:

>
>
>I picked up a Peavey Minx amp for using in practice with both a country
>and a rock band.  I love it !!  Have used it for a few gigs at smaller
>clubs around the Worcester/Boston Area.  Paid $99 for it, and it packs
>a lot of punch !!
>
>
>Dave
>
I've had a Minx as my main amp for almost five years. This summer I borrowed
a TNT-130, but you have to admit it's nice to be able to toss the Minx in your
trunk, your bass case in your back seat, and still have room for a passenger.
-- 
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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
From: rost@rgb.dec.com (My name is Brian Rost)
Subject: Re: Practicing with headphones
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 11 NOV 92 08:46:45    


In article <1992Nov11.050911.17803@sequent.com>, gsmith@sequent.com (Greg Smith) writes...
>Any comments on the various headphone practice amps? I know of the Rockman,
>and the Fender Bass Pak. There is a third but I forget the name, it's a 
>snazzy looking little unit with multiple effects that alledgedly will operate
>pretty cleanly as an effects pre-amp. It's also in the $400 category while
>the other two are somwhat cheaper. I'm told that the Rockman and the 
>Fender product are both a bit dirty as pre-amps. Any input on especially the
>Bass Pak would be appreciated.

The Bass Rockman has been discontinued, the cheaper Bass Ace model is still
available. 

About the cheapest (though I don't care for the sound myself) is the Pocket
Rock-It Bass model.  You might also check out the Ibanez Rock'n'Play which is
a Walkman tape player with an instrument input, they now have a bass model.

The $400 unit is probably one of the Zoom units.  It's really a digital FX unit
that happens to have a headphone output on it.

I have yet to hear any headphone amp that works well as a preamp or FX
unit....too noisy.  Of course, that's not what the manufacturer will say!!

I personally find ALL headphone amps a compromise soundwise, so I'd say buy the
cheapest one you can live with.  Just my $0.02.

					Brian Rost @rgb.enet.dec.com

					508-568-6115

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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
From: timv@ccad.uiowa.edu (Timothy VanFosson)
Subject: Peavey microBass for sale (was Re: Small amps)
Organization: CAD-Research, U. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:09:39 GMT

From article <FENSTER.92Nov9164904@ground.cs.columbia.edu>, by fenster@cs.columbia.edu (Sam Fenster):

> I think there's only one cheap, good-sounding one: a Peavey
> ("microBass," I think), which is $220 or so.

I have one of these for sale.  It's a couple of years old, but used
very little.  I bought it when I started playing bass, but quickly found
out that, while good as a practice amp in a small room, it just couldn't
compete in a large room.  I now have a Hartke 3500 with a 410T cabinet.
Its more of a pain to move, though I've caught on and now use a cart to
carry the beast.  Anyway, I still use it some, but since I'm buying a
house I can use all the extra cash I can get.  The bottom line ;-) $120 obo.
You pay shipping (it doesn't weigh much).

--tv
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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
From: 00013073@ysub.ysu.edu
Subject: SMALL AMPS: RICKENBACHER and WALTER WOODS amps
Organization: Youngstown State University
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:16:57 GMT

My name is George Miklas in Youngstown Ohio.  I have been an el.bassist for
15 years and in that time, have played on many difeent amps.  I have owned
Peavey Combo 130, TKO 65, and CENTURION.  6 years ago I walked into my local mu
sic store, named N.Y. Music in Youngstown, to buy small practice amp.  What I w
alked out with was a RICKENBACHER 120.  This amp was a closeout from when Ricke
nbacher changed over to "Rick" amps.  This amp measures 22" square and 10" deep
.  It is packed with 120w r.m.s., 1-15" deep cone woofer and 2 piezo tweeters.
 Yes guys, the tweeters were facory installed in this bass amp.  In fact, on th
e control panel is a factory installed switch for the tweeters.  For playing an
y genre where you utilize slapping, or sp.string effects, this one is perfect.
 I use it for shows of all sizes.  In fact, I have used it in some 3600 sq.ft.
auditoriums and it plays like the best of them.
 
Next, in 1984-85 I was traveling on the road with Jerry Murad's Harmonicats
(not playing bass, but chord/rhythm harmonica(HH267)).  Our bass harmonica play
er used an amp built by WALTER WOODS HANDCRAFTED AMPLIFIERS.  The WW head is
only available.  It is light weight:  150w weighs 7lbs., and 300w weighs 9lbs.
The bass model has a high 10db boost and a low 10db boost.  The address for ww
amps is POB 7534, VANNUYS, CA  91409.  The person who buys an amp like a WW is
the person who is looking for weight conscious equip.  WW is the amp for you.
 
Any questions, feel free to contact me:
GEORGE W. MIKLAS         00013073@YSUB.YSU.EDU
POB 292
NORTH LIMA, OH 44452-0292
(216) 549-2684
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass,alt.guitar.bass,news.groups,alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tab
From: synk@pioneer.unm.edu (Brendan Conoboy)
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL:rec.m.m.bass.tab
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 01:19:22 GMT
Organization: Space and Planetary Image Facility
Summary: vote for a alt.guitar.bass.tab newsgroup
Keywords: tab, bass, new news group

In article <Bxs0B5.8AH@news.udel.edu> webb@chopin.udel.edu (W Webb Pickersgill) writes:
>	I would like to propose a new group called rec.music.makers.bass.tab
>There is a lot of exchange and request for bass music on the r.m.m.bass
>group and even some on the r.m.m.guitar.tab group.  I think that bassists
>should have a place to post music without having to weed out the guitar
>music.  Please post all interests to this new group, do not mail me them,
>(unless you really want to) so that everyone can participate in the creation
>of this new group.
>					Webb
>
	I'm glad somebody finally asked :-)  I vote a big enthusiastic "Aye!"

Synk


Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
From: battlec@cs.rpi.edu (Clark Battle)
Subject: Re: Pickup question- I think?
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:21:01 GMT

In article <a-q1bt=@rpi.edu>, manitp@jec328.its.rpi.edu (Philip Joseph Manitta Jr.) writes:
|> Hey;
|> 
|> I have a problem/question. I like a REALLY trebly bass sound
|> (contradiction? I think NOT!).  Something like Chris Squire circa Fragile
|> or Geddy Lee circa Moving Pictures- really forward in the sound mix
|> with mucho punch that makes the bass part of the song......  not just
|> some nebulous thing smoothing out the low frequencies.  In other
|> words.....  I turned the tone knob to 11 and broke it off.  Problem is
|> this- to get the sound I want I have to put with a TON of extraneous
|> noise.  What should I do?  Should I get humbuckers?  (bear in mind,
|> I've been playing about 3 months and don't really know the ins and outs
|> of equipment yet.)
|> 
|> 		Thanks in advance



get a piezoelectric  bridge pickup.  Not only are they noiseless and
*ULTRA CLEAN* good ones pick up the entire sound spectrum, highs and all.
The catch is finding a good one because cheap ones sound like breaking
glass.  RMC pickups in berkley makes the bridges for Fodera.  He'll
(Richard Maclish) make one for you for about 100$ a string but they
sound delicious.  Who uses Piezo?  Victor Wooten (I think), Michael
Manring (check out his last album. Sure, it's new age but he can wail),
Brian Bromberg (ever wonder how he gets that ultra bright sound), and
others.  Fodera and Tune have Piezo bridges and Shadow makes them for
retrofit.  The Zon Hyperbass has them mounted everywhere!  A cheaper
alternative may be to mount a piezofilm acoustic guitar pickup under
the bridge.  I build basses and also like a lot of highs.  One of my basses
has EMG's new active piezofilm system on it and it sound great. It's
extremely sensitive and the attack is a little faster than electromags.
Also, there's no magnetig drag on the string.  A good piezo setup does not
color the sound of the string and, since it picks up any vibration) it 
more accurately reproduces the resonance of the wood making the bass sound
almost exactly like it does unamplified.  Check-em out.
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
From: tonyr@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Tony Reis)
Subject: Small amps
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:53:30 GMT
Organization: HP Santa Rosa Site (SRSD - MWTD) - Santa Rosa, Ca.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]


Does anyone have recommendations for small amps? I want to play mostly with
acoustic instruments in homes at sing-a-longs and jams. Does anyone else
need or do this?
From: alh@tekig1.PEN.TEK.COM (Al Hooton)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
Subject: 69 P-bass truss rod question.
Date: 11 Nov 92 23:52:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: tekig7.7560
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.


	Well, after thinking about it for a long time, the Jeff Berlin
article in the latest BP has made me decide to do it: I'm going to reduce
the relief on the neck of my 69 P-bass, and then work with the bridge saddles,
to see if I can lower the action somewhat.  After thinking about it, it
all pretty much makes sense, but I thought before I did it, I'd ask what
might seem like a pretty dumb question:

	If I have the neck off, and I'm looking at the heel of the neck,
	the truss rod adjustment is right there.  Looking at it this
	way, which way do I turn the adjustor to *reduce* relief, and
	thereby have a flatter fingerboard?

	I think the correct answer is clockwise.  Do any of you out
there have experience doing this with an older P-bass, and know the
answer with confidence?  I'd really appreciate it before I tear into
my *only* bass!

	A related question: if anyone out there has one of those
books which lists 'current' street value for used instruments, could you
spend a couple of minutes on my behalf and look up the value of a 69
P-bass, sunburst, rosewood fingerboard?  Yeah, I know, it's post-CBS,
and is not some incredible treasure to hang on to... I'm just curious.

	Many thinks on both of these issues!!!

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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
From: miller@quiver.enet.dec.com (Brian A. Miller)
Subject: Re: Small amps
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:07:38 GMT


In article <BxI33p.Isw@cs.dal.ca>, earhard@ug.cs.dal.ca (Mark Earhard) writes...
>In article <BxGvD6.2Ax@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> tonyr@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Tony Reis) writes:
>>Does anyone have recommendations for small amps? I want to play mostly with
>>acoustic instruments in homes at sing-a-longs and jams. Does anyone else
>>need or do this?
> 


Peavey MicroBASS.


Newsgroups: rec.music.makers,rec.music.synth,news.groups
From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Subject: Re: r.m.makers reorg -- access problems
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 19:18:36 GMT
Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL

According to fau@po.CWRU.Edu (Francis A. Uy):
>The name change has robbed at least one person
> of access.  ... getting r.m.synth sent to
> him by a daemon.  No one at the sending site
> knows anything about it + thus can't change it.

If that's true, then he was set up for trouble someday anyway -- what
if he had moved and had a new E-Mail address?

News systems run on autopilot are menaces, no matter whether groups
are renamed or not.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT  <chip@tct.com>, <73717.366@compuserve.com>
                 just another elitist Usenet administrator
From: bert@athena.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers
Subject: Re: Sabine Rackmnt Tuner--Comments?
Date: 6 Nov 92 23:32:18 GMT

CA.JNL@forsythe.stanford.edu (Joshua Loftus) writes:

>I play bass and I've got a few extra spaces in my rack just begging
>for toys to fill them up.  Does anyone have any comments on the
>Sabine Rackmount Tuner (model 1600, I think)?  It's very cheap ($130
>via Musician's Friend), but I'm not sure how easy the little LEDs
>are to see.  Is there a inexpensive yet decent quality rackmount
>tuner out there of which I am ignorant?

I did a pretty thorough job comparing rackmount tuners a few months
ago, and decided that the options were the Korg DT-1-Pro, the Roland
Boss TU-50, the Sabine ST-1600, and one of a couple of models by
Petersen (strobotuners).  After comparing, and checking with my
wallet, I decided to buy the Sabine.  (Although I really wanted the
DT-1-Pro, I couldn't justify the extra $100+.)  First let me say that
the Sabine reacts reasonably rapidly to pitch changes, and it is
pretty sensitive: it's very easy to pluck a string too hard (so it
registers sharp) even when it is really in tune.  So, it's best to
wait a moment for the string's pitch to "settle down" before twisting
pegs.

In gigging, I've discovered that the LEDs are very easy to read; what
is very difficult to read are the labels under the LEDs (which are
simply written in white paint).  In the dark, with the rack on the
floor, the only way I could tell which note was being registered was
by the position of the lit note LED in relation to the
sharp/flat/tuned LEDs, which is not very nice in adverse
circumstances.  For the future, I will have to buy a power strip with
a light bar...


cheers,

bert

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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers,rec.music.synth
From: ljnelson@unix.amherst.edu (Laird Nelson)
Subject: Re: *BAD* music group reorg will not be honored
Organization: the End of the Line
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 23:25:27 GMT

Dave Hayes (dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov) wrote:

> Good bait. But I refuse to make any sort of threat. There's lots that
> can and will be done besides those two things. 

Then take those things that can and will be done and carry them with you back
to a more appropriate newsgroup.  Might I indicate that, whatever the name
of this group happens to be, before or after, you are currently talking about
something which has absolutely NO PLACE HERE.  Read the charter and redirect
your followups.

LAiRD

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From: frankm@ampex.com (Frank Martyn)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers
Subject: SEQUENCER SALE*******UPDATE*******REDUCED PRICES!!!!!
Summary: Atari 520 & sequencers For Sale
Keywords: Atari, CUBASE
Date: 9 Nov 92 14:46:51 GMT
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA


SEQUENCER SALE  **  SEQUENCER SALE  **  SEQUENCER SALE  **  SEQUENCER SALE  **
SEQUENCER SALE  **  SEQUENCER SALE  **  SEQUENCER SALE  **  SEQUENCER SALE  **

____________________________________________________________________________

                 Atari 520 ST System / CUBASE Ver. 2.01

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everything I have for the Atari is included.  Some high points of the system
are as follows:

***** 1 Meg RAM
***** 3.5" Floppy Drive  
***** 30 Meg HD
***** Atari SM-124 Hi-Res B/W Monitor
***** Clock/Calendar modification
***** All the normal stuff like cables, mouse, books.......
***** CUBASE Ver. 2.01 High end multi-track sequencing software      
***** NEODESK  Desk top interface
***** Various pieces of software including other sequencing/MIDI  programs

********Everything works great on this system.  I have a notice from
	Steinberg offering an upgrade of CUBASE to the next revision.
        That is also included with the system. I will not piece this
	puppy out.  One price takes it all!  I would like to sell this
        system to someone in the Bay area to avoid the hassle of 
	packing and shipping it.  But if someone really wants it from
	out of the area, and is willing to pay S&H, I will pack it
	up for them and ship it out.  I don't have any idea how much
	it would cost to ship this baby.

PRICE: REDUCED REDUCED REDUCED
       $550.00 or B/O
____________________________________________________________________________

Reply to this account for further information.  Or call me at:

(415) 367-3087 (before 3PM weekdays)

Frank Martyn, Jr.
From: vagif.abilov@thcave.no (Vagif Abilov)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers
Subject: PAS-16 and MPU-401 questi
Date: 11 Nov 92 13:59:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Thunderball Cave BBS - Oslo, Norway  (47 2) 56 70 18
Reply-To: vagif.abilov@thcave.no (Vagif Abilov)

I consider to buy a MIDI interface for my PC, and I have a good offer
for ProAudio Spectrum 16 card w/MIDI box. I know that it's not MPU-401
compatible, but is it really limiting? What can I lose by using a card
which doesn't support MPU-401? Any comments are appreciated.

Best regards

Vagif.
Entered Nov 11,92 at 13:57:27 on Thunderball Cave BBS from Oslo, Norway.
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From: kimple@vax.muskingum.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers
Subject: Re: TO the guy selling the Marshall MicroStack!!!!!
Date: 11 Nov 92 21:54:21 GMT
Organization: Muskingum College

In article <1992Nov9.163939.4008@vax.muskingum.edu>, kimple@vax.muskingum.edu writes:
> In article <1992Nov9.130714.4007@vax.muskingum.edu>, kimple@vax.muskingum.edu writes:
> 
> Sorry 'bout the bad nettiquitte, but I lost the email address...
> 
> To the guy who said he sold me the Marshall MicroStack...
> Did you send it COD?
> If so, what's the cost?
> If not, let me know so I can get a Money Order to ya!
> 
> Either way, please get ahold of me!
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> kimple@vax.muskingum.edu
> 
> jd
 
 Just putting in another newsgroup to cover the bases...   Hey, I've got itchy
money!!!
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers,rec.music.synth,news.groups,news.admin
From: cuz@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Cousin It)
Subject: Re: *BAD* music group reorg will not be honored 
Organization: HappyNet Inc. (we're waiting for the immenent death)
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 01:11:10 GMT

dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Dave Hayes) writes:
|twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
|>If you choose to ignore RFDs posted to a group you read, you do so at
|>your own peril.

|This is supposed to be a good practice?

	Yes. It is absolutely good practice. If you can't bother to
look at CFVs and CFDs posted in a group that you read, tough. It's
your fault.

|Look...take a poll. Just what percentage of people on the net make an
|effort to keep so well informed that they dig through the guidelines
|to find this out? I'll wager 1% is an overestimate, and I'd be willing
|to bet serious money on that fact. 

	Strawman. It doesn't matter how many really do. I wouldn't
dispute your figure, but its irrelevant. A person on the net, who
wants to fully take advantage of it should keep abreast of the
guidelines of the net. if they can't, thats thier problem, not ours.

|You are showing your lack of concern for net.people here. Is this really
|what you wanted to imply?

	And you're showing your lack of suspect towards simple
netequitte. If one can't stay involved with all the going ons of news
group creations, don't, but don't whine to us later.

WRT your complaint about the subject line, I don't feel it was
ambigous. It's funny that of all the groups that moved (alt.guitar,
alt.bass, etc.) only rec.music.synth is complaining. Notice, the
subject line didn't say anything about the renaming of alt.guitar in
it either. Obviously the people in these groups know about newsgroup
creation, CFDs and CFVs. I am sorry that many people on rec.music synth
do not. Many reorgs have had subject lines like this. I have never
found them to be ambigous in any way shape or form. I still don't.
Since it seems you are the only one complaining here, I think you
should just drop it. Unless you want to go into the anals of net
history with the likes of Kent Paul Dolan and Alok Viajaria. The vote
was held to the letter of the guidelines. I'm sorry you don't like it,
and you certainly don't have to carry it, but it would be bad to call
for a revote just because people are ignorant.

Cousin It                                         cuz@cs.brandeis.edu
           Special Productions Director and Engineer
WBRS 100 FM, Waltham Ma.                   WBRS@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
All Genre Music Programming            Free Live Music-4 times weekly
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers
From: dowd@wisper.com (Kevin Dowd)
Subject: Re: Leslie speaker questions
Organization: Wisper Technologies
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 02:17:32 GMT

mjs@sequent.com (Mike Spitzer) writes:
: I recently purchased an old Hammond M-3 organ with a Leslie speaker
: (labeled "Leslie type 147 power amplifier").  The only Leslie controls
: on the organ are for turning it on and off and selecting either slow
: or fast tremelo speed.
: 
: I'd like to have more control over the speed of the Leslie.  I assume
: that this has something to do with the "Leslie brake accessory"
: socket, which currently has nothing plugged into it.  Does anyone know
: what I need to build (or can buy) to plug into the Leslie to give me a
: speed control?
: 

My model 122 has 2 sets of motors--two small and two large--for changing
from the chorale to the tremelo.  The small motors have something of a
magnetic clutch that pull them into position when turned on.  The large 
motors are belt driven.  You can change the speed of the upper rotor
by choosing from among three grooves in the pulley (you couldn't do
this on the fly, of course).   I guess you could put a motor speed control
on the large motors.... but why?

: Also, if anyone has any tips for micing this thing, I'd be interesting
: in hearing that too.  I've tried a few things, but I seem to be
: getting a lot of extra wind noise from all the spinning parts...
: 

I quote from the Leslie Organ Speaker "Pipe Voice of the Organ" manual:
"The microphone should be placed ten to fifteen feet away from the 
Leslie.  For a smooth tremulant, adjust the microphone height so that it
is either above or below the speaker louvres in the cabinet."

: Thanks.
: 
: 		Mike

By the way, I just bought mine too--an RT-3.  It's wonderful.  You can
keep your synthesizers... I love real instruments.

-Kevin
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