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ok. so ive been trying to resist this. but i failed ive just ordered one from bax who say it will be delivered in 2 weeks. the tones that come out of this thing to my ears are simply devine! what are your guys thaughts?

...Just a bit of fun. Descriptions seen in ads that maybe true but are faintly ridiculous. (I'm not pleading innocence here by the way) I'll start with... 1. Plays like butter (often spelt buttah) 2. Never been gigged (never really seen the point of that one) 3. All original (so what if it's as good a bass you're telling me it is) 4. Bought it new for £1300 a week ago. (Take it back to the shop) 5.?

I want to beef up my reputation. Can I buy more points?

She only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain .

Wahaay.. I know you didn't wanna see this pic but it's the first pic I've ever (been able to)post on the mobile basschat

Reactions are rationed though. I've just used up my limit for today.

Now I face a dilemna.......I want to like this post, but am unsure if I should

I'll like yours if you like mine...... I see a black market forming

Brown paper bag, like last time?

Ta very muchly - how did you do that? I mean, you've already got 15 ...

Another idea would be to set up a custom search of the kind of content that does interest you, then save it as a custom stream and make it your homepage. There are no sidebars on those pages.

@BigRedX I will probably look at creating a lightweight theme in the coming weeks. There seems to be some demand for it, part of the problem is some people want everything on the screen, others want a minimal amount and it's not easy to cater for both

Was Andy Irvine the originator of the reference to butter? I know he always claimed it aplied to every Warwick he picked up. The other one I don't get is "plays itself".

Well done. Feels great to have a like button on a post so people can react without having to post a comment. Good stuff

The new site looks great, excellent work John

Just checking the one that didn’t work yesterday... Woo hoo! This new gaff of yours ped and charic... cool place!

Well, someone's had a busy weekend! Site's looking great, well done indeed; looking forward to exploring more.

Having decided that my goal of being in a regular gigging band is no longer going to happen, after over 20 years of trying, I've reconciled myself to just enjoying my bass playing at home. I could write a book on the misadventures of my 'career' as a musician I've sold my gigging cab and amp. I've a couple of pedals on sale here too (cheap plug). I've gathered a huge collection of assorted books over the years as well as leads, straps and other odds and ends. I'm amazed at just how many books I've gathered. I've now got to sort though boxes upon boxes of CDs for them and I'll sort them and put them up for sale with heavy discounts on bulk buying. I've still got 7 basses, I used to have 27!

What the hell sort of ham is that???

A bog standard (if there ever was one) J-Retro comes factory preset at all the right places. Very musical preamp. John clearly knows a thing or two about designing great preamps. I discussed with him briefly over email about his J-Retro with "Marcus voicing". Decided to go for standard voicing on my DJ-Retro. I really like the flexibility of the mid-sweep and the pull bright switch of the J-Retro design. It does have a gentle EQ curve built in though. If you don't want that coloured sound already added the J-Tone may be the one for you. Whichever one you choose you will not be disappointed.

NAMM Not. Available. Maybe. May.

No, I told you it wouldn't

@Les I like this way of getting your attention in a thread without quoting you.

I like that a lot!

That's the one It's not a quote, it's money off! We're going to try and get a few deals in there for you guys

Yep, been there... Won't spoil the surprise for others.

Read before complaining... The bump button avoids those stupid self replying processes. And it wasn't better before : simply different. Won't make friends, I know.

Guilty as charged! But you didn't include EAD Foundation cabs in your OP!!

Agreed. And liked...

Man I hate this. They have it on SBL. Hopefully it will be ok here (with the higher average age.) It all gets stupid when quantity of likes gets taken as a member rank. SBL even posts who got most likes in the past month... urghhh. Can we please establish here and now. I'm an unsociable got and I don't like anyone.

I think the key words here are 'released shortly after'. It seemed a lifetime for the GED2112 to drop...10-12 months, while the wait was worth it, I only have so many 10-12 months left!

"Best I've ever played" - so why are you selling it? "I can't believe I'm selling it" - er, so why are you selling it?

We're poking a few buttons, we're currently getting a few server issues. Fear not, it will get there. Some of this could be down to search engines realising that we're on a new server and deciding they need to crawl the whole site in order to get all the info... you can imagine what kind of load that is creating

Just head to the local fish market and send him a photo of the receipt

I get on much better with the new layout - the display is cleaner and the fonts seems to be much easier on the eye, though that could be my age! I'm happy with less clutter meaning fewer threads per page but everyone is different I guess.

Just Like to Say well done to those involved with the creation of the new look BassChat !!!! great job folks looks superb.

Yep, looks the nuts, well done to all involved. I know exactly how bottom clenching a system migration can be!

You might want to try again with the truss rod nut undone (if it has one), use the clamp to get a slight backbow if you can. Then tighten the truss rod nut once you are happy with the relief. Keep an eye on it if you put it in your shed, for a shortish period you should be fine and the damper atmosphere may well help, but don't subject the bass to anything too drastic. Good luck!

Ditto the above. I've finally been able to access it properly and start to nose around. The UI is light years ahead and overall very slick user experience. Investigating new features slowly, but so far everything I've found has been a worthy improvement. Well done chaps, I know these things are stressful and hard work. Nicely done. And this is my first post in the New World ? Cheers Geoff

I’ll second, third and fourth these sentiments! Well done guys!

Looking very nice!!! I’m doing a P bass build at the mo as well but I’m doing mine ‘51 style with split coils in instead of single, I hope mine comes out looking as good as yours!?!

You are right to identify the need for a dedicated sound person. That makes one of the advantages of going through the PA less easy to achieve. The advantages of going through the PA are simple enough. Going through the PA means someone out where the audience are can balance the sound for them meaning the whole band sound better. Secondly any sound going on behind the mic line will be picked up by the vocal mics, including your bass. This muddies up the sound going through the PA and means you can never get a clean vocal feed. Then there is the issue of the sound level on stage. High levels damage your hearing long term and make it difficult for us to really hear each other well. Singers are often forced to belt out their vocals straining their voices and making it far harder to sing with any inflection or subtlety just to be heard over the racket. Without any help from the PA you have no choice about volume, it has to be loud enough for the audience. The only advantage of not going through the PA is simplicity. No mics or Di's means less to go wrong and setting up is simple enough for all to understand. Turn up until you are loud enough to match the drums and no-one is louder than each other and then just play. The balance will be the same for every song and whist it might not be perfect it shouldn't be too far out if every band member is sensible. This only works though in small venues if one of the instruments won't reach the back of a big venue you've pretty much got to accept low sound values or all go through the PA.

Wrong URL, should be www.playchecked.com. There's also www.musictag.co.uk although this doesn't seem to be a secure site.

Sold Paul my sandberg. Great communications. Great to meet you

Gotoh for me. Brass Saddles and a proper base plate made of something not cast from left overs lol