Telebass

Ah well, there we differ - I find the '51RI to be the equal of any P-bass I've ever had! But each to his own.

Welcome! Also in Devon!

Howdy! That you with your Ric? Cool!

Hi Shaun, hope you have a good time here! Used to live in Swaziland, lo, these many moons ago (ie 35years!).

Howdy!

Worth it for the guitar alone. Bin the Roland and buy a decent valve amp - much better noise than any amount of digital doodaddery...

Looking good!

2 basses 2 straps 1 combo 1 ext cab & cable mic stand, and SM57 bass stand tuner octave pedal power unit for pedals spare power unit, also as backup for radio radio and power unit carton of AAAs for radio bug ordinary guitar cable if all radio options fail! 2 kettle leads mic leads mini maglite Victorinox Cybertool All contained in ex-MOD ammo box. For really big or important gigs: DI box, more XLR cables Mobile phone to call and say, "Where the **** are you?" or "Where the **** am I?" Waterproof jacket Warm waterproof jacket (winter) Red Bull!

I got my MIM P from them a couple of years back. No problems, but as with any Internet box shifter, they do not check what the condition of the item is in the box. They can't, it would destroy what little profit margin they have left at those prices. Any reputable shop will check AND do a basic set up of what's on their wall, and that's the justification, along with the other overheads, for the greater price. There's no point in buying from the net unless you can do your own setup, as the cost of having this done afterward will more than likely erase any savings made in the first place. OK, I'm biased, I work in a guitar shop, but we don't sell the cheapest guitar without it getting a once-over. GAK or Thomann cannot offer this level of service, and never will be able to, without extra cost. Also, I know that if you bought something from GAK online and it went wrong, you cannot take it into the shop for fixing, even if you live next door - you MUST send it back by courier. The way the system works for their pricing demands it, they're not just being awkward. Crazy, but true...

Larson - top stuff! I'd be wanting a 1976/7 black/bwb/maple Mustang Bass. That's all. Oh, and an all-maple Precision 'A' neck with TV logo. And...And...And...

I'd only get that if I could sell it on...just too much of a relic for me.

In all reality, it's subjective. I personally don't remotely rate Jack Bruce, for example - to others, he's a true Bass God. Fairy snuff. But one bass line that disgusted me even BEFORE I was a bass player was the Flowerpot Men and Let's go To San Francisco. Muted flatwounds played with a pick. Horrid! And all the worse, because, as far as I know, the sessionman responsible for playing it (doubtless someone else's written notes, I'm not blaming him personally...unless anyone knows different?) was the inimitable John Paul Jones...

As can be expected, with this amount of wet. Pity the poor folk oop north, it's bad enough here without suffereing flooding on top...

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Welcome!

Welcome! Enjoy yourself here - we do!

Howdy, and welcome! Nice "emergency number" for your membership number!

Welcome back! 2x15s....luvverly!

Doesn't have a clue...2 pickups, BOTH are humbuckers, not one!

Haven't we all?

Helloooo!

Hi Mark! Erm, the answer to that particular question on here is, of course, YES! And have a really good time doing it, testing every bass that takes your fancy. What bass *does* take your fancy right now?

Hi Rhino, Nice gear list, and the first time ever I've heard of anyone but me using an AC50 head for bass. Bloody good it was, too! And the Bassman 50/2x15 is one of the best rigs I've ever heard if you like it big and deep. Although these days, it would barely make a good bedroom rig!

All valid points... I do only covers, and use only one model of one variety of bass (OK, a split-coil P and a single-coil P, but there's not a huge difference). There's no problem with different sounds. Just play the instrument differently and know well what your amp can do.

Utterly droolworthy, but I'll take the 66 P over it, any day!