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[quote name='essexbasscat' post='851815' date='May 30 2010, 02:00 PM']The pictures show a guitar with the darestrap. The strap appears to position the guitar's top horn strap button almost centrally to the player's trunk in the picture. As we all know, a more traditional strap postions the same button more towards the player's left shoulder when using a right handed guitar. Is this more central positioning typical of forum user's experience with the darestrap ? cheers T[/quote] Don't know about the Dare but IME the Slider strap certainly pulls the bass more flat across your body. So while the weight is far better distributed it does pout different strains on your left shoulder

We've been here a few times now Dare Straps, or [url="http://www.sliderstraps.com/"]Slider Straps[/url] is another option. I used the latter with success until my shoulder was replaced 5 or 6 years ago. Still got one knocking about somewhere. Sent the spare I had to niceguyhomer

[quote name='Mikey R' post='837615' date='May 14 2010, 08:57 PM']Im currently tinkering with one of [url="http://www.blackstaramps.co.uk/products/ht/htdual.html"]these[/url]: Its quite good but as its a guitar pedal, its going to need a little more work to get the tone REALLY nailed. Im very pleased with it so far though![/quote] Got one, Sold it on fairly swiftly. For me it took to much out of the bass, but then it is a guitar pedal, that and the staked pots were a bit fiddly. Had a lend of Johhnylagers DHA VT3 which was a rather marvellous thing - & still on the shopping list for the future. [quote name='nash' post='840950' date='May 18 2010, 03:06 PM']Didn't all the guys you mention use marshall superleads/bass? You could pic one up for 400-600 notes. I have one and it's amazing.[/quote] Fired up my old Superbass at the the SE/LA mini bash recently. For a forty year old amp (admittedly a bit of a Triggers broom after its overhaul) and it still sounded great. Shame it weighs a ton & bigger cabs than I have, or my knackered body could manage nowadays

[quote name='ShaunB' post='843819' date='May 21 2010, 08:50 AM']Last evening (Thursday, 20/05) Music Man hosted a great evening in Poole, Dorset at Absolute Music, my local store. Dave Marks spent three hours chatting, playing and answering questions... everything from technique to EQ and demo'd the 25th Anniversary bass with all it's bells and whistles. Great fun, fab playing and brill swag! A guy won a Sterling - and there were probs only 40 of us there, so a good chance to win. A big thank you to Music Man, Absolute and Dave Marks, who is now truly an inspiration to a failing old mucker trying out some new techniques! cheers, Shaun[/quote] Ahhh cr@p. Wish I'd known. I was down there for the last couple of days, mind I might have got grief from MrsW for slinking off!! I got enough askance looks when I suggested I might wander off to the guitar shop I had seen on the way into town while she caught some z's after the journey (not sure why they were needed. I drove & she slept all the way!!!)

[quote name='Moos3h' post='837937' date='May 15 2010, 09:43 AM']Sod the bass...big cabinets with 15" speakers (with bucket loads of Xmax) and big power to drive 'em. I can bring down small towns with my two Fanes [/quote] How about one of [url="http://www.bassmerchant.com/item_detail.php?product_id=619&category_id=2"]these[/url][url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url]

Yup. Tried one a while back and was quite impressed with how it played & sounded, though I should say as one who is not a 'Ray aficionado I couldn't say how close it was to the real thing

[quote name='noelk27' post='839173' date='May 16 2010, 07:58 PM']The Tribute range is quite limited. There's an alternative, the Japanese built Premium range. For a Premium L2000, in addition to fretted or fretless, it's possible to specify nut width (two options) and radius (two options). In terms of list price, Japanese Premium models are roughly halfway between Tribute and US G&L prices. In terms of quality, Japanese Premium models are above US G&L models and way above Tribute models.[/quote] Interesting that the Jap Premium L2500's are the old 4+1 tuner arrangement and presumably not string through the body, but only on the bridge as for the old US 4+1's Anyone on here got who might be going to a southern bash sometime. It'd be interesting to compare all three side by side by side. Mind you that looks a very expensive way to buy after doing a quick Yen : Sterling conversion on XE.com £600 for a Trib : £1,250 for a Jap & £2,500 for a US - cough!!

[quote name='bassmeg' post='839319' date='May 16 2010, 10:00 PM']Is this the green one that was on here? I nearly had this. Gutted![/quote]Yup, it's the green one from here. Bit of a 50D IT moment before I went into hospital. Need a few more weeks off saving £70 diesel a week really to pay for it, but I got the all clear from the consultant this afternoon [quote name='JTUK' post='839695' date='May 17 2010, 12:39 PM']The G&L is the ugly but more verstaile one. I'd want to get away from humbuckers on every sound, if it were me.[/quote]Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I rather like mine [quote name='johnnylager' post='839814' date='May 17 2010, 03:20 PM']I love your L2500 too - 18mm spacing, very tempted. Very nearly bought a 2000 Trib after trying Stingrayfans, then bottled it & got a Spector. A 2500 is high on the [i]must get soon [/i]list .[/quote]Do it, you know it makes sense mind that Spector is nice

Don't know about Tribs, but I love my US L2500's. Fretless hasn't been out in anger yet but the fretted sits beautifully in a rock covers mix. I am a late, but complete convert.

Original one Here's another really helpful one for all budding promoters

All good stuff. Cheers. Not sure where I got the "string through on the B on a 34 scale bass gives a tauter more defined B" from. Difficult to tell at the mo as I have 45-130 on the bridge mount 4+1 and 50-135 on the string through 3+2. What was interesting, to me anyway, was the reverse view received from the G&L forum. Having looked at the bridges it is clear that they are the same, but that on the 3+2 the bridge is fixed with only two screws and the holes that the strings come through are the screw holes that give - according to the G&L article - a more solid fixing on the 4+1. Think I need to get the fretless 3+2 reset to 45-130 same as the fretted 4+1 as the heavier gauge strings I used on the fretless (as they were to hand) are only long scale and on the A at least are barely long enough. Anyone need two sets of Hartke long scale 50 gauge strings I have left?

[quote name='Rettoglide1' post='837121' date='May 14 2010, 01:25 PM']To even [b]compare[/b] the two is silly really, they are both from different genre's ....[/quote] Precisely! The rest of this sentence is all your opinion.....that's t'internet for you.

So I now have the twins: [list] [*]Red 4+1 L2500 fretted - no string through option [*]Green 3+2 L2500 fretless - string through or not [/list] Now then. Both are 34 scale 5's & it had crossed my mind to perhaps add string through to the 4+1 'cos supposedly that gives a tauter B, but would require the body to be drilled for a start, and the neck plate serial (not the final arbiter of age on G&L's I realise) is potentially quite early. Posted a thread on the G&L forum and received a helpful response, but that was actually to convert the through body on the 3+2 to bridge only - see [url="http://www.bassesbyleo.com/l2500_bridge_mod.html"]HERE[/url] - on the basis that it gives a much more solid bridge attachment to the body. It seems that the bridges on the 4+1 & 3+2 versions are the same, but on the 3+2 five of the screws holding the bridge to the body are lost to the through body stringing to leave only two actually holding the bridge on - though of course if stringing through body the strings ought to be handling that duty. I need to compare the differences as best I can - fretted:fretless, maple:ebony fingerboards and presently different gauge strings as that is what I had available, but wondered what conclusion others might have drawn on the differences of through body or bridge only stringing over time. Until the newest addition of the green fretless all my basses in over 30 years of basses & gigging have been bridge mounted strings. The change will be interesting for me. Might even put some comparative clips up once the stitches are out tomorrow and fingers start working

I'd love to, but I am not sure my hand'll be quite up to it & anyway our vocalist block n/a'd every bank holiday weeked this year

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='833709' date='May 10 2010, 10:12 PM'][attachment=49432:Mr_Lager...pector_5.jpg][/quote] Something wrong with your camera Nik. It completely missed the chest wig & medallion

[url="http://www.myspace.com/streetlegalnorway"]Street Legal[/url] - Bite The Bullet Bit of Norwegian rock mentioned elsewhere in the eMusic thread. Lizzy, Whitesnake, Blue Murder, in that ilk

[quote name='W1_Pro' post='831930' date='May 9 2010, 08:25 AM']Hello Jim, One last point. IEM's take a bit of getting used to and they don't suit everyone. It might be a good idea to rent/ borrow a system before you buy- about £40 per day from us or pretty much any decent PA company- to see if you like.[/quote] A big +1 to try before you buy. It is a different way to go. The #2 guitarist in my band & I love it. Drummer & #1 guitarist hate it & still use small monitors. Make sure the phones can handle bass and sit & stay in your ear. I've ended up with the Christmas tree type tunnel fits on the Shure's I use as all the others tended to work slightly lose, at which point the bass disappears. Also try with both plugs in & 1 in / 1 out. I tend to the latter to stop feeling too isolated

[quote name='Bilbo' post='831464' date='May 8 2010, 02:26 PM']Rotosound Solo Bass. Been on my Wal for 23 years and no damage to the ebony fretboard. They are groundwounds[/quote] That's good to know having put a set of the Hartke rounds I had on the newly acquired L2500 with an ebony board and got a sucking of teeth from someone I mentioned it to

[quote name='johnnylager' post='830286' date='May 7 2010, 07:54 AM']I'm just looking at eBay, dear - [/quote] ....and BC For Sale - OOPS! Good lord no wonder I had to have that wrist replaced

Looks like he'll be getting Dot on the case shortly - Winning bid: £21

[quote name='daz' post='820727' date='Apr 27 2010, 03:22 PM']cant download these ?[/quote] Looks like they were removed due to unknown provenance and therefore whether any licensing problems might arise

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='828067' date='May 5 2010, 12:09 AM']You've got a nice pair, Nik. Where DID you get those lovely RBV's? [/quote] F'NAR F'NAR They are indeed. A bass I lusted after, sadly as much for the sig as anything at that time, and the one with the extras has a great range of tones

[quote name='chriswilliams666' post='817091' date='Apr 24 2010, 11:35 AM']Hey dude Have seen the Alibi down Cheers a few times. I'm playing the Swan tonight and the Fountain very soon. What was it like down the Fountain now its changed hands? Hopefully its all ok. By the way, i play in Raw Edge www.rawedgeband.co.uk Rock n Roll![/quote] Fountain was shaky for a couple of gigs - money being changed without notice - but words were spoken and last time we were there it all went well. Swan was a bit of a let down last time. Cheers this Friday, though with Damien from Long Way standing in for me after the op on my hand last week. I shall probably go along anyway to see how it [i]should [/i]be done

[quote name='woolz' post='825949' date='May 2 2010, 09:59 PM']ive already got one of those mate. question is could i take the tuning i use now over to a 5string?[/quote] [quote name='waltsdog' post='825975' date='May 2 2010, 10:33 PM']It would be a bit pointless having a 5 string if you're going to drop the Eb to a Db or a C#, you might as well keep the 4 string tuning you have already as you'd probably never touch the B. You can always try it out, whatever works for you.[/quote] I'd tend to agree. particularly if you already have the Bass Xtender. The low B (Bb detuned) only gives you an extra 3 frets so all you'd be saving is flicking down and back up again - which I always thought was pretty cool, and a laugh confusing anyone watching once you've mastered making the switch surreptitiously with your thumb