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I think i got mine from thomann as well cheapest place i could find. couldn't believe that Warwick were so much dearer and the middle man was lower ???

Status making ironing board covers - times must be hard

Try ground wounds first best of both worlds I used them for years

Another vote for Status

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1409310990' post='2538525'] Is that the ex-OldGit Shuker 5? [/quote] Yes it sure is - very proud to be playing it - Hope Si' approves

Wedding - and a hall with a traffic light sound limiter - First number BANG! So plugged in next room great, but the hall lights were also wired in, to come on when the level was reached.

I feel have the right temperament if you can say that, I love it with a passion but I am not a natural I have to work very hard at it. I Consider myself average after 30 + years with no chops just head full of melodic support lines.

Having been playing dark stages for many years, I was very happy to buy a Shuker 5 with side lights. It was the main reason for the purchase and it has now become my main bass. But personally would not want a bass with front facing lights

[size=4]Well I agree we are mad, but weddings, golf club or charity balls / Masonic dinners- we play typically hour and a half first set unless food or a raffle stops us with about 15 min break to change from monkey suits to coloured shirts then back for another hour or so. We have been known if the dinner over runs not to break at all and have done two hours straight on many occasions. The wife works out the sets for the particular function we are playing, we do skip numbers depending on the crowd but also have an extras list to swap out those that may not work on the night. The set published above was largely chosen by the bride from our master set on the website. Which is always a bit scary[/size]

Good fun set there - Geoham Love Bad moon rising, wish we still played it.

I also think older instruments even electric basses would have been made with seasoned woods , cheaper mass produced instruments today are not, A luthier would ensure he selects woods from reliable sources, the best he can get hence the price tag and better consistent tone if you are willing to pay the money. You could try leaving your bass on its stand in front of the stereo all day while you are out at work well it was a thought.

here is ours for next weeks wedding - even more varied i would say [b]WONDERFUL TONIGHT [/b] [b]MY GIRL[/b] [b]DANCE WITH ME[/b] [b]CRAZY LITTLE THING[/b] [b]STUCK IN THE MIDDLE[/b] [b]SMILE[/b] [b]MERCY[/b] [b]SWAY[/b] [b]THE ONLY THING THAT LOOKS GOOD[/b] [b]GET THE PARTY STARTED[/b] [b]CAN’T GET YOU OUTTA MY HEAD[/b] [b]ROCKING ALL OVER THE WORLD[/b] [b]DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY[/b] [b]SOMETHING STUPID[/b] [b]HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY[/b] [b]BROWN EYED GIRL[/b] [b]BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP[/b] [b]COME BACK MEDLEY[/b] [b]THE LAST TIME[/b] [b]FEEL LIKE A WOMAN[/b] [b]I FEEL GOOD[/b] [b]BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE[/b] [b]BILLY JEAN[/b] [b]PRICE TAG[/b] [b]VALERIE[/b] [b]DANCING IN THE STREET[/b] [b]SWEET HOME CHICAGO[/b] [b][u]SET 2[/u][/b] [b]STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING [/b] [b]THE BEST[/b] [b]UPTOWN GIRL[/b] [b]HOLIDAY (MADONNA)[/b] [b]MONEY FOR NOTHING[/b] [b]GOING GETS TOUGH[/b] [b]SHOOP SHOOP[/b] [b]PRETTY WOMAN[/b] [b]LET’S TWIST AGAIN[/b] [b]JOHNNY BE GOOD[/b] [b]YOU REALLY GOT ME[/b] [b]BROWN SUGAR[/b] [b]WOOLLY BULLY[/b] [b]I DON’T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT[/b] [b]TEARS ON MY PILLOW/LETS STAY TOGETHER[/b] [b]RED RED WINE[/b] [b]SUMMER 69[/b] [b]MAMA MIA[/b] [b]DANCING QUEEN[/b] [b]COME UP AND SEE ME[/b] [b]SISTERS ARE DOING IT[/b] [b]HOT STUFF[/b] [b]LIVING ON A PRAYER[/b] [b]DISCO INFERNO[/b] [b]SEX ON FIRE[/b] [b]SWEET HOME ALABAMA[/b] [b]STAND BY ME[/b]

Having come to bass from trombone I remember the storey from Denis Wick a maker of mouth pieces for brass instruments, he wrote a small pocket book. One storey was about a guy who could not get a certain note on his trombone who discussed this with is teacher. Who then had a go and blew the note hard and long into the instrument and from that day on the student could also play that note. He uses this storey to explain how all instruments improve with age as the vibration from playing aligns the molecular structure of the brass or wood. Vibrations and resonant frequencies of the notes seem to lock themselves within structure of the instrument. Well there are plenty of 300 year old cellos and violins as well as 60's basses that support this. So am not suprised at your comments and probably is more than just you getting used to it.

mmmm a 5 string double reverse P please Jon

I would second the upper freq only comments great when bi -amped top end only I use the CE3B works fine for the couple of songs i use it on but would now try and find a pedal that does dual chorus and Flanger with a selectable high freq setting so maybe the MXR mentioned above is worth checking out.

Playing songs in different keys in too many bands can have its down side. I play the intro into Sweet Caroline and the guitarist joins me on the second phrase but the other week I was a tone out. (wrong band ) The art is to switch back while they still think its them.

Doddy - on the button there mate. I am a Bill Wyman - I tend to go to sleep at the back. But I am listening like a Jedi and will jump on anything that changes. It sometimes feels like I am intercepting their brainwaves before the message gets to their fingers, but that comes from playing together for years. But sometimes I have played the first 8 or 16 and think what the fcckk are we playing I hope it comes to me before the chorus. Sometimes it is best not to let your brain get in the way. But that brings us back to Daddy’s point. Practice

The three on the right have all ready started to melt, best keep them in the case.

Thats the problem right there, I can see the bow from here. Stop the Rays coming through the window 'n' it should be fine

Just want to add the fan noise does not transmit the sound through the amp it is pure wind noise. I have a 1U PA amp with the same size fans and these make exactly the same noise It does not worry me but if we are not playing and MD is talking people in the band will look round and say what is that. So I can see why the Pit Muso on Talkbass site has an issue in that situation.

My mb500 fusion fan will come on at some point on every occasion its used I would think this normal ? this is the valve model so generating more heat than the solid state unit

I think sometimes 500 watts are too much and we would all be encouraged to set our gain signal paths more sensibly if we used 300 watt amps. with both my Mark bass and my GK mb500 I set the input gain between 10<12 o'clock the main out on the Markbass is never much over 1/4 way up say 9 o'clock where the GK head would be at 12 o'clock. for the same output. The GK fan is noisy too much for a studio recording session, where the Markbass rarely comes in and can't be heard so worth shopping around. I would be interested what Genz and TC owners feel. I also have an issue that to get all the best features from a company you need say their 800 or 900 watt model, most of us would be willing to pay the same for the one that suits our music and band situation. not chasing big watts in order to get useful features.

Sorry that was 4' foot but well spotted