stingrayPete1977

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A decent combo is always worthwhile keeping to hand if you have space to keep one, one with a DI out is preferable imo.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1474484750' post='3138370'] So Status, ACG, Iceni, Warwick, Yamaha no good? [/quote] I prefer musicman, g and l, fender, Lakland. I've got a Yamaha, pics are in the "so who rides motorbikes?" thread

Those D and B cabs won't pay for themselves will they?

So would it be so bad if I was in your band and got paid £75 a gig extra if I provided a good quality PA?

The fact that it doesn't actually matter to most people including some musicians shows that nothing lasts forever, even if the fabs hadn't existed I'm sure we'd still have music, I'm not denying it would not be different but the same goes for lots of bands, it might have even been better!

BRX- How much do you pay the hire company for each gig though? and we've had problems getting a system at busy periods,last minute gigs are almost impossible to agree to. I suppose it comes down to what type of gigs you do and how often, when we were young trying to make it big we never had our own PA as we only played venues that had one.

Great bass playing on the Mike Oldfield one.

Thanks The foam behind the strings below the bridge really makes it more thumpy,I'd say it's the best mod I did,even my stock strings weren't too bad compared to some people's findings.

We get asked for Sex On Fire more than anything by the Beatles at every gig we do.

Ps-the headway looks like a good idea to me too, will it take a mag pickup input do we know? I like the idea of a blended piezo and mag via something like the headway into a wireless pack all strapped to the tailpiece.

It was a bit of a shame drilling and screwing the fingerboard to fit the schaller but it is at least sturdy enough! Shame your not nearer to me as you could try my plat pro with your pickup.

They were like a four string with a B string weren't they?, weird body shape, horrible colours, just rubbish! They put me off the idea for years but the new ones can be crackin'

All fenders need buying on how good they are rather than which model and where it was made. The old us jazz V with five tuners in a row was awful, one of the worst bases I've ever played do I never thought I'd own a jazz five, the later ones are a totally different animal think God and I love mine even though I've pulled the passive controls out for a bartolini circuit

The mex stuff was ok around the £500 Mark tops imo, I had a mex strat that was nice for less than £400, now they are nearly in USA price territory.

I prefered the Stones and Blur

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1474311923' post='3137067'] Get 'em quick before Trump builds his wall... [/quote] Where the like button when you need it? Damn Mooslims..

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1474311685' post='3137062'] Ah, yes. Whatever happened to Rolf Harris? You don't see much of him on TV now, do you? [/quote] Ah good old Rolf, he's residing very near to me actually!

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1474311099' post='3137051'] There was no rock band more relevant than The Beatles. Blue [/quote]

I sold all my keepers when I decided I'll never go back to 4 strings, I've replaced them all with the 5 string version as close as possible.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1474310867' post='3137046'] I think the CS is a distinctly average build. The only thing that perpetuates the whole deal, IMO, is the F on the headstock. People say the 2012 builds upped their game across the board..?? but I just don't think Fender are that interested or committed to that goal, they just want to do enough to continue selling. The really discerning buyer knows there is much better value elsewhere... For example, a Sei J5 would wipe the floor in every respect of a CS, a good few times over but their new prices are comparable. One is a hand made bespoke instrument and the other is a bitsa from other ranges in the brand... namely the American Deluxe. IMHO, of course. The Am Deluxe is discontinued and is replaced by what... a new name and promo campaign..?? [/quote] A lot of buyers have one eye on resale (not me actually) and anything other than one with the big F on it just doesn't hold it's value the same, we have pages of basses in the for sale section that cost £2500-3500 to have built for sale often for months for £1000-1500. Also the buyers are often 50+ guys that are treating themselves to a bass/guitar they lusted after when younger, the people researching xotic, sei, Roscoe, GB etc etc are in the minority compared to buyers of instruments with an F on purchased and never gigged.

I went for a standard US Jazz a couple of years ago even though the wife had given me the go ahead to spend more, maybe even a grand more!, but part of me just wanted a proper US Jazz, not a Deluxe, not a Mex, not a Squier, not a CS, just a proper Jazz and to me those are made in the US of A.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1474309892' post='3137033'] Yes, but some kids don't know who Hitler was, or Churchill, or can even name the current prime minister, er... old what's-er-name. I think it was George Santayana who said, 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it'. Which is why every generation makes the same mistakes. [/quote] I think there are too many "famous" people now, far more outlets and reality tv etc, being limited to four tv channels as a kid , three until I was 6 years old meant it was easier to know all the celebs of the time.

As time goes by they will become less and less well known, none of the young people I work with could name all of the Beatles, some of them couldn't name one or tell you a song they did. I know there's always "my neice is 11 and loves them" etc, it's a fraction of the under 20s that feel that way.

I still like US models from all the big players, call me a snob but still feel short changed paying USA money for basses built elsewhere.