stingrayPete1977

Its one hell of a headphone amp, good on ya I'm waiting for a gig to use my 9.2 max head at

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1357736247' post='1927433'] Cruel Pete but it cheered me up! [/quote]

Would be funny if she smiled at the end to reveal most of her teeth missing!

I doubt I could read along in any kind of gig capacity at all, I read a few bars at a time then loop it all together which has been useful for learning awkward songs and getting them as the record, 2 years ago I knew nothing at all! Just been doing a bit actually and on one page which is just random crotchets across all four strings up to the 5th fret (?) and found a B# I know these double sharps and stuff exist but I doubt it would be in this novice book let alone this early a page! I guess someone pressed the # instead of the b, my other book has 2 quavers and 4 crotchets in one 4/4 bar too

It is all good fun, I am a bit bored with electric bass now you know! I fancied the bow for scales and stuff to try and get my intonation better but I might as well try some classical pieces now I have one coming How good/bad is your reading?

Yes I am loving it! My reading has improved a lot too, so much to learn all at one time, I either read and play badly or play quite well but just playing along with songs I know trying to hit the notes bang on, I also want to revisit a book I have on scales and I am still waiting for my Rufus Reid book to arrive! Then there will be the bow and maybe some more books with suitable bow music in I think these Staggs are made by the double bass manufacturers subsidised by the string,bow and rosin people just to suck us in? It is working How are you getting on with yours? have you been eyeing up that Framus in the for sale section?

Just ordered a set of Spirocore soft 3/4S I presume these are the weichs? and a pot of Nyman's bass rosin from Thomann Also ordered my bow from Yitamusic too. Almost cost as much as the Stagg did

OK the bow is on its way from Yitamusic as suggested [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140358033272?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2648"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140358033272?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2648[/url]

White Stingrays always look great imo, although I have never owned one, I love the look of thunderbirds but they play and sound gash, as the thread is only based on looks I will still say thunderbird though

You might want to be able to mute the cabs but still have the phones live in a gigging situation too, bass tech checking for a problem on a bass before a gig, tuner is live and so are the phones both useful in that situation.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1357675238' post='1926600'] I've owned plenty but I just can't be arsed to plug them in at gigs. Too much effort. Pints don't drink themselves. Besides - I like the sound of my bass through an amp. If I didn't - I'd sell one or both until I found a basic tone I liked. Too many people using fx because they aren;t happy with their basic tone , I reckon. But that's just a side issue - as I said the main reason is I can't be arsed to set them up. [/quote] This about where I am, I used to use my zoom in almost every song back in the originals days, this became just for song 2 Blur in a covers band which became just a Boss HM-2 guitar pedal for that and now has become putting the valve on full if I can be arsed on the very rare occasion I need any distortion. Just to annoy discreet I will mention my TC Polytune , now where is that pint?

I bought a leather stitching kit off ebay for some motorcycle trouser repairs, might be worth it as it looks like new other than the fact its in two?

This isn't what musicman20 has been waiting 7 months for is it?

Looks like it will be awful to play and sound terrible, are we sure its not a real gibbo

I'd let someone who will enjoy it take the gig, everyones got different ideas and for someone else it could be just the ticket, I have done plenty of weddings and functions and those songs still go down well enough imo, if you don't want to play sex on fire or brown eyed girl don't join a wedding band

If you want super clean uncoloured sound put one of the Genz Shuttles on your list, the Streamliner is more of a valve kind of thing that will go clean but not Shuttle clean

Fender are selling by the container load and ford are in massive financial trouble having to sell off their best bits just to stay afloat!

I'd never buy an expensive combo, head first then a nice cab, you can always add another cab or even lend one for any bigger gigs you encounter

More is better, its basschat rules! I am currently using a 900 watt twin channel genz amp into a 1x10 cab in the box room!

I have just bought a power supply for mine (£9.99 Maplins) as it is going to live next to my head rather than on the floor, also I use it for helping me pitch on the DB so I am running it for hours on end. I like it though

All the best Blademan thats a bit of a naff situation but it sounds like you have done the right thing in planning your best way around it and still making music

Shame they don't do a 3/4 then

It looks like I need a used set of weichs to me

As a budget option what are daddario preludes like £70 a set?