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[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1489016697' post='3253837'] No love for Facebook here then... Facebook is a useful tool for the independent musician. [/quote] That's what I find too (in fact I joined because more and more things I wanted -info, photographs, etc- were shared through FB and not being there just made it unnecessarily harder, for no good reason in my opinion). The idea of "a place for people with no real friends" is so laughable I won't even start especially when brought up at an internet forum like this one FB seems to be whatever you want it to be. You're not obliged to start posting pictures of your breakfast or chat to anyone... I treat it as a public place, so nothing personal goes there, so I don't care about privacy settings. The main page where you get "suggestions" is as easy to ignore as a multitude of threads in Off-Topic here that I don't even touch You don't need to behave like a 15 year old in heat just because you have an account and it makes it extremely easy to keep in touch with other musicians. We have a band FB page and we get a lot of invitations through it (via messenger)... I could stay away but I would certainly be missing out. Then again, I don't have a compulsive personality that makes me want to read everything possible on FB just because it's there. Now I'm off, I still have 37 threads to catch up on here

[quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1489048937' post='3253907'] When I play at home, I tend to find a nice low action is fine [color=#0000cd][b]but as soon as the band kick off I need to dig in harder [/b][/color]and it's clank and buzz. It's not like I play like Hooky or anything, but it's horses for courses really. [/quote] I find that as well, if I am not loud enough TURN IT UP! seriously, I have found that I needed to dig harder but that was because my bass seemed underpowered (either EQ or more commonly just volume) turning up a bit fixed that everytime. Digging in is good for effect here and there but if you need to wrestle with the bass for a whole gig that just makes playing more difficult, for me.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1488962511' post='3253217'] But how can you keep the '57 vibe without a gold anodized guard? Why do you need to touch the guard during normal playing? (I can see it if using a pick). And where are you getting these compatible 10-hole guards from..? [/quote] 1) 57 vibe? I went for the neck profile/dimension and the rest of it... not a cold dead metal pickguard, blegh 2) I don't know where you put your thumb... but mine (and worse: the nail!), and parts of my hand touch the pickguard often. Urgh. 3) I can't remember... it was a shop in The Netherlands, through eBay. Very nice 'mint' hue. Some are too glow-in-the-dark green, theirs was perfect. [b]edit:[/b] Ha! Ooops... I have the bass next to me and I checked... The one I have not a 10-hole one, but 12! It's been 3 years already and I don't recall the experience of making a couple of new holes, so most of them must have aligned. Making a few new screw holes doesn't worry me, it's not a bass I could play without a pickguard so you'll never see them

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1488841006' post='3252374'] ...and if you like Cyprus Hill you'll probably dig these guys - Funkdoobiest - arguably the originators of that particular style. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXkvf3d7pQc[/media] [/quote] Hmm, Spotify has given me a couple of good ones from these guys, thanks!

[quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1488835915' post='3252299'] Try D'angelo's album Voodoo which features the rather talented Pino Paladino! His latest album is also exceptional: [url="https://youtu.be/lZoxdPGu_4E"]https://youtu.be/lZoxdPGu_4E[/url] [/quote] that's a bit different... David Bowie meets Prince! Cool!!!

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1488835748' post='3252295'] Contains rap language. [media]http://youtu.be/-hIjgofcuWU[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/FWOsbGP5Ox4[/media] I'll let someone else chip in, but I'm sure I'll be back... [/quote] Interesting. I haven't got to Snoop Dogg yet but I'm liking what I heard with Dr Dre and someone else... and this one too. So one for the list. And 2Pac... I knew this one but I didn't know it was him! Thanks!

wow, great response, very nice! Thanks! That's giving me a few more things to explore

[quote name='Studio GC' timestamp='1488746112' post='3251524'] Very nice. I'm waiting for for fiesta red 50's bass that's in the post. Should arrive in a few days. I already ordered a mint white pick guard for mine. edit: I just gave away that I'm from the States....scratchguard I mean.... [/quote] tasty... I also went for the mint one...

[quote name='thegummy' timestamp='1488674314' post='3251023'] Bit late posting this as I've had it for a while now but been too busy to post... I ordered the pickguard before I even got the bass because I wanted to change it for the looks alone but as soon as I played it with the gold pickguard I was so glad I had another one coming - I hated the way it felt! Any time my fingernail touched it, it gave me the creeps! Also put flatwounds on it. [/quote] Nice! I know what you mean about the gold pickguard... I replaced mine within a few days for the same reason, urgh. Lovely basses (mine is the red one, on my avatar)

something like this? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-guitar-strap-pin-button-in-chrome-black-nickel-or-gold-/390319180408?var=&hash=item5ae0d60a78:m:mVFur6cjJsfe03RRN6wqYCQ"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-guitar-strap-pin-button-in-chrome-black-nickel-or-gold-/390319180408?var=&hash=item5ae0d60a78:m:mVFur6cjJsfe03RRN6wqYCQ[/url]

I know, I sound like I've been living under a rock. But hiphop never attracted me much, despite playing in a band with a strong hip hop component years ago for maybe 9 months I just have heard a lot of stuff I did not like, and little that I did like. But a semi random conversation on Saturday has led to a whole new world. Yay! Oh, and Spotify too, that helps. Any favourites out there, especially with nice bass? I'm going through the usual suspects: Cypress Hill and Public Enemy (especially with a bit of Tom Morello and sometimes TimC and Brad Wilk too), NWA, Dr Dre, Busta Rhymes... The Cypress Hill tracks with Tom Morello (of Rage Against The Machine fame, for those who are not familiar) are especially tasty... no surprise as it sounds like RATM without the whiny vocals of Zach

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1488743391' post='3251483'] Finally, I got my hands on one. I tried a Hellwood at the Darkglass stand. I quite liked it, but for the nut width being too thin. Will Adrian alter that if you ask? I'd want it changed to 42 or 43mm as the standard 40 is just too thin for me and feels odd in my hands. Where is the price listing for all of the models? I don't seem to be able to see a price for anything except on the stock basses. [/quote] Yup. Like you I prefer 42-43mm widths. My first Jake was a pretty much stock Jake except I asked for a wider neck. I gave dimensions at a couple of places along the neck. Oh and I specified a lacquered neck too. No problem.

Late night gig at a local venue... for some reason there was a lot of Spanish people around, which resulted in a lot of bemused faces when we introduced one of our songs, about a trout, that includes the word for trout in Spanish as part of a call-answer thing with the audience

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1488587268' post='3250373'] Tonights gig was superb. Played a jazz/reggae fusion gig with my band. The sound guy told me it's the biggest crowd he can remember at the venue. Good to know. [/quote] nice pic! looks like fun

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1488578998' post='3250330'] If you could spare just one lovely drummer I'd be very grateful. [/quote] noooooooo, they're my preciousssssss

[quote name='Burrito' timestamp='1488577017' post='3250307'] I think it depends on the band. A covers band of mine I would expect the dep to take the same as the rest of us but my originals band we usually pay a bit more on the rare occasions we need someone because they have had to learn a set of original material. [/quote] That's pretty much my experience too.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1488574422' post='3250269'] We'll agree to differ then. Demanding or expecting a larger fee than the regular guy/girl certainly seems to be valuing yourself more to me. All of the bands in my circle divide things equally. I wouldn't play with the ones that don't. Each to their own I guess. It's the music that counts. [/quote] it's true, we may still disagree and that's fine... but I am still having trouble with the 'valuing' yourself more than another person. It's a different job being a dep or a regular band member, so I don't think the pay is necessarily going to always be the same. I would certainly never ask for "what your guy gets PLUS £x"... but each job has a minimum price below which is not worth taking for a given person, and this minimum price will vary with circumstances. Sometimes that minimum price is higher than what their regular one would get... but it's a one off "save our gig" situation. Similarly, if they offer me £z and I talk to myself and think "yeah, that'll do"... if it turns out that the band made more, I might go "dang, I could have asked for more" for a minute, but hey, I did it for an amount I thought reasonable, so it's all good and I would not think they value me less. I don't get that way of thinking. Tell me: When you get offered a dep job, and they say "we can give you £xxx plus transport and food", do you ask them "ok, but first tell me how much the other guys are getting?".

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1488570552' post='3250226'] Christ, again? What is it about drummers that makes them so irritating, so tedious? [/quote] mine are lovely... maybe I'm too selfish and I'm keeping all the nice ones?

[quote name='taunton-hobbit' timestamp='1488570113' post='3250220'] I think the 'problem' seems to lie in the 'serviced' part of their advertising (on every ad) - customers seem to hope that the object has actually been on a bench - lately..........from the Les Paul forum it would look unlikely..........if I buy off fleabay I tend to expect the object to be somewhat less than described - I also don't expect to pay top dollar for anything else......... [url="http://www.vintageamps.com/plexiboard/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=112283"]http://www.vintageam...p?f=53&t=112283[/url] might shed a little more light.......? [/quote] I get that, but that's no different from multitude of other cases when you buy something that is expected to work and it doesn't: return and keep looking. A bit like buying a used car... when the shop tells you it's been serviced, I don't expect they've done much more than ensure it's got oil and the brakes work... I think there's a bit of misleading from the shop's part (implying they do a thorough service on those ancient amps), but also an over-reaction from the buyer's part. I feel there's something missing in the story here.

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1488390032' post='3248567'] Mate of mine has the J&D jazz bass. Said it had cheap hardware and a lousy fretjob. Once he'd sorted that out it was a nice bass. [/quote] mine also needed the fret ends filed a bit, no biggie... hardware was absolutely fine and I was ready to change the pickups when I bought it but I actually liked the stock ones so they stayed, despite being slightly microphonic. I played a few gigs with it and had a lovely sound. I loved the neck.

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1488386172' post='3248511'] There's some confusion in this thread though quite a lot of info is right. SR4 is just an abbreviation for Stingray 4 - you can guess what an SR5 is. New current spec Stingray 4 string comes in a variety of colours, a hard shell case, can be had with rosewood, maple or pau ferro (Fretless) fingerboard, and with 2 or 3 band EQs and can be had in bolt on or neck through configuration or with H, HH or HS pick up configurations. The bolt on can be had with a narrower neck profile (ordered as an SLO special), they all have ash bodies (occasionally a PDN limited edition model may have a different wood such as alder). There are other models including the classic Stingray (2 band 4 or 5 string with highly figured neck wood, and other retro features like string through body bridge with mutes) - there's also an old smoothie version of the classic with a different pick up and other features. The classic, old smoothie and neck thru are higher priced than the normal model (because they have higher grade materials and features) - this may be why a 2 band appears more expensive than a 3 band - but possibly comparing standard model with classic. The normal model in 2 band form should be slightly cheaper - natural body colour commands a mark up on price also. A few years back, the standard SR4 (i.e not classic etc) was available from some dealers for £999 in red, white or blue, with 2 band EQ and a gig bag - there may be one or two still around - this was back when the economy and particularly dollar v pound values hadn't changed greatly so if you find one, it will be a bargain (and likely more than £999 now). The poplar body won't make much difference and was used in the early 90s for all of the solid colour SR4s and SR5s. Maybe slightly mellower than ash at the extremes. The US Sub Stingrays also have poplar bodies. You are right there is a vast range of prices but if you order new they will be reasonably similar - used prices vary greatly - some of the more unusual specs and colours sometimes command much higher prices - depends if people want them (basic supply and demand). [/quote] drTStingray always ready to clarify anything Stingray thanks!

[quote name='NJE' timestamp='1488372933' post='3248329'] PMT still have these 'cheaper' Stingrays in stock, I tried one recently and it was 100% USA Stingray. As others have mentioned, a few years ago they got the cost down on USA Stingrays by only offering Blue, Black and Red I believe, with a gig bag and 2 band EQ. I have never read anything about a different body wood being used but that is not to say that that information is not correct. [/quote] +1 There's no such thing as an "SR4" model, that's just shorthand for Stingray 4-string that is often used, and those are *real* Stingrays. I don't know anything about the wood being poplar. But I had the feeling that only translucent MM instruments were ash/alder and the rest could be various things. Not 100% sure. I do know, from owning a 2003 SUB made with a poplar body, that the body wood does not detract one little bit from their "Stingrayness"

I'm a little confused... There's this old amp. It doesn't seem to work properly and needs a substantial investment to put it right. It sounds to me like, as a buyer I have two options: 1) I return it (one channel didn't even work, we're not discussing whether it sounded good or bad which can be subjective), or I keep it and take care of repairs. If I go ahead and start repairing it, I cannot go back and force the shop to contribute to it. So I'm confused, I'm not sure what happened here...