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[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1482350089' post='3199854'] Could have written that post word for word! [/quote] You lazy b****r, you had to let me write it for you, eh?

"Holding out for a beer" is fantastic I'm going to be playing that a lot this summer

[quote name='Fabrocker' timestamp='1482258641' post='3199022'] Thanks, glad to hear that. @Heathy For me, Newsted > Burton! but I dont have any 'metal bass heroes'. You can guys check other songs on 'Saints'. We play everything we want, we listen to everything. Heavy metal, that's funny. Go to hell with names. Music is music. [/quote] I like your attitude as well. I'll make sure to check the rest of the album

[quote name='Fabrocker' timestamp='1482254470' post='3198952'] So... here we go. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogtYxis5Yrg[/media] My bass-solo recorded on Status Matrix. What do you think? Greetings! [/quote] I don't usually go for stuff like that... but I enjoyed it, especially the second half. Nice!

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1482322933' post='3199530'] Some of the misunderstanding stems from the use of the term tremolo arms on guitars, they are really vibrato arms, but can't see that usage being changed anytime soon! [/quote] and the tremolo effect on fender amps being called 'vibrato'... someone got things mixed up and it spread... but tremolo is volume changes (amplitude) and vibrato pitch changes (frequency)

[quote name='only4' timestamp='1482319111' post='3199471'] I've started buying cables from "Designacable" their on Amazon. Well made with top quality components, Prime delivery too. [/quote] oh yes, I got a couple from then too... I liked that they can come in different colours but with the same quality cable. I got an orange and a red one, it makes it harder to leave them behind or for someone else to take them 'by mistake'...

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1482259600' post='3199042'] Cheap = crap Best quality/price ratio is our very own OBBM, aka RockWire cables. [/quote] cheap cables are a bad bad bad idea, especially when a good one doesn't cost so much! Cables by OBMM are a great choice. Similar can be obtained from Award-Session. Good quality cable and Neutrik plugs, in a wide range of sizes and plug configurations. My oldest cables are about 16 years (from Award Session "Cleartone"). They will probably last another 16... not expensive for around £20 or a tiny bit more.

[quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1482188985' post='3198400'] I may have sent another email... Oh dear. [/quote] You're almost making me look sane!

what do you mean it's only been one month since I placed my order??? It feels like aaaages!!!!

My hands are small, yet I have no issues with a bass and I actually prefer big chunky necks too. However, when I started out, after years of guitar, I gravitated towards Jazz basses because of the thin neck. With that in mind, I'd ask how interested are you in playing bass. If you just want simple basslines for demos, and you don't really care too much about learning the instrument, I'd go with what feels most comfortable right now that does the job. However, if you want to take up bass a bit more seriously, I'd go 34", purely because there's just so much more to choose from. Do try the bass first. Despite having the same scale, some basses feel like they have a very long neck compared to others, which is just due to where the neck meets the body and bridge placement. The neodymium Entwistle pickups are probably some of the best cheap pickups out there. They have a very big powerful sound, so I'm not surprised they make the bass sound bigger.

My RH450 died on my third or fourth gig during soundcheck. White smoke. That was a Saturday. On Sunday I was able to get a response to my query, and they arranged for me to receive a new one at my local dealer. On Wednesday I walked in with my dead amp and walked out with a fresh one. Impressive service.

Nylon tapewounds on a Precision fretless give you a very nice 'woody' type of tone, but it can also give you a nice low growly sound (Model P pickup on mine)...

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1482047169' post='3197120'] Not knowingly tried J Retro but I do love the Audere preamp. One of the few cut/boost circuits where the maximum travel on the controls were still in musical usable tone territory. But never lacking or too tame either. [/quote] I guess that's there are so many different products in the market, as different people prefer different things. I had an Audere and I just did not like it and ended up being replaced by a J-Retro. I have two J-Retros and a U-Retro (same thing, just flexible links to fit in other basses not just Jazz)... and I love them. Yeah, at maximum travel you have quite a dramatic boost/cut... but you don't need to turn the knob to max, do you?

That Ultimate Drive is pretty sweet. My only 'complaint' is that a slight tweak of the gain/level knobs go a long way, so adjusting levels on the fly has to be done with care, and if you brush against the knob with your big clumsy feet you're likely to effectively turn the thing off or make it extremely loud... masking tape advisable when playing in dark places or by clumsy players Sound-wise, 'though, I love it.

[quote name='Mister RLP' timestamp='1481988721' post='3196807'] Did you have any trouble putting them in? Are they an exact fit? [/quote] Well, the pickup covers have the wider 'ears' than Fender/DiMarzio etc types, so you either file the pickguard a bit or get a set of pickup covers with smaller ears. I just got new pickup covers, which I preferred also as I don't like the big lettering (model number) written on the original pickup covers. It's only about £4. [b]Edit:[/b] these pickups are deeper than most others, but I did not have to remove wood in order to accommodate them. I put the PBXN pickups in my Mike Dirnt Squier too: Again, the routing is the small ear type and I was not going to chip away at the wood, so new covers was the thing to do, white in this case:

[quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1481971943' post='3196637'] Not meaning to hijack the thread, but you did ask... :-) [url="http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/lowwregisterhead/media/IMG_7115_zpsn2rq2cal.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote]

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1481915674' post='3196311'] If the bass is faulty, and it seems like it is if it won't tune up then it needs to go back. He told them he wanted a new, different bridge. Why on earth would a shop do that for free? Does this mean if you buy a cheap bass that's neck heavy you can ask for a set of Hipshot ultralites to fix this ;-) [/quote] I can't say it clearer than I have, so... "ok"

a few years ago I was offered a bass I was after, after putting a 'wanted' ad. Fortunately the bass was just a cheap Squier Jazz so I was only out £95... but it still bothered me a lot. I started suspecting when the communication went quiet and the bass did not arrive when indicated. I googled the bass then and sure enough, I found the pictures he sent me on the first page of hits, only it belonged to someone in Ireland, not the 'seller'. I had paid with Paypal, not gift. I could go to Paypal, but I decided to investigate further. A number of people had checked his profile here. I checked and they all had posted 'wanted' ads. I contacted them and the ones that replied had all bought something from him and were waiting. We all used Paypal, but one guy used Paypal gift. The mods here quickly banned him, but of course that doesn't get us our money back. At that point I decided to bluff, as I sensed the guy was not the brightest. I made up a story about my partner working for the police and that she had friends dealing with internet fraud who I was sure they'd help. At that point I had an idea of his general location, so I took a gamble and told him I knew already his address in XXX city. I tried to be calm, but very firm, stating that I was not going to let it slide especially now that I knew he had done the same to several others. He told me a sorry story, about how his financial situation is bad and he was desperate etc etc... and he seemed genuinely afraid of the consequences of my letting the police pursue this. The more he wrote, the more clueless he appeared. Which is good. For me. So I bluffed a bit more, and described possible scenarios. One, just let the police deal with it. Two... he could refund ALL of us, and I'd let it be (I wasn't going to let it be). Three... I was actually going to visit a friend of mine in his city in 2 weeks, so we could come round and just refund us in person (I made it sound non threatening, I knew that the idea of facing someone in person would be very unappealing) Of course he said he'd refund us... but of course he didn't have enough money yet. He needed time. I said that the only way for me to believe his word would be to at least refund one of us, the guy who paid with Paypal gift. And HE DID!!! As soon as he did, the rest of us opened up a case with Paypal, and we got our money back. Paypal said they were going to investigate further and get the police involved and told us that we may be contacted by the police about the case etc etc. But I never heard anything else. Best of luck to the OP. It really stinks to be in that situation.

[quote name='Mister RLP' timestamp='1481916943' post='3196321'] Would the Entwistle PBXNs sound good in the Matt Freeman P Bass? Would they make the sound even better? [/quote] I did exactly that. Better? That's subjective. But I did like it.

as I said before, I'm not a fan of V type or generally pointy instruments... but this one looks fantastic! I love the green/maple... it kind of tames the 'pointiness' a bit... like "yeah, I'm pointy and I can rip your heart out of your body if I wanted to, but if you don't betray me I'm all mellow and sweet, really"

[quote name='sammybee' timestamp='1481795569' post='3195153'] I recently added/upgraded my 75 RI Jazz to sport a J-Retro, wanting to add a MM type sound to my arsenal. Boy was I disappointed. It just seems too much, like adding nitrous oxide to a moped. It's not my only active bass, I have a stingray and used to own a MM Jazz. Love the stingray sound (wasnt so keen on the Jap MM). Am I the only one who thinks the J-Retro sound is just too OTT? Should I persevere with it? At least it's an easily reversible upgrade. Opinions? [/quote] what's OTT about it? It can sound pretty much like anything you want to. Like with most preamps, a little boost/cut goes a long way.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1481912853' post='3196275'] In his first post he said he told them he didnt want to send it back in his first contact with Thomanns. He also suggested a different bridge was needed, and they were offering to supply one but at his cost. Sounds reasonable to me considering he didnt want to send it back for replacement. [/quote] erm, yes... like I said: they offered to charge for a fix. The OP said to Thomann that he liked the bass and did not want to send it back [b]because[/b] it's a fixable issue, and therefore just wanted a fix. Only not paid by him, which is not unreasonable if he didn't cause it. Thomann's response smells of them not understanding what the OP meant.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1481911811' post='3196262'] CNC computers don't often make mistakes. [/quote] exactly