alyctes

[quote name='Luulox' timestamp='1445162905' post='2889162'] It is recent yes, happened midweek. Basschat does seem to be the only site i frequent that has this problem.I suppose I will learn to live with it lol. Cheers Pete [/quote] Okay, it's not the [media ] tag, then, that's been happening for most of this year.

Is this to do with the [media ] tag I keep seeing? It's invisible to Firefox, so it's hard to work out what the membership is on about a lot of the time... [Edit: It's visible above because I put an extra space in. And I know it exists because if you quote a post, you can see the tags.]

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1444850680' post='2886753'] Didn't Steely Dan do something similar, or am I getting confused? [/quote] Other way round

[quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1444805181' post='2886093'] That bridge is pollocks. [/quote] True, but at least the tunas are half decent.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1444776662' post='2886021'] Is that a Prawn shop Bass? [/quote] No, it's obviously a hake.

[quote name='madshadows' timestamp='1444740615' post='2885475'] Notice the Thomann box in one of the pics?, probably a Harley Benton that's been wrecked !! John [/quote] Probably a Deko... that paintjob would cover the stamp effectively.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1444772899' post='2885997'] I knew it! The whiting's on the wall. [/quote] Better get your skates on...

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1444768879' post='2885914'] Is it my imagination or are there no pickups? [/quote] Would you pick that up?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1444771074' post='2885960'] Oh Cod no, don't start with the fish puns... [/quote] Now now. There's a plaice and time for these things, you know.

I've never owned a factory build in that config, so I can't comment on the Fender. Which said, I have two basses with double P pups. I like the sound; the bridge pup gives more cut-through than a "standard" P pup on its own seems to.

I wouldn't buy it. But I couldn't anyway. I'm well used to people with pots of money spending it on stuff I dislike and/or find reprehensible.

Look for long grooves in the fingerboard where the strings have worn the wood away. Some marking from strings might be okay, but if there are actual grooves I wouldn't buy it. In your position I would consider a new Harley Benton. They are good quality for their price, and you should be able to get an idea of what a fretless should be like without spending a lot of money on it.

Shell pink, black/white/black plate. Or one of the pale blues with a dark tort plate.

Not run across these before. I like the reverse headstock, but the nut's too wide for my taste. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Epiphone-EMB-4-Aktif-Bass-/262079135924?hash=item3d052240b4

I don't like the shape. The neck's too short, for a start...

Looks sweet, though obviously not to everyone's taste. I also would be interested to read a review - not that I'm likely to afford one any decade soon...

Welcome aboard!

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1444459393' post='2883358'] Thanks, Alyctes . That must have taken sometime....I'm afraid it turned out to be one of my seemingly endless epics! [/quote] Once I started, I had to finish

I used not to like tort, but I'm coming round, at least to the darker variety. It looks nice

I put nylon LaBellas on my no-name jazz copy a couple of weeks ago, and had to take them off, because they take all the snarl out of it. I like the lack of finger noise, but there seems little point if it doesn't make a noise I like. Flats on a P-type, yes I think I need to try some half-rounds, see i I can keep the snarl but reduce the finger noise.

[quote name='alembic1989' timestamp='1444151837' post='2880711'] Not sure it counts as a cheap one...but I still love playing my Vox Standard...my first 'proper' bass. [/quote] I love mine, but the neck is too thick and the thing weighs a ton... I dig it out occasionally if we're playing something ska-ish.