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If I lived in west Dorset, I might have a go at that

The lower horn has broken off cleanly.

hi folks Has anyone attempted to repair a luthite body (e.g. Ibanez Ergodyne or Cort Curbow)? Any experiences, hints, tips etc. gratefully received thanks Mike

I also wonder whether the new Classifieds will make the site less intuitive, because it's hard to see where (e.g.) the eBay subforum and the Feedback would go.

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1354625623' post='1888249'] ... I think the old classifieds section with a subscription fee and bump button is a better solution. 1 - carried on using the regular marketplace forums - Yes 2 - charged a yearly subscription fee to be able to post adverts there (~£20) to help pay for developments - Yes or a "by listing" fee. 3 - installed a new 'bump' button which only works once every 36hrs on your thread - YES 4 - develop the marketplace to allow thumbnails next to threads for everyone - No, I dont think it is needed, I would still like the classifieds to look like a forum setup. Less cluttered, more adverts on one screen. 5 - develop a better form for selling items with fields for things like location, price, etc to make adverts clearer - This is something I have been pushing for years, so yes. [/quote] I agree with this.

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1355214481' post='1895346'] To my mind, 'Definitely maybe' at the time was a breath of fresh, attitude-driven air - the nearest thing to 'Never Mind The Bollocks' I had heard in years. Furthermore there were some very melodic, memorable tracks that still stand the test of time (Live Forever, Slide Away etc). While most fans revere it, I already thought the rot set in with 'Morning Glory' (can't stand their 'epic' Champagne Supernova for example and I hate Noel's nasal voice on 'Don't look back in anger', Liam's voice is waaaaayy better). ... [/quote] Exactly.

You'd be better off asking here: http://basschat.co.uk/forum/16-bass-guitars/

IIRC this is a BC member (nice guy, I bought a BBN5 from him a couple of years ago) and the headless was previously advertised here.

I have a second-hand Yamaha RBX200F I like very much. It cost me about £100.

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1354619492' post='1888073'] Sean Ryder - Vocals Steve Jones - Guitar Rat Scabies - Drums Ron Mael - Keys Me - Bass As a Monkees tribute band.... [/quote] I'd go and see that

I bought Hathernman's Squier fretless jazz. A painless transaction, quick and efficient; good communications; bass was well packed. A pleasure to deal with, and I'd have no hesitation dealing with him again. Recommended. thanks

Bass: me (If not available, Mike Mills.) Drums: Sly Dunbar. (If not available, Michael Jerome.) Keys/Violin: Simon House. (If not available, Ray Manzarek and John Cale.) Guitars: Hugh Cornwell and Bill Carter. (If not available, Wilko Johnson and Tom Verlaine.) Saxes: Dana Colley. Voice A: Bjork. (If not available, Kate Bush.) Voice B: Robert Fisher. (If not available, Steve Earle.)

cello is a great instrument fretless bass is a different great instrument. I can't play it, but I improve. Welcome to the forum

welcome aboard

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1354492912' post='1886732'] Bandmates eh? Who'd 'av 'em. I work on the principle that people are who they are (generally) and nothing is really going to change them. You can have 'have words' in all sorts of ways but, generally, people are not going to fundamentally change. So it's usually a case of deciding if you can put up with them. As has been mentioned, there are many successful bands in which the members don't like each other. i recall hearing a programme about the Police reunion gigs and how they all had separate hotels, cars and dressing rooms and hardly saw each other except on stage. You can try to change someone, of course, but it'll probably not work and will likely exacerbate the problem by bringing the discontent out into the open, which sort of makes the "you go or I go" showdown an inevitability. But if you're ready for that eventuality then you have nothing to lose. [/quote] without in any way disagreeing with [b]flyfisher[/b]: Some people do change. Actually, I suspect a lot of people do. I did, and more than once. It wasn't painless, but it was worth while. I think that this sort of change needs someone close to the person who's (possibly) going to change, though.

don't know if it counts as glam, but David Essex 'Lamplight' deserves a mention. Sparks, 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us'. And some Lou Reed stuff is worth thinking about.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1354446976' post='1885955'] You're dead right [b]iconic[/b], the bass guitar is a solid-body adaptation of the double bass, which is a member of the string family of the orchestra. The double bass is the odd one out anyway, as it is tuned in fourths (E-A-D-G low to high) whereas the rest are tuned in fifths (e.g. violin G-D-A-E low to high). [/quote] I have heard that double basses are technically viols rather than violins, in historical terms. Violins (violin proper, viola, cello) are tuned in fifths and have a different body shape to viols, which are tuned in fourths. The different body shape shows at the neck joint (violins are rounded, where viol bodies come to a point) and at the cutouts (violins have those ornate points, where viols are plain and squared-off). But I'd definitely want to tune in fourths in the double-bass register anyway, so that may be beside the point.

I've got a black GSRM-20, bought a couple of years ago. I've never got round to replacing the stock strings, so I may not be the best reviewer in the world That said, it seems well enough made. With the stock strings, the E string is rather soggy.