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Yeah, that's what I thought. You can actually request different parts through an online form, so if you want different woods, fingerboards etc but it bumps the price up a lot. As far as I can tell they're the same components/woods etc that they use in the "premade" B40/50 range, which retail at over £1K. Do you think for a project it would be better to just get a knackered old POS and do it up? £650 is a lot to spend on something that might go wrong I guess...

Anyone had any experience with these - good or bad? They look pretty good for the money, don't see many Carvins this side of the pond though. The link's here: [url="http://www.carvinworld.com/catalog/guitars/index.php?model=bk50a"]http://www.carvinworld.com/catalog/guitars...php?model=bk50a[/url] I know of a website that supplies them in the UK, thinking of pulling the trigger on one of these next year, but I thought I'd see if anyone else has had a go and whether the results were any good. Cheers!

I use a Shuttle 6.0 with a Barefaced Compact, never had any problems with it not having enough oomph or bottom end. To be fair I usually end up boosting the bass on the amp, but then what's the point of EQ controls if they're not used?

In the rock band it's usually a mixture of these: Still Of The Night - Whitesnake You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC From Out Of Nowhere - Faith No More Summer Song - Joe Satriani Sad But True - Metallica Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy Buck Rogers - Feeder Enter Sandman - Metallica Tush - ZZ Top Jump – Van Halen Cant Get Enough Of Your Love – Bad Company Whiskey In The Jar – Thin Lizzy/Metallica Smoking In The Boys Room – Motley Crue Gimmie All Your Lovin – ZZ Top Wishing Well – Free Back In Black – AC/DC Dakota - Stereophonics Free Fallin - Tom Petty Word Up - Gunn Rebel Yell – Billy Idol 99 Red Balloons – Nena/Goldfinger Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple Run To You – Bryan Adams Living On A Prayer – Bon Jovi Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd Highway To Hell –AC/DC Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N Roses Home Sweet Home – Motley Crue Nothing Else Matters – Metallica Panama – Van Halen The Boys Are Back In Town – Thin Lizzy Aint Talkin Bout Love – Van Halen and in the glam band it's usually something like this: Action - The Sweet Cum On Feel The Noise - Slade Well Bring The House Down - Slade Mama Were All Crazy Now - Slade 20th Century Boy - T-Rex Jeepster - T-Rex I Love To Boogie - T-Rex Delilah - Tom Jones/Alex Harvey Band My Coo Ca Choo - Alvin Stardust Little Willy - The Sweet Wig Wam Bam - The Sweet Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quattro Hot Love - T-Rex 2-4-6-8 - Tom Robinson Band We Will Rock You - Queen I Want To Break Free - Queen Teenage Rampage - The Sweet I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick Tiger Feet - Mud Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet Block Buster - The Sweet Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck Neither are in any particular order.

The Smiths probably, although I'm not overly keen on Morrisey it's fun stuff to play.

Good luck with the gig - and with learning 42 songs in 3 days!

[quote name='Jigster' post='979086' date='Oct 6 2010, 08:15 AM']can anyone recommend any digital doo das that are good for plugging into and just noodling to a drum track with - I'm not talking anything majorly expensive. I used to have a Boss BR600 which was an 8 track recorder with stacks of drum patterns on that was cool for this and I regret selling it. - alternatively, are there any software packages with drum loops/patterns that i can buy and install on a Mac Pro? Thanks for any info[/quote] I just use the radio, useful when the PC's on the fritz!

Can't Get Enough of Your Love (Bad Company) Tush (ZZ Top) Smoking in the Boys Room (Motley Crue) Dakota (Stereophonics) Tie Your Mother Down (Queen) Might be a bit predictable but people seem to like 'em. All suggestions so far have been good I think, could make a giggable set from all these suggestions I'd have thought.

In the rock band, it's "The Boys are Back in Town", in the glam band it's "Action" by the Sweet

[quote name='cetera' post='971741' date='Sep 29 2010, 02:18 PM']If you like the Ampeg tone then why not pick up a used SVP-Cl or SVP-Pro preamp and a power amp? Alternatively, try a Sansamp RPM or RBI with a power amp. Or try a Genz Benz...![/quote] +1 for Genz Benz, I run a Shuttle 6.0 (4lbs) into a Barefaced Compact (26lbs), 375W @ 8ohms and it's killer, my drummer said it looks like a "stupid Fisher Price rig" until I brought it to a gig. Needless to say he ran out of insults, and possibly soiled himself when I turned the volume above halfway. Result! Stupidly light and ridiculously loud, and a great sound. If you're after a larger cab, Barefaced do a 2x15 version, the Vintage. I can only imagine how loud that could get

QUOTE (thunderbird13 @ Sep 30 2010, 11:02 AM) Turning up dressed a as a wizard [quote name='Conan' post='972490' date='Sep 30 2010, 11:07 AM']Yep. That's the one that above all others defines what makes a "bad bass player".[/quote] Does dressing up in a lycra catsuit and wearing size 12 platform boots count??

Enjoying reading through the replies, this really interests me because I hear so many people slating bass players who I think are great (Adam Clayton being one of them!) That doesn't mean I don't enjoy the odd noodle about a la Mark King/Victor Wooten, but it really irritates me when you see some idiot playing million mile an hour slap bass over a "pub rock" ballad and thinking they're "it". That personifies bad bass playing for me. PS about the "in the real world of gigs tablature doesn't exist" - totally true. I got the biggest kick up the rear end to learn how to read notation when I tried to do a gig reading from TAB for a stage production of "Little Shop of Horrors" a few years ago, mistake!

The title was going to be "What makes a good bass player", but I thought this one was more interesting. I ask this because I'm forever watching bands (well, bass players!) and trying to learn things from other people's techniques and tricks, whereas I know people who go and see a band and tell me "That bass player's sh!t", when I've thought they've been more than up to the job. So I wonder, what IS a bad bass player? Are there really any players in "famous" bands that are no good?

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='969184' date='Sep 27 2010, 09:57 AM']Hmmm, indeed. I'm sure they're beautifully constructed and finished instruments (if a little bulbous around the lower bout for my liking), but yes, you'd probably only really buy one for the electronics. I say this having never even been in the same room as one. Could be the bass of my dreams in terms of playability, but at the same sort of pricetag that could get you a pair of matching fretted and fretless ACGs (for example), it'd just continue to be the bass of my dreams.[/quote] I must say that after playing a 5 string fretted and a 4 string fretless Enfield at Bass Day last year, I had a serious GAS attack for one......... until he told me how much they cost, and I cried a little on the inside.

"Hyperventilate" by Frost* at the moment, ace British prog band. I also find it amusing that their albums so far have been written and recorded in a glorified shed in the keyboardist's garden!

Sold an SWR rig to Mike - nice bloke to deal with, great communication throughout, prompt payment - great buyer cheers Mike! *****

It Bites!!

I think my first live performance was at 13, played "My Generation" at a 60's themed open mic night in my hometown, with a crappy "Parksons" branded 4 string and a Peavey Microbass practice amp - it's a good job they're only 15 watts, otherwise someone might have heard my poor attempt at the bass solo!

I'll agree with molan on the Elixir front - definitely the strings for me, although they're pricey compared to other brands I generally find they'll last at least twice as long as regular uncoated roundwounds.

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=101026&st=0&p=942062&#entry942062"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry942062[/url] It is £500 but the SWR tone is great if that's your thing. Has worked well for me in the past from heavy rock gigs to jazz/funk trio gigs!