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I've dealt with GAK before, and IIRC they charged me an absolute fortune for delivery because it was to Northern Ireland, though this may not be a problem for you depending on your location. Apart from that, the order was fairly painless though, they give you an estimated delivery date and keep you updated with the dispatch information etc, so recommended if you're in England! Danny EDIT - might be worth giving them a ring first to check if the bass is in stock, as the website is sometimes slightly behind actual stock levels.

Received the book and currently enjoying it, will pass it on when I'm done! Many thanks to ahpook and guyl for a sterling job with the replacement Danny

I have a DT10 for stage tuning, and a CA30 for home/smaller gigs. Both have given me years of faultless operation, so highly recommended

I don't think there has ever been a better bass solo written than Entwistle's in 'My Generation' by The Who! Raw, musical, simple, and doesn't sound out of place at all.

Very interesting discussion so far. I've always shared the same viewpoint mentioned above that modes (and indeed scales) should be used as a guideline only - why limit oneself? If you play what you hear in your head and it's aurally pleasing, to yourself or an audience, then you've succeeded. Obviously if you're teaching the above, then getting the facts right is important, but I've never been lambasted for throwing in a chromatic tone or two here and there during solos or fills. Then again, maybe my audience have been too forgiving! Danny

I'm pretty sure if you placed an ad in the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showforum=22"]Wanted[/url] section, that someone on here would have a spare OLP MM pickup or something lying around, I know a few BCers changed the stock pickup out for a better model. Might not sound as good as a Seymour, but it will give you a general idea if you like the configuration or not. Hope this helps

I've recently taken to bluegrass-style slapping on my fretless and can see that the board has been grooved already (although it is unfinished rosewood). Don't think it'll wear beyond the surface though (I hope anyway!), but as I'm using flatwounds I can't see it being nearly as bad as rounds.

As previously expressed, I am very interested in the development of these, roll on the build diary!

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' post='553732' date='Jul 28 2009, 11:44 AM']One of my favourite Kinks tracks along with "Victoria". I think they were a fantastic band, along with the Who and The Small Faces. London music at its finest.[/quote] Absolutely. I'm very much in the middle of a mod revival phase which has lasted for the last couple of years now, fantastic music.

This is definitely another one for the melting pot! +1 to whoever said about learning these tunes one after the other - I've only just finished with Rhythm Stick and before that, it was Sir Duke! Oh well, keep them coming, it only improves our playing at the end of the day really Danny

I have the bass version of this device myself (great buy by the way!) and always reckoned that the device names corresponded to the following: TWD4x10 - Fender 4x10 combo VALVE - Ampeg SVT2 VALVE2 - as above CLASSIC - Ampeg SVT-CL SCOOPED - Trace Elliot solid state head LA STUD - SWR GOLDPNL - Eden JAZZ - No idea, what does Jazz bassists use? STUDIO - Ampeg Portaflex combo AC100 - Vox bass head UKMAJOR - Hiwatt 200w head Hope this helps you, I've always imagined the above when I've been playing with my PX4B, some of the sounds are so good it makes me question why I bother with amplifiers sometimes Danny

Played through a TNT 115 combo last night (as mentioned in the 'How was your gig last night' thread), and to my great surprise and joy, it sounded brilliant. Elevated it a few feet off the floor and it wasn't muddy in the slightest. A real beast of an amp to lug around though but I would definitely consider one in a wheeled flightcase as a backup amp. Danny

I bought one of their cables from a local guitar shop last week, and the guy basically told me that if the cable fails in any way, to bring it back to them and they'll replace it free of charge, receipt or not. I can't understand why most guitar shops wouldn't do this, they basically just send the faulty cable back and get a new one in return which they can sell at full price.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='551788' date='Jul 26 2009, 02:21 PM']For next Sunday's gig we have to set off at 2.30 in the morning !!!![/quote] Good God, is the gig on the Moon?

My personal favourite Great band! I am almost positive that if I had have been born in 1949, I would enjoy going to gigs so much more than I do now!

Absolutely excellent! 1300 people at a festival gig, huge marquee and free bar for all the band members We didn't have to supply PA, backline or lights either, which I was a bit worried about at first, until we got there and realised that they had provided a full flown line array system with 4 monitor mixes, massive light setup including rotating heads, strobes and smoke machines! I almost cringed when I saw that they had provided a Peavey TNT115 amp for me to use, but it actually sounded fantastic! I elevated it off the ground by about 3ft and there was no mud whatsoever - brilliant! Still recovering now though

10am here and I'm not in bed yet, gah

Yeah, the Lifetime Warranty thing is really great, I'll be buying 15-20 mic cables very shortly and although some other manufacturers have been tempting, I think I'll go with Planet Waves for this reason alone! The little cable tie thing they have attached to each cable is really useful too. +1 from me

EDIT - Duplicate thread, closed.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='548160' date='Jul 22 2009, 08:38 PM']I'm late 30s too and I've read stuff where you have to be 40+ to qualify as old. I feel young but I feel old. We're in no mans land! There are others who write you off at 25.[/quote] I'm 22 and I'm going lightweight as soon as possible! I used to have a huge Ampeg stack powered by an SVT4PRO head but those days are long gone, I don't think the tone I got from that rig at gigs was good enough to justify lugging the damn thing around all the time.

Genuinely impressed, I wish I could play that song as well as you can! Keep it up

Wow, that guy is good! I don't think I could get away with playing like that in my bands though, doesn't mean I don't crave his chops though!

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='546844' date='Jul 21 2009, 06:42 PM']I bought one of these as my first bass 14 years ago cost me £45, I still have it great little bass.[/quote] I bought one as my first bass too, eight years ago it cost me £90! I later sold it for £100 to a friend of mine a couple of years later, couldn't believe the £10 profit even after I'd used and abused it proper. Wish I still had it now for sentiment's sake!

It sounds like it should be the background music in a Pro Evolution Soccer game!

Well firstly, if you like the sound of your current setup, then why change it? You could spend countless hours and pounds in search of a better tone, but I like to approach upgrades with the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' philosophy. In saying that though, there are a vast number of options available to Fender users, as the parts on J and P basses are standard sizes really, and pretty much every aftermarket manufacturer makes a part to directly replace a standard Fender part. A lot of Fender users upgrade their bridge at some point, but it's purely subjective whether or not it makes a bass sound 'better'. To my ears, a couple of my Jazz basses were vastly improved by replacing the stock bridge with a [url="http://www.leoquan.com/html/bass2details.html"]Leo Quan Badass Bass II bridge[/url]. Pickup-wise, again this is down to your own personal tastes. I have a set of [url="http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/shop.asp?category=Bass&sub=Jazz%20Bass"]Wizard Sixty-Fours[/url] in one of my Jazz Basses, and a set of [url="http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/shop.asp?category=Bass&sub=Jazz%20Bass"]Wizard Eighty-Fours[/url] in another. There are certainly a vast number of possibilities out there, but if you investigate your options and make a few shrewd purchases, then you can end up with a personalised bass which sounds exactly as you want it. Hope this helps, Danny