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[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='17398' date='Jun 14 2007, 10:03 AM']the ABM's as has been said elsewhere do have a warm sound, if you are looking for something a bit more edgey then have a look at the MAG range (yes i know i bought one so i should be happy with it ) when i was looking at amps i was very keen on the rumble but was worried by the 100watt max (think it was the one with the 15" driver) but liked the sound and they are very expensive for what you get IMHO. i got as good if not better sounds out of the mag and there seems to be more available sounds in it too and a 307watt 210 combo for 300 quid can't be beat really. but like they say it may not be for you but defo worth a listen.[/quote] Mike has a point - 100 watts isn't really enough to play in a club with a drummer and a couple of guitars .. you may - just - get away with it if you add another speaker cab to shift more air but a safer bet would be something that has 300 watts to start with. Anyway the rule with anything like this is to take your bass down to "Sound Control" or your local music store on a Wednesday morning and just play through as many different makes and speaker config combos you can find. Then you'll have a better idea of the makes and speaker sizes you like... Then look through the for sale bit here and post a wanted ad .. and EBay etc ...

[quote name='BigRedX' post='17383' date='Jun 14 2007, 09:46 AM']Will Boss FS5L (latching footswitches with status LEDs) not do what you want?[/quote] Marshall do a bunch too, nice and cheap, but there's no mention of what powers the LEDs

I too would like one of these. I'm LED (ho ho) to believe that the MarkBass LMK footswitch has LEDs to indicate function so that may work for you. However it's getting one for reasonable money that's difficult. Having said that I can't see any in the pictures ... Dave, could you knock some up?

[quote name='ste_m3' post='17232' date='Jun 13 2007, 09:53 PM']i wasnt dreaming... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=619"]Ashdown Combos[/url] Theyll eat any of the aforementioned [/quote] Well some of us just don't like them ... Never could get a good sound out of mine ...

[quote name='acidbass' post='16019' date='Jun 12 2007, 02:55 AM'][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut88RYybqiA"]Linky Linky[/url] As OG says, the review in BP Mag was also very good, I think Ed Friedland did it too.[/quote] Hey good link. There's some very good other videos on there - reviews and lessons.

I'm not sure it was this model of combo but Bassguitar mag reviewed one of the Fender Bass combos - it had modeling, drum machine, practice looping etc - and thay absolutely loved it. Let me know if you want me to dig the review out. OG

You could get a bag with a strap for your head ..... Cab in each hand, bass over one shoulder, amp bag over t'other

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Shergold Marathon Mark Ia Bass Guitar Item number: 230141601322

[quote name='Rich' post='15453' date='Jun 11 2007, 10:12 AM']The only P-style bass I've ever enjoyed playing is Si Oldgit's gorgeous Shuker P-5... other than that, they simply aren't my cup of Lapsang.[/quote] Well since you've brought the subject up. My Shuker P5 neck is not really very much like the contemporary 4 string Fender. It's a five, of course, and it's very wide. I like like that. It's based on teh Ibanez BTB neck profile - ie very shallow. That may be why Rich likes it .. In a bit of mutual appreciation, I really like Rich's Shuker jazz V but in general there are too may pickps and too many knobs on a Jazz for me, when I want to sound liek a fender, its a P I am looking for. That skinny jazz neck is just not wide enough for my fingers which are long and fat I've always felt at home on P basses - US ones, MIJ ones I even had a JV series Squier - that was nice to play too. In the 70's I had the holy grail of P-basses, a real 62. ( for 10 years or so) It had the very shallow profile neck. The 1980's MIJ 62 RI was extremely good as well and stunningly close to the real one. I like the sound, of course, er which sound ? well I like all of the very varied sounds it can make that have been mentioned before. Brilliant for reggae too, just roll all the treble off and pluck them up by fret 20 . I'm bemused by this talk of not being able to get the action down low .. I can't do it cos I don't fettle well, but I know a man who does and he's always managed to get mine down really low and with just enough fret rattle to sound right, even with my preference for rediculously light weight strings So .. A great general purpose bass. I don't think they are the ultimate bass for a lot of people but they are generally a lot better than "good enough" for a most musical situations.

[quote name='acidbass' post='13742' date='Jun 7 2007, 06:56 PM']Lol, good luck getting one, I've made a few seperate enquiries to be told the same each time - "I no longer make basses to order, and have none in the production pipeline for at least 6 months" Gutted[/quote] Well I'm sure you know that my mate Jon Shuker will knock you one up if you ask him nicely ...

[quote name='Davemarks' post='15357' date='Jun 10 2007, 11:46 PM']Can't believe I forgot to mention this - the term 'one drop' actually refers to the fact that there is one kick drum played in each bar. That would be the kick which falls each time on beat 3.[/quote] Yeah, I know

[quote name='BassBod' post='14775' date='Jun 9 2007, 07:57 PM']Ahhhh....Druidstone. Done a couple of gigs there over the years. Lovely bar. Enjoy...man. BB[/quote] Yeah We have a band weekend there each year .. that's good but I have to drive there and back on the same day tomorrow So little chance for much bar or food enjoyment, sadly Atmosphere and beach will be good though OG

[quote name='mr_russ' post='14564' date='Jun 9 2007, 11:32 AM']ps- Bernie Goodfellow's workmanship is fantastic- he lent me a spitfire 5 for a week, I couldn't fault the build quality but it wasn't the sound in my head[/quote] Ah well at least you know what you [i]don't[/i] want ..

[quote name='mr_russ' post='14562' date='Jun 9 2007, 11:29 AM']Nice ;D I'm really only after a nice light piece of swamp ash for this one- so hopefully I'm safe! The hardest part is working out how I want the neck- I live in Brighton so a trek up to sheffield is quite a slog- I can't really afford to take the time off work to go up either, this is the main thing holding me back.[/quote] "Nice ;D I'm really only after a nice light piece of swamp ash for this one- so hopefully I'm safe!" yeah they all say that ... then the enter the Wood Store ... and suddenly things get a whole lot more complicated "I can't really afford to take the time off work to go up either," No problem, He will meet you there on a Saturday, Sunday too I think .. You see there's no escape. Best thing to do is to call him up in teh week and have a chat. He really is nice and there's no hard sell or anything, just good, helpful advice

Wonderbrass community jazz outfit, "The biggest, boldest funky jazz band in Wales" Druidston magic hippy hotel place, near Haverfordwest, West Wales [url="http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=187120&Y=216800&A=Y&Z=3"]Map[/url] Sunday 10th June 4PM - 7 PM I'm depping on bass with the band I usually play baritone sax with My [url="http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/pbassgal.htm"]Jon Shuker 5 String Precision[/url] will be there too if you want to have a look and a go .. Websites [url="http://www.wonderbrass.org.uk/"]Wonderbrass[/url] [url="http://www.druidstone.co.uk/"]Druidstone[/url] (worth the click just to experience a seriously hippy website)

[quote name='ZPQ' post='14354' date='Jun 8 2007, 07:54 PM']It's out of order not telling people about the insurance limits - especially when they always make a big deal of it when I go to the counter. It'll be interesting to see if you get anywhere with your claim against them - good luck! John[/quote] Well I think the Post office Official Management View of this is "it's in the leaflet so RTFL or tough"

[quote name='Sibob' post='14329' date='Jun 8 2007, 06:52 PM']I knew i was right to! Si[/quote] ha if I was playing a band with people who coudl feel it I'd not need to count it for them

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='14323' date='Jun 8 2007, 06:37 PM']Let's keep things in perspective guys (and gals). Remind me why Interparcel is great and PF is cr*p? I've sent or received a few basses and more than one or 2 amps and cabs via PF (senditnow) and not had a single complaint, as have various other through this thread. All courier services are going to have the odd idiots who will get a kick (no pun intended) out of knocking a box or parcel about, but before the whole Royal Mail / Parcel Force / Sendit now company is tarred as being totally unreliable and generally sh*tty, do you know the alternatives are so great? You also have to consider what is the percentage of parcels handled to those damaged? Yes there may be one or two more examples of damaged packages with PF but what percentage of the total volume of parcels sent do they handle. Until someone posts (sic) an alternative, reliable courier who will stand up and be counted as carrying fragile/valuable instruments, then do not declare any one courier better or worse than the rest. No I do not work for PF, nor does anyone I know but it's a bit knee jerk to slate one courier above all others.[/quote] Er well minus one for parcel force because: The maximum amount of insurance is £150 for musical instruments (no matter what amount you buy at the counter) Other than that I've sent loads of stuff with them before, and I'll continue to but I will not now send a bass. They've had their chance and anwyay I don't tend to send basses worth less than £150 - the bloody CASE is usually worth that much - oh and "the case, when used as outer packing is not covered" either ... Many things have got through OK so my opinion is based soley on what they did to this bass and the way they are handling my polite request for them to take responsibility for smashing it in the first place and then pay out under the terms of the insurance I thought I had bought. A company is measured by the way it handles the problems, not the easy stuff. And yes there is a clear opportunity for someone to start a company that undertakes to ship basses safely and for reasonable money.

[quote name='paul, the' post='14306' date='Jun 8 2007, 05:41 PM']And what about us as buyers. How do we persuade sellers on eg. Ebay to not use Parcelforce?[/quote] +1 for Interparcel (only one experience though) That shouln't be hard. Make it a condition of payment that it's not sent parcel force because of the limit on the insurance. Negative ebay feedback is pretty powerful stuff.

[quote name='Davemarks' post='14129' date='Jun 8 2007, 12:32 PM']Hey guys - I have taught reggae as a style at TVU/ drumtech / The ICMP and I've played for a few bands doing reggae stuff - the standard is to count it in 4/4. Skank on 2 and 4. Kick and cross stick on beat 3. That way, if the drums move to 4 on the floor, they are on all 4 beats, as opposed to on 8th notes. It feels like quite a fast way to count, but it is the standard. I'll post a little video clip on youtube at some point soon to accompany my Bass Guitar Magazine Reggae Style File. It'll have some detail on the drum parts...[/quote] Dave thanks for that .. I knew I was right ha ha well I knew I was thinking about it in the easiest way to communicate it anyway. I feel a lot better now ))))))

[quote name='chris_b' post='14133' date='Jun 8 2007, 12:40 PM']I also gig in a Reggae band, with a couple of Jamaican drummers. Their take on this question is: Why are you counting? Feel it![/quote] Ah you'd have to read the top of the thread for the answer to that

Oh yeah I'm well versed in the "knock out ginger" method of delivering parcels .. parcelforce carded me today, even though I was in waiting for the delivery ... and don't get me started on to the stupid hours, never answered phones and methods you have to use to get your parcel from the depot ... Hummmmmmmmm

[quote name='Tinman' post='14286' date='Jun 8 2007, 05:16 PM']You may joke my friend but it's got me well and truly, I've already been talking about it with Mrs T![/quote] Mr Russ, take heed and remember DON'T GO IN THE WOOD STORE or the same thing will happen to you ....

[quote name='Tinman' post='14279' date='Jun 8 2007, 05:08 PM']I just couldn't get out! I could hear 5's and 6's calling to me from the shelves. *The voices, the voices, they're in my head and won't go away*[/quote] Hey Tinman! Welcome to the other side of the Shuker tractor beam