Bassman Sam

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1380754567' post='2230295'] Makes me want to get the tools out! [/quote] The court order has ended now? Cool. [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1380758802' post='2230337'] Can't hear anything any more. [/quote] [size=4] [/size]

The worse place I played was the Royal Hotel, Redcar. The stage was so small, to fit on it, I had to take a light fitting off the wall so I didn't hit it with the headstock. I was playing a Washburn Status headless at the time. The venue was at the front of a run down hotel which we were allocated a room each for the night. There was no door on the communal toilet and shower room and the rain dripped into the bedrooms. When I finally drank enough to try and get some sleep in this sh*thole, I got into the bed and it was damper than a puddle of p*ss and smelled as bad. The drive back to Essex from Teesside was memorable for the stink from my bleary eyed bandmates as we tried to get warm from the van heater. The joys of gigging.

I thought that the Goto201 was pretty nice but then I was used to BBOT and R*ck bridges. So what do I know. [size=4] [/size][size=4]Anything was an improvement on both of them.[/size]

Love it, nice work.

I was knock out buy a guitar, not a bass. The girl rhythm guitarist in my indie band in the early '90's caught me on the head with her headstock during a gig. I went down like a sack of sh*t and was out for a few seconds. She gave my a couple of Feminax for the pain. Made me very stoned for a few hours and I played like a c*** for the rest of the gig. [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='lazybones' timestamp='1380671213' post='2228893'] no i want the best i can afford,yeh the are alll playable but why would you want budget anything..nope wrong ,get a really good guitar and keep it for years when you get bore sell it for same has you bought it [/quote] Capital Offence. [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='alembic1989' timestamp='1380659992' post='2228698'] Nothing to do with Washburn my friend....Miller is the name, and they're made in Germany. [/quote] Thanks for the reply. I was misled by google. Got a link?

Very nice. What's the history of these basses, I've not seen one before. Washburn I believe?

I keep coming back to look at this. I'm definitely in love. [size=4] [/size] .[size=4] Just stunning. [/size]

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1379057524' post='2208109'] Fab! Wish I Still had pics fro that long ago! [/quote] Thinking about it, that '75 P bass cost me 10 weeks wages back then. 10 weeks wages nowadays, would buy me almost any custom bass I fancied. How times change.

That is a lovely looking bass, good score. I have been having a look at their facebook pages, some lovely basses on there.

Utterly mad and brilliant at the same time. Well done.

Good luck lads. Good choices I'd say.

That looks lush. How did sound live? I bet it was great given the mods.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1379799053' post='2216963'] Yep, the Fender logo on an active bass is a useful warning to potential purchasers. [/quote] [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='Ben Jamin' timestamp='1379797844' post='2216940'] Hang on... two humbuckers and an 18v pre-amp with a 3 band EQ? Surely the HH model is literally just a G&L M2000/M2500? You could probably pick a G&L Tribute M2000 for half the price of the American Deluxe and I imagine it'd be just as good, if not better. And then you've got the USA-made G&Ls... [/quote] Very true but G&L don't have a Fender logo on the headstock. That will make the difference to a lot of bassists.

Cool. Show the pix. That's the rule.

[quote name='Hamster' timestamp='1379636554' post='2215229'] As my hands/fingers are knackered after years of Karate abuse - I use a pick when the song is too fast (for me) to play fingerstyle or when I can't feel my fingers anymore. I'm happy with that [/quote] +1. Only with me it was RA instead of Karate. I always used a pick in the past but now it's a mixture of fingers and pick depending the speed of the number.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1379504750' post='2213397'] Cheers Sam how are getting on with yours now? [/quote] I'm doing well Pete. Still getting used to the restricted movement but getting there.

I hope you get better soon, Pete. Good luck. Sam

I'm a lefty too, I read the the Guardian. [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1378929026' post='2206728'] Well you have to pay to enter the rough side of the bridge but they'll let anyone escape into England [/quote] [size=4] [/size][size=4]Welcome to the the bass side.[/size]

My OH suffers badly from PMS. I have to time buying milk at the right time of the month, never mind basses. Love her to bits though.

[quote name='Raggy' timestamp='1378576844' post='2202080'] Well I eventually got round to ordering one (thanks to Dood) and have had it a few weeks with 2 gigs under it's belt and I could not be happier. It's a standard JJ but with black hardware, D-tuner, Babicz bridge and an East P Retro (which to be honest, it does not need, but adds more to what is already there). It can be very aggressive but also very responsive depending on how it is played. I can actually hear notes on the D and G strings so much more clearly now. Perfect neck for me, have got Roto heavys on it, have been using flats for a few years but am enjoying the snarl too much at the mo Jon was great throughout, it took roughly 7 months to get here which I dont think is too bad. I love it, I've got my dream bass [attachment=143266:jj-1.jpg] [attachment=143267:jj-2.jpg] [attachment=143269:jj-4.jpg] [/quote] That is just stunning. Very jealous, it's my dream bass too.