Hobbayne

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Quite difficult I believe, the late great George Harrison had one back in the 60's but he didnt know how to play it, so he tuned it like a guitar and played it on Norwegian Wood. He later had lessons from Ravi Shankar and became quite proficient on it!

I wonder if they supply the hacksaw to cut out the headstock shape?

Well, thats me sorted for those long rainy days in my caravan in Skegness!! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saga-P-Bass-guitar-Kit-Build-your-own-bass-guitar-PB10-/270782402672?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3f0be39070"]Clicky[/url]

[quote name='dan670844' post='1307536' date='Jul 18 2011, 10:31 AM']Had a club gig in London on Sat night 7 bands all the bass players had Jazz Basses amongst other guitars weird... present was an old '60s jazz owned by some old geezer[/quote] How very dare you!! Something tells me that its been many a year since you locked yourself in your bedroom, with your mums littlewoods catalogue open at the womens underwear section and a box of kleenex!

I recently had a Behringer 180 watt Ultrabass 12" combo, it wasnt particuarly a bad amp, but it was so heavy to carry for a small amp that I had to get rid of it. The ultrabass thing was a bit of a gimmick too - I never used that feature. +1 with the Ashdown.

I use them on my Squier jazz, they seem to be OK although the windings are a bit on the long side and sit on the saddle of the E string making the string sound dead.

[quote name='chris_b' post='1305956' date='Jul 16 2011, 04:28 PM']The original Fender bass had through body stringing.[/quote] Yes, the original 1951 P bass came with through body stringing, but not until about 1995 did I see a USA P bass that had them again, that was the 50th anniversary model IIRC

[quote name='Clarky' post='1305122' date='Jul 15 2011, 08:20 PM']Does it have a badass?[/quote] I believe this is the updated bad-teeth model.

I did some research on MM Stingrays when looking to buy one after many years of playing a P bass, and come across the importance of unplugging the amplifier lead to save battery life! Glad I did, or I,d be on a battery a week!!

Do you have any Bounty bars? - In milk chocolate, they come in a blue and white wrapper. Not plain as they come in a red and white wrapper.

What do the pickups sound like when turned up loud? Is there a significant loss of top end?

Been playing bass since about 1982 and still no good at it Low point - Being booed offstage when the P A failed midsong. High point - Playing bass on a friend of a friends bands recording, at the world famous Abbey Road studios

If you prefer a multitrack machine, I picked up one of [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BOSS-BR-900-CD-/280704493684?pt=UK_Recorders_Rewriters&hash=item415b4aa874"]these[/url] on ebay for peanuts recently, built in drum machine and digital effects and burn your own CD on it!

My VM Jazz, note the dodgy 3 peice body under the shiny varnish!

I had a similar problem with the E string on the Jazz Bass. It turned out to be the silk winding on the ball end was resting on the bridge saddle. This caused a loss of sustain and a dead tone. But I actually liked the effect and kept the string on!

This post had me thinking about up the neck playing. I never really play beyond the 10th fret in normal gigging mode, although I occasionally do a little lick in E which ends up on the G# 13th fret G string

[quote name='TMB' post='1293609' date='Jul 5 2011, 05:05 PM']Hey did you see Joey Jordison on bass! Hers actually pretty awesome![/quote] Is there a link to this??

A precision with a jazz bridge pickup

Where is this club exactly? The only things opposite Ealing Bdwy station is haven green common and a taxi rank I may pop along as its only a bus ride for me!

Our guitarist fell off the stage during a gig once, after consuming a bottle of Jack Daniels all by himself beforehand!. The Hohner Jack is a good bass, I had one a few years ago, after headless basses went out of fashion!

Influenced by JJB eh? Pity he never learned anything from him then!

I wouldnt feel happy handing over six grand plus to a bloke in Corfu with zero feedback