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[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1485708147' post='3225986'] I don't suppose you used an iPhone for the picture, did you? I think that they may not put some info into the photos, as I've had it happen of late when I've uploaded photos to tinypic. I've found the answer is to open it on your PC (in my case a Mac mini) and save it as-is; it then uploads fine. Oh, and nice bass, btw. [/quote] I used a camera and saved the photo to PC then rotated it to get right way up. Saved correct way up on my PC but when i then loaded to BC it turned again. Looks like it copied over the original file rather than the rotated one. Dave

Liking that colour. Very nice. Have fun. Karl a top guy who also suffers badly from GAS. Dave

1st gig with new band last night and decided to give the Deluxe a wee trial run. Not rehearsed with it in a band situation yet. Also going thru someone else's bass rig of Hartke LH500 and 2off 15" Hartke cabs. Sound was deep but enough mid to just hear the bass thru the mix. Think the 15" are a little too muddy for me. Would have preferred 12's or 10's but bass adapted quite well. Stage was a bit cramped as it was guitarists birthday party and there were 3 bands playing that night. All in all bass did feel good and tonal range was there to bring in the jazz pick up as and when i needed a little more punch. Mostly ran the bass and amp flat and when needed just erred towards the J pick up a touch or a little boost on the mid control. Several good comments on the bass sound and how much they enjoyed the band. All seems to have been a good night and i'm pretty chuffed with the way the bass behaved. Needs a little fine tuning to get right but that will happen over next few weeks as i get more used to it. Here's a wee pic from the night. Dave

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1485604991' post='3225227'] You're not an Elvis fan are you? Because I've got some bad news. [/quote] [quote name='keeponehandloose' timestamp='1485605038' post='3225230'] My internet is a bit slow !@@ [/quote] Absolutely brilliant guys. Couldn't stop laughing at those comments. Dave

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1485542046' post='3224845'] Welcome to the Mex P/J club Dave. Although mine are passive, every one of this Mex Deluxe Series I've had, has been a great workhorse bass. Enjoy [/quote] Cheers Karl To be honest i'm kinda liking it in the passive mode altho there's no tone control in passive mode on this one. Nice feel to it. Need to make a few little adjustments tomorrow. Finding the P pick up needs tweaked as the E and G string are a little quiet with slight tone change from A and D strings. Sorts itself when you press the pick up down a bit to even the response. Also some of the frets i'm gonna smooth the ends off a little. Not too bad but i hate feeling fret ends on a bass even if its very slight. Other than that the tonal changes available are unreal. Why did i not do this before Made me think about changing pick ups on my Jazz to get more depth. I believe there are pick ups out there that are wound same way as a Precision but in a row to fit Jazz basses. Might as well change the pots to Vol, Pan, Tone on my Jazz too. Dave

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1485543945' post='3224869'] I've got a Mex thinline Tele which I bought c2000. To this day it remains pretty much my favourite skinny stringer I've ever played. My ex's dad had a fairly impressive collection of top end Gibsons and Fenders which we used to jam on from time to time. I wouldn't swap my mex Tele for any of them. That experience has given me complete confidence in Mexican Fender instruments, only reinforced by the mex deluxe precision special that arrived to live with me recently. [/quote] How you finding your new toy Cato. You've had it over week now. ? Dave

Got one of each so i'm good but i like the title of this. Dave

My new bass arrived this morning from GAK. Surf Pearl finish with rosewood neck Fender Deluxe Precision. I tried the sunburst one last week and was very impressed and decided i liked this one even better. Straight out the box and it only needed a minor tweak of the P pick up on the E string. Neck and action feel ok but was told by GAK to allow the bass time to warm up before making any adjustments to neck etc. Many thanks to Sean from GAK for all his help and advice. To be honest the action and neck feel just about right for me. I normally set up a bass to Fender set up spec anyways and tweak from there as needed. Colour and finish is pretty good and can't fault the bass at all so far. Was a bit worried about it being a MIM bass however nothing to worry about as i would say this compares well with any other Fender i have or have tried. Nothing compares to a Fender P pick up. I've tried other mfr's basses and for some odd reason a Fender just seems warmer and more depth to me. Add in a touch of that Jazz pick up and WOW this i great. Bass tone adj is pretty powerfull and don't really see me needing much on that one. Treble control has quite a light tonal adj to me but you can hear the top end roll in / out when used. Mid control has the most dramatic effect off all and can change your sound quite a bit going from boost to cut. Very nice. The controls all feel good quality pots. Nice smooth feel to them unlike my Jazz bass where the pots have always felt that little bit "loose". Will maybe do a proper review once i have played a few times and gigging it tomorrow night with my new band so that will put it thru its paces. Here's a quick pic just to let you see the colour of this. Think you either love it or hate it to be honest but i'm loving it. [attachment=236719:DSCN1112.JPG] Not sure why pic has rotated as its saved ok on my PC. Cheers Dave

Have you looked at the Vintage Basses. Some guitarists i know have bought their guitars and swear they are better than any Gibson Les Paul they've had for playability and weight. I do remember their basses getting some pretty good reviews and think they do a Jazz type bass. Maybe worth a look. Thomann circa £260 Dave

I recently tried both the TM & VM versions in Guitar Guitar and didn't think there was much difference between them. Both were well made altho i'm not a fan of relic bass finishing but both sounded exceptionally full and a more modern sound than traditional Jazz or Precision. It was just a quick trial with them and perhaps i was using both Pick-ups to get the sound i liked but honestly don't think you'll be disappointed with it. Dave

I've only just been introduced to the Allman material and so impressed by it i'm surprised i have never listened to them before. Such a shame to lose a key member of the Allman brothers. Dave

Thanks Ian. I've tried the 4x10 ported with standard MB head and its pretty nice. Dave

That was a great VID clip. The full band were pretty impressive. Bass was very crisp and clear but then again Overwater basses do tend to be that way. (I have 2) Wish i could play that good. Those vocals were damned impressive i have to say. Out of curiosity what amp was used that night ? I was sure i saw a Markbass cab behind Ian. Dave

[quote name='el borracho' timestamp='1485449723' post='3224064'] 45-105 again. Currently D'Addario Pro Steels. I put my choice down to Rotosound being the most widely available strings in the 1980s (at least in my memory!). That was their standard gauges. I tried different ones over the years but eventually just stuck to what I was comfortable with. In the early 90s I used Dean Markley Blue Steel which I seem to remember had a .47 gauge G and once tried some Superwound 40-90 but I broke them - only string breaks ever. [/quote] Superwound string was the one and only string i ever broke too. Used a superwound low B on my Overwater to brighten tone a bit with Overwater standard string gauges. Now back to full Overwater strings mainly cause i won them at bass bash raffle Dave

[quote name='40hz' timestamp='1485260146' post='3222522'] 35-95 Elites Stainless Steel. [/quote] My Warwick came with Elites back in 89 and i used them for quite a few years. Changed mfr but still like 35-95 gauge on Warwick for some reason. Just seems to sound and feel better Think i have elixir strings on that one. Dave

I've used Bahco tools but not sure about my Allen keys. Got a feeling they might be Stanley. Dave

Who do you use ? PM me if not wanting made public Dave

Decided i would try a set of DR Sunbeams on my Jazz bass so started looking for cheapest. Heard a few people say Amazon so had a look. Found them at £31 and as i was in a hurry to go out hit the "1-click" order button. Brilliant till i came home and checked my emails and found the postage was £8.50. Quick search and found they were being sent from Germany. Put in a cancellation request right away and to be fair the company did cancel the order first thing this morning without issue. It was my own fault for not checking but really Amazon should show typical P&P costs on main page same as Ebay. I guess i just need to be more careful when ordering. I finally ordered a set from Bass Direct for £32 incl P&P. Should have gone there first anyways. Dave

Jean Genie - Bowie Blockbuster - Sweet Get it On - T.rex Alright Now - Free Oddly enough the bass riff on 1st 2 are almost the same Dave

When i decided to get a custom for my 50th i searched many different luthiers to give me an idea of what they had already built. I then started to narrow it down based on the ones i liked. Some luthiers make great basses but the styles they have kinda put me off some. There are different levels of custom too. Full custom from design to completion - never been done before and could well be a shape that you wanted and then the selection of woods, electronics and pick ups etc. Standard custom - that's where the luthier has a specific shape of custom and you can select the woods used, pick ups electronics etc and how you want things positioned on the bass. I personally decided on an Overwater. Main reasons :- 1. i liked what they had already built for others. I had followed them since 80's and knew who they were. 2. reviews were all positive and could find no negatives at all 3. They were close enough for me to visit during build 4. Budget played a big part too 5. Luthiers attitude to you and what you wanted 6. Luthiers flexability during all stages of the build - by that i mean both ways. If he thinks something isn't going to work he may suggest an alternative. 7. Luthiers ability to sit down and discuss what you want, make suggestions, discuss how different woods will sound and any number of initial thoughts before agreeing to go ahead with the build. The decision on the woods was down to the Luthier for me. I told him what types of bass sounded good to me and sound i was generally looking for. As it was a 6 string fretless he suggested some options and highlighted the weight issue which i hadn't given much thought to. Being a fretless he told me what woods would sound best and he then showed me some wood facings and the wood he would use for my bass should i go ahead. Its not something to take lightly. Its a lot of money and you need to do as much reasearch as possible before going ahead. Take notes of what you like in a bass, what sounds good to you, what looks good to you, 4, 5 or 6 string, fretted or fretless. Take notes of anything you don't like in a bass. This all helps when meeting with a luthier. I love the sound of my Warwick Thumb NT but would never be able to play a 6 string version of it for any more than about 30-40mins becasuse of the weight. My Overwater is the one in my BC pic on left. The pick up covers were a suggestion by Chris from Overwater and they just finished it off really well. I've looked at the ACG basses too and they definately are very well built and Alan i've met at bass bash he runs and he knows his stuff. I would be happy to buy an ACG next time. All the very best if you decide to go for it. Dave

Another legend of music. RIP Mr Watts Dave

Had a few but most memorable ones :- WAL Custom fretless bought £740 back early 80's. Traded for a Ric if i remember right cause it had a dead spot on G string around Eb. WAL weren't interested even tho it was a new bass. Guess i wasn't famous enough for them. Gorgeous flame sycamore lined fretless too. Swore i wouldn't buy another but then again i'm older and wiser now. Also had a Shergold twin neck 4 & 8 string. (£630) This was the 1st 8 string they made and was based on their 6 string bass at the time. Traded in for an Aria SB1000. Dave

Sunbeams are round wound with a round core. Think you can get flatwound DR strings tho. Bass Direct have a fair selection in stock and bit cheaper than my usual Strings Direct and Strin Busters. Also noted that GAK strings are a bit cheaper than strings suppliers mentioned above. Dave

[quote name='Dropzone' timestamp='1485265244' post='3222591'] I have to go to horsey things like show jumping. I don't hate it but I would rather be covered in chocolate and thrown to the lesbians if I had a choice ;-) I will be at download suffering so you guys don't have to. [/quote] I don't think the option is a punishment. Sounds like a great plan to me. Dave

I'm lucky that my wife likes same music as me so not an issue. Dave