Ben Jamin

I was in Denmark Street yesterday, went in Wunjo Guitars. Stared at the bass selection for a while until an assistant asked me if I'd like to play anything. Got plugged in and ended up sitting unattended with a '73 Telecaster bass for about an half an hour. Struck up a cool conversation with the shop owner about guitars in general, not the bass I was playing. Eventually I told him it was a great bass and I'd love it if only I could afford it. So he took 400 off the price and offered me 600 in part exchange for my Warwick (considering how much Warwicks are selling for at the moment, I'd probably get less on here)! Immense deal there, but I still didn't have the money, and the Telebass wouldn't be versatile enough to warrant selling off the Warwick So I played the bass for another ten minutes, chatted about other things, and then moved onto an even more expensive Stingray. So I'm really not going to miss the Bass Cellar. Anyway, there is a nice all-original 1973 Fender Telecaster Bass with the original case (if I remember correctly), in really good condition, with a beautiful neck, at £2250. Figured the least I could do is give them a plug after their amazing service!

Cheers for all the suggestions guys! I had a look into all of them, and then it turned out my friend was selling his Yamaha BB415, so he's got that for a tidy £200, leaving him with £100 to spend on a nice cable and strap It's all black, nice and classy looking, so it should fit in with most styles he wants to play. Pretty much perfect condition. Very nicely set-up. The main thing is the neck's really great to play and the action's nice and low with no buzzing, so he should be able get around the board easily enough with his smaller hands. Also the P/J combo covers a good deal of tonal ground and sounds pretty good. The construction's solid, being Yamaha, so it should last him too. Strung with DR Fatbeams too, which is a nice bonus! Mission success?

Thanks guys! Yamaha/Ibanez are a good call, hadn't really thought of those! That Dean looks pretty sweet, I'll email him the link and see what he reckons

So my 11 year-old nephew's been teaching himself bass for just over a year now, and he's getting pretty good at it! He's after a new bass to replace his very beat-up RBX170, and has asked me if I could look out for something cool around the £300 mark. He's been looking at Squier CV Jazzes, which I know are pretty good. I was just wondering if anyone had any other ideas as I'm not very knowledgeable in this kind of market but I know there are some pretty awesome basses to be had for this kind of money, if you can find them? Second-hand is also a good option. All in all I figure he needs a bass which is very playable (small hands at the moment!) and will give a reasonable range of tones so he can explore different styles as he learns. All opinions are very much appreciated! Cheers! Ben

Yep! My bro met up with Hayden yesterday and had a chat about building a bass amp for me. Looking at trialling a new hybrid prototype with their valve pre-amp and this new digital poweramp they've recently come across that they're very impressed with! I'll be meeting up with him in a couple o' months when I've got enough money! But yeah, sounds good to me!

From the description and that photo - I bet it's a bass guitar?

I didn't know Matamp did bass amps until recently! My brother's got a custom Matamp guitar combo and it's the best thing I've ever heard (guitar-wise). I think I'm going to have to order one! Here's Hayden servicing my bro's amp - if guitar amps count?

Bought/A friend bought an Epiphone Dot from AJ, really helpful, quick replies, top bloke to deal with folks!

My old MIM Active Deluxe was fantastic. Pretty inexpensive too! I bought it new as my first 'real' bass, put a Badass II on it and it sounded ace. Check it out: [url="http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/fender-deluxe-active-jazz-bass"]http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/fender...ctive-jazz-bass[/url]

I don't think the Fender cabs and heads look tooooo bad? Those Rumbles are definitely ugly things though. I wish Fender would just make something new - like the Fender TC-90 or Starcaster guitars... but for bass!

+1 to the D'addarios, I don't know of any other brand that does them. I've got a 5-string Pro Steel set and it's brass for E, red for A, black for D and green for G - don't know if that applies to the Pro Steel set alone or the whole D'addario range though! Best of luck

Kevin mailed me over some pick-ups from his Gretsch which he'd replaced - for FREE! Excellent packaging, pick-ups were immaculate, my brother will appreciate them very much! Thanks again

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These guys have some nice-looking stuff! A [url="http://www.bachmusik.com/en/bach-bpb-60-5-mmg_p1045"]5-string[/url] '51 P-style made of Mahogany for 190euros? GAS.

Well I rang to claim get my 241 cinema ticket today. Absolutely no help at all, didn't sound like they even knew what I was talking about!

Like the prices too! [url="http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/fender-blacktop-precision-bass"]http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/fender...-precision-bass[/url]

Says it all in the title In search of some new music! Here's mine: I just love the originality and how tight they are as a band. Cool stuff Oh and that Precision's tasty!