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[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1385199725' post='2285475'] I had the long term loan of a 98 USA Standard and wasn't that impressed - I guess the old Qc issues have always been apparent. [b]My newly acquired JV0 Squier leaves it for dust. [/b]Frankly, so did my old Silver Series Squier P. [/quote] you'd be hard pressed to find many precisions that it don't I think!

Looking at the secondhand market £1000-1200 will get you almost anything you want if you look hard enough

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1385106523' post='2284459'] I had a one piece birdseye maple neck on a EBMM sterling from 1994, and it was the worst neck for shifting, even mild tempreture changes would make it change neck relief. It had gotten much less rigid compared to when it was first cut. Id be heavily surprised if anyCarbon fibre or graphite neck was even half as bad. Even if made right, wood is just inconsistent that's that. If you do carbon fiber of graphite right, it's right there are no inconsistencies. By contrast I had a stingray from 93 with similar neck (rosewood board) and that was stiff and rigid as you'd expect. [/quote] birdseye maple is by definition not the best wood for making necks out of. I've no idea why EBMM do it so much

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1385075928' post='2284332'] A lot of people who think they know about instruments often hear with their eyes. I've had a lot of compliments about a 90's MIJ Squier P that I own that I've taken abroad with me to gig for fear of taking one of my more expensive instruments, even though I value its sound just the same. [/quote] it's quite odd the questions about your instrument you'll get asked after playing. In response to the OP - the fender bass is a relatively simple design. Sound wise as long as you've half decent pups and bolt it together competently there's not much more mojo added by having it bolted together by some fender employees

Or a better idea.... Molotow graffiti paint. Nitro-alcyd covers amazingly and doesn't drip, make much dust... Use the white as a base coat.... £3.50 a tin, so white base, colour coat and then clear top coat... £10.50 total....

I got a new bass in the post - I came in a nice box - with all sorts of foam support inside and paper packing it out. The bass was a warwick thumb so dunno if it would fit a fender size bass but for smaller basses or guitars it's fine. Free to whoever wants it. I'll even make you a cuppa if you need it

Is the link to the pre or post watershed version of the vid? [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1384951684' post='2282651'] Is this as bad...etc? Yes it is. It's a shame that music is so polarised in the US these days. KW is a mega star in Hip Hop and his intended audience is Black America, so it's no surprise that we wouldn't like it. [/quote] I would be interested to know how the US rap mags have taken his latest album.... My take - I don't mind it. His latest album is experimental, and pushing the genre musically - if it works or not- in some cases yes, in some no. But then 808s and heartbreaks got a mixed reception.. The genre's got to evolve and someone like Kanye doing different things... aint bad. Anyway Lou Reed's view of Kanye's latest ... http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/03/lou-reed-kanye-west-yeezus

pickups sound different depending how high/low they are - do it by ear.

looks great! When were these made then?

mind you - I used to do PA for a fella who had some fancy tailor acoustic - it had a stereo jack to XLR cable with it and apparently would give me a balanced output.... that sucked! My cheap behrinher DI box sounded much better.

so you're basically after a bass that has something like a line 6 pod built in? then use a balanced line out for PA? (and power it off the phantom power I guess?) ... or mounting an active DI box inside your bass?

I hope I'm not being rude here... I just looked up the price of Ibanez ATK300 secondhand.... could you not buy a sunburst one [i]as well[/i] for the price of refinishing the one you have?

Daphne blue

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1384709170' post='2279770'] This is what those syth dudes are getting up to behind our backs [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3FMuSR46f8[/media] And this is even scarier [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1toLihZkDs[/media] [/quote] do you think the keys player will want to sit peddling the root note for half a song ever? Makes me think of Mr bean in the olympics opening

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1384706035' post='2279700'] Frets lifting is often a sign of the wood drying out due to too much warm air in the shop [/quote] yeah, did kinda put me off buying anything there. I did wonder how much it would cost to keep the shop more constant in temperature.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1384639759' post='2279135'] I realise this is a crappy excuse but it's not a good time of year for shops who do bother to set instruments up As it starts to get properly cold the overnight temps in a lot of retail environments fall and then there's often a nasty dry hear circulating during the day. This can cause havoc with tuning and neck relief. I help out at a local guitar store now and then and often set instruments up. I had an Alleva Coppolo perfectly set up, for me, recently with a really low action and when I played it this week it was rattling and buzzing like crazy. I had to give the neck more relief and raise the bridge a fraction as well. I now need to go round the walls and re-set everything for the winter Actually I quite like setting things up but a whole shop full might knock some of the fun out this week! [/quote] I found this in guitar shop in scotland when I asked why some of the reliefs were so out. Apparently quite warm in the day and then plunging to scottish winter temps at night - apparently one winter some of the necks were moving so much in the expensive guitars at the back the frets started lifting out.... which isn't great. You wonder how much it would cost to keep the room at a constant temp/humidity?

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1384632750' post='2279030'] Id say you are in a massive minority with finding a sharp edged bass the only comfortable bass, I know you had told me about it before but in reality virtually everyone on bass chat will find at least a rounded slab like my classicray more comfortable, even I prefer the full contours of my other stingrays bodies. Like lots of things we get to know more about we learn that not all things are the same for each model, which stingray profile didnt you like for example, the early deep c shape or the early flat D shape, the ebmm clubby shaped one or the jazz width Slo special for example [/quote] I tried a rickenbacker today for the first time. I wasn't blown away but I also had no problem with the body... thinking about it.... when I'm playing my arm doesn't ever touch the body on most basses..... how does that happen - I find it impossible to even play touching the body without putting a kink in my wrist.

pics!

I tried 2x18's 4004 today. It really confused me - I couldn't work out what I thought of it. It sounded nice enough I guess but felt very odd design wise.

I was about to write "maybe you've over priced your bass" then went to look at what bass it is.... and man £1250 of a MM5 is the cheapest I've ever seen one! I think Warwickhunt had a good bit of copy in his latest sales posts - basically "try me for trades but don't be offended if my idea of the value of your bass is less than your value" - BUT i think with trades sometimes it's best to evaluate value to yourself more than what it sold for however long ago... I did a trade last year with a fella on here, one of my items for 3 of his- on paper I lost out - but he got something he wanted and I got one thing I wanted and two things I could easily sell - so we were both happy. If I were you I would write down a list of everything you would be interested in trading for and not trade unless it's something you really want/need/would use. I'll end with an interesting story about perceived values.... and how basschat doesn't really reflect the real world all the time.... a guy I found on Facebook was showing off his new bass. He had a Warwick $$5 that he had for sale at about twice what you would ask on Basschat. He ended up doing a straight trade for a USA custom 5 string spector.... which would sell for a lot on here.... both parties were happy. It's all relative!

Now as I understand it DSP can be used to programme your signal so that you can get the most out of your cab - multi band eq and compression so that, for instance controlling the bottom end of the signal, flattening out any Eq spikes and so on. That's how I understand it anyway. I know Funkle said he liked the way his Berg iP cab had a big fat bottom without farting out. So clever technology - just wondering if you had the knowledge and know how would it possible to programme this as a preamp to do the same thing.... ? http://line6.com/tcddk/