LukeFRC

going by your gear list, you've some nice stuff.... my suggestion, and it helps me. Pick some other bass up, a P bass, or variant. Don't spend much at all, (sub 200) but get a nice playable but not exceptional bass. Then when you worry about your "tone" pick that one up and play that. Then you'll have a choice of two tones and.... well it won't be as stressful

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1358641144' post='1942830'] Now I've played a few Fenders and also some MMs but not a G&L. Our hero developed the Fender designs for the MMs and the G&Ls a further development. There are often moans about the poor QC of Fenders and their various shortcomings, but rarely for MM and I've never seen any for a G&L. If they are better made (for example MM bodies are often made from a single and the necks from birds eye maple, controls mounted on steel etc) and designs are further developed why are Fenders so popular compared with G&Ls? [/quote] because they look more classic. Are simpler to use and.... well A p bass or a Jazz, sounds familiar in the mix. I have no idea what a L2000 sounds like (though L1000 are sweet) so why would I buy one?

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1358602518' post='1941991'] Looks like my Markbass LMK re housed in a 1970's B&O cassette player, but twice as awkward to take about. Can't believe they are serious about marketing it like that. a lot of new wave bass heads do lack good slew rates that is importand to deliver the goods in a nano second, but we are all buying them and I bet they don't publish theirs either. Also I can change channel on my Markbass from Motown to Funk mid flight via a foot pedal, everything on here you need your hands [/quote] yeah it's missing a handle so it seems. What seems odd to me about it too is the two channel thing - not two switchable channels - but two different preamps for different basses - maybe he's right and that's really useful... but... how many folk would use it?

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1358616210' post='1942294'] I only play every other note though - I thought that was the accepted way for fast bass lines, or the listener's ear can't keep up... [/quote] how many notes are there supposed to be per bar?? [quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1358604441' post='1942056'] That reminds me of how indignant I feel when the england football manager says 'the whole country will be celebrating tonight if the team wins' and I think 'well, not me, I couldn't give a stuff either way, i don't even *like* football let alone care when someone scores: the world isn't made up of people who think just like you you arrogant little ****' [/quote] right, imagine you don't live in England at all, but in another part of Britain, and you turn on the BBC and all it is is "oooh the england football team," the funniest one was last winter when their was a heatwave and water shortage up north but the news was full of the traffic chaos as England stopped working after 22mm of snow.... [quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1358629906' post='1942644'] I guess this is the important thing - pop music is sometimes (often?) pretty simple... I didn't really have U2 down as 'pop' but it's closer to that than anything else I guess. Still like it though [/quote] punk/post punk band to begin with though. Like from that musical background how they play makes sense.

JV = japanese vintage. Fender japan's attempt at a vintage reissue of the old 50's and 60's basses. The early ones especially are very good. Tend to command the highest price. SQ = not a vintage reissue and modeled on slightly later instruments. Not as high end in fender japan's range E series = the first lot they made that wasn't JV and SQ - basically made much the same time as some of the other series. Slightly different spec I would guess. Silver series = early 90's, last squiers made in japan. Sometimes great, sometimes cheap, odd dimensions on the necks and stuff. I think with all of them what you get is a great neck. Like really great. So if you have a E series with a great neck and it sounds good then you've a great bass. If I wanted something collectable and a bit special I would look for a 1st edition squier series JV. Otherwise, to be honest they all are pretty good- why did you get it for not much? Cos people look at the bit that say Squier and think that it's rubbish - ignoring the fact that a good one, and a good fender japan neck will be on a par with a new USA std one (IMO etc)

halfords has a set of fine finishing wet and dry papers- i took that from 800 down to 2000, then T-cut on the top. Let it cure first before doing the fine sanding and buffing though have a fun weekend cleaning the gf's kitchen btw!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1358599685' post='1941928'] Well, I applied the last coat of Capri orange. Not last as in "definitely it does not need any more", but last as in it started spluttering, so I stopped before I spoiled what was looking pretty uniform spraying. Definitely, one can is enough if you are a bit careful. Next time I will do it better. It looks great. Matte, but I´d be happy using it as it is already. I guess I will fine sand it in a few hours, 1200 grit only, making sure I don´t over do it this time! and then... I should really buff it to get it glossy, but it looks nice already! Hmm. Apa, you will definitely see the body, but I´m not sure I will have it reassembled by Thursday. You can help me choose pickguards I have the original white one. A black one, as I intended originally. A dark blue pearloid thing, just because. And... a metallic pickguard (great for shielding! ) in some kind of greenish blue, or blueish green. Not a pretty colour, but mixed with the bright orange I think it can look very funky... or say "look, I´m colour blind!" I took some pictures with my mobile... althought I forgot to take pictures before I started painting it! I probably have some still from the original ad ´haimesy´put here in BC. I´ll upload them when I am at home, later today. I have some cleaning to do here first. My "Dexter" contraption worked quite well... but the spray produces some very very very fine dust and I have noticed it has settled on some uncovered wooden chairs a meter or two away from the spraying area. So I will have to dust the place and make sure there is no white-orange dust anywhere. Next one... that 5 string Stingray clone. Question is: translucent red, or fiesta red???? [/quote] If it's nitro.... knock it back to 1200 or 2000 grit or whatever then leave it to cure for a week before buffing. Stingray clone.... try the molotow? silver bottom coat, trasparent red top coat?

I listened to it through decent headphones, If anything I was wondering if they mastered the video with more bass in order to compensate for computer speakers. [quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1358583183' post='1941600'] I have to confess that I am not a fan of digital amps (a sweeping generalisation but I've owned or at least tried in a real-life situation many of the main players), I find that they lack what I would defined as 'thump/punch' in the low end. I wouldn't say they were spongy in those frequencies but certainly they didn't carry the low end as non-digital amps can do (I am talking about decent quality brands). IIRC Dave Funk of Thunderfunk said that some amps throw doughnuts but his amps throw cannonballs.... not the greatest but it is visual enough for me! [/quote] Yep, and it's comments like this that make me want to pick up a heavier amp again. Wanna sell me your thunderfunk?

RRP of £739

this looks interesting.... I especially love the wee dig at.... hmmmm TC electronic? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-1Xim9CSPo"]http://www.youtube.c...d&v=I-1Xim9CSPo[/url]

Pots can be 500k yes, will make a bit of difference, but.... *shrugs* either will work. 250k is normal though just use the capacitor from the whatever the pots that didn't fit came from? otherwise any normal [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]0.1uF cap will do [/font][/color]

well you don't need to spend £1500 to get a decent rickenbacker, that's for sure.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1357234718' post='1919572'] It's not an issue with the cabs. I think it's more a power management thing - the architecture just doesn't ring my bell. Bear in mind I had about 100 gigs over a period of a year to refine it and 'get used' to it, and a similar amount with the wretched (IMO) TC. The Streamliner was marginally more successful. It's a matter of taste, innit. [/quote] You are very tallented at talking about amps and getting me interested... on the basis of what you've said I investigted the TC stuff (hated it, same reasons as you) and now really want to try a walkabout!

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1358349451' post='1937500'] Personally I think people spend too much time thinking about the tonal effects of things like bolt on vs neck through, fretboard material, etc and not enough considering the (probably more important) aesthetic and playability implications. If you have a bass that is comfortable to play, has a good basic sound, and the right kind of design for what you want (pickup position, fret access, right number of controls, etc) then you can easily make minor tweaks to the electronics to fine tune the tone. Worrying about whether or not your double-mocha-skinny-latte-wenge fingerboard might be brighter than a ekky-ekky-ekky-ptang-nuwop-ni fingerboard seems a little silly to me. [/quote] +1 Weight and how it sits is way more important to me than looks. I also think it's easy to spend far too much time thinking through woods.... I think the best knowledge will be asking someone who knows or owns a bass made similarly. For example I could give an opinion on an all maple bass with a wenge fingerboard (compared to the standard fender alder/maple/rosewood tonal range) for a all mahogany bass... well I remember someone on here (Mr Letts I'm talking to you) talking about how his favoured bass building wood was mahogany so I would see if he would let you pick his brain. and pickups are probably as/more important.

Fender P bass, Flip top ampeg Fretless jazz, acoustic amp/cab P bass, ampeg SVT, ampeg 8x10

I did think this one was going to be about whisky, but that Diagio

[quote name='Warwick_Official' timestamp='1358270516' post='1936067'] Luke - The new amp is the latest creation by Jonas Hellborg, and some extensive R&D. Its a 2 channel, Class D output at 1000W - 4 band eq, compressor, tuner out, effects loop, DI out, and more. I haven't played one yet, but will at NAMM in 1.5 weeks. Andy Irvine has been doing extensive testing with it, and he says its incredible...with more depth and low-end thump than normally associated with a Class D amp. Full details to come, once I've spent some time with it! Thanks! [/quote] I was expecting just a normal slightly underwealming warwick amp... but that looks really interesting -I'll look out for more information. I currently use a Tecamp puma which also has managed to get more low end than most class D amps. It looks like your new one has a valve preamp in it too. Exciting.

[quote name='Warwick_Official' timestamp='1358269450' post='1936041'] Yes, we've got quite a few new products for 2013! Rockbass Star Bass, Rockbass W bass, Rockbass Triumph Lite, Rockbass Corvette 32" Medium Scale 5-string, Rockbass Dark Lord, the Warwick Streamer CV, BC 10 combo amp, LW1000 Class D amp head, WC210 cabinet, and WC810 cabinet! (On the Framus side, we've got the Panthera 8-string guitar, 27" scale!) Everything is up on the website, but will be officially debuted at NAMM 2013 soon! [/quote] Garey! That new amp head looks interesting - care to tell us more about it? http://www.warwick.de/modules/produkte/produkt.php?submenuID=14673&katID=24035&linkID=48496&&cl=EN

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1358268893' post='1936026'] Which one is that? I'll go have a look. [/quote] seem to be called the kings house now. odd name. http://www.kingschurchperth.org - I know the fella who leads it, was at his daughter's wedding last month

he's pretty good isn't he? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imPwCYXJw4g

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1358249752' post='1935409'] Amen. I used to lay down the low end for The Lord, but I'm not able to go to that church anymore & struggling to find a new one. Not so much to play at, but just one that has a good worship & service combined. Got another to try this Sunday. If you need some good worship songs to learn (even just for at home), we can post some on here. [/quote] i know a good church in perth, they don't have an amzing amount of musicians at the mo, so much so that I once turned up with a band from Edinburgh to give them a week off.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1357939399' post='1930968'] I hear more stingray than people might think and like flea he gets a stingray sound out of most basses imo, fingers again [/quote] warwick streamer stage one pup placement is pretty much centred on the mm sweetspot...

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1358207204' post='1935052'] True but unlike fender just throwing together bits of existing models to make a reissue often technically wrong even when they had the right bits all along the classic rays have required pats not made or fitted on their bases for years by MM or ever by ebmm. [/quote] yes. but they don't seem to make a pink one any more. this is regrettable

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1358201767' post='1934912'] Some harsh comments on the Classic Rays, its not like a Fender rehash really, [/quote]well technically isn't it kinda like a rehash of the ones Leo built? Not a bad thing