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[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1446235543' post='2898065'] Factory fretless or defret? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-Fretless-Bass-Guitar-/281843462910?hash=item419f2df2fe:g:u3cAAOSw~bFWJldW"]http://www.ebay.co.u...3cAAOSw~bFWJldW[/url] [/quote] Nice looking bass. The defret job isn't bad, but it's interesting how this isn't moving at £160, but a fretted one is up (in the USA, where things are cheaper) for £120 more. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-Roadstar-II-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Made-in-Japan-Vintage-1980s-Black-/271770578162?hash=item3f46c9ecf2:m:m6HaRbyRs54m5ABAhI7qPWA Defretting isn't a great move for "improvement" is it?

I Sold a Jackhammer to Paul. Really easy to deal with. Fast payment and good comms. Many thanks Paul.

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[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1446480501' post='2899679'] It's interesting how we all use slightly different words to describe sound! I think I know what "fat" means (usually kind of full and rounded with quite an accentuation in the low mids), but I have no idea what "gravel in the guts" would mean!! Or "clank"! [/quote] I'm only saying "clank" as some folk say "a Fender barks and a Stingray clanks". I like the bark more than the clank. I can't honestly say I've ever heard a bass make a noise that I would say is a bark. (as in dog, that is) But from what you say, Conan, I like a good fat sound too.... er... I think.. BTW I also don't know about the phrase "play's like butter". I'm new to all this, but I've never seen or heard of a slab of butter playing a bass.

[quote name='Schnozzalee' timestamp='1446376750' post='2898831'] Yeah - I wouldn't mind re oiling it red from natural and then put a glossy clear coat on top. [/quote] I don't know where you'll get red oil. I'd be interested to hear about this. What sort of "glossy top coat" are you thinking of? If you're thinking of a spray lacquer then you'll need to strip all residue of the oil and get the wood free of oil for the lacquer to take. Maybe we should start again on this conversation. What bass do you have? Does this bass have an oil finish? What finish do you want it to have? General note: Oil is oil. Shiney paint or lacquer is paint or lacquer. The 2 won't mix well. Think oil and water - same idea really.

I hate to be a party pooper here, but if it's unlikely you will get any booking through the site, if searches won't find you and it will only provide a job for you to keep it up, why not stick with FarceBook and Lemonrock? Is it just possible that a poorly maintained Web site could even cost you more than it earns you?

I'm playing about with an old PJ bass and trying to find "the right" P pups. I like the gravel in the thump. But I've already fitted an Entwhistle Jazz pup, now I'm trying to find a P pup for the job. I saw the Entwhistle PBX and I'd like to know what they sound like. Have you tried them? I did find this quote: [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1438445466' post='2834587'] Entwistle PBX-N!!! (the [b]neodymium[/b] one) If you look for a "classic" motown sound etc, maybe not. But if you want a powerful, fat, punchy sound, you could do a lot worse than trying this pickup. It sounds HUGE, in a very good way. Very well balanced too. Great pickup at around £80. But it's even better because it's not £80, but £26! And no, I'm not recommending it for its price. I recommend it for its sound, regardless the price. [/quote] But what does the word "fat" mean? What do folk generally recon to the sound of Entwhistle pups? For myself I'm looking for a bassy pup with an element of gravel in the guts, but not a "clank". I like the SD Quarterpounders, but will PBX tick the boxes? Does anyone have any recordings?

Your list of gigs: 02/04/2016: Burton Music Festival, Burton Upon Trent, Staffs. 06/11/2015: Local Band Festival, Thringstone, Leics. 28/08/2015: The Lady Jane, Whitwick, Leics. 20/06/2015: Groby Street Fair, Groby, Leics. Reading this it's easy to read the first and think of that as being your next gig. Surely the one you want to promote is the one on the 6th November? I think you need to separate your past gig from the up and coming. As a visitor wanting to see you do your stuff, I'm not interested in your memory lane stuff. You need to aviod confusing me by keeping them together on the same tightly compact list. Regrettably this does mean the site needs to be updated regularly. But then hopefully you will regularly have gigs to add to the list.

The look of the site is good and, in my opinion, suited to what you play. I agree with all the above comments. On the home page you suggest a "shot of ""Rhythem & Booze". Maybe extending this to promte where and when the next dose is available would be good. As Blue says - promote the forthcoming gigs. Also, get your contact details on every page if you'd like bookings. The aim of every pro web designer or software programmer is to: 1. Make everything work in the way that the user expects it to work. 2. Get the user to be where he wants to get to with the smallest number of clicks. So with almost nothing on the home page except a picture, a slogan and a link to leave the site to go to facebook I'd argue that you're possibly missing anything really, other than my curiosity, to get me to WANT to find out more. Maybe a few testimonial quotes would be good at the side. Such as "Dr K really made my Hen Night one to remmber!" Denise, Groby. Good luck

Get a can of Servisol and give the socket and pots a good spray inside. Failing that change the lead.

You can refinish an oiled bass with lacquer or paint. But you need to wash off the oil with loads of white spirit and rub it down well.

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1446211109' post='2897759'] According to those highly regarded chaps over at the Great British Bass Lounge [size=5]"[color=#353D4D][font=nerisregular]Not all manufacturers Watts are 'equal' in terms of loudness but with Markbass amps you get maximum bang for your buck".[/font][/color][/size] [color=#353D4D][font=nerisregular][size=5]Is this actually [/size][/font][/color][color=#353D4D][font=nerisregular][size=5]true? I mean if someone quotes RMS or peak it should be a direct comparison shoudn't it?[/size][/font][/color] [/quote] Re-reading the OP's post a bit more meat on the bone would be interesting. When he refers to an "amp" does he mean amp-head; so he's comparing 2 heads that have been used into the same cab stack, giving different apparent volume levels. Or is he comparing one make of combo against another?

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AT, I'm trying to stop this GAS thing, and you're NOT being helpful!

Given that a driver will produce output across a wide range of frequencies I guess the only useful way you can produce a decibels per watt "figure" would be a response curve. Anything else would lead to strange, unhelpful claims, including if they included significant levels of output that, in reality, is outside the hearing range of an average human. Which gets me thinking about the OP's point. Maybe both speakers give the same over-all sound volume, but maybe it's more a matter of how much amplification emphasis is spread accross the frequencies being processed (i.e. the EQing, even if they were all set "flat" different amps will respond differently.) Then there is also a small matter of how different frequences will bounce around the room differently. The trouble with the OP is he's only a human, and his hearing will also be only making an interpretation based on his own ears' reception of the frequencies after the sound has bounced about the room a bit. AND his ears will have different sensitivities to different frequencies too. So it's all unscientific.

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1446212146' post='2897773'] A watt is a watt is a watt, but there is no set in stone standard for measuring amp performance, so manufacturers often choose to measure the performance of the amp using say a 1Khz tone which doesn't realistically say anything about how much oomph it can deliver the lower octaves where it really matters. [/quote] +1 A Watt is 1 volt delivered at a rate of 1 Amp. This has nothing to do with output volume. Using Watts as a gauge of volume is like taking the mpg of your car a a gauge of speed. For my job I sell lighting. We always are discussing the output Lumens per Watt. Surely with a stack config we should be talking about decibels per Watt?