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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1401116794' post='2460209'] Don't think I've ever mentioned it before, but there's something about a white bass... [/quote] ... with HUMBUCKERS, yes?

[quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1401264279' post='2461693'] Love the look and potential of these, just never had the opportunity to try one out. [/quote] Yeah, getting a shottie of one does seem to be a problem. The M series more so than the L. I'd say take the plunge on a second hand one - frequently seen going for £300-£350 and that's a hell of a lot of bass for the money. Don't like it? Flip it and you won't lose much money, if any, because that seems to be the price bracket they've settled into (and haven't moved much in a couple of years). The main caveat is that if you like a skinny neck, DO NOT get a Tribute L-2000 - half baseball bat springs to mind

I am happy with the price I got for the last bass I sold. I didn't sell it here.

You don't have to like "Happy", but surely anyone who knows anything about music (we all do here, right?) can grudgingly acknowledge that it has "ear worm" qualities, and a certain "why didn't I think of that, it's so simple?" about it. It has helped me to worry a bit less when I write - in my fledgeling songwriting "career" I have worried about things being too simple or repetitive, perhaps covering my inexperience up in layers of "stuff going on" (horns - fill that gap with something, keys - do a cool riff here, must use more than 3 chords). I wouldn't have been confident enough to put out something as (on the face of it) simple and stripped back as that. EDIT: I realise I've gone off topic a bit here now, but I like what I wrote, so there. Regarding the particular performance the OP referenced, I haven't heard it, but if it's a bit fruity sounding then that's a bit poor. You would think you'd have your chops together if you were performing it on national radio.

[quote name='Hank Scorpio' timestamp='1401219308' post='2461429'] [attachment=163762:l2000.jpg] Picked up this over the weekend, my first G&L and my first bass with an active option. Roughly 9lbs, big neck but very comfortable to play, BIG output from the humbuckers, a lot of variety in tones from the various knobs & switches as I'm sure most people know. This bass has already drastically changed the way I look at dialling in a sound. With my passive basses, it's very rare that I don't have volume & tone wide open - I learnt very quickly that way of thinking wouldn't work with this bass! The series/parallel option makes a huge difference, the tone knobs have a wide sweep in active and passive modes, and the pickups sound massive solo'd (I'm not getting quite as good a sound with both on, but haven't experimented with that a lot). I'm guessing a few people have L2000/ASAT basses - what sort of bass settings are you favouring? Any tips for getting the best out of the instrument? [/quote] Remember that it's not active EQ. Both the bass and treble controls are passive, cut only. The active thing is simply a line boost, with or without the treble boost. I tended to have mine with the bass and treble starting at around 80%, that gives some room for more if you need it. I had mine modified to give series/single coil (inner coils)/parallel and my favourite setting was both pickups, single coil. Was kind of like having a parallel humbucker in a middle position. Of course that ups the total combination of switch positions to 27 instead of the stock 18, but I didn't muck about with it much. Always had it on passive, didn't really bother with the active and to be honest I found the treble boost rather harsh and scratchy.

[quote name='Mr.T' timestamp='1401128696' post='2460388'] I am just thinking out loud here, It has only just dawned on me.... Since using my MarkBass and TC amps, I tend to tweak my EQ settings pretty much every gig. However, when I had my Trace SMX and 1x15 + 2x10, I rarely ever touched (or needed to touch) my EQ settings! Does anyone else have a similar experience? [/quote] Not really, I've got the settings which I like on my amp and I rarely change them. Always been that way (not that I chew through amps - only on my second ever amp/head). Different story in the rehearsal rooms of course - sometimes when I arrive, I look at the amp settings the player before me left and think "WTF?" to myself

They are powder coated.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1401104409' post='2460033'] Ah, that's different. Display area basses are all great. I remember your build diary for this - cool little space [/quote] It was the main advantage of going to a combi boiler for me - the space freed up by the removal of the water tanks. The fuel efficiency? Irrelevant! I don't have basses tucked away in cupboards, in cases, under beds etc. Any which I have owned which I no longer wish to play get sold. End of.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1401104058' post='2460026'] Cupboard basses are all sh*t [/quote] My cupboard doesn't have a door, it's more of a display area:

Opinions go bad and get my nose out of joint when they are paraded around as fact. I try to be really careful not to do this these days - I'm sure in the past I've jumped on the "wooly Ashdown" bandwagon based upon the experience of clapped out gear in rehearsal rooms for example. No more though. If I think it's good, then it is good - in my little bubble. I will shy away from making blanket statements about the output of a particular brand, model, factory, country of manufacture etc. because I can categorically state that I lack the statistical oversight of the entire group being discussed to make any such proclamations. I can say with 100% certainty that the 10 basses in my bass cupboard are the best 10 basses in my bass cupboard though Anything else I say can and should be taken with a pinch of salt. I don't expect everyone to agree with me and my love of Gibson basses for instance (part of the appeal for me is the championing of the underdog anyway), but I will take grave exception to anyone who has the impudence/arrogance to make blanket statements about the quality/tone/structural integrity of "all Gibson basses" just because they didn't like the microscopic sample they tried. That's just like saying all cheese is awful, just because the first cheese you ever tasted was a Danish Blue and you didn't like it. So ALL cheese is bad? Riiiiiight then.

[quote name='theyellowcar' timestamp='1401044514' post='2459508'] I haven't tried one but if I remember they're going for not much more than a MIM Fender, and come with a hard case. Seems nuts to me. Bother forum member bought one of the non-reverse T-birds (also going for silly money) and reported a few QC issues that might be being aware of before buying. [/quote] I bought one of the non-reverse Thunderbirds for silly money, and it's great. Just thought I'd mention it, for balance's sake.

I have no idea why these new developments aren't forced to take into account the use of buildings adjacent and build soundproofing into the new/refurbed buildings.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1401015454' post='2459065'] Indeed, some have become iconic recordings in their own right e.g Hendrix's version of All along the watchtower, Santana's Black Magic Woman, Elvis's Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Van Halens You Really Got Me, Deep Purples Hush. [/quote] The Stranglers take on Walk on By is one of my personal favourites

No problems with the 2 and 3 band ones with individual pots, but I had some bother with a couple of the 2 band concentric ones - bad pots which made horrible noises when you turned them or wiggled them, worse than scratchy, nasty clippy, signal drop out type noise. Not cool. It's the same board as the individual pots models though so my money was on a cheap pot gone bad. They work pretty well, especially for the price.

I have only taken a backup bass once that I can remember - I was gigging my Gibson Victory Artist for the first time in an unfamiliar place and I wasn't sure how well the creamy smooth sounds of the Victory would work live, so I took something I knew worked well along too. It never made it out of the bag. Other than that, sod it. I've never broken a string. Spare strings, spare batteries, spare lead, toolkit, all the belt and braces stuff is in my bag. I do have a DI box of sorts (it's actually a mic preamp, but it can work like a DI).

The Bass Doc has been feeling poorly recently: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/237256-bass-doc/ So don't worry if it takes a few days for him to get back to you

[quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1400772576' post='2456859'] If after opening up the tone circuit and running the pickup open it is still dark, it may be the pickups, since T-bird pickups are notorious for being so overwound. EMG makes a variety of drop-in aftermarket replacement pickups. [url="http://www.emgpickups.com/bass/thunderbird.html"]http://www.emgpickup...hunderbird.html[/url] . The Hz, or passive version is not overwound, works well with both 250 & 500 kohm pots. For the most top end, EMG makes a DC version of the pickup if you want to change to actives. [/quote] They only drop in replace Gibson Thunderbird pickups. Unless this is an Epiphone Classic IV Pro, they won't just drop in. Something to bear in mind.

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1399792757' post='2447583'] One mail to a company, no follow up, big deal, then you flame them publicly on here, goes beyond harsh in my books. Over 2 grand to lay on a bass is big money, why not pick the phone up and talk....I run my own company and in my experience since 1995. Well the uncomfortable truth is that [i][b]messor's mail, customers call.[/b][/i] ....I reckon you should be upfront and cut them some slack, me thinks you didn't [i]really[/i] want that bass after all [/quote] I think that's unfair and presumptuous. I prefer to email, I'm not very confident on the phone, I don't enjoy phoning people I don't know. Email is way more comfortable for me, and I'm no timewaster - if I make an enquiry about something it's because I want to buy it.

Additional - Thomann seem to still have some: http://www.thomann.de/gb/ritter_rcg700_9_tbb_bst_classic.htm

I have one, and it fits in a Thunderbird gig bag. I have a Ritter one like this: http://www.gak.co.uk/en/ritter-rcg700-9-tbb-thunderbird-bass-bag/43029 But it appears to be discontinued

I think it's important - I have just put together something logo-ish for The Inevitable Teaspoons, tried so many fonts but nothing quite looked right. I'm not yet convinced that what I've picked is right, but it's the least wrong so far. Trying to get more gigs and I think it's important, if only so the promoter has something to put on the posters

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1400512540' post='2454496'] I also really want one (hence my bumping this old thread). Sadly the number of places to try them seems fairly small [/quote] Edinburgh? I'm playing a gig at Henry's Cellar Bar on Saturday - I'll take my Tribute M-2000 if you fancy checking it out. https://www.facebook.com/events/749866385058529

My main tip when packing a bass would be to pack it in such a way that nothing shakes or moves inside the box when you wiggle/shake it. Pack it tight enough so this is achieved, but don't stuff it to the point where there's a risk the box might burst. As for couriers, my favourite has been UPS via Interparcel. Never had a problem, and have sent more than a few basses in my time.