neepheid

I have an old Laney 30W thing which I bought in ignorance when I bought my first bass. It makes a noise. It's loud enough to practice with a drummer with the dampeners on. Therefore it does what it needs to.

If I had my time again, I'd look at a Roland Cube 30 for the built in effects giggle, or just try and find something light - that old Laney is pretty heavy for all that it does.

I have a Tokai Thunderbird. I did consider the Epi Thunderbird Pro, but I don't like a thin neck (the Tokai is about half way between a P and a J) and I'm not sure that active electronics belong in a Thunderbird

I sent you a PM this morning... if you're having bother with that then email me

neepheid AT hotmail DOT com

Cheers

If you like the sound of the QP but hate the look of the logo then you should be able to rub the logo off with some T-cut/Safe Cut. Might take a while, but all you're doing is accelerating what happens naturally anyway

Call that North?! Pah!

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[quote name='Bassmouseman' post='748286' date='Feb 17 2010, 12:13 PM']If this was a 5 string i would have your arm off! [/quote]

Ahh, never mind, cheers for looking anyway

The only flats I've tried are Rotos, and I hated them. Horribly high tension, could hardly play them.

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I owe it all to my wife, she inspires me, encourages me and challenges me, sometimes all at the same time.

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[quote name='arthurhenry' post='748223' date='Feb 17 2010, 11:32 AM']It would have been nice for someone to come up and say they'd noticed, but perhaps this is an unrealistic expectation.[/quote]

I think you're expecting too much, just be happy in your own knowledge that you played well or had a good gig.

Bumptastic

Main differences:

1 has 1 pickup, 1 has 2 (no prizes for that one, I guess)
The VM P has a wider neck (41mm at nut) than a Standard P (Jazz width - 38mm). May not seem like a lot, but crucial for some.
The VM range probably has a slightly better value retention than the Standard.

I think they're (RD Artist) awesome and it is an ambition of mine to own one, one day. A later model with the independent switches for expansion/compression and bright mode.

Bumpalicious

I also did similar upgrades to a Squier P:

solid shaft CTS pots
Sprague orange drop capacitor
Seymour Duncan quarter pounder
New pickguard (get the drill out, you will have to fill and redo some of those holes)
Reamed out the tuner holes and fitted full size open gear tuners
"Big F" Fender neckplate
Chrome set screw fitting barrel knobs
Comedy "Fecker Imprecison" headstock logo

It was a lot of fun and turned an adequate bass into a good bass imho.

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Bump for price drop to £325. I'm not going any lower, if it doesn't sell at that price then I'm keeping it. So there!

The hardest working band in Aberdeen (ha!) will be back in action soon. Got a birthday party to play at on the 27th February, and although it's a bit of a way away, have a gig booked in the Moorings in Aberdeen on May 29th. Hoping to get more gigs organised between now and then.

Nothing, honest guv!

Having said that, I just bought a Tokai Thunderbird for a laugh on Friday

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My first and still current rig - Hartke 3500 head into Ashdown ABM 4x10 cab. First gig was with a Squier Bronco.

Maybe we need an outroductions forum...

Bump!

[quote name='Bucket Head' post='744356' date='Feb 13 2010, 10:01 PM']i was thinking about getting one of those gibson g3 grabbers, i think there the same thing..... but was just wondering what other people think and what the average price is ect and any other general advice.

cheers[/quote]

Careful what you mean, there are confusing uses of the term Grabber. The original Grabber (G-1) has a single sliding pickup, 1 volume, 1 tone and the G-3 (I don't like the way Grabber gets applied to these - there's nothing to grab!) has 3 pickups, a 3 way switch, 1 vol, 1 tone.

Grabber: [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/grabber.php"]http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/grabber.php[/url]
G-3: [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/G3.php"]http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/G3.php[/url]

I have a 1978 Gibson G-3 in Ebony (Gibson speak for black), and I have to say I love it. It has a big, chunky neck, a big but not thick body and those blade pickups sound great. Things to watch out for - the stock bridges -while functional enough - are pretty basic and use slotted grub screws for height adjustment instead of hex ones. It would seem (on mine anyway) that these tend to break at the slots.

I'd say between the two I'd take a G-3 any time. The Grabber sliding pickup, while a novel concept, seems like a bit of a pain in the butt to me. The one I had a go of had a warped pickguard which made the sliding action difficult.