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Rob at Pro Audio Services in Coalville (Leics) has repaired a couple of Mackie SRM450s for me - handles guitar and bass amps too. [url="http://www.proaudioservice.co.uk/"]http://www.proaudioservice.co.uk/[/url]

Sei Original fretless 5-string.

James Tyler Variax.

[quote name='Ajoten' timestamp='1438256287' post='2832934'] Also this guy is selling some 7-string-neck-on-a-6-string-guitar projects [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wide-neck-guitar-with-HB-tele-pups-a-custom-Shine-Saein-conversion-/191640936012"]http://www.ebay.co.u...n-/191640936012[/url]. [/quote] Yes, he's legendary on BC.

Artec might make what you want: [url="http://www.artecsound.com/acou/fte.htm"]http://www.artecsound.com/acou/fte.htm[/url] [url="http://www.artecsound.com/acou/ate.htm"]http://www.artecsound.com/acou/ate.htm[/url] Versions for both round upper bout fitting and flat lower bout fitting. The DFC and APC also fit flat but might be too small to cover the hole.

From experience and also looking at [url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/how-much-current-does-your-bass-preamp-use.892831/"]this thread on TB[/url] I would say that that was a huge current drain, 10-100 times what you'd expect. I don't know how easy diagnosing the cause would be though, you might be better off just putting in a new preamp.

[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1438530925' post='2835200'] The initial search is okay if you look for a specific item so okay if you know exactly what you're looking for but definitely not great for browsing.To be fair though, I do find browsing on musical equipment sites to be a very dangerous pastime anyway! [/quote] Trying to tell it to sort on price instead of popularity is, it seems, doomed to failure.

[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1438542917' post='2835343'] Oasis Don't Look Back in Anger and Imagine by John Lennon. Every time. [/quote] Although the chord run that's a lift from "All the Young Dudes" is also confusing.

I went wireless for a while years ago, stopped using it, then a couple of years ago got a Line 6 G50. I don't bother with it at rehearsals, which always remind me why I like using it as I get the lead tangled round my legs or stuck under the chair yet again. Also useful for soundchecking and the odd bit of posing. It does mean slightly more setting up time but I use a DC extension lead cable-tied to my jack-jack lead so I can plug the power supply in where I plug the amp in (same for the Zoom effects unit) so I don't have to go hunting a convenient mains socket to run the receiver from.

[quote name='Grassie' timestamp='1438351712' post='2833821'] We play AYGGMW, and it seems to go down quite well. I don't mind playing that, it bloody Highway to bloody Hell that bores the living $hit out of me. Eff all in the verses, so I have to stand there like a pork pie at a vegan wedding,then plodding quarter notes in the chorus. Hate it with a passion. Complete and utter rubbish. [/quote] It's not obligatory to stand doing nothing in the verse to HtH. I use it to reprise my younger rock disco days - dip twice with the left shoulder, arch back and swing right-left then dip right shoulder twice etc.

Just remembered - when we had the previous drummer, we did "Dance with the devil" by Cozy Powell.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1438307317' post='2833483'] Now that I will agree with. When 20 somethings walk in on one of our gigs ( we do 70s hard rock & blues ) they leave immediately. That's ok, we have enough of an over 50 crowd to support the band. We don't need them. [/quote] They stay at ours. If they left immediately, I'd be curious why. And the sight of fifty or sixty 18 year olds in fancy dress leaping up and down to "One way or another" will stay with me for a long time. I'd rather not take a contemptuous attitude to a potential audience, although I appreciate that as it isn't going to affect the amount you'll get paid and because they're too young for you to have any regard for them then it won't bother you.

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1438295616' post='2833440'] I don't understand where this whole 'young people don't get the Beatles' idea comes from. [/quote] Old people.

Another happy Puma 900 owner here. Plenty of power and an EQ that works for me (the more complex an EQ is, the more chance I have of messing it up).

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1438245737' post='2832781'] That sounds like it's worth attending then [/quote] If you're at a loose end, it's pretty entertaining, though it won't knock you out. KevB, could you distinguish much difference in the bass tones between P and J? He seemed to have put a lot of grit on the amp when he played at the Flapper and if there had been any significant difference in the sounds of the two before the signal went down the lead, it got lost by the time it hit the speaker. Bassist was Randy Hope-Taylor, incidentally.

[quote name='funkle' timestamp='1438250725' post='2832854'] I'm still interested, though TBH it would have to be a pretty amazing amp to retire my Tecamp Puma 900, which works perfectly well with my CN112 x2. [/quote] Ditto (well, AE not CN). Don't think it's a CE issue as it's not in stock at any US dealer either, and Bergantino (other than a blog and Facebook posting) don't acknowledge its existence on their website.

You haven't got a Warwick yet.

[quote name='kevvo66' timestamp='1438110482' post='2831771'] Dear deirde , I mean bass chat ,How many is to many basses ,I'm upto eight ,granted two are in bits for restoration ,couple nice yams and the others I can't even remember half of them , I just buy them and don't even play them ,do i need counciling or something [/quote] Just make sure they all look different. They'll all sound the same, after all.

[quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1438032273' post='2831123'] And, if im not much mistaken, "Band Names - A Fresh Approach" hasn't been taken yet either [/quote] Rather reminiscent of "Star Wars IV - A New Hope". Can we expect "Band Names II - The Apathy Strikes Back" and "Band Names III - Return of the Random Words"?

Mustang Sally.

Waving at him so you've got his attention and then pointing at the DI box/amp/bass and then looking querulous does it for me on the odd occasion when I've had a soundman and he's been too far away for me just to shout the question "OK to unplug?" at him.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1438198454' post='2832518'] [size=4][font=Arial]My point, some of us were just born at a time that gave us wisdom and a perspective on rock that future generations would not have.[/font][/size] [/quote] Alternatively, it means you're older and more opinionated.

Well, it was an enjoyable evening - Randy Hope-Taylor rather than Yolanda Charles on bass (I was rather hoping it would be her). Although he apparently played both Precision and Jazz basses during the evening (I know he did because I could just about see him), they all sounded the same to me. So much for the desperate search for the perfect tone, eh?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1438134372' post='2831989'] Agreed but rock doesn't happen on Youtube or on an iPhone. Doesn't matter, I don't think the younger generations know what "Rock" is , no matter how you define it. You'll never convince me they do. [/quote] Don't worry, I'm not going to bother trying.

[quote name='ben4343' timestamp='1438070659' post='2831269'] Received an 'order confirmed' for the acoustic fretless, which is pretty exciting! Anyone else snag anything? Twit; do you have fret markers on the side, or will I be flying totally blind? [/quote] I've got the 5-string acoustic fretless, which has side dots but in fretted/lined fretless position - ie. between rather than on the unfrets.