tauzero

Also reported. And just sent him the question "Why are the photos of the bass identical to those posted in the Basschat forum by someone who isn't you?"

I've got an Ashbory Mk II, of which there are (I believe) 73.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1376743952' post='2178576'] Do I win a prize or something? [attachment=141719:MeSLHMF.jpg] [/quote] First equal:

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1376694195' post='2178261'] Also I've never played a Thumb that wasnt heavier than a pregnant elephant, the Vester isnt as light as my Roscoe, but its still a lot lighter than a Thumb..... [/quote] Warwick - the sound of wood, the weight of concrete. I've never found the weight an issue, possibly because the Thumb's predecessors included a Hayman 40/40 and a 70s fretless P made out of a railway sleeper.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1373874829' post='2142381'] Very frustrating. You certainly did your best! If you bought a £50 bass then you might expect something like that but Warwick, of all people, I would have thought could have been trusted to have got something as basic as that solved before going to the market. [/quote] Have you ever played a Thumb? Much as I love mine, they do like to swivel in a floorwards direction.

The B2 (passive) and B2A are very playable. The 5-string versions a little less so - the necks seem a bit fatter (not just wider but thicker too) while the 4-string necks are rather slim. I've got a B2V (passive 5) as a back-up bass - it takes up very little room and its very presence means I will never have to use it. I used to have a B2 but that went in px for a Thumb in 1987.

[quote name='gazgoldstar' timestamp='1376235628' post='2171120'] 8 String set! Great idea thanks Jeff, didn't think about that! [/quote] You might find a 7-string set easier to find - Overwater do them for a very reasonable price (and might even do you a 6-string set from E up).

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1376395293' post='2173231'] I've got the one people refer to as a thumb clone. Great bass easier to play than a thumb thats for sure, big solid brass bridge. I swapped the pups for EMGs. [/quote] I used to have the Thumb clone in fretless guise. Sold it when I got a proper Thumb for defretting, which had the nasty thick later Warwick neck which I had reprofiled to JD dimensions. So the Vester was nicer to play than a 2000 Thumb but not as good as a 1987 JD Thumb.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1376583854' post='2176492'] They all look like fender jazz basses with slightly different head stocks to me, dull [/quote] But the headstock is obviously lifted from that paragon of basses, the Teisco Audition: Who wouldn't want to pay out over £3k for such an epitome of dull?

[quote name='thebassman' timestamp='1376609752' post='2176949'] Bands, where all the members wear T shirts stating what instrument they play. [/quote] How else am I going to remember? I also leave a diagram in my bass case to remind me which end to blow it.

Irrational dislikes: singlecuts. I just can't find them attractive. Non-irrational dislikes: Fenders, Rics, Trace-Elliot, cheaper Ampeg amps.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1376323732' post='2172132'] The benefits of playing Thunderbirds (lack of body weight, slender neck, that tone, the uber cool shape, the magical ability of it being able to transform me into a lithe 20-something), by far outweighs any issue with diving of the neck. Most people who talk about neck dive probably haven't even touched a TB. It saddens me. [/quote] Oh, there are far better reasons not to play a TB than the neck dive...

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1376306128' post='2171846'] I tire somewhat of the whole neckdive argument thing and I play Thunderbirds. [/quote] I play Thumbs. I was being curious, not argumentative.

If there's a reserve price on something that I really, really fancy, I ask the seller what it is. They may or may not choose to tell me. If it's above what I want to pay, it saves me bidding fruitlessly. Alternatively, if you happen to have a spare account, you could bid a big price which will then set the bid to the reserve, then cancel the bid (the spare account is in case the seller gets miffed by this behaviour and blocks you). The big advantage for me of ebay is that if I want to get shot of something and I'm not terribly bothered about how much I get for it, bunging it in at 99p and no reserve means it'll be gone in ten days. It's all very well bemoaning how much ebay take and how the BC marketplace is much cheaper, but if you're still waiting to sell your bass six months down the line then ebay's fat fees may become less relevant.

Wouldn't it neck-dive rather enthusiastically? Top horn ends at the 16th fret or so and there's a lot of hardware at the money end.

Afraid I haven't been able to make it either. Sorry about that.

I'm glad it's not just me. I mainly play fretless so that's an additional issue - the notes sound not just a little out but seem to have no bearing whatsoever to the guitar. I finish up looking at my fingers and the guitarists's fingers to make sure that I'm playing the right notes. Doesn't always happen but the times it does are when we're most of the way through a two hour practice where we've just done song after song.

Tascam GB-10 (or one of the Bass Trainers) - no aux in but you put the music onto it.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1375788019' post='2165528'] You should sell yourself to the venue or promoter in such a way that accentuates the things that will make your band attractive to them while playing down those things that might put them off. If the venues you are approaching don't want blues bands then simply don't mention the blues word. Since you mainly play classic rock it will hardly come as a surprise to either the audience or the venue if you are also playing a handful of blues numbers as well.[/quote] Indeed, but if you mention the B word in the initial exchange, without realising it's a turn-off for the venue in question, it's rather hard to recant it, although not impossible to play it down. [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1375788019' post='2165528'] If your guitarist continues to sell your band in a way that is preventing you from getting gigs maybe it's time to get someone with a bit more marketing savvy to approach the venues. Alternatively you could always send another member of the band back to the venue a week or so later this time describing your band just as "Classic Rock" and ask for a gig. [/quote] It's more me and Mrs Zero who actually approach venues, and as we're just about to have a bit of a blitz locally, we're trying to find a happy medium in describing ourselves (we'll throw the word "blues" in if the venue has a history of having blues bands on) - the guitarist has to be led gently away from Facebook to avoid excessive use of the word. Trouble is, our Facebook page actually has the title "The Lightning /Rock/Blues/Band" (yes, that is the punctuation - that's the guitarist for you, another reason we don't like him getting near the Facebook page). At least I'm the author of our website so what I put in is what goes

[url="http://thelightning.co.uk"]The Lightning[/url] are playing at the Actress and Bishop in Birmingham on August 9th along with Medusa Rising, in a charity fundraiser for [url="http://www.happyhedgehog.org.uk/"]Happy Hedgehog[/url] which is, as its name suggests, a hedgehog rescue organisation. Hope to see some of you along.

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1375635892' post='2163718'] Just to add my Harley Benton EUB, at the cheapest of the cheap end of the scale, was sent in a huge box sandwiched between two moulded polystyrene slabs, that sucker wasn't going anywhere. [/quote] I bought a new Palatino EUB (the Harley Benton is a rebadged Palatino) which was sent in a huge box sandwiched between two moulded polystyrene slabs. The neck was broken off. So it's not perfect protection...

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1375453684' post='2161646'] It's not a genuine fender, its a bitsa painted purposely in nitro to get it to relic quickly, and to be a fair replica. I'm not going to sell it, [/quote] Well, that's no good. Only Fender have the secret of how a bass turns from pristine to looking like sh*t in a fortnight.

One of the covers bands I play in plays primarily classic rock, with some originals and a few (maybe three or four) blues numbers. The guitarist, the only original member left, persists in describing us as a rock/blues band. However, when one uses the word "blues" when trying to get gigs, regardless of whether one also uses the word "rock", venues tend to say "no ta, we don't want no blues bands round this way". Obviously this is different for full-on blues bands as they're actively seeking the sort of venues that want blues, but do any other mainly rock bands use the word "blues" to describe themselves, and is this sort of reaction prevalent?

Thomann also do a flight case for it for £200. Also, the Hiscox STD-EBP might do the job. Or look for a generic oblong case and use foam to make the bass a snug fit in it.

Why not take some pride in it and look after it instead?