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This one looks faintly familiar: [url="http://www.bachmusik.com/en/p100200/bach-wa-5m-na/"]http://www.bachmusik.com/en/p100200/bach-wa-5m-na/[/url] £270. For £225 [url="http://www.bachmusik.com/en/p100198/bach-5m/"]http://www.bachmusik.com/en/p100198/bach-5m/[/url] Or for £200 [url="http://www.bachmusik.com/en/p100902/bach-5mg/"]http://www.bachmusik.com/en/p100902/bach-5mg/[/url] which also look a bit familiar: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260204552032"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260204552032[/url]

My project basses are all notlobs [1] but my playing basses are all neck-through - I do prefer neck-throughs but not for any terribly rational reason. I do venture up to the dusty end fairly frequently and neck-throughs tend to give better access, but that's about it as far as I'm concerned. In fact, I wish I'd kept my notlob Steinberger XZ-25 because I could do with a headless 5-string for microstages (I prefer a headless bass not to be bodyless too, having had an XZ-25, a B2, and a Westone Quantum). [1] Obligatory Monty Python reference

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='127924' date='Jan 25 2008, 06:09 PM']These are actually being sold by the Flight Case Warehouse under another account. I've got nothing but good things to say about their service, brilliant. These fender fit cases are great value too. [url="http://www.flightcasewarehouse.co.uk/music/typeproducts2.asp?id=3948-3980"]http://www.flightcasewarehouse.co.uk/music...sp?id=3948-3980[/url][/quote] +1 to all that - went and picked a guitar rack up from them this lunchtime, and the bass cases fit the Antoniotsai 5-strings nicely (and it was a bit cheaper than £40 as I picked it up).

Mustang Sally

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='128072' date='Jan 25 2008, 10:28 PM']A very unusual take on the Les Paul: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fujigen-Greco-Lespaul-custom-Bass-LGP-90_W0QQitemZ300193411129QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fujigen-Greco-Lespau...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] I rather like it ... but not at that price![/quote] Isn't a FNGERBORAD some sort of Scandinavian way of serving food? Anyway, that bass doesn't give me Norwegian wood.

[quote name='Beedster' post='127772' date='Jan 25 2008, 02:38 PM']Real men carry their gear and don't wheel it around like a bloody air stewardess [/quote] I quite agree. Though plumping one's GK 200MB onto the stage in front of slightly more intimidating bass rigs does require the ability to say "size doesn't matter" and really mean it... Stuff any single component that weighs over 15kg.

[quote name='gilmour' post='126940' date='Jan 24 2008, 02:41 PM']I really like the look of single cut basses (I know not everyone will agree with me) I'd really like to try some out, but I don;t know whomakes them other than shuker?[/quote] Gibson?

[quote name='andy67' post='127590' date='Jan 25 2008, 10:02 AM']yep I do take it for walks and as I'm a 70's/80's rocker I take it for a walk in my underpants![/quote] Doesn't it look rather silly dressed in your underpants? I suppose it would stop anyone from asking to borrow it, though.

[quote name='queenofthedepths' post='126945' date='Jan 24 2008, 02:50 PM']I was thinking of taking off the bridge cover and screwing it on just there, but I'd rather not remove anything coz it all adds to the garish factor! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=5086"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=attach...ost&id=5086[/url][/quote] Eee, that'll be lovely once you've finished the defret.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='126651' date='Jan 24 2008, 08:49 AM']There's another guitar shop in Sheldon on the Cov. Road (I think) and if you want to go out to Solihull, I think there's one there that used to be at the end of Stratford Road in Shirley.[/quote] Yes, one on the Cov Road (Sheldon Music), one in Solihull town centre on Mill Lane off Mell Square, Express Music on the Stratford Road round the back of a supermarket, and how could I forget Hobgoblin Music on Digbeth (and Turners Violins upstairs from there if you want to check out some double basses).

[quote name='Funkmaster' post='126681' date='Jan 24 2008, 09:33 AM']The Saturday night gig is a private party but Friday night (1 Feb) is at the Roadhouse Venue - [url="http://www.roadhousevenue.co.uk"]http://www.roadhousevenue.co.uk[/url] If any Birmingham based Basschatters have not got your Friday night planned next week it would be great to see you at the Roadhouse Venue![/quote] I might get down there - I play there every Thursday (but as yet haven't been down of a Friday). You'll be glad to know that they rewired the monitor desk a couple of weeks ago, just for you.

[quote name='Machines' post='126627' date='Jan 24 2008, 07:24 AM'][quote name='tauzero' post='126574' date='Jan 24 2008, 12:29 AM'] He had the nicest Squier Strat I've ever played in there a while back (a sampler made by a Korean factory when they were touting for business from Fender).[/quote] Was it a red one ? If so my Dad bought it. [/quote] That's the one. Possibly the nicest guitar I've ever played, actually. Far more playable than the Parker Fly he'd got in for six times the money. I was tempted but I'm not a good enough guitarist to do it justice (the Variax 300 is fine for me).

I should be there - barn dance the preceding evening which I should have recovered from. Will probably bring the JD Thumb and possibly its fretless brother, and the Tsai 5-string. Maybe the Tsai 7-string too. And perhaps the MB200 so I can play hide-the-bass-amp. Is anyone likely to be bringing an Omni 10 or 10.5 along?

[quote name='R,5,R,5...' post='126700' date='Jan 24 2008, 09:57 AM'][quote name='bass_ferret' post='126691' date='Jan 24 2008, 09:48 AM'] No. But you will need to screw through the side and into something as the sides themselves wont be strong enough. Makes sense to fix to some wood behind the sides that is already there.[/quote] Hmmm that doesn't sound too diy to me, I was rather hoping to be able to do it myself, but I can see your point. [/quote] Drill hole through body, take strings off, reach into body holding offcut bit of wood, screw strap peg through body into scrap bit of wood. You should only need a little piece, a couple of cms a side should do it just to spread the load.

[quote name='broomer' post='126553' date='Jan 23 2008, 11:42 PM']but i was wondering more if anyone knew of any good shops in birmingham, other than soundcontrol????? preferably in a similar area.[/quote] City Music is just round the corner from Sound Control - go under the railway bridge and turn left and it's a couple of arches down. There's a few along the Smallbrook Queensway, a couple of kilometres away from Sound Control. There's also PMT, out along the ring road a bit. If you go further afield, apart from the Crack Converters (apparently the Kings Heath one is quite good, keep meaning to drop in there), there's the Music Exchange in Stirchley which often has good stuff in. He had the nicest Squier Strat I've ever played in there a while back (a sampler made by a Korean factory when they were touting for business from Fender).

+1 for Si's advice. I revamped our websites, concentrating on the barn dance one, using a lot of his advice (was precluded from using all of it as I didn't have the necessary material) and last week got four enquiries which have led to at least two gigs (maximum would have been three as two of them were for the same time on the same day). Still got some tweaking to do.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='125806' date='Jan 22 2008, 10:30 PM']Looking at [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Warwick-Rockbag-Multiple-Guitar-Stand/dp/B0002II99E"]this one[/url]. Anyone have one? Opinions? Anything better?[/quote] I've got one, though I don't use it for gigging. It works. However, it does require a bit of care when putting an asymmetric bass on it (ironically, my Warwick Thumbs among them) as the rubbery bits are quite grippy, so the bass doesn't slide on them (not even with an oiled finish). So the way the bass is leaning when you put it into the stand is the way it will stay leaning. Plus I don't think you can leave basses plugged in if they've got edge mounted sockets (I'd have to check that though). Does keep the footprint small having them racked that way round, as opposed to having multiple A-stands on stage. You just need practice putting basses into the stand. Why don't you get a bass version of [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200193446243"]this[/url] instead?

I can imaging the phone call to the design department now... "What the hell is this that you've sent me?" "It's the scaled up version of that model you sent us" "Idiot! That was a piece of sky out of my jigsaw puzzle! The design was on the back of the fag packet that was in the envelope!"

[quote name='Thunderthumbs' post='125555' date='Jan 22 2008, 04:52 PM']I emailed him yesterday and got exactly the same response. He must have a mailing list of people he's sending it out to that've pointed out his faux pas.[/quote] He's revised the description now to say that. Pricing's a bit optimistic innit?

[quote name='Welshbassist' post='124285' date='Jan 21 2008, 12:05 AM']Make sure you turn the tweeter off on that Epi, and boost your low mids, while cutting a bit of your treble. If possible, try and get a set of flats, or at least make sure your rounds are dead enough.[/quote] Putting several pillows in front of the speaker should help too.

In an emergency the barn dance band could get on without me (not as good as with me, but they're not completely prevented from playing), though I now tell each band when I'm gigging with the other to try and avoid clashes.

That's the perfect finish for that hideous Danelectro in the other thread...

[quote name='JayX' post='125433' date='Jan 22 2008, 01:49 PM']just a small query... I'm getting an amp that's 2ohm/4ohm switchable. both of my cabs are 8ohm so to use my amp I'm only going to be able to do it when I take both cabs out and run them in series to up the resistance to 4ohm. I'd rather sell one of the cabs and get a 4ohm cab so I can use it singularly.. but what about running a 4ohm and 8ohm cab in series? or parrallel?[/quote] First, you'd need to run them in parallel, not series, to get them to 4 ohms. If you ran a 4 ohm and 8 ohm in parallel, the impedance would be 2.7 ohms, so I imagine you could do that with the amp switched to 2 ohm (not having dealt with switchable amps, I'm not sure how exactly you have to match the impedance, so check the manual).

[quote name='Super_Mario_Bass' post='124714' date='Jan 21 2008, 04:05 PM']i think so, it was bass and keyboard with a female vocalist, i didnt realise there were 2 forums. at the BOTB i saw you play[/quote] Ah right, I played guitar, keyboards, and bass at that one, just to show my enormous versatility... [url="http://www.tamworthbands.com/"]http://www.tamworthbands.com/[/url] is the one for the, er, elder statesmen of Tamworth...

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='123944' date='Jan 20 2008, 04:50 PM']I guess a shop always has to have items on display otherwise no-one would come in, and these are bound to get scratched/damaged but a bit surprised they would not budge on the price. Anyone else had a similar experience to me on this type of issue?[/quote] Sound Control in Brum have exactly the reverse system - there was a section where instruments that had either been hanging around for a long time or had damage to them were put for people to make offers on them. Got a slightly scratched Squier Precision Special 5-string from them for a fair bit off. They had other stuff like effects and amps in there too. I'm not sure whether everything's been sold from there now or if the section has been moved, didn't see it last time I was in.