Bigwan

Fast way to decide - toss a coin. If you're disappointed with the result then keep the other one. It works...

I started counting up the value of all my gear (at new-for-old prices) a while back for an insurance quote and stopped when I beat the £10k mark! But I don't smoke, only drink occasionally and don't have a swinging social calender so the money has to go somewhere! Bass-wise it looks a bit like this: Fender Precision - £600 Lakland Joe Osborne - £730 Lakland 55-01 - £400 (*Editor's Bargain Buy Award*) Shuker Custom 6 - £1800(!) EB MM Bongo - £700 (actually the 5 string version cost £700 and I straight traded that for this 4 string) Warwick Corvette - £400 No-name acoustic bass - £50 Aria Pro II 5 - £170 Ibanez RD300 - £60 (going permanently to my brother when he brings my Warwick back) Westfield P copy - £20 (now given it away) So that's £4930 then. I'd hate to think how much I've [i]actually[/i] spent in the last 17 years... but this is what I have knocking about to show for it! ...worrying thing is I could happily live with just one... but don't make me choose! ...this total is probably enough to buy more than 1, possibly more than 2 of my dream basses - take note children!

[quote name='Veils' post='928223' date='Aug 17 2010, 11:59 PM']This Veil of Maya track is awesome too, some sweeeeeeet chord voicings! And when the bass kicks in about 30 seconds in, one of the few recent metal recordings that has a lush bass tone! Awesome stuff Edit - that guitar riff from 1:10ish.....oooohhhhh yeah [/quote] There's a blast from the past! Haven't heard that in years!

Soilwork's new album Panic Broadcast. Dirk Verbeuren is a savage metal drummer!

Now where did that Lakland Bob Glaub with the Villex pickups/preamp end up I wonder!

[quote name='Johnston' post='934069' date='Aug 23 2010, 07:27 PM']I've never had a reply from any add on Belfast gumtree !!!! Big wan you didn't by chance see the Phill Lynott style Precision from round your way a few months back?[/quote] Missed that one mate. No reply from this joker yet, even though he reposted the ad yesterday. I've contacted again, but don't hold out much hope. Think it's probably a scam.

Contacted by email and text offering cash on collection (rude not to at that price!). Still waiting a response to either.

Very interesting mod that. Could just be using the P as a quasi-dummy coil for noise cancellation I suppose.

I've gigged with a 75 watt 1x10 combo (Line6 studio 110), but that was with an electronic drum kit and full PA support. Wouldn't attempt it with an acoustic drum kit at all. Get a smaller cab and use your existing head would be my advice - or buy a handtruck and keep what you've got. You could go all around the houses and end up back where you started so try the simple solution first.

Strange how the snob thing rubs off on people too. I once had someone approach me after a gig to tell me how much he enjoyed the band, but that really I should try to save and buy a Fender. I just smiled knowingly and disregarded everything he'd just said. I was playing my Wal Custom at the time. I've heard other folks have similar experiences.

A refin'd '66 is the best I've played. $3.5k though. Played a few laklands but to be honest I found my Fender better.

This seems to be the way most people in bands are nowadays. Gutless wimps. Forget it and move on.

Never played one, but the weight alone would put me right off!

I'd be interested to find out why an Orange Terror Bass 1000 WOULDN'T be suitable for gigging?

I used to be a snob. Now my 2 main basses are a bog standard Fender P and a Lakland J. I've done the custom builds (probably wouldn't again - no reflection on the luthier in question btw) and been lucky with cheaper alternatives (I defy anyone to tell me my 'cheap' '95 Warwick Corvette can't compete with a top-of-the-range Thumb. I've played both.), been close to making some MAJOR purchases, including recently contemplating both Toasted and Clarky's ACs for sale here, but keep coming around to 'simple'. I used to HATE the idea of owning a Fender but now it doesn't bother me in the slightest whether the headstock says Fender, Squier, Lakland, AC, Sadowsky... whatever, If I like it I'll play it. I'm not even an amp snob (although some of my gear might lead you to think I am). 90% of the folk on here wouldn't urinate on my Ashdown if it was on fire (which seems to be common!), let alone own one, but it's what works for me. If it didn't work I wouldn't own it - sold off my Aguilar AG500 and Thunderfunk TF550 and kept the Ashdown (the Aggie and T'Funk were flavour of the month at the time, but each to their own). If I get my "Trace v-type pre/micro power amp in 1u" project sorted - thread to come in build diary forum - if it works as well as it should, that'll be my ultimate!

[quote name='gary mac' post='927141' date='Aug 17 2010, 07:00 AM']Unless I was really strapped, think I would be tempted to sell the heavy cab, buy a lightweight one and keep the LM11.[/quote] I'd agree with that. I'm also a line6 studio 110 fanboy, but it's not suited to every gig situation you could find yourself in (i.e. where you're not working on a reasonably quiet stage or don't have a decent PA to use for bass reproduction). EDIT: Pic just loaded - is that a DB112 you're complaining about being too heavy? Pah! Youngsters these days! Don't know they're born... I remember when all this was just fields and we had to walk barefoot through the snow carrying our 8x10 on our back to band practice... blah, blah, blah... Maybe swap it out for a barefaced midget and keep the LMII?

"Bueller?... Bueller?..." By the look of your avatar you may be a bit young for that one! ATKs are great basses - kill stingrays every time for me. If I didn't have my Bongo I'd have a 300 today. To answer your question I think it could possibly be rosewood fretboards (310) instead of maple (300). Not much other than that. Maybe the 310 goes up to 11 or something...

Bongo 5HH. Swiss army knife of bass... if you can get past the visuals (which never bothered me).

[quote name='Lozz196' post='923692' date='Aug 13 2010, 12:09 PM']Agree with the other post, re playing style and previous experience of amps you`ve heard, being a good starting point of reference, A good all round versatile make in my view is Hartke. Another thing to think of is the old combo v stack issue. Again, your style of music/band could have a major factor in this. I`d definately look on the for sale section on here, there seems to always be good deals about, and for £200 - £300, you`ll be able to get something gig-worthy quite easily.[/quote] +1 to this, go used. As an example, local to me at the minute (Belfast-ish) there's a peavey tx 4x10 cab and Hartke HA3500 350 watt head second hand for a ton each (different sellers). Great gigging rig for someone on a budget like yours. Not light and probably not that easy transported, but somehow when you're younger these things aren't big problems!

5 piece neck? I think the 414 was 1 piece maple.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='916863' date='Aug 6 2010, 11:53 AM']Anyone know what filter/synth pedal Paul is using on 'Little L'?[/quote] Probably listed here - [url="http://www.jamirotalk.net/interviews/paul.html"]http://www.jamirotalk.net/interviews/paul.html[/url]