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That might well be worth a go.

Just bought a L/H Overwater Classic J, the Tanglewood one. I've got to wait a few days before it arrives, but when it does, I'll post my impressions.

I'm using one of these, http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/DM100.aspx set to rat.

Just started using one and love it. Don't expect the octave up to sound very good without distortion though and the built in distortion leaves a bit to be desired with an after ring to it. I use the effect out through a distortion unit and then bring the two signals back together through my amp and it sounds amazing. Taking the octave out to a separate amp also sound great but you still need a lot of distortion. If you want to make your bass sound like an 8 string, that it doesn't do, but it makes riffs sound killer.

I've gone back to single pedals. You get the sounds that you want instead of a load of effects which in my opinion don't really sound that good.

The sound samples sound a bit rubbish even if you only want it to mod. I picked up a L/H one of these recently, http://www.bass-guitar-museum.com/bass-8287-Samick-4-String-Electric-Bass-Guitar-with-Softcase and am seriously impressed. I even used it as my main bass at the last gig. Might be worth looking for a used one.

The first time I picked up a guitar I naturally held it left handed and I naturally picked out bass lines and started playing them, so bass it was for me. Tried right handed briefly but couldn't do it so stayed left handed. I do most things left handed. But only yesterday, I scanned the www for available L/H basses and if you're not after a bottom of the range model or want something that doesn't look like a Fender you're stuffed, as usual.

I've mounted both my guitar receiver and mic receiver on my 3 tier pedal board and have no problems at all. Mic on bottom tier, Line 6 XD-V70HS, for the antenna height and the G30 on the top tier. Makes setting up seriously easy.

Velcro - what a rip off.

He's right. £40 is what I paid for one last year.

The one on the right looks like a Kelly 50w valve head. Similar to a Selmer T & B 50.

Some of the glue joints haven't broken down have they? Might be worth checking that all the edges and corners are still solid.

If the Generator is bad enough, even SS amps won't work or just sound horribly distorted. Been there and done that more than once, that's how I know. If the generator is man enough though you'll have no problems.

Use to own one of these in 1969 along with a pair of Selmer Goliath 18" cabinets. Actually, it was the metal clad one and not the wooden case, same thing though. Sounded fantastic at the time. Our guitarist has got one of these in his attic as well and that sounds good too.

The power conditioner won't do a lot except tell you what the voltage is or more likely what it isn't. If you have to use a generator, the best bet is is to make sure that your equipment is the only thing running off of it even then it may not give enough power.

A bit of wet & dry wrapped round a screw driver and sand it off.

GAK and Gear4music both sell the Fishman Fission Powerchord pedal for £249 new which may be cheaper than amps & cabs. You could check on ebay for a used one, cheaper still.

How about one of these, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2XKZNMR2Pc or one of these, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2YHS6wEGnQ

It's also not that easy to find short scale strings let alone different gauges. Had a hell of a time trying to find decent strings for my Danelectro Long Horn. Ended up with a set of Rotosound. Haven't looked for ages though.

I've always played in a 3 piece and love it. There's very little that you can't play as 3. Be creative on the bass and don't be afraid to take some of the second guitar / keyboard parts if needed. You can also use vocals and harmonies to great effect to fill in for missing instruments. It won't be long before you wonder why you ever needed a second guitar. Good luck and enjoy.

The reason I don't like short scale basses is because of the flub on the bottom string even at standard tuning. I would imagine that down tuned that low, the E string would behave like a floppy elastic band, but why not try it and see, you can always retune if it's no good.

4 string!

Use loads of extension leads, so no one can see what happening and run the main one to the kitchen or where there is an unaffected mains supply. A lot of the older sound controllers used a cheap mic that had a switch on it. If you switch this mic off, the traffic lights would still work but wouldn't shut the power off. I don't know why. Most of these units are not effected by bass but ping a cymbal and it'll cut the power. Good luck!

Crumbs!

You could go to http://www.warmoth.com and go to the bottom of the page and click on learn more about our bodies / necks for some ideas.