Immo

Going out with my friend, testing guitars and basses and meanwhile explaining her a lot of guitar and bass history in two different music stores and then pizza afterwards - can't imagine better 'gig' until she'd be ready to play her guitar with me...

[quote name='rednose200' timestamp='1325285102' post='1481884'] Thats a nice bass man. If you havent got the chrome pickup and bridge covers, I'd get them. They arent expensive and finish that classic look.[/quote] + 1[sup]n+1[/sup]

Happy new year to you, as well! You're so lucky, so many double basses around you

[quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1325283306' post='1481852'] Isn't that just the thing? For some it's rosewood, for others it's maple. For me on a P bass, it always has to be rosewood, with the contrast it gives between head and body. [/quote] Personally, I don't like P's with rosewood fingerboards at all, and Tele headstock with rosewood is fairly close to 'abomination' But Jazz Bass looks decent with rosewood to me, especially if 70's neck with block inlay But hey, never wondered about block inlayed, rosewood fingerboarded tele headed neck for Telecaster Bass... I guess with a proper Daphne Blue or Turquoise Green body that would look great

[quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1325281628' post='1481833'] I was just about to post that, but you beat me to it. Yes, Foto Flame body, but not neck.[/quote] And mine has the same type neck with the same type body. Must have been a short batch of these basses in early 90's. Somebody gotta know something 'bout that... [quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1325281628' post='1481833'] I've got one up here somewhere for sale, don't you know [/quote] Would have already been on the way to me if it weren't for rosewood...

Damn! She's a sister of mine! But mine's customised a lot. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/149190-1993-custom-fender-p-bass-mij/"]LINK[/url] I have been reseaching for six months now and I still don't know what is it. The body appears to be some sort of FotoFlame finish, but necks a classic 57RI. These can be some kind of factory customs, you know, as if them Japanese builders had one nect to few, so they fitted a classic, not FotoFlame one. Anyway, congrats! That's beautiful bass.I bought mine at £330. Wanna create a club?

[quote name='kieppi' timestamp='1325267932' post='1481590'] Well Immo, the floors are sticky, the customers are extremely piss drunk most of the time and the atmosphere then... I'd never go there if I weren't a member of the house band. [/quote] Well, in that case, you have an interesting venue to play in Still, more climate than my room I play all the time (but it also has sticky floors ).

Original Poster, I'm afraid. No Holy Grail here

Welcome! Why is that bar 'crappy'?

Have anyone heard about that amp? It's 2 channel guitar/bass amplifier, 100W, it has four [i]EL34[/i] valves power amp and preamp with two [i]ECC808[/i]'s and one [i]ECC82[/i]. Guitar channel features Bass & Treble controls plus 'Vibrato' effect, while bass channel features Bass & Treble controls only. It also has separate volumes for each channel and 'Brillance' knob, which I understand is a Presence knob of sorts. I cannot find any bass samples whatsoever. I have an offer to buy this for about £190 - £200 equivalent in Poland. Is it worthy? If I know correctly, Echolette is a vintage German company that later became known as Dynacord.

I meant low-end, deep and somewhat muddy, yet punchy sound.

The thing with the sound quality is a reeeeaaaally complicated stuff, y'know. I have a cheap neck installed on even cheaper, post-soviet body with the cheapest bridge available installed and all together this abomination of a bass sounds really great! Dunno how that happened, really, maybe it's the strings? Anyway, I'm one of those, who would try out any combination in case of finding a great instrument in the place least probable.

Okay, found one, 150W version, on eBay. I think I'll pass it for next few years

You'd probably need a lot of thump, so, from my perspective, Squier Vintage Modified 70's TB will be great. Otherwise, try to find a Japanese copy of EB-0 or EB-3 bass, something like this: Sholudn't be too hard

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1325172085' post='1480528'] Gas is great if you like the thrill of the chase but a real pain when it just becomes habit. I don't want to return to how I was [/quote] For a moment there, I felt a chill of fear... But... Naah.

You know, I was merely thinking about a cool, tortoise shell pickguard, nice, tiny thumbrest, maybe some chrome covers, eventually a rocket launcher or two, nothing big...

A bump, perhaps? Please, express an opinion on my idea; generally it's not too painful... ED: Okay, maybe I'll ask the other way: Is it possible to wire the pickups with TWO push/pull pots in the way that one will be volume for both, second one will be tone for both, and the volume one will be serving as on/off switch for mudbucker and the tone one as on/off switch for single?

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1325128651' post='1480137'] I really think you should name the music shop it was in. To lessen the chance of a basschat member buying it. [/quote] Or maybe do the quite opposite thing - go there and tell them you told about the whole situation on web board, but wanted to give them another chance an not told what the store's name is. And quote several posts from here. Maybe they'll get converted to the 'Light Side' and you'll get a permanent discount?

Looks nice, but in my book it just begs for customisation I've played two MiM Fender P-s that were really cool basses. Good sound and the "prestigious" Fender logo for decent price.

In my opinion, BadAss looks good only on JB. Oh, and the Lotto Bass, maybe. It's way to bulky and square-shaped to be put on oval-styled MM. And will not improve the sound. Don't let him do it.

That's sad... But, who knows, maybe it WAS a good instrument, after all? Not for the price, but still...