pete.young

What better to do on St Patricks Day (Sunday 17th March) than to pop into Venue 77 in Ipswich for some lovingly recreated Pogues music by Waxies Dargle. PM me for more details, or come up and say hello. Not to the bass player, I'm on bouzouki/mandolin/banjo for this one.

[quote name='6v6' timestamp='1362326937' post='1998407'] I'm also confused by this, been meaning to drop into the bass centre to try one and find out exactly what the differences are. [/quote] That is no longer an option. It hasn't been a shop for several years. Have to say that if I were looking for a Jazz, Bass Collection or otherwise, there's only one contender: this Bass Collection II that ryancowell25 has for sale in the Bass Guitars forum. There's no comparison between this and the modern stuff. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/200158-for-sale-price-drop-ns-bolin-5-l825-and-bass-collection-ii-jazz-l360-delivered-with-hard-cases/

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1361652600' post='1988940'] I've got a tribal planet that I got with my first bass and it's still in pretty much perfect condition after... umm... about 8 years I think [/quote] I don't think Tribal Planet are trading any more, which is a pity. I've got one of their bags too. I have a Ritter which has a hanging hook, but I've had that a while and don't know what the modern ones have.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1361896952' post='1992664'] My only concern is that if only 4% of sellers want to pay a small amount for selling through BC then will there be a big drop-off in the number of items for sale? [/quote] I think there will definitely be less incentive to do one-off listings for things between £50 and £100. Bearing in mind that it's an up-front fee for a non-guaranteed sale, a point that bobbass4k made in the original thread. £7 is more than I was expecting - most of the concensus in the thread linked to by Hamster was for a fee of around £2 per listing. Also in that thread, Ped stated "Guys .. I've said a few times now, items under £100 or so will be free to list.". I'm a little disappointed that Ped hasn't stuck to this: lowering the limit to £50 quid is going to take a lot of things like effects pedals into that zone where it becomes a big gamble to list them.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1361823767' post='1991607'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0CdXaOS5_o[/media] [/quote] Priceless! Made my day :-)

No problem, you're welcome. If anyone else would like a (free) copy, PM me!

Richard Thompson - Electric , on Spotify. Going to see him tonight in Cambridge. I'm a lifelong fan and therefore somewhat biased, but I have to say this is really great stuff, strong songs, interesting and challenging and still recognisably Richard. Marvellous.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1361622397' post='1988382'] [url="http://www.soundindustry.co.uk/acatalog/W-Audio-1100W-1U-Amplifier-Horizon1100-AMP43.html"]http://www.soundindu...1100-AMP43.html[/url] [/quote] Not sure these are still available. This one says 'catalogue suspended. I'd be looking at the Peavey IPR1600.

RIP Kevin. Affectionate tribute in Mojo, I thought, and interesting to see my alma mater described as "a hotbed for teenage avant-garderie". It still was when I went there, although not quite so much. Formative stuff for me and we looked up to those guys, although the Head did his best to discourage those of us who were trying to get involved in 'pop group playing' as he put it, perhaps as a consequence of seeing so many promising young school careers ruined!

Dude has it right. Do you want tab or dots?

I thought that if you bought an item like this in the UK, there's a legal requirement to supply you with a UK mains lead. Could be wrong though.

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1361134177' post='1981700'] No point in 'calling it F' it *isn't F - you can't just swap D# minor for Eb minor, they aint the same thing... [/quote] In this modern tempered world that the rest of us live in, it is.

I think the early ones had a 3-point bridge which was prone to failure - something it shared with the MM3. I had a later MM3, which had a MusicMan pattern and 5 fixing points.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1361125017' post='1981440'] Still no idea where the double sharp (E##) comes in but I will look for the next 25 years [/quote] Aint Nobody is in the relative minor of F#, which is D# minor. Since you already have an F# and a D#. and according to some arcane rule of musical theory you're only allowed to use each letter once, you end up with E## rather than F . If you want to call it F, you'll have to play it in Eb minor instead. Given the above, you can understand the modern fashion which is to write everything in the 'home' key of C and label each and every accidental.

I've been using my Tecamp Puma 110 as a monitor for me and the drummer for some time now. Front of House is DI'd off my V-Bass unit. We started out with the Puma in front of us, between me and the kit, pointing at the back wall. In some venues we had a lot of issues with reflected sound hitting the vocal mikes and causing weird things to happen. What I do now is put the Puma on an amp stand, behind me and pointing at the drummer across the stage like a side-fill. Still very audible and the issues with reflected sound off the back wall are gone.

There's one for sale on this very forum at 300 quid. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/199170-fsft-as-new-peavey-5-string-cirrus-bxp-as-new-still-boxed-l300-inc-del/page__p__1977395__hl__peavey__fromsearch__1#entry1977395 Bargain if you ask me. Personally I couldn't adapt to a 16mm spacing, but lots of people can.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1361119725' post='1981324'] People don't mind paying £800-1000 for a photographer but struggle to see that value in a band..?? [/quote] They'll be looking at the photos for the rest of their lives, but will forget the band after a few days.

Really nice work.

I've said this before in similar threads, but, Vox Wyman. Weighed a ton, sounded horrible, was hateful to play, looked hideous. Wish I still had it, it would be worth a fortune.