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I used to shop on Ebay or Stringbusters for the cheapest strings I could find and was very happy with the results. Usually I'd get Olympia but if nothing else was available, Warwick or Hartke would fit the bill nicely for less than a tenner. I've found Thomann offer Harley Benton Valuestrings for 9 Euro but are asking 10 euro for postage which makes purchasing from them completely pointless. Does anyone have any other tips or suggestions on good suppliers of cheap 125/95-35 strings?

Otherwise known as...Snakey Lane.

You were noticed, Mr RIM Marseer-with-q-tuners player... [attachment=138479:DSC_00221.jpg]

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1373092672' post='2133581'] I love our Katie, as she's called in our family, but i live too far away. That's two now that i would have loved but are nowhere near. Sorry! (mainly for me!) [/quote] UNNN-bah-LEEEEEEEEEV-a-BOLLLLLLLL!

Is it possible someone may have sent you a message and deleted it before you had a chance to read it? I'm personally not sure what to suggest...I'm not aware of any settings we can access in the software which would resolve the issue. Is there a notification setting you can deactivate perhaps?

The level of committment Nick brings to a sale is without parallel or peer...

I bought Nicks EBS Combo 60 - great amp and great guy. He even delivered!

Still no pearl block necks or natural finish ash bodies.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1372504286' post='2126512'] The bottom end and the clarity of the fills...... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KUL9-eNXzQ[/media] [/quote] The audio isn't recorded off that appearance. Its off the album.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1372500453' post='2126442']I felt a bit of a full circle of funk right there band name maybe.....hhmm circle of funk.... [/quote] Or the clear spot of floor in a teenagers bedroom...?

What? You couldn't FEEL him? Loved his line on We Are Family...the timing of each note was impeccable...

Watching it now on iplayer, couldn't stay awake last night. They killed it...sure there was a little overplaying but that helps get the audience energised. Jerry Barnes does his own thing as a bass player, it would be wrong to compare him to Bernard as tempting as it is. Jerry also makes that bass look like a guitar on most people! BIG bad mother...

[quote name='aende' timestamp='1372489098' post='2126285'] Hopefully my gear is still on the house insurance! Anyone got any deals or good policy advice? [/quote] Are you sure your insurance covers you when you are gigging? I've had three or four different companies and none of them have in the UK. If not, you'll need to get separate insurance.

Fender also manufactured product and won market saturation at a time when baby boomers were redefining western culture through music. My 75 jazz sounds good, but so do my other basses. The Fender also sounds familiar and I suggest familiar doesn't make it better. Bring back the 70's and 80's I say, that was a period when there was a sense of adventure and originality in bass guitar tastes (or fashion). All this 'they got it right' is nothing more than post rationalisation for what sounds familiar IMO. Stick any bass, including Rickenbacker, in the same position of having achieved market saturation and the CEO of that company would be proclaimed a genius for having 'got it right'.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1372279537' post='2123856'] This the sound of a Wal! [media]http://youtu.be/WQgu0MpnKq8[/media] [/quote] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odwndhacnqY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odwndhacnqY[/url] This clip is probably a bit less produced. .

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1372016117' post='2120719'] Wal basses do indeed have their own very distinctive sound , largely due , I suspect , to their unique electronics . Within that distinctive sound there are many highly usable tones , but all with that beefy signature Wal sound . [/quote] Having compared and contrasted a number of Wals including customs in four and five string formats and Pro 1 passives in a single sitting, I think its the pickups. Its definitely NOT the wood because I got a remarkably consistent amplified sound across different woods, [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1372016117' post='2120719'] Very few ( if any ) basses will substitute for a Wal . Some basses capture certain elements of the Wal sound - an HH Musicman Bongo , whilst being totally different in most repects , has certain chacteristics in the bottom end and midrange that remind me of a Wal , for example - but for the most part , you need a Wal . [/quote] Smith BSR through necks and Wals sound very similar, the Wals are a little more versatile however and a touch brighter. With the Smiths, its mostly the neck wood and to some degree the pickups though. Bongos sound similar too but a little darker.

Have been thinking about this myself but its not exactly easy to get to on public transport. Will probably need to leave early too.

I think he's a musical genius. Would have bitten off my right arm to go and see something like that in London. At the moment the only opportunity is the BST concert in Hyde Park and tickets for that are 60 quid! Chic are the only act that day that I would really see.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1371752079' post='2117775'] They made him a bass , but I don't think it was a signature model , strictly speaking . [/quote] They made a number of prototypes and Geezer played a few on stage for a number of years meaning if anyone wanted a version they could order it. I'm not aware that there was significant demand though. So if by signature model you mean they put it into production, then no strictly speaking it wasn't a signature model but Jaydee don't have a production line to speak of either. Howwever if you asked John Diggins tomorrow to make you one, I'm confident he would.

Jaydee did a signature Geezer model.

To be completely honest, someone else should take credit. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/206578-pangborn-on-gumtree/page__p__2066360__hl__pangborn__fromsearch__1#entry2066360"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/206578-pangborn-on-gumtree/page__p__2066360__hl__pangborn__fromsearch__1#entry2066360[/url]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1371562236' post='2115544'] Sign me up. I am a strong-limbed son of the Empire and I've got my own hat. [size=3]BassChat colonists at Pedkiwi hill-station 1898[/size] [/quote] Marvellous Good Sir, and do you also: 1) Have references from the highest authorities of somewhere in the colonies I've never heard of but will nevertheless have to accept your word on or risk personal affront? 2) An equally tenuous personal connection? For example, a distant relative who knows the uncle of someone who worked with someone in India who went to the same public school as my second cousin's sister in law? 3) Share a common interest that we might otherwise indulge in rather than doing anything productive? For example, taking the Pith?

The lack of a decent guitar forum is something we've been aware of for some time. The Jem site seems popular too. Most forums go through a fragile stage while they establish their own member base. So the more folks from here who can colonise both and make them pleasant and nonthreatening places to visit the better. It'll mean that fragile stage is made as short as possible. It will be interesting to watch how the membership expands too and I expect we might also need to find some mods at some point...!