Kiwi

I've got 5, one in Leeds next Friday and the rest are London/Home Counties. Then its a break over Christmas so I can settle in to the new digs and then off to Dubai via Cairo on the 28th for New Years! Wooooooooooo...

Just thought I'd mention this in case anyone was interested. I've been tipped off that the Bass Centre have a very, very nice black 78 Fender Jazz on consignment that they're looking to shift fairly smartly. It's in extremely good condition, plays nicely and although price is about 1995 on the site, they are prepared to haggle a discount. [url="http://www.basscentre.com/product.asp?pID=797&cID=87"]http://www.basscentre.com/product.asp?pID=797&cID=87[/url] They also have a Wal Custom fretless 4 in with a maple facing, the asking price is 2500 quid but again they might be prepared to haggle.

I can't see enough of the bass in sufficient detail to be sure, but there's nothing at the moment which is raising any alarm bells for me.

in writing its often used like a short 1 chord turnaround

Estelle's "American Boy" Rhianna's "Don't Stop The Music" Demanding, but I persevered and made it through in the end.

[quote name='Waldo' post='350553' date='Dec 10 2008, 11:58 AM']Nothing will ever beat the use of the word 'larruping' to describe a bass.[/quote] +1 Even my chinese gf found it funny.

I really like the sound of F-basses. Great find! Congrats!

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='350427' date='Dec 10 2008, 09:52 AM']CK - that quote has made my day![/quote] Well, when you're young, stupid and at art school anything seems possible.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='349429' date='Dec 9 2008, 09:56 AM']It's not practical, as you'd would need to take a sofa with you to keep the remote wedged in.[/quote] LMAO [quote name='skankdelvar' post='350350' date='Dec 10 2008, 01:28 AM']Or find a bass amp with midi (is there one?) and use a pedal board mounted midi controller with presets?[/quote] Yes, there's the [url="http://www.clivebutton.com/Trace/pages/Mp11.htm"]Trace Elliot MP-11 programmable eq[/url]. But they're very uncommon, especially with the foot controller. I used to have one and as a preamp they're a bit inflexible but still useful if you need just a programmable eq. There's also the [url="http://www.whycalvary.com/ADA_MB_1/index.htm"]ADA MB-1 bass preamp[/url], arguably just as uncommon because ADA went out of business years ago but perhaps more feted on the other side of the pond. Also the [url="http://www.guitarcenter.com/Tech-21-Sansamp-PSA1-1-Preamp-480041-i1145233.gc"]Tech 21 PSA-1 Sansamp MIDI preamp[/url] and the [url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop/flypage/product_id/13080"]Rocktron Blue Thunder[/url] preamp too. There are any number of multi effects units out there with programmable eq settings as well.

[quote name='Davemarks' post='350216' date='Dec 9 2008, 09:45 PM'](in which I play the most traitorous of tricks... guitar!)[/quote] For a second I thought this might be the Abba tribute band, Dave...

[quote name='alexclaber' post='350149' date='Dec 9 2008, 08:21 PM']That's why I don't like chopping off a load of cab volume to make it tiltback, because every extra cubic inch helps with getting an authoritative B string.[/quote] Yeah but the GK combo was good enough.

[quote name='Jase' post='349443' date='Dec 9 2008, 10:18 AM']I'm quite surprised actually, always thought graphite was a vey stable material for necks. Keep it coming [/quote] Its all down to the construction. Status, Modulus, Vigier, Schack all design their necks to be stiff using layers of graphite weave impregnated with resin. Moses designed their jazz necks to sound like wood, so they use basically a construction process that relies more on resin and MDF for structural rigidity without the weave. Both have phenolic fingerboards and its the fingerboard which is key to getting the neck stiff enough. Status and Modulus got it wrong too at various points in the past, as I've mentioned on other posts. The resin based construction is also what allows Moses to offer their necks cheaper, there's less labour involved in their manufacture.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='350090' date='Dec 9 2008, 07:11 PM']Ah, but I don't want to do just 'good enough' - it has to be great! Don't you think a 12"+mid with the same external dimensions as The Compact and then a tilty thing so you could tilt it at two different angles (~30 and ~45 deg) and have the cab either vertically or horizontally aligned, would tick all the audibility boxes whilst also making it easier to carry and giving better bass response? Alex[/quote] If you make it light enough, and fit [url="http://www.usspeaker.com/faital%20pro%20index-1.htm"]Faital drivers[/url] I'm sure it will be great. In principle I have no problems with a 12" cab, but it needs to be able to handle a B string with some authority. I can't comment on the tilty thing really until I see a sketch or something. So long as it doesn't walk around the stage when I'm pumping away I guess.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='350064' date='Dec 9 2008, 06:48 PM']I thought you wanted an angled cab and I kept saying that the cost in low frequency response made an non-angled cab plus a tilt mechanism more logical? Still working on that, am getting very frustrated with unresponsive potential suppliers![/quote] Indeed you did, but I did make the point that the GK RB700 1x15 wedge combo I had worked fine for me. So if you fancied doing something with the same dimensions but lighter and more rigid, it would probably be good enough.

I haven't met Sian or Corrine yet. I'm open to offers from Abi though :blush:

I have an anodised pickguard on my Celinder P, its really durable and I love it. I don't understand why weren't standard on jazz basses too.

[i]"5 String USA Fender Precision in as new condition. This is a USA Deluxe edition." [/i] [i]"These basses were limited edition and are no longer in production. You can only get them in standard form and not deluxe." [/i]

[size=4]I can vouch for the Destroyers being a party-on-stage. Definitely worth catching, they're one of the best live soul bands I've ever seen. Bring your mates and family and be prepared to enjoy yourselves. [/size] [size=1]Do I get paid now, Rich?[/size]

lol! fighting over the remotes...

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='349389' date='Dec 9 2008, 09:25 AM']Generally the drummer needs to lock in with your out of time loop and they hate it[/quote] Yeah, well its simply not going to happen with ours. We tried getting him to play to a click when we recorded and he was so focused on staying with the click that his playing lost all its feel. That's kind of why I'd like something that I can adjust on the fly. Otherwise he has a habit of speeding up when he anticipates a more energetic part of the song coming up, like a chorus or bridge. Personally I think he just needs to practice with a click and get used to zoning in and out on it every few bars.

Would this mean you'd have to stop playing in order to fish the remote out of your pocket? Would the remote be IR or radio? If it was IR you'd need line of sight. But maybe it would be possible to achieve something using bluetooth...?

my eyes watered involuntarily when I saw that pic. Hope its salvagable Geoff but it looks very doubtful to me. If the headstock facing had been left undamaged, it could have been transplanted onto a new neck. If you can't send the bass back to George, then I'd be inclined to appeal to him to send over a headstock facing and get someone like Martin Petersen or Jon Shuker or Chris May (or anyone else who has a reputation for crafting good necks) to take care of the rest. The one thing George won't be able to guess before sending over a new neck is how to achieve a tight neck pocket fit.