BassTractor

[quote name='DiMarco' timestamp='1359305171' post='1952779'] Today I fixed what Fender should have. [/quote] What stuff is that, Marco? Copper/alu tape? It looks like it's easy to apply. That, or you're a master. Garoets, bert

[quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1359229227' post='1952003'] Your reply is pretty weird! [/quote] Intelligent people get that a lot. I found his reply witty and to the point. best, bert

Hey Romulus, Smart move. Welcome to BC. I'm sure many here will try and help you to help her, and succeed. Pick our collective brain and it won't hurt so much. Good luck, and enjoy! best, bert

Hey Xray, Welcome! Both to BC and to the Wise Fools Club. Personally, I'm happy you're only a part-time worship bassist. 40 hours a week could be a bit much even for bassist worshippers. God, Art, Surfing? You've got GAS! Enjoy! best, bert

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1359126764' post='1950303'] Sounds like Tesco to me. [/quote] Damn you! I was sooo looking forward to writing that! best, bert

Hey Tim, Welcome! Great user name, but I'm most in awe of your avatar. You'll find that a lot of bassists here started out on - or still play - the guitar, so there's company to be had here. Not me though: I'm a classical organist and (com)poser. Are you an experienced guitarist then? Any trouble with the thicker strings and wider spacing? Anyway, Enjoy the forum and its banter! best, bert

Wayne! Why ruin what could have been a perfectly joyful, intriguing thread?? . . [b][i]Why?[/i][/b] best, bert

Hey, Wilson born 1923, Welcome! The interwebs seem to tell me this is a custom option, and indeed rare. Enjoy the site if you're staying bantering. best, bert

For those who haven't seen it yet: . . LOL @ "[size=4][b]milk it![/b][/size]" best, bert

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1359067338' post='1949540'] I've used Real Electronics [/quote] Yeah, they're unreal! Good to see ya back, G! b, b

Yes, seriously: if you do nothing to change the sound, you'll already have tubey, fatty sound. From there, EQ all you like, as it never becomes modern and Hi-Fi. Change the tubes mainly for different gain levels. Right now I'm having fun with a new Qsiure CV '50s P with factory strings (easy on the fingers, but seem deadish), and with a sad face on the EQ (though admittedly the sad face is hard to see with those round knobs - and so few of them too!) In addition, I'm very active at moving my playing hand between the neck and the bridge to press out some treble occasionally. Enjoy your new amp! best, bert

[quote name='WhoNeedsYou' timestamp='1359048337' post='1949051'] That actually read back like I didnt give a sh*t about joining the forum [/quote] Nah. More like relaxed and humorous if you ask me. Oh, you didn't ask. Anyway, best, bert

Nonsence! In all my life, I've [b]never ever[/b] made a mitsake, so why should those company's be any werse? Same goes for everyone complayning about these company's. Perfec people! best, bert

Hey Lazy, Welcome to BC! Realise though that "lazy bassist" is a pleonasm (though bassists are only 16.67% lazy when playing a five-stringer). Enjoy the banter and the site's vast base of information. Don't be too lazy to partake now. best, bert

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1358977421' post='1948109'] BTW I am actually older than our drummer's mother, but do I care? No I rather like it. [/quote] I don't get that. I'm older than your drummer's mother too, but it leaves me cold. Morsefull, I think you first and foremost need to be old and know it - without any form of excuse or embarrassment. Your strength and character will translate. best, bert

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1358969353' post='1947925'] Jazz from Hell for Bilbo I think Though I am still the only person I know who liked it. [/quote] You should get to know me then. I lurv it. best, bert

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1358932250' post='1947120'] I think that's why most of us seem to be saying it's both. [/quote] Indeed, happily most seem to say that. Not all though. best, bert

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1358935414' post='1947169'] If you're interested in developing more sophisticated chord changes I would recommend the following exercise: write three separate melodies - leave them without chords at first. Arrange them on the computer and have a think about the order. Leave it for a day then come back to the material and start fitting chords to the melodies. Do this three times - with different chords so you three different versions. Do this on separate days. Go back and spend several hours listening to what you've produced. You will often find that poor or uninteresting harmoniy choices immediately stimulate and prompt better choices on the first listening back. Finally spend time editing it together and don't worry about whether you can play it or not because you can spend timing learning it later. [/quote] Mighty cool! I specially like the important "separate days" part. I'll send my Seal Of Approval through snail mail, as I can't stick it on the thread from here. best, bert

You'll find very few people here who own one, I fear. I have one, but haven't heard it, as it has been on loan from new. But as I fear you will hardly get an informed response, here is all I know - which isn't much. A bassist who tried it at my friend's house was wildly enthusiastic about it, and wanted one for himself. I don't know that bassist, so this is the tiniest of contribution. Another thing to note is that the "Effects" and "Comp" (I assume this is a built in compressor) are footswitchable with a double switch with stereo jack. At Thomann that thing costs £10.43. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/lead_foot_fs2.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...ad_foot_fs2.htm[/url] . Cable only 3.5 meters though. Bought one locally with 6 meter cable. FWIW, I bought the combo on the strength of my often mentioned Beta Aivin 35W combo (identical to [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbw35.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...enton_hbw35.htm[/url] ), which in my humble opinion tackles everything from fretless mwaah to slapping with "bravour", and which I far prefer above a 30W Roland Cube at double the price. That is all I know. Still hope you get a better answer. Edit: NO, I know a lot more! I also know that the user manual stinks. It tells you how to change the parameters of the built-in effects, but doesn't tell you exactly which parameters are available, or even how many parameters there are. So if you want to use them, you'll have to experiment and listen. best, bert

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1358881356' post='1946544'] I always try to buy through my local shops[/quote] Me too, and I gladly pay 25% more, but only if they do their job well. But as to large online bass dealers, the original question, my experience with the following has been perfect or more than perfect: Andertons GAK Gear4Music Thomann [quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1358881356' post='1946544'] an "immaculate" Epiphone SG with a cracked neck and both pickups disconnected [/quote] For an Epi, that was indeed immaculate. Wow. Count yourself lucky! best, bert

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1358880039' post='1946512'] You're not really Will Shakespeare .. you're Kit Marlowe in disguise. Either that or the Earl of Oxford. Or someone else. [/quote] At the risk of not being completely OT, and OT instead: He's someone else, or rather, someones elses: he's William Stanley, Earl of Derby AND Francis Bacon. Everybody knows that. "Follow the code." best, bert

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1358871440' post='1946337'] [/quote] You couldn't have welcomed him a little sooner? ... ... ... ... Oh, I see, You weren't here yet back then. Welcome to 2013, Blackparkas. best, bert

Hey Lamont, Welcome! You'll find this is mostly a very friendly place, and one that welcomes questions. There's also the possibility to search the diverse sections and fora, so it's all up to you. I'd say: dive into the banter and be happy. I recognise the french horn bit. As an organist, I aptly concluded that neither the pipe organ nor the harpsichord, let alone the spinet, virginal and clavichord, were gonna set my rock career in stone. Your B2A, would that be a Hohner? My Hohner is a B2B, I think, and I seem to remember the B2A is the active version. Correct? Anyway, enjoy the banter! best, bert

Hark! Whom have we heare now thenne? Welcome, William, to the Bass Lute Inne. Come forth, I say! there's other business for thee: Come, thou tortoise guard! Fine apparition! My quaint William. Hark in thine ear. Enjoye! All ye beste, Malvolio