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That is amazing customer service!

I saw a few clips of her on YouTube... I really liked her stuff. I heard she's got a solo album out.

I hope you still have that Trace I sold you... I bet they sound fantastic through it.

That is awesome! "I'm never going to buy another bass" What if you find a fretless maple in sunburst then?

[quote]Most Skylines arrive at the Lakland factory fully finished, except for electronics. Lakland luthiers inspect each bass and do refinements according to an incredibly thorough set-up procedure that ensures each bass has proper string alignment, neck relief, fretting, tuner installation integrity, etc. The Skylines are then installed with the same electronics as the US models (except for the 01 models which are shipped with Korean electronics.) No Skyline bass leaves the Lakland facility until it’s properly set up and in prime playing condition. We know the customer might not consciously notice it if the refinements weren’t done, but we believe that this incredible attention to detail is the reason most players consider [b]Lakland Skylines higher in quality than most mass produced American-made basses[/b].[/quote] Im my experience the QC does compare to US Fenders.

[quote name='Hanson' post='113453' date='Jan 4 2008, 12:00 PM']Sooo....What do WE think the Bass of the Future is going to be like??[/quote] I predict that in the future, bass guitars, guitars and drums would have formed into a hybrid species and after humans destroy themselves, they will inherit the earth.

I love the logic! As if it is impossible to make the fretboard any other width. Still, I wonder if people of the future will be laughing at how we think the future will be like.

I think somewhere in the region of 20 with my originals band... also the 1 covers gig for a church's Christmas show.

[quote name='OldGit' post='111936' date='Jan 1 2008, 07:46 PM']Network, yes but ... only once you have done everything you can to maximise your your stage show, entertainment level and professionalism. Generally speaking you only get one chance to impress people like that and if you can't be @rsed to work at it, why should they? It is 2 million times harder to get "the right people" to give you a second chance than a first chance so sorting yourselves out first is essential.[/quote] I suppose that is a very valid point, and I agree.

[quote name='OldGit' post='111604' date='Dec 31 2007, 07:25 PM']Being objctive is hard and getting good feedback is tough too as your mates won't want to tell you you are crap or your material is weak or you present it in a poor way. However if the evidence is there - ie no following - you need to ask them to be honest.[/quote] Exactly... I have a certain few people I know who have a deep passion for music and are musicians. I ask for their critique, what worked, what didn't work and I reallt value that information. People who don't critique more often than not don't really care enough to. People tell us that that we are good, and really go on about it, so I hope we are half-decent. But we know even after 3 years there's a lot to learn and a lot to try out. I was just talking to our bandleader about how much we've come since we've started. One thing which I would impress on any band starting out is to network, network, network. I feel that we didn't do this early enough and we're playing catch up for a band that has been going for a while now. Ways to improve our network is one of our key objectives as a band, i.e. impressing the right people, spreading our gigs and hopefully fan base to outside London via universities and whatnot.

Yeah! Mine are all girls names though.

[quote name='The Funk' post='111436' date='Dec 31 2007, 12:32 PM']I think the main problem is that we play places where you have to generate the entire audience yourself, so there's no chance to pick up any new people.[/quote] It's all about nicking all the other bands' audiences! lol But seriously, we play those sort of venues too. It is pretty hard sometimes, especially when the other bands either don't bring any people or even show up! Plug away at your mailing list, and you very well may bump into people who came to see someone else and like your style. Ideally, you'd want to join forces with bands in a similar vein to you. This away, people are more likely to like your stuff. I've experienced it, and it works! This is something I'm personally working on in 2008.

[quote name='The Funk' post='111290' date='Dec 31 2007, 06:03 AM']So far, nothing has worked for me. We are yet to have people come to our gigs who are not somehow connected to the band, either directly or indirectly.[/quote] That is the challenge. Fantastically, strangers have come back on a number of occasions which is a great feeling. But it is to try on capitalise on any of that which is crucial. It is hard to say what it will take for strangers to come back consistently. Obviously mailing list, etc. I guess other factors come into play. Like suggested before, a crowd mentality is important. A large audience can create a great atmosphere, and people may want to come back and re-live that experience.

For the Corvette I much prefer ash. The corvette shape is quite large, and bubinga is a dense wood meaning it's a bloody heavy bass! (For me at least). I know another bassist who thought the same and sold his. Also I see the Corvette as a one of the more versitile basses that Warwick make, and ash lends itself well to this view. I personally bought mine in ash even though I saved up for the bubinga version.

Although I own a Thumb and a Streamer, I miss my old Corvette, and TBH I prefer the shape and how it balances.

[quote name='anti-barbie' post='109507' date='Dec 26 2007, 03:15 PM']Aye, Splinters![/quote] Yeah... that's gonna hurt when one gets you!

As default, between the J/J pickups on my Jazz which is just about the same as in front of my front J on my Thumb. But obviously area of attack is important in tone, i.e. for harmonics over the bridge and right near the neck for some reggae, etc.

[quote name='David Nimrod' post='108158' date='Dec 22 2007, 02:31 PM']I remember BW (I was only there for a short while before the move to BC), and it *was* friendly, but smaller... Maybe the two are connected? Anyway, I think the thing is to be tolerant of peoples sometimes provocative views.[/quote] I think that too. I think that BC is much more easier to use and navigate than BW, so that encourages more people to post here. More people means more chance for conflict. Personally, I think this forum is still a pretty nice place to be. The moderators almost never use their powers to edit/close/etc, and it still feels like a community, which I prefer this forum to say TB.

Very nice... I agree with the sentiments regarding GAS.

Why hasn't mine come yet.

Tactics I like to use are those which have worked by bands on me: - Facebook. Now you can have musician pages, especially in London where Facebook is very popular, I think this will be a key promotional tool in the future. Also you can upload unlimited music, but do also have to upload a copy of ID. - Myspace is dying, but still in favour by some people. Bulletins are a nice way to send out mesages, without it being instrusive. - Mailing list is key! It is still a great way to keep in contact with fans wherever they are. A few weeks ago, we got a message back from someone who signed up during our Austria gigs. It helps you keep positive when you know people out there still like you. - General band flyers are good to hand out when they sign to the mailing list. It means they can check you out by their perogative later on. Something I have yet to fully try is to put on a band night with bands with similar influences and attract audiences that way. With my band it is more trickier than most. Our frontman loves Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan. But I notice a few bands out in the suburbs do have similar influences with a common blues ancestry in the form of Pink Floyd, and the like. Also, I really like those bands so it helps. OldGit, I may very well try out that "I saw you ad" in the local free morning London newspapers.

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='106753' date='Dec 19 2007, 10:12 PM']If 13 had to go this one would remain: [/quote] That is seriously nice!