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[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='1308297' date='Jul 18 2011, 07:33 PM']Alas other prior commitments mean that I can't make it again. Bugger. Pete.[/quote] Looks like I'll be away again this year - almost always off end of Sept into early Oct

I see Phil has announced the new location now Short walk to Twyford Station which just happens to be about 20 minutes from me - hooray! He told me that quite a lot of business had come from overseas customers who flew into Heathrow so he'll be really close for them. Also got a fair bit of business out of London, & Twyford is only about 40 minutes from Paddington (it's where I have to change to come home from town on the train) and should be under an hour driving from central London too Looking forward to the shop opening & hoping some of the 'relocation sale' stuff is still available He's just lent me a Tone Hammer 500 to try out against my Aguilar AG500 & Thunderfunk TFB550 - spent an hour or so this evening playing them back to back with a series of different basses. Great fun and the TH500 at £600 for such a good tone from a small package is pretty tempting. . .

The AG 500 comes with a handle designed for it to be stored vertically - I don't see how this can have caused a problem? If it is then I'd get on to the 'two Daves' at Aguilar and ask their opinion. In fact, I'd email them anyway and ask for some advice: Dave Avenius is usually pretty helpful [email protected]

Always quite fancied an old Ray but some of those old 'clubby' necks really put me off. Just spotted this one has a 'smaller jazz bass neck' I didn't even know such a thing existed on a Ray! Of course I have no idea about prices on old Rays - is £1,550 a good price or just general 'market value'?

I played a couple of Ritters earlier this year and was really impressed by the workmanship and feel of them. Unfortunately they weren't amped up so couldn't hear what they sounded like. Heard on the grapevine that there might be a UK distribution deal for Ritters coming soon which will actually see some in stock for demo purposes I saw via another site that the Smithsonian really does only have one bass currently in its collection. Some places said it was one of the very first made but their own site says it's a '55 / '56 model. Meanwhile they have about 30 different six stringers. . .

Looks like black wins despite a late rally from tweed

[quote name='JTUK' post='1316963' date='Jul 26 2011, 01:08 PM']Classic black DB series for me. Best looking cab around by miles, IMO. and not half bad sounding either..[/quote] Interesting to see Black is romping away with it so far. I'll own up that I bought Chocolate Thunder, with a matching coloured head, as a replacement for the Hot White. This was partially based on a recommendation from a bit of a 'name' player that said they looked cool as a full set but also because they just happened to pop up here for sale! The brown range looks really nice in the flesh but tough to say what I would have bought if I'd been given 'free rein' to choose any colour.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1316934' date='Jul 26 2011, 12:56 PM']White, of course. [/quote] Funnily enough that's the colour I just sold - looked very cool though

So I've recently swapped colours of an Aguilar DB112 rig and absolutely love the colour of my new ones. Meanwhile the person who bought the old ones also really likes them so we're both very happy Given that many speaker cabs are just plain old black I wondered how many people would prefer a different colour if given the choice? I'm not sure how many Aggie dealers actually stock anything other than black so maybe the others are custom orders only? Here's the current range anyway:

I remember reading a book that was really helpful in terms of how you 'think' about playing which basically said if you concentrate too hard and try to think about every note then you'r playing can become worse. It was more or less saying, as others have, that relaxing a little and trying not to over-think about everything can lead to a much more natural and organic feel to your playing. Really helped me to overcome some live performance barriers at the time

How about one of these: Or these: Love this product shot, lol: Sorry - forgot product links: [url="http://www.fretbase.com/blog/2010/06/the-heads-up-strap/"]http://www.fretbase.com/blog/2010/06/the-heads-up-strap/[/url] [url="http://www.neckheavy.com/index.html"]http://www.neckheavy.com/index.html[/url]

Not that far away from me & my new bass playing neighbour - maybe 80-90 mins I guess. Make sure you don't clash with SE Bash though.

Loz is yer man - currently has both

Sounds great, Pee Wee has a pretty impressive history. Pretty sure he was Van Morrison's main horn man and MD for quite a while as well as his stints with JB & Maceo etc.

Anyone watch the Hawkwind programme afterwards? I once monitor engineered for them at a gig - absolute hoot & they kicked some serious ass live!

[quote name='Sparky Mark' post='1313435' date='Jul 23 2011, 12:47 AM']As well as the Sansamp BDDI, you should also consider the Tech 21 VT Bass pedal. It's great for classic Ampeg blues and rock tones.[/quote] +1 to this - the VT pedal is really cool & the Deluxe version with foot switchable options is even cooler! [url="http://www.bassgear.co.uk/products-page/accessories/sansamp-bass-driver-deluxe-preamp/"]http://www.bassgear.co.uk/products-page/ac...-deluxe-preamp/[/url] Now that Phil has moved south he's probably not that far away if you want to try the various Sansamp Tech 21 pedals

Looks like a 'must watch/record' to me [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012p5vv"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012p5vv[/url]

I think he meant these ones: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CELESTION-300-WATT-RMS-BASS-BINS-Pair-/260819061503?pt=UK_ConElec_SpeakersPASystems_RL&hash=item3cba070aff#ht_500wt_1156"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CELESTION-300-WA...f#ht_500wt_1156[/url]

Check this little slice of rare groove: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uxQkqmXOjQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uxQkqmXOjQ[/url] No idea who they were but I did see a copy of this on 7" sold for $735 to a collector in Japan!