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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!

I'd buy from the States - plenty of dealers will 'quietly' ship CS basses to the UK for way less than this, at least £1,000 cheaper (even after taxes & duties!). Officially they are all banned by Fender from selling new basses outside of the USA but quite a few of them have 'ex-demo' or 'used' stock they will sell

Nice story Nick - As a recent convert to trusty old P basses I can see why this one is special for you. I used to drive past Don Mackrill's all the time and often stopped outside to peer through the window (it was usually a Sunday & they were always closed!). Often had something interesting in the window & always some great saxes

[quote name='JTUK' post='1306983' date='Jul 17 2011, 07:37 PM']If you only want to take one cab, then it has to be the 210 for a quiet gig. A 15" on its own is a terrible cab, 99% of the time, unless it has a horn, IMO.[/quote] The Bag End 1x15's are amazing, definitely a standalone 'gigging' cab

Bought an Aguilar rig from Nick yesterday and had a good old natter about all things bass as well. Seriously nice guy and a fantastic person to deal with

For my last similar gig I took a 1x15 and a 1x10. Tried them both and the sound was quite boomy, this was a room issue more than anything with the cabs. Tried the 15 on it's own and still a bit over-powering so switched to just the 10 on its own and it sounded great Easily loud enough and sat perfectly in the mix of a 7 piece soul/funk band.

[quote name='kingofthestuntmen' post='1306565' date='Jul 17 2011, 12:18 PM']I had a quick (unamplified) play and, apart from the [b]uncomfortably high action[/b], all seemed well.[/quote] Might be worth taking an allen key to see if the trussrod is functioning OK - fixable if it isn't but a pain & a fair bit of cost if it's knackered

Obviously depends on a whole stack of stuff - not least whether it's 'playable' or not! Lowest price I've seen a, mostly original, late '70's P sell for on EBay was about £950. Did you get a chance to check if the neck was true and could he guarantee that all the electrics worked OK? Worst case scenario is that it's a genuine Fender neck but everything else is replacement (which would obviously massively reduce the value). Best case is that it's all original, in which case it's gonna be worth up to £1500+ (I've seen them go for more than this if there's something particularly 'desirable' about them).

I get a near unlimited free supply of Mars bars (and most other Mars products) - should I set up a shop here if there's enough demand?

I have a few sets of twins (but none identical!): 1963 & 1972 Fender Precisions in sunburst (soon to become triplets with a '64 on its way) 1978 & 2010 Fender Jazzes in chrome blue & olympic white 1986 & 2010 Fodera Monarchs in zebrano & yin yang finish A pair of Celinder J's, one is 90's vintage shape in sunburst and the other is a a newer J update in trans red I really need tog et the camera out now don't I!

My '78 J has a set of these - sounds like an 'active' bass without actually having an active pre

The '71J deal has just fallen through However, the '64P is completed I was going to get it finished over in the USA but might get it over here first & then decide. It doesn't have a pickguard so I have lots of choice! Sunburst is probably the only option that's out as both my '63 & '71 P's are that colour already.