Maude

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1435423508' post='2808679'] And...on sticks....Dave Grohl....! [/quote] Ba dum, tshhh!

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1435401933' post='2808418'] Wow, 20 replies and I still have no idea what song anyone is talking about. [/quote] You and everyone else, apparently no one knows

I used to play it on a standard four string with the e dropped to c. Got the tone absolutely nailed and didn't find a problem with the c string. At a large beer festival (1500 people or so) a chap comes up to me in the break saying he's never heard another band get the bass spot on so it must've sounded alright. Saying that, there were 270 different beers to choose from so what state his brain was in, no one knows.

I didn't get mine, booo.

I've just put an order in for a PJ four string, don't even know why I want it but it will become a project. I had some other small stuff in my basket and the PJ made it worth ordering. I'll see if the email comes

I think the loss leader thing does work online, as long as the seller is charging postage in the way that Thomann do. £30 for the strings, then add the flat rate postage, suddenly not massively cheaper than elsewhere, unless you pop a couple other things in your order to make it worthwhile, oh hang on I've just spent a load more than I planned to.

There's a Hofner Shorty on ebay at the mo, £90 buy it now, £9.50 postage.

Good old Basschat comes up trumps again. Less than twenty minutes and I'm sorted.

Morning folks. Does anyone know a good amp tech in the Plymouth/Saltash/Liskeard area? I have an Ashdown bass head that keeps popping the little glass fuse. Many thanks.

Great choice of colour. I am about to refinish a fretless P and had narrowed it down to that Fiat mint green or Mini Ice Blue (duck egg blue). It just so happens I have a Mini to paint in that blue next week so my choice was made for me, but now I'll see yours finished in the Fiat green and doubt myself.

The stage gets slippery if there's nothing to soak up the dribble.

^^ this is true, but I'll happily give up my job and settle on only being in Muse for the rest of my career.

I have a tendency to do fills in time with the snare fills, not all the time but when I feel it fits. It just adds that something to the drum fill, reinforcing it but not that noticeable as a bass fill.

It happens. I feel the live tone I get is better from my cheap Aria jazz copy than my American Fender jazz, mainly because I don't own an American Fender jazz.

Keep this thread updated please Coldflows. I'd love to see this bass back up and running and being used again.

Top tip. If you give it a quick rub with 80 grit or similar first just to break the surface then the nitromors will lift the paint quicker. Obviously don't sand enough to scratch the wood, just scratch up the surface so the stripper can get in there.

Used to do a cover of 'Under my wheels' many moons ago, always good fun.

Well I have to say the suitcase lived up to expectations, exceeded them even. Such a lovely clear articulate sound. Made my bass sound the best it ever has. I'm one very happy bunny

What if it plays like 'I can't believe it's not butter'? Is that good or bad?

I have probably completely missed the point to this saying, but what the hell does 'plays like butter' mean? Surely butter is the last thing you'd want a bass to play like, soft and claggy and leaves your hands in a right mess. I've never played a bass and thought, I wish this felt more like a big lump of butter. Enlighten me

All good in the end That is one sexy looking bass, one of two basses I lust after, the other being a Dano Longhorn. I've done well to resist this far but pictures like that aren't helping. Glad you're enjoying it.

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1431249999' post='2769110'] It's such a shame that so many people, bass players included, have no idea how good Yamaha bass guitars are. So many times comments like 'oh, it's a Yamaha'...... [/quote] I have exactly this with my Bex4, in tobacco burst it looks amazing, when people see it it's all, "ooh what's that, it's gorgeous? " and then it's all " oh it's a Yamaha ". It looks, sounds and plays amazing and it will never leave me so I don't care if it's not elitist enough for some.

I realise this isn't the amp and cabs section but I've bought this amp primarily because of their good rep for use with doublebass. I've got a second hand, but like new, PJB Suitcase and 4b extension cab. Had a little play at home and it sounds lovely, just can't give it a full workout until rehearsal on Thursday. Can't wait The amp has been gigged seven times and the cab once apparently so really is in excellent condition, even got the speaker lead which is about an inch thick and in a blue satin line box. I feel like a child waiting for Christmas, waiting for Thursday to come round.

[quote name='anDy LAKIN' timestamp='1431290262' post='2769743'] i would also like to add that if you have a loose pp3 battery in your bag it is a very good idea to a bit of non insulating tape over the ends as there is a small chance they could come into contact with metal and may cause a small fire or damage to stuff [/quote] Just to show I'm trying to fit in on this forum I'll take my turn at wearing the pedantic tw@t hat. Putting insulating tape over the terminals would be more advisable than using the suggested 'non insulting'. Right, someone elses turn to wear the PT hat.

I use a Hidersine one, when I was looking the features and padding thickness were comparable to bags three times the price. I've had it a couple of years now using it weekly and it has no wear on it, handles are strong and the stitching solid. Opens like most, from about four o'clock round to about eleven, if you see what I mean. Available for about 50-60 quid.