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Congrats Gareth! Wouldn't mind the 30W head to go with my BF speakers Have you gigged it yet?

I found Elite flats to sound good on a fretless 4, not too dear, but that really is the full extent of my experience of strings on a fretless! There will be dozens of people along in a minute, have no fear...

I liked the song, put me in mind of PiL. They have their sound and arrangement very well sorted. And yes I thought the singer was a fella, but my excuse is that I was watching on the embedded YouTube window, with the quality set to 240 to avoid buffering delays. Honest.

Also Pangbourne I believe. All these basses had a pre-amp of some kind and/or an impedance transformer, to drive the low impedance balanced output.

[quote name='mr pablo' timestamp='1384618038' post='2278808'] These would be my dream basses.... better get saving [/quote] Suggest you buy a non-relic'd one and gig the hell out of it. I won't be selling mine in a hurry: [attachment=148551:VM4Front.jpg]

You should definitely try a German-built Sandberg! You pays yer money, you takes yer choice...

¡Vale Miki!

Vintage Trouble

Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign: Basically, AK backed by the Stax house band! EDIT - and anything by the Meters.

[quote name='Cestrian' timestamp='1384597254' post='2278467'] Stagg Amp - clearly I know nothing about amps [/quote] Welcome Cestrian! Get yourself down to the Basschat Marketplace - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/forum/20-amps-and-cabs-for-sale/"]Amps and Cabs For Sale[/url]

I have had good experience of Bare Knuckle [i]guitar[/i] pickups - they live up to the descriptions on the website.

Briefly, the head honcho at Rickenbacker threw a wobbly every time a copy or Ric-derived bass appeared for sale, threatening dire legal consequences. In the end the bods who run the site took the decision to prohibit the sale of Rics and/or copies across the board. Hence [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/209819-this-is-a-rickenbacker-free-marketplace/"]this[/url]. There is no problem with discussing Rics though, or lusting after photos of them if that's your thing.

@Truckstop - it all comes down to what you want to spend, but your best bang-for-buck would be something like a used Fender Hot Rod Deville/Deluxe - they are bloody loud, and rightly popular among working guitarists in pub and club bands. EDIT - Just belatedly read gjones'post, but still stick to what I said, get a 1x12 if you can!

All the best with that Chris! And don't ask me what I think of 'promoters'...

Hi Chris, really enjoyed that. Funny I was only playing (i.e. fumbling through) this a couple of days ago, as I discovered I had that GK&TP version and of course it's in the Jamerson book. Nice technique - I noticed you use 'sweep-fingering' to play those quick downward arpeggios. As regards analysis, there are also a couple of points at which JJ leads up to the root of a new chord by playing the notes immediately above and below it, in bars 1 to 6 of Choruses 1 and 3 (done 3 times in each). More power to both your elbows mate!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1384526377' post='2277756'] The named parties are who you should contact in the first instance if you need some HOT MOD ACTION. [/quote] Now [i]that[/i] would be a niche interest website!

Couldn't read your post so here it is only bigger! [quote name='tremblap' timestamp='1384526692' post='2277764'] [color=#000000][font=Helvetica][size=1][size=6]Dear all[/size][/size][/font][/color] [size=6][color=#000000][font=Helvetica]Tomorrow Saturday 16th is the release gig of Splice's second album at Kings Place, as part of the London Jazz Festival… for those of you who like your jazz with a twist of noise, grooves, ambient, electronics… quite improvised, I should say ;-)[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Helvetica]We have a discount list for all our gigs at Kings Place this Saturday: you can book over the phone or on-line at Kings Place by quoting 'Offer discount'. This is applicable to each show.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Helvetica][url="http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/loop-collective-at-kings-place"]http://www.kingsplac...-at-kings-place[/url][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Helvetica]See you there![/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Helvetica]pa[/font][/color][/size] [/quote]

[quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1384524872' post='2277722'] Millions of people like guitar solos. Bass solos are best left to the jazz scene where on average only 12 people will have to suffer them at one time... [/quote] Not sure I've ever seen that many people at a jazz gig, even if you count the band among that number

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1384455219' post='2276999'] Weren't these early ibanez? Disclaimer *the above statement may not be true* [/quote] I believe Cimar guitars were made in the Ibanez factory. Btw what do we think 'you will need look after the neck' means? Requires attention!?