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[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1361120146' post='1981335'] I would agree with both of those statements - the smoking ban has had a negative effect as well...! [/quote] On business, yes. On musicians, less so. At least my cabinets and cases won't stink of fag smoke, and I'm less likely to die like Roy Castle (RIP) did...

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' timestamp='1360749134' post='1975658'] A plonk ? A root ? [/quote] A "Plonk" is what I instinctively thought when I read the title..

Add Ibanez to your list

[quote name='dougal' timestamp='1360794540' post='1976780'] [/quote] *People not to scale...

Aah! How many frets do the bolt-ons have? 24, right? Maybe it IS the neck-thru models that dive. I've played a 4,5 and 6. Gets worse as you add strings...

[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1360866893' post='1977685'] 5'10" and 11st for me, so pretty much UK standard I'd guess. I do have big hands but that's just about it. [/quote] Same height, but I'm 24lbs heavier. Small hands (according to a guitarist friend). I don't own a Thumb, but do have a 26 fret Infinity SN4. It balances OK, but does throw that first fret a bit further away than you'd expect. Can't be doing with Thumbs at all. Great tone, construction, etc. etc. But most dive due to the short top horn and fall off of my thigh due to the small lower horn. I also own a Streamer LX 6 and Fortress Masterman5, so I'm not exactly anti- Warwick...

[quote name='Rasta' timestamp='1360825658' post='1976990'] Many people overlook the Fortess, not sure why, but they're a bargain often on here...I love mine (apart from the bogie green colour) [/quote] Best balanced bass they ever made. Proper lower horn so it doesn't throw itself off of your lap No strange spatial relationships between neck/top horn/body that throw the first fret out of reach of all but Gibbons (the monkey, not Billy!) Not generally too heavy They even made several pick-up configurations, too: P/J 4 J/J 4 J/J 5 JJ4 (Masterman) JJ5 (Masterman) J/JJ 4 passive (Flashback) J/JJ 5 passive (Flashback) Can't recall if they did a Pro "M" like the Streamer. Don't think so.. The only way they could've been better would be adding the concave back from the Streamer.

Ibanez ATK?

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1360584446' post='1972595'] Brilliant! I'm about to do exactly the same myself inspired by Mcnash's (and now your own) excellent results. Trouble is, I can't get away from that Capri orange colour either! Trying to convince myself that I should pick a different shade, but I keep coming back to the orange... [/quote] Graffiti Yellow! But it's GOT to have black hardware and either a B/W/B 3 ply or W/B/W 3 ply scratchplate...

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1360491700' post='1971047'] Or a bongo! [/quote] Yes. Or a Bongo. Excellent instruments. Well, all the ones I've played were. BIG, BIG sound and plenty of tonal options in both HH and HS models

Doesn't work with Opera...

The bog-standard Marshall two-switch ones work on my old AH300smx and Ampeg SVP-Pro. If you can borrow a guitarist's unit, try it. They're only £20 or so.

We did it for our guitarist's wedding. Playing originals Was a good laugh, and everyone seemed to enjoy it.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1360506893' post='1971343'] It's been done to death, man. It's fair to say that most people (including me) frown upon it, but it's not going to go away. I made a flowchart to help people along: [attachment=127205:flow.gif] [/quote] You forgot the "Do I actually like it?" bit...

Yup. Me too. 1st and last visit on my birthday last year. My wife was appalled at the non-existent service . I was just kind of unsurprised in a resigned sort of way. Suppose we should be grateful that they let us in at all. God I miss the Wapping Bass Centre. Grant and Nick used to simply drain my wallet/bank account/s, and if it ever went wrong, Chris would fix it in a jiffy.

Super picture. But I do quite like the Ig.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1360442656' post='1970619'] Do you mean to say it can sound like a StingRay, or that it will fulfil the Ray's functionality? Or? That, and did you really have to say that just two (2) days after I received my expensive Ray 5 fretless? best, bert [/quote] Well... Close enough. Yes, and more. The last time I used it live, I used the headliner's rig (thanks!) He had a 'Ray 5 and had a tone-envy-related sulk. Sorry. And.. It still has frets in it, so you're safe. For now... I'm not overly fond of fretless bass guitar. Next stop? EUB.

And Status necks ain't bad, either...

Ibanez Vigier Rickenbacker

Can only see a still of the video... Is it Roger Glover? Looks like him. If so, it'll be his signature Vigier Excess (as previously mentioned)

I sold my fretless 'Ray 5 and Ibanez SRX700 and Zoot Chaser. I bought a second-hand Warwick Fortress Masterman 5 on here. MEC j/j humbucker in the "correct" place, and a control section that consists of: Volume Pan - between coils Bass/treble for neck coil Bass/treble for bridge coil It's superb. Only catches are the fact that it eats batteries twice as fast, And the pickup hum-cancels progressively less as you pan away from centre. Otherwise, heartily recommended. If you can find one. It's stoopid-price custom shoppe or sensible price second-hand only, I'm afraid...

Change instrument. Upright, Fretless, More Strings, Less Strings, and approach tunes from a different angle. Jam along to mp3s and improvise/harmonise against the original melody/harmony and bassline. Works even better with songs you thought you knew...

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1360264178' post='1967809'] Love the masses of stacked pots idea [/quote] Shamelessly nicked from my Warwick Fortress Masterman... That has 2x2 band eq, pan and vol. All in 3 double stacks...

Or go mad, and have: Master volume, Pan Stacked bass/treble for the P pickup Stacked bass/treble for the MM pickup Series/parallel/single coil switch for the MM... That gives you plenty of sounds. Hard part is where to position the MM? More or less where it should be, or further back so the rear coil in s/c mode gives you a good P/J approximation? A bladed unit (Bartolini) would prevent there from being polepiece alignment issues if you put it somewhere unconventional.

I guess it depends upon what you're offered, where you are in your music career, and if you can find the best contract lawyer in the known universe to analyze your deal...