Roger2611

Very much as above, I am a P bass man but I like to "road test" some different basses, next on my list is a Yamaha BB 1024 or 2024, my only worry is that I might like it too much which would then bring into question whether I keep all of the P basses. I have no kids and a very small mortgage so I am lucky I can afford to rent a few basses that I fancy

Providing you have the standard precision pick up shape, the SD will fit but you may end up having to enlarge the scratch plate cut out a little as, from experience, no replacement pickup will be a guarenteed fit

I can't remember neck dive being a huge problem with mine, I will have to check the brochure to see if it was available in Sunburst, I have a feeling they were Graphite, Red or Black but I stand corrected

I assume the chap knows nothing about guitar colours! I used to own one of these, it was a surprisingly good bass especially for the money they were new, mine was in exactly the same "sunburst" or Graphite finish! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hamer-Bass-Guitar-XT-Series-Sunburst-F-T-/151272668331?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item23388dbcab"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item23388dbcab[/url]

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1396455530' post='2413901'] As far as songs go I leave it up to the guitarist and singer. Too many bands where the setlist has caused enough problems to spend anymore time discussing what to play. Tell me what to play. I'll learn it and play it. Job done. [/quote] Surely you must draw the line somewhere? We are a punky / indie covers band, when the vocalist started pushing to do "Moves Like Jagger" I threatened to walk....safe to say Moves Like Jagger is not going to be in the set anytime soon

Welcome to the human race? It's Elo and Mr Blue Sky. Ok my go "And I'm sitting in the kitchen sink" next line, artist and title too please

I doubt he will get into any heaven if he is going to continue "playing" and "singing" I am sure even God would have to draw the line somewhere

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1396089134' post='2409783'] Of course you are right. In my youth, venues handled their own ticket sales, or (somewhat straining my memory here) you could get them from some of the independent record shops. I'm not certain whether these shops charged a fee on top of the face value, I think they took their commission out of the face value, or else acted as agents in return for the increased footfall. Ticket-selling then was mainly a local activity, whereas now the Internet has made it global. To me, the worst of it is the lack of any serious attempt to enforce anti-touting measures. A venue is not going to implement any system that slows down punters coming through the door and flocking to the bar to buy overpriced beer in flimsy plastic glasses. I believe Glastonbury has an effective system, although I've never been. I wouldn't mind so much failing to get a ticket if I were 'competing' against other genuine potential gig-goers; in fact the competition is with loads of people buying simply to make an instant mark-up. A while back I tried to buy tickets for a one-off small gig by Robert Plant. I knew my chances were slim so I wasn't too surprised when I didn't get any. I went on eBay straight away, and sure enough immediately found a listing for a pair of tickets at twice the face value. The listing was quite lengthy and detailed, so the seller had obviously prepared it beforehand, then started it running once they'd obtained tickets. People can now become touts in the comfort of their own home! I didn't buy the tickets btw, but they went pretty quickly. Unfortunately, the chances are slim for any legislation (or even a worthwhile industry code) to address online touting. The present government will not do anything to restrict the 'free market' (never mind that it is in fact being distorted) and the industry players are doing quite nicely thank you very much. [/quote] I fully agree I see the "Rumours" line up of Fleetwood Mac are touring North America this year......They are the one band Mrs2611 would love to see, I know full well if they do come over here the greedy scumbag touts will see to it that it will be unaffordable to go.......I will start my guess at £140.00 each for tickets and once the oinking touts get in there I can see them being upwards of £500.00 a pop.......even at the start price I very much doubt we would be going

I assume it is aimed at those who haven't figured whether they play left or right handed yet......I am sure it won't have a rather limited market then!

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So If I brought the best amplifier in the world would Kylie actually appear in my living room or would my ears see her only....now I am really confused

I don't know if it is just me but, i read the description, then had to go and flush my head down the toilet! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Custom-Shop-Jazz-Bass-70s-Guitar-/271434724320?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3f32c533e0"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Custom-Shop-Jazz-Bass-70s-Guitar-/271434724320?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3f32c533e0[/url]

I think I will give it a wide berth!

I have a feeling it is a 301, I am not sure that colour was available on the 310's but I could be wrong

Tanglewood's are OK, I had a Precision copy some years back.....not very exciting but did the job

Definitely active, exactly the same knobs and switches as my Thunder III

Looks quite cool through....now I wonder if it will work with the last gaming thingy I brought....a mega drive!

[quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1395392723' post='2401857'] Megan Fox. [/quote] I like your thinking sir, but for me another vote for Pino.......I wonder if he has thought of going in to teaching, from the comments above he wouldn't be short of work

The Cure's Close To Me or Love Cats would have to be contenders

Hi guys, I recently picked up a Hiwatt Hi-Gain 100 for a price it would have been rude to refuse, I always wanted another valve head for bass and thought this would do the job....it is not quite there though, I am struggling to get enough volume from it before it start distorting too much, I assume that is because it is the hi-gain version....could I re-valve the head to lower the gain channels and get more headroom? And could I change anything to make it a little more bassy? Cheers Rog

I find myself in exactly the same position with table tennis at the moment, I am hugely frustrated because I am fiercely competitive and am not as good as I think I should be....I want to give up but I don't want to admit defeat...so I guess it is small steps....I played last night and got beat heavily again but.....I know I played better than last week. I guess what I am trying to say is, give up if you really want to but if it is frustration because you are not as far along as you think you should be that is getting you down just keep playing, go back to what you can't do now in a couple of months and see if you have moved closer to it...it's looking for those little steps and they will come with practice

I think the Stageclix system is not far out of your budget, it's digital so no worry about licenses again as it's digital no loss of the lowest frequencies and they are supposed to be indestructible.....the only thing to be aware of is with active bases you may have to run a small link cable to move the transmitter away from the bass (I built a short lead myself which works perfectly)

I think your fret noise is being caused by your hand being in the wrong position, when you play with a pick the edge of the pick clips the string up and down, your fingers should be doing the same thing.....if your hand position is wrong you will tend to hit the string towards the fret causing the unpleasant noise. I was predominantly a pick player for exactly that reason but I seem to have refined my technique to eliminate the fret slap nowadays

I think it is a good relic.....I imagine this is exactly what my bass would look like if I suffered a sudden unexplained pants fire mid gig