Roger2611

The only thing last nights show lacked was Huey Morgan strutting around throwing mugs at people! The Orwells were embarrassing but I thought The Killers new song was worse the rest of the acts were very uninspiring....I would agree with other comments on the thread this series has been disappointing.

I had a look at a couple of other vids she has done.....I can't play like that live or on YouTube and I have been doing it since before she were born!

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1383396842' post='2264014'] It's nothing like McCartney's Wal. [/quote] It's a bass guitar and it's made of wood.....that's the two most important elements covered if you want more proof that it's a dead ringer....then you are being tooooo picky I thought it was more a replica of the Cavern bass myself

Now bid up to £180, you could probably pick up 2 Peavey's and 4 Encores for that

[i]If you look at the second picture you can see the castors have started to sink into the concrete floor! [/i]

Hi Daniel, If you offer it for sale or trade the chances are that anyone who contacts you knowing you are not in the UK will probably have shipped a bass before so hopefully can guide you through the process. My first trade was with Steve (Bassman) from Greece, he helped and advised all the way through the process and although I was really worried about shipping such an expensive instrument overseas I would do it again. Good luck if you decide to sell

Just watching the Delicate Sound of Thunder gig on BBC4 I was lucky enough to see them at Docklands arena (on this tour I think) it was my first really big gig and it totally blew me away I couldn't believe a live band could sound so big. I had sort of forgotten just how good Floyd were

I have a few basses of varying prices but I find myself gigging in the covers band with a souped up Mike Dirnt Squire Precision....purely because it is pretty light, sounds great and most importantly totally suits the set we play....In the originals band I mostly play a ltd edition Warwick $$ Corvette, again just because it seems to suit what we play

Our new drummer has a top end Roland kit and uses an EV 2x12 powered monitor to deliver the sound, I have to say I prefer the acoustic kit, he is far more restrained on the electric kit as the drum head responses are not the same as the acoustic kit, it sounds ok and I think in a lot of smaller venues we will have to insist that he uses it (he is about as loud as Concorde on the acoustic kit!) I am wondering if some Perspex acoustic shields might make the acoustic kit useable in smaller venues

I would far sooner go for the Tokai version without a bolt on neck, they look like better value for money

Very much as above, I am not sure what you are offering and I don't like the automatic audio on page 2, I am using a laptop and the bass doesn't sound very good on it...not that I would expect any bass to! Offer some downloadable sound files that I can take away and listen to on a better sound system if your intention was to sell me something

I love the look of a Stingray 4 in white with a maple neck....it's just a shame I don't like the sound of them

I have unleashed the monster, long story short...car was in for some work last Saturday just half a mile from our local PMT..now I have been having lustful thoughts about the Rickenbacker Bass they had in stock...I thought kill two birds with one stone, drop the car off, walk to shop, buy bass, job done....Mrs2611 was ok with idea even though the bass was a good whack! Anyway that's where it all went wrong... PMT had sold the bass...on our slow trudge back to the car we came upon a snazzy furniture store which just happened to have a set of wardrobes that Mrs2611 took a real shine to....45 minutes later the Rickenbacker fund had suffered a rather large dent to it.....but it didn't end there..oh no the new wardrobes now make a set of draws redundant...so they are off to the tip, but space left can now be filled with a sofa bed....now on order....all I have to do now is redecorate both bedrooms before said items of furniture arrive.....Rickenbacker fund gone....now how much are those polish cloths I guess it is very much give and take....my good lady gets some stuff she wanted....next time I NEED a new bass...opposition shouldn't be too strong

[i]Oh go on then I will be controversial....I learnt from a technically brilliant bass player when I first started playing and then subsequently worked with another technically brilliant guitarist (he could play Sultans of Swing note for note) both had one thing in common they were both totally un-creative....they could not come up with a single riff without turning it into something already written...to me both were totally constrained by musical theory......other than root note knowledge I know no musical theory everything I write comes purely from feel. I played some of the stuff I am involved with writing to said bass player last week and he just said "that's what makes you a better bass player than me, you can create stuff" A fine compliment from someone I greatly respect but still sad in a way[/i]

It's a difficult one, I would hope the items would remain serviceable for at least 10 years after build and even then the manufacturer should be able to recommend an alternative if a part is no longer available.

I really cannot play the piano, even though my mum was a concert pianist...sorry mum, yet for some reason I often find working stuff out on a keyboard easier than doing it on a bass or guitar...go figure!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1381908866' post='2245134'] No. Not in the slightest. IMO even after allowing for the audio mangling done by YouTube or whatever other hosting service has applied to your files, all these clips will show is what the bass sounds like when played by the current owner through their rig and recorded using whatever equipment they have and then who knows what post-recording processing will have been applied. Even a YouTube video proves nothing. If I was a less than scrupulous seller I could record the audio using my best sounding bass and then mime along on the video on whatever PoS I was trying to flog. No-one could ever conclusively prove that it wasn't possible for me to get the bass in the video to sound like the recording. Interestingly it was Ed Friedland who made me realise the futility of relying on clip of other people playing basses as a guide to buying something for myself and expecting it to sound the same. I've owned several basses that Ed has demo'd (most notably the Lightwave Saber) and when I play them they sound nothing like his recordings. TBH I would have never bought the Lightwave if I'd heard his demo first because he made it sound pretty much like every other bass he tests and therefore I would't have discovered the unique sounds that I was able to get out of it. IMO the only sure way of knowing whether a bass will suit you sound-wise is to play it yourself through your rig and preferably in the context of your current musical project. [/quote] What he said

Something like a Laney DP150 or Trace Elliot AH150 and a Laney 4x10 cab should come in around the £300 mark, whilst the cab isn't exactly lightweight it is manageable and you could always add a 1x15 cab to the mix in time if you were playing bigger venues....just ask before buying as you will need to make sure the speaker cab ohm's are right for the amp head you buy

The Stranglers Golden Brown and anything else they wrote

I agree with the OP but for me picking up the guitar is again all about rhythm work, I have never had any desire to be a lead guitarist but love playing rhythm guitar and taking the rhythms back and forth between bass and guitar...I think it makes me better and more creative on both instruments

Another vote for the keep at least 1 fretless and 1 fretted option from me

I had a Washburn AB10 (in fact 2 Washburn AB10's) both had virtually no output from the E string, PMT said there was definitely a problem with both bases (but unfortunately didn't say what the problem was) I replaced it with a Washburn AB5 which had an even output across all the strings...so by the looks of things it may not be uncommon on a cheaper acoustic bass to have issues with volume levels across the strings

[quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1381073440' post='2234002'] I've always assumed that the type and placement of pickups are the only thing intrinsic to how a particular bass sounds. Strings have a impact on the sound, as flkatwounds clearly sound different to round wounds, but that isn't an intrinsic part if the bass itself. All the stuff about different woods or body shapes sounding noticably different is bollocks in my humble opinion, at least on solid body basses. For example, my Hondo Rick clone sounds indistinguishable from the real Rick I played in a shop last week, and the Hondo is plywood! [/quote] I would have to disagree, the bass you sold me has a sound that I cannot get out of any of my other basses a real glassy piano type sound, it just seems to have a "different" sound which I think has to be down to the construction, the size and mass of the bridge and the size of the bass itself, when I tried the genuine article I think it had a less pronounced version of the same sound

The only guitar I have ever brought that was perfect out of the box was a bottom of the range Tokai ALS48 Les Paul even my American Strat needed a minor saddle adjustment to get the best out of it but after that it was a fantastic guitar