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As the owner of 3 Fender basses, plus a Stingray 5 I do kind of agree with this. I think most so called super jazzes or whatever are just essentially a jazz with a fancy facing wood, and boutique pickups and a preamp. The aged ash body on my US Marcus Miller looks stunning, and I can get any sound I want from it. How many threads do you see asking "I've got a (insert name) and don't like the preamp, or I don't like the pickups, can anyone recommend a new (very expensive) replacement. Look on Bass direct's website and you'll see loads of ridiculously expensive basses, and even more ridiculously priced pre's and pickups, all boasting about how they'll improve your sound. Then look on the internet and see how many 'name' players, and working pro's are playing these basses. I think the thing people miss, is that you'll pretty much sound like you regardless.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1372181640' post='2122591'] Fact - bowing is unfeasibly cool [/quote] I was watching Tony Levin bowing his NS CR4 with Peter Gabriel, and totally agree, it is very cool .

[quote name='fatgoogle' timestamp='1372181347' post='2122585'] Youll need a few lessons anyway. My first real bow was a carbon fiber French bow from yita music on ebay. I think it was £120 and i still have it. Very good bow for the price. [/quote] Hi, Thanks, I'll look into one of those. I didn't realise how expensive they could be !!!!!!!! Lessons are in hand, hopefully one of my tutors at college.

[quote name='ubassman' timestamp='1372177664' post='2122537'] Depends on your budget ! [/quote] Hi, I don't want to pay a fortune for one, but I don't want to buy something and find that it's not very good . I'm a music student so I do get a discount from some places. I've never bowed a bass before, though I have played a double bass a bit in the past, I borrowed one for a couple of months a few years ago. I'm hoping to maybe get some gigs with the EUB, but the bow is mainly (at the moment) for recording purposes.

[quote name='FLoydElgar' timestamp='1372175378' post='2122488'] carbon fibre over any cheap bow... and get some lessons.... [/quote] I was planning on lessons, there's a guy at uni who's predominantly a double bassist, I was gonna ask him. Any suggestions on the carbon fibre bow please ?

[quote name='fatgoogle' timestamp='1372168589' post='2122393'] Bows are very personal things so best to try some out. Whats your budget? French or German? Is there enough room on a NS to bow? Just googled some pictures and the radius looks very flat and the space between body and fingerboard looks very small to et any real movement. [/quote] Hi, Thanks for replying . That's the thing, I thought a bow was a bow ! It's only today when I started looking I see there're French ones, German etc. I really have no idea what to go for. I think people bow them. [attachment=137683:Echo-tony.jpg]

I'm getting an NS NXT 5 string EUB is couple of weeks or so. Can anyone recommend a decent bow to go with it please ?

[quote name='SimonEdward' timestamp='1372009738' post='2120615'] I think there should be one rule on this thread.. which is, don't post a link to your 'Soundcloud' unless you've listened to and posted a message about the previous posters offering (?) .. just an idea? this may have been done somewhere else before?? Anyway, I got lucky.. because Ian's sound/genre is right up my street (ambient/chill-out).. and I'm now a 'follower' - not in any weird kind of way you understand.. If I was being hyper critical, I would like to hear more 'Bass playing'.. but that's it.. all good! So.. here's mine.. [url="https://soundcloud.com/simon-edward"]https://soundcloud.com/simon-edward[/url] [/quote] Hi Simon, Thanks ! I love your retro-harmonics song, nice man ! I only have fretted basses, and they don't really suit what I'm doing, but I'm getting an electric upright bass in a few weeks, so hopefully there'll be some 'real' bass soon. I'd like a fretless too sometime in the near future.

Here's mine [url="https://soundcloud.com/plasticart"]https://soundcloud.com/plasticart[/url]

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1371974795' post='2120125'] The only lead I've ever had fail on me was a Planet Waves one. Tiny sample size, not very scientific but enough to make me never want one again. OBBM 4 LIFE. [/quote] It hasn't failed, it's actually quite a well made cable. It's the tip that's the problem. It's as long from the black ring to the tip as the other lead, but the waist bit (don't know what to call it ), is longer and narrower, so the spring bit inside the jack socket isn't making contact properly.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1371927050' post='2119774'] Yep. Although the diameter of the shaft is pretty much standardised, the tip shape varies across different manufacturers plugs. I've used 'posh' cables in the past but they've nearly always caused problems - only cables I use now have Neutrik connectors as standard because I've found they always work. [/quote] I'm ordering one with Neutrik connectors. I gotta say, I thought a jack was a jack was a jack .

I've got 7 basses and I'm planning on buying 2 more this summer, so I vote keep them all . I have fond memories of basses that I've sold and wish that I hadn't. A pre EB Stingray is close to top of my list of 'some day I will own' basses, together with a '77 Jazz and a '60's Precision.

Well what a load of rubbish ! Here's a thread I posted earlier - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/210638-yamaha-trb6-p-bass-input-jack/"]http://basschat.co.u...ass-input-jack/[/url] I went to all the bother of changing the barrel jack socket on my beloved TRB6P, only to encounter the same problem. I've noticed on some of my other basses that a slight movement of the jack plug causes the signal to drop out. Tonight out of desperation I thought, well I'll try a different cable and it was fine, only problem is that cable is only 1.5 metres long. Sorry about the poor photos, but you can maybe make out the different shapes of the tips of the two cables ? The guitar cable is the one on the right hand side. [attachment=137434:Photo on 22-06-2013 at 00.41.jpg] The guitar cable's tip is narrower and shorter at the end, probably explaining the poor contact with the inside of the jack socket.

Ignore this and see my other thread !

Thanks , it's definitely just the input jack though. I've read that it's a common problem with this type of socket. The jack socket is attached to the preamp by wires, so I don't think moving the jack plug from side to side would have any effect on the preamp.

My 22 year old much loved TRB6-P bass developed a problem with the input jack. I bought a new Neutrik one and my brother who's a whiz with a soldering iron fitted it for me. I've got the same problem though, it cuts out when you wiggle the jack plug about. If you hold it in one place it's fine, but the weight of the lead causes it to move, and cut out. They have a long barrel type socket. How easy is it to fit a regular jack socket ? Is it really a job for a luthier to do ?

Schack ? Looks very similar to this one - [attachment=137329:th.jpg]

I remember going to Winchester a few years ago. The cathedral wanted some ridiculous amount of money to go in, £15 or something each. Consequently people were stood in the doorway taking photos looking down the aisle, an empty cathedral. Last time I went it was free, and the place was packed. Charge £7 per advert and you may get 100 adverts over the course of a month. Charge £2 and you may get 500 adverts over the same period,

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1371652692' post='2116640'] You dont have to be able to read and write in order to speak and communicate with people. A child learns to say "da da" and "ma ma" etc., long before it learns the alphabet. He does it by listening closely and then copying. [/quote] But the child learns what the words he's copying mean. You wouldn't get very far speaking words that you know know the meaning off. I'm at music college, having a 'good ear' and a thorough knowledge of theory and harmony, and being able to sight read are given equal importance.

I use an advert blocker on my Mac, and sell on Gumtree. In my opinion the fees to advertise on here are too much, it's just an advert, you don't get any sort of promotion with it.

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice !

The theme from Jaws.

Everyone has them. A lot of times it's actually psychological, you try and do something and get a kind of mental block over it. Usually just best to stop what you're trying to do and do something else instead, musical of course !