Norris

I guessed that was why you were asking But then it doesn't take a second to write it in the first post - and that would save any questions

As the title says, I'm looking for a cheap (< £100) practice amp, compact in size, preferably with headphone socket, that won't start farting as soon as it sees a bass signal. I'm buying my lad his first bass for his birthday and want something he can play through and make a half reasonable sound. He will probably be taking it into university halls so needs to be small and not too loud All suggestions are welcome, although in current BC style I might just start an argument for fun (joke!)

Like others have said, switching to full version while on a mobile phone is only done out of necessity. It's not the best "user experience"

Well that's another thing - weeding out the sh*tty gigs by making phone calls and asking questions i.e. making sure they are expecting you a few days before the gig, checking "suppied" equipment has been provided and is suitable, etc.

If you're booked, you play imho. It's all about professionalism and the good name of your band. Sometimes you just have to make the best of a situation - especially if you're being paid for it. At the very least you can treat it as a free rehearsal, and it will be something to tell your grandchildren. Often the "challenging" gigs are the ones that you remember when you've racked up several hundreds over the years

As a youth my main instrument was the trombone. Since taking up bass at around 16 that has been my main thing. I dabble with other instruments but not really up to performance standard. I'm a bass player

I'll try to measure a little more accurately when I get home from work. The previous post was a bit slapdash before leaving this morning

My 1980 mark 1 "batwing" SB-1000 has a very large, almost flat radius. I'll see how it goes attaching a picture on my mobile - a profile guage on the 12th fret has around 1-1.5mm gap in the centre and the fretboard is about 52mm across at that point. HTH

[quote name='joey1234' timestamp='1465892387' post='3071816'] Probably a daft question but can you not get them chipped or mark them somewhere out of sight like people do with expensive push bikes? [/quote] Something as simple as a piece of paper with your postcode and phone number tucked under the scratchplate can help. I've had someone phone me up before now to verify that a bass wasn't stolen - I had part-exed it at a shop and forgot all about the "security feature" I added

Just checked again - still blocked Edit: and it's unlikely to be whitelisted by my employer.

Nice progress. How is the wenge to work with? I've heard it described as a bunch of splinters bound together

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1465800200' post='3070977'] Stay with that band for social reasons and join another one too for musical reasons. First date in the diary gets your attention. [/quote] This, but there has to be a pecking order - the band that has the most gigs/earns the most/gives you most satisfaction (whichever is your priority) comes first, but you honour the first one in your diary

I have managed to wear a speaker out before now. The braided cables from the connectors down to the voice coil wore out from metal fatigue and could not be repaired or replaced

I assume it must be related to an advert. No BC content strikes me as the sort of stuff that could be a vector for malware unless the server has been compromised. The scanner must have picked up something delivered by an ad server. I'm sure that Cisco have a procedure for investigating and removing the alert. Hopefully they should be able to tell you the specific content that triggered it. Btw, I'm a programmer but have a background in computer ops & engineering. In the dim & distant past though, hence the slight vagueness

Ditto (and also Cisco). I PMed ped too

It looks like a normal hex nut but with an improvised washer underneath

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1465381458' post='3067638'] . . . . also, you're practising. Worry about your sound when you're in a band and gigging. [/quote] True. Most of us learnt while playing through a right pile of cr*p - from tiny transistor amps to the family hi-fi via a pile of spaghetti style adapter cables (guilty as charged!) There will be plenty of time to sort out a gigging rig. By that time you'll be GASing over the latest MegaRig Superheft 3000 (TM) anyway You might want to check out the 200 though. It comes in the same box as the 500, so is more the little brother spec-wise (IIRC - it's been some time since I looked!). That would probably do most venues anyway and would save a few pennies for buying your tenth bass off the forum

Good name

I'm now wondering if the pup LED battery could power some side dots as well

I'll certainly check them out but not too bothered about the LEDs tbh. I'm toying with either a P-MM or using one or two quads. It will be a multi-scale 5 as well so I need to see how that would work out. Thanks for the information

Thanks. I'm trying to decide what pups to stick in a new build I'm planning

How are you finding the pickups? Being quads have you got a 'P' setting and it so how does it sound?

Half of our new songs come either from random requests from the crowd, or a song that the guitarist launches into on a whim. Others will be picked out when we hear them on the radio maybe. We don't add stuff that often, but then we pick songs from a repertoire of many years together. We never use a fixed set list - just call them out as we go. We have learnt a few proggy tracks recently - showing off really, but having a tasty guitarist with an ElectroHarmonics organ pedal lets us tackle some material that you won't hear other bands doing

Fabulous work!

I have been playing my Squier P-Bass Special for some time now. I'm loving the P thump which I've never had before this bass because of the baseball bat necks. However the P-Bass has a neck like a matchstick and is gorgeous to play. In fact I've a mind to get another if I see one on the board, to use aa a knockabout now that the other has become my main gigging bass. Made in Indonesia too.