martthebass

[quote name='poptart' post='269093' date='Aug 24 2008, 08:30 PM']Hey all I am out of stock of these LMII bags after a mad run of sales! I will have lots in the next couple of weeks in the new and cool look :-) Mark[/quote] Hey Mark.......does that mean you're not going to debit my CCard? Your site didn't tell me you were out of stock when I ordered?

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='269148' date='Aug 24 2008, 09:50 PM']Nice Ray. How does it sound through the yellow eyeball? And what about the Trace combo? I'm guessing the Mark Bass sound is a lot less coloured (ironically ).[/quote] Still playing around with the MB rig at the mo so no fixed opinions as yet. Early impressions are that I prefer the TE combo with my Precision and the MB with the Ray. I always found the TE a bit 'fizzy' and live with the Ray (and my old now departed 2 bander too) but spot on with the Precision - guess there's more experimentation to go on. The MB seems to tame the Ray a bit, but I guess this is more due to the 15" MB cab (seems to have more low end than the TE) - if I was using a 2x10 or 1x12 MB cab I guess this would be different.

Cheers Rich. I liked the Colour Scheme on your old S1 Jazz so much I bought the Ray equivalent. Not had much chance to gig the MB as yet - still using the TE (its a long story) but hope to press it into service in the next week or so.

Edit for new stuff......

Here's my little contribution - with the 'obligatory' Stingray.

[quote name='mr_russ' post='266267' date='Aug 20 2008, 01:14 PM']just gone with eude's advice and bought a dgms from bassdirect - £25 delivered Cheers guys ;D r[/quote] +1 Hope Bass Direct have plenty in stock. Can take the LM250 out of my lap top bag now...

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='261791' date='Aug 13 2008, 06:15 PM']The Tort guard is all I'd do to it. If you love the sound, there's not much point in changing the bridge. Are you going to use the thumb rest or is it going to just get in the way, Marcus? Rich.[/quote] +1. My MIA Jazz is a mirror of this pretty Squier. Anyone know where to get the US style TS pickguards with the truss rod cut out? (sorry for the hi-jack)

[quote name='bnt' post='264046' date='Aug 17 2008, 06:08 PM']I thought people came here for advice - and IMHO that includes advice on selling, even regarding the price. If I put something up for sale, I would like to know if other people think I'm asking too much or too little - and that actually has happened to me already, here. This is part of what makes this a community of bass players, and not a marketplace like eBay or Loot.[/quote] Good point, and for this reason I think it's fine as is. If you don't get offered what you believe it is worth then withdraw it. If you feel someone (buyer or seller) is giving you the runaround move onto another punter.

Mid Nineties - height of Britpop. Our agent packed our 5 piece Britpop 'tribute' act (mainly Oasis, OCS, Kula Shaker covers) to a club on a caravan park on the Yorkshire 'east coast'. Arrived at the place, seemed ok, set up the gear in a pretty nifty 'theatre'. A few minutes into the sound check a sort of Red Coat turns up and says we've set up in the wrong place and we need to set up in the large bar down the other end of the building. Iritated we stagger off and set up the gear in the new place. During the [second] sound check a guy turns up with a big box full of balloons and what not and asks if it's ok to go thru our PA for his act. We consequently found out that we were backing him up for his magicians act and balloon festival of fun (sic). Not easy to play Britpop to 6-10 year olds. Our improvs of Agadoo and Wig Wam Bam saved us.........................the shame. The worst thing was it wasn't even a pick up gig.

I was worried about pairing a LM250 (150W at 8, 250W at 4 Ohm) with my 8 Ohm MB 151 HR (rated at 400W). I've found it has plently for medium sized gigs but the 'drummer' is fairly tame - never need more than about 40%. If I need any more I DI but I guess if I was in a 5 piece and the PA was 'weak' I'd go to the LM2 (350W at 8 Ohms). This set up sounds much 'louder' than my Trace 150W 15" combo (4 Ohm). I guess the sensitivity of the cab is also important (the MB is 100db/W) - or is this tosh?

Think it's more a case of they're not improving any? Sold a 2EQ 1990 ray 4H on here (pretty good nick) in 07 for just under £600. Sold a mint 2004 black single H on here last autumn for £650. Scored a pretty mint CAR ray 4H from here earlier this year for £600. It's definately a buyers market - £600 for a bass that could serve a pro bassist for a few decades has got to be good news. It's only a problem if GAS forces you to swap and change (like most of us on here )

Nick, well worth the wait mate. Please keep this one as I might have to rob a bank if you ever put it up for sale.

[quote name='simon1964' post='252843' date='Aug 1 2008, 03:43 PM']Interesting thread this. I traded my Jazz for a BO Thumb a couple of weeks ago (in fact, I think it might be martthebass's old one, which has come to me via another member). The tone is amazing. Knocks anything else I've owned for six. But I have to concede that its not as comfortable as other basses I own. Its not that its heavy, or particulalrly uncomfortable, but compared to my Corvette and Precision, it doesn't quite feel immediately right. That having been said, its a great neck and action, and it sounds phenomenal.[/quote] Si, maybe my scales are off, but I think it weighed in the same as my Precision (8.5 lbs) - like you tho, it didn't feel immediately comfortable. It did pain me to sell this, regret it but it wasn't getting used.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='252424' date='Jul 31 2008, 11:13 PM']Anally retentive about the condition of gear? Me? [b]YES!!![/b][/quote] Rich, no surely not!?

Something I've thought about for a while this. When I buy a second hand amp/cab - generally I'm not too bothered about the cosmetics, as long as it's not 'water damage' and doesn't affect the function. However I find meself a bit anal when it comes to the condition of basses. I'd qualify this against Fender 'relics' where people tend to think the 'trashier the better' - more in terms of your sort of 2 - 15 year old MM's and Warwicks etc. I think this as probably come about, in my case, with my experience in pxing basses at ye olde music shoppe where they seem to knock off £50 for each ding (I kid you not I was once knocked down £30 in a local establishment on a ~£200 MIM Fender Jazz because of a 1/2 inch laquer scratch on the back of the bass). So..........in general how do you feel about condition and what puts you off when buying 2nd hand. How anal do you get about trying to keep a bass pristine?

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='251296' date='Jul 30 2008, 01:17 PM']And a heart shaped red tortoise pickguard[/quote] Hell, I need one of those for the 'Ray

Only a matter of time before the 'Pink Burst' respray

This is definitely a marmite bass. I had one for about a year and eventually sold it earlier this year. It's got a killer tone and is well made, but despite playing around with a comfort strapp I couldn't make it comfortable on even a 'medium' length gig. It's not heavy, the weight was the same as my MIA P bass but the balance was awful - the neck hung horizontally whatever I did, and the small body made the first fret a fair stretch. As I said, comfort eventually won out over sound. Good luck.