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[quote name='SJA' post='310273' date='Oct 20 2008, 10:48 AM']spooky how the P at the front is levitating.[/quote]

What, you mean yours doesn't do that ?

One day like this - Elbow.

Possibly the most boring bass line ever, but curiously effective.

[quote]I seem to remember the South Bank Show was Julian Lloyd Webber, Andrew's brother.[/quote]

Julian is a seriously good cellist, I have his recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto. Seriously good.

My nephew had a Squier Bronco. Not sure how long the scale is, but it's certainly short. Sounded OK, but I hated playing it as the strings were so loose ( presuambly a problem on all short scalers ). Easily inside your budget.

Thanks all. I reckon BWB is the way to go. The Abalone is rather lovely but not really Indie Rock covers ( wot I do ), more Mike Flowers Pops.

I've got a brand new Fender Standard MIJ P-Bass in shiny black with a white pickguard.

I fancy a different pickguard to give it a bit of character, but not sure what colour to go for.

Any ideas ?? ( preferably with pictures to show the overall effect )

We do "Slip Away" from Heathen in our set. Nice bass line with a few twiddly bits that I copy shamelessly. Would sound better on a fretless if...
a: I had one
b: I could play it

Great Stylophone solo on the end of "Slip Away" by Bowie. Find it on YouTube, lovely bass playing in the live version [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU2DycMdLHg"]here[/url].

[quote]Marshall MB150, Line 6 Lowdown LD 150 and Roland Cube 100[/quote]

Tried all three of these recently. Preferred the Fender Rumble 100 to these ( all in the same shop ), but bought an Ashdown Electric Blue 15". Can't remember the model number, but they only make 1 blue 15"er. Way nicer sound than the others ( none of the gadgets though, which I didn't want or need ). Looks great too. Seriously loud. Seriously heavy. £220ish.

I've just been through the same buying exercise, tried lots of different amps ( not any SWG ) and liked the Fender Rumble 100 best, until...

...I tried an Ashdown Electric Blue 15" . At about £220. Heavy for it's size, but a great sound. Bought one straight away, used it in a couple of gigs and managed to impress a ex-pro bassist ( with it's sound, not my playing ). Anderton's in Guildford have them in stock. I play a Squier P-Bass through it, and a kosher Fender one occasionally...

( This is between the two mentioned in the previous post. Of these I didn't try the cheaper one, and couldn't stretch to the more expensive, which didn't sound much different, just louder )

I've got a Tascam MP-BT1, and it's does exactly what it says on the tin. A few comments...

The speeding up /slowing down is crude, and I find it hard to pick out the bass line when it's slowed down.
The changing pitch works well for a semitone or two either way, but beyond that , the don't expect miracles !
The loop feature, which lets you cut a short section out and repeat it over and over, is really useful. With practice, you can get it to cut really accurately. I use this a lot.
The bass input , headphone out and mixer mean that you can practice without an amp. Sound quality is good. I use it like this most of the time, with decent headphones.
The bass boost is not perfect, but you can normally get something if you fiddle with the settings.
The bass cut is very crude, like listening through a cheap tranny.
Has lots of effects built in - Don't see the point, and have never used them.
Also has a tuner and a metronome built in. Both work well.
The user interface is very 1990's and clunky, but works OK.
This may seem silly, but having a easily accesible FFWD/REW buttons make life much easier than a standard Ipod / MP3 player.
Seems solid and well made, and the recharagble battery is replaceable if you really wear it out.

Utterly indispensable when learning a long covers set, like I did recently.

As a bit of a newbie, I have a related question.

I have a Squier P-Bass, which I've had for a couple of years, I've been playing a lot more recently, including a gig or two, so I decided it was about time to put new strings on.

According to the sticker, the bass was supplied with Fender 7250 strings ( they have red threads on the end ). I replaced them with a pack of 7250 M ( .045-105 ), which have black threads, so they are clearly not quite the same.

My main issue is that the sound is incredibly different, much tinnier and twangy-er, more resonance, less bass, much more noise from finders sliding along them. Doesn't really suit our pop and soft to hard rock style at all.

My question is. is this due to...
1 - Them being a lighter grade than the originals
2 - They need playing in ( this is the first time I have changed the strings, so have never experienced the difference )
3 - The sticker lied, and the originals were something different.

Any ideas ?