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[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='99149' date='Dec 4 2007, 08:35 PM']I'm sorry guys, but this is really not a good idea. If basschat is seen as somewhere people openly arrange to exchange illegally copied CDs to each other as is being suggested it might attract unwanted attention and potentially cause trouble for the site owners. It would be better for people to send in their own original tracks for which they own the copyright. jus' sayin'[/quote] MB1. +TWELVETY Not Another move please!...... Bassworld.......Basschat,......Gypo Corner?....

[quote name='Musky' post='101105' date='Dec 7 2007, 08:20 PM']There was a thread about this recently - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7619"]<a href="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7619" target="_blank">http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7619[/url]</a> I don't tend to mind if people want to use my amp, as long as they've bothered to get in contact first. It's taking the mick to just turn up and expect to use someone else's gear without checking it's OK. But then I don't own a nice old Ampeg.[/quote] MB1. Even if you dont have an old ampeg the fact that youve turned up with any gear at all, surely speaks volumes (sorry about the pun!). W.T.F are these people thinking?,you cannot think much of the band you play for, if you dont even turn up with the necessary gear to play the gig.If however you know its a hired backline the decision,is yours,but turning up and expecting to use somebody else's gear is just inexcusable.

MB1. I will have to charge ,should you even consider using my name.However if you were to send me,youre Rickenbacker(should have been the chris squire one) im sure that should cover it!.Never had a real ric and cannot explain my Gas for a blue one now,most strange.I remember Chris Glen used to play one out of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band...(a much underestimated little band!)...One for the new year, Me thinks, Ay Caramba!..... there passive too!........Oh Vic Ive Fallen!.....

MB1. After the court case i think Mr hadley has to pay the rest of the spands, for the right to even wear gold!,let alone sing it! looks like youve been well and truly shukered too! Epedemic proportions! this now,gonna have to think about sending Dustin Hoffman in to find the Shuker antibody!....These Bassists Are Dropping Like Flies!.

[quote name='Davetbass' post='94141' date='Nov 25 2007, 03:26 PM']My dream bass turned into a complete toilet as you can see in my avatar!! It played so badly it went straight to ebay without spraying!![/quote] MB1. Hello Dave!....Is that Dave?.....Wanna buy some pegs Dave?.....Can my Wife use your Toilet?..... Dave!

MB1. FRAGILE/YES +TWELVETY!

MB1. Thankyou for coming home!..... Sorry that the chairs have all gone! I left them here!, i could have sworn?

MB1. Designer cases?.....Why put leather over Carbon fibre?....Should give the Spice girls something to carry all the shopping home theyve been doing in Tescos, (yeh right!). Was gonna say to carry there microphones in but they dont use them, do they?.

MB1. What?....Take two Basses into the shower?, No , not me! I prefer to wash and go!.

[quote name='Bananaman' post='101090' date='Dec 7 2007, 07:37 PM']Just wondering how people tend to deal with the issue of amp sharing at gigs- for unsigned bands its usually expected that the bass amp will be provided by one band and shared with others. This never used to bother me, but having now got a very expensive ampeg valve amp setup (V4BH with SVT 410he) i'm a lot more protective than i was with a cheap combo. At a recent gig we played with a totally novice band and the bass player plugged into the passive input (turned out he had an active bass despite me asking him) & cranked the volume way higher than needed, overpowering the guitar. In the sound check alone one of the valves went fully red, rather than glowing slightly as they usually do. I had a word with him and he kept the volume down and plugged into the active input, but i still spent the entire gig worrying! What do you tend to do if you're expected to provide an amp for other bands? take a cheaper spare amp/insist other bands bring their own amp/lecture them fully on how to use it etc!? I'm not that technical myself- what are the most important things to watch with valve amps- not turning them off or on without leaving on standby for a while etc.? Any advice would be allow me to fully lecture people correctly![/quote] MB1. "Its usually expected that the bass amp will be provided by one band and shared with others? While Dr Marten says....... "A swift kick in the balls often offends!"....when i leave the stage so does my gear,im not running a hire firm,and i dont purchase amplification/basses with others in mind. A little Extreme perhaps but it saves on repair bills,if you havent got your own gear you shouldnt be on the stage.

[quote name='Johngh' post='96883' date='Nov 30 2007, 06:36 PM']Place you bets with MB1, he's out to loose a mint ! [/quote] MB1. Strange thing!...... just been on the Statii Forum and somebody called Johngh seems to have put a For Sale feeler out on a Status Kingbass 4 with blue L.e.ds?????????bought from a Mr Angelboy i believe. Bizarrre! ........Must be a strange coincidence?.....or is it?

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='54315' date='Sep 2 2007, 05:25 PM']I thought I'd post my current setup as it's changed quite recently. Not really everyone's cup of tea, but I'm happy with it!! My current amp setup is an Ashdown ABM500 Evo2 rackmounted amp, with an ABM 210 and an ABM 115 (both compacts). Ashdown seems to have a bit of a bad reputation at the moment, but I am more than happy with both the build quality and reliability. The sound is uniquely Ashdown and it suits me down to the ground. On top of the Amp is a Presonus Blue Max Compressor, an AKG 400 wireless unit and a Korg DTR 2000 tuner. On the floor usually goes an Aphex Bass Xciter, a Big Muff and that's about it. I recently sold my Line 6 Bass Pro XT to Luke as I never used it. I may add a decent expression pedal/wah. My basses are currently a Rickenbacker 4003 in Jetglo (stays at home), a MM Stingray 4 in Teal (with a smoke grey mirrored plate) and a Stingray 5. Both have maple fretboards and are beautiful (these are my gigging basses). Missing is my 1999 Stingray 4 which was originally white with gold hardware (MB1 accused it of looking like a Spandau Ballet bass). It's with The Guitar Doctor (Chorley) at the moment being refinished in a Metallic Amber colour I saw on a 1954 Studebaker. I'm also replacing the Stingray pickup with a Bartolini (just to add a bit of a different sound to my other Stingray) and a John East preamp (4 Eq). As soon as pictures are ready, I'll post them. Unfortunately, to get this lot together, I lost some good friends along the way (my DJ4 now with OBBM, my all-black US Precision now with Martthebass, a sunburst Stingray with rosewood board and my Bongo in Lava Pearl). The bits I'd like to add to this lot (money and wife permitting) are a US Precision (I still miss my old one), a Bongo 5 and a fretless (I think).[/quote] MB1. Theres nothing quite like having a Big Muff on the floor........Sorry!......wrong forum!

[quote name='OldGit' post='96867' date='Nov 30 2007, 06:18 PM']"other bass builders are available" [url="http://www.bunnybass.com/e-zine/directories/builders.shtml"]List of Luthiers[/url][/quote] MB1. That people are Buying!..... or has this turned into Shuker Corner?

[quote name='The Funk' post='98948' date='Dec 4 2007, 04:29 PM']Nah, it's Dr Bass, as in 'the curer of tonal health ailments'.[/quote] MB1. Damn!.... nothing to do with Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine...... Then?

MB1. Hows about a nice little grundig with a big F.O tuner dial!.......8 track car stereo? Sorry i'll get me coat!

[quote name='stingrayfan' date='Nov 16 2007, 11:30 AM' post='89296'] Gibson are launching a self-tuning [url="http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91221-1293062,00.html"]Les Paul[/url]. If they did a bass version though, would us bass players go for it? I guess it would be handy at gigs just to press the button between songs and get into tune instantly. You could press the button with one hand and swig the beer with the other. I'm liking the sound of that. MB1. Whats Tuning? Sorry i only play Status Basses!

[quote name='Gloria stits' date='Dec 4 2007, 07:04 PM' post='99065'] +1 for Ged Green. Good bloke MB1. Is it Gloria Estefan?...Cant Think of any other Glorias?...Or is it just Gloriou........s?

MB1. Fast transaction,Great guy to deal with,Many Thanks!

MB1. Not enough room between the neck and pickup for my liking,that pickups much too close to the end of the neck!. Theres a right place for leo too, and i dont think its here?.........Too many switches.........not enough time!.Dont care for the body shape and lower batwing!Awful dot markers,circular tailpiece?,colours a bit grim.......... Short of that it seems alright!

[quote name='Bass_In_Yer_Face' post='98127' date='Dec 3 2007, 02:05 PM']Don't know who said it about bass "Never play anything above the 5th fret"[/quote] jill furmanovsky attempting to blag bass lessons from Aston Family Man Barrett (Bob Marley and the Wailers) got this advice !