bassmanady

[quote name='budget bassist' post='215524' date='Jun 9 2008, 04:10 PM']Did i miss something??!! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170225295467&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:GB:1123"]link[/url][/quote] Must be THE SILVER SCRATCH PLATE you missed!!

I had an attempt on drums for about a year,just fancied having a go,and did do a couple of dep gigs with a band,(think they were a bit forgiving tho)As you mention the noise when practising annoys everybody for some reason :dont know why. Apart from not being good enough,it was the setting up and dismantling of the kit that put me off....but the experience was well worth it... On one occassion the drummer was stuck in traffic and i set his kit up and sound checked it for him,the band was impressed. So good luck with the bass playing

[quote name='steve-soar' post='211284' date='Jun 2 2008, 06:37 PM']*I still want it back.* [/quote]Neck aside,i really liked the look and sound of the Jaydee,i have dug out recordings of some original songs, and it sounds incredibly good.....i think if i went back to 4 string basses i would want mine back too

I see this early model has a one piece bridge

I can understand your rant,i have never had a drummer leave without giving notice,or helping out until we found a replacement..

[quote name='steve-soar' post='210784' date='Jun 1 2008, 09:58 PM']Jaydee Mark King in opalescent white, 1986. Bought it through Hessey's in Liverpool for cost, £795, Colin was the best music shop manager in history. Bound neck and headstock, full of dead spots, could never get the action right. Has a chip out of the finish by the controls. Sold it in 1996 for £450 and an Alesis Midiverb, what a tit. I know who has it and Beerdragon has tracked him down in North Wales but he doesn't want to part with it. Boohoo.[/quote]Thats interesting to know about the neck,i found mine the same,sort of easy to flex is the only way i can describe it.

I personally have never found adjusting the neck relief on a bass,or changing strings creating a dead spot,that was not already there. as nearly every bass i have bought needed new strings,and an adjustment because i like a very low action. Needless to say new strings,improve tone,sustain,maybe its a duff string as you suggest. Maybe the new strings just brought the bad E string to the fore?

[quote name='fifeq' post='209476' date='May 30 2008, 10:57 AM']what you think about it? i have bassman 250/115 combo its loud sounds ok but dunno why I would like to swop it for ashdown abm 2x10 combo.. just can't thind anyone for swop..[/quote] If i was to go back to using a combo,it would be a 2X10,i personally think its best generally for most styles of music,then add a 1x15 ext cab to it if needed I have not tried the Ashdown abm 2x10 combo,but they are very good amps.

When my mrs wonderfull visits my studio she only says"how long before that ones on Ebay, your never happy with your sound"... ouch!! she's so right

Well some awsome and varied bass collections/collectors out there...truly amazing Here's my list starting from 1963 and roughly in order. Hofner Senator Hofner bass Artist Gibson EBO Burns 6 string short scale 76 Precision* Kramer DMZ 5000 aluminium neck Aria SB 1000 Jaydee Mark king model Washburn B10 fretless Wal Custom* Warwick Thumb thru-neck 5 string with leds Wal Midi Bass 5 string 78 Precision Kramer DMZ 5000 (number 2) Gibson EB3 GB Spitfire custom 5 string Sei Flamboyant headed 5 string EB Stingray 5 string Status Eclipse Ltd Ed 5 string Lakland 55-94 USA Deluxe 5 string Status S2 classic 5 string with leds Line 6 Variax 4 string Warwick Streamer Jazzman 5 string Tanglewood Curbow 5 string Modulus Quantum 5 string Yamaha TRB 5 P2 maple top Yamaha TRB 5 P2 bubinga top Yamaha TRB 6 P2 bubinga top Fender Jazz QMT 5 String G & L L2500 5 String Pedulla Rapture J2 5 string Yamaha 1005f fretless 5 string Fender Precision deluxe 4 string Ibanez BTB Prestige 5 string Bolin NS Design 5 string Peavey Cirrus Tiger eye USA 5 String Sei Flamboyant offset Headed 5 string Schecter Stilletto Elite 5 string Fender Roscoe Beck sig 5 string Jazz Vigier Arpege Custom 5 string Overwater Progress III Deluxe 5 string 36" scale Yamaha BB NE11 5 string white. Musicman Stingray HH 5 string natural finish. Fender Precision deluxe 5 string Red Cort A5 Artisan 5 string Flame Maple Shuker Elite Custom 5 string Alembic Rogue 5 string Trace Elliot T BASS 5string Fender Precision Deluxe 5 string 3TSB Fender Jazz deluxe 5 string 3TSB Yamaha TRB 5P11 maple top(no2) Yamaha TRB 5P orange Yamaha TRB 5P bergundy Yamaha TRB 5P trans blue Sandberg JM jazz 5 string Musicman 25th Anniversary HSS 5 string Musicman 20th anniversary HH 5 string Sei Flamboyant 5 string (no3) Shecter Elite 5 string (no2) Fender Reggie Hamilton C.S. 5 string jazz Ibanez Prestige SR1005 EFM 5string Yamaha BB605 5 string Yamaha BBNE2 LTD PWT 5 string (no2) Fender Roscoe Beck V sunburst (no2) Yamaha BB2005 5 string Lakland Classic 55-94 5 string in Sonic blue Shecter Diamond series Elite 5 string cherry (no 3) Steinberger Synapse Custom 5 string Squier Standard Precision 5 string in black metallic Squier standard Precision 5 string,shoreline gold Squier Standard Precision 5 string,sunburst, Aria STB JB DX5 5 string in sunburst Bass Collection SB315 5 string in sunburst Yamaha BB2004 string in natural finish Yamaha BBN5 5 string Squier jazz deluxe 5 string sunburst Squier Standard Precision 5 string in sunburst Schecter Elite Diamond series 4 string with Delano SBC pickups Fender Jazz Deluxe 5 string in Amber with East J Retro deluxe Fender Precision deluxe 5 string in red Fender Jazz Deluxe 5 string in cherry burst finish with East J Retro J&D JD S5B 5 string brown Basslines pickups J&D JD S5B 5 string red J&D JD S5B brown Seymour Duncan preamp Yamaha BB605 black (no 2)

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='206231' date='May 25 2008, 10:12 PM']I [i]know[/i] mine do, and they're old Fenders. SHAZAM![/quote] Yes been meaning to mention can you change your avatar,i just cant stop droolling every time it shows up!!

A comment a guitarist made a few years ago,which really surprised me, at the time i was using this really expensive bass,and in conversation he said "I dont 'arf miss the thump of a Fender precision",so even guitarists notice,well this one anyway

I have just recently bought a P5 deluxe, the last Precision i owned was in 1976,so there have been many expensive basses inbetween What i like about the Precision, for me anyway,its a no nonsense sound,plug in and play without to much twiddling,which i almost always tend to do. Also the low B is very pleasing on this one,unlike some other makes at twice the price!!

Its the local guitar shop that worries me

My first 5 string bass that i bought in 1990 was a warwick thumb,i went to the Bass Centre to look at a Status,and came away with this,probally because it was the only one in the shop that had L.E.D's on the edge of the neck,i dont recall any problems with the neck dimensions,the only thing that annoyed me was the stringers were very slightly proud of the rest of the neck profile,which was noticeable when playing.It ended up making way for a Wal 5.

[quote name='bassmanady' post='199827' date='May 15 2008, 07:03 PM']I bought a Q5 without playing one first,and found it to be quite neck heavy.Nice bass tho' although i sold it after 3 months only because i could not get on with a graphite neck.[/quote] My judgement on the Q5 is only in comparison to some other fives i have owned,which for me had better strap on balance,but then i have had far worse.

We play regulary at three venues with sound limiters,at these the whole band use the Shure PSM 200 IEM.,system. The drummer uses an electronic kit,and everyone DI's into the desk,so we now have no problem with the limiters,as the sound is being totally controlled by the desk.I agree they are damm expensive for what you get,but they really work well for us.

I bought a Q5 without playing one first,and found it to be quite neck heavy.Nice bass tho' although i sold it after 3 months only because i could not get on with a graphite neck.