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[quote name='Big Dave' post='131126' date='Jan 31 2008, 09:16 AM']Yeah I guess I'll just have to try a few. I am partial to fish and chips back home and I live 2000 miles from the ocean. Are the prices on the Bass Centre website correct. If they are I am sorry for all of you. I can get an EHX Big Muff for about $80 and that website has them for £85 so thats what $170? Jesus! And a Tech 21 Sansamp Bass driver DI is $200 here and £179 there. Wow I should just fill up a suitcase with American made effects pedals. Are there strict laws regarding knives there as there are laws regarding guns? I generally alwas carry a folding knife with about a 10cm blade on it and I wouldn't want to get in trouble for carrying a conceled weapon or something like that. Thanks for the heads up on luthiers to watch out for. I have always been a kind of out of the box musician so I have never really owned any custom instruments. I would really hate to come home with a high end piece of sh*t.[/quote] Well, if I were you I'd bring say a Stingray, a Lakland, a Jazz, a Precision AND a suitcase full of pedals - after all you are hoping to jam with your friends here +1 for the blades - the legal limit is a 7.62mm blade and it has to be a folding knife - no lock knives, switchblades or daggers. Cops are usually ok about a leatherman with a locking blade as long as you have a 'reasonable excuse' for carrying it - i.e. a gigging musician and it's in a toolkit etc. If I lived in Brighton I'd show you around, drink some proper english ale and find the best damn chippy in the town Hamster

The 1 meg pot might get near it, but the tone pot mods make the most difference Hamster

Yes - it will allow more highs through. If that doesn't work, try a 1meg. Hamster

Haven't tried it, but any regular structured practice is going to help you improve. Hamster

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='130609' date='Jan 30 2008, 12:50 PM']Just seen this on German ebay...some interesting other basses from this seller too- check out the 6 string bass ! [url="http://cgi.ebay.de/HK-AK-47-4-SAITER-BASS-TARNFARBEN-LACK-SONDERFERTIGUNG_W0QQitemZ330207738677QQihZ014QQcategoryZ87492QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.de/HK-AK-47-4-SAITER-BASS-...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote] Soon to be banned in the UK if the government pass another silly law Hamster

A lot of members are speaking very well of these - [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/bassguitars4.html"]http://www.rondomusic.com/bassguitars4.html[/url] AND as cheap as chips Hamster

+1 - they are quite a good place to deal with and have good prices, although other shops beat them on a few lines, it won't be by much. Hamster

[quote name='sam88' post='130427' date='Jan 30 2008, 03:46 AM']hi hi hi there, i am obviously a bassist and i gots me a nice fender jazz 60's reissue in sunburst with tortoise pickguard which is really rather splendid although i can't stop looking at other models [/quote] It's going to be hard reading through the forums without it affecting your GAS Welcome Hamster

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='130228' date='Jan 29 2008, 07:08 PM']A Badass II would work on a jag with no drilling needed. You will need to file slots on the saddles or get a pre-slotted bridge. As for the neck dive its easier & cheaper to move the top strap button. I cured the dive on my thunderbird ([i]probably [/i]the worlds most neck-divingest bass) by moving the button to the neck heel area.[/quote] Moving the strap button should work a treat - and it's a very cheap mod A lot cheaper than a set of Hipshot Ultralights and a Baddass II Hamster

Ummmmmmmmm - Mowtown That's got to be a great gig. Hamster

Stick with 230v - there's so little difference. Hamster

Has it always been this way, or has it suddenly developed? Hamster

UK voltage is now actually 230v AC to bring us closer to the rest of the EEC which is 220v AC. Hamster

I'm half tempted by the 3-tone sunburst with quilted maple top fretless. Hamster

[quote name='crez5150' post='129831' date='Jan 29 2008, 10:16 AM']If they do a 5 string Jazz I'd be up for one too[/quote] Black or LPB? Hamster [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/sjb6241.html"]http://www.rondomusic.com/sjb6241.html[/url]

Hi Dave - and Welcome I think your best bet is to bring over a USA made Jazz or Precision and take back a Warwick. If you put up the Fender for sale on this site, I'm sure it will go the same day Hamster

Hi and Welcome You'll find several Gibson players here - enjoy the site. Hamster

Hello & Welcome Hamster

I still bear the scars of helping Ian Gillan change the starter motor in his crappy old Fiat. Hamster

[quote name='dood' post='129549' date='Jan 28 2008, 08:31 PM']I think it's a sad loss, for what ever reason. The Bass Centre has never been a problem for me. It's a shame that others have had a bad experience.[/quote] +1 I've been in there loads of times, and when they were at Wapping. I never had a problem with any of the guys in there. A shame its had to close its doors. Hamster

Hi, and welcome to the forums Well done for picking it up - now you're gonna have trouble putting it down Hamster

The bass player in The Rutles used to have a bass just like that Hamster

The album Chops that he did with Joe Pass is still one of my faves Hamster