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Roadworns have a smaller radius fretboard & use skinnier frets don't they? These changes probably mean the angles your fingers & wrist are bending at are slightly different to what you're used to so it might just be your muscles straining. How long have you been playing the roadworn (length of ownership not duration per session)? If it's less than a month I'd be tempted to say give it another couple in order for your muscles to strengthen up then see how you feel.

Great choice - I had a play on one a couple of weeks ago & thoroughly enjoyed it (despite being more of a jazz man), I can't really justify the new price at the moment but I'm keeping my eyes peeled for a used one. Really nice basses, I would just change the pick-guard as my thumb nail rubbing on the alu made me feel a bit ill.

I think it depends on where the musician is in their career; I will generally pay for the recordings or a CD of a smallish or unsigned act if I like them but for bigger artists I'll expect to get the recordings for free or included on a music service (that I subscribe to). In my experience artists often are quite behind the times in their understanding of the business side of the industry - they will often allocate a large "worth" to their recordings when in reality (as in the business plan of most record labels) recorded music is just a promotional tool to get people to go to the gigs or buy the merch. This can be shown by those numpties that kick up a big fuss about pulling their content from Spotify et al, they clearly don't understand the bigger picture yet were more than happy to accept the inflated advance for their 360-deal.

Another good reason for collection only is cash in hand. It's too easy for buyers to mess around if they've paid by pay-pal & it will often leave the seller out of pocket if not out of pocket & without their goods back - some of the horror stories you hear about have ensured that I'll only post small or low(-ish) value items.

After basic route note stuff, I think I moved straight on to Rage Against the Machine - kind of standard tunes that most bassists learn because they're moderately simple & you really start to feel like you're actually getting somewhere.

Overall I've been quite happy both buying & selling on the forum. There are time wasters on every site & I wouldn't say they are any worse here than anywhere else. A more systemised feedback/reputation system would be nice (rather than people just setting up a thread for themselves) but other than that i think it's fine. In terms of 2nd hand pricing; I actually saw one listed at more than the original selling price a few weeks ago, though they seem to have bought it down since. It made me laugh but I wasn't overly concerned, if I don't like the price then I just ignore it & let people make up their own minds about what they think something is worth.

I'd be interested. Getting a bass almost anywhere in London is generally pretty easy, amps can be a bit of a mission though.

The frets were one thing yes. I believe you that your g4m had nicer ones, I feel a bit bad about selling my peavey now as that had a finish & hardware substantially better than the often raved about current crop of squires.

How much are custom shops - about 3k? It's not a ridiculously huge amount of money to pay if you're really into the Fender sound & look, especially if you're the kind of player that has a few paying gigs each month. This isn't really the place for discussing the merits of Limelight, but I don't think it's right to compare the two - they're completely different ends of the market.

I preferred #1 too, though didn't try guessing which was which as I don't have much experience with the P sound. Goes to show the pick-up are one of the most important parts for the bass's sound though, maybe I liked the Squire more because I've got the CS60 pickups in my jazz? Bet the Pino feels much nicer to play though, I've been considering a P recently but all the Squires I've had a go on have left me feeling cold - fit & finish has been awful.

Pretty interesting comparison, I'm not a P player but if I was buying one I'd prefer the tone of #1. Hopefully you'll reveal the results & save me 2k. One thing I do know for sure is that both would sound worse if I was playing them :-)

With the exception of Starbucks I doubt the rest of that list will be able to afford the area to be honest. It's all £8 sandwich shops and niche/revival clothes stores round here. Though saying that, when Google move out of their big orange offices (next year or the one after I think) it'll probably turn into a bit of a ghost town which is generally when all the betting shops move in.

One of the companies in my group have their offices on Denmark Street and were told that one of the reasons for the development (other than monetary) is that the foundations of the buildings are too old to withstand the vibrations from the Crossrail drilling so they're being pulled down & rebuilt after. Could be rubbish but that's what they were told. I'm torn about whether it is a shame or not that the music will probably be squeezed out; it's kind of a shame because of the history of the area & it'd be nice for future generations to be able to walk down the same road their idols may have to buy their instruments, but really it's the people that make the place/vibe not the location. If all the music stores & musicians left Denmark street & ended up somewhere cheaper there would be less financial pressure on the shops (which could open up wider stock ranges) and so long as they were all still in the same area as each other the arty vibe would still be there. Up & coming musicians/artists do historicly congregate in the poorer areas so it is a bit odd that the musical mecca in one of the most expensive areas of the city (and country).

Thanks - I think I'll pop out at lunch & get one of the full size ones.

Thanks to this thread I've decided to put my Korg GT-3 out to pasture & upgrade. Judging from the videos I think I like the TC Polytune the best but does anyone know or have an opinion on the difference between the normal one & the "mini"? I quite like the look of the bigger one but as the mini is newer is it also better?

The yummie mummies of Chiswick don't want live music & cheap pints; they want over priced coffee and a large space to natter on with their pals about what little Beatrix & Hugo got up to at the weekend. It's a shame but the financial pressure put on landlords by a lot of the pubco's in this country means that they need to pursue the most dollar they can rather than trying to support music nights that generally don't pull in that much cash.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1413749413' post='2581567'] You obviously never play with a pick. [/quote] Ah, so that's what it is! I've used a pick once but haven't touched one for bass since...

I'm slowly becoming a fan of reliced instruments but one thing that's bothering me; how do people think the bit of body between the g-string & the controls gets worn like the two recently posted basses? I don't think I've touched that part of any of my basses in the last 15 years...

After all this positive chat about these I popped down to my local shop to have a go on one; after exclusively playing a jazz for the last 6 months it was a bit of a stretch but I really liked it! I would definitely class it as a chunky neck but its an extremely playable bass, nice tone & a decent finish (not perfect but still pretty good). I might keep my eye open for a used one - pop a nice set of flats on & they'll be lovely.

Good purchase! The bass looks great, bridge isn't really to my tastes but if it sounds good that's what matters!

I had a Peavey bass for years - super reliable & feel great to play, I kind of wish I hadn't sold mine - there was nothing wrong with it, I just needed the money! They're not particularly flashy & will never have the kind of following Fender/Gibson etc.. have but they're perfectly usable as a workhorse bass.

I've got three; - Warwick Corvette Standard Active 5-string '03 - Fender Am. Std. Jazz '13 - Fender Acoustic Really want to build myself a bitsa Precision to finish off all my needs but new bike lust & the ol' ball n chain are seriously hampering my funds at the moment so the project hasn't got off the ground yet.

Bass on a phone sounds awful. You'll need an audio interface & a computer (doesn't need to be a good computer), audio interfaces normally come with the software required - I'd recommend the Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 (I have one & it does everything I need). Then you con export to mp3 & either email the files or upload to soundcloud.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1410939257' post='2554765'] Or, if you want to deal in absolutes which are bound to piss someone off, BC is full of lowballing chancers? [/quote] Both are probably true to be honest. I have noticed quite a few people seem to grossly over-value their stuff though, a few times I've actually laughed when I've seen it, closely followed by the rapid bumps of final price drop after final price drop. That's the joys of an open market place though - it all evens out in the end.