Happy Jack

Dan, that's exactly what I'm recommending with the MB200 ...

eBay has not the slightest interest in wasting their time & energy on people, Mick. You're wasting your time, walk away. Their business model has taken a massive deflection in the last 10 years, and is now totally focused on corporates and dealers moving large amounts of stock quickly. Frankly they'd prefer it if annoying little people like us did our dealing on Gumtree (which they also own, of course).

Yup. The bass is a "Westone The Rail", and the pickup unit + volume control slide along it. There is no tone control. You change the tone by sliding the pickup. It looks well gimmicky, but it actually works extremely well, and of course the same idea was pursued by Gibson for a while. The only problem is that, by their own admission, Westone's designers never really expected this to be a great bass or a top-end instrument so there was a certain amount of 'building down to a price' and this is particularly obvious with the crap electrics. I've replaced the cheap'n'nasty pickup on mine with a Dark Star ...

I'd prefer a meat raffle ...

Refretting wouldn't be difficult or expensive, and you'd then have a superb, lightweight travel bass. Being active, you might even get away with plugging headphones into the output socket. Way overpriced at £395, but not a piece of crap IMHO. Do bear in mind that I may be biased. I own http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses%20CURRENT/Westone%20The%20Rail%201985%20CURRENT

[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1504357843' post='3364364'] ....."long lasting specialized foam." [/quote] Me wash you long time ...

[color=#ff0000][b][font=open-sans, sans-serif][size=4]He was eventually led away from the party and accompanied home by an armed friend wearing night vision goggles.[/size][/font][/b][/color] [font="open-sans, sans-serif"][color="#000000"][size=4]That is one of the all-time great sentences about bass playing.[/size][/color][/font]

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The "M80" designation covers a lot of gigbags. Yes, they're expensive. They're also bloody well made, and cleverly designed. If you're not worried about spending an extra £100 then my suggestion would be the M80 Vertigo. I do a lot of pub gigs, usually in very confined spaces, occasionally with wet or dirty floors. The Vertigo is particularly good in those situations.

[url="https://www.gak.co.uk/en/gallien-krueger-mb2-500-watt-ultra-light-head/910698"]https://www.gak.co.u...ght-head/910698[/url] [indent=1][size=4]MB2 500 WATT ULTRA LIGHT HEAD FEATURES[/size][/indent][list] [*][size=4]500W at 4 ohms, 350W at 8 ohms[/size] [*][size=4]10dB pad[/size] [*][size=4]Tuning Mute[/size] [*][size=4]Input Gain, Master[/size] [*][size=4]Contour[/size] [*][size=4]4-band active EQ[/size] [*][size=4]Footswitchable boost with independent volume[/size] [*][size=4]Effects Loop & Tuner out[/size] [*][size=4]Transformer Isolated DI out with Pre/Post Switch and Ground Lift[/size] [*][size=4]Dual Speakon Combo Outputs[/size] [*][size=4]Headphone/Line Out[/size] [*][size=4]Footswitch Input[/size] [*][size=4]Dimensions: 11" W x 1-3/4" H x 7-3/4" D[/size] [*][size=4]Weight: Less than 4lbs[/size] [/list] [size=4]For use as a power amp, just use the Return input and bypass the preamp.[/size]

Yup, dose are da fellas.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1504345711' post='3364211'] Yes definitely, as is our guitarist, we have played Bridge of Sighs at rehearsals but never at a gig (yet). Not an easy one to fit a harmonica into, and the harp man doesn't like to feel left out! [/quote] Has harp man considered learning to play water bells?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1504554825' post='3365684'] One of those questions will be, how does the money work, how and when do I get paid and how much can I expect to make each month? [/quote] I'm pretty sure that's three questions, Blue. Maybe four if you look at it just right.

Don't mean to derail this thread, but surely any 2-channel power amp with the option to bridge the channels is ... erm ... a mono amp?

Yup, that's what got me into these basses in the first place ... they are ridiculously light.

Have you asked about the smell?

I'm guessing that the SB321 is a fretless - all four illustrations there are either fretless of lined fretless. This is my SB320: http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses%20CURRENT/SGC%20Nanyo%20Bass%20Collection%20SB320%20CURRENT Puzzled by the reference to tarnished hardware. I've had five of these basses (to date) and most had the gold hardware ... don't remember seeing this before.

SB320 right?

London is awash with public transport. There are very few venues which aren't served by a tube (subway) station, or at least a bus stop. We played a birthday party this afternoon at a pub in Stepney, in the old East End of town. Silvie and I drove there in the van with the PA and the rest of the band came by tube, clutching guitars and stuff.

I lasted 15 minutes before I switched off. It sounded like a decent covers band, and very little like the originals. Dave Swift's bass was indeed an Ibanez. He is a big fan and owns a number of those Musician basses. Good to see that he had recovered in time for that gig.

But were they experimental?

I tried looking for Fender bass models too, but neither Airfix nor Revell make any.

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1504256052' post='3363652'] You need the Time - money - and inclination all three lined up for me this year so i went for it. [/quote] And ... ahem ... the aptitude. I have all the craft skills of Frank Spencer (ask yer Mother) and, tempting as this course is, I fear it would be a complete waste of my money and Jon's patience.

[i]Non illegitimis carborundum.[/i]