Happy Jack

Surely the discount in this case is that they [u][i][b]haven't [/b][/i][/u]marked up their price by 15% to reflect the collapse of the UK£ against the US$. Back in the days when we used to speak in old-fashioned phrases, I'd have described this as "cutting off your nose to spite your face". But no one talks like that any more, do they?

As ever with these questions, it helps to know what you're going to use it for! If you plan to play in cool jazz trios on DB and nothing else at all, then I'd point you in one direction. If you're going to play blues and rockabilly on DB, plus you need to do electric gigs with a covers band using the same rig, then I'd point you somewhere else. And in each case, I'd want an idea of your budget too.

My 'bass ladder' exists in a state of permanent turmoil and churn. The one constant is the Mike Lull T5 which is always my first choice in my main band.

Hell, for $125m I reckon I could do a passable English accent.

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1476874823' post='3157934'] Hard on the singer without a PA :-) All of the pub/club gigging bands around here use a PA (very rare to have one in the venue) - usually just for the vocals and kick/snare.. Bass levels are matched to the drummer. Vox normally a bit louder than it should be as the assumption is that the guitarists will get louder during the gig anyway. Most don't have a sound engineer, so "mixed" from the side during the performance based on feedback from trusted audience members.. First soundcheck done by people with long leads or wireless :-) [/quote] Exactly this for the pub/club bands I play with. We've tried putting the whole band through our own PA (we have more than enough good-quality kit to do that if we wish) but frankly it's more trouble than it's worth. By the time you take into account everyone's varying need for monitoring and foldback, having each of us bring his own backline is easily the simplest option ... in which case where's the benefit in all going through the PA? We're literally moments away from having JTUK turn up and explain where we're going wrong.

Harry Shearer (Derek Smalls in Spinal Tap) is suing Vivendi for $125m in unpaid royalties arising from the film, which he co-wrote ...

It's not just the scale length that matters, but also where in the body the neck joint sits. Is your 35" scale bass actually a longer stretch for your left arm than the bass it replaced? There's no guarantee that this will be the case.

I always liked the idea of footswitchable flexibility. As marketing concepts go, that's peak Ashdown.

He was interrupted before he could glue a roll alongside it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-RENAISSANCE-T-200G-Lucite-Guitar-early-production-1-of-6-ever-made-/162113465057?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

Oh alright Steve, I can take a hint. Do you want to borrow my Fishman Platinum Pro? It's the older model, i.e. about five years old, so the styling isn't quite as Space Age as the latest version, but it's pretty much the benchmark (IMHO) for DB pre-amps. If nothing else, it will certainly reveal to you very quickly whether or not your bass/rig could sound better ...

I feel quite embarrassed about this, but every time I see the title of this thread I start singing "you don't have to put on the red light" ...

I've just asked my sister to buy this as a birthday prezzy for my brother-in-law (they live in New York).

[quote name='thehillscorporation' timestamp='1476308230' post='3153302'] I've seen WEM amps and cabs realise good prices on t'bay...can't think why, only one I ever played through sounded like it had paper mache speaker cones !! [/quote] A properly maintained WEM Dominator is one of the nicest sounding combos you'll ever play through. Try a P-bass with flats, played at a sensible volume ... absolutely gorgeous.

[quote name='sbrag' timestamp='1476096877' post='3151153'] My wife likes turquoise so I'm wondering if I can sneak it in despite being skint and not needing it! [/quote] Ah yes, Candy Apple Turqoise ... one of the rarer custom colours used by Fender.

That's the Guild Ashbory's big brother, isn't it?

We have different walk on music for every gig we play. It all depends on what the landlord is playing when we shout "could you turn the house music down now, please!".

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[quote name='Clarky72' timestamp='1475782461' post='3148783'] It's not a bass, so apologies for posting such indecencies, but wow, what a finish! [/quote] Quite apart from the extreme split in opinion this finish has attracted (me, I'm with the "never in a million years" brigade), I would also struggle with explaining to punters at gigs that it was called [i][b]Cytherea Black Splatters.[/b][/i] I always thought that was a nasty STD ...

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1475841723' post='3149134'] you can copy my ideas then [/quote] No worries ... just waiting for a decent one to appear.

As long as I can copy the best ideas from better musicians than me, I'm happy.

Nope. It's a 4 string baritone bass that will fit in a hard shell suitcase, or a biker's backpack. Colour me interested.

This is cheap, sturdy, and surprisingly light. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/String-Bass-Lightweight-Case-/182299944006?hash=item2a71ec6446:g:yWsAAOSwaB5XwbtC The wheels at the back mean that you can walk down the pavement towing it behind you without effort.