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  1. NancyJohnson
    [quote name='Delberthot' post='255274' date='Aug 5 2008, 12:08 PM']I believe that the green one is made in the same factory as the Waterstone Tom Petersson bass as it is very close in most respects.[/quote] I had some dealings with Bob Singer at Waterstone a couple of years ago (when I was trying top help with UK distribution). We discussed the Tennessee basses - he was quite flattered that his TP12 model was being copied and confirmed 100% that the Tennessee basses were not coming out of his Korean manufacturing plant. The plant could barely keep up with demand for Waterstone let alone any other maker. P
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    [quote name='cheddatom' post='156759' date='Mar 13 2008, 03:57 PM']Due to some circumstances out of our control, me and my guitarist could possibly start playing as a duet, with me on drums, and I have suggested him on baritone guitar. He's never played one before, and they're quite hard to find! So: What baritones are there? I swear I saw an Epiphone LP one on Ebay a while ago, and it was really cheap! Where can we find a baritone to actually play in a music shop? (stoke, brum, manchester are our limits) Are the strings on a baritone really thick, like bass strings? Or will it not be much different to heavy guage guitar strings? Ta [/quote] Danelectro used to make one or two very funky/retro baritones. Unless anyone has mentioned it, wasn't there a Fender Jaguar baritone. That was a stonkingly attractive guitar. P
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    [quote name='BigRedX' post='253176' date='Aug 2 2008, 10:25 AM']I've bought 4 basses form the US (and one from Japan) and had no problems. With USPS it will take 2-3 weeks door to door most of which time is spent in limbo between countries and waiting for the UK customs to inspect it. If the sender uses USPS the delivery here is done by Parcel Force and you [b]WILL[/b] have to pay customs and VAT on it. Customs duty is 3.5% of cost of the item(s) plus shipping but only applicable if it comes to over £7. VAT is 17.5% of cost, shipping and customs duty combined. Parcel Force will also charge you of around £15 for customs handling fee. Customs also use their own exchange rate which isn't normally quiet as good as the current quoted one. Also Parcel Force won't deliver until you have paid these charges. One of the basses I bought came FedEx. That took 3 days door to door and incurred no import duty or VAT. Normally FedEx bill you for import charges after delivery so just because your bass arrives and you haven't had to pay import to get it, don't assume your off the hook. However IME if you have them deliver to your work address (where you should already be VAT registered) this bill never arrives. I haven't been able to 100% verify this and also I don't know if the VAT simply ends up at the work accounts they pay it along with all the others with out realising that it was for me and not work related, but nothing I've had delivered to me at work from abroad by FedEx has had any VAT or duty to pay. YMMV as they say.[/quote] I'd concur with the getting it shipped to a work address. Two basses, not a bill in sight. Maybe I just got lucky...I don't know. Had one delivered to home and I had to pay £80.00 or thereabouts. Good hunting. P
  4. NancyJohnson
    [quote name='Mikey D' post='252583' date='Aug 1 2008, 11:22 AM']Or even better: [url="http://www.wlguitars.com"]Wes Lambe[/url] makes them, and for about a $1000 cheaper! Great instruments.[/quote] Cool, cheers for that link. I don't know which ones I like the look of more to be honest...maybe the Novax. I'll have a better look tonight! Haven't been able to find anything on the Novax site about tunings. P
  5. NancyJohnson
    [quote name='NancyJohnson' post='252488' date='Aug 1 2008, 08:56 AM']I'll be damned if I can remember the name of the company[/quote] It's Novax Guitars [url="http://www.novaxguitars.com/index.html"]Novax[/url] P
  6. NancyJohnson
    Played a Dingwall in the US a couple of years ago out of curiousity more than anything else. It felt [b]very[/b] comfortable from the outset...I didn't feel that the fret system hindered really. There's another luthier in the US who does these fanned fret hybrid guit-bass instruments...from memory they have a slightly extended scale length than a regular guitar (so maybe baritone length). The flagship model was an eight string...for your money you get three bass strings (one bass circuitry that can be routed through a bass amp) and five guitar strings. I'll be damned if I can remember the name of the company (I've got a link on my PC at home if anyone is interested). P
  7. NancyJohnson
    Amp sold pending the usual. POD still available...SoundDiver software disc found! Cheers P
  8. NancyJohnson
    I just wanted to throw up a photo of the cat damage as this seems to be causing some of my fellow BCs a problem. It doesn't affect the sound kids. The white spot where the carpet is missing is about the size of a penny. There's another small patch about 1"x2" that the cat pulled up and has been glued back down. I could spray the two areas with black paint and you wouldn't see them from a couple of feet away. P
  9. NancyJohnson
    I've got the guitar and bass pods...they're great tools. If it hasn't been answered already, the guitar version is good for bass...it has a nice tube emulator and can give bass some nice dirt and other effects, but I prefer the Bass POD for bass. Either will take a signal from anything you can plug into it via a jack-plug. I love my twins. P
  10. NancyJohnson
    [quote name='Etienne' post='245568' date='Jul 22 2008, 06:06 PM'][attachment=11083:DSC00307.JPG][attachment=11082:DSC00316.JPG] [attachment=11084:DSC00312.JPG][attachment=11085:DSC00311.JPG] I was just about to post this and noticed that Clarky's finally sold his this afternoon... Anybody other BC'ers out there interested in one of these? I bought this new in 2004, and it has been my sole gigging and recording head ever since- it's never been anything less than 100% reliable in all that time! I've recently bought a Little Mark II to replace this, and can't really afford to keep both heads, so with some sadness (oh pleeeeeease!) I'm putting this up for sale... Clarky's thread says pretty much all you need to know about this little beauty, so to summarise: -300W @ 4 ohm, 200W @ 8ohm. -Twin channels (you can select either OR both channels together AND mute with supplied footswitch). -Footswitch connects to the head using any 1/4" jack lead (very useful). -Sansamp XLR DI out (with gain pad & ground lift), effects loop, parallel 1/4" speaker outs, tuner out. Condition is 9.5/10- it's been rackmounted in a flightcase virtually from new. There are only a few light scratches on the top panel, and the rubber feet are slightly scuffed, and that's about it- not even any rack rash (I've been very careful with it). It's in A1 perfect working order- I just hope my new LMII is as roadworthy as this has been! It comes in the original shipping box and packaging- the footswitch, manual, AC cable and rack-mounting kit are all included (see pic). I'm looking for [b]£300[/b] for this- no offers please! I would also be more than willing to accept a Sansamp Bass Driver DI (in perfect working order) in a P/X deal. Collection from Liverpool city centre preferred, but I am happy to post this at the buyers own cost and risk- it's pretty heavy though! I can also deliver within 50 miles of Liverpool if my diesel costs are covered... Thanks for looking- please PM for more info and photos. Etienne [/quote] Very quick question. Can you run both channels independently into seperate cabinets? P
  11. NancyJohnson
    Offering these two up for sale. I'm going to 100% honest...there is no point in me saying the combo is in showroom condition; it's used. One of the tone knobs sheared off and another is a little crooked following a knock it took when I was loading it into my car a couple of months ago (I have it on good authority that Ashdown will supply replacement pots free of charge), the carpet top has seen some activity from one of my cats and is a bit patchy in two places. The amp is used weekly for jamming and I did a gig with it about ten days ago. As I generally run the POD into the effects return, the tone control isn't really an issue, but any buyer may want to get it fixed. I have the knob! The Pod is used and is fully functional - comes with a well thumbed user manual and a stand as well. I have the Sound-Diver software CD somewhere about too. This combination produces a delicious/filthy JJ Burnel sound with borderline Geddy Lee clank. OK, prices. I guess somewhere about £150.00 for the amp, but you'll need to pick it up from Crowthorne, Berkshire - the POD? Somewhere around the £100.00 plus something for shipping. Cheers Paul
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    [quote name='cetera' post='241787' date='Jul 17 2008, 02:39 PM']Ah mate, you've discovered the 'secret' joys of the Tech21 Landmark! I LOVE this head..... it does every sound I want and especially excels in the grindy/gritty hi-mid classic rock sound.... As Ade says, I had the Landmark 300 and I sold it to him..... but only so I could buy the more powerful Landmark 600!! If you can hold a little while (crazy busy here at the mo) we can maybe get together and you can give my Landmark a trial run.....[/quote] Cool Gary Cheers - I guess if I went with the POD I'm likely to keep it on a kind of gritty sound anyhow...so maybe only one or two patches. I'm looking for that kind of (Ash) Burn Baby Burn kind of sound...dirty Thunderbird/Rickenbacker kind of thing (although I'll be getting the DJ5 soon enough). I have to say I get that tone already, but my Ashdown stuff is getting a little worn out. I got an e-mail from the UK distributors and the amp isn't available here at all. I'd like to go new, but we'll see. P
  13. NancyJohnson
    [quote name='ped' post='241360' date='Jul 16 2008, 11:09 PM']If you already have a guitar pod, how about a rack XT pro instead of the X3 - I can't see any reason to 'upgrade' except for the fact it does guitar too. I really don't know why they made it 3u!![/quote] I think the X3 appealed simply from the perspective that it was a one-unit-hopefully-does-all kind of thing. I own both a bass and guitar Pod. I hear what you say about the 3U thing. At least the Flightcase Warehouse do a 5U rack on wheels! P
  14. NancyJohnson
    I need a bit of advice. Looking to start upgrading gear in the next couple of weeks (yes Gary, the time has come), so here goes. I've been thinking about piggybacking the new POD X3 Pro (due September) onto a stereo poweramp, but in the last couple of days though, the waters have been clouded somewhat - I've been reading up about the Tech 21 Landmark 300 head and have listened to the sound samples on their website. I like what I'm hearing and what I've read so far, but I can find scant info on UK sellers. I'm looking to run either setup into a 4x10 and a 1x15 (both Ashdown MAGs for now). I know the POD isn't available yet, but I'm thinking with the Tech 21 I get a 2U* rack unit (and presumably a very close version of the Geddy/Chris Squire clank which I want) plus no loading backache. The POD/Amp combo will be 5U rack of POD/Amp. At the end of the day I figure if I need to run a guitar, I have a guitar POD, so I'll use that, dispensing with the new POD So who has a Landmark 300? Any good? Does it fit a standard 19" rack? I'm going to be mighty pissed if it can't cut the mustard. P (or confused of Crowthorne) *Edit...make that a 3U rack - I'd have to factor in a tuner as well.
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    [quote name='tauzero' post='239030' date='Jul 14 2008, 11:37 AM']A chap called Robert Townsend wrote a book called "Up the organization" which includes a bit in this. He was running Avis, and there was a proposal to create a low-priced sister company to try to increase business. The board were asked for their opinions, and one of them said "I don't know what you call it, but we Poles call it pissing in the soup". I can't see how bringing in a 5-string is pissing in the soup for Fender. They've already done that pretty effectively by introducing Squier. NJ does rather highlight a comparison I've made before between Fender and Harley - innovation is despised by a large proportion of the existing customer base, although it has the potential to bring in new custom.[/quote] It would be nice to see Fender bring out something radical and new that isn't based around their Precision or Jazz shaped bodies though, wouldn't it? P
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    [quote name='Huge Hands' post='237861' date='Jul 12 2008, 11:32 AM']Sorry NJ, I have to disagree. I love the Precision shape, but for me my regular gigging bass HAS to be five strings. With this in mind, and the fact that I don't have the spare cash to fork out on a new Fender or Lakland similie, I have just bought a second hand Squier Precision V. It has Jazz pickups, but for me it's the neck feel (I like cricket bats!) and look of the guitar that gets me. I am just waiting for the postman to deliver my custom build 5 string Wizard 84's for it. One day I might take a chisel to it and fit a proper split coil precision style pick up, but I'm not brave enough just yet! I completely see what you're saying, but it appears there will alway be a niche market for Fender to exploit with traditionalists like me. It's not just us bass players though, I once played in a blues band who kept pressuring me to change my Cort (Ibanez lookalike) because it was "too modern looking".[/quote] First off, I've no problem with fives at all - my primary bass was a Warwick Streamer 5 for a loooong time - I loved it, but as a Precision player for about ten years or so, in my opinion it's good [i]as is[/i], it's a design classic in the true sense...and it certainly doesn't need a rehash to accommodate that extra string. I am to a degree a traditionalist. I think you hit the nail on the head where you said about Fender exploitation. Well put. I just want my instruments to be robust, functional and playable in solid colours...I've posted previously that I don't really dig basses that look like furniture and I'm really not so keen on these redesigns. Anyhow, who am I? Nothing I can do to stop Fender P
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    I read a review of one in the last issue of US Bass Player and watched a review of it (and the new range) on Bass Player TV about a month ago. I'm sorry, but it just looks wrong...Precisions should be four string. It's how it is. How it [b]should [/b]be. This is the first Precision Fender have made in a five-string version. The company I work for regularly use the expression of 'denigrating the brand'...now I'm all for company products being innovating, using cutting edge tech etc., but the new Precision V is just unnecessary. Fender rehash their models to keep sales going (which is obviously working), so the new fives are clearly the next step. Expect a John Myung supported six string next year. Not really, I made that up. Fender seem to be running out of ideas. Let's face it, on the solid body front, they have traded very well on the back of probably less than ten bass designs (and three or four basic pickup configurations!) in the last fifty-five years, just tweaking here, adding there. Love or hate companies like Ibanez, BC Rich etc., at least they're bringing new shapes etc. to the market. Anyhow, as you gathered, I'm not keen on the new model. P
  18. NancyJohnson
    We played [a support] in Reading last night...very short notice. We'd had one rehearsal in the last month due to band holidays. About thirty people in while we were on...most of whom left after we finished (I like to think they stayed because we were so great, not that we emptied the place after we finished). Main band played to pretty much my band and a few teenagers sitting around a pint of Fosters taking pictures of each other on their phones. Sad. We were blinding BTW P
  19. NancyJohnson
    [quote name='Huge Hands' post='236962' date='Jul 10 2008, 11:16 PM']Yesterday, in HMV, I found a DVD of Ben Folds Five "Live Sessions at West 54th". I think it was recorded mid-late nineties (sorry can't be @rsed to look at the box!). Anyway, I've had it on full blast all night while Mrs HH has been out. I had forgotten how much of an influence Robert Sledge was on me when I was first playing, not that I play anything like him. I'm now even thinking of getting a distortion pedal to blend with clean signal to fatten out our band sound! Classic. For you gearheads, looks like he's playing an Epiphone Les Paul and an upright (on one song). I can see a Marshall head and a Marshall and an Orange cab. Quality! A one for the "Underrated Bass Players" thread if ever I saw one. Just thought I'd share that with you. Cheers![/quote] +1 You know the one thing that did it for me with Mr Sledge is that his playing with BFF had the ability to turn two [normally] clean sounding instruments (piano and bass guitar, obviously) into something that sounded wholly distorted and very rocky. This prompted me to try out stuff with very clean guitar fuzzy bass and it turned into big rock. Quite a nice surprise. P
  20. NancyJohnson
    [quote name='SJA' post='234590' date='Jul 7 2008, 11:08 PM']um, a 24 fret neck going on a T-bird body set up for 20frets...are you planning to move the bridge forward, or rout out the neck pocket to move it into the body?[/quote] I'm going to get the body routed out to set the Spector neck further into the body. Retaining the 34" scale (and keeping the bridge in roughly the same position) will mean a rout of an additional 4cm in the neck pocket. I know a very good chippy with a brace of tools that he's putting at my disposal! I think aesthetically it'll look fine. P
  21. NancyJohnson
    [quote name='Dr.Dave' post='234139' date='Jul 7 2008, 01:40 PM']Q parts do a knobs with various black inserts which would look great on the vol pot. Just make it stand out enough so to speak. Thinking about the strap buttons. Where will you put them?? It may balance better on the back of the body rather then on the end by the bridge. Does with my EpiEx and others around here say similar with Tbirds. The shorter Spector head might not cause such an issue though.[/quote] I think I'm going to leave the strap buttons in the same location as they are - they're in the same positions as those on my Waterstone 12-string bass (a loose Les Paul-ish shape) and this baby has some awful neck dive issues which have pretty much been resolved by using something as simple as a Levy's wide strap. The body and neck on this project weigh about 50% of the Waterstone, so hopefully not an issue! P
  22. NancyJohnson
    Chaps! For some time I've been harbouring a dream to build something (nay, screwing a load of parts together) to emulate the Spectorbird that Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx used in the mid-90s. I've always loved the Thunderbird body shape, but have a real dislike of the Gibson headstock - it has always looked wrong to me. For me, the offset Spector headstock design is a thing of wondorous beauty...you could pretty much put this onto any bass and it would look peachy. So anyhow, cut to the chase, I've acquired a T-bird body (thanks 211 of 500!) and a loaded Spector neck (cetera!) and while I've been [on holiday] in Italy a BadassII bridge, Dunlop strap locks and some other odds and sods have arrived. I'm just waiting for a Spector truss rod cover. The plan is to fill the body dings and prep it for paint. A paint shop near my work have said they'll paint it for £40.00 (which is great) - I want it black hi-gloss without a scratchplate. They're insisting it doesn't need to be stripped to bare wood as long as there's a key for the paint to stick to. The neck pocket on the body is a tad small, so I'll need to make it a touch wider. Electrics wise, I've not really done any homework on replacement pickups right now, so I'll check BassLines (et al), but I just want a single volume control and a pickup switch (like one on a Les Paul). Photo's attached including a mocked-up Photoshopped version of the general design vision. Wish me luck! I'll post updates! P
  23. NancyJohnson
    [quote name='cetera' post='233162' date='Jul 5 2008, 02:47 PM']It's taken me a while but I've finally got around to getting all my Spectors in one place and taking some photos of them.....[/quote] I think I've just messed my pants. P
  24. NancyJohnson
    [quote name='Scoop' post='185687' date='Apr 26 2008, 01:37 AM']I was a journalist on Kerrang...Oh, but do let me know you're coming first...[/quote] I'm not in the market for any CDs right now, but by a weird coincidence my cat, Scoop, shares your username. Somewhat trivial I know. Post a list! P
  25. NancyJohnson
    I actually like that Mott The Hoople track, but then I really like Mott The Hoople. It think it's this one that if you You Tube it there's a clip of them on TOTP and the actress who plays Marlene in Only Fools And Horses is 'singing' backing vocals. Insofar as a track ruined, while I'm not particularly a big fan, No Doubts' [i]Underneath It All [/i]is a great until this frankly ridiculous West Indian gurning comes in. Ruins an otherwise good song. Even ruins the video. P
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