dave_bass5

Ah, well sorry, ill be gigging myself that night (as usual). One day ill make it. Have a good one.

Hopefully ill make the 29th July one (this time).

I do find that sometimes my bass sounds fantastic, other times its just plain horrible. This is normally down to the room and the EQ. My cab is very middy so i dont have that full, big low end tone (i wish i did,it does effect the tone quite a bit) so cant say ive noticed the low end being over powering but i wouldn't say it was scooped.

What a lovely pair :-)

Thanks for the heads up about Stringsdirect. I must admit I hadn't checked before posting. Thats also a good price. Look forward to reading your views on them.

Cool, I'll be interested in your thoughts. I normally use Stringsdirect but haven't seen them on there yet either.

Thomanns have them in stock. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/elixir_stainless_steel_medium_bass.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/elixir_stainless_steel_medium_bass.htm[/url] There is another thread about these strings on here, although it seems to have died out as it was just about availability in the UK.

Nice one. I still love mine, it just seems to make my P bass sound like it should. Not hot or soupped up, just a nice woody tone. I still want a Fralin at some point but in no rush.

LOL, these Thomann threads are starting to mount up.

Ive been using Clayton Acetal 1.90mm picks for a few years. They feel good to hold and ive never broken one so far.

I use my fingers to hold the pick, so im real and multi talented lol. I do use a pick 98% of the time when playing live. I just cant get up to speed without it but at home i never use a pick. To be honest i dont always like the tone i get from a pick, but is what im most comfortable doing.

Wouldnt downloading be more like receiving than actually stealing? Im not arguing that its not a crime (no idea really), just that the person that uploaded it would have stolen it, they are then passing it on.

Way to long to get through in one sitting. Cant agree that its stealing, not if its being handed to you (or uploaded by someone else), I think we all have to make a judgement call on weather we feel comfortable doing this or not. Thats the only way its ever going to stop. I do it, ill admit that.

[quote name='Toasted' timestamp='1340030011' post='1697886'] Looks fabulous. [/quote] Indeed it does. I think Fender made the right choice putting maple fretboard on these. The only thing i dont like is the bridge. I just prefer something a bit chunkier so i'd put a Gotoh 201 on it if i had one.

Each time i come in to this thread im liking this finish more and more. Thats not a good thing for me to do.

Fantastic shot indeed. To me it has the energy of,a live performance. We had a good one. 60th birthday party in a bowling club. Could have been rubbish but we had a dep drummer who was really spot on. It's funny hearing songs played as the origial after so many years of doing "our version" I'm backs to playing my Squier Jazz with Dr Black Beauties and loving the change.

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1339775161' post='1694210'] It is the very start of things. In my view we're at the, 'still testing the water' stage with each other. Hence to start raising questions about commitment is somewhat premature. [/quote] I personally would have said its the other way around. Why wouldn't he want to know you are committed at the start of something. Better now than to find out later you arent surely? As for the open mic night, he sounds like he wants to get out there and start playing (unlike the originals band by the sound of it), it might not be a good gig but its a start and might be good exposure. I really dont understand the have none of it responses. Hopefully someone will be able to enlighten me.

Its always going to be tricky. I expect both bands want to make it, do lots of gigs etc and i can totally understand some members getting jumpy about commitment. Its all very well saying you will honour the first gig in each time (if thats what you have done) but that then leaves the other band with a problem, especially if its originals and they need to get someone in to cover you. Personally i wouldn't be in a band with someone who was going to cost me loss of earnings, or at least extra hassle. To me its not worth it and un fair. This is not attacking anyone, and in fact i did it myself for a few years recently but these situations can become messy IMO. There is no straight answer as none of us can predict whats coming, but in answer to the original post, and in my view of course, if its a new band, with all of you putting in time and effort i dont see why its a problem being questioned on commitment. I would expect both band will want to be first place come gig day.

I really like the look (and price) of the jazz. I love blocks and inlays but not on a maple fretboard so i like the clean look of these necks.

LOL was my first reaction, and second. Not much more to add really. Im sure the Americans will love it. [url="http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/slashiphone/"]http://www.ikmultime...ts/slashiphone/[/url] I do like the idea of the stomp box though.

Sorted now. Thanks to all those that got in touch.

I've played Lulworth Castle a few times. Lovely place. I always enjoy walking around it during sets.

We have a 40th birthday party to play on the above date, and while our drummer had booked a holiday before it came and cant change it, the drummer that promised to do it turns out to be a C%&T and has let us down so we need someone desperately. We just play the usual standards, nothing taxing at all. There is a song list in my sig (Blowup). 2x 60 min sets, finish no later than midnight. Pay is £150, cash on the night. Cheers.

Yep, believe it all. I had never heard of Lakland before getting my 55-01. I was in the bass center looking for a higher end 5 string and they had about 7-8 55-01's in there. I played every one and couldn't find any issues with any of them. All were set up perfectly (for me), none had any fret or buzzing issues etc. I was very impressed. I had a good budget that day but walked away with a 55-01, one of the cheapest 5 string basses in the shop. This was the first real 5 string i had ever owned and the neck was so comfy i went out and did two gigs that weekend (2 days to get used to it). The tone, as stock, can be improved but a lot of people dont bother. I found i could get almost any tone i wanted from it but did upgrade the pre amp to a slightly better one. I didnt find it made much difference though. The only reason i got rid of mine was i went back to 4 string so didnt need the 55-01 any more. I've been hooked on Laklands ever since, until i ran out of money.

Cheers guys. Fran, your photos are getting better every day but i think you have peaked with this one Gareth. I tend to spend more time on Off topic these days. At the moment i just feel what i have is doing its job so i tend to avoid seeing things that might upset the balance of just wanting vs real GAS. Ive also been spending more time with the camera stuff and rebuilding my PC so nt had a lot fo time to post on here, i still visit this site more than any other. Catch up with you soon.