dave_bass5

[quote name='jjay69' timestamp='1329213192' post='1538719'] Yeah i can second the Gallery, it's a little gem. Im lucky enough to live close enough to walk there and just had my Precision worked on there too, it's worth it, make sure you go downstairs and take a peek where the most beautiful Sei basses are made and go cat spotting ! Other than that yes if you've never been, the 100yds of Denmark st will keep you busy for some time, I cant remember the name now, but make sure to go into the vintage shop up the "north" end near the Intrepid Fox and wind your way up the stairs to the top floor, where you will find some of the wackies looking vintage guitars ever, Jack Daniels shape and the like.. [/quote] OP has already said Guitar shops are out as he will be with his family.

The river walk will be fine for a scooter, It's all pretty much flat walkway the whole way along, there are even lifts around the south bank area so you can access the higher parts like the festival hall. The eye has access ramps as well. The tourist areas of London are pretty accessible, but not actually needing any of that it's hard to tell just how easy it is. You could put all these suggestions as pins in to the Apple maps app before leaving. Even if you don't have a 3G iPad you will at least get a list of places and be able to see where they all are in relation to each other.

There is also the museum of London at London wall, just behind St Paul's. It's free and a good place to learn the history of, well, you know.......

Science and NHM museum will be on the Circle or District line from Tower hill, thats right next door to Fenchurch street station (more or less). You need to get off at South Kensington. The Eye is near Waterloo station, sort of in the middle of Fenchurch st and South Ken. Its probably a good idea to goolge these places and make a note of their address, and get hold of a tube map.

A couple of things i dont think have been mentioned yet (im probably wrong. If driving in to central london.....dont. Try and park outside, or at best bring lots of money. If coming in by train, and i assume that will be in to Fenchurch street, then you will be closest to the Tower of London part of town. Maybe plan from that area, heading out towards the eye as thats at the other end of the river walk, although the tube connections are good and its easy to get to the NHM etc from tower hill.

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1329136584' post='1537546'] Agree with the museum tips - but a recent visit to the NHM on a weekend meant lots of queues both outside an in, and very busy inside. (Don't go in the main front door of the NHM btw. There is a lesser-known entrance on the east side, on Exhibition Road. If you get to the Science Museum when approaching from South Ken tube, you've gone too far) [/quote] Isnt there a doorway that connects both museums? I know there used to be but thats going back years.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1329133413' post='1537491'] And could be quite painful when you rip them off ! [/quote] Thats probably not a negative for some people

I live just off the Southbank so all my suggestions are based on this area. If you do go to on the Eye (definitely recommended) you also have the London Aquarium just next door. A bit further along you get to the South bank center. Not much happening at the moment along there but its a really nice walk if the weathers good. Other things to try are the Duck Tours, this a quite a nice experience, especially the river section. Its a trip around the center of london in a amphibious vehicle, so it takes in the road and part fo the River Thames. Some other attractions in this area are here [url="http://www.london-se1.co.uk/attractions/"]http://www.london-se1.co.uk/attractions/[/url]

[quote name='Salt on your Bass?' timestamp='1328806038' post='1532982'] I emailed planet waves with the question "does this work well with bass guitars, and particulalry on a low B on a 5-string". I recieved a rather comprehensive response that I thought I'd share: "[i]why yes it does. works great on my lap steel ,mandolin etc.. as well. thanks George Santos[/i]" Not sure what else I was expecting to be honest.... [/quote] Well at least you know if or when you get a mandolin you wont post any silly questions in this thread

I think there was a thread about this guy on here recently, unless there's more than one player who plays like this.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1328703312' post='1531327'] Surely spell check is a system wide thing and shouldn't be affected by either browser choice or the site you are visiting? [/quote] You would think but thats not the case. For a start IE8/9 (in fact all versions) have never come with a spell checker, so 3rd party add ons have always been needed, and i believe its the same for FF although its a bit easier to sort out. IE9 was working fine but not FF9. FF10 seems to have fixed whatever compatibility issue was stopping the spell checker from working on here.

[quote name='the_skezz' timestamp='1328702741' post='1531309'] I'll take no less than fifty. Sorry mate, but I'm afraid for me it is all about the money money money [/quote] did they come fresh out of the drawer or out of the wash basket? That will determine their value

Just seen this new stomp box for ipad/phone etc. Pretty cool idea. I could see this getting used live, more so than the full blown amp sims. [url="http://digitech.com/en-US/products/istomp"]http://digitech.com/en-US/products/istomp[/url]

Looks like its working again. Well done someone.

After another listen i think i do recall hearing it last year, it wasn't it used for a TV add?, maybe thats where i heard it. I never listen to the radio (at least not one that plays the current stuff) and my kids arent fans so im pretty much out of touch with who sings what these days.

[quote name='Linus27' timestamp='1328696173' post='1531163'] I am confused by when you say the current Mrs Discreet. Only last week I met three young ladies who claimed to be [i]the[/i] current Mrs Discreet [/quote] Im sure you also made this claim a few months ago over on Gimpchat

[quote name='Linus27' timestamp='1328693856' post='1531122'] Yep, we all know he lives alone with his pet goat called billy [/quote] So it was you peeping in the window last night, didnt recognise you because you had that mask on

Unfortunately i didn't actually take any, but im working on it ;-)

Ive got Gotoh 201's on both my Squiers and i love them. They look and feel better to me, compared to the BBOT and vintage style bridges. Cant say i noticed ant tone change but then i was coming from high mass bridges anyway. Funny enough i needed a Gotoh 201 to get a decent action when i changed necks on my P, as the new one as a bit higher and the standard HM bridge couldn't get the stings up high enough.

Never heard of it until i clicked on the youtube link. I quite like it but cant see my band ever doing it.

Had a (nice) shock yesterday. The GF put mine on after getting out of the bath. It looked much better on her ;-). And no, there will be no pics..

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1328048791' post='1521080'] I wish Schroeder still had a distributor. [/quote] I got my first one direct from Jorg. Still worked out cheaper than buying over here.

I had two and loved them (both for free, big cock up on Music YO's side). Probably the nicest 5 strings i had played up to that point. I traded the second one for a 4 string Honer but didn't keep it long. Nice as it was i just didn't get on with it, plus it was active and i wasnt too keen on that. I felt the passive EMG's sounded nicer. Tone wise i was very happy with the XT-25, i quite like the EMG Selects. Ive still got a white 4 string Spirit XZ2, (the one with the conventional body shape) and that too has the EMG select's and it sounds very nice.

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1328566931' post='1529385'] Try pedalling the F at the end (Nahhh na na) of the tune over the Eb major nd the Bb major. Much more fun. [/quote] There's a great bass line over the end in the Love version. whenever we do hey Jude thats always the highlight for me. Oooo, just noticed the spell checking is now working again in firefox.