LewisK1975

I just used to take spare strings to gigs, but for the sake of carrying one extra thing out of the house, if a string goes mid song, I can just grab the other Bass off the stand and crack on. Saves any downtime. In our cover band, we do a lot of parties / weddings / events and on those sort of gigs, the clientele can be less forgiving of downtime than the local punters at the dog and duck. I still take a backup for Pub gigs though, it's just habit for me now.

The main thing I look for in a gig bag is that it doesn't have a 2 piece handle that that you have to velcro strap together, I despise those for some reason! I like the Fender Metro bag. Can be got for about £38 on ebay from rst music. Pricier elsewhere atm. 1 piece handle!

I'd heard of the promethean, but never really looked at them - that's a nice feature set.

Porthcawl in South Wales is busting with live music every weekend. Transport links are limited though.

Shame this isn't an offer of a spare ticket for tomorrow night, when he's playing about 10mins from my house. Too slow off the mark, Sold Out!

Have you thought about contacting them directly? [email protected] may or may not get a reply, but for the sake of just sending an email, it's gotta be worth a try?

Lozz has hit on something there - generally when you think you're moving quite a bit, on camera it doesn't look a lot at all, especially in a wide shot. I reckon if you're gonna go for some moves, they'll need to be exaggerated a little for camera...YMMV! Also I reckon it's something the whole band needs to discuss, probably with whoever is doing the filming, you don't wanna be throwing too many shapes if no-one else is!

The different knob versions of the unit look exactly the same to me, apart from the knobs of course!

Always have 2 Basses at a gig with me. Duty / Standby.

A sunburst Roadworn Jazz Unfortunately I'm only in a position to trade at the moment and the last couple that have come up have been sale only / non-receptive to my offer. sigh.......

I'm pretty sure the intention of this is for use as a PA sub to go with the FR800's....

Thanks Chaps for the replies!

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1479830419' post='3179633'] I'm confused. Do you mean cab, or do you mean combo? Hard to see how anyone can recommend a cab if they don't know what amp you are using. [/quote] See post#3 - the OP is using a GB streamliner 600 head..

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1479828516' post='3179610'] I agree on the Slammers, but that one has an interesting body shape though as well as a J pup and better bridge. So I'd expect it would get more. Do you know any more about the build? I guess the ultimate answer is stick on Evil-bay and see what it goes for; that's the law of economics. [/quote] I don't know any more unfortunately, I just think it was a case of them trying to make something a bit more interesting, but ultimately they are still cheap stuff from a time when cheap usually meant nasty as well. Not always the case! YMMV! I'd agree, let eBay decide..

Hey all, I've got a YOB (1975) Jazz which is all good and nice and light too, surprisingly. Only thing is the 3 bolt neck - does have a tendency to move a little sideways now and again. What's the preferred method for getting it to stay in place? I won't be converting to a 4-bolt or anything like that, but I've read about putting sand/glass paper in the neck pocket as a possible solution to this? Any thoughts? Ta Muchly!

You've already touched on this - but I think my biggest concern would be having to convince any potential future buyer who thought it wasn't right. Then again you do have this thread as evidence..

Hey Kert, I reckon far east manufactured, Marlins were east German made up until the late eighties (Slammer and Sidewinder guitars / Basses) and then Korea up until they ceased in the late nineties. I'd say it's not worth a lot unfortunately, certainly sub £100. They were distributed by Hohner IIRC..Entry level stuff, and not a patch on today's entry level stuff either..

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1479727333' post='3178717'] Don't send anything until the money is in your bank account, and insist on fully insured and tracked postage so you can follow it all the way. [/quote] This is pretty much it. EDIT: and of course only deal with Basschatters!

Here's the latest version of mine. Set up to run a Yamaha Attitude using both outputs from the Bass, feeding 2 inputs on the Mixer. [attachment=232420:pedalboard.jpg] Chain is: Woofer (neck) pickup > Micro POG > Spectracomp > Bass Driver > mixer input. P Pickup > EBS Billy Sheehan Deluxe > Rolls Crossover > Spectracomp > Para Driver > mixer input. ABY switch is in the drive loop of the EBS to switch the drive channel off / on. No amp on stage for me these days, I use in-ears (Ultimate Ears UE900s).

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1479660258' post='3178216'] Used to do it until I started using Superbrights which are pre-stretched. Now I don't bother! [/quote] I didn't know this! I've only ever done a press down after the saddle anyway, but good to know!

Bought a pedal from Chris last week, all done nice and easy and delivered really well packaged, Cheers Chris!