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Depends on the shop. Big chains will probably be getting a bigger discount from the distributor than the smaller guys. So if I was buying from a big chain, I'd be pushing harder for a discount than I would in an independent. And in any case, it's the biggies that have some of the most inflated advertised prices. Smaller operations need encouragement and support. The trade-off is that, hopefully, you get better service, better product knowledge and a higher commitment to customer satisfaction. If I had a specific purchase in mind, I'd always check out the market rate before I went into a shop. If it's madly high, they're just further down the list. And if they advertise POA (price on application), I'm definitely not going there.

I was about to affirm that this is the first 'modern' style bass I've liked, till I realised it's basically a Rick. Never mind, eh...

There's 'Mojo', there's 'Reliced' and there's just plain shabby. Poor old bass. Needs a nice home. But not mine.

F'sure they ain't 'new' matamp products - there was a similar cab design in the 70's that eschewed the 'beveled' edge look we know today. Whether they're gen or not, they look pretty poor quality. Retro is one thing, junk-shop is another. This is the sort of item that needs a good, careful examination under a bright light before handing over the readies.

[quote name='jonthebass' post='408223' date='Feb 13 2009, 08:28 AM']I see they're selling an amp & pre-amp aswell. Clearout time methinks![/quote] Also selling coffee table, dining table and chairs. Divorce time, methinks

Just sling a full size double bass round yer neck. That'll do the trick. No need to thank me.

I don't know whether it's in the bible of 'good technique' or not .... I just wish my stubby little fingers were long enough, so I could have the option...

Bought a bridge from Spinynorman. Excellent condition, bargain price, fast shipment and v. good comms. A quick and easy transaction. Thanks!

[quote name='Hamster' post='408145' date='Feb 12 2009, 11:25 PM']There's no doubting his talent and I like most of his stuff. Shame about the drugs and his untimely demise at the hands of a bouncer [/quote] Sorry, is this Jaco you're talking about or the Chief?

It's immaterial how old he is - he's still entitled to an opinion, even if it may seem 'wrong'. And those of us with more years on the clock usually have the maturity to recognise that. More importantly, he's only been a member for 3 days, so let's be nice and welcoming, eh?

[i]JUST BEEN IN A BOX IN LOCK UP [/i] - since 1973

Welcome 6'7", eh? Bet that Cort looks like a tennis racket hanging off you.

My [i]personal[/i] taste is for a square-fronted cab that's at least the same width as your average rack or wider. Hate overhanging amps! And, for some bizarre, inexplicable reason, I also feel that 'tall' cabs (8x10's excluded) look wrong, somehow. As do 2x10 stacked on their sides for enhanced sonic dispersion... Just my 2 cents.

Why not put a 'Feeler' ad in 'Basses for Sale' and see what the market will stand?

[quote name='budget bassist' post='406932' date='Feb 11 2009, 08:35 PM']If i recall, flea actually used a pick for that'un[/quote] He's such a girl.

I like the 'commercial dreck'. (Sniffs huffily and puts on some Leanne Rimes)

[quote name='ARGH' post='406949' date='Feb 11 2009, 08:44 PM']Cheese? It depends on what you define as 'Cheese'?[/quote] From www.norwegiancheeses.com [i]Jarlsberg is the most popular Norwegian cheese in the UK. It is named after Count Wedel Jarlsberg, the owner of an estate by the Oslofjord, where the cheese was first produced back in 1815. Jarlsberg was first sold in the UK in the 1960s and since that time has developed a reputation with the British public as a delicious cheese of exceedingly high quality. Unlike A-Ha, for whom we express our sincerest apologies.[/i]

[quote name='ARGH' post='406700' date='Feb 11 2009, 05:39 PM']I wonder if anyone here can actually double a blazing kick pattern with their fingers? (Hint-hint..Can we talk techniques ,before we degenerate into mindless slanging of X bands or what band is in which genre..please)[/quote] No, I can't blaze a double knitting pattern, because I'm [i]far [/i]too busy trying to create the 'Country-Metal' genre. And all bands whose names end with a vowel are s**t. Fact. Not opinion - fact. And I've got 452 bands here who don't fit into any genre and have to be out of the warehouse by Friday. Offers welcome.

Bringing two genre threads together: It's quite easy to stick the Ace of Spades riff over the intro to 'Ghost Riders In the Sky', or, indeed, vice versa. M'mmmmm, Country Metal. There's got to be a few quid in that....

[quote name='Buzz' post='406358' date='Feb 11 2009, 02:47 PM']On the mention of Blink 182, is everyone aware they officially announced their reformation this week? Check their official website if you don't believe me, new material will be surfacing in the summer.[/quote] Well that didn't take long...bet the lawyers were up late sorting out 'issues'. Not surprising seeing as Squid-face Delonge's much-vaunted new outfit, Angels & Airwaves, produced a reeking slab of overlong, turgid pap (imo), while the abandoned rtm section annoyingly knocked out a couple of bona efforts, in between crashing planes and eating their own heads. Bit wrinkly these days for running around nekkid, though.

Country music is, on the whole, very fine, IMO. Like the old stuff, like the new stuff, like country-rock, like alt-country. 15 years ago, I'd have killed myself for thinking that; but you grow up, and your tastes get broader rather than narrower. Same as I find something to enjoy in blues, metal, reggae, dance, classical ad inf. Now, when it comes to hardcore British country music 'buffs', as they like to call themselves, that's a different story. Detest anything after Slim Whitman, build shrines to Boxcar Willie and drive around in rusty old Yank Barges with Confederate flag stickers. Weasel-featured, long greasy hair, tattoos, scars, ratty little moustaches, prosthetic limbs. And you should see their husbands.

Always used to use bass boomers, then shifted to elixirs. Boomers always sounded great for a couple of sessions, then dead real fast. But YMMV.

Good news - the BRMC song is a piece of cake.