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Happy First New Band Gig.

While we're at it - thanks for all your work, Dood.

[quote name='mcgraham' post='381321' date='Jan 15 2009, 02:29 PM']...something to help with slight neck dive...[/quote] Wider, leather or soft-backed strap? (First time I've heard of tele neck dive )

I had a maple-glo version of that in 1979. £125 new, sold it a year later for £100. I was a stupid youth.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='381020' date='Jan 15 2009, 09:40 AM']Sorry but the Tele can't recover from this[/quote] Fair point well made. He's butchered that Tele. Yet another reason to dislike Coldplay.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='381268' date='Jan 15 2009, 01:39 PM']I think once a week is reasonable.[/quote] +1 - the section's very cluttered.

[quote name='tauzero' post='380303' date='Jan 14 2009, 03:00 PM']I think they sound pretty realistic... it's nice that the one I found suited me best was also the cheapest. [/quote] Thank you for that - I've seen some reviews, but I'd always trust a user over a journo, and a BC-er over a user. Glad it came up a bargain. Cheers!

[quote name='Beedster' post='380374' date='Jan 14 2009, 04:13 PM']So, for arguments sake, if a 1970 Fender is built entirely from components bought from 20 different sellers on ebay, and all of those parts are 100% verifiable as authentic and original Fender components from 1970, and given that the combination of neck, body and hardware on any one bass was likely a matter of chance at the Fender factory in 1970 (pauses for breath)......, is there an argument to say that the 1970 bitsa Fender in question is, to all but the most anally retentive purist, original? By the way, I have no interest here, I'm not trying to get a response to justify having sold a bitsa as original on ebay Chris[/quote] I'd say it isn't an original 1970 fender guitar, because it didn't exist as a guitar in 1970. But where do we draw the line - just neck and body, or orig hardware, strings even? Many serious collectors want confirmation of original solder joints... [quote name='Beedster']BTW, my other half works for the Archbishop[/quote] I love coincidences...I bet he can knock out 'Kumbaya' on an acoustic...

[quote name='westoneblah' post='380164' date='Jan 14 2009, 12:17 PM']....bands are employed by hotels and play covers 7 nights a week, 365 days a year in the same venue...[/quote] So nice solid gig calendar then. Sounds like paradise And that Cherie Garcia is something else...but is there a Joan Entwistle?

[quote name='Beedster' post='380160' date='Jan 14 2009, 12:15 PM']Lots of resonses to the first part, but the second part (i.e., if the first option, how is this verified) seems ito be escaping scrutiny?[/quote] Ask Musky. Or immerse yourself in various Fender books and resources until not the slightest and tiniest detail escapes you. "That's one of Manuel Padilla's neck joints!" you'll cry, "Probably a Thursday, cause his missus always gave him one on a Wednesday night between 1967 and 1972" Dating a guitar by it's components is one thing - but even if they're all contemporaneous dates, you still won't know for sure if it's an contemporary [i]assembly[/i] or a modern bitsa, particularly since people started stripping down perfectly good axes and selling them piece by piece on the bay. And given that it's only an accident of fate that one particular 74 neck went on one particular '74 body, does it matter? About the only way you could be (reasonably) certain is to buy your axe from the Archbishop who bought it new and who swears it's provenance before the Almighty.

[quote name='matt_citizenbass' post='380011' date='Jan 14 2009, 09:47 AM']... can't afford to keep changing the valves etc.[/quote] You won't need to keep replacing valves if you get a tech to give it a precautionary once over and sort any potential faults, which, barring big issues, shouldn't take more than a couple of hours. With old amps, the problem isn't valve failure so much as other component failures which might then cascade into blowing a valve, such as a dodgy capacitor, wiring or transformer. If the transformer goes, that can be the expensive one, depending on availability of replacements or modern equivalents. Valve failure in isolation is comparatively rare these days, as long as you avoid the cheapo brands - go for JJ's, EHX, Sovtek, and you should be OK. NB, I'm not sure, but the GE-100 may have a solid state pre-amp...check this out, as it may impact on the 'sound' you want - and £250 is not particularly cheap. The thought also occurs that while gtr heads of the 70's rarely topped 100w, there were a number of 200w PA heads, which might give you the 'oomph' you're looking for, plus a bit more clean headroom.

[quote name='tauzero' post='380099' date='Jan 14 2009, 11:10 AM']I have a Telecaster Custom, a Telecaster Thinline, a 1959 Strat, a 1958 Les Paul Standard, a Les Paul Junior, a Firebird, a Gretsch, a Rickenbacker 360-6 and a 360-12, Gibson ES-335, ES-175, and Super 400, an Epiphone Casino, a Martin 6-string and 12-string, and a Dobro. That's what the manual for my Variax 300 tells me I've got, anyway.[/quote] Those Variaxes any good - that's to say, how 'realistic' do they sound?

That would be #1, while agreeing with Musky. But interpreted by some to mean "None of the above, but then I'm a scamming 6@st@r0, me"

Welcome and enjoy!

Welcome indeed. Much of a live scene in Dubai? Easy to get gear? Enjoy the forum!

Though some may disagree, lots of older guitar or PA valve heads work fine as bass heads. For years all I used was a 50w Mk2 Marshall and a 2x12. Just loud enough in small venues to get over an AC30, an MM Guitar combo and drums. When it were all fields round here the most you got were bass, middle, treble and a volume knob (and 100w if you were lucky). Real simple and easy to dial in a good tone. You may wish to think about 70's names like Sound City, Carlsboro, Simms Watts. There's usually something weird and wonderful lurking on the bay, but be prepared for remedial repairs and a hefty outlay on power tubes which could add another £50-150 to the deal, if you're unlucky. The good news is that old valve amps are generally easier to service, but somewhat more temperamental. I just brought an old '66 Bassman back from repairs to find that the car journey home had loosened up some components - so back it goes again!

He also had lots of R&D input in the early days, along with Freddie Tavares (who did the opening steel guitar swoop for the Loonytunes theme) and was responsible, in part, for the brilliant 50's-60's ad campaigns. Came up with the name "Stratocaster" and, later on, founded Randall Amps (say Ta, all you metallers). Unsung hero.

For a cheap, loud, if clean-toned solution, have a look at eminences. Other than that, the trad approach is celestions. If you're going to be using it for both guitar and bass, you might want to look at four x G75t12, which would give you 300w. The celestion site's got lots of info IIRC.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='379132' date='Jan 13 2009, 03:13 PM']I'd use one for high side of biamping.[/quote] Hadn't thought of that. Smart move.

FWIW, and playing the Irish angle, I'm informed that both Ronan Keating's MD and his 2nd guitarist swear by them. As guitar amps. Not particularly giggable for bass, I'd have thought, but you never know...

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='379021' date='Jan 13 2009, 01:54 PM']I dislike the sound and 90% of guitarists who play them are pretentious douche bags IMO.[/quote] Ouch! (Agree Tele sound can be a bit marmite, partic if too much treble on back pick-up)

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='378950' date='Jan 13 2009, 01:09 PM']And buy a decent guitar I HATE TELE'S.[/quote] Why?

Commodore "Im-Precision" S/H 1976 Then: £50 Now: £289

[quote name='Bassassin' post='377612' date='Jan 12 2009, 12:59 PM']Jack might have a point, though. It could be argued that Fender make a lot of bad copies of their own instruments. Jon.[/quote] It could be a good copy of a bad instrument