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[quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1398355444' post='2433346'] The boob photoshop is quite comical on this one. [/quote] I bet you go around telling kids that Santa isn't real don't you?

For some reason I keep getting drawn to this listing, can't put my finger on why though: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MUSIC-T-SHIRT-ELECTRIC-BASS-SHIRT-BAND-SHIRT-BASS-GUITAR-T-SHIRT-BASS-PLAYER-HOT-/161284852203?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255

Our singer (another young 'un) loves that song as well, tried explaining to her that we were all sick of it but in the end it's easier just to do the damn song. Annoyingly it [i]still[/i] goes down really well. At least it's not Summer of '69....

Just got this offer in an email - looks brilliant for £30: Just bought a new budget solder station for £15, wish I'd waited a bit now! http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/60w-professional-lcd-solder-station-with-esd-protection-a55kj?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=15P2_W2_D6&utm_content=Product-1&utm_campaign=15P2-7

Ace basses these, very well specced and designed. Wish I still had mine!

We do most of our gigs out of town, there are some nice little brewery circuits and music pubs/venues if we travel a bit more (nothing crazy) whereas locally it's been dying for a long time. In fact I enjoy gigging now much more than I used to!

I have a Seymour Duncan SMB4a as a sole humbucker (bridge position) in one of my Arias, it's wired passively with a series/parallel switch and nails the MM sound, also does a decent J impression too in series. Don't know how it would sound in the neck position as it's a single pickup bass.

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1398016861' post='2429588'] I'd be all over this, but.... that finish. [/quote] I quite like it and I usually hate gaudy finishes! Reminds me a bit of the old Levinson Blade Jazzes.

I can add another +1 to Promenade Music. Great selection and very nice staff, particularly the guy in the piano/keyboard section (his son is a bassist IIRC), we were chatting to him for ages before I remembered to look at the bass stuff!

Don't know anything about it other than that I want one!

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1397913719' post='2428561'] Plus the advantage of these kits are if you decide to change pickups, instead of needing to be ok with a soldering iron, all you need is a screw-driver. [/quote] Available in your nearest Poundland!

I don't really see any difference between decent generic pots or CTS, or even other decent parts. The first set of CTS pots I bought failed (one of the volumes on a J setup) and had to be replaced, I've also had a Warwick volume pot fail on me. I've gigged basses with decent generic pots for years (90s basses) and had minimal problems, no better or worse than more expensive types. Alpha pots are absolutely fine - they're nice and cheap (about £1.50 last time I looked), will last and sound exactly the same.

Ours isn't worth braving the smell of BO. They have some ok stuff but it's always above market value, like they check on eBay and add 20%. A mate of mine who lives in France got fleas the first and only time he went in his local branch.

Some of the wiring harnesses floating about are stupidly expensive, I think I read on here that someone paid around £70 for one which is ridiculous. Personally I think there's as much woo and snake oil present as there is with vintage guitars and audiophile £1,000 kettle leads. Does "vintage" cloth wire really sound much better than the cheapo electrical wire you can salvage for free or buy for pence per metre? Do CTS pots sound any better than decent generic ones that aren't oversized and have standard size shafts? Just make your own, it's easy and cheap. Get a variety of capacitors and see which ones sound best to you.

Aphex Bass Xciter also has a DI out.

Looks lovely, from his vague answer in the Q&A section it looks like it will have a pretty high price tag, probably deserves one though!

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1397429859' post='2423929'] That's an RSB Deluxe II - I've got a lovely blueburst r/h one, with a badly twisted neck, had it from new in the 80s and it was my main bass for about 15 years until the twist made it unplayable. That's a crazy bargain - these are fantastic basses, and any lefty JapCrap fans here should be scrapping over that. Wonder how mine would look with a lefty neck... J. [/quote] You ever had those moments where you seriously consider buying a lefty because it's so cheap, then have to remind yourself that you won't actually be able to play the thing?

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1397458333' post='2423978'] I've seen people posting about their very poor experiences with Rickenbacker basses. When I see these posts, I wonder if there is anybody who is annoyed enough at John Hall that they would go out and deliberately give them bad reviews as I don't believe the instruments and/or QC are as bad as occasionally claimed. [/quote] The complaints about Rickenbacker QC existed long before all this kicked off, the only thing about them that isn't wildly variable is the price.

MIJ Aria for £90 BIN, lefty though.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Left-handed-bass-guitar-/291124292706?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43c85c2c62

IGB 65 I think. You selling?

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1397134798' post='2421004'] [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/NakedGuitars.jpg.html"][/url] OR [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/KissGoneWrong.jpg.html"][/url] Decisions, decisions ... [/quote] The weird thing is the metal band are trying their best to look scary but end up looking ridiculous, the other guys.... Genuinely scary!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1397135105' post='2421013'] I think I just find the idea of wrapping an item that is extremely solidly built with a hard-wearing exterior in something so comparatively weak and flimsy somewhat bizarre... [/quote] Ok you're right then, in the bin they go.

[quote name='tonyf' timestamp='1397127239' post='2420890'] Having never been that bothered before in previous bands, we're now full on "uniformed" in Second City Soul, the functions band I'm in. We've put a lot of effort into the image of the band from a marketing and visual side of things and the stage wear is all part of the deal. When people are hiring you at considerable expense for important events such as weddings etc, rucking up in a pair of levis and an old t-shirt "because that's how we roll" isn't either professional or appropriate. IMHO. We've gone the full monty, even with the "corporate" polo's and hoodies that we use when we're setting up and breaking down (easier for clients and staff to identify the band when we arrive at venues) and TBH, it's made such a difference to how we feel as a unit and how we approach each gig. In fact, I've even gone as far as having my IEMs in the corporate "colours" (with my incoming 1964 Ears with the band logo). Detail, friends, details. [/quote] The polo shirts for load ins is actually a pretty good idea, I might nick that - in fact I just have done!