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Well it went for the start bid, hope the buyer checked it out before handing over the readies. With the actual owners of the brand pushing out faked up vintage amps and a zero feedback seller i'd be very suspicious, sounds like a recipe for disaster.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1283067' date='Jun 26 2011, 03:46 PM']I disagree, They must be non pro's that can read well and cover lots of styles in an improvisional manner? I dont see that as a pro Vs amateur thing at all.[/quote] Of course there are, but those skill aren't necessary for the majority of amateur gigs. They are however a pre-requisite of being a pro musician. It's the sort of dedication you don't commonly see with part time players as their jobs don't depend on it, different story for the session guys where the ability to be flexible and dependable might be the difference between working and not working.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1283042' date='Jun 26 2011, 03:29 PM']This,for me,is where it becomes a grey area. While a player like Adam Clayton is a professional,he's not in the same league as player like Trevor Barry,Steve Pearce and Paul Westwood. If U2 hadn't been successful he probably wouldn't have been able to sustain a career as a musician. As far as I'm concerned,there is a huge difference between the professional 'band' musicians and professional 'working' musicians.[/quote] This is true. I tend to think of professional musicians as session guys, people who get the call time and time again rather that just being in the right place at the right time a la Adam Clayton. It's actually really easy to flail away playing a fast solo piece for Youtube and sound reasonably impressive, you never have to leave your comfort zone and are likely to have practiced those licks tons of times. For me the mark of a pro player is someone who can get thrown in at the deep end at any gig and pull it off because of their depth of musical knowledge and their ability to apply it on the fly. I can play in covers bands and original rock/funk/acoustic bands any day of the week but give me a reading gig with a Jazz band or for a show and i'd be completely lost. That's the difference between pro and amateur, to me anyways.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1282829' date='Jun 26 2011, 10:18 AM']Wot 'e sed.[/quote] I like one trip from the van to venue, the bag i bought holds a Gramma and my similar sized pedalboard meaning i have a two free hands to carry a flightcase and my cab. Although my dad now uses that bag to actually transport his fishing chair so i'll have to buy another when i start gigging again!

[quote name='tonyclaret' post='1282495' date='Jun 25 2011, 09:24 PM']Any thoughts on the gramma bag? Has anyone found a cheaper alternative? Although I haven't seem one in the flesh it looks like a bog standard nylon bag for £38![/quote] I used to use a bedchair bag for carp fishing i picked up second hand for a fiver - not paying nearly £40 for a bag to carry a plank of wood with some foam stuck to it! I imagine the large fishing carryalls designed for keep nets would be big enough as well. It might pay to have a nosy around fishing and camping shops for something that will fit.

Althou i'd agree that problems occur with all couriers, Porcelfarce are particularly bad with regards to late deliveries. The company i work for used to use PF exclusively for larger packages and they were consistently awful. It was pretty normal for their 24 hour service to be a day late and their time guaranteed services were almost always late, again sometimes by a day. Their customer service is equally awful - basically it takes so long to actually speak to a person that our office staff often gave up as it was a huge waste of time and resources, almost like they deliberately try to make it hard to get a refund. The PF guy who used to collect and deliver from us was great though, no complaints there.

Brand new SR5 for about £500-£600 (uni days, hazy memory!) in a little music shop in Sheffield. They had a few days to get rid of stock as they were going under and the Ray had been there a while, had the money too but ended up buying my course books instead. Played really nice and i went back later in the week - it was gone. Ended up buying some bits, my mate bought an acoustic bass and guitar, however the owner accused me of stealing a capo (i didn't) so i had mixed feelings about the place. Silly old fruit needed glasses!

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1277612' date='Jun 21 2011, 08:00 PM']Internet pricing from UK stores has been silly. Great news for the public, bad news for music stores. Last month four music shops went under, including Dolphin. It's scary. It's illegal to stop shops from advertising discounted prices online, but basically the wholesalers such as Fender, Yamaha, Roland, Peavey etc, have been saying to dealers, 'Look, do you want to survive?' I would say go into your local shop and talk deals. [/quote] This is true, i had a chat with a retailer about this a few months ago and he's only allowed to list certain prices on the internet. He specifically told me to ring or pop in if i saw something i liked and he'd give me his best price, shame i'm skint as they had loads of great stock! I tend to haggle in most shops though after an eye-opening shopping trip with a friend of mine (from a country where haggling is the norm), he saved himself an absolute fortune on camping equipment! A few weeks later i haggled £30 off a mountain bike and also got a free set of lights thrown in, walked out of the shop feeling like i'd just been woken from the Matrix! Having said that, if you sign up to online retailers' mailing lists you do get load of great offers.

Alternatively: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=139369"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=139369[/url]

I also like the EMG Select i have, very good sounding pickup. Having said that i also like Wilkinson pups and they're silly cheap.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1274399' date='Jun 19 2011, 08:14 AM'][/quote] You're showing some superb taste in basses there!

Aye i got that email a while ago. Might have to unsubscribe from the mailing list as there's not a single bit of kit on that site that i don't want! Someone really needs to snap up the BagEnd 12" at £350, that's a steal. The Bubinga Zon also looks fantastic.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1272482' date='Jun 17 2011, 10:21 AM']Because I have the same copy of Thirsty Nuns behind my radiator too. or I can't... it was a joke. Try to not to take things so literally in future Data. [/quote] I don't think it's a Fenix, the shape is sorta similar but the ones i remember had a chamfer along the hooked part of the headstock: Those Fenix Jazzes were indeed mighty fine basses. The one in the listing just looks like a cheapo copy, albeit probably worth more than £50 in parts.

Haha great, that makes the Markbass look huge!

[quote name='JTUK' post='1271363' date='Jun 16 2011, 01:00 PM']I saw a Aguilar GS112..with horn, I think, on here the other day for £160....STEAL..!!! That will do for starters and paired up - at a later date - you have a cab set-up that could cope with a very loud band, IME.[/quote] Ruddy hell that is a good deal!

[quote name='JTUK' post='1271201' date='Jun 16 2011, 11:16 AM']Read the blown EA 10" speaker thread first..[/quote] As long as the OP knows what situations the majority (if not all) 1x10 cabs are suitable for then there's not a problem. He just wants it for acoustic jams and home practice which they are perfectly suited to. It's tempting to get carried away and start pushing it but that's gonna cost you a replacement driver sooner or later! Chances are even the 140w amp the OP is looking at using is going to drive the majority of these cabs to their limits if cranked, my Superfly at 8ohms can drive my EA cab to distortion.

Ibanez looks like a good bet, neo driver so it'll be nice and light. I'm not aware of anyone on here who uses one on it's own and not with the combo though so it's hard to judge it's merits as a standalone cab. I would still love to try one though! Also you may find some inspiration in this thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=129174&hl=tiny+little+rigs"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...iny+little+rigs[/url] If you don't require silly volume levels then there's actually quite a lot of choice.

[quote name='flyfisher' post='1270360' date='Jun 15 2011, 05:37 PM']Coils? Coils! You mean you can actually [u]bend[/u] it??!! Clearly far too lightweight for a speaker cable then. [/quote] The 1m cable i have will coil to a certain extent but the 50cm one is actually quite awkward to pack away, i don't really know what to do with it! Wouldn't swap it out for another brand though, there's something really confidence-inspiring about such a chunky heavy duty cable.

I remember obbm mentioning he used 4sq mm cable for bass if that's any help. I have some obbm speakon cables (bought used off here) and they are superior to anything at that price point. Easy decision if you don't make your own leads!

Interparcel have always been spot for shipping basses, boxes will always get thrown about but there are steps you can take to make sure it arrives ok. One of the best things for shipping bass bodies and necks is those air pockets/pillows that come in strips. If you have the large (not the tubular) ones you can totally encase a neck in them, it'll actually bounce on a drop test!

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SITE FOR BASS ENTHUSIASTS, EXPENSIVE BASSES, CHEAP BASSES, WHATEVER , ALL I CAN SEE IS GUYS LOOKING AT PICS AND MAKING COMMENTS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, ITS A WASTE OF TIM ADVERTISING ON HERE AS FAR AS I CAN SEE. IS THERE REALLY ANY POINT IN HAVING A FOR SALE SECTION?????? CHEERS KEN

??? He's sold a few though, despite the fact that for that money you could pick up an EUB and not have to dismantle your P Bass. Someone has paid $549 for one too.... Baffled!

Wow, excellent work! Not usually a fan of Jags but that looks lovely.

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' post='1263966' date='Jun 10 2011, 02:26 PM']You can mess around with your EQ all you like, you will never get another bass to sound like a Rick - similar maybe, but they have a genuinely unique element to the growl that is unmistakeable.[/quote] See above! The RD Artist i had could absolutely nail that sound, better than most Rics i've heard