lemmywinks

I bought some and put them on my Zoot, didn't like them too much tbh but for the price they were worth it, quite a lot of folk really like em so horses for courses i guess

Another one for the Korgs, i currently use the DT-10 and it's very accurate and responsive. If i was looking at buying a new one i'd look at the Pitchblack but there's nowt up with mine! The old Sabine one i had was good and pretty well built, stood up to a lot of abuse and was always accurate. Some scumbag hotel staff nicked it at a wedding gig hence the Korg, otherwise i'd still be using it today

Cheers Pete!

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='677437' date='Dec 8 2009, 02:38 AM']You're spoilt for choice, basically. But avoid super-budget names like Vintage, Harley Benton, Stagg, etc. I don't know where they're building those but they aren't pleasant to play.[/quote] I've played a few really nice Vintage basses and there was a killer Stagg Jazz in my local Crack Converters, the headstock logo is horrible though! Probably the exception rather than the rule but those brands do produce some good P and J variants. Similarly the Aria basses are generally well built and good players Regarding a good 1st bass for under £300 i'd go with what everyone says and look at the Squier CV series, also have a good look at the market section on here as there's some silly-good bargains pretty much every day!

[quote name='Adrenochrome' post='677467' date='Dec 8 2009, 08:09 AM']The good guitarists don't do it [/quote] Very true! An old guitarist of ours thought it was the done thing to crank a Marshall up as loud as it would go, even though his playing was terrible and he had the mushiest guitar tone i've ever heard We sacked him for a multitude of reasons, but they were all summarised by one thing - p1ss-poor guitarist!

I'll have it please!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dennis-Cornell-Valve-Bass-Amp-Cabs-1-15-2-10-1-15_W0QQitemZ220523402073QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item3358381359"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dennis-Cornell-Valve...=item3358381359[/url] A bit of a one off, i presume this is the same Cornell fella that makes the boutique guitar amps? I bet this rig sounds huuuuuuuuuge!

A mate of mine has one of the older passive Stingrays strung with flats, the darkest bass i've heard! I depped for him once and couldn't get anything approaching treble out of it

Nice fretless Warmoth Jazz for sale @ £360.......

I'm having a clear out of some of my laptop spares and have this i took out of my netbook when i got it It's a PC4200 512mb stick Full garb on the sticker: Samsung 512mb 2Rx16 PC2 - 4200s - 44 - 12 - A3 M470T6654EZ3 - CD5 0709 Should fit any laptop able to take 4200 / 5300 memory with at least 512mb for each slot Free to good home!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fender-squier-bass-MIKE-DIRNT_W0QQitemZ200414406960QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2ea9a12930"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fender-squier-bass-M...=item2ea9a12930[/url] Pick up only though, in Barnsley If you hit BIN he's throwing in a little amp and a gigbag so seems like a good score

Will they fit the old brass just-a-nut to the new neck? Worth asking them in case you get the plastic one which isn't as good I think my Fortress has had a new neck somewhere down the line (2005 to be exact!) but still has the brass nut and "West Germany" stamped machineheads, so i assume they retro-fit the old hardware onto the new neck

The guys on the Warwick forum are really helpful, they should give you a better idea Just out of interest what sort of money would you be looking at if you were to sell the bass? Not that i should really be considering buying it!

[quote name='mgauction' post='673880' date='Dec 4 2009, 06:19 AM']Very, very overrated; lousy music - definitely no soul whatsoever. I'll take a good simple bass groove in the pocket of a nice melody anytime![/quote] Jaco, no soul? Really? Also he's laid down more than a few simple grooves in his time, check out "I Can Dig It Baby". Definition of in the pocket right there

You mean Mania bass? [url="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.applestone-music.co.uk/shop/images/57.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.applestone-music.co.uk/shop/prod57.htm&usg=__3STl5KCHI7rIASaz-rKBomN5yG4=&h=450&w=188&sz=11&hl=en&start=2&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=r7C8B3K6yneqeM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=53&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmania%2Bbass%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1"]http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...sa%3DN%26um%3D1[/url] Remind me of the Peavey Cirrus, in a good way!

[quote name='Clarky' post='673513' date='Dec 3 2009, 06:33 PM']But I have to say technicality for its own sake ([b]eg that dreadful Alain Caron slap-fest clip on BC recently[/b]) leaves me absolutely cold.[/quote] +1 on this too. That clip sounds like someone dropping a box of cutlery down the stairs!

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='673240' date='Dec 3 2009, 02:46 PM']I think a lot of people knock Jaco because he is otherwise held in universal high regard - a kind of 'anti' statement. IMHO, no-one has improved on what he did at the heights of his career as a player and musician. There are those that have taken the bass elsewhere and done other wonderful things but Jaco's thing was, at its best, timeless and unsurpassed.[/quote] +1 on this

[quote name='Huge Hands' post='673298' date='Dec 3 2009, 03:46 PM']As I posted similarly in a recent thread, I had this with a low B string on a set of Labella flatwounds. I played the bass at a rehearsal and then a gig within the space of 2 weeks and then the string core snapped mid gig. I put another string on, and it was fine. Could be as simple a fix as that. I hope your new set works![/quote] I had a set of La Bella Hard Rockin' Steels with the same problem a few years ago. The next set i tried sounded great but i broke a string on their first gig so went off the brand after that!

Cheers! I'll be getting this done to my fretless Jazz in the new year. With series/parallel switching and a piezo bridge it's gonna be ace!

No worries Gareth, hope you enjoy it! Here's mine btw, a tenner more expensive but in sunburst (which i prefer) with the scratchplate removed as i hate the look of white scratchplates! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=54724&hl=45+jazz"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...&hl=45+jazz[/url]

The ZVex Mastotron was £70 odd new wasn't it? Great little fuzz pedal +1 on some of the Danelectro stuff. A bit flimsy and sometimes noisy but the two i've used give great nasty bass sounds. I have the Black Liquorice and it's a monster bass pedal. £12 off eBay too!

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='672595' date='Dec 2 2009, 10:28 PM']Do I need another Jazz?[/quote] Do it Wayne! At that price it's worth sanding down and staining/painting. I bought mine as a cheapo backup i can just keep in a soft case and lean against a wall without fear of damaging something expensive. I thought as long as it makes a noise and stays in tune it's earnt it's keep and wasn't expecting anything great. When it arrived i couldn't put it down, the back pickup on mine is one of the best bridge jazz pickups i've heard

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-ELECTRIC_W0QQitemZ180440529309QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2a0317f99d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-ELECTRIC...=item2a0317f99d[/url] Picked up one of these a whle ago and was well impressed, this one is cheaper and in better nick so looks like a bargain