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[quote name='jimijimmi' post='387540' date='Jan 21 2009, 02:15 PM']and YES it is a give away price...if you can find me one for less,then ill take 2.. hope ya well.. jj[/quote] Wasn't saying the value was incorrect, more the "bass of this calliber" bit. Far better basses go for a fraction of this i'm afraid. And yes i am well, thanks!

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' post='385596' date='Jan 19 2009, 11:23 PM']The Artist series was a deviation from the usual Gibson formula of all mahogany construction but they weighed an absolute ton.[/quote] Too true! I had it on a very long strap (looks ace!) but there was about 3 trees worth of wood in there so it was extremely uncomfortable. Don't think Gibson ever got a bass neck profile right either. The RD and every TBird i've played felt clumsy, like it didn't really want you to play it.

[quote name='Delberthot' post='385602' date='Jan 19 2009, 11:27 PM']The best one I ever used was the Owen Bass Gremlin - quite pricey new but pop up here from time to time around the £60 mark. I just don't do pedals orI would still have it.[/quote] +1 on that. I just sold mine for £60! Can email a couple of clips if you like. It's more like two versions of one overdrive. There's the on/off and a filter switch, so potentially 2 different (footswitchable) overdrives. Works out at £30 a pedal! Sold it cos i rarely get to use overdrive, plus i'm more of a muff man (matron!) Also keep an eye out for the Danelectro Black Liquorice/Black Paisley pedals. Cheaply built and a bit noisy, but sound huge especially with the octave down switch! Got my Black Liquorice for £12 delivered off the dreaded ebay. No level control though, just Drive and Bass! The EBS one is worth a shot too. A bit too restrained for my liking but might be what you're looking for

They are very rare. Still look 'orrible though... Think he's a bit mixed up on it's provenance though. Guigsy played Fenders, i thought Gem Archer (rhythm guitar) played a non-reverse firebird. EDIT for awesome quote : "A bass of this calliber will not be available again for this give away price" I used to own an RD Artist '77, IMO Gibson's best bass. It was my second best bass, behind my Warwick Corvette. Not exactly known for their world-beating basses are they?

Baby green? Nut & crunch? Hangover black? Can't see it catching on....

It doesn't come with a DC jack on it, just battery, which is why i thought wiring it up for a centre -ve adapter would be ok. i understand that most pedals ground through the sleeve which is usually the +ive. I'm asking cos after i connected it up to work off my adapter i sent it to the repair shop to have the pots looked at (they were crackling), paid £15 and took it home. Didn't work. Took it back and collected it Saturday and was told it was £30 as i'd blown the transistors (the repair guy had taken it upon himself to rewire it "correctly"), so when i connected it up it blew Just want to know if i'm in the wrong really, i took advice from other forums and just switched the wires around. If i'm wrong i'll pay up, if not i'm taking the pedal and getting my initial £15 back as AFAIK he didn't fix the pots!

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='384299' date='Jan 18 2009, 08:05 PM']Looks fairly original. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CUSTOM-BUILT-HAND-MADE-BASS-GUITAR-L-K_W0QQitemZ180320430791QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CUSTOM-BUILT-HAND-MA...ents_Guitars_CV[/url] [/quote] Aye it's just down the road from me. Keep thinking about going to have a go. Maybe could get some comedy pics posing with it in my Basschat tshirt? Just makes you wonder how some folk attach "custom" and "hand-built" to useless planks like these. Also the neck on the first one is off a Vintage, so not exactly hand built is it?

Anyone?

My Zoot <<<<< Haven't even had it a year. I had a bit of money saved up for something special (i'm the only one in our band that doesn't squander gig money!) and was looking at USA Jazzes. Tried a few and none grabbed me so i left it at that. Then i saw this on ebay for £900 BIN. Loved it! Couldn't justify spending the money (i was looking at Warwick Fortresses and non-USA Tobias basses at the time). Kept a note of the seller and over a period of a few months noticed the price drop to £800. I mailed him to see if he would take any less (meaning £50 or so), and got a very flat response telling me the bass was worth well over a grand and he was in no rush to sell it. About a week later he'd obviously had a change of heart and had dropped the price to £710! Hit BIN, but couldn't complete until i had paid and my Paypal account wouldn't go over £600! In the end i had to wait another week to get it verified and every few hours i was checking ebay on my phone to make sure someone else hadn't nabbed it! Eventually paid for it, the bass was sent via Parcel Force 48. It took about a week to arrive though, cue a lot of worrying and pacing up and down! Within 5 mins of playing it unamplified it was at the top of the tree. Unbelievably loud, clear and focused, couldn't wait to plug it in and play with the Aquilar pre! I cringe every time i remember considering spending £740 on a Fender.........

Hi I have a Russian Big Muff which i have adapted to use a boss style adapter (using the battery clip). I would like to power this from my pedalboard but it's centre positive, so i was wondering if one of these would do the trick: [url="http://www.diago.co.uk/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,29/category_id,3/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,206/"]http://www.diago.co.uk/component/page,shop...art/Itemid,206/[/url] However, i read this from another site: "In short, a positive ground (PNP) design can't share its power with negative ground designs - that will short out the power supply. This is because the pedals share a common signal ground - through the patch cable - which in both pedals is connected to the chassis. The chassis is also connected to the power's ground. In a "regular" pedal the adapter/battery negative goes to this common ground, but in a PNP pedal the adapter positive is connected to the same ground. If you combine them, the result is of course a short-circuit in the power supply. The solution is to run the PNP pedal(s) from a separate supply, or to use batteries with them" I don't really understand anything too technical like this (i am by admission quite simple!), so would the Diago adapter solve my problem? Thanks in advance for any replies! Steve EDIT: I also saw a few threads on other forums saying that you can just reverse the wires on the DC jack to make it centre negative. Is this safe at all? Ta

As a alternative to my previous post.... Me - bass Joni Mitchell - vocals Lindsay Buckingham - guitar Sly Dunbar - drums An oddball line-up, but Dunbar is my favourite drummer purely cos of his snare sound!

The passive DI looks like a molten lego brick!

[quote name='Deep Thought' post='382999' date='Jan 17 2009, 03:43 AM']I think they're better looking than your normal Stingray, which I have never liked. Still wouldn't buy one.[/quote] +1 Best looking Musicman i've seen.................

I'd just replace Billy Gould in Faith No More!

[quote name='4000' post='381805' date='Jan 15 2009, 10:26 PM']Ok, it's pretty much fixed that I hate tweeters (well, certainly with the Rics, which are my main gigging basses). So, for a man who hates tweeters, are the Schroeders going to work? Can you turn the tweeters off? If so, should you? They're on my short list for replacement cabs (something I need very soon, although I'm still struggling cash-wise at the moment) but I'm really worried about ending up with something that's going to be to glassy for me. I've posted this before in other places, and this is something like my ideal tone. Jorg reckons I should be able to get it no problem, but with all respect to him I'd just like a few more unbiased opinions. FWIW I'd say Jon Camp (the player featured) probably plays harder than me, but it's a similar sound (although grittier) to what I used to get from my old (very old) Trace rig. Oh, I'm using an Ashdown ABM500 head. All the Schroeder clips I've seen are nothing like this style or sound so it's really difficult to judge. [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ_5h0SKUSM"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ_5h0SKUSM[/url][/quote] Yeah there's an attenuator at the back, i turn mine right off as i hate them too! The one in the 1212r i have isn't really offensive, just the highs are more natural with it turned off. I'd say it's anything but glassy. I have a low-mid heavy tone which the Schro does brilliantly, miles better than any other cab i've heard. Get one!

It does pay to get a proper regulated guitar jobby though. I was getting uncontrollable noise from an EBS pedal and thought it was broken. I used it with a few generic adapters (correct voltage, polarity etc.) and it wasn't until i tested it with a dedicated Ibanez power supply that it worked. The generic adapters were fine with my other pedals too. The only difference AFAIK is that the Ibanez one was regulated

There was a sweet Tobias 5er in the for sale section a few days ago for around your price range, lovely basses them.....

A bit OTT for me i think. Much prefer a nice plain finish... must be getting old!

/\ Wot they said /\ Bought a few things from Steve, thoroughly nice lad.