SpondonBassed

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1497080603' post='3315670'] I Wish - Stevie Wonder Good Times - Chic Spirit of Radio - Rush Wherever I Lay My Hat & I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young Haitian Divorce, Josie & Peg - Steely Dan I'm going to stop now, at least I'm going to try. EDIT: Ooh, ooh! Anything on the first Robben Ford and the Blue Line album. Hmm, must try harder [/quote] I've only got your first two in my repertoire but they're all good 'uns.

Stuff a Chiwawa in one 'ole and a Toy Terrier in t'other. Job's a good 'un.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1497038343' post='3315545'] Just heard two tribes on the radio, it's an awesome bassline. [/quote] Franky Goes to Hollywood? I have the 12 inch of that. Stop sniggering you lot at the back!

[quote name='DanH71' timestamp='1496924970' post='3314733'] ...its my bitsa bass and Im not worried about being seen playing something other than Fender. In fact i may design and put on my own decal. [/quote] Good man!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1496910868' post='3314586'] literally it's "until the view"... meaning "until we see each other again" really. Just a very general goodbye. [/quote] Au revoir is similar but c'est la langue de Francais.

[quote name='DanH71' timestamp='1496908850' post='3314566'] Thanks Norris, very helpful! SpondonBassed, not so much.. [/quote] Aw Heeheehee. What makes the Fender decal "dodgy" then? Is the guitar a Gibson copy or summat? Edit; I've just found this and answered my own question; http://basschat.co.uk/topic/303932-i-dont-get-the-whole-putting-a-fender-decal-on-a-non-fender-bass-thing/page__view__findpost__p__3314264

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1496902706' post='3314540'] I am happier than most to accommodate a buyer, what irritates is when the excuse given doesn't make sense. If the reply was genuine (from looking at another thread it appears they were offered something else which is fair enough) then I don't mind, it's the continuing messing you about that is irritating. If they didn't want it they should have just told me and not had me wasting my time. [/quote] It's not nice being irritabubble. I understand the sentiment though. You've gone that bit further for someone who shows lack of appreciation.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1496911069' post='3314589'] Now now, don't come round here and talking all reasonable and stuff, this is the interwebz! [/quote] [Whimpers] [size=2]Sorry. I wont do it again, just please stop subztituting zeds for esses and I'll promise. I am scared of getting beaten up by h4x0rs and script kiddies.[/size]

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1496865710' post='3314417'] Or you reply to a wanted ad and after a discussion give the cost including postage (which takes a while to sort as it's not UK) and get a request for pics. You waste your time sorting pics and emailing them only to get a response saying the postage is too high (it was the same before I took the pictures), so you sort out cheaper postage, reply then is that 'it might not fit'. Well it came off one of them so I am pretty sure it will go back on and not sure how the postage cost would change that. [/quote] Surely that is down to how prepared you are to jump through hoops on request? Make it seller's discretion. If you have taken reasonable steps to show current photographs but the item is not as described [i]in good faith[/i] by yourself there is the returns policy for them to fall back on.

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1496866915' post='3314428'] come and say Hi, Im the good looking one, you'll see..its obvious! [/quote] Glad to see you aren't smug about it. Heeheehee.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1496867179' post='3314429'] Turned on my TE combo and cab tonight only for it to make a weird noise, it did this for about three seconds, then a rather startled young cat emerged from one of the big plastic holes. Stupid cat, now I am going to have to work out a way to check them before I head off to gigs. [/quote] I hope neither cat nor cab suffered damage. I considered putting chicken wire over the reflex ports on my 1818 for the same reason. I decided not to make it more attractive to chickens however as our cats would leave feathers EVERYWHERE. I reckon there may have been a few litters of kittens birthed in bass bins over the years. They do seem purpose built!

[quote name='DanH71' timestamp='1496863236' post='3314387'] Hi, So wanting to remove a dodgy Fender decal of the headstock off a recent purchase and looking for he best method to do so. Haven't got the bass yet so can't see if the decal is under a coat but interested to know if anybodies experience with trying to do so. I could keep the Fender decal on there (believe it's the kind that comes with the American vintage 64 j-bass but leaning towards applying my own custom decal instead (I'm not proud;). Any ideas? Dan [/quote] You might consider putting a Coors sticker over your Bass avatar. The brewery is now American owned. As for the Fender decal, why not leave it but overlay it with one of these; [attachment=246890:Ban.png]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1496828437' post='3314076'] ...I have a Fishman SA-220 column PA for those small, intimate gigs and I love it to bits. Every musician who has played through it has commented on how great it sounds. It works perfectly. There's nothing wrong with it. I have no need of a replacement or upgrade... [/quote] That would be the one you brought to Risley in October last? That was impressive.

My Squier's dead spot was on the D at the ninth fret position IIRC. I didn't play it long enough to discover any more, the one was enough to put me off it for good.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1496735342' post='3313446'] ...I meant sound absorbing thingummies dangling from the ceiling!... [/quote] Oh right... suspended acoustic baffles.

I'll get shot down for saying but have you considered a twist right out of the eighties? Use a reel to reel to make your own backing tracks and have it highly visible on stage with you. Think I'll put on my kevlar vest and Y-fronts on now...

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1496661866' post='3313001'] Anybody else with me that thinking the dead spot problem is wildly over exaggerated? Yes, there are basses with dead spots... but there are not in abundance like basschat folklore would suggest? [/quote] Yes. When you've found one you want to tell everyone about it because it is such an intangible phenomenon otherwise. It may well be exaggerated as a result. I never used a Ray but the first (and only) Squier I owned had one. The guitar was a fretless Jazz. The trouble with dead spots is that once you've found one, it is always in the back of your mind and it deflates your confidence in the instrument. Mine might have had more than one dead spot but I handed it back after a week. I traded it in for my Vantage. I thought at first that the finger board had a depression where the note died off but it was confirmed that the finger board was fine. I put it down to resonance caused by the massive headstock cancelling out certain frequencies in the same way that noise cancelling headphones use reverse phasing. At the shop I had a hard time convincing them I had a problem at all but they were very happy to make me an offer on the trade in. I am pretty sure it went back up for sale as "new". Does the Flea sigbass address the issue at all?

I have fond memories of Torquay and in particular Totness. When my uncle was alive I used to spend lots of quality time there. I wasn't a bass junkie then though so I'm of no help to you (OP), sorry.

'We've listened to every kind of musical style since we started playing,' they say. 'In the beginning we listened to psychedelia and 60s blues. From Canned Heat we went backwards; our sound arises from an chemical experiment that mixes the edge of Hound Dog Taylor's well wheel, Skip James' darkness, Jon Lee Hooker's hypnotic rhythms, Screaming Jay Hawkins' craziness, Tampa Red's sweetness, Elmore James' killer slide and Son House's essence.' https://www.list.co.uk/event/535945-guadalupe-plata/ I'll have a pint of "essence" please.

I dunno. You lot. If you don't like it - tough. It's that or do all of your shopping in high street retail outlets where [i]customer service[/i] is still put into practice. I agree it's good to be informative with potential buyers but remember a lot of sellers are saying the same sort of things about buyers.

I thought it was about rail services.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1496749595' post='3313584'] ...Maybe some day go on a little excursion nearer you... if it happens I'll let you know [/quote] Cheers. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. If the saxophonist is doing the serious business for the band and he's good at dropping in and out where the tune demands, he'd make an ideal band co-ordinator/leader. I don't know or want to know the proposed politics of the band as that's such a personal thing but if it means the bass player has not got to do all the leg work it's a winning idea.

Gosh that was [i]dark[/i].

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1496726868' post='3313410'] I have discovered that at low volume 2 Ashdown Mibass 1x10 cabs sound better than my Barefaced Super 12t. I bought the two 10" cabs recently as they seemed to be at a good price, and were in exceptional condition. Also I was using my BF for rehearsal and smaller gigs, and was becoming increasingly worried about damage, particularly as it has the cloth front. My intention was to buy just one of these little Ashdown cabs...@250 watts, but they looked so good together, I couldn't resist the two of 'em. (So now I am up to 500 watts.) Anyway, I presume these two little cabs sound better than the BF at low volume, as the BF has to be pushed a bit to get the best out of it, whereas the little Ashdowns are being worked harder, and being smaller speakers create more 'perceived' volume than the BF does when only just ticking over. In no way am I suggesting that the Ashdowns are a better cab, or sound better than the BF, as in my opinion, nothing sounds better than the BF when it is is being pushed a bit, it's just that in a rehearsal room, playing in a small venue, or unplugged, the power and tone of the BF does not have a chance to manifest itself, whereas the Ashdown cabs do... A bit like using a Sledgehammer to crack a walnut. Would I be correct in assuming this is the case, and have any of you guys found something similar... [/quote] For this comparison, were you using them in a domestic sized room?

Let us know if the band gets gigs as far south as Swarkestone Bridge then. Sounds like a worthy project.