chris_b

We will never win, because the rest of Europe doesn't like us, because we openly laugh at them and their best efforts. It isn't cheesy and naff to the other countries and it shouldn't be to us. The UK's superior, snotty and condescending attitude to the competition would piss me off if I was an entrant. The BBC in allowing the idiot Wogan to drunkenly take the piss out of the other songs and the competition in general for so many years has guaranteed us nil point, and rightly so.

What is the distance between the E tuner and the D tuner on a Fender? About 3 inches? That's how long I cut the strings. Gives about 3 winds. Also, you can leave a twist in the string when wrapping it around the tuning peg if the ball end is trapped in the bridge. I always free the string at the bridge before tightening it. I'm assuming this could be why I've never had a dud string.

How long have TC been selling amps to the UK? And they are saying, they only just found that out?

... and they don't mention bells. If you have your own, you're in.

Good sale. Chris, pleasure meeting you. Cheers Chris.

I don't know if this is an outtake or what, but at 2 mins it's 18 mins too short. The incredible Alex Al, and the funkiest bass playing on YouTube. . . . ever. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnVWG2wR3Is[/media]

If Fender had re badged GB or SWR amps I would have more confidence, but nicking bits of these designs (is there any evidence they actually did that?) to put in their own amps doesn't fill me with any desire to own one. My reading of the situation is that Fender didn't know what to do with the companies they bought. Several including GB came to them when they bought Kamen so it doesn't look to me like they bought GB for its technology. I owned and liked (a lot) a Markbass LM2, so with these choices I'd get an LM3 with no worries. Edit: I own a GB STL 9.2 and Aguilar TH500. Along with Markbass, that's where I'd be doing my comparisons.

Hey Nige....... Snap, I'm just listening to this. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuhHU_BZXSk[/media] So good.

Dunlop Super Brights sound very good on a Jazz.

All Dave's sites are working for me. He's about. You could drop him a line, he answered my PM last night.

Put some good strings on your jazz. That might give it a whole new lease of life. I'd try it with some flats for a completely different slant on your sound.

I had an Epifani 410 cab which I rate as giving me one of the best bass sounds I've had.

I haven't played my 2 pickup bass much for nearly 4 years, but I'd always keep one around, just in case. A P bass won't cover everything and this band won't last forever so I'd keep it.

+1 The problem with inexperienced or just plain selfish guitarists is that they play on their own and get a sound they like, and then think they should sound the same when they play in a band context. Two of them exhibiting the same problem in the one band would drive me to get the wire cutters out. I have the same issue when explaining to keys/piano players who insist on playing left hand bass parts. It always seems to come as a complete surprise when I tell them there is only one bass player in this band!!

Do you rehearse in a circle? IME in that format the bass player is usually standing opposite the guitarist with the amp blasting right at him. Do you have a clean sound? The RH450's natural tone is rounder and less defined. That might cause you to disappear into the mix.

If weight isn't an issue then the best cab for your TH500 is a Berg CN212. If we're sticking a little closer to the script, and it was my money, I'd go for the DB112's. Both with tweeters.

Mate is OK, but I won't take me'duck from anyone. The wife once said, "Now look here, PAL!" and I knew I was in trouble.

I saw Delbert McClinton about 25 years ago at T&C 2. That was his last gig here. I wish he'd come over for another.

About 5 years ago, I was buying an amp from someone on BC and after 2 days of sorting out price, address and time, he decided to remember that he'd previously promised it to someone else and backed out!! Now that's an example of poor attitude, poor memory, whatever. I didn't feel the need to post about it though.

At 3.5 hours, I don't see that the potential buyer was out of order.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1425387559' post='2706740'] That's a bit unfair [/quote] OK, the summary of my opinion is, get the right tools for the job. Get the best you can afford and practice. What's unfair about that?

Do you have send/return sockets on this amp? If you don't want to replace the whole thing I'd plug an outboard preamp into the return and bypass the preamp altogether.

I don't see the point of BEAD. Surely everyone needs to play notes on the G string? As solutions go it seems like a bodge to get around having to do the work required to play a 5 string. If you want to add a B string to your current instrument just bite the bullet and get a 5 string bass and deal with the fact that is is a different instrument and will require an amount of practice to feel comfortable.

Practice unplugged (I do that if I have to). Get an acoustic bass. Move your amp off the floor. Put it on foam or other insulation material. A 15" combo is a big lump to be playing at home. I'd go for 8" - 10" max. Get a headphone amp and sort out what ever you don't like about the one's you've tried. .... and finally, practice in a different room.

Start from I Saw Her Standing There and work forwards.