thedontcarebear

I first gigged 3 months after starting to play bass, I pretty much started as a mate asked me to play in his band.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='101203' date='Dec 7 2007, 11:43 PM']Now you're talking, final sanding, fitting then set up. Bet you can't wait? YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.[/quote] Yeah, looking forward to getting it, should be next month, so around 7 months in total.

Since you say signature bass, I guess that means that Shuker are making it as a standard model available to others after? Or is it just a normal custom?

Aren't the preamps on the svt3-pro's 12ax7, and the switchable drive uses another 12ax7 and a 12au7 but the poweramp is solid state?

[quote name='The Burpster' post='100491' date='Dec 6 2007, 08:10 PM']However a certain Mr Clapton got two freaky Dutch acid heads to paint a nice Gibson LP, so it looked like a year 4 painting class had had it for a day.... That LP is now worth a small house in the country, and has it own signature model copying it to every detail..... Strange world we live in....![/quote] Do you mean the Fool SG? That was painted by dutch artists The Fool.

Well, you can see how they could get those 2 items mixed up! Hahah.

The web bloke (that I spoke to) seemed nice enough, and I am sure they are good usually, they didn't annoy me like the basscentre have before for example, I'd try them again in the future.

Yeah, but come on, imagine saying an amp didn't exist that was sitting in front of the person on the phone and is on the markbass website (and catalogues I presume?)

A couple of days ago I decided to order a Little Mark II, I chose Absolute Music as they had 2 in stock, and with a google checkout discount I could get it for £419 delivered, so I placed the order, first of all my bank stopped the payment as they thought it was fraud, which is no-ones fault, spoke to them, retried payment and it went though, yesterday Absolute Music sent it to me! Get home today as it arrived while I was at work, and oooh a Markbass Box with LMII on the side (I bet you can see where this is going), get all excited, open it up, and what do I have, a Little Mark 250! Haha, one that says LMII on the back, and has a serial number which matches the box that says LMII, so I guess markbass are at fault, anyway, phoned Absolute, the web order dude spoke to the guitar dude, who said no such model exists, there is no 250! I tell him that the bloke doesn't know what he's talking about, and that's the end of the story really, should get it picked up tomorrow, and then get a refund (which will take ages as usual I bet), they don't have a LMII in stock, so no amp for me!

I really hope that I never get to the point of being in a covers band where I am doing it all for the money and worry about the pay, the day that happens is the day I never play an instrument again.

Are you in an 80's hair metal tribute band by the way? Haha.

Getting half the door sounds fair to me.

Monkeyboy, remember gigging with them and thisgirl at the red eye years ago. [url="http://www.monkeyboy.co.uk/"]http://www.monkeyboy.co.uk/[/url]

It'll be a bonus when it arrives now as I gave in and bought a Sandberg, so that will keep me happy for a bit! And will get a new amp soon too.

Sandberg are sending me the logo over from Germany to put on by the neck too as it was missing it, very nice of them indeed.