Paul S

Ta! I'll leave them in the bag then

Heft, for me, is the quality of bass sound that hits you in the body, not something you get with your ears. I paired my Trace Elliot head with two Barefaced Supercompact for the first time at a pub venue in a room upstairs. The place will take about 200 people (The Ship in Old Leigh, if anyone knows it). I wasn't going through the PA. A bass player I know who just happened to be standing at the back said as soon as I started to play he got that push in his guts and lamented selling his Trace Elliot head.

That is a good tip - thank you. I have ordered one now. If all goes to plan I won't actually have to use it as it is a 'get out of jail' thing. I'll find out soon enough. thanks all! Edit - I already have a couple of A/B/Y boxes - would they have done the job?

Perfecto! Muchas gracias!

Not even sure if this exists or that I have described it properly. Following my belt and braces approach, should my Markbass combo fail, I am after something I can use to connect the speaker lead from the spare amp I take to the cab in the combo. The existing MB lead won't stretch far enough. Anyone know if it is possible to get a double female/female connector? I did a bit of Googling but am not entirely sure what to look for Ta! Paul

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1464524907' post='3060053'] I like the idea of a lightweight amp that can do the same job as my TEs but TBH those I've tried haven't been up to the job. I thought the answer would have been my Mesa Walkabout but this sadly fell below my expectations - didn't even compare to the heft from the good ole English workhorses. I'm sure that one day somebody'll build a Class D amp which can do the job, experience tells me it hasn't happened yet. [/quote] This, for me. I don't always need 'heft' but, when I do, I use my Trace Elliot.

Another option is forget the screws and use double sided tape.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1464445413' post='3059522'] Surely you must be able to get small circular glow in the dark stickers from somewhere, similar to the tape job above but tidier? [/quote] I have used a hole punch to make some dots out of luminous stickers before now. A bit big and not that sticky but they are cheap!

That is a great deal! They go for around that secondhand. If i didn't already have one I'd get one

[quote] The next one is 29/7 @ The Bassment in Chelmsford if you're free? Would be great to see you again. [/quote] Have a gig myself that night. Again. Busting to see you lot but never free!!

Very impressive, Warren. Lovely job.

I feel I should qualify that. You write reviews that are just too damned sexy and it is just too damned easy for a weak-willed, GAS-fuelled and naturally curious kind of chap to be seduced. Just stop it.

Thanks Jon, as ever. I'll pass as I have to many anyway. Currently enjoying the Vantage Standard II - rather nice. I'll do a follow up to my post on it with some pics etc.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1464271672' post='3058091'] That's good - I will have gigged the rig well before then and will have posted my thoughts about it. Not that you should ever base any purchasing decision on what I think, of course. I'm a well-known loony. [/quote] +1

One just popped up on eBay BIN £110 [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-tmb30-black-short-scale-4-string-bass-guitar-/162083358739?hash=item25bcebc813:g:q-8AAOSwMHdXRqej"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-tmb30-black-short-scale-4-string-bass-guitar-/162083358739?hash=item25bcebc813:g:q-8AAOSwMHdXRqej[/url]

Cimar Jazz - good or bad? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CIMAR-Japan-by-Ibanez-electric-bass-guitar-/252402428088?hash=item3ac45b68b8:g:hs8AAOSwNsdXRgna"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CIMAR-Japan-by-Ibanez-electric-bass-guitar-/252402428088?hash=item3ac45b68b8:g:hs8AAOSwNsdXRgna[/url]

There are a number of scratch plates for sale on eBay - some of the sellers link to a downloadable template (with instructions as to how you get it to scale) that you can cut out to see if it will fit. I bought a b/w/b plate to replace the plain white one in my latest black JV Precision and, having tested it with the template first, had no nasty surprises. The seller I bought from was Dangleberry music.

Anyone else think that looks like a droid? But is it the one you are looking for?

just Hot House Flowers, maybe?

Precision for me, something about the tone that ticks all my boxes. Though with a narrower neck - can't do floorboards very well - something around 40mm is ideal.

Something about the proportions of this appeals to me. I was wondering the same re the bridge - can't see clearly in the pics - I've read plenty on here about those on Hondos and Westburys in particular. I'm also hoping this isn't going to be heavy.... we'll see.

A relatively cheap impulse buy on eBay - double cutaway and shaped body caught my eye: Not even here yet and I am thinking this might be nice. Made in Japan stamped on the neck plate, according to then pics, so Matsumoku, I think. Anyone owned one/know anything about them? One of Uncle Mats better basses or have I just bought a pup? Not much on t'net that I have found.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1463682478' post='3053379'] BC has completely convinced me that the magic produced from your artists and they're impact on me in that 1964 time period meant a hell of a lot more to me than it did to you guys. Blue [/quote] Irony failure.

I think Dad's puzzlement is perhaps more due to this thread being about Lady Gaga playing the role of Cilla Black (or not) rather than about Cilla Black. I guess Blue thinks we undervalue our Cilla just like on-one over here likes the Beatles.