Paul S

Me too, since I got the, ahem, upgrade to IE10. Also sometimes I get the type face locked in strike-through or under line without being able to change it. Edit - I also am unable to click backwards after the first time, so need to navigate via the links.

[u]Bump for tonight's gig. No idea what is going on but I can't get rid of underscore or do a return to go to the next line!!![/u]

Bought a Gator pedal tote from Fraser. Stupid cheap price, sent immediately, arrived beautifully packed. Cheers!!

For me, ever since an occasional lower back problem became a chronic one, weight of the bass has become *the* most important issue when considering buying a bass. For long-ish rehearsals it has to be under 9lbs. I can get away with gigging with a 9.5lb bass that I have - but always pay for it the next day. The tone makes it worth it, though. But ideally I like 8.5lbs or under. You don't have to sacrifice sound/tone but you do have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince - at least, I did. After trying a gazillion basses I have a number of sub-9lb basses that really hot the spot for my requirements from which I can pick and choose depending upon the band/gig/what colour socks I am wearing etc.

In case anyone in SE Essex is free this coming Saturday - my classic heavy rock covers band, Xerocks, is playing at Riga Music Bar in Westcliff. Set list includes stuff from Van Halen, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Led Zep, Iron Maiden, UFO, Whitesnake - some of the usual suspects, of course, but also tracks by more unusual bands thrown in such as Black Country Communion, Chickfoot. Worth coming to see our guitarist, who is pretty damned good. Bassist not so hot, mind... My gear will be TC Classic 450 through Barefaced Compact and Midget, in case anyone is curious. Can't decide which bass to use. I think we have a support, so will be starting around 10pm. Way past my bed time these days so come along and give me a nudge at 9:45.

I have a '93 MIJ Squier 'Silver Series' P. Bass which weighs around 8.5lbs and the tone is more woody and P-Bass sounding than any other P-Bass I have played! It also has a relatively narrow neck at 40mm. Straight out of the case, it is the nicest P-Bass I have had - no need to mod, though I have put a high mass bridge on it as I find the BBOT uncomfortable. Something going on in those Silver Series pickups that is rather nice. And they usually change hands for around £200 +/-

Cheers SR Pete. I am trying to get the posture right and start off in the correct position - but it seems to keep moving... Be interested to hear from anyone who does use the stand whilst playing and the pros and cons of it.

I was wondering if anyone used the Stagg stand for their EUB whilst playing and what it was like? I think it might help alleviate/eliminate a lot of the issues I am having at the moment (but then maybe it is just practice) with regard to keeping the beast steady and also allow it to stand there when I change to regular bass. Any experiences? ta!

Back now. Thanks again for replies/links. It is the brace that is moving, not the end pin - which is tight and not moving. I'll try your suggestion. I have another question but will start a new topic I think.

Just had a look at mine and it has a slot, rather than a hole, for fast string changes etc. Not exactly a quantitative assessment, but it looks to me like you could fit a car tow rope through it. I had to fit an extra ball end from an old string onto the G string to stop it sliding through.

Bought some strings from Gerry in a totally smooth transaction - excellent coms, great chap to deal with, a pleasure doing business.

Well, I am possibly the second person, then. I bought one a while back - like you Geoff I was curious about short scale - and I loved it. I love the short scale, love the thin neck, love the light weight. Neck dive cured with a wide, rough strap. I ended up sticking in a DiMarzio pup, Kiogon wiring loom (now the tone pot actually does something) and, best of all, Hipshot Supertone bridge (which is superb). I will definitely gig with it. Jezzaboy - PM incoming....

That would be great, thanks. I'd be particularly interested in lowering the action - I guess filing nut and the bridge slots to get them even is a good starting point. Two other things make themselves apparent - a 'quacking' on or about the F on the D string (is that an Fing quack?) and a wobbly hip brace that the pietzo picks up. Easy fixes?

Wow. That could keep me amused for ages! Thank you for those pics, really useful. I am off on holiday tomorrow but will get a proper chance to fiddle with the new bass when I get back. Cheers!

Thanks for that. End pin seems secure enough. I guess I need to have the beast up loud to notice a hum. Nothing at home practice levels. Maybe it was a 'Monday morning' bass.

Thanks again. Yes, my nut is just above eyebrow level (!) so the hip brace is around waist level. As I doubt I will be straying very high up the fingerboard (thanks!) I have also taken off the small angle bracket thing. Pizz - pronounced Pitz? Mods - not done anything other than stick some foam under the strings near the bridge. What else should I be looking for? The end pin seems secure, not wobbly, which I have read can be an issue. Nothing else seems a problem at the moment apart from a tendency to do some extra mwar noise around 3rd fret position on D string. Not sure why this happens as the neck seems true. One of the main reasons I wanted to join the EUB club was because of this: [media]http://youtu.be/6VsY_h7CBbY[/media] I've just started with a new band and we are doing some bluesy/jazzy/funky type stuff including this wonderful Animals cover by Robben Ford. Didn't sound right on a fretted bass for some reason. That does sound like a rather lame excuse to give into gas, though...

Thanks all. I am standing and playing with fingers (is that pizz?). Spent an hour noodling about earlier and leaning it towards me more than I was doing before seems to work. More questions! Hip brace - is it important that it rests on your hip or does it just depend upon which is more comfortable/how big you are etc? Mine seems to end up a bit higher. And I am trying to angle the fretboard (except it hasn't got frets- what do you call it?) to me slightly rather than have it facing away completely. Wrong?

Funnily enough it came up near the top of the list in a Google search. I've not used them before but the prices across the board seem pretty good. I'll see what the service is like!

Just thought I'd say 'hello, I have just joined the Stagg EUB club'. I bought one locally the day before yesterday. Nice, aren't they! Not as hard to play as I feared, although getting the new muscles up to strength will take a little while. Question - how do you keep the bass still when trying to slide up or down? Is that a general posture thing or a particular trick? At the moment I 'sort of' keep the thing steady using pressure from my left hand.

I went through a phase of using them because they sound nice, feel nice and look so cool but, yes, the black chips off very quickly if you are a heavy-handed pick player like me. You can touch it in with marker pen but it isn't the same and eventually I got fed up with paying a lot of money for them. But, I never had an issue with quality - maybe it is a current qc issue?

I ordered one from here: [url="http://www.woodbrass.com/en/product_info.php?products_id=150683"]http://www.woodbrass.com/en/product_info.php?products_id=150683[/url] Seems a little cheaper than the English outlet about £95 or so posted from France.

Bought some strings from Steve in a very easy transaction - good price, good comms, speedily dispatched. A pleasure doing business. Thanks Steve!

Ta