warwickhunt

If you want a 34" scale bass then it's worth looking at the Aria Sinsonidia (easily within budget used). With the 'wings' removed it is essentially a stick bass but the 'wings' are easily stored and fitted to make it more conventional for comfort and it has the added bonus of working with headphones (even some active basses don't have enough clout to drive headphones)... and most importantly, they sound bliddy good!

Hmmm! Aside from the unscientific approach to the demo of the 'cab' abilities, I'm just overall not sure of the validity of the demo tbh. We are hearing a £2000+ amp and £3000 bass (with whatever effects/outboard that is adding the reverb; not mentioned in the demo) through the cab so they've ensured that you have a quality input and the fact that when he is playing I can hear the camera mic picking up finger noise... at that kind of volume I'd not expect the drivers to be complaining or farting, so not really a good demo of the cabs ability to handle low end or power!

Contact 'The Bass Doctor' he has some lovely tort guards (look vintage colour not like the horrible salami coloured ones). He has all the appropriate templates so no need to worry about fit!

[quote name='christhammer666' timestamp='1326312074' post='1495398'] hi guys i love playing bass but most theory goes way over my head.4ths 5ths ect leaves my bamboozled. my question is do you really need a vast knowledge of theory to enjoy music my band has a cd out althought not ground breaking i have always just played by ear and play what sounds good to me. I wouldnt know if i was playing bass chords or just playing with myself. i suppose im just insecure in the fact that if i dont know every bit of theory going ill never make it as a decent bass player my 2 favourite bassists are john myung who knows the bass inside out and the other is steve harris who even though is an absolute monster on the bass would admit to not having much knowledge of theory id love to here some of your opinions jamie [/quote] You don't 'need' music theory to enjoy music or to play bass but having some music theory can do you absolutely no harm, so it is a no-brainer not to! To say that Steve Harris hasn't much knowledge of music theory is probably doing him a MASSIVE disservice, I bet he knows a damn sight more than you think. As to learning basic stuff like what 4th and 5ths are, it is literally a 15 minute lesson... so long as you had the 15 minute lesson before that one explaining what major and minor scales were!

Renowned piece of 'chocolate fireguard' design!

I think these were Korean made and retailed on-line by MusicYo but there are a few variations of this bass inc a USA pre-Gibson (a Tobias fan might be able to tell the various models and vintages apart but if it was sold as a Toby Pro 4 then I'd say that's your model) so you'd need to be sure before you started being emphatic about what you were selling because it has a massive impact on value! Use the search facility and you'll find that there are quite a few Toby Pro 4s have been up for sale, though you might need to take a seat when you see the prices especially if you were hoping to make back what your mate paid for it because they tend to be around the £250-£275 mark with one being as cheap as £150.

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1326135194' post='1492779'] The workshop [/quote] DOH! Pet hate that, tell him to get some bliddy guitar hangers on the wall or at least invest in some kind of rack or guitar stands!

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1326060849' post='1491859'] that get sorted yet? [/quote] I'll simply say that at least dialogue is opened and the bass is with a respected luthier! I've not started naming and shaming because I am well aware that mistakes and circumstances can happen; I'm giving my seller the benefit of the doubt just as he is giving me the benefit of the doubt (somewhere between him selling it and me buying it, these issues have occurred but 'blame' is a difficult thing to pin down)! The measure of a good seller is rectifying or remedying problems after all it doesn't take a great seller to simply take your money and send you a perfect item, a 'good' seller is one who sorts out issues or makes sure that there are no issues by going above and beyond simply putting a bass in a case and posting it.

Can't quite figure why this seller as listed as many 'blank' ads! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Guitar-/310370861134?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item48438b804e#ht_500wt_1156"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Guitar-/310370861134?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item48438b804e#ht_500wt_1156[/url] Anybody shed any light as to why he has dozens of identical listings that advertise nothing?

[quote name='MarkBassChat' timestamp='1325971332' post='1490642'] Have you asked here: [url="http://forums.parkerguitars.com/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=11"]http://forums.parker...asp?FORUM_ID=11[/url] ? What about this one: [url="http://www.ibanez.com/parts/2001_parts/el-bass/Pix-Bridge.htm#MR24K"]http://www.ibanez.co...ridge.htm#MR24K[/url] (search for Part# 2BB1MRP2K)? Mark [/quote] I searched the Parker forum and asked Parker direct but to no avail. The Ibanez one is defo different as the Parker is a Fishman unit, going to contact them Monday for price.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1325965682' post='1490575'] Here's a pretty in depth description of one on eBay (they're wrong about it being a roller bridge though, it just looks like one) [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Genuine-Fender-Rosco-Beck-ROLLER-Bass-Bridge-4-St-/140664569212?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item20c042fd7c#ht_2465wt_811"]http://www.ebay.co.u...c#ht_2465wt_811[/url] [/quote] I see how the roller bridge analogy can be made as you can use an allen key to 'turn' the saddle and adjust the string spacing. However, from the specs quoted the bass would float away if you took that bridge off! LOL

Sold my Zon Sonus to Alex and it was a trouble free experience despite Alex being in Latvia! I worked with Alex re. payment (bank transfer) as the Latvian system isn't as easy as ours but there wasn't a problem and the funds were in the day that he said they'd be. Good communications make transactions like this so much easier and Alex is always on the ball. I'd heartily recommend dealing with Alex... in fact get his W&T bass bought pronto!

Update - the guy looking at the Fly for me has confirmed it is a Fishman unit... now to find out if you can purchase individual saddle units! Anyone ever bought a single unit?

The code that I've given was taken directly from the battery, there are a couple of other serial numbers etc. on there if it helps! I need a yay or nay back from Voxpop before I can offer elsewhere though.

I have a Parker Fly bass with a dead E string piezo; it has been tested this morning and is defo an ex-piezo, deceased, shuffled off mortal coil etc! I contacted Parker a few weeks back re. this and they just got back to me to say that basically they couldn't help and don't manufacture this bass any more and as such couldn't supply a replacement. I have a feeling it is a fairly 'stock' bridge-saddle piezo as it looks outwardly identical to my Bolin piezo saddle but I'm no closer to knowing the manufacturer (though I'm certain the Bolin is a Fishman unit). Can anyone confirm the piezo type/make and/or recommend where I can get a replacement? [IMG]http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g119/warwickhunt/100_2128.jpg[/IMG] Cheers.

[quote name='voxpop' timestamp='1325517456' post='1483849'] I will check on mine tonight as my battery is now dead. [/quote] Do you think you'll need this?