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[quote name='fatboyslimfast' timestamp='1327914545' post='1518516'] Hmmm, nice idea - but I doubt that even selling all four of my basses and all my amps would get me near the price required for a G&L...! [/quote] A Tribute L2000 sold on here the other week for less than £400...

[quote name='Stickman' timestamp='1327406510' post='1510581'] Some people seem to be taking this overly serious - it's just a few lines from one of Rollins' books/spoken word routines that some venue employee has copied out and posted up somewhere for a laugh... [/quote] Ex-ack-er-ly. Some people round here need to lighten up a bit.

[quote name='Shambo' timestamp='1327326644' post='1509305'] There's nothing pourous about the poly finish on any bass I've ever owned, or the glossy neck, shiney metal and plastic. If residue sits on them, I'll give it a wipe. Do nitro finishes allow smoke through to the wood? Does carbon fibre hold a musty smell when curry is eaten in the same room? I've already said I can understand unfinished wood might retain a smell but personally, I've never even held a bass made of unfinished wood, and if I did I'd be more bothered about the damp sweat and dirt build up in the grain. [/quote] Good luck trying to "wipe off" the stench of smoke from the material inside a case. My mate's hardcase stinks so much you can smell it from several feet away when he opens it. As for the guitars themselves- nicotine stains. That's why smokers get yellow teeth and fingers (even though they wash their hands and brush their teeth a lot more than people clean their basses) Even assuming you can "wipe it off"- It would be like buying a guitar covered in caked on mud or grease. You might well buy a guitar in that kind of nick, but you'd certainly want to pay less for it!

I don't think I could ever spend more than £1k. And even then, it would have to be *really* special. The only things I can see myself buying in the future are a nice jazz and a nice precision- excellent of examples of both can be had new (never mind second hand) for less than £1k too

Man, I'm excited by this. I love shell pink. Can't wait to see more!

I have no idea how experienced you are---but have you considered going to a bass teacher? (an actual, proper bass teacher, not just someone who dabbles a bit). You might find that they are able to help you change your technique a bit to put less strain on your wrist. Even if you're really fastidious about your technique you might find that a second opinion useful.

The "normal" convention is that an accidental is only cancelled by a natural sign or the end of the bar.

Might give this one a go. Mind you, thanks to 2 Many DJs *this* is how I think it should go... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnuESiOt_yQ[/media]

I'm a big fan of "Vintage" (the brand, not the age implication!). I've owned a few of their instruments and all of them were/are superb instruments.

It was a free listings weekend, so he might just be reserving the slots whilst they were still free...

Not sure if this is the right place but I have a request for the mobile version of the site: When I open a thread on my mobile its really hard to navigate pages of a thread. I can go forwards one page or backwards one page. There's no way to jump to either the end or the start of the thread (that I can find). Is it possible to add this kind of functionality?

[quote name='ObscureRyan' timestamp='1325784557' post='1487686'] I can't hear notes by ear. [/quote] I'm genuinely not trying to be funny here...but how do you tell if you're playing the right notes at a gig or not? Its pretty much exactly the same thing.

I play a 5 string but I very rarely use the low B string. Consequently I'm thinking of going back to 4 strings---but my current bass is so nice that I'm kind of reluctant to get rid of it! One disadvantage that hasn't been mentioned yet is your right hand muting needs to be better. Muting the extra strings on a 4-string bass is much easier than it is on a 5 (for me, anyway).