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[quote name='skater dan0' post='1268043' date='Jun 13 2011, 10:44 PM']you mean this one [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Squier-Vintage-Modified-Mustang-Bass-Guitar,-Black~ID~15697.asp"]http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~S...ck~ID~15697.asp[/url][/quote] That will be the one. I heard there will be a sunburst too.

[quote name='Ancient Mariner' post='1266348' date='Jun 12 2011, 05:33 PM']Gig bags for my (maple necked) basses and guitars, hard cases for mahogany necked guitars.[/quote] If I had a Gibson I'd be using a hard case too.

[quote name='gjones' post='1266136' date='Jun 12 2011, 02:56 PM']Recently I've played a few different basses belonging to other bassists. All the basses had two things in common. The first was they all belonged to experienced and very able bass players. The second was that the action on all of the basses was really very high (in one case it was more like a bow and arrow than a bass). Once I got over the fear that I was going to break something by tweaking with my trussrods I've always liked a lowish action on my basses because they're easier to play (ie my playing improves when the action is low) and it takes less physical effort to actually fret a string. But I've been wondering why all these very competent bass players have their action so high (in one case the E string was about 1 cm high at the 5th fret on a precision bass). Am I missing out on something? Personally I can't figure it out why you would want a high action when you can adjust your bass to have it much lower - maybe they just can't be bothered? Are there bass players out there who are well aware how to achieve a low action but prefer a higher action for some reason?[/quote] 1cm at the fifth fret sounds impossible. However, I prefer some height to my action - it allows the string to vibrate more cleanly and, IMO, sounds better. There have been several threads on this already.

[quote name='urb' post='1265157' date='Jun 11 2011, 05:50 PM']Some tips from a certain Mr Gary Willis on the subject: [url="http://garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/intonation4.html"]http://garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/intonation4.html[/url] He advocates rolling your finger 'into' the note and then using vibrato to find the tuning, not to heavily but quite slowly - he also favours a lined neck as the increments to which you need to play notes across the neck changes depending where you are - i.e. low or high - hope that helps[/quote] A while ago I started a thread asking about what Willis says on that site - it led to some dispute: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=62523"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=62523[/url]

[quote name='Beedster' post='1264799' date='Jun 11 2011, 12:03 PM']I have now [/quote] Pass it on.

[quote name='mcnach' post='1265085' date='Jun 11 2011, 04:43 PM']I'm pretty inexperienced with fretless still, and my intonation has some room for improvement... But I have the impression that when a note is not quite right, it's more tolerable if it is slightly flat than if it is slightly sharp. Anybody else? Is there a "scientific" reason? Or is it just me?[/quote] I think which note of the scale you are playing can also make a difference. For example, say you were playing a blues using a blues pentatonic scale, accuracy on the root note seems to me to matter more than accuracy on the flat third - it's as though the flat third of a blues scale is a slightly variable and expressive thing. The other possibility is that my ears are ****ed. However, +1 on Beedster's vibrato.

I sometimes play fretless with a lap steel player. Some people would say that we are sometimes sharp or flat to each other. We prefer to call it spicy.

Has anyone else heard rumours of a forthcoming Squier Mustang Bass?

In my 'acoustic' band the one acoustic guitar (fitted with piezo and associated pre-amp) goes straight into the PA. The second acoustic guitarist also plays ukulele and electric lap steel and has a switch box feeding them all to a Laney VC-30. Both ways work fine.

[quote name='Johnston' post='1260084' date='Jun 7 2011, 06:52 PM']The Mrs is getting GAS at that picture. AND hint it's not the Lakland [/quote] Tell her the cooker is not for sale!!

[quote name='Beedster' post='1260003' date='Jun 7 2011, 05:57 PM']No doubt a Ric owner's going to come along soon and start talking toasters [/quote] Ha ha, good one. [quote name='Beedster' post='1260003' date='Jun 7 2011, 05:57 PM']Keep the Decade mate, you know as soon as it goes you'll miss it[/quote] That's true, especially because it is one of the very first batch of production Skyline Decades and I have good reason to believe it was the very first of or at least very early in that batch - so that's kind of sentimental value too. Still, I'd enjoy spending the money on something else. Good luck with the bitsa.

[quote name='Beedster' post='1259994' date='Jun 7 2011, 05:51 PM']Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Wish I could mate (and you're not the first person to ask since I posted this thread either), but see response to Clarky above Nice cooker, have you got one of your '62 RI with the washing machine? C[/quote] No problem because I'm in two minds about selling it anyway. The trouble is I keep playing the 62 and the Decade doesn't get a look in. Sorry no washing machine pics.

[quote name='Beedster' post='1259956' date='Jun 7 2011, 05:21 PM']You must do some magic with Google mate, that was the first pic that cam up when I searched 'Lakland Decade' Nice floor as well What with talk of kitchens and kettles, this thread is becoming a little domesticated [/quote] You're right, I just googled it too and my kitchen floor is second pic - spooky. Here's my cooker: Actually, I've been giving serious thought to selling my Decade - might you be interested?

[quote name='Beedster' post='1259858' date='Jun 7 2011, 04:09 PM']So, these three basses are really getting under my skin at the moment. There's a common theme I think....... The Billy Bo [attachment=81990:Gretsch_6199B.jpg] Lakland Decade [attachment=81991:Decade12.jpg] ......and the Ric Cheyenne [attachment=81992:4004cii_tr.jpg] So, as each is bloody expensive, to appease the Gods of GAS, I'm embarking on a bitsa build based on the above instruments. I'll keep y'all posted C[/quote] Hey, Chris, that's my Decade on my kitchen floor!!

So, £3900 now.

With the black flatties, white or white pearl, like this:

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1257474' date='Jun 5 2011, 05:04 PM']He can't afford them he just spent £3,100 on a bass.[/quote] Wayne, shoegazeuk is the seller ... but maybe he didn't get as much as he hoped for.

.. and £3,100 it was.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1257219' date='Jun 5 2011, 11:43 AM']Have you checked out John East's video on how to get the best out of the P-Retro? One of its great attractions is that it can make rounds + pick sound good to a flats + fingers player, and of course [i]vice versa[/i].[/quote] Sounds pretty good.

Looks like an excellent deal. Does it have a passive switch?