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[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='617006' date='Oct 4 2009, 11:24 PM']There are indeed two purple blobs. Its easy to tell them apart- one can play chords and one can't [/quote]

Am I confused or am I seeing two purple blobs?

[quote name='Musky' post='615862' date='Oct 3 2009, 05:12 PM']Interesting that so many people don't consider heads to be part of the backline (at least for purposes of kit sharing). I've never come across this before and I've got to admit that if a venue or band said they were providing backline I'd assume this meant both the amp and cab.[/quote] +1

Those are all Cmajor triad (C-E-G) in different inversions. Bass chords generally sound much better higher up the neck. Try starting with double stops rather than three or four note chords.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='616963' date='Oct 4 2009, 10:47 PM']Any! What about a major chord - all three notes of it.[/quote] If you know your scales (and so the 1st, 3rd, and 5th) you should be able to 'see' the chord shapes on the fingerboard.

[quote name='YouMa' post='616956' date='Oct 4 2009, 10:41 PM']Girls love it,and i love funky music and girls,i love slap.[/quote] Actually girls also like a bit of fingerstyle.

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='616931' date='Oct 4 2009, 10:13 PM']Like I said [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=59631"]over here[/url], I haven't experienced the phenomenon in Gary Willis' pictures. In my [i]extremely[/i] scientific test (sample size: 2 ), I didn't find anything like that drift.[/quote] Hi BE, yes, I remember that thread - this one's a continuation of it because it has been worrying me. I also remember you said you thought it wasn't correct whereas I thought it might be but I couldn't explain why. Let's see what anyone else has got to say.

[quote name='XB26354' post='616892' date='Oct 4 2009, 09:41 PM']It is legit - you are setting intonation in relation to the lines. I used to have an Ibanez GWB and came across this issue. In the first example the 12th fret finger is almost a quarter tone sharp. As the "frets" are farther apart near the nut this means you would have to play further past the fret to be in tune. [b]All Willis is saying is that setting up a lined fretless with intonation similar to a fretted bass means placing your finger so the edge is where the fret would have been.[/b] Of course it would be different on an unlined fretless as there aren't the same reference points.[/quote] Thanks for the response but is that really all he's saying? I read it as the positon of the finger in relation to the line will vary up and down the neck - if you set it up so the edge of the finger is where the fret would have been in one place it will not be so in another pace.

[quote name='The Funk' post='616875' date='Oct 4 2009, 09:29 PM']I don't know if that's legit or BS. I have no fretlines on my fretless so it doesn't really affect me. I'd be interested to know what others have to say about this.[/quote] I don't have any lines either but I want to know - even without lines, if there's something in it, it might affect how you set the intonation in relation to side dots.

Can anyone explain this: [url="http://garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/intonation4.html"]http://garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/intonation4.html[/url]

[quote name='Bass_In_Yer_Face' post='616737' date='Oct 4 2009, 07:13 PM']I love The Beat...I've had the chance to see them a couple of times but not bothered as i know Dave Wakeling in the US and not with the band anymore so it's not The Beat as far as I'm concerned.[/quote] The other two - David Steele (bass) and Andy Cox (guitar) - became Fine Young Cannibals with Roland Gift.

Brummie here too but not in Brum .... welcome.

[quote name='BassAgent' post='616142' date='Oct 4 2009, 12:07 AM']I like slapping, but the problem is many bass players don't know how to limit the amount of slapping in their songs. It's always either everything or nothing.[/quote] In my case, nothing.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='615818' date='Oct 3 2009, 04:21 PM']IIRC there's a number on the bottom of my head, but I'm not sure there is anywhere on the cab.[/quote] That would make sense, thanks guys.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='615813' date='Oct 3 2009, 04:12 PM']Interesting, I've never physically looked for mine before. I've just had a look and couldnt find it either but have a recollection its stamped on teh case somewhere only that you can see when you take the head out the cab. [b]I have the original tag that came with it and that has it on for mine....[/b][/quote] Ah, yes, it's on the hang tag. I guess on the body of the head somewhere too but can't find it without removing the head.

Where is the serial number on a Mesa Boogie Walkabout Scout? Or don't they have one? Thank you.

[quote name='silddx' post='615692' date='Oct 3 2009, 01:50 PM']Think you'll have the same problem with your Dean EUB, no pic, no info, very little to go on.[/quote] +1

I've looked for your sale thread several times since I first posted in this thread and eventually found it just now. Your sales pitch is really not helping - as others have already observed. The title of your thread doesn't emphasize the instrument you are selling - it's the [u]name of the instrument[/u] that people will be looking for not phrases like 'for sale'. In your first pic the bass you are selling isn't even the main bass in the pic and is hidden behind a strap plus lots of other irrelevant stuff in the pic and it's a poor pic. You other pics are slightly better but still not clear, not focussed, not showing what the bass is actually like. You don't say anything about postage or collection or whether there is a case or gigbag or how you will pack it. I wouldn't be interested in a Jazz 24 anyway but if I was then any interest would be reduced not increased by your sales thread. There is also (in my view) the issue of the price. Nonetheless, good luck with your sale.

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='615469' date='Oct 3 2009, 07:42 AM']Skoda represent superb value for money but it's the public that set the resale price level, and they don't hold their value as much as a VW, for example.[/quote] I take your point but I have not experienced it myself. Skoda all the way.

[quote name='yituool' post='615188' date='Oct 2 2009, 08:21 PM']The headliners were expected to bring the backline.[/quote] Expected by whom? Who told you that was expected? Were they a reliable source? And anyway, you can expect all you like but it means nothing if nothing has actually been clearly agreed by all parties in advance. Even if it was clearly agreed in advance, I would always introduce myself to the other bassist and directly ask if it would be OK to use his gear. I'd always prefer to bring and use my own rig and I'd prefer that others did the same.

At the [url="http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=2897.15"]Last Bass Outpost[/url] someone reports on trying a prototype of the Epiphone Triumph II at a guitar show. Not as great as some of us may have hoped by the sound of it.

[quote name='pal1972' post='615240' date='Oct 2 2009, 09:16 PM']i've dropped it to £400, but still no-one, i could go further but then i'm at a loss with anything i want tobuy - catch22!!! TBH though, i have seen and played a few us ones that really were poorer quality than this one!! i guess Skoda syndrome comes into it - built as highly as vw but its the badge that puts people off!!![/quote] I haven't had anything but a Skoda for the last ten years - they are brilliant. Most people here haven't got anything against a bass being built in Korea.

[quote name='BB2000' post='615288' date='Oct 2 2009, 09:50 PM']How about a basschat Fender special edition? The first dudepit special edition Steve Barr organised was a Fender - off the top of my head I'm pretty sure it was a sonic blue jazz with MHS. It don't cost much more than a stock MIA and the run was only 25-30 or thereabouts.[/quote] My recollection is sea foam green but you could be correct.

[quote name='pal1972' post='615173' date='Oct 2 2009, 08:04 PM']Just curious guys, i posted my jazz in the for sale section but had absolutely NO interest!? its the fender jazz 24 fret model, made for a couple of years i believe but no longer made. Granted it says 'made in korea' on it and tru fenderites may disapprove but its build REALLY well and plays great. Is it just that no-one wants a 24 fret jazz? or is it really just because it says 'Korea'??? just curious [/quote] 1 Market is slow at the moment. 2 Give it time 3 Basschat prices tend to be lower - I recently sold a US Fretless Fender Jazz with hard case for £450 (and that took over a week) - which is about what I paid for it on Basschat.

Also just listened to Hey Bulldog ... what about that bassline?