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[quote name='karlfer' post='606852' date='Sep 23 2009, 05:22 PM']As a muppet, I would expect a 4 grand bass to do the bookings, play itself, make the tea and service the van.[/quote] At 4 grand I'd expect a van to be included in the price .

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='606568' date='Sep 23 2009, 12:05 PM']Just came across this on Amazon - Fantastic value for money - its got lots of the great Prestige recordings (Workin, Relaxin, Steamin and Cookin) and Miles' 'Miles Ahead' stuff. The second box set is Porgy and Bess, Milestone and others. All for less than £4 each. If you haven't got these (all have Paul Chambers on bass), you have to get them. Its the law.... [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Miles-Away-Davis/dp/B001F6YZTA/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_127"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Miles-Away-Davis/d...d_ys_ir_all_127[/url] [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Miles-58-Davis/dp/B001PA7OYO/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_157"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Miles-58-Davis/dp/...d_ys_ir_all_157[/url][/quote] OK. I got them.

Only one sample but at GAK online: 4-string: 251 5-string: 95 6-string: 4

[quote name='jj1234' post='605950' date='Sep 22 2009, 06:57 PM']All, I'm looking for either a low-B or high-C TI jazz flat single string. You can get these from juststrings.com, but I can't seem to find anywhere in the UK that does them. If anybody has one second hand that'd be dandy too.. Failing that, how are chromes on a warwick corvette? cheers john[/quote] [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings/bass_guitar/thomastik"]http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings/bass_guitar/thomastik[/url]

[quote name='bassmansky' post='605850' date='Sep 22 2009, 05:27 PM']or american!still a british owned company though cant say that much these days![/quote] True

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='605444' date='Sep 22 2009, 12:02 PM']Could well be its cause he strung it BEAD without changing the setup.[/quote] Stringing BEAD is usually about the same tension as EADG (sometimes even less) so that ought not to affect the action to such an extent.

[quote name='leftybassman392' post='605114' date='Sep 21 2009, 10:43 PM']See my later edit in my last post - I wasn't going to bother, but hey! [/quote] Ah, nicely done. A modern English h is sounded at the rear of the mouth cavity (there's a technical term for this but I can't recall what it is) but an ancient Greek rough breathing would come from nearer the front of the mouth behind the upper front teeth with some tongue use, I think. Even the modern Greeks have dropped it. I used to have a Greek girlfriend and her mother used to say 'Bloody English, they put an h on everything'. Her name was Eleni but people kept calling her Heleni. Of course, I could be talking nonsense.

[quote name='Clarky' post='605050' date='Sep 21 2009, 09:50 PM']now this is a white SG bass! [attachment=33251:SGbass.jpg][/quote] Cute.

[quote name='Earbrass' post='604445' date='Sep 21 2009, 12:52 PM']<Pedant alert> That should be '[b]harmonia[/b]', rather than '[b]armonia[/b]' if you want an accurate transliteration, as the breathing on the alpha is rough, not smooth. </Pedant alert>[/quote] I love pedantry. Let's have some more.

[quote name='WonderHorse' post='604790' date='Sep 21 2009, 06:03 PM']And they're British![/quote] I used Ashdown for ages (although not any more) and good amps I say. But a lot of them are actually Chinese these days.

[quote name='Telebass' post='604759' date='Sep 21 2009, 05:33 PM']Nope. Double bass > electric bass. The family resemblance is only that. Only the playing position is guitar-like. Even frets were on upright basses once, y'know... Look at the old Jazz headstock, it specifically says "electric bass"; look at a Fender VI, and it specifically states "electric bass guitar". The Musicman Silhouette is similarly titled. The VI is also erroneously called a baritone guitar - they're tuned to A or B, not EADGBE and are usually 27.5" scale or similar. Not to say you can't mess with different strings, of course... At the time, remember, if you played bass, it was either an upright or a tuba... A bass that can easily be played by a guitarist, yes. A bass guitar, no. However, I realise that this particular bit of pedantry is considered old-fashioned. So be it. I am too! [/quote] But what you call a 'double bass' is actually a bass violin (as opposed to a bass guitar).

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='604122' date='Sep 20 2009, 11:17 PM']Dare I say end of?[/quote] I hope so.

Gone now.

[quote name='ase_one23' post='603722' date='Sep 20 2009, 05:30 PM']for £70? if only!!!!!! [/quote] Worth it for Ed's review. You might get a second hand one for less than £100 though.

Assmaster - not everyone's cup of tea.

[quote name='Nodd' post='603578' date='Sep 20 2009, 02:06 PM']What exactly are the changes on the new model/ one input instaed of the passive and active? Nodd[/quote] Separate passive and active inputs are replaced by single input and passive/active switch. And it's black rather than silver. I think that's all. Someone else may know better.

Hey Burno, I think the EQ thing is the way around it. Might take some time to work it out though.

[quote name='burno70' post='602321' date='Sep 18 2009, 04:14 PM']I use an assmaster[/quote] [quote name='The Funk' post='603318' date='Sep 20 2009, 06:03 AM'][/quote] IIRC, I sold it to him.

[quote name='agoulding' post='603288' date='Sep 20 2009, 02:04 AM'][url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hot_rod_bass.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hot_rod_bass.htm[/url] Im a right to say this looks decent for 86 quid? anyone had any experience with these? would love to pimp one[/quote] Nice colour but that's as far as I'd go without trying one.

We seem to have this discussion - in one form or another - about once a fortnight. So, apparently, it's never 'end of'.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='603099' date='Sep 19 2009, 07:56 PM']For a while I kept forgetting that the second and third verses weren't separated by a chorus in 'Valerie'.[/quote] My trick for that was to wait on the drummer - which always worked as long as he remembered.

[quote name='hitchy64' post='603022' date='Sep 19 2009, 05:19 PM']My Ashdown combo has a 'Tuner/Line' output socket, can I plug a line in here and plug into a PA[/quote] The tuner/line output is probably not suitable for a DI to the PA due to wrong impedance and being unbalanced. I think you'd use that either for a tuner or to slave up another amp.

[quote name='hitchy64' post='603036' date='Sep 19 2009, 06:04 PM']It's an Electric Blue 180, yes it has a DI output. I was told this was for recording and once conected no sound would emit from the speaker.[/quote] I don't think that's correct. From the Ashdown website: [quote]a front panel-mounted balanced DI output for connection to a PA or recording console[/quote]

Which Ashdown combo is it? Some of them have a DI out. If it has that you use that.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='602815' date='Sep 19 2009, 11:49 AM']On behalf of all Johnny Cash fans & country bass players, I'd just like to say listen to some bluegrass players. All the top Nashville bass players are actually serious virtuosos when you see them in soundchecks or just messing around! The PurpleBlob is right - deceptively simple sometimes!?[/quote] +1 on this. Even when it's 1/5 there's a groove to be grabbed.