Twigman

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1475151467' post='3143468'] Looks like it should cost about £250. [/quote] Those bridges alone are upwards of £70

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1475083774' post='3142948'] You should hear the stories the people in music shops tell about some of their customers [/quote] go on then humour us

Mine says 57% used

selfie with some of my basses and some other things

I can no longer find any way, either in thread posts or in manage attachments to upload an attachment. Has this functionality been disabled? Why?

tune to higher pitch? Without changing strings, if you want to keep the same tuning, then no.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1474989503' post='3142095'] I think thats a Kays bass from the 80's, but Jon will be along in a mo' and tell me I'm wrong [/quote] I had an 80s Kay '57' style P-bass It didn't have TR adjuster like that and didn't have black plastic knobs either However - the 3TSB finish on the body looks remarkably similar to my old Kay. Edit: mine was a 79

That would be 1976 for me...I remember having to travel ON MY OWN from Chelmsford to Dusseldorf..via London train/tube and Luton airport.. Can you imagine an 11 year old doing that today? I didn't pick up a bass for another 3 years or so.

[quote name='DHA' timestamp='1474967617' post='3141822'] I would recommend nos valves in my pedals if you can find them. They do sound better then new valves but you pay the price. I fit the a very nice valve as stock that offers good tone at a good price. Dave [/quote] Thanks Dave...the tube you supplied with the pedal sounded OK but got smashed very early on in the pedal's life. Since then I've tried EHX, Sovtek, a no name chinese tube (£3) and they all sounded similar to my ears!!! I have now got a made in england mullard (i assume it must be an old one) and have some packing foam for the pedal - that'll do me.

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1473631820' post='3131902'] The cream of the crop £500ish price bracket was a Faith Titan Neptune bass [/quote] Make that £845 - way over budget [url="https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/FAITHFTNE/acoustic-basses/faith-titan-neptune-natural-series-electro-acoustic-bass"]https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/FAITHFTNE/acoustic-basses/faith-titan-neptune-natural-series-electro-acoustic-bass[/url]

can't make it this year have fun

Just bought a Mullard ECC83 tube from Aidan. The packaging was AMAZING...a normal 12AX7 box (albeit for a JJ) some foam, cut out to seat the tube box and fully enveloping the valve in an old tesco mobile phone box then the usual brown paper and totally wrapped in sellotape. Bomb proof. In the past I've received tubes through the post just in jiffy bags....not Aidan - his was almost flightcased! hahaha - it's a good job I was in as no way would it have fitted through the letterbox. Thanks very much - you went out of your way! ian

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1474014264' post='3134866'] Er... all well and good, but I doubt anyone would pay a premium for a bass that I've owned. The response is likely to be, 'who??' [/quote] Oh same here...I was joking Anyway I'm not selling

Why isn't everyone answering along the lines of "Buy a bass with provenance? I give basses their provenance" ? There's too much low self esteem around here.

OMG I met Colgraff in early March just before our USA tour. He was a very pleasant chap. I was aware he had some health issues but he seemed to be coping fine. And he was still young Sad RIP

That would depend what pickup is in the bass to start with if you're just considering adding a jazz. I added a jazz pickup to a P that was running a Fender Original P pickup and it never worked. I pulled both pickups out and replaved them with a PJ set by Aguilar and it made a world of difference. [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Aquilar_traditional_pickups.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Aquilar_traditional_pickups.html[/url]

12AX7 / ECC83 tubes for preamps They're all much of a muchness aren't they? It's all snake oil, isn't it? Do they really sound different? Does a Sovtek 12AX7WA really sound different to a Sovtek 12AX7WC or a Philips 12AX7WA or a Mullard ECC83/5751 or a EHX 12AX7 ??? What are the differences? What do you pay a premium for - other than NOS original valves from the 60s/70s? Is there really any discernible difference when used in a DHA preamp pedal with a bass? Discuss

Or these? [url="http://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Crafter_BA400_EQ_N.html"]http://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Crafter_BA400_EQ_N.html[/url]

So nothing then? What are these like? [url="https://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_aeb8ebk.htm#bewertung"]https://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_aeb8ebk.htm#bewertung[/url]

I could be in the market for an acoustic 4 string. I'd prefer a 34" scale if possible but recognise this isn't 'normal' for acoustics. I like jazz width necks - my favourite neck is my Status Jazz neck. I'd prefer a fretted neck. I'd like it to be quite loud as an acoustic (no amp required in a front room say with acoustic six string and some simple percussion) I don't want the body to be too big nor for it to be a stretch around the body for the plucking hand. I'd like it to be well balanced and comfortable to sit without a strap without it sliding off... Budget around £400 max I suppose. What would you recommend???

Valencia bull ring I suppose, not sure how many it holds but it was full

At 16 it was The Clash I remember going to the last of 9 nights they played at The Lyceum in Oct81 when I was 16...the ticket cost me £3.50 !! I remember coming out of Charing Cross tube and being offered £50 for it.....no way was I selling.

Entwhistle