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[quote name='BassBod' post='432198' date='Mar 12 2009, 10:03 AM']Shame about the light - I remember (maybe wrongly) it was only the newer 200 that was getting the complaints. What seemed to hack people off was moving from a reliable b100 up to the new higher wattage version and then having to deal with unexpected cabinet problems. Sounded like early production problems? Anyone got one recently? How heavy are they (really?)[/quote] Would be a bad state of affairs if they did rattle. They ain't cheap are they!

[url="http://www.curtiswhitefinger.co.uk/music/sofadust128.mp3"]The Curtis Whitefinger Ordeal - Sofa Dust[/url] It's just about coming together - about time really. This was recorded almost a year ago! Anyway - album will be 6 tracks. Including a 15 minute version of "Don't Do It". Which I'm told "doesn't even get boring" Any Comments gratefully received. Criticisms wittily rebuffed (if you're lucky)

[quote name='BassBod' post='431441' date='Mar 11 2009, 01:00 PM']I thought about getting one...but was put off by reports (on the interweb only..) about bad cabinet rattles and poor construction. Not the best way to evaluate an amp, I know, but it was enough at the time.[/quote] The b50 and the B100 I play both have no rattles or construction issues. Both of them have blown the power light though. Which is a shame cos they're a nice blue colour.

I've not played with the b200r, But I've got a b50r and play with a b100r at the studio when we leave the drummer out. Both excellent amps. I've been thinking about getting a b200r for a while now myself.

[quote name='Dante' post='430527' date='Mar 10 2009, 02:30 PM']But what do I do?? follow the guitar?? or the drums?? My friend mentioned something about ''locking in with the drummer'' what the hell does that mean??? I'm really confused, I've taught myself till now and I'm struggling!! I desperately want to get better. . . . . . . . .[/quote] Don't follow the guitar. That's the blind leading the blind Follow the drums if you have to follow anyone. How good is your drummer?

[quote name='bumfrog' post='424069' date='Mar 3 2009, 01:01 PM']sounds more like ocd to me then anything else.[/quote] Maybe. To me it sounds like someone who likes the taste of his own fingers too much. I've seen people stick their fingers in the pants an lick. It's not OCD. They're just dirty f***ers.

I'm in a 3 piece. Our first drummer left - went to university in Norwich :wacko: (he's quite a bit younger than us). Luckily we got another, but he wasn't anywhere near the style of the first, which meant we rewrote the material. Then he left - off to go play percussion with Julian Cope or something or other. We rewrote the material and some different and started playing as a duo. We've recently started playing with another guitarist. So we're back to 3, but with no drums. Interestingly, for me anyway... playing live with no drummer has been the most eye-opening thing I've done as a musician. We're auditioning a new drummer next week who we've got high hopes for. After playing for 6 months - about 10 gigs and an album without one. I suppose my point is that if you can get on with the remainder - why not just carry on - you don't need all the parts you think you need, you just need determination and a willingness to make music from who's left.

Your guitarist has some serious "Jazz Face". Wow.

I used to always use a pick. I spent years learning how to play fingerstyle. I've now forgotten how to use a pick. V odd.

I've got Alex Clabbers Acmes. I use them with a 100W Marshall JCM800 Bass Series head and haven't struggled to get volume out of them despite them having low sensitivity and Acme themselves telling me that 100W wouldn't cut it. They recommend 300W per 2x10. However, that said, I don't think I'm getting anywhere near the volume out of them that they're capable of. Although I've played with 2 drummers with this rig, one of whom is insanely loud & proud of it. No problem at all. In fact people remark about how loud and full the sound is. Two works for me better than one - but that's probably due to me underpowering them. They are designed to be the equivalent of a "standard" 4x10. Alex did order them direct from Acme.

[quote name='bremen' post='414278' date='Feb 19 2009, 02:15 PM']I doubt it. I bought some tuners advertised as genuine Fender ([b]presumably MIM type[/b]) and they were neither Fender nor Schaller stamped. They had nasty sharp edges compared to any Fender, Schaller or Gotoh P type tuners I've ever seen.[/quote] Perhaps they weren't Fenders at all?

[quote name='joe_bass' post='414275' date='Feb 19 2009, 02:10 PM']They wouldn't put stamped ones on a MIM though would they?[/quote] They do put stamped tuners on some MIMs. The classic range for instance. They have the same tuners as MIA reissues. The stock blank MIMs are the same tuners you get on Highway 1's

I want one of these... And one of these...

Sounds to me like you've got a neck with a natural bow and that the truss rod has no adjustment left. To see if that's true, loosen the truss and see if that makes any effect. If it does : You could try removing the nut from the rod and putting washers on it, put the nut back on - that will give you more adjustment. I did this once, it worked, but the truss broke through the back of the neck. Apparently though, that's a very rare occurrence and we did hear warning "creaks" before it did. The neck got fixed by glue and submergence in water in a jig. It's now fine. If it doesn't - does the truss rod haver any effect at all? ever? if so - I reckon you should remove it - clean it, and reinstall it. If that doesn't work - get a new neck.

Hmmm. Why all this talk of losing the g string? surely if you tune BEAD then G is the second fret of the top string. You don't lose anything, you just gain an extra two frets lower and lose two frets where you shouldn't be playing anyhow. You fella's talk car-azy talk, your problem would be : 1) your bass's a) itonation )although if you were to use eadg strings - that shouldn't be a problem really) set up 2) your speakers (maybe) 3) your engineers (if any) 3) your ears 4) your playing flop flop...

I clean em with a duster even now and again. Flatwounds stay clean really. Even when I used roundwounds I hardly ever cleaned or changed em though. I don't like zingy new strings.

I was thinking of getting one a while back. I've seen them go A LOT cheaper than that. £250-£350 range. That was maybe a year ago.

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='406418' date='Feb 11 2009, 03:14 PM']I thought good but listening to the final mix I reckon he thought bad[/quote] Shame on him.

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='406406' date='Feb 11 2009, 03:07 PM']I think I was the bass player on Prince's 'When doves cry'[/quote] Do you see that as a good or a bad thing?

I've got an Ampeg b50 Rocket which I got off ebay for about £150. Was a few years back. - But is excellent for around the house - it sounds like a proper amp but is smallish - being a 1x10 and is not too thunderous for next door. Don't think there's that many of them about though.

I've got a MIM precision with a bit of flaming on the back of the neck. my camera phone doesn't pick it up but it is there. It's a 2002.

[quote name='Myo' post='402018' date='Feb 6 2009, 02:08 PM']A GOOD bass player realises that the hand in an amazingly adaptable and dynamic tool and fully utilizes every way of attacking the strings. End of.[/quote] What if it sounds sh*te?

Well. How often does this question come up? As with all basses and guitars 3 factors make a good instrument. 1) Workmanship 2) Materials 3) Set up If you consider that MIMs are made from the same stock material as MIAs (esp MIM factory upgrades and FSRs with MIA electrics) and that the MIM and MIA factories aint a million miles away from each other - it's quite easy to deduce that the set up is the main difference between a MIM and an MIA? MIJs are a different comparison - they're made from totally different materials and by a workforce / factory on another continent.

I took a plastic bag with my overdrive pedal in it to a gig once. Never used it though so I've never done it again. I should really take some spare strings but I've never broken one whilst playing - only when f***ing about with them - and I've never broken a flatwound. I carry a hardcase with a bass, a strap and a lead. I've got a good leather strap with locks and a 15ft whirlwind. If I've recently indulged in any setting up I sometimes take a small array of tools in order to be able make any minor adjustments I deem necessary before or whilst getting drunk / during soundcheck. Usually I don't bother.