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[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1370938152' post='2107552'] They are screaming at 4 good-looking young men on stage playing up-beat catchy pop songs. The "bass hook" or any other individual instrumental part is irrelevant. [/quote] This. You could replace The Beatles with the Bay City Rollers, Justin Bieber or whoever - the reason they are screaming is that teenagers are, in the main, stupid easily led pack animals.

Nice Precision style bass for the money: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-V4-Tony-Butler-Precision-Bass-Guitar-Like-Fender-Or-Squier-/230995728415?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item35c86b181f

Typical blonde....

I've never heard Peds bass sound, but I'm sure it would be the best bass sound I've ever heard if I did.

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1370897495' post='2107229'] I have a lanyard already, losers [/quote] How'd you get yours, brown-nose?

[quote name='ZenBasses' timestamp='1370793884' post='2105590'] Well I wasn't expecting that kind of reaction. [/quote] You haven't been on here very long, have you?

I've got a broken foot & a lanyard would make it better.

[quote name='Valhalalf' timestamp='1370879710' post='2106787'] *Selling a bass plug* What about the blendable tones of both acoustic and electric with the playability of an electric? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/201523-fs-yamaha-bex-4-semi-acoustic-including-hard-case-l250/"]http://basschat.co.u...hard-case-l250/[/url] [/quote] Already did it for you - see post #17.

[quote name='Buzzy' timestamp='1370780465' post='2105385'] Any one got any opinions/advice on Electro/Acoustic bases. I've been offered the gig in an acoustic band, so if I go for it I need to get something that will sound ok fed through the P.A rather than have to buy another amp. Not sure how much I need to pay for something half decent as I don't want to break the bank in case the band doesn't get beyond the rehearsal stage. [/quote] Have a look at this - looks acoustic-y & will be a lot more versatile than an acoustic bass: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/201523-fs-yamaha-bex-4-semi-acoustic-including-hard-case-l250/

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1370874893' post='2106687'] Maybe if I'd been there at the time I would have felt differently about it. [/quote] Not necessarily - I was a teenager at the time & I didn't get it at all. It just seemed like another fad to me, like Rollermania a few years previously. I was born middle aged though, so my viewpoint possibly isn't that valuable.

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1370863478' post='2106404'] I saw a discussion on another forum recently about whether or not people gig their vintage guitar amps - the number of guys on there who had brilliant amps that were built for gigging (and definitely too big for home noodling) that they wrapped up in cotton wool at home while buying cheaper, less tasty sounding amps to gig with. Why even bother? [/quote] Investment.

[quote name='sticker' timestamp='1370861863' post='2106354'] i dont get this " waste of time " standpoint , you could say the same for pointy basses , Erbs , or any fretted bass made after the 51 precision ... [/quote] "Pointy basses, Erbs, or any fretted bass made after the 51 precision" will all to do what the user wants them to. Whether it's pointy, an extended range instrument, vintage or modern is immaterial as they all operate in the same way - you put them through an amp to hear them. Unlike an acoustic guitar an acoustic bass is pretty much useless when used with other acoustic instruments unless you put it through an amp, at which point you may as well use an electric bass. An acoustic instrument that can't be used without an amp apart from when messing about on your own at home is, in my view at least, a complete waste of time.

As others have pointed out, acoustic basses are pretty much a complete waste of time.

[quote name='steviedee' timestamp='1370858743' post='2106276'] Could it be covered by house insurance? [/quote] "1/ The WAL wasn't insured at all seems the owner was of the [i]assumption[/i] that his house contents cover 'covered' the bass...expensive assumption!"

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1370796685' post='2105641'] Shape is pretty heavily associated with Dimebag, wrong decade/style. [/quote] That shapes been around since the late 70s.

How about this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dean-metalman-bass-/321140780565?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4ac57b6e15

My first "New" bass was a Hondo (one of the S.D. Curlee Licensed models) & it was actually very good. A few of my friends had Hondo guitars & they ranged from excellent to not that good quality-wise. The style of finish makes me think that's more of a mid 80s instrument. Price-wise I think thats a bit steep - you could probably pick up a used Jackson or BC Rich bass (Not US ones obviously) for that price & they'd probably be better instruments.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1370725761' post='2104972'] I'd always read a lot about the combination of a P and an Ampeg stack sounding great together but had never heard anything quite this good before. [/quote] Funnily enough I'm currently listening to George Murray play exactly that combination of gear with Bowie on the "Stage" album and, apart from thinking it's possibly the best backing band I've ever heard, the bass just sounds fantastic. I guess it also helps if you can take Tony Visconti on the road with you to do your live sound.

Don't know if it's the best, but one that has remained firmly in my mind since I saw/heard it was Rob Wassermans awesome sound when I saw him with Lou Reed in Belgium years ago. Incredibly powerful.

It has indeed got a real bass part, played on a real bass too, not one of those electric things. What to do live wasn't a problem for McCartney as they'd stopped playing live by the time Revolver came out. If you're going to try & replicate some of the string arrangement on a bass I wouldn't think an Ebow would be much use as a lot of it is quite staccato.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1370691631' post='2104434'] Seriously though what do the disaffected yoof do nowadays? Surely they don't all go and sit in the darkened gloom that is Hollister? [/quote] I think that's it really - they're all too materialistic & money grabbing to give a f*** about anything else. (Obviously that's a generalisation, but certainly the only thing the majority of them seem to do in Cardiff is shop & hang out in expensive coffee emporiums where they text each other instead of actually talking).

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1370690269' post='2104399'] [/quote] That's it - instant disaffected youth. (Most of the youth where I live need disinfecting.....)

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1370685837' post='2104327'] As i'm a bit out of touch with yoof culture how do they show their disaffection nowadays.. [/quote] They just put a frowny face on their Facebook Status.

This one: http://www.themusiczoo.com/product/10482/Fender-Custom-Shop-59-Precision-Bass-NOS-Burgundy-Mist-Metallic/