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[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1075117' date='Jan 2 2011, 11:14 AM']Well I'm uploading all my albums to iTunes and have just done Appetite for Destruction by Guns'n'Roses (what an album!) which always makes me want a Fender Aerodyne and a plectrum......[/quote] Didn't he use an 80's Jazz Bass Special?

[quote name='ahpook' post='1074983' date='Jan 2 2011, 02:14 AM']why do streamers look so good ?[/quote] Because it's the only shape they didn't design themselves. Warwicks are the most dog-ugly range of basses I've ever seen.

Kate Bush - "Babooshka" - the mighty John Giblin again.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1074243' date='Jan 1 2011, 11:04 AM']Except for the where was the rest of Alison Moyet debate! [/quote] Unfortunately she seems to have lost her singing voice too - she sounded like Vic Reeves doing his club singer routine last night .

I thought it was pretty good this year, apart from Vampire weekend & bloody Kylie. Thought The Secret Sisters were fabulous.

Superb!

From the Shergold website: "The pickup is in effect two mini-humbuckers in the same casing. The stereo effect is derived by putting the pickup coils under the first and second strings on one channel and the third and fourth the other half of the pickup. The main drawback with this arrangement is that in mono mode, the two halves of the pickup are connected in parallel, giving very low output. Common owner alterations to the electronics are to add a toggle switch to flip between parallel and series connection of the windings, and a second switch to bypass the tone and volume network". Hope that helps.

Like it a lot!

Wouldn't all these things of yours be more suited to the " Performance>Recording" section, where most other people put films of themselves, rather than in the "Gear>Bass Guitar" section? Just a thought.

[quote name='barend' post='1071471' date='Dec 29 2010, 09:17 AM']Anyone know what John Giblin is doing lately?[/quote] I would hazard a guess that he's just celebrated Christmas.

I bought an ex demo EBS combo from them a few months ago & they were fantastic. The one I'd been going to buy got sold whilst I was dithering & they got another one from another shop for me & even knocked another £100.00 off what was already a great price. I found them to be very helpful & very friendly.

It was a Travis Bean.

Deon is a great player.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1068378' date='Dec 23 2010, 11:43 PM']The guy wants to swap for my Modulus..[/quote] I bet he does! You'd be a serious mug to even consider it.

[quote name='BassBod' post='1067691' date='Dec 23 2010, 12:27 PM']I'd go for the Tokai Pbass......[/quote] That's the first thing I thought when I saw the photo.

[quote name='bassoctopus' post='1068140' date='Dec 23 2010, 07:33 PM']I realise it's the CH-12 rather than the B12, but all the sites I've been on in the past year list them as discontinued[/quote] The CH12's are very good. I used to have a CH12 & it was bloody great for the money - wish I'd never sold it. I'm a huge fan of Hamer gear - I have owned a lot of Hamer US guitars & am a member of the Hamer forum. I don't think you can buy a better guitar - ludicrously undervalued in this country.

Copper Shielding:

[quote name='bassoctopus' post='1068109' date='Dec 23 2010, 07:06 PM']I don't think Hamer make them any more, so they are pretty rare.[/quote] That's a Korean or Chinese import CH12, not a US Hamer. They still make them.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1065128' date='Dec 20 2010, 08:58 PM']Have you had your end away?[/quote] Do you mean "recently" or "ever"?

[quote name='mgibson' post='1065018' date='Dec 20 2010, 08:01 PM']....but I'm coming through in the generation of tab and eighth notes, not transcribing and quavers......[/quote] Don't panic, you can still buy Quavers - I had a packet yesterday.

I recently bought a 5 string bass after 30 years of playing 4 strings, mainly because I got fed up with people asking me if I played 5 string, and if not why not? Now I can at least say I tried it & it wasn't really for me. 99% of my favourite players play 4 string, and I've never heard anybody play anything on a 5 string that made me think "WOW! I've just GOT to have that low B".

[quote name='GremlinAndy' post='1063204' date='Dec 19 2010, 04:44 AM']I heard from a representative at Zon at the beginning of the week, saying my bass will ship at the end of the week. We're just discussing which courier to use, and I may ask them to hold off until the early New Year now.... but it's imminent! (pauses to touch wood)[/quote] Excellent news! Pics & review asap please.

[quote name='LiamPodmore' post='1062778' date='Dec 18 2010, 07:01 PM']If i remember correctly the hex hole on the screws is 2mm, i can't remember the rest of the details. Liam[/quote] If it's a US bass the size is very unlikely to be metric.

When you're only really continuing to play because of the amount of time & money you've invested in it over the years.