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This is getting to be a very familiar story........ My old Trace Elliott AH150 head went dead mid gig - no dramatic bangs or smoke, just cut out. Luckily I was DI'd as well so I just got a bit more bass put through my monitor & carried on. God I hated that amp (even before that happened).

Gibson also polish all their guitars with panda skins, the bastards. (BTW-This isn't actually true).

There's only one Christmas song that doesn't make me want to spew my ribcage up, and that's the Waitresses one.

[quote name='cetera' post='662515' date='Nov 23 2009, 11:29 AM']Thanks mate!!! So glad you enjoyed it.... you may have noticed I played some.... errr....'interesting' notes when my eyes were being diverted elsewhere by the dancers during 'Modern Day Delilah'! lol!!! :blush: [/quote] I thought you all did remarkably well considering the on-stage distractions during that song. "Ace" was a total pro dealing with the various gremlins he had to contend with that evening as well. Sorry I couldn't stick around to say hello - I had to be up for work at 4.30 the following morning. Monster bass sound as well!

What a fantastic night! Dressed to Kill were absolutely f***ing superb! Great "support act" too........

Mine was about 9lbs.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='655461' date='Nov 15 2009, 09:46 PM']That's no use, no use at all. Firstly, he claims it was his father's when it should obviously have been his uncle's. Secondly, there's no mention of an attic, cellar or woodshed anywhere. Meanwhile, I don't know much about Levinson Blades. What's special about them?[/quote] They're just excellent quality instruments with very well thought out electronics. Excellent quality control and consistency too. They have been referred to in the past as "The European Sadowsky". I part exchanged my custom built Jaydee for one of these B4 basses at the bass centre in Wapping 20 years ago & never regretted it for a second. I'd still be playing it now if I hadn't started to find jazz profile necks too small. I've still got an old Levinson Blade Texas Standard Strat type guitar & that's bloody lovely as well; better than any Fender I've ever played.

I shall be at the Cardiff gig.

Why not just buy a multimeter? You can use them for 1000s of other things as well as testing batteries & a good basic one can be bought for less than a tenner.

[quote name='Paul_C' post='655532' date='Nov 15 2009, 10:46 PM']you're not the last - I've still not found a Warwick I liked [/quote] Same here. I just can't get past the (to me) extreme ugliness of their body shapes. The only one they make I think has a nice shape is the Streamer, and they nicked that off Spector.

Levinson Blade B4 super Jazz with the lawsuit headstock. Just like the one I used to have (only mine was purple). £400 is an absolute steal for one of these. If you're looking for a Jazz style bass for around the £400 mark you won't get better than this IMO. Awesome quality - ash body, rock maple neck & ebony fingerboard. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Levinson-Blade-B4-Bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ110458097629QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item19b7d0cfdd"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Levinson-Blade-B4-Ba...=item19b7d0cfdd[/url]

It looks like it was designed by Picasso. I can sort of see where he's coming from with the top six bass strings - it's like the old harp guitars. The bottom set of strings is anyone's guess.....

Awesome! I'll be at the Cardiff gig on the 20th.

That's a lovely looking bass Hadrien is playing.

[quote name='ped' post='650131' date='Nov 9 2009, 09:30 PM']Ah, the Skjold Offset Whaleback Although each to their own etc... TBH I could probably come around to the idea if it plays really nicely, which I bet they do! ped[/quote] YE GODS!!! That monstrosity is the John Merrick of bass guitars.

I'd just like to say that I've had instruments shipped by USPS & without exception they've been with me within 7 days. My Hamer 12 string bass arrived from the US in 2 days!

Allowing a bloody "Serious Relationship" & a "Steady Job" to come between me & some great times & great gigs all over Europe with my old band. Needless to say both relationship & job are long gone. I've got more regrets than anything else......

So, have you got it yet?

The thumb on my left hand does this occasionally. It's never happened when I've been playing though & it only lasts for a minute or two so I've never bothered seeking medical advice about it.

It looks like the builder started to carve the body shape then just lost interest & gave up.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='645858' date='Nov 4 2009, 11:45 PM'][/quote] That's a part of their long career The Stylistics would rather forget.....