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    The closer to the bridge the more the top end response will be, but I don't think it matters which bit of the pickup is on which side (Feel free to correct me anybody). Some basses, like the earlier Yamaha BB series, had the P pickups around the other way, with the part under the lower two strings closer to the bridge.
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    A single inline pickup, like a jazz bass pickup, usually tends to be single coil. A split Precision pickup is a humbucker, albeit one wired in series rather than the more usual parallel. I think the split thing was also done to help emphasise the higher frequencies on the top two strings as well.
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    Played a newish Gibson Hummingbird a few weeks ago & it was a piece of sh*t. Even the guy that owned it said so & had gone back to using a Takemine that cost a quarter of the price.
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    Selling my Markbass Mini cmd 121p combo as it's just sitting here not being used. Very good to excellent condition, some of the rubber on the handle is a bit split where it meets the brackets but other than that it's in great nick. Comes complete with black/yellow soft cover. Combo is dated 11-2005 so it's definitely an Italian made one. I bought it secondhand about two years ago, and have only used it for one gig. It's a superb amp but I just don't play bass much anymore & I'll certainly never gig again. Now asking £350.00. Collection from Cardiff only please. No trades please. [url="http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/DSCF0340_zpsnvc9wdmo.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/DSCF0341_zpsqflqpenh.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/DSCF0342_zpsduxxgelf.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/DSCF0343_zpsj2z7nok8.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/DSCF0339_zpsk3dqjr8y.jpg.html"][/url]
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    My first active!

    RhysP replied to Tenty's topic in Bass Guitars

    Save yourself years of time, fiddling & frustration & go back to using a passive bass as soon as possible.....
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    Selling my recently acquired Epiphone Jack Casady as, apart from cleaning it & putting new strings on it, I haven't touched it since I got it. Very good to excellent condition. There is a hairline crack in the pickup surround. The only real marks on it are where the previous owner stuck larger white dots on the side of the neck. I don't know what they stuck them with, but whatever it was has eaten into the finish a bit, so there are small circular marks on the upper edge of the fretboard. They are very slight (couldn't get them to show up on a photo) but wanted to be as accurate as possible in my description of the bass. This is one of the earlier Korean models. Comes complete with Epiphone hardshell case, which is structurally sound but does have some rips, scuffs & tears in the covering material. Strung with a new set of Newtone round wounds. Looking for £280.00 collected from Cardiff. Not interested in any trades. [url="http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/IMG_0455_zpsofq9pmis.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/IMG_0168_zpsmym2zn5i.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/IMG_0169_2_zps4smirrhp.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/IMG_0167_zpso0eone4m.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/IMG_0165_2_zpsgv6l5cf1.jpg.html"][/url]
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    Plenty of opportunity for hecklers with this song too - "This is the end...." "THANK f*** FOR THAT!" etc.
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    [quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1434887615' post='2803566'] ....I can see people getting bored with it after the first 4 or 5 minutes. [/quote] That long?
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    [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1434882657' post='2803512'] Me neither... I can't hold a pick properly, it keeps slipping round my hand and I end up with the pointy bit facing away from the strings. Also, after this weeks first rehearsal on guitar it turns out I have a lot to learn about controlling feedback. [/quote] Pat Metheny has always played with the pointy bit facing away from the strings, and I don't think he's ever been accused of not holding a plectrum properly. I play with them that way too, I personally find the pointy end makes the sound too toppy.
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    If she can't put any more effort into her heckling than "get on with it" I'd just ignore her.
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    [quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1434748768' post='2802594'] I'd say don't use slides too much. [/quote] This.
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    All basses sound the f***ing same to me to be honest.....
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    It's somewhere in-between "Burp" and "Grunt".
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    I go for weeks at a time without listening to music. I tend to enjoy silence (or as close as I can get to it) more than anything else these days.
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    I once received a bass through the post that was protected only by some jiffy bags sellotaped to it. No case, no extra padding, nothing. The bass, amazingly, was fine.
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    I'm currently involved in fundraising for Grassroots in Cardiff - this is a place that has been vital to the start of lots of young peoples musical journeys since the mid 1970s. Pretty much everybody I know of my age did their first gigs here, and I recorded there with my old band in the late 80s. It has been an invaluable community resource for decades but now, like so many other places, it's funding has been withdrawn & there are lots of gigs & other fundraising activities taking place at the moment to try to ensure that its facilities remain available to todays young, often disadvantaged musicians. If you get no other offers to rehouse this bass then I would like to ask you to consider donating it to Grassroots, either as an instrument that they can use in their studio or as something that can be auctioned off to raise much needed funds. Thanks.
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    [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1434131696' post='2797067'] How did a posh kid from Cambridge come up with those? [/quote] By having his father killed in the second World War?
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    Was the name "Pieceofshitoburst" already taken then?
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    It was a superb tour. My friend (and drummer in my old band) Simon was stage manager for the tour, so I was lucky enough to get to see some of it up close & for nothing.
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    [quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1433089306' post='2787722'] I think you will find it is a [color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]CASH, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]ZAIKS_CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]STIM CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]KODA_CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Warner Chappell, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]SUISA CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]TONO_CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]SACEM, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]TEOSTO_CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]PRS CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]UMPI [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Song![/size][/font][/color] [/quote] I'm not going to argue with that.
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    "Together in Electric Dreams" wasn't a Human League song, it was Phil Oakey & Georgio Moroder.
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    [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1433001615' post='2786968'] take another listen to some of Mick's work before you blaspheme anymore. [/quote] I've heard more than enough of his playing to last me several lifetimes, thanks all the same.
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    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1432992292' post='2786866'] But the first few notes at the very beginning really do sound like some kind of ruminant clearing its throat. Moo! [/quote] It really does! That guys playing sounds exactly like Mick Karn to me, but I was never a fan....
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    Scared to ask as it's a 4x10, but how heavy is this?
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