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    New Toy Time !

    Paul_C replied to Paul_C's topic in Bass Guitars

    rehearsed with it tonight - while it is very nice, I still prefer my Bongo - so if anyone wants to make me an offer .....
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    New Toy Time !

    Paul_C replied to Paul_C's topic in Bass Guitars

    Thoughts so far: The neck is nice, I like the radius and the shorter scale length. The drop D thing works well, and doesn't take long to get used to. The preamp is going take a while to get used to, but I don't dislike the spread of sounds available. It balances nicely on the strap too. I'll reckon I'll keep it, until someone gives me enough cash to let it go
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    swapped for the Status 6 string - liking it so far, but who knows how long before it'll be up for sale
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    £325 or I keep it (before eventually putting it on ebay )
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    Looks likely this will be traded by the end of the week
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    £200 before I ebay it.
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    [quote name='bassbluestew' post='70275' date='Oct 6 2007, 12:31 PM']Righty, Athough having owned a POD XT PRO ( take a bow Sir Ped ) I ditched it in favour of a nice clean sound which I now have and love. However, my band is doing some more funky stuff and I feel I'd like to add to the sound palette. Trouble is I don't know the first thing about FX, or what does what tbh. The sound I'm after is like this......... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_vCOOW_BsE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_vCOOW_BsE[/url] I'm not even going to try to describe it cause I'll probably get it wrong, and send you all off on a wild goose chase, so if you'd be good enough to have a quick listen to it and let me know I'd be grateful. I noticed some guys using the EBS Bassiq pedal, would that do this ?? thanks in advance, all advice welcome. Stewart[/quote] it's probably a keyboard, which doesn't really help ..
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    [quote name='Bloodaxe' post='69751' date='Oct 4 2007, 10:52 PM']That neck/body joint looks interesting! Bolt-on or through-neck? There's a fairly comprehensive (and growing) list of luthiers [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=253"][b][u]here[/u][/b][/url]. There's quite a few within easy travelling distance of Northampton. Pete.[/quote] (and at least one who lives IN Northampton ) P.
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    [quote name='woodenshirt' post='68429' date='Oct 1 2007, 10:53 PM']What are your thoughts on instruments that have had headstock/neck repairs.... I always walk away when I see such repairs (yes, I know some repairs are very good...... but it just puts me off when I see them!) Do you think I am being sensible by not considering these instruments or am I missing out on some great purchases? Mart.[/quote] Having done many such repairs, I'd say that it shouldn't make a difference structurally, if done well. I repaired my first headstock break on a nylon acoustic, I told the customer that the join was stronger than the wood around it - a month later someone stood on it breaking the neck again, but the glued part held firm whether it will affect the sound of the instrument is another matter, though I don't personally know of anyone ever having such a problem
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    trade for a Status Stealth 6 ?
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    [quote name='wotnwhy' post='67377' date='Sep 29 2007, 03:00 PM']veeeery nice with the exception of brands in this thread, you don't see many 3 p'up basses around. wonder why?[/quote] here's one
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    I used a .110 on my Status 6 before fitting flatwounds, the current B sting is now a .136 though I haven't noticed that much of a difference
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    [quote name='cheddatom' post='66517' date='Sep 27 2007, 05:36 PM']It's like, how do you define an artist. You don't have think think of yourself as an artist to be an artist. No-one else has to either. You could be dead 100 years when someone finds the doodles you made on your notebook at school, calls it art, makes you famous etc.[/quote] so you're saying you become regarded as an artist once SOMEONE ELSE recognises your work as art..
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    [quote name='cheddatom' post='66500' date='Sep 27 2007, 04:56 PM']That's a fair point, though I'm sure there are musicians out there who don't care if anyone knows it, or beleives it.[/quote] I'm sure most don't care, but how do you define them as musicians ? Because you've seen/heard them play ?
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    [quote name='cheddatom' post='66466' date='Sep 27 2007, 03:47 PM']I think you can be a musician and not a performer. There are loads of people who just play at home alone, but are really good with their instruments, and I don't think it's fair to say that they're not musicians.[/quote] but when is life ever fair ? Having pondered it a little longer, I now think that if you play music for yourself, you can freely call yourself a musician when you do it. If you want others to consider you a musician, you have, in one way or another, to show them that you are. That doesn't have to include playing live. After all, if I was to tell you that I'm a fantastically successful sportsman, regarded as a God by the natives of a South Sea Island, and loved by all who know me, you'd probably expect some proof at some point before truly accepting it, wouldn't you ?
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    If someone in a bedroom plays an instrument and no-one hears, does that make him or her a musician ? My gut feeling is that there ought to be some effort (and perhaps also desire) to have people hear your music for you to be a "musician", whether that's live/recorded/youtube etc. If you learned to do magic tricks, would you consider yourself a magician if no-one ever saw you perform ? If you were an artist, but no-one ever saw your art, how would they know? Never playing live shouldn't imply that you can't play, nor does performing mean you can ( I've seen many people play who I wouldn't describe as musicians ) , but some combination of skill and performance should be present for you to be accurately described as a musician, IMHO of course.
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    Widdles

    Paul_C replied to Veils's topic in General Discussion

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    I prefer to use a separate compressor before the G2, because I wanted compression on every patch, and couldn't be arsed to try and set it up
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    [quote name='BassManKev' post='65645' date='Sep 25 2007, 11:55 PM']id love to pay for this in monthly installments or something, but i very much doubt he'd wanna do that... [/quote] PM me with what you have in mind ..
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    [quote name='MoJoKe' post='65748' date='Sep 26 2007, 10:43 AM']Hi, I posted this yesterday on the pinned luthiers list, but no-one has spotted it yet! I need to find a luthier in Exeter/South Devon, anyone got any contacts or recommendations please? Thanks![/quote] Mansons ?
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    trades for something interesting in a 4 string ?
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    if it's anything like the time I saw them at the MEN Arena, I'd take some earplugs
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    I'm giving some thought to selling mine, hope I don't encounter similar problems
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    The list, minus those sold, is now: [color="blue"]General[/color] Classic Guitars of the 50s - £20.00 Classic Guitars of the 60s - £20.00 The Electric Guitar - from the first examples to the 90s - £15.00 The Guitar (a history of) - £20.00 American Guitars - Tom Wheeler - £30.00 The Bass Book - Tony Bacon - £15.00 [color="blue"]Collections[/color] The Chinery Collection - Not in perfect condition, but Amazon prices are scaring me (£200+ :shock: ) - OFFERS Norman's Rare Guitars - 30 years of buying, selling and collecting - £20.00 [color="blue"]Manufacturers[/color] The Fender Telecaster - £5.00 The Complete History of Rickenbacker Guitars - £15.00 50 years of Fender - Tony Bacon - £7.50 The Gretsch Book - Tony Bacon - £15.00 The Rickenbacker Book - Tony Bacon - £15.00 The Gibson Les Paul Book - Tony Bacon - £15.00 The PRS Guitar Book - £15.00 The Gibson ES175 - £10.00 Fender Custom Shop Guitar Gallery - £30.00 Gibson Guitars 100 years of an American Icon - £15.00 The Beauty of the Burst (vintage Les Pauls) - £15.00 The Gibson Super 400 - £20.00 Fender - The Sound Heard Around The World - £20.00 [color="blue"]Collecting Vintage Guitars[/color] Vintage Electric Guitars - £17.50 Old Guitar Mania (collecting vintage guitars) - £10.00 Stellas and Stratocasters - £20.00 [color="blue"]Repair/Building[/color] Electric Guitar Setups - Hideo Kamimoto - £7.50 Customising Your Electric Guitar - Adrian Legg - £20.00
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    I did it to a Tanglewood P Bass copy a while ago, but didn't take pics before I got shot of it - I would have no problems repeating the process though
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