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  1. These posts made me bimble off to my local music store and have a look at the precision, and the 50s precision, and I think they are great value foor the money. We are silly to ourselves really, skylines and tributes are considered really good instruments, but if its a squier, some people are a bit sniffy. i think the precision felt equally is good in my hands as does my MIJ and a new pickup is not expensive if you need to, and im going to buy a 50s reissue.
  2. [quote name='Prosebass' post='359775' date='Dec 20 2008, 06:37 PM']WTF !!!![/quote] Seems perfectly clear to me its the language of anitproffesional
  3. [quote name='drthirkenstein' post='359506' date='Dec 20 2008, 12:37 PM']i got two of the 400 watt BL15-400X celestions in my cab [url="http://professional.celestion.com/bass/green/index.asp"]http://professional.celestion.com/bass/green/index.asp[/url] they sound amazing. and much sturdier than most of the cheap rubbish out there. they're often used in PA's so can take a real hammering before they even think about distorting or flapping.[/quote] Few people seem to reccomend celestion, i dont know why. I dont know if emminence with their bigger market produce better quality or its us brits thinking if it comes from the us its got to be good.
  4. [quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='359371' date='Dec 20 2008, 03:36 AM']Here the S2010 is $70, the 2510 $110. I think I catch the smell of revenue agents mucking up the price structure on your side of the pond. It wasn't for naught that we dumped that boatload of tea into Boston Harbor. The Basslite CA2010 is cast also, but I tend to forget about that one, as it has a rather poor response. The S2010 is the bargain driver here, with the same displacement limited output as the 2510, and almost as good a response, but for only an additional 7 quid for the 2510 I'd be going with it.[/quote] Thanks Bill Very informative
  5. [quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='359198' date='Dec 19 2008, 09:36 PM']The one cast frame Basslite, the 2515, is built on a Deltalite frame, the rest are stamped.[/quote] Thanks for the clarification I just looked at the spec for the 10 and as you rightly say its a pressed steel chasis £64 for a bass lite 10 and £71 for a deltalite
  6. [quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='358900' date='Dec 19 2008, 03:46 PM']The Basslites are less expensive lower power rated stamped frame drivers, as opposed to the cast frame Deltalites and Kappalites. Voicing isn't different.[/quote] I hesitate to argue with an expert, but the bass lite i bought was not a stamped frame but cast, and the eminence spec describes the basslite as a cast frame aluminium chassis, The price quoted on my local supplier is £101 for a kappalite 3015, £104 for a basslite, and £90 for a deltalite. So far from being less expensive, its actually the most expensive.
  7. I bought an old acoustic 1x15 cabinet with the wrong replacement speaker in. Emminence were not able to identify the original speaker from the emminence part no I gave them from another cab, and based on the cab dimensions, which are very old school, ie shallow front to back, Im guessing 26 wide by 20 tall but only about 12" deep recomended the basslight. The basslight on Blue aran is marginally more expensive than the Kappa but there is only a couple of quid in it. In the end, I have a basslight, it works fine, so im not looking to change it, I was just curious, thanks for the insight. What would be a good replacement for the 10" in an ashdown abm c110 combo, I use it sometimes on its own in very small venues, but it farts a bit, and i wouldnt mind shaving a few pounds of the weight.
  8. [quote name='alexclaber' post='357597' date='Dec 18 2008, 09:56 AM']Assuming the cab is neither tiny nor huge then I'd recommend an Eminence Kappalite 3015. More expensive than some but you get a lot more performance too! Alex[/quote] Alex, why do you particulalrly like the kappalight when emminence produce the basslight, which one would assume to be specially voiced for bass, [and I bought one not long ago] Not disagreeing, just curious.
  9. I notice that ashdown come in for a lot of stick here. I have an abm 300 combo, never had a problem with it, but the light failed in the VU meter I emailed ashdown and there was one in the post within an hour of my e mail FOC. Thats great service.
  10. [quote name='Protium' post='358210' date='Dec 18 2008, 07:25 PM']NO, "1600 hundred" = £160000 [/quote] I cant undesrtand why he has had such a poor response
  11. [quote name='NancyJohnson' post='357710' date='Dec 18 2008, 11:29 AM']I've only had the DJ5 for three weeks or so and I've come to realise that my Precision will never get jammed/gigged again, so that's up for sale...what I get for that will go against this. P[/quote] I said that when my Jo Osbourne arrived I still use a precision as much or more
  12. [quote name='guzzibass' post='357367' date='Dec 17 2008, 09:56 PM']Ok - fast forward to 1971 Middle of the Road - Jazz bass and Sally Carr looking great in those hot pants [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq6TRf2iMbI&feature=related"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq6TRf2iMbI&...feature=related[/url][/quote] Cor blimey guv, I had to put a new battery in me pacemaker phwoar
  13. [quote name='squire5' post='357361' date='Dec 17 2008, 09:43 PM']Ace Kefford's bass seemed to have a slight mod around the top bout.[/quote] Im glad you noticed Im sure there is something 'different' about that bass. The top horn doesnt look right, and it almost looked squashed
  14. [quote name='casapete' post='356444' date='Dec 16 2008, 10:21 PM']Looked a bit Precision like to me? And don't you think he looked like Paul Whitehouse?..!!![/quote] If you look it has a smaller body and a rounded top horn like a telecaster. I wondered if it was a trecision that had been cut down but the headstock didnt look right Yes he does look a bit like paul whitehouse, At the time he was seen as ultra cool
  15. Whats that bass that Ace keffords playing on Fire brigade?
  16. [quote name='Sarah5string' post='355732' date='Dec 16 2008, 10:39 AM']I suddenly feel very young.. [/quote] And now I feel very old
  17. I would agree with all the people who said its what works for you. I bought a mm5 years ago and used it as my primary bass for some years, and had no real problem after I got settled with it. My problem started when I wanted to swap between a 4 and a five, and it took me ages to get comfortable with going back to the five. OK when I concentrated, but made loads of silly mistakes when I 'relaxed' . I swapped to a lakie 55-02 with a 35 in scale and had no real problem the the extra scale length, and I preferred the neck, but I still was uncomfortable with the change overs. In the end I decided I could get what I wanted from a four, I find a four string neck is more comfortable, and generally a bit lighter, so I sold the five and have only 4s. I kniow some people who are happy with both, and others like me who prefer one or the other
  18. [quote name='Happy Jack' post='354467' date='Dec 14 2008, 07:06 PM']I've got the 1957 version of that ...[/quote] I think you may find thats worth a bob or two We bought one for a friends 60th and it was quite expensive, and it was a mid 60s print
  19. Thanks for sharing those I used go and press my nose against shop window and dream about the futurama I thought it looked much cooler than the only fiesta red strat in portsmouth at the time. I later bought a hofner president for the sum of 46 gns and later a marshall 4x10 blues breaker combo for 110 gns. Wish I still had the amp.
  20. I remember that too although my version was pre 'fab four' The bass players version of Bert Weedons play in a day.
  21. we used to do the ballad of Davey Crockett a la Kentucky Headhunters.
  22. [quote name='crez5150' post='352890' date='Dec 12 2008, 04:48 PM']Pamela by Toto...... obscure because we are a function band..... and most people don't know the song.... just a bit of fun for us really[/quote] great song great band
  23. [quote name='bremen' post='352480' date='Dec 12 2008, 10:09 AM']and he bit: 'irony means a word for general marketing i no you also dont intend to buy my item or ask a general question about the item for sale so i have reported you to ebay for your sarcastic remarks and unwanted spam mail'[/quote] And it draws the attention away from the lovely carlbro rig worth £1600
  24. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CARLSBRO-STINGRAY-BASE-AMP-STACK_W0QQitemZ200232043298QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item200232043298&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]e bay link[/url] I no how to spell I am an IT proffesional Item no
  25. [quote name='EssentialTension' post='314562' date='Oct 25 2008, 02:51 PM']Anyway, I'm not actually convinced that the sound is much different (if at all) whether through-body or through-bridge. Even if there is a difference many other factors make much more difference, YMMV.[/quote] +1
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