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Just collected Rich's immaculate Ampeg USA SVT 210 cab from the fabulously named Flying Childers pub in the equally fabulously named Kirby Bellers. A great guy to deal with & he even bought me a pint which has rather raised the bar for any future basschat trades I do! Rich - as you can see it slots right in. Don't think the neighbours like it but it sounds awesome!

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Welcome to Basschat Daniel

That's cool.... and I'll make a mental note to buy some new gear off you in 2010! There's an Epiphone Casino that floats around where I live that has always been sold on for £300 exactly. It's on at least it's 5th owner

I don't think you are alone here & I can think of a similar thing with myself about 4yrs back. I wasn't brave enough to share so publicly though. I think a big part of this is practice as you identified though. If you are dropping mistakes then iron them out. As a point of interest I sometimes used to mess up the easier riffs because they weren't so interesting so I'd practice and nail the complex stuff only to fluff the easy lines.

I love the Sid look on a P-bass. Out of interest (and don't feel you have to answer) did you make or lose money from selling it on / buying it back? Thankfully I've never sold anything on that I've missed so much I've wanted it back enough to buy it again... come close a couple of times though.

I too agree with Doddy. I look less the more comfortable I am with a song. It's never a problem unless you are so far hunched over your fretboard that you ignore the audience and the band.

Sounds a bit Nigel Tufnel to me. I remember stuff similar to that back in the 80s but like Mykesbass it's been a long time since. I'd get your setup properly looked at as you don't want it actually blowing something next time around.

I pretty much agree with Wil here. If you want some professionalism / structure with it then very probably this isn't the act for you. If you just want to drink and get high then it sounds like the ideal band. I agree, keep this away from rehearsal but I am sure there are others who see it all as part of the social experience. We have a few beers at rehearsals in my band but it really is a can each or a couple of small bottles at most and never more than that.

Don't forget the Classic series which don't have the active pups but favour the retro stylings. I think these are vastly improved on the MIM Standards and a serious step up. Future classics even

Welcome to Basschat, original Wiltshire boy myself

He's from near my parents place too. I like the bass but I see it as more clutter. I'm sure someone will get a good deal

Gear shares are pretty common place from a lot of shows I've done and it doesn't bother me. I'm with Mog in that the local band brings a backline. Ultimately you can say no though. More recently I've been playing bigger gigs and we're not doing the kit share. Last time I had another band use my amp / head was Wilko Johnson and I'm hardly going to say no to Norman Watt-Roy! Ultimately though, if it's your gear it's your say.

Welcome to Basschat. We do seem to be very troll free compared to other sites.

I agree with the above comments. The pics are good (not great but they show it for what it is). There absolutely will be somebody who would kill for this bass. I like the reverse body personally but I'm put off by the 5 string factor. Other people will be the opposite, some will not like anything about it and some will really go for it. I think EBay is the way forward. Some stuff moves quickly on Basschat, other stuff takes a while. Good luck with it

[quote name='Mr Bassman' post='756270' date='Feb 24 2010, 05:26 PM']Nice, is that an Underwood pickup?[/quote] It's a shadow pickup & a lot of soundmen at gigs comment on how good the tone is

[quote name='Floyd Pepper' post='755813' date='Feb 24 2010, 09:06 AM']I think that a key point here is whether you want a site to refer people to or a site to advertise yourself? I use Myspace to refer people to after I've made contact. It has all the basics for me and I've tailored it to look good using site software such as 'Coolchaser'. But....no one is ever going to find me if they are looking for a bass player so some of the alternatives that are mentioned above may be a better choice. Cheers, Jim[/quote] I'm 100% with this. MySpace can be tailored to suit your look with coolchaser, make it as simple or garish as you like. I got myself out on every site possible after I last found myself bandless. I wound up inside of a few weeks with 5 really good offers so was in a rare position of being able to turn down what would otherwise have been several potentially great opportunities in favour of what looked best to me at that time. I've recently discovered the MySpace video option as well as the MP3s. Whether I'm on Soundclick or the local musicians site I would usually refer people to MySpace. As a point of interest Freewebs lets you host your own site and you can build it up with little to no computer skills. The problem is you then need to get your url out there or nobody will know the page exists. I'd also add that as MySpace's popularity is starting to die, Facebook finally seem to be getting their act together a bit more for musicians. A situation that I can only imagine will get better

Here's mine I don't think I have a straight full on shot of it on it's own but you get the idea...

I would never use it personally but it wouldn't fit the music I play. It's like anything, don't worry about what others do - if it works for you, go for it.

I'm pretty cool with people playing my gear, it doesn't happen so much at gigs though. Mainly when people come around they try my kit so I guess I have more control over it. People coming up at gigs tends not to happen and I have good gear - I can only assume I look stand offish!

We'd need to see condition, where you advertised it (just on here or EBay too?) and whether it was realistically priced. I find loads of good quality pictures mixed with a fair but upbeat appraisal and a decent price will shift pretty much any gear. I suspect the main reason why it hasn't sold is because you've not maximised the sale's full potential in some way. Difficult to nail it without more info

I'm impressed by them as a whole, only found the website recently. B'ham would be my closest store I believe

[quote name='Doddy' post='754621' date='Feb 23 2010, 02:44 AM']I wouldn't bother with a powerball personally-they fall into a similar catagory as hand grips,to me. You are much better off studying correctly and then practising slowly and accurately.If you are doing it right,you will gradually and naturally develop more strength in your hands with no pain.If it hurts,you need to step back and look at what you are doing wrong. Only a teacher will be able to tell you exactly where you are going wrong.[/quote] I don't know for certain but I suspect Doddy is a better player than me so if I were new to the forum I'd be more guided by this than my powerball corner cutting [quote name='Stu-khag' post='754927' date='Feb 23 2010, 12:58 PM']May I ask which book and dvd you got? Im in a position at the mo where I could just afford one or two lessons but the nature of my work means my working hours are all over the place so lessons arent really ideal just yet[/quote] It was [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Learn-Play-Bass-Upright-Stand-Up-Doghouse-Blurgrass-DVD_W0QQitemZ360201964677QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item53ddb5cc85"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Learn-Play-Bass-Upri...=item53ddb5cc85[/url] no book for me

Some great answers here so I'm sure my 2c will pail into insignificance by comparison. Firstly I bought a starting double bass DVD and took on board all the advice (£12 well spent), secondly little and often practice, thirdly get a powerball and finally get a lesson or two. I'm still stuck on 4 and I must pull my finger out. I've gone from not being able to do a whole song to doing 4 gigs this year on it.