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I like the pod too. It's very simple to use & sounds great

Looks like you are all a bit quicker than me when I use cut and paste! Nobody had commented when I started typing. I'd be rubbish in a gun fight!

I switch off the moment the feedack falls below 99%. Aside 92-93 doesn't make it a vintage. I do like his questions and answers "Q: Hi, what serial numbers can you give me of the bass, thanks. A: Hi there, Why, may I ask do you want them? Kind regards"

I've done gigs where we played and then suddenly the money disappeared, Anvil style! Not this way around. I enjoy the gig more than the money so I think I'd be a little disappointed were it to happen

Welcome. I had a break from playing for a few years too & coming back was great fun, maybe more so than first time around.

There have been a few themes around this sort of subject on Basschat so do have a search. Personally I bought a Kustom 16w second hand on EBay for £29 and it's as good as anything I've heard. Brand new they are not much either. My personal view is that most makers have come on leaps and bounds over the last few years so most things sound at least halfway decent these days. The Kustom stuff isn't mentioned here a lot (seems to be a rock and country amp for US musicians although made in China these days) but sounds really good.

I may have to subscribe as Borders is going t*ts up & they were my local stockist.

Looks great - big, big fan of the 70s P bass too. That one is actually born the year before me!

The one that I used to have that everyone always raved about was the Alesis SR 16 [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product.asp?id=226"]http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product.asp?id=226[/url] I don't know what your budget is but these certainly were the standard a few years ago

I do like Black and maple Fenders

[quote name='henry norton' post='668609' date='Nov 28 2009, 06:57 PM']If it's just a split Precision pickup the coils [i]can[/i] be wired 'in phase by mistake', which will lead to single coil-esque humming with no apparent change to the tone or output. It's a peculiarity of split coils. I use my Precision through a valve amp and it's no noisier than my humbucker equipped, fully screened EB......[/quote] I must confess that mine sounds great (tone, not necessarily the playing). I had this with my older 80s P bass and it was nothing some copper tape and a good clean out didn't sort out. But yes, good point

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='668604' date='Nov 28 2009, 06:54 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Amazing-70s-Fretless-jazz-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ220516668315QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3357d1539b"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Amazing-70s-Fretless...=item3357d1539b[/url][/quote] I saw this yesterday and thought it was a bit, um, eyebrow raising

Thanks for this, really useful.

My resonator bass (outrageously good for the cash) My Danelectro 63 Longscale

You have to accept a certain amount of noise when playing P-basses through valve amps (my setup too). Have you got an earthing problem on the bass? If when you touch the strings / bridge / tone knob it goes quieter than copper tape is the answer. Otherwise it may just e that this is a noisy set up. You can learn to love the hum. Sorry was typing mine as Luke typed the same

Well I'm neither of those! Firmly in the middle, a pretty competent player without being flash and I'm sure many are the same

I'm half tempted to see Ace Frehley next month as his 80s show at the Hammersmith Odeon was my first gig. I saw Kiss on the 3D tour for Psycho Circus which was the original line up so I felt I'd achieved a childhood ambition. I'm sure the new line up will be better though!

The only lady sound engineer who springs to mind was the one at Honky Tonkin' Sunday in Camden who was excellent. We had one at a London venue back in the mid 90s who our drummer confused in soundcheck by speaking backwards into the mic and then shouting over to say she must have plugged it in backwards. Bless her, she checked!

Never owned one but we had loads of Westone Thunder 1A'a kicking around at school back in the 80s and I was a fan. I love seeing them as it reminds me of when I first started playing.

I bought and paid for a 51 reissue Fender P-bass back in 2004 from them. They charged the card and didn't have it in stock. 3wks later I got a full refund and no bass - only because I complained. Not impressed but reading this it seems that I was just unlucky. I bought that bass this year from soundslive and it is a firm favourite of mine.

Pretty much as the title says really. I picked one up a few months back and have been getting on fine with it, having even gigged a few times with it. However I would like to improve my right hand techniques and iron out any bad habits I may have at this early stage. I'm in no rush and probably looking at just a couple of lessons initially to put me on the right road. I play roots music / Americana stuff so really looking to learn in that style - techniques like double slap appeal I have to say. Thanks for looking.

Whisky in my Whisky by the Felice Brothers, although I think I've learned it loosely as that seems to fit the flavour of the song better

Ex Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley played the Hammersmith Odeon on 19th March 1988 and I was there. Bass player John Regan fell over onstage and I was really impressed. My friend Robin who came with me wore an especially nerdy light blue jumper which killed any rock credibility we could have had but I loved the show. Looking back that band was a bit rubbish really but at the time I loved Ace Frehley and I liked John Regan as a bassist.

22nd December 1989. I was 16yrs old at school and we were the, ahem, band in the sixth form production of Cinderella! On the plus side we had an audience of 700 kids who had to be there. We were awful. I broke the strap to my, ahem, blitz boot and did the gig barefoot which was hotly debated for a long time afterwards. However we got to play school assembly 9 months later and became heart throbs to all the girls in the years below for a good 3wks until the school Rugby team won a match and we became yesterday's chip wrappers. Crazy days!

Welcome - I used a GENZ-BENZ amp at a venue the other week and was quite impressed (a real life saver as I'd blown a fuse which I couldn't replace in mine). In terms of coated strings the closest I have come is Rotosound Trubass which I really like