Grassie

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1336301167' post='1643642'] Shame it has to be a P bass. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/175216-shine-bass-gl-asat-copy-natural-ashrosewood/"]Jose's ASAT copy[/url] looks to be a hell of a bargain if you're watching the pennies. [/quote] That's a sweet bass. but, yes, it does have to be a P. I have a mexican jazz which I love, and I have seen some good mexican P's recentley, but I'm not sure how much cash I'm going to have until a couple of week's time. Love the fiesta red squier 60's CV P bass, but people seem to be hanging on to them...

P-bass with limited funds. I'm not in any rush for one, so I'm just scoping out the for sale section on here, plus ebay and my local free ad website. I liked the look of the Deacon....onwards and upwards!

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1336223190' post='1642731'] I see the seller is trying to convince the Q&A guy that (despite the caveat of not having looked) the body might in fact be maple ... but definitely not mahogany [/quote] The Q&A guy is me. Thanks for the input guys, still looking....

I fancy having a punt on this: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Precision-bass-Jim-Deacon-custom-zebra-pickups-and-full-set-up-/190674765505?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c651a06c1"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Precision-bass-Jim-Deacon-custom-zebra-pickups-and-full-set-up-/190674765505?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c651a06c1[/url] It looks really good for the price and the seller seems quite knowledgable. Does anyone have any experience of these basses?

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1335882854' post='1637483'] He has has also got quite a fascinating story for the film to call on, so it could cross over to the mainstream and appeal to people who have never heard of him! People are always fascinated by the best in any particular field and when you can throw in a rags to riches story with a tragic ending there is always a chance of it catching the imagination of a wider audience.... [/quote] What he said.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1334645576' post='1618918'] oh... does that mean you're about to join the "dark side"? [/quote] That needs some red LED's mate...

I've just off loaded a VMJ fretless and have £220 burning a hole in my pocket. I've seen a few of these go for around £250 S/H but never seen one in Sonic Blue. Want one. Now.

Hi Bri, You're right, the GK MB210 doesn't have a detatchable head, but do you need it to be removable? It's an advantage if you're doing sessions or whatever, so you can keep "your sound", but the MB210 only weighs 16kg in total, which, believe me, is an incredible advantage when it comes to getting your gear in and out of venues. My bass goes over my shoulder (straps, y'see..) case for accessories in one hand, amp in the other! Simples! Gear moved in one hit - definitely good when it's raining... I haven't tried the Promethean, the MarkBass is out of my price range and the Harley Benton is a little[i] too[/i] cheap (I'm such a snob...) so I can't really comment on those amps, but the GK does what I want it to. I use a passive jazz bass, played fingerstyle it is incredibly warm sounding, played with a pick, it sounds hard, with plenty of attack. The bottom end is tremendous for a 2 x 10, so much so that I intend to buy a stand for it as a lot of the low end goes through the floor. So, to recap - 16kg, 300w, £480. You pay yer money, you makes yer choice. I love it.

[quote name='Panamonte' timestamp='1333650323' post='1604905'] Nearly an hour and no mention of Johnny Borrell? Unbelievable. Let's have Pete Doherty while we're at it too. [/quote] +1 for those two. f***wits, the pair of 'em.

I have a Gallien Krueger MB210 combo - 300w and 16kgs. I paid £480 for mine new last summer, and that was the cheapest deal I could find. This amp has buckets of bottom end, is quite warm sounding, but has a "hard" sound to it (as opposed to "harsh"). I love it for all the above reasons but mainly because I can pick it up with one hand. I too was fed up with lugging 4 x 10 cabs around. Not good when you have a knackered back.

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1332155106' post='1583902'] I hear ya, but there is a kind of Dolphinesque elegance to the design, especially the old "Pro 2" which came in solid colours. This is just a little reminiscent of a Dolphin, right?... Eude [/quote] That is postively Dali-esque. But they are odd looking things. I've said this before on another thread, but as for single-cuts - they remind me of sperm whales. Sea-bound mammals ahoy!

Don't like Dolphins. They don't even look like a dolphin. And they haven't got built in sonar. Or their own TV show. Nasty. You'll have someone's eye out with that...

I went back to a 4 a few years back - wasn't using the low B at all. Would like to try a fretless 5 with a high C though...

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1329986414' post='1550714'] Nice looking basses. A bit too "Streamery" - it's a techincal term - possible? [/quote] I'll see your "Streamery" and raise you a "Spectorlike".

Not as replaceable as the drummer - he's getting on me tits...

The Isle Of Wight contingent grows a bit more... Told ya this was better than T***bass didn't I? Welcome Scott!

Hey, thanks chaps. I think I'm going to sit down with it and do the systematic thing. It's something I need to get out of my system to see if I can produce something worthwhile. Electronica underneath a kind of melodic fretless/fretted bass playing thing... Mick Karn, Pino, Mark King, Michael Manring, just some weird stuff I have to get off my chest! I'm not the sort of person to sit down and read the manual usually, but patience is a virtue and all that. The PC could do with an overhaul anyway, and I think this is the time to do it. Thanks again, I'll let you know how I get on.

So, I've solved the glitching (crackling) problems on FL studio, but I still can't get a decent sound when I plug my bass in. I can't get the input volume up, it sounds distorted, and I'm just about ready to put my foot through the PC. I've downloaded Audacity, but I cant get an input signal on that either. If I record on Audacity it will pick the signal up (with a nice little buzzing in the background) but I can't hear anything until I play it back. As I've mentioned, I am a complete novice. Is it my PC? Is it my DI box (QTX active injection box)? Surely it can't be that hard to get the sound I want (i.e. any sound).....

[quote name='pst62' timestamp='1328351952' post='1525797'] Reported this to ebay on Thursday. Did they reply or do owt about it? Did they f**k! The result ...Some poor bastard got fleeced yesterday. [/quote] I reported it too - just before I made the original post on here. Do Ebay take any notice of these reports? Or are there so many fraudulent ads on there that if they pulled all of them, they would start to lose money?

Cheeky git... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200704558757"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200704558757[/url] A for effort though...

I love my MIM Jazz. Ok, so it's not a vintage instrument but it still has that jazz essence - simple layout, passive, honk n fonk. Mr. Fender certainly got it right with that design. (Having said that I really fancy a precision at the moment - GAS is a terrible thing)