Marvin

I voted cool, but as I own a black bass it probably means they're boring

There seem to be a lot of Artists missing from the Ashdown site. It may be something to do with the website make over?

Throw your cables in a bag and then when you need one just give Jack a tug

I'm not liking the sound of a particular company. I'm thankful I don't like their product.

I used to have one of them, great action and fantastic tone. Oh I miss it

I've got this sort of thing going on at the moment. Ignore the practice amp with the laptop on it, it's peripheral. [IMG]http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk120/hjbryant/2013-03-14150238_zps12b7f0ee.jpg[/IMG] It's loud.

DUCK!!!!!!!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1363372435' post='2012067'] When you first join this forum, you think everyone is a working player.... and certainly if you go through the GAS, gear and classified threads... but it has all sorts. [b]You'll probably find plenty of gear in the classifieds that has never been giigged... or even been fired up in anger...[/b] You make up your own mind [/quote] My gear's been gigged, just by other people

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1363087156' post='2008080'] Get something like a reliable , mid price job ( I use the GK MB series) that doesn;t break your back and transports easily - and have a holiday or some other life experience. with the rest of the grand. It's just a black box with knobs on whatever you get - sound is such a subjective thing anyway and the williams wouldn't know the difference between a hi fi sound that cost you a fortune and a kick in the nads. [/quote] [quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1363283558' post='2011058'] My comments were less about style and more about my 34 years of being paid to entertain folk. Music is (I hope) important to us all. Gear is a tool to help us make music. We should remember that and not become gear collectors. Most of us here will be craftsmen rather than artists - a good craftsman uses the simplest , most efficient and most reliable tool he can find that does the job he needs it to do. [/quote] ^This. [quote name='achknalligewelt' timestamp='1363103235' post='2008531'] I have an Ampeg BA-115, and it's never let me down. Though it does weigh as much as an Austin Maxi. [/quote] And a good job too. Last thing you want is your gear flying off stage. I'm very wary of this lightweight stuff. I want something that weighs as much as I do, I don't blow away when a drafty door is left open and I don't want my gear to either.

A Rockbass Corvette has so much bottom end you'll blow doors off. Although what you really want is a P bass, you know you do

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1363371114' post='2012033'] Probably, but we are about to start gigging and increasing our tracks, so I'm hoping I can add some more challenging songs into the set. I really like the guys so don't want to leave. [/quote] I wish I could be as nice and patient as you SC. I get to about a month of working with a band and want to rip my fingers off to avoid the pain of having to go on with the charade of being interested.

I haven't got a cheeky bass, I paid through the bleedin' nose for them :/

[quote name='Wil' timestamp='1363363878' post='2011904'] Unfortunately my entire band are clued up about mids, so everyone boosts them and we end up with a big mess. I'm going to start cutting mine back ([b]I play guitar[/b]) to give the other guitar and the bass more room I think... oh for a parametric EQ. [/quote] You do what!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[quote name='lee4' timestamp='1363289385' post='2011193'] [attachment=129944:208.JPG][attachment=129945:209.JPG] I've joined the club! JHS Vintage Tony Butler Signature. [/quote] Very nice. I saw Tony Butler last December. He'd organised a showcase of bands in a pub near me. One of the bassists was playing a TB sig, sounded really nice.

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1363366810' post='2011953'] Sometimes I think it would be easier to be a bedroom bassist, and avoid band politics! [/quote] So true. Band politics is the proverbial pain in the rear.

If I wasn't in a band I wouldn't play my bass. I'd start to learn to play the guitar I bought.

I wouldn't p*** on a Ric if it were on fire. Ugly damn things IMO.

I'm surprised Washburn haven't sued and in turn Fender haven't sued Ibanez for the grooveline. After all they all look 'similar'. I know a company that would

Damn my GAS I've gone from 1 bass and 1 combo to... 2 basses, 1 head, 1 cab, 1 combo, 1 practice combo...and I still want more :/

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1363117352' post='2008860'] My first bass was a 198? Fender P which I used for quite a few years before moving off into the Japanese market. I found the Japanese stuff a little easier to play and it made a nice change from the 'standard' Fender P sound - nowt wrong with that sound if that's what you want, but it just didn't suit my needs at the time. I still keep a (rarely used) Fender J which I use when the occasional artist\band frown at anything other than Fender, just to keep the peace. (And secure me the gig! ) [/quote] Do people frown when you turn up with a non-Fender? Really?!! I just take along whatever tickles my whistle, which ok I haven't actually got a Fender but still, if I want to play the SR300 then that is what goes with me. And, I don't like to have favourites

[quote name='D.I. Joe' timestamp='1363117106' post='2008850'] I'm noodling on my Jazz V right now [/quote] Smutty talk like that shouldn't be allowed on a public forum

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1363104353' post='2008563'] From my perception it's not that at all but the other way around. I'm quite happy for people to play Fenders (or any other make of bass) provided that they realise that there is nothing automatically superior about their choice. If the Fender bass suits you that's great. But don't go telling me that "Leo got it right" or other similar bollocks clichés when if you look at it objectively you'll see that actually all he did was get it slightly less wrong than his competitors of the time. You can't tell me that changing the neck joint so that it's no longer a massively lumpy thing that gets in the way from the 15th fret onwards isn't an improvement, or redesigning the headstock with an angle so that you no longer have to use string retainers and wind ridiculous amounts of string around the machine head posts to get a decent break angle over the nut won't improve tuning stability and give a more even feel to the compliance of the strings. Also while scaled-up guitar bodies might work if you're a large-boned, well-fed American, for a lot of us in the rest of the world they are too big and uncomfortable. TBH I never knew there was supposed to be anything extra special about the Fender bass when compared to the other well-regarded electric musical instrument makers until I discovered internet bass forums. [/quote] Good grief, you seem to have quite a few problems/requirements when it comes to bass design. Perhaps a different instrument would suit better?

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1363032309' post='2007402'] Never mind the maple , that's a lovely bit of kitchen tiling - that grouting looks like iit was done by a professional - and the work surfaces look nice too . [/quote] This is the sort of quality response basschat needs. More of this please.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1362932547' post='2006363'] Hey Marv, is that a room in which you make a din? ...I'll get me coat. [/quote] Certainly was on Thursday when I set up the Ampeg with the combo

I'm pretty much with TG. He was rude, arrogant and insulting and hence in no way contributed to a constructive debate or discussion. The fact he's now been banned from 2 bass forums speaks volumes.