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Visiting Weymouth next week. There's bound to be a wet afternoon I need to fill looking at musical instruments. Any decent shops I could visit in the area?

I personally wouldn't. My guitarist's amp is way to bloody loud as it is, last thing I need is it blasting me right in my lug 'oles. I'd let him put his amp under mine

Bad service can be found online as well. I don't think it is a matter of shop or internet, more a case that many retailers, regardless what they are selling, in the UK just haven't got a clue when it comes to customer service. There are very good online retailers and very good 'physical' retailers. When you find one, hold on to them very firmly

[quote name='dc2009' post='1343229' date='Aug 17 2011, 03:10 PM']I personally think that for items such as musical instruments, effects and amplifiers, where trying them is so crucial to a sale, that the likes of GAK etc who offer a huge product range, but the facility to come and try them too will be the ones that survive. If I was Thomann I'd be investing in a warehouse in the UK and other countries where people could come and do just that. The gallery is amazing for us bass players, and it's specialism will hopefully keep it going, but it'll never be a big music shop anyway, and nor do I think does it want to be.[/quote] Thoman don't need to establish a warehouse to come and try. The set up costs considering the relatively low catchment area just wouldn't make it worth it. Furthermore, under EU distance selling regs, the consumer is entitled to return the item, at the vendors expense, if they simply don't want it. GAK is an established UK brand so offering a come and try facility incurs little extra cost to a warehouse that would already be there.

Welcome.

Welcome. Be careful you could end up buying more than you sell

I might get around to cleaning my fretboards one day.

4 or 5 is quite nice. Not sure if I'd want any more.

[quote name='chris_b' post='1339243' date='Aug 14 2011, 12:42 AM']If you're doing it properly, about 3 minutes! I wouldn't even use 1 210 for a pop covers band. I think a 410 is a minimum requirement and I'd be saving up for a 610.[/quote] Sometimes it seems to depend on what you're using though. My Rumble 350, although it would be regarded as fairly cheap, tends to hold its own when I'm playing. Neither the guitarist or drummer could be described as quiet. The highest I've had the volume is 4. At a soundcheck a couple of weeks ago the chap on the desk asked me to turn it down, I was coming through over the PA mix - although I did point out that I didn't think we needed a full PA for the gig and hence I didn't need to be going through the PA, but you just can't tell a gear nerd can you EDIT: I would however, like more speakers

I went to a metal gig the other night and the bass player was using one of these [url="http://www.georgesmusiconline.com/products/Ibanez-Soudwave-SWX65-Bass-Amp-Combo-91107.html?cPath=1_61"]Ibanez swx65[/url] Although he was also going through the PA. I was still a little surprised though.

Hello and welcome.

[quote name='vyniljunky' post='1338074' date='Aug 12 2011, 07:24 PM']cheers, weather as bad at your side of the border as it is here?[/quote] As always. Just one long wet season

[quote name='icastle' post='1337841' date='Aug 12 2011, 04:21 PM']Funny you should say that actually. In another thread about the SR series I did actually consider mentioning that they encourage 'sloppy' playing, but decided it was probably just me, and didn't. When I got my 505 I played it for absolutely everything for a couple of months and really had to make a concious effort to get back to a more disciplined approach when I picked up my JB again. Once you've realised you've become sloppy and tightened up again it's not a problem, but my 505 certainly enticed me for a little while... [/quote] Until I bought the Rockbass, I thought the same, that is was just me. And like you say once you've realised you can pull yourself back to a more disciplined way of playing. You do see an awful lot of I'm a Jazz man or P-man because of the neck on here sometimes. I think I've found if it feels right then it's just right. [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1337845' date='Aug 12 2011, 04:23 PM']I loved that Corvette neck, what a great little bass that is.[/quote] I must admit when I first unpacked it I thought I'd bought half a timber yard the amount of wood in that neck. However, despite it's chunkyness it's incredibly playable. And a cracking little bass.

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I currently own two basses with what would probably be described as the polar opposite characteristics when it comes to necks. The Ibanez SR is known for being about as skinny as you can get. However, the Rockbass Corvette I've got has a very chunky neck. Compared to the Ibanez it feels like a mighty oak tree trunk. I originally bought the Ibanez as I thought it would be better to start on something with a small neck, in that it would be easier to play. And to an extent it is. However, after buying the Rockbass I find that in fact a bigger neck has made my fretting hand a little more disciplined. I find I can be quite lazy on the Ibanez. Unfortunately this hasn't resolved which sort of neck I prefer though. I quite like both.

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='1337330' date='Aug 12 2011, 10:27 AM']I cant slap properly so any of those type of bass lines ill avoid. My main problem with leaning bass lines is actually hearing them. In a big complicated mix i sometime shave trouble picking out the bass line, let alone learning it[/quote] Absolutely agree with you. Really gets my goat when other band members say something like "well, it's not that difficult it's just the bass line". Being able to hear for a start would help. And I don't slap either.

Had two now, first one had to be replaced and now the second will be going back. Neither would tighten properly to stay rigid. On both, the thread on the locking bolt sheared, on the second without me even getting to put my amp on it. Reviews of this stand are very good, I can't find a bad one. But my personal experience is that they absolute rubbish and very poor quality. I knew as soon as I started tightening the locking mech on the second it was going to fail, you could just feel how badly the two threads were working against each other. Personally I wouldn't touch them ever again.

I should have put my last post in quotes really. It was underneath a headline on a news website. There will obviously be hoops to jump through.

Damage to retailers and home-owners should be paid for by Police Authorities under the 1886 act.

Not sure I've ever really learnt how to play the damned thing tbh. I suppose a combination of books, tab, a little notation here and there, quite a bit from the internet these days. All sorts really. I had four lessons. But stopped because paying £15/hour to learn the major scale, a walking bass line and the rudiments of slap seemed a tad expensive. There was also the fact I didn't really want to learn slap I wanted to learn how to apply the theory.

Bass players aren't cool. End of.

I can only play one note at a time, so bass was perfect.