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Only ever done one function, an awards evening. It was a lot of waiting around but better than a pub gig. It was held in a marquee so the sound of the band...well, travelled far. One local resident, dressed in what looked like some grubby shorts and a vest 'arrived' at the function, which was dinner jacket and ball gowns, to complain. He happened to come up to us, the band, who'd only just come off stage for the DJ to finish the night. We promptly passed him on to the 'organiser' of said event.

I've just bought a Squier P bass and it's got a satin finish on the neck and fingerboard. What's the best thing to clean and maintain these boards/necks with? I did read lighter fluid.

I'll be keeping the TH350 I bought recently. It's doing a great job in the Indie Punk band I've joined. Playing around with the gain and drive produces a range of sounds. ...and it's stupidly light

[quote name='EmmettC' timestamp='1456579706' post='2990439'] The pickups on the American Deluxe are passive, but there is an active preamp. It's quite common to change the pickups and keep the preamp. Active pickups are less common, EMG being the main one that springs to mind, as far as I know changing EMG pickups to passive would mean changing the rest of the electonics too, but no such problem with your bass. [b]Change the battery, and try it through another amp, in fact try changing everything in the chain before doing anything drastic.[/b] [/quote] I would go with this as a first step. Just plugging your gear into a different socket might help. I used to have an amp that would make a clicking noise if I plugged it into the sockets in my dinning room but was fine in the living room. But I would also try a different amp as well. [quote name='handman' timestamp='1456583474' post='2990480'] Hi jayv, shielding is quite easy to do , the copper tape can be bought from Amazon or eBay and there are detailed instructions on talkbass, no special tools are needed just a screwdriver and some care .I recently bought an okoume jazz bass which has n3 noiseless I did the shielding on that bass but it made no difference to the noisey operation, I would like to add I have shieded 3 jazz basses before and they were all successful, in the end I replaced the pick-ups and now have a completely silent bass. The pick ups are just not very good. [/quote] If I can shield a bass almost anyone can. It's fairly straightforward and there are plenty of instructional videos online. As 'handman' says though, sometimes it won't work and it's just a set of crap pickups. The worst thing about shielding is catching your fingers on the edge of copper tape...it's like a paper cut but worse.

There are a couple of decent sale groups, run by BC members I believe. I find the discussion groups a waste of time to be honest. It's difficult to track discussions in Facebooks format. And gear discussions decend into US made is awesome far east is crap, with that and the usual trolls, a complete time waster

You pay UK vat when buying from Thomann, EU law.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1456426833' post='2988974'] Thanks, but don't buy one on the strength of my review - you may be disappointed. Seriously though, they would be great at twice the price. [/quote] Calm down that man

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1456248416' post='2987065'] They're too light, people prefer amps that weigh around 12kg. Tone Hammers tend to blow away in the slightest breeze. [/quote] I was using my TH last night, I sneezed and it flew off the top of my cab 😳

Big heavy rigs are great...until you have to move the things. I only ever went as far as a 410 cab and rack mount amp and other bits but that was enough. Even the 30 steps from the car to rehearsal room become tedious. Give me lightweight any day, my current amp weighs 3lbs or just over 1.3kg.

Incompetent fretboard botherer and string tickler. If pressed I'd use the term bass player as I play bass. I never use the term guitar when referring to the instrument so wouldn't use guitarist. Bass guitar just doesn't sound right to me, it's a bass.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1456087896' post='2985313'] Front to back. It's a pb50. [/quote] That makes sense, thanks Just increased my GAS level.

I'm very very tempted by the JB-75. I've been toying with getting a back up/2nd jazz or p bass and was looking at old Squiers. These HB's are cheaper...as for quality, from what I've seen and heard, the HB's seem very good indeed. [quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1456084696' post='2985274'] I've got one, easily the equal of a squier or similar. Proper chunky neck though. [/quote] I assume you mean from front to back rather than nut width. Is that on the JB-75 or the PB50?

I'm neither Italian or helpful...that's me out on both.

I can't play guitar and would only ever get to be a really crap rhythm guitarist and rhythm guitar is sadder than bass..so yeah for bass! ????

The MAG115 (slim) cabs are still around. They come up second hand. However, as Ashdown are now on to the Rootmaster series, stores with the older MAG series will/are selling the MAGs new for about the same as you can get them used. PMT have one in stock. [url="http://www.pmtonline.co.uk/ashdown-v-mag-115-slim-bass-cabinet"]http://www.pmtonline.co.uk/ashdown-v-mag-115-slim-bass-cabinet[/url]

I've got 2 basses, one if which I don't really use but won't sell because it's not worth an awful lot. The there's one amp, one cab a couple of stands, a case for each bass, some cables and a Zoom B1on I use for home practice. Just enough to do what I need to do.

The TE website doesn't appear to have been updated for some considerable time. It's won't be long until TE is no more I imagine.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1455749876' post='2982190'] For myself it's only the six years I've been on Basschat. The 34 years before that I was perfectly happy with my gear. But I still don't want to know how much I've spent/lost in that time. [/quote] I've been keeping a record of your transactions and can forward the total amount spent to you if you want

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1455477360' post='2979466'] Remember, as I always say, "It's a business" [/quote] Gigging covers is a business, music is a creative art form.

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I can't see many people going for this at £380. It's a great concept, just too expensive.

Can we stop the puns and get back on topic...don't let me down.

Fender really have done a great job with the V3 Rumble series. The 500 combo is very loud for a 210 and has a great tone, it's very difficult to make it sound bad. The overdrive circuit can add some lovely harmonics but doesn't make you sound like you've turned into a metal guitarist. It's quite a small cabinet and very light. It must be seriously loud with an extension cab. If I were to go back to a combo then this is what I'd buy, i just really like its tone.