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[quote name='Hobbayne' post='1364588' date='Sep 6 2011, 08:46 PM']I think Bb has a very satisfying ring to it. If you play it on the A string 1st fret it gives a nice thump! [/quote] Can you create a poll out of this? Don't forget options for 'all of them'. Sorry about the avatar (if you're reading this on Thursday morning). It's not me, honestly.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1364106' date='Sep 6 2011, 02:21 PM']Don't be hurt, you need to learn to take it as "large" as you give it, mate. Personally I know your video is a mockery which you concopted, but I for one find it really funny, and I have enjoyed watching it, never for one minute I thought you meant any of it but for entertainment purpose, I rate it, as it made me chuckle. When's the next one?[/quote] Thanks, man. That means a lot to me. Thinking about doing driving lessons next. How to totally OWN a road, you know. Or a 'just say no to drugs' promo. Haven't decided yet. Open to suggestions :-)

[quote name='longtimefred' post='1364084' date='Sep 6 2011, 01:54 PM']i got to "if your going to be on stage, you gotta be on stage" before turning that annoying pri*k off. [/quote] I'm hurt.

Apologies to the 99% of us that have seen this, but the 1% needs to ;-)

[quote name='neepheid' post='1362851' date='Sep 5 2011, 01:43 PM']VAT is 20% on anything above £18 (commercial) or £40 (gift). Import Duty (Customs Duty to give it it's official name - separate and distinct from Excise Duty) is only payable on goods of a greater value than £135. It is waived if the Duty works out at less than £9. Copied and pasted from the horse's mouth: If you order or send purchased goods other than alcohol, tobacco, perfume and toilet water from a country outside the EU then you: don't have to pay Excise Duty may have to pay Customs Duty on goods with a value that exceeds £135 will have to pay Import VAT on goods with a value that exceeds £18 Note that on all goods from outside the EU, Customs Duty is waived if the amount of duty calculated is £9 or under. If you're sending or receiving a gift from outside the EU: Excise Duty is payable on any alcohol or tobacco products. Customs Duty is payable if the value of the gift exceeds £135, but will be waived if the amount of duty is £9 or under. Import VAT is payable if the value of the gift exceeds £40. To qualify as a gift: It must have been sent from a private person outside the EU to a private person(s) in the UK. The Customs Declaration must be completed correctly (see link below). It must be for the use of either you or your family. There must be no commercial or trade element and it must not have been paid for by the recipient either directly or indirectly. It must be of an occasional nature only - for example for a birthday or anniversary. If it's perfume or toilet water it must be within the allowances described in the earlier section 'Perfume and toilet water'. If the allowances are exceeded than charges apply on the excess. See [url="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/customs/post/buying.htm"]http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/customs/post/buying.htm[/url][/quote] I stand corrected!

[quote name='neepheid' post='1362826' date='Sep 5 2011, 01:13 PM']You are confusing VAT with Import Duty. They are two distinct and separate charges.[/quote] No I'm not. VAT is 20% on everything. Import duty is (mumble)% on everything above £18 (thanks Chris).

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1224484' date='May 8 2011, 08:34 PM']You only pay import duty if the item is over £135 or the duty is more than £9.[/quote] Are you sure? I thought it was more like if the item was worth more than £20 or so, £40 if it's declared a gift.

[quote name='Beedster' post='1362668' date='Sep 5 2011, 10:36 AM']Hey guys, many many thanks for the replies above. I've just spoken to the seller and he's going to be away for two weeks so I may either have to put this on ice for a while or use a courier. I'll get back in touch if anything changes, but in the meantime, thanks again for the replies and PMs. Greg, this'll be the first of your trips to Cambridge for a while at which we haven't met up [/quote] If you need a place for it to rest a few hours/days/weeks in Cambridge, my house is your house.

[quote name='witterth' post='1361730' date='Sep 4 2011, 01:13 PM']I heard he played bass for zappa, am I wrong?[/quote] He looks like he [i]ought[/i] to have played bass for Zappa.

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='1362606' date='Sep 5 2011, 09:16 AM']Ive gone through 3 bridges on my Squier CVP. The original HM, a Fender (BBOT) vintage and a Gotoh 201. I didn't notice much difference in tone or sustain, but i much prefer the feel of the Gotoh when im resting the side of my hand on it, and i think it looks the best. Good enough reason for me to have done the upgrade IMO.[/quote] Yeah I like these. They address the sideways-shifting issue of the bbot, have no sharp edges and don't look too unsubtle.

[quote name='daz' post='1361050' date='Sep 3 2011, 04:07 PM'][b][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Morris_(satirist)"]Chris Morris[/url][/b] (Day Today, Jam, Nathan Barley, IT crowd) He learned bass at StoneyHurst school in 1980. One of his bands were, The exploding Hamsters. There are a few pics of him [i]avec bass [/i]in his biography. Cant find any online. [url="http://www.myspace.com/explodinghamstersuk"]http://www.myspace.com/explodinghamstersuk[/url][/quote] He was my replacement in a Cambridge band called somewhere in the foreign office. Yes I know. Not only was he a much better bassist than me, he's a lot funnier. The baxterd.

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1360018' date='Sep 2 2011, 03:57 PM']I just think there is a big difference to a potential bass player. If I was actually looking for a fully formed band that just needed a bass player I'd be a bit narked to find that it's just another singer/songwriter who reckons they've got it. Thinking you're the next big thing is a piece of piss, actually getting a decent working band together is much more difficult.[/quote] Well why don't you just email him and ask him? Give him a break!

[quote name='Paul Clifton' post='1360001' date='Sep 2 2011, 03:42 PM']Are you a bass player looking for a band? Or just a pedant looking to make trouble? [/quote] Seems clear enough to me. Just lacking information as to location.

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1359689' date='Sep 2 2011, 11:41 AM']Ahh yes well spotted. Well maybe he doesn't want that any more? We'll have to wait and see until he's next online so he can tell us.[/quote] If he doesn't want it, I'll have it. EDIT: No I won't! I have too many basses!

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1359675' date='Sep 2 2011, 11:34 AM']Nice try you've obviously not read the thread have you?[/quote] I read his sig, the OP and put two and two together.

[quote name='subaudio' post='1359106' date='Sep 1 2011, 06:48 PM']Hi all I have long loved the Jazz bass but really want to get the P bass sound going on, very much like the PJ precision basses I have tried but was wondering is it possible to add a pickup into the bridge pickup position on a Jazz bass that just slots in or would I need to get it routed for a regular P pickup?[/quote] Don't butcher a Jazz. No need: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125701"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125701[/url]

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='1358878' date='Sep 1 2011, 03:21 PM']Having used MB heads for a few years with no FX etc i now couldn't (or rather wouldn't like to) gig without my BDDI. I dont use it for any of that Ampeg nonsense, nor for any distortion but it does seem to bring my tone to life with just a small amount on the blend knob. A nicer, deeper low end and some nice sparkle. Seems to work well with MB heads.[/quote] Nice demo here: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_56iFr402U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_56iFr402U[/url]

I use them on fretless. They're more like rounds than flats in their bahaviour, ie start very bright and quickly settle down, then after a while start to sound a bit lifeless. They don't mash up the board like rounds though, and finger noise is less evident.

[quote name='Stingray5' post='1357703' date='Aug 31 2011, 04:39 PM'][url="http://tinyurl.com/3tdne9o"]http://tinyurl.com/3tdne9o[/url][/quote] This links to a CNN story about the death of a boy in Bahrain...shurely shome mishtake? Anyway. My basses only seem to go out of tune after they've been in a gig bag and/or suffered extreme temperature changes. Never need tuning mid-gig.

[quote name='TheGreek' post='1356793' date='Aug 30 2011, 08:24 PM']have a look..don't be falling off your chair though.. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1962-1966-VINTAGE-FENDER-PRECISION-BASS-PICKGUARD-USA-/370537236566?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item5645bd8856"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1962-1966-VINTAG...=item5645bd8856[/url][/quote] Ask him if it'll fit a Squier Affinity.

[quote name='silddx' post='1356512' date='Aug 30 2011, 04:46 PM']Stokie? :S[/quote] Newington.

[quote name='waldemar' post='1356478' date='Aug 30 2011, 04:27 PM']Hi all. Strictly speaking this isn't bass related, more electronics/amps/speakers. I've recently been able to get my hands on an old Hammond Sounder organ. Apparently it's the worst Hammond ever made - and that makes it more than good enough for me. It was made in the early 70's and doesn't have any sort of line-out/headphone socket, just an internal speaker. Now, how easy/difficult would it be to add a 1/4 inch output socket to this thing (at a level similar to, say, that of a guitar) so that I could hook it into external fx/amps/PCs etc.? Do-able?[/quote] I'd buy a cheap DI box and wire it across the volume control. Do-able by anyone with a soldering iron and some basic knowledge of how not to get killed by electricity.

[quote name='silddx' post='1356479' date='Aug 30 2011, 04:27 PM']I am trying to work out if 140 views and no replies means this is a is great ad, or a sh*t one [/quote] It means 'wish I still lived in Stokie' ;-)

[quote name='icastle' post='1356460' date='Aug 30 2011, 04:12 PM']This is gonna be an interesting read. I've got a 15' x 40' brick built outhouse at the far end of my garden that I'm planning on starting to convert over the next few months...[/quote] Is it possible to die of envy? Nurse! The screens!

[quote name='jdt' post='1354448' date='Aug 28 2011, 04:18 PM']loved trying to play the bass, now hooked but need be taken back down to reality, i enjoy my tanglewood, but not the jaguar ,or fender 200 amp, sugestions ?. thanks.[/quote] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF4H8lB2Y_o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF4H8lB2Y_o[/url]