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[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1460292218' post='3024369'] thanks guys, Its a set of DR Marcus Miller 5 i was after. From Amazon there bloody £50 with postage. Jesus.!!!! String Busters are cheaper me thinks. [/quote] Cheaper still at Bass Gear [url="http://www.bassgear.co.uk/product/dr-fat-beams-medium-45-105/"]http://www.bassgear.co.uk/product/dr-fat-beams-medium-45-105/[/url]

Saw some great comedy, and a lot less, but equally great music at both the old and the current Albany Empire - long time ago now, but remember the current (keep wanting to say new, but we're talking 35 years ago) one was a great venue. Have a great gig.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1459876349' post='3020516'] It's trending on Twitter as I write ... [/quote] It really should be

[quote name='stephaniet17' timestamp='1459769730' post='3019330'] Thank you, yes we do! Our good friend Webby is currently filling in for us whilst we try to recruit someone new. Unfortunately he's struggling to find people in the area too! It can be a tough old game sometimes... [/quote] Teeny bit outside your age range - send him my love when you next see him!

I'm probably a bit odd (no, scratch the probably) in that I seem almost oblivious to a wide range of bass/guitar dimensions. I'd ever really noticed scale lengths playing different guitars, and although I have noticed it more on bass it has never felt wrong. I hadn't even really paid too much attention to my Shuker having a zero radius. Only thing I really can't get on with is open pore finished necks. So I'd best vote for tone, as I seem to be able to find playability anywhere.

Look like from Facebook you know Webby (Martin Webb) - talk to him, he knows lots of local drummers and is always happy to put bands in touch via his jam nights, drum shop and just through knowing everyone! If you don't know him PM me and I'll send you his details.

Can't tell you anything about it , but it is very cool!

[quote name='jeigenbass' timestamp='1459512036' post='3017273'] However I did walk into PMT a few days ago and sat down by the Fender Rumble 4x10 v3 cab and was quite pleasantly surprised with the power and tone for such a good price. Has anyone tried these? If I can pick up a 4x10 and a 2x10 for half the price of the Aguilar 4x10 that's me sorted, but I'm a bit put off by the entry level Rumble stigma. Any opinions? [/quote] Not the 410, but I've been using two 112s for a year now (not been that busy but done a fair number of pub gigs and a couple of jam nights) and been really happy with them. Would love to a/b them with some more expensive cabs one day, just to see how noticeable any difference is, but to my ears there is nothing entry level about them except for the price

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1459547701' post='3017684'] I have seen the Dio band... they've been looking for a vocalist for aaaaages. Not going to be an easy search! [/quote] Could try looking under some toadstools

[quote name='paddy109' timestamp='1459296578' post='3015315'] The Squier Jazz I have might be nice and it certainly is immaculate but it just lacks something. [/quote] I felt the VM's lacked a certain something - couldn't say what, and still bought one (I wanted to try fretless). Th eCV's I tried at the same time on the other hand definitely did have it (still don't know what though)

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1459290763' post='3015275'] Hello all, My problem is, is that my tastes change from week to week. Sometimes I want to be a vocalist for a death metal band and then the next week I want to start an acoustic duo playing Elbow covers. [/quote] My problem doesn't seem to go as deep as yours Truckstop, but I do get GAS for other musical forms - for a few weeks it was Northern Soul, at the moment, thanks to a BC thread it is full blown Disco, and I have occasionally hankered for a bit of Country. Basically I'm a bit of a musical tart

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1459359504' post='3015821'] What's with the Ginko? [/quote] Improves circulation. As above, it was prescribed (well, I was told to use it, can't get it on prescription) by the consultant rheumatologist. Surprised me at the time but seems to have done the trick.

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1459332313' post='3015458'] You could try getting a bowl of hot water (as hot as you can stand) and a bowl of cold water (as cold as you can get it) and put both hands in the hot till you can't stand it any longer, then put them in the cold water until you can't stand it, rinse and repeat until the hot and cold are both getting near body temp. Really gets the circulation going and the joints moving - I find it really helps with post gig/practice aches and pains. The cost of this super hydrotherapy treatment is a couple of washing up bowls from Wilkinson, and it is well proven for injury rehabilitation. [/quote] This goes completely against what my rheumatologist told me - I have secondary Raynauds, very similar to HAVS, and was told warming cold hands quickly will make them very painful. Exercise and Ginko is what I have been prescribed and have survived this winter pretty well.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1459280792' post='3015131'] The problem though is that, regardless of how good the review is, you're never going to get a really good idea of what a bass sounds like from a video you watch on a computer. I certainly wouldn't base what could be a multi thousand pound purchase on a video clip & I'm surprised anybody else would either to be honest. [/quote] [quote name='dood' timestamp='1459284864' post='3015201'] Funnily, nearly every single review I do I remind the viewer to ensure they are listening through decent speaker or headphones - no laptop speakers or ear buds. That said, no I think very few people would use a single review as a basis for a huge purchase. However, as a reviewer my job is to inform and offer my experience in support. That's also why you'll never see me ego-shred, slapfest or show off. it's not about me, it's about your next purchase choice. [/quote] You're right of course RhysP, but the trouble is you are not going to get a good idea of what a bass sounds like in a shop either. What I do think good reviews (and sorry to make you blush Dan) can give is that you get to hear what a bass can do - i.e. a good mix of the tonal variety from the pickup combinations and tone settings, and how it sounds with different techniques (without showboating)! I've got a pretty good idea of what I want eventually in my next bass from hearing some online clips. I won't be able to try it in a shop as it will mean some modding, but I need some Nordstrand Big Singles in my life!!

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1459257632' post='3014818'] I think you can say the same about a lot of demo videos. Why the need to slap ? [/quote] This. I find almost everything from effects to rigs to luthier built basses are demoed very poorly. Than goodness for Dood and Ed Friedland!

G&L Tribute? A little more expensive new, but probably similar price s/h.

With my main bass, 5 string fretless Shuker P bass with flats and Nordstrand pick up it adds a nice bit of grit, using the blend I can get it so is dependent on how much I dig in. On my second bass, a US bitsa P Bass with a hot Kent Armstrong pick up, the same setting gives me a full blown JJ Burnel tone. The pedal I liked the demos of, and I'll try and find the thread which made me decide on some grit, was the EHX Soul Food. I would have gone for this had I not been offered a straight swap for what I was selling.

I never thought I'd want a drive pedal but got persuaded on another thread on here. Ended up with an MXR DI+ which I absolutely love. Only use a tiny bit of it, and it blends clean and driven. The other bonus is the pre-amp on the DI has really tightened up my tone in a very subtle way that I really like. Only know Carl Martin guitar pedals (the Danish built ones) - they are exceptional pieces of kit.

Have you checked this thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/277468-bcers-prepared-to-help-fix-a-bass/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/277468-bcers-prepared-to-help-fix-a-bass/[/url] ?

[quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1459078102' post='3013311'] It is indeed a CBS logo and not one from earlier. But the seller says these are CBS era, 1960s strings. So it is all above board. [/quote] [quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1459080696' post='3013343'] CBS era not pre-CBS. Still, I think I'll stick with my D'addarios thanks [/quote] Doh, sorry, skim read the post and ad, but really only makes the whole thing completely ridiculous!

I am so far off being one of the forum's Fender experts, but I'm pretty sure that isn't a pre CBS Precision logo. Anyone verify or correct this?

Got to echo all of what Dad3353 said, top effort for three months in. The fact that you kept with the track despite losing your way a couple of times is great. Plenty of resources available now - Scott's Bass Lessons get a lot of love around these parts. I really liked Ed Friedland's Complete Bass book - I used it to polish up and go back over basics, but I'd imagine it would be pretty good for you at your stage. Most of all, you're enjoying it, so that's the first battle won! Keep up the good work (oh, and spend more time on the bass than you do on Basschat - something many of us are guilty of) Final thing, take the s out of youtube https to get the video, not the link on your post.

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1459017739' post='3012949'] The age range of my current band is 40 to 43, so quite narrow...that's assuming the drummer is 40, I don't really know how old he is but he looks the same age as the rest of us. Either that or he's had a really hard life There is an assumption amongst many that as soon as you're over, sort of, 35 then you can only be in a covers band. Nothing wrong with being in a covers band, I was in a great one 2 years ago, but if you want to dabble your toe in originals then it becomes more difficult. [/quote] I'm 51, as is my singer, drummer late 50's, lead guitar late 20's and rhythm guitar/vocals is 16. We'Re a blues band, although we have a fairly diverse take on that. More importantly, we've just written our first three songs which will be in the set for the next gig