Delberthot

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1050021' date='Dec 6 2010, 11:12 PM']The bridge isn't a Fender part - you never find the 2 front mounting screws on real ones.[/quote] That part got me thinking as I hadn't noticed it first time around so I had a look at some of the stuff I've had. The only bass I could see with one of those bridges was the Antoria fretless that I sold here a few months ago. It may not be one of those but a measurement of the neck width at the heel may be able to determine whether yay or nay and at least reduce the possibilities. The neck at the heel end of the antoria was narrower than a standard Fender heel. [url="http://img443.imageshack.us/i/dsc06647large.jpg/"][/url]

Yeah, I'd be heading to Crack Generator and buying one of those £40 Staggs rather than risk my pride and joy turning into a frozen banana

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1046216' date='Dec 3 2010, 12:20 PM']Gallien Krueger stuff. Their trademark sound is growly so I would (and did) go with them![/quote] I used to get a great growly tone from my 800RB, used in conjunction with a Trace 1153 that i had changed the driver for a 300w Celestion. I'm hoping that everything I've read about the Laney Nexus NX115 is true as they are meant to be great growly rock cabs, if this bloody snow ever stops and it eventually gets delivered

to be honest, I've listened to Mk II, IV, V, Series 6 and SMX range side by side and the sound gets progressivly worse. I really did not like the SMX at all, I found that it strangled the sound. I'm sure others will disagree but I lusted after one for years only to be disappointed at it. The Mark V is the best Trace amp I ever used and even the GP7 2x10" combo I had was good as well. I used a 1153 for years with a Gallien Krueger 800RB and loved the sound - I use quite a trebly sound and the cab was good at producing exactly what i was looking for

Played the first of the Christmas party nights on Friday. My car was still beached on a big lump of ice so the guitarist kindly came and picked me up. Of course, the Laney cab I ordered a fortnight ago has been sitting at my local courier depot (20 miles away) since the 29th so I had to use the drummer's Thomann 'The Box' powered monitor. Surprisingly good. I had it up full whack and not a hint of distortion, although as soon as the band started playing I couldn;t hear a thing. I decided that since I wasn;t driving to have a couple of beers and tan half a dozen glasses of cava that were left over from the guests arriving so I played the gig quite drunk and every song entirely from memory as I couldn't hear a single note I played and managed not to make a single mistake as our keyboard player could hear me and would've said something Snow's 10 times worse today than it was last week so I don't hold out much hope of getting my cab delivered this week

Been using a Warwick Rockbag crosswalker for years now. Has a detachable rucksack

You want a [url="http://en.euroguitar.com/bass/cort/gb/75p-fretless-serie-limitee/124990.html"]Cort GB74[/url] The first thing that came into my mind when you said Musicmanish for your budget. You would need to be looking secondhand though Or a [url="http://www.imuso.co.uk/Bass-Guitars/7711-/Cort-Curbow-4FL-Fretless-Bass-Cannon-Black?utm_source=googleproduct"]Cort Curbow[/url]

As a current owner of a MIK Epiphone Thunderbird Goth, I find these basses to be very good. The combination of mahogany body and super slim neck with minimal taper suits me perfectly. A very comfortable instrument to play. Being bolt on, its the only one out of them all that allows you to move the strap button to the front of the heel to improve the balance. The reason that there is lots of choice is that not everyone wants the same thing so what you may dislike, another person may buy because they like the feature(s) you dislike. As I say, I am very happy with mine but may give a Tokai TB48 a try

[quote name='Musky' post='1048490' date='Dec 5 2010, 06:02 PM']Delberthot - the 1999 and 4001S models were one and the same, 1999 being Rose Morris' designation for them.[/quote] I did know that, I was just referring to the 4003S advertised. the 1999 having the proper horseshoe pickup that later models didn't as well. My 4000 was set neck and had the neck pickup rout

I just use a regular stand with my Thunderbird and its still totally secure - its one of these: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/millenium_gitarrenstaender.htm?sid=f588b2f4e6be1ec19f47fd2a2a5ab5e8"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/millenium_gitarre...f47fd2a2a5ab5e8[/url] I must've had mine about 5 years and its still as good as the day I bought it. Not bad for less than a fiver

Right, now that I am bit more compus mentus than i was last night. Most of these are set neck but there are some that are neck through. The main differences are no sharkfin inlays, no binding on neck or body. This also means that they are able to contour the body, so if you find the square edge on the regular models uncomfortable then this is your answer. Although these are mono output. most people don't use the rick o sound anyway but I'm sure that Chris Squire had his bass modified to output in stereo. Plus these look more like the RM1999 That Chris Squire uses There is also the 4000 model which only had the bridge pickup but is very often still routed for the neck one. Both basses have been discontinued for quite some time now.

I avoided the ones where the wheels fold in as well as invariably they can do that while you are transporting your gear. I have something similar but with wheels that don't fold in, telescopic handle and fold down footplate

I am very drunk - this looks like a 4003s, set neck etc etc

That's the first time I've seen that Ebay ad - today I think there's abiout 2 or 3 threads already about it

Another reason is that they work in an area that cannot take the time off during the christmas period eg Hotels, Restaurants etc

So is he saying the bass is 20 years old or his friend is?

On Ebay they are coming in at £29 a set and DRs are £31 a set. At that difference I'd chose the DRs every time. If you want cheap then how about these: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COLORFUL-ELECTRIC-BASS-Guitar-Strings-Includes-12-pic-/380295365387?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item588b5ec30b"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COLORFUL-ELECTRIC-BA...=item588b5ec30b[/url] Less than £12 delivered if you use buy it now

The Trooper by Iron Maiden is simple in theory as its only 4 notes most of the way through, G E D & C, you just need to get your right hand moving with those triplets If you're looking for something slower then Nothing Else Matters by Metallica is quite straightforward A lot of AC/DC is straight root notes, how about Let There be Rock? Saxon, Ride Like the Wind UFO, Doctor Doctor Free, Wishing Well Thin Lizzy, Don't Believe a Word If you're looking for something a bit more modern. I'm trying to get the band to do Saturday Superhouse by Biffy Clyro

A big +1 on the waitresses. The best bass line for me and I have to agree that its slightly annoying. When it was still acceptable, Paul Gadd's Christmas song was good fun to play

Best present I have ever received was my Leatherman Wave. I use it every day and it lives in my gig bag

I bought mine from Flightcase Warehouse through Ebay. Really cheap and will hold 4 Boss size pedals. Can't see any listed for sale at the moment This is the only pic I have of it with 3 Boss and my Korg DT10 tuner [url="http://img694.imageshack.us/i/dsc06060large.jpg/"][/url] I've just had a look back at my feedback and it was £14.99 plus delivery. They may have more, it was listed as "Pedalboard Case Small"

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1045767' date='Dec 2 2010, 10:37 PM']Even fewer demos are done with a plectrum.[/quote] You've obviously never been in the market for either a Violin bass, Thunderbird or Explorer. PITA trying to find demos of these basses played fingerstyle Totally agree about the slap thing on demos. Personally I find that it sounds pretty much the same regardless of what bass you play so its not really fitting when you are trying to extole the virtues of the bass you are demoing.