Delberthot

I personally ignore it when people say that the Squier VM Jazz fretless is a good beginner bass. I;ve been playing for nigh on 23 years and the two best fretless basses I've ever played have been a 1995 Musicman Stingray and a Squier VM Jazz fretless. I kid you not, if I was still playing fretless then I would happily gig this every night

Really liking that - what a fantastic price I mean, you're not getting it made to your exact specification but a handmade instrument for close on second hand Fender USA money? That's surely a bargain in anyone's book. I was planning on buying myself something nice with the Christmas party night money so this has added something completely unexpected to the mix

[quote name='northstreet' post='988404' date='Oct 14 2010, 08:36 PM']My covers band wants to do Superstition (aiming for something close to the Stevie Wonder version) but we're struggling with the main riff - we just can't get that sound. Any ideas on how I could get close on my bass? It's a Geddy Lee Jazz with roundwounds going through a Hartke LH500 and a pair of 15" cabs. I guess I'm going to need an effects box of some description, but I'm not sure where to start. Any (relevant) suggestions would be appreciated.[/quote] I see you're getting in early with your Christmas avatar I didn't realise that there was any kind of Synthy sound on there - take it you mean so you can play the funky keyboard bit? It is a very difficult song to get the feeling right, especially since it is quite a simple song

[quote name='BoomBass' post='987289' date='Oct 13 2010, 07:05 PM']Yeah, I buy and sell a lot of basses in my quest for finding the perfect basses (for me). I have sent/received more than 30 basses over the last 2 years, and as long as you put it in a hard case (pack it up inside with bubble wrap) and put the hard case inside a solid card board box, there is virtually no risk. I have never had any shipping problems of any kind! Definitely offer postage if you want to sell.[/quote] I can beat that - 60 basses posted, about a dozen cabs, cabinet flightcases and 4 or 5 amps as well as small stuff. My Goth thunderbird arrived from the US with the neck off the body to keep shipping down. There is a sticky that shows you how to pack a bass and I'm sure it goes into detail about how to do it if you have no case or bag for it as well. Now's also a good time to offer postage to Europe as well as the Euro to the Pound is terrible for us but great for countries that use the Euro

I have the opposite problem - I have something for sale but there must be something blocking people's PMs coming through

Does he teach you driving 'the Chinese Way'?

The action looks a bit high and the 5th fret seems a lot more worn that the others I had to enlarge the picture to check that it was actually a bass - looks like one of those pictures where they've magnified an everyday object by 100x and you need to guess what it is.

Hmm the HF ones may be the ones for me. I don't want uniform frequency attenuation - I like my ER20s cos they get rid of some of the damaging high end caused primarily by crashing symbols in my immediate vicinity. I've always been very sensitive to high frequencies my whole life so they may be the solution

Is it my imagination or is this really cheap? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Gibson-EB2-Bass-Guitar-/130433861702?pt=Guitar&hash=item1e5e76c846"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Gibson-EB2-B...=item1e5e76c846[/url]

[quote name='Bilbo' post='985746' date='Oct 12 2010, 02:12 PM']I'm filling up..... [/quote] Are you allowed to use a Blackberry at the petrol station?

more originals than covers on the voting but more covers than originals on the posts in the thread?

An idea I've had for some time now but am unsure how effective it would be. Would it be possible to plug your bass into a small 5 or so watt all valve guitar combo to get a 'proper' overdriven valve sound before taking a line out to your bass amp? Or am I completely barking up the wrong tree?

Surely it would be cheaper to find the best showroom condition 76 Jazz bass and have the work done by the best luthier in the country and it would still be less money?