theplumber

Didn't move quick enough and lost out on the speaker/amp deal. Hopefully they will get the orange amp back in at that price. Just waiting on my 1 x15 to be delivered,it's on the van!!. I have a Fender Rumble 500 combo. Even without an extension speaker,it's pretty loud! That seems to be the trouble. I struggle at times to get a proper bass tone. It always seems to lack depth. Trying out the 1 x 15 to see if it makes a differance. After reading about folk getting hold of the 2 x10 cab and amp has made me want to try something different,so if it works out,I may get rid of the combo,buy an amp and the seperates,maybe upgrading to better speakers at some point. We'll see!!

Lol..no,I was talking about the combo. As I said,loud enough,thats for sure,but I need a bit more bottom end,so will see how this 1 x 15 works out.

The cab itself is pretty decent,but at certain gigs I could do with a bit more bottom end. It's a loud enough wee cab and the band do a mixture of small to medium sized venues,with the bigger ones either using venue PA and bass gear or DI the combo through PA.

Just ordered a 1 x15 cab to sit under my Fender Rumble 500 combo. Will let you know how it goes!

That's what happens when you don't play Beatles songs in The cavern..

Also told him he may want to change the price....

Spoke to the lad via message,he said he bought it off e bay as Fender,Said he has changed it now. I did tell him to join here or maybe a facebook forum and ask before he bought if he wasnt sure. I don't suppose we all started as experts lol.

Reported to e bay

Aready reported 2 day's ago and pointed out to the seller what it was. Con man!

Made in Indonesia,Squier Standard p bass.

The nut width was,if I remember fairly slim.Not as slim as a jazz.Never got round to doing the bass up. I was going to uprate the pickups,maybe change the neck for a Mighty Mite. Played it a few times,but as I had a few others,including a Rickenbacker,it just never got gigged. I ended up selling it to a guy in Edinburgh who bought it for his wife who was wanting to learn bass. Thoughts on it? Yes well made,good looking,sounded fine,I had it at a band practise. Worth buying? Deffo...go for it!

Very nice and a very nice Sub 4 bass!

Sorry to hear that JimRodford of Argent ,The Kinks and The Zombies has passed away this morning. Very sad. Great guy and bass player.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road/Elton John.......Dee Murray,bass.

In my last band both the drummer and guitarist had deps who were sh*t hot. The original guys were good enough players,but both lost focus due to the usual work,family,issues. Their playing started to suffer and the new songs got less and less. As for myself,boredom set in. I believe the singer felt the same. But as we had all become pretty good mates,I decided to leave,as did the singer.The band was finished. Happy to say we are still friends. In our case it just would not have worked trying to replace the guys,we never even thought about it.

That ''f***ing thing''

A few years ago,after a break,I decided to get back in to playing in a band. I bought an old Trace Elliot 1x15 combo. I thought it would be a good idea to pick up an old flightcase for it off e bay.It used to belong to Sinead O'Connor.....or at least,her bass player. There was loads of labels from airlines,etc on it. It had seen a bit of the world. I decided to use it at a small hotel gig in Pitlochry,Scotland. Lifted it out of my van,which I had to bring as it would not fit in my car.Wheeled it along a bumpy pavement and up a ramp,in to the lounge we were playing in. As it was just after 7pm,there were folk having their evening meal. I pushed it between a few tables,to.....I was going to say,the stage,but it was really just a corner in the room. I misjudged and rammed the flight case right in to the back of some old guys chair,causing him to spill his soup. The guy from behind the bar came over and said ''Get the f***ing thing tae f*** oot of here or your no playing!'' Needless to say,I never used it again and it lay,for a few weeks in my living room. After my wife also telling me to ''get that f***ing thing out of here'' I sold it on ebay.

Check this Musicman Sterling Bass,on just now at £18. I had a bid in myself,contacted the seller twice,with no reply. Something not right,so I bottled out. Check out the low feedback score and no info,also,he has been on ebay for years,not bought very much.Or maybe this is the bargain of the century!!

Usually when we hit the stage,with our best song first,setlist,all tuned up and ready to go,it is ruined as we have not told the barstaff to turn off the background music. Trying and get the barstaff to turn it off is a nightmare,as they always seem to be in the middle of serving folk. It wouldn't have been the first time that we have finished the first song,hopefully with clapping and cheers,to find the background music still playing away....

I messaged the seller,to point out that I thought it was an Encore,having owned a few over the years. He said he had had the guitar over 10 years,paid about 300 for it and ''had never been sure'' thats why he had not listed it as a Fender. Went on to say it had been in a couple of shops over the years for set ups and they have never questioned it. Certainly plays and sounds like a Fender. ...Well,as I said,I owned a few of these made in India guitars.To be honest,they are good enough and sound fine. Well built,a bit heavy. I thought after giving him the info,he would have seen that the guitar is worth £40 to about £100 not over £400 that the current bid was.I was hoping he might have altered the listing at least,but no.....Reported it to ebay. Seeing as how he started the bid at £450 and wasn't sure about it being a Fender just seems bull sh*t!