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I think you obviously weren't around at the time to appreciate the context of the thread. It was a joke rather than an attempt to display any photoshop prowess. Which I don't have.

Adding a 5th or octave with the Unibass is pretty poor unless you have the distortion turned up too. I don't rate the clean sound at all.

I don't know the place myself - does it have a stage/music room with PA etc? Luke made the valid point earlier about storage of equipment also.

For the few songs that I use picks for, the yellow Dunlop tortex are my choice also.

A couple of years ago, I was really in to pedals. Those of you around BW a few moons ago might remember my pedalboard....

I buy my DR sunbeams from a ebay user/shop called "koeblerenterprises". A shade over £30 for two sets. I'm never buying strings in this country - it's a rip off.

Pearl Octaver adds one octave up, one down and two down. If you can find one.

It it always in the same location and/or with the same bass and cab plugged in to it? I'm just wondering whether you've isolated every other variable before deciding that it is a fault with the amp...

[quote name='elom' post='26315' date='Jul 3 2007, 12:22 AM'] Can't help for the clear though[/quote] It took me awhile to get that!!

[quote name='The Funk' post='26428' date='Jul 3 2007, 11:53 AM']It wouldn't quite be 'pay to play' if the bands put up the money to hire the venue 'cos then they'd be keeping any / all profits. I do think that for it to be a 'festival', it should cover an entire weekend. Friday afternoon - Sunday night.[/quote] Sure I realise that - I was just playing Devil's Advocate. If possible it would be better if bands didn't have to stump up, up front, but it's the only way I can see it working. The bands would then have a vested interest in securing a decent crowd, but would also be more in control of finances. I like the whole weekend idea - maybe Friday evening start though?

I also agree with that Trace Combo. It would be worth heading up to Dundee for that!

From a promotion point of view I think you have to keep 'Bass' out of the equation, otherwise it'll be seen as too specialist, so what's it in aid of? Charidee? Public Holiday? A day without rain? Bands could be responsible for bringing an audience as Funk suggests. My band for example could guarantee at least 20 paying punters to London. A bill of ten bands throughout the day gives you 200 punters and that's without band members and Basschatters. The point here is that we could more or less guarantee our audience without having to pull punters from 'outisde' which, as we all know, is difficult. If you can get bands to commit to bringing a following, in principle, you have an idea of the size of venue needed, an estimated income and the bare bones of a bill. As Kiwi states though, you need someone prepared to fund upfront at risk, unless bands on the bill accept this responsibility jointly. This, however, harks back to 'pay to play....' Steve

[quote name='elliotminor' post='26208' date='Jul 2 2007, 08:25 PM']hey, does anyone know where I can get a 'skid' or something similar, like the stuff they use at festivals? thanks[/quote] What's a skid? ps - heard your stuff on Radio 1 the other day - really cool, nice one.

[quote name='Musky' post='25559' date='Jul 1 2007, 11:43 AM']To be fair, most of those suggestions are just simple basslines - which doesn't make them crap per se. A crap bassline IMHO is one that actually detracts from a song. Something that Mark King has been guilty of at times.[/quote] I agree, or is badly put together and does not fit the song. I think the Waterfront bassline, whilst able to be played by virtually any farmyard animal, makes the song. The ame with some of the other suggestions here. We're mixing up 'bad basslines' with 'basslines that are not complex or that are boring to play'.....

Nope it's a 30" scale with same width at the nut as a Jazz. I think it was an attempt to entice guitar players to bass by offering them something that was similar.

Do you have a ground lift on the amp? If not or you do but this doesn't help then you could be there for ages trying to trace the problem, so if it were me I'd admit defeat and get it looked at properly.

Brandon - you seem not to be answering any posts. Can we take it you've now sorted yourself out?

He's doing himself no favours and if there are bargains to be had then it would be rude for us not to take advantage! Maybe he's grumpy because he started off having to give stuff away, but I for one am not going to tell him how to write an ebay ad. He's genuine, just rubbish at selling on ebay. but I don't want that P deluxe though..;-)

[quote name='kevbass' post='24442' date='Jun 28 2007, 02:22 PM']This guy is on a different ebay account now, wonder why he stopped trading under snakermusic, someone on bassworld said he was a nice guy to deal with and that he actually delivered the bass personally[/quote] Yup that was me and I'll tell you why. I have his mobile and his landline. I can speak to him and he delivers in person, so I can inspect the bass and pay cash when I'm happy. I have no worries about Paypal, cheques or delivery. Do I know where the bass comes from? No, but neither do I know the origins of a lot of stuff I buy on ebay. I do know a genuine Fender though. I don't give a toss about his sales technique. It's absolutely abysmal I agree, but if that puts potential bidders off, leaving me to pick up a bargain after putting in a bit of effort to check out his background then I hope his patter gets even worse. Previously his items were on auction rather BIN, which made getting bargains a lot easier. He's never going to be my friend, I don't know him personally, I don't care if his sales fall through and I'm not defending him. I did, however, buy a brand new Precision with tags and case for under £400. Maybe I treated him like Oxfam?

As an example there's a couple in the For Sale section at a shade over £1k a piece....

£850 You could get one for less, you could pay much more. Though being honest - it's value IS how much you are prepared to pay.

basic but functional.

Looks great - best colour for a jaguar. how does it sound?

"Just hard cash" He doesn't help any potential sellers. I'm gonna bung £600 in a brown envelope and send it to Liverpool and see what happens.

Have you got the original 4PRO packing? It's majorly sturdy. Maybe you could send that and despatch the rack case separately?