Muppet

Well, I shipped a bass to Greece and it cost me £40 including insurance. Should be similar to Sweden but I worked it out fairly easily fron the website.

Definitely looks like shill bidding. "Bidder 2" seems to be bidding against himself for no apparent reason.

You know, if you gave a bit more info about who your band is, when you are playing etc, those of us that are going could make a point of supporting you. Otherwise it's a bit pointless really!

[quote name='mildmanofrock' post='14500' date='Jun 9 2007, 07:12 AM']I'm stuck. Any advice? I'm close to chucking it away, complete with the levver. And de-tooning the bloody thing myself.[/quote] I struggled at first but I found the trick was to minimise the number of turns on the tuning peg. Too many turns mean it'll never de and re-tune properly.

We use two t-bars with four PAR56 on each plugged in to a foot controller. Works fine but won't win any award for light shows.

[quote]if your interested in having a custom guitar or bass made please contact me at ..........[/quote] Ooops, that's very Gerald Ratner...

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='14940' date='Jun 10 2007, 08:50 AM']I don't know if it applied to MIM Fenders but certainly the later model Squiers had plywood bodies. If you hold the bass body up to the light and look at the reflections off the painted surface in the waist chamfer, you will be able to see faint sets of alternating parallel indentations. Don't even waste your time refinishing that kind of body, get another from somewhere like Brandolini or off Ebay.[/quote] I would hope not for MIMs. I had an earlier Squier body (from Nash I think) that I stripped down and it was a lovely piece (well two well matched pieces) of wood underneath, that I oiled and waxed and it was lovely.

[quote name='Toasted' post='14989' date='Jun 10 2007, 11:22 AM']There's a headphone shootout in what hifi this month.[/quote] and the winner was....?

[quote name='parker_muse' post='14975' date='Jun 10 2007, 10:56 AM']Saw one in prestine condition... £325 Good deal? Thanks, Parker[/quote] In pristine condition, yes, a reasonable deal. I shipped one to Greece a couple of years back for £400.

I bough some Sennheiser HD205s from Dixons for about £25 and they're great. I use them with my Tascam trainer and they also come with a 1/4" jack converter plug.

Interestingly the guy selling it has relisted it with a modified description (probably as a result of all the contact he's had from here) although it's still enough for a beginner to be fooled I think.

Apparently the EQ on the Performer was pretty good.

I've done a few in my time. It's not that difficult but it is time consuming. The temptation is to rush through to see the finished product, when in reality you need to spend a lot of time preparing the body, then spraying, then ALLOWING TO DRY (very important) then lacquering then ALLOWING TO DRY (very important) before cutting back. When I'm talking drying time I'm talking days and weeks rather than months, as I assume you don't have access to a commercial oven. If you are doing designs then it's a little trickier as you need to start masking off areas and ensuring one colour does not bleed in to another. tricky as I said but very possible at home. Paint from Halfords, lacquer from B&Q. Give it a go it's great fun.

[quote name='Mr Bassman' post='14437' date='Jun 9 2007, 12:10 AM']I just got a Korg DTR 2000 last week and I'm very pleased with it.[/quote] The downlight is still crap! (I own one too )

Probably because in most cases an 8x10 is over the top and there are so many quality lightweight portable cabs around which makes them sort of redundant.

Unfortunately this is all too common. The main band (often a tin pot group who you'll never hear of again) get to call the shots, albeit indirectly through the promoter and the local bands providing the support do as they're told and fit in. It'll be presented as a case of "Well do you want to play or not - take it or leave it?" when in reality local band are needed for support as they bring the crowds in, otherwise the touring bands will be playing to nobody. It's hard and not all venues are the same but I think your son just might have to get used to this happening more often as his bands starts to get established. That's no excuse for people not being polite though.

[quote name='paul, the' post='14708' date='Jun 9 2007, 05:38 PM']I might just wait for that badly described valve combo on Ebay I've been looking for - for a nice little home setup.[/quote] Fight you for it.

[quote name='Russ' post='14745' date='Jun 9 2007, 07:01 PM']As someone who's previously owned both, personally, I'd go with the Ampeg. The ABM is a nice head, plenty of power and lots of adjustability (although I found the sub-harmoniser a bit useless) but, overall, a little clean and characterless for my tastes, even with the valve drive dialled way up. If you're going from an all-valve Ampeg head, you'll notice far more of a difference in character between the ABM and the SVT-3. The SVT-3 has 90% of the all-valve Ampeg tone (including that lovely fizzy midrange and huge low-end punch) for half the cost and a quarter of the weight![/quote] The best sound I have ever achieved at a gig was through a 3PRO. I hadn't played through an ABM for ages (not since the first EVO came out) until Wednesday night when I did and the sound was very unpleasant to my ears - very muddy with little definition and no true valve sound. If it's a straight choice then I'd go Ampeg also.

[quote name='Rumble' post='14297' date='Jun 8 2007, 05:30 PM']Have a look at this... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-Fender-Precision-Bass-August-13th-1966_W0QQitemZ280122888772QQihZ018QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-Fender-P...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] I may be off the mark with this, but it smells a little bit fishy. For a start I've checked on Fender and it says that a 1966 bass should have a 100 000 or 200 000 serial number. Is this another dodgy Fender on e-bay?[/quote] You're so on the mark that it's already being discussed [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1315"]here[/url]

[quote name='Mr Cougar' post='14174' date='Jun 8 2007, 01:26 PM']Who the hell is going to pay £375 for a MIM P-Bass?![/quote] My point entirely !

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='14138' date='Jun 8 2007, 12:45 PM']While you're at it, have a look at ... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Precision-Bass-RARE-In-White_W0QQitemZ120128802229QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Precision-Bas...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] [/quote] Now't wrong with that apart from being £150 over-priced.

I owned one a few years back. I thought it was excellent. Great sound, to say the least. A lot of Musicmasters are used as recording tools rather than for live use - don't know if that's because of the image possibly. I wouldn't say it's any easier to play than a regular bass unless you have small hands. The neck width is quite wide for a small bass and mine struggled to stay in tune. I'd not buy one as a main bass, nor even as a back-up, but if I had spare cash and was wanting to add to a collection or was doing a lot of studio recording then I'd certainly consider one.

[quote name='Mr Cougar' post='13568' date='Jun 7 2007, 01:10 PM']As far as the neck width goes I also have stubby hands - welcome to the club Muppet!- I agree that there isn't much difference but surely a thiner neck is always gonna be easier for say, a small handed beginer than a fat old P bass or stingray neck. Unless your fingers are so fat the strings are too close together![/quote] I think it's all to do with playing style. I come across a lot of players who prefer a jazz neck because they anchor their thumb over the top edge of the fingerboard when playing which limits the reach of their fingers. Switching to a style where your thumb is lightly anchored in the centre of the neck means that wider necks such as the Precision are no problem to play. Often it's ex guitarists who struggle with this as they've been used to muting lower strings with their thumb.

[quote name='Mr Cougar' post='13324' date='Jun 6 2007, 09:52 PM']That said they aren't too versatile, they have a wide-ish neck which makes them a bit harder to play than a Jazz. but I don't have one cos Stingers are better at rock[/quote] I am assuming that these are your opinions and not fact! Wide neck does not equal hard to play and they are no harder to play than a Jazz - it just means playing with a slightly different technique. I find them very easy to play and I have quite small stubby hands.... and as for Stingrays being better for rock, well that's a pretty sweeping statement and I'm sure that some of the classic rock players as mentioned above might disagree!

Look at that headstock. I'm asure I've seen that logo before........