stevie

[quote name='gareth' post='353666' date='Dec 13 2008, 03:53 PM']Have you had bad experiences with 70's Fenders? If so what bass was it and what were the problens. I'd appreciate your views.[/quote] I've never had a 1970s Fender, good or bad. I'm sure some good products were made during that time, but it is well documented that CBS made a lot of money out of Fender during that decade by cutting quality and neglecting investment. The situation wasn't turned around until the early 1980s. That's why it surprises me that these guitars/basses are fetching a premium.

[quote name='Musky' post='353640' date='Dec 13 2008, 03:19 PM']Jumped over £400 in the last 30 seconds. Maybe not such a bargain after all...[/quote] Went for £1,133. Not bad for an instrument built in a decade when Fender became a byword for cost-cutting and awful build quality. Has everyone forgotten about that, or what?

[quote name='artisan' post='351764' date='Dec 11 2008, 01:53 PM']you are a twat[/quote] .... a thieving twat!

[quote name='Adrenochrome' post='348411' date='Dec 8 2008, 10:42 AM']IME soapbars are almost always humbuckers of some kind.[/quote] .... although the original Soapbar was the Gibson P-90, a single coil pickup.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='350353' date='Dec 10 2008, 01:36 AM']Don't you mean 20GB hard drives? if you're not careful someone might sue you for mis-representation the state things are in these days!![/quote] Oops, yes - 20GB and tested. Thanks for the correction.

I have 1 x Dell and 1 x E-machines computer I no longer need. They both have 700MHz Celerons and 20MB hard disks. One has 256 and the other has 520MB of memory, although I'm not sure which is which. They are compact mini-towers, the usual beige colour, and were in use until very recently. They are in very good condition but there are no monitors or keyboard. I've wiped the hard disks. If you want to connect your grandad to the internet or give your children their own PC, these are ideal. They are much lower power consumption than newer PCs. They will handle most applications but will not play the very latest games and they struggle with fast video content. You will need to collect from Dorchester. If there are no takers, they'll be on Freecycle next week.

The Louis Bellson book is also supposed to be good for practicing rhythm reading. I'm about to start going through it myself. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0769233775/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller="]http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0769233...me=&seller=[/url] Question to the fluent readers on here: I've heard that mentally whispering the time to yourself as you go along is a bad idea - you should just see a bunch of notes and automatically recognize the pattern. What's your view on this?

I really would be very wary about spending all that money reconing these drivers when you could buy something new and more modern from Fane or Celestion for less.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='345935' date='Dec 4 2008, 10:13 PM']Lovely bass! Being such an early model and in such good condition, that's got to be one to keep i would have thought?[/quote] 'Fraid not. My dentist and my wife say I have to sell it and it will be on the For Sale board shortly. I thought I would post some pics here for posterity. I'll post a few more soon.

Here are some pics of my 1982 JV Precision. It's a JV02 serial, which puts in in the first month's production.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='345870' date='Dec 4 2008, 08:19 PM']Got some info from company that made the speakers. The covers are epoxied to the speakers so there is not way to remove them without destruction.[/quote] I've done a 10" and a 15" and had no problems removing and replacing the grilles. So it can be done with some care, although I might have been lucky. Both items are now with two different Basschatters, who I am sure will confirm that they look and work fine. What I'm saying is that the information you have been given is not quite accurate and you shouldn't give up. You should be able to re-glue the first surround if it's just a small rip. I'd carry on doing the others to see what the overall damage is and how many drivers you will have to recone/replace. The only other drivers I know with that shape are the Volt cast chassis ones - and they might not be exactly the same size. They are pretty pricy though. How much do Tayden want for a recone? I notice those plastic handles have broken in the usual place.

[quote name='lowdown' post='340066' date='Nov 28 2008, 09:05 PM']Might mean i need an update for Adobe... [/quote] I can recommend Foxit Reader as a much leaner and faster alternative.

[quote name='lowdown' post='339995' date='Nov 28 2008, 07:10 PM']If its the PDF above, Not much use at all Garry[/quote] Sorry 'bout that. It looks OK on my 'puter. How does it look to everyone else?

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='339885' date='Nov 28 2008, 05:12 PM']Hey y'all! Does anyone know where I can find charts for some Chic lines? Le Freak's the main one, but I've got a lot to learn and a short time to learn 'em in, so any help/hints/transcripts will earn you a BC Beer Token to be redeemed at any of my gigs! [/quote] Try this. I've no idea how good it is - it's not mine. Looks OK though.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='339484' date='Nov 28 2008, 12:06 PM']Either 'big but light' or get a new amp as well as new cabs. My suggestions: SMX250 into The Vintage SMX250 into The Compact x2 Hartke LH500 into The Compact Markbass LMII into The Compact The Vintage is a BIG cab so if you have a bad back I'd be wary of it - it's light for its side but it's not much lighter than your 1x15" and it's quite a lot more cumbersome. If one of The Compacts sounds great to you but just doesn't go loud enough then try it with a more powerful head and if you can't find a more powerful head that you like the sound of then add a second cab. I've seen the LH500 for about £200 so for your budget you could have a pretty awesome rig, ignoring what you get back from selling your current (rather nice despite the weight) gear. Alex[/quote] Anyone else see the similarity of this and spam?

Now that's what I call BASS!

I bought a £20 Seiko tuner for £2.28 a few weeks ago - the auction finished in the early hours of the morning and so there was no last minute bidding. A also recently got a brand new quality boom mike stand for £14.50 delivered. Prices are not as depressed as I would expect them to be given the downturn. I recently sold a hifi preamp for £150 that I paid £40 for two years ago. Go figure. The best bargains are still the 'local pickup only' ones. And if you're selling, you get a much better price if you are willing to ship outside the UK. My preamp went to Spain, for example, and was bid up by someone from Italy.

[quote name='nick' post='331062' date='Nov 17 2008, 09:48 PM']There are loads of tabs/chords for guitar, but this is the only bass tab I could find, which is also duplicated on couple of other sites. I don't think it's correct. [url="http://www.911tabs.com/link/?328335"]Abba - Dancing Queen[/url] Very muddy & unclear production on the original though isn't it?[/quote] Sorry 'bout that. I just saw the number of hits - I didn't actually look closely at them. The bass is indistinct on the original album but it's a lot louder on the Abba Gold compilation and relatively easy to make out. That probably doesn't help you much though.

If you want to hear what a sh*t hot covers band sounds like, follow the link in Terry's sig to 'beneath the covers'. Simply stunning!

[quote name='nick' post='330876' date='Nov 17 2008, 06:25 PM']Of all the Abba songs there doesn't seem to a tab on the net for Dancing Queen. There's quite a lot going on as well, isn't there.[/quote] Put this into Google and you'll get loads of them: "dancing queen" "bass tab"

I'm looking out for one. The last one I saw on eBay fetched around £80, although it was a 'collect only' sale - so I missed it. I would expect them to fetch more, but sometimes it's in the lap of the gods.

[quote name='4 candles' post='322988' date='Nov 5 2008, 09:23 PM']I disagee, this book is a complete load af sh*te, total waste of £20 sterling completely overhyped[/quote] I can't comment on that book, although anything that promises to teach you 'licks' is likely to be rubbish. One to avoid is the Bass Playing for Dummies book, which gets rave reviews all over the Internet, yet is complete and utter tosh. Stevie

Just downloaded them - thanks.