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Muse - Time is Running Out for my covers band. Playing it live for the first time on Friday!

[quote name='BigRedX' post='66834' date='Sep 28 2007, 11:18 AM']You should check out the versions by [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nouvelle-Vague-Vol-1/dp/B00018D3JQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/202-8975719-4339045?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1190978183&sr=8-2"]Nouvelle Vague[/url] and [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Melody-Mountain-Susanna/dp/B000GUJYVU/ref=pd_bxgy_m_h__text_b/202-8975719-4339045?ie=UTF8&qid=1190978249&sr=1-1"]Susanna and the Magical Orchestra[/url][/quote] and Oysterband - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCgWqoyG6qc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCgWqoyG6qc[/url]

I played one in Sound Control Birmingham (as it then was). Very nice sound - pretty much a Stingray vibe going on as you'd expect. On the downside, the body is pretty chunky. I would also want to try one on a strap - all tele shaped basses I've tried have had real neck dive. They look fantastic though!

[quote name='tombboy' post='716609' date='Jan 18 2010, 02:12 PM']EQ on a 'Ray is cut & boost.[/quote] It is on the 3 band EQ, but isn't the bass EQ only boost on the 2 band?

Ahhh! More GAS!

[quote name='Hamster' post='711278' date='Jan 13 2010, 01:47 PM']I bought a pack of these and they're very good imho - [url="http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/0438717/details.html"]http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/0438717/details.html[/url] Just wipe off any excess.[/quote] +1. I always use those on my maple board 'ray

[quote name='discotim' post='709822' date='Jan 12 2010, 11:31 AM']Hi Mike Thanks for your generous offer. I'm, based in Stamford, bottom end of Lincs. We have a music shop in the town but it deals with fairly budget stuff. They've a bass in at the moment for £129 (how do they do it?)! I'm going to keep my eyes peeled. In no hurry to buy anything this week but would like to sort something in the next month. A trip to Nottingham could be on the cards methinks.[/quote] Being based in Nottingham myself I'd have to warn that the music shops here are OK, but the stock can be limited, particularly in the budget you're looking at. I would go a little further up the A1 and visit Electro Music in Doncaster. They have an excellent range of bass gear including Fender, Warwick, Sandberg and Musicman. Edit - just seen that OTPJ has already recommended them!!

Stranglers again for me - Hangin Around, Peaches, Walk on By, No more Heroes etc. JJ's tone sounds as exciting and fresh now as it did 30 years ago. Close second would have to be Bruce Foxton with the Jam.

Great collection. I really like the white fretless Covette

Wow - that's stunning! The finish on that ash is amazing - you must be very pleased!

Another +1 for the Ibanez ATK. The ATK I owned was very close to my Stingray, and in some ways a bit more versatile (you can also get a passable Precision tone). Very nice basses for the money.

Warwick Corvette $$ is the most versatile bass I've owned. Active and passive option, and coil taps on each humbucker. I wish I'd never sold it!

I used to have one of these and I found the tuner fine, although I only ever used it with a four string. You can't turn the amp modelling off, but one of the settings (the one modelling an Eden, from memory) is actually very clean and transparent, and I used to run that when I wanted an uncoloured sound. And the compressor is as good as any I've used in a pedal. Much better than the compressors in most multi-effects.

[quote name='maxrossell' post='697836' date='Jan 1 2010, 12:13 PM']Nah, that's legit. Back in the day they used decal material that sometimes reacted with the nitro and darkened more than the surrounding varnish over time. That's what I suppose you could call a faithful recreation of the effect.[/quote] Yep - the original decals in the early 60s were not laquered, so the decal coloured differently to the headstock. The Fender relics replicate that.

[quote name='bassaussie' post='697557' date='Dec 31 2009, 08:25 PM']Right. I thought so. I've seen auctions for this seller before, although never this quantity in one go. His prices have always been pretty high in the past as well. I don't know if it's a cultural thing, but it seems to be quite common for some of the European sellers, especially Spain and Italy.[/quote] The prices are high, although the Rickenbacker Blackstar is as rare as hens' teeth. Wasn't someone on here looking for one recently?

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='696733' date='Dec 30 2009, 08:57 PM']If it's not varnished try Meths or Surgical Spirit on a cotton wool bud. A good many transfers are printed with spirit-based (i.e. alcohol) inks. Failing that, 1500 grit wet & dry.[/quote] +1 But one tip if you use wet and dry. Make sure you do the whole of the front of the headstock evenly - if you only do the area above the decal it will be very difficult to get the new finish even, and you will be left with a shadow where the old logo was. But personally I would leave it as it is!

[quote name='XB26354' post='696166' date='Dec 30 2009, 10:52 AM']As far as I understand it, the S1 switch is both pickups on, but wired in series instead of parallel. As now have a one pickup bass, only the volume with the S1 switch works when it is pressed.[/quote] yep - with the S1 switch engaged, the two single coil pickups are effectively acting like one twin coil. So only one of the volume controls works (the front one from memory).