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Do my eyes deceive me here?

Just saw Chas & Dave in Brighton. It's been said on here before as I remember, but Dave Peacock is a fantastic player. Beautiful lines & effortless execution. That is all.

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We’ve never had a single issue in over 10 years. There will be no policy change. Thank you for playing ped

Perhaps the Christmas break has impaired your recollection of events during the course of this year. For indeed, you have form for jumping into sales threads to point out logo transgressions: Prior to the 'triggering' incident of a week or two ago, you commented in a sales thread in October: Ped replied to you saying: On June 18th you replied to an ad for a bitsa Jazz saying: Then on Jan 17th you expatiated in a more general sense on logos: THAT! There are so many fake/counterfeit "Fender"s around, selling with a "Fender" logo is dishonest, just waiting for some poor mug to buy one thinking they've got the real thing. (I also think Fender have muddied the waters a bit by branding Squiers as "Squier by Fender", so that people can advertise them as Fenders. Funnily enough, only three days before you had described taking delivery of a Rickenfaker with a fake Ric logo. Fair play for removing it as you did. But surely in buying it you were party to a transaction where intellectual copyright was infringed. So basically, you want to stop people selling basses with fake logos but it's OK for you to buy one? I put it to you that your unhappiness with fake logos in sales ads is nothing new. You have repeatedly broken forum rules by posting in sales threads where you should have PM'd. You have already had a discussion about fake logos with one of the forum's owners who has made his position clear. I suggest that far from being a spontaneous expression of concern you started this thread in an attempt to change forum policy. You want to stop people selling items with fake logos but you're happy to buy them. Shall I go on?

I found some yellow LEDs lying around in my toolbox and was a bit bored this afternoon so.....

Yes! Let's hope 1967 is a good one!

LSD in the punch.

Limelight 62-ish Jazz. Bought from someone who knew it wasn't a real Fender, sold to me who knew it wasn't a real Fender, then sold it on to someone who kew it wasn't a real Fender. Such a trail of destruction.. so many suffering kittens and puppies. I'm going to hell.

How about something like a Sandberg VM? I can cover a lot of ground with this one. A pre-loved one would be within your budget.

But not good for jazz. I’ve only recently been forgiven for wearing a red jacket.

Must be some new meaning of the word 'microscopic' I wasn't aware of. Mods are busy enough as it is. One item per day? Is that the number of 'misdemeanours' you're expecting? How did you arrive at this number? There is no significant gain in not providing a platform for the sale of illegal goods, because no illegal goods are sold here. I have a great idea about how to make 'this' a better place to be, but forum rules preclude my posting it.

How am I supposed to look at my fretting hand and a music stand at the same time?

And it's finished...holy fecking crap!

Fender USA 1957 reissue neck. All solid nickel hardware and USA alder body and Bill Lawrence p46 pups.

Played a taylor while in PMT too. Was pleasantly surprised by it - the first videos really didn’t Make me want one at all...playing one did.

Hey I was shopping this week for a shortscale, but instead of splurging on something classier I decided on a Jackson Minion... It’s awesome.

Much as Cameronj says. With mine I find the best setting for me involves me using the last third of the voice control in order to keep the large amount of low end I use. Im a p bass guy as well, and once I found the sound in my rig ( Marshall DBS 7400 and 2 cabs ) it has stayed around 😉😉

The new ones I’ve ordered have a remote with settings like this on!

Any genre, any style. Just share the album which stood out to you this year (edit: which was released in 2017) For me, it was unexpectedly The Desaturating Seven by Primus. I didn't like the prerelease songs much but the record as a whole has sucked me in completely. Claypool always does the unexpected but this one really took me by surprise and won me over in a big way. Over to you guys. Hopefully this will introduce some people to some gems!

When you go to Hell can I have the Lindisfarne gig?

Maybe a Gibson SG, or a SWB-1 Pro? - http://chownybass.com/product/swb-pro/

Spent an hour mulling over various things and just bought two sets of strings, including the tapewounds I've always wanted to try but couldn't justify the cost. Not too exciting. My guitarist got over excited, bought a pedal from the US and saved his 20%. He then has to pay VAT at 20% when it gets here, plus import duty, plus handling fee. Hard not to laugh.

Good luck! Might also be worth sending a quick email to the interface manufacturer to check on compatibility. Most companies are happy to offer whatever advice they can (at least in my experience).

Thanks John!

@thegummyon sweetwater in the US they are retailing at about $1100. I haven’t found any info on their proprietary pick ups yet

They are 'allegedly' passive with active EQ but if you have a dead battery out you should find they don't work at all hence they are active (needing power for the preamp in them). I don't think MEC had the silver logo models back in 91 so they will defo be the gold as fitted to the top of the range basses at the time. My bass is stock and doesn't have a push/pull pot as the Pro I basses have.

I am a big fan of Schecter (well, at least the C4 that is my main bass). These new ones look very cool, will be interested to see how they go down.

For immediate release: The Logo Police are pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Larly Crudgington as Commissioner for Fake Logos with special responsibility for the letter F. Mrs Crudgington will commence her duties on Jan 2nd and will immediately address the issue of counterfeit FMIC (Fender) logos in the private sales sector. Addressing a gathering of her fellow Commisioners, Mrs Crudgington said: "I am deeply concerned at the rising incidence of fake Fender logos. There are literally thousands of recorded instances of death and serious injury associated with Squier Affinity instruments being sold as the kosher item. Knock knock, who's there? It's Larly C, so felons beware".

Ooh. It would surely be possible to get LEDs with a colour changing remote and just switch it depending on your mood, no?

My recently acquired Westone Thunder 1A. Just the job for an occasional fretless noodler like me.

Allen and Heath PA12 has a mono sub out. They often turn up used. Decent eq and onboard fx.

Jaco only needed a Diesel.

Fixed

You'd have to address your query to Morrisons' customer services department; they would be best placed to resolve the issue. I'd check myself but I've got a batch of 1959 Les Pauls to 'age' before the end of the week. These things don't relic themselves, you know.

I agree with the consensus that a Fender MIM instrument is unlikely to be significantly better than your current instrument. Certainly not worth shelling out over six hundred quid for. If £600 is your budget, it might be better invested in either gig-worthy amplification or superior pickups for the BB424X. Overall, all that really needs doing is to shunt away some of the wiry treble frequencies and emphasise the really low frequencies. Sockets for either an extension loudspeaker enclosure or an XLR output to run through the public address system would help with dub sub reinforcement. Unfortunately, the Crush 50 Bass has neither of these.

Play it with anything you like, no rules. Just add tone knob to taste

How cool is that! We do cover versions with our year 9s and I use that as an example- always turn that bit up.

My current er... pedal.. Not tried it yet as I'm still waiting for new bass to arrive... I dread to think what will happen when I plug this thing in...

I think you`ve made a sound decision there, Andy, sometimes things can just not develop the way we want, and walking away isn`t failure, it`s progress - progression to what`s new. All the best with both your new musical venture, and with your soon to be arriving daughter.

Did anybody ever ordered a 70's jazz bass with maple board and blocks and bindings from Mark? Just wondering as I haven't seen one yet.