Telebass

Howdy! MIM P bass is my main player too.

Well, my first answer to this problem is - learn to drive. Then you can get to both bands and students. While I'll freely admit to being a crusty old pedant, it's one of my rules never to join any band, or recruit any member, who doesn't have their own wheels. No-one, regardless of talent, should be a burden to the band. And if everyone has wheels, you've got more options when someone's has broken down. Don't sell, it would be a waste of your talent.

Four of us! Welcome!

Howdy! You'll soon be back at it, never fear!

Howdy!

Welcome! Nice bass!

Welcome! If you can, get hold of a Tascam bass trainer (CD or mp3 types available) and a decent set of cans, and hours of (to others!) silent practice is yours for the taking. In between nappies, that is...

Howdy!

Welcome! Always good to see more P-bass players! I love 'em! ...The P-basses, that is!

Howdy! Long, long ago, I lived in Swaziland for a year, around 70/71. Loved the whole place, RSA too.

Indeed, give the case a good hoovering, then sparay it with febreeze or similar, then let it air out for a week or two. Use a good guitar polish to give the bass a really good clean, with the strings off, then leave it on a stand for a similar week or two. Should get rid of most of the pong. But if [i][b]that[/b][/i] smell made you heave, we had to repair an electro-acoustic, and on asking why it looked so bad inside, were told, "Oh, I got drunk and threw up in it..." Don't want to have to delve into that sort of 'repair' again any time soon...

I just changed my amp settings - a lot easier! However, it's nice to know that a direct drop-in is available!

Having gigged them, I found them fine, but a couple of regular punters said I was hard to hear and din't cut through enough, so they'll be coming off again...However, they are going ON somewhere else, possibly the Kramer. I did think of putting them on the Telebass, but flats with that big humbucker would be just too much woof and mud!

Welcome! Nice to see the recognition also! I advocate all guitarists and bassists playing some time in a three-piece. It really makes you work for a good, full sound.

Welcome! Agreed, 60 squids tops, I'd say.

Fair enough - he has a signature Rotosound set, so they don't cost him a bean, or not 27 squids a pop, anyways...

Mmmmm, CIJ Fenders, mmmmmmmm...... Welcome!

[quote name='colda' post='69904' date='Oct 5 2007, 10:53 AM']That's not even funny! No worries though, we have a masterplan, if the're not out in a few years we're selling up and moving somewhere small and remote to get rid of 'em [/quote] Doesn't work...

Very tasty! That P is the canine's cojones, too!

It truly is ugly, as a headstock, and a bass generally, but I'll give it a whirl...me with an active bass! Far out, man...

Steve Harris of Iron Maiden uses only flats, so rock is NO problem!

But what hasn't come up yet is that these things can last YEARS before needing changing, particularly if you look after them!

Welcome! And it's just a bad rumour that they will disappear when they get older...

Hiscox is the only serious answer to this. No gig bag even comes close, no matter how expensive. And you're getting something that's the top of the tree and British to boot. Decision? What decision?

Ah, now I'm lucky here. I'm getting a loan of one of these from Ashdown so's I can road-test it! I just asked the rrep and he said, "Sure no problem". So I'll be telling you what I can, when I can!