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    Hey Everyone!

    in Introductions

    Posted

    Hi! Welcome to our little place, and you'll certainly find plenty of gearheads to talk to! My preferences are simple: Fender Precisions, and a lightweight Markbass rig. The P-basses are simple, and so am I. The Markbass is light weight, and so am...wait a minute...no, it's good for my aging back!
    :)

    Cornish new bloke

    in Introductions

    Posted

    Hi, DT, and welcome! Nice sounding bass! I have the MIM eqivalent, with r/w board. Utterly good bass. Where in Cornwall are you? Lived in Newquay for a fair slice of my life, so know Cornwall fairly well, although not well enough!

    Basses that just dont... Fit?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    For me, it's Fender Precisions. or nothing. Everything else I've ever tried ends up back in its case...

    So that's me the odd one out...I do like both styles of Precision, though, and neither of mine have a C neck, so they're not that chunky.

    HI

    in Introductions

    Posted · Edited by Telebass

    Hi Shaun, hope you have a good time here! Used to live in Swaziland, lo, these many moons ago (ie 35years!).

    What do you take to gigs?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Telebass

    2 basses
    2 straps
    1 combo
    1 ext cab & cable
    mic stand, and SM57
    bass stand
    tuner
    octave pedal
    power unit for pedals
    spare power unit, also as backup for radio
    radio and power unit
    carton of AAAs for radio bug
    ordinary guitar cable if all radio options fail!
    2 kettle leads
    mic leads
    mini maglite
    Victorinox Cybertool
    All contained in ex-MOD ammo box.

    For really big or important gigs: DI box, more XLR cables

    Mobile phone to call and say, "Where the **** are you?" or "Where the **** am I?"

    Waterproof jacket

    Warm waterproof jacket (winter)

    Red Bull!

    gak.com buying bass

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I got my MIM P from them a couple of years back. No problems, but as with any Internet box shifter, they do not check what the condition of the item is in the box. They can't, it would destroy what little profit margin they have left at those prices. Any reputable shop will check AND do a basic set up of what's on their wall, and that's the justification, along with the other overheads, for the greater price. There's no point in buying from the net unless you can do your own setup, as the cost of having this done afterward will more than likely erase any savings made in the first place. OK, I'm biased, I work in a guitar shop, but we don't sell the cheapest guitar without it getting a once-over. GAK or Thomann cannot offer this level of service, and never will be able to, without extra cost.

    Also, I know that if you bought something from GAK online and it went wrong, you cannot take it into the shop for fixing, even if you live next door - you MUST send it back by courier. The way the system works for their pricing demands it, they're not just being awkward. Crazy, but true...

    Worst bassline ever

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    In all reality, it's subjective. I personally don't remotely rate Jack Bruce, for example - to others, he's a true Bass God. Fairy snuff.

    But one bass line that disgusted me even BEFORE I was a bass player was the Flowerpot Men and Let's go To San Francisco. Muted flatwounds played with a pick. Horrid! And all the worse, because, as far as I know, the sessionman responsible for playing it (doubtless someone else's written notes, I'm not blaming him personally...unless anyone knows different?) was the inimitable John Paul Jones...

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