Telebass

I was a musician before I was married, and my wife knows full well I always will be. If the day ever comes, and I doubt it will, that she said she was fed up with it, and it was the music or her, the music would win without a second thought. Not that I wouldn't be upset about that, but that was what she signed up for. I would not compromise on that. On gear, yes, I'd like more, who wouldn't? But we work it out sensibly. When the Squier TB came out, I just ordered it, and told her later. Wasn't a problem, and we had some time to get the cash together. She actually bought me my black Precision AND my Markbass combo! Can't say fairer than that. So, there's always room for talk.

Hi Lorne, good to see you again!

...And another oldie says hi! (54...)

Howdy, youngster (54! gasp...)! Welcome to the madhouse. But the best type of madhouse!

Welcome!

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!

Very cool!

Wrong. Just wrong. Pine? Wronger. Knotty pine? Wronger still!

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!

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.

Ah well, there we differ - I find the '51RI to be the equal of any P-bass I've ever had! But each to his own.

Welcome! Also in Devon!

Howdy! That you with your Ric? Cool!

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

Howdy!

Worth it for the guitar alone. Bin the Roland and buy a decent valve amp - much better noise than any amount of digital doodaddery...

Looking good!

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!

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...

Larson - top stuff! I'd be wanting a 1976/7 black/bwb/maple Mustang Bass. That's all. Oh, and an all-maple Precision 'A' neck with TV logo. And...And...And...

I'd only get that if I could sell it on...just too much of a relic for me.

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...

As can be expected, with this amount of wet. Pity the poor folk oop north, it's bad enough here without suffereing flooding on top...

Howdy!

Welcome!