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For me it was a Miroku over and under.. By far the best engineered shotgun I've ever used, and they go on for years and years of the most spectacular use/abuse.. One of the professional coaches I know reckoned he had put more than 200,000 cartridges though his in 20 years... [quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1318327097' post='1400495'] The best shotgun I have ever used was a Baikal MP153 with duck reed camoflage which was about £700 new. It was better than a Browning that I shot the same day that had cost the owner some £7000 used. [/quote]

that would be the 3 string custom version? [quote name='daz' timestamp='1318089251' post='1398013'] You should have bought it. they go for up to £1100 [/quote]

yup, looks like he's added a neck pickup...

very nice... :-) My RH450 and S12T are great, this must be super great.. :-) congrats..

Nice :-)

I always find my wife is supportive in inverse proportion to the number and attractiveness of women in the band I'm playing in :-)

Superb....

The natural version looks lovely.... [url="http://www.maxetone.com/JGallery/index.php?view=detail&id=3266&option=com_joomgallery&Itemid=2#joomimg"]http://www.maxetone....temid=2#joomimg[/url] Just got a reply from the guy in china, he'll do it in 35" for no extra cost... hmmmmm...

Roll up. Roll up!! First ever Stratford Bass Basg today !!!

RH450 and Barefaced S12T .. Match made in heaven...And it's 4 ohm...And it looks like TC have fessed up and have said the RH450 is stable into 2.5 ish Ohms so you could always add another midget T or Compact.. But personally what I've got is quite loud enough...

Hi, Bring what you think other folks might find interesting... starts at 2 pm and ends sharp on 6 pm... Hope to see you there...

We're having one in Stratford upon Avon this Sunday if you can bear to come south of Redditch :-)

I've not been told that we need PAT testing.... So I presume not...

Sounds good.. Not sure about the power situation around the room so would be great if folk could bring power reels/extension cables with them.....

The First Law of Bands.. "No one is indispensible" .

I don't think anyone is saying that expensive gear is a substitute for talent/practice/commitment/feel in reality - although that is the implication being lofted by the OP. What I don't get is why apparently we have to choose between the two options... What I do sense is a bunch of hypocrisy about "other" people being materialistic dillettantes who somehow are compensating for a lack of talent by buying gear beyond their ability to play it simply to impress other people - presumably bass players. But apparently your nice gear is entirely appropriate to your needs/ambitions... We're mostly blokes, and mostly not luvvies who want, nay have to, emote about meaning and emotional content and the finer things of life. Blokes compensate by having stuff that implies all the emotional bollocks.. And gives us something to talk about.. Gear is simply the container that surrounds the subtext if I can be forgiven for mixing my metaphors.. Yes we can all improve more by working harder with the same stuff. We can also improve by feeling better about what we're playing and getting closer to "the tone/s". And surprise of surprises we can actually do both at the same time.. And I suspect 90% or more of the folk on here do both... [quote name='davey_one_visits' post='1371030' date='Sep 12 2011, 08:23 PM']I get that owning an instrument is technically materialistic but that wasn't my point. I was just saying that the focus on buying rucks of expensive gear instead of self improvement etc isnt the way forward. Like I said though, each to their own.[/quote]

I just tell people I got my Dingwall cheap because the frets were all wonky [quote name='Johnston' post='1370860' date='Sep 12 2011, 06:33 PM']OI I would resemble that comment I'm an infernal tinkerer. Cars, Computers, basses if there is something I fancy changing I change it. Hence why I ripped the active stuff out of one bass a) just to see and b ) because the pots were scratchy and I've since discovered one was actually falling apart. If it's got a buzz, hum or ratlle I will try and do whatever to sort it. Oddly I'm not the same with cars they can rattle hum and buzz all they want Some people feel better with high end gear just like some people prefer a new car over an old second hand one for piece of mind. Also depending on circumstance you may be expected to be seen with a bit of high end gear. People make first impressions with their eyes. A known brand like a Fender makes a different impression to someone than a Sue Ryder. Sometimes you want that first impression to count in a favourable way .[/quote]

Hardly very clever to point out the contradiction in your post when you said that a) you have nice gear and -b- materialism is a bad thing. (Irony mode on) we all individually apparently have appropriate gear it's just the other clowns who have gear that is beyond their ability to appreciate, and they'd be better off spending their money on lessons, or new ears, self improvement/pleasuring or whatever.... (Irony mode off).. [quote name='davey_one_visits' post='1370790' date='Sep 12 2011, 05:30 PM']Yes very clever but if I didn't own a bass I wouldn't be on here at all would I?[/quote]

Have you thought about using a lower/angled amp stand? But I suspect what Bill says is the core point - the quieter you are the less feedback you're going to get...

See highlights below.. Materialism is materialism whether you discuss it or not surely? [quote name='davey_one_visits' post='1370744' date='Sep 12 2011, 04:55 PM']Spot on. I've not been on here long but I have noticed a huge interest in gear and little interest in self improvement. It seems that the theory and technique section sometimes goes for ages without being touched. I'm always on the look out for worthwhile information being posted but have to trawl through pages of people showing off the gear they own or want to own. [color="#FF0000"]I own some nice stuff myself[/color] but I don't feel the need to discuss it on here at all. Each to their own I guess [color="#FF0000"]but materialism is a bad thing [/color]in my opinion.[/quote]

I oscillate between being a bit of a bass gear whore and a bit of a keyboards gear whore :-) I think most people like playing nice instruments, through an amp that is reliable, flexible, and does not weigh a ton... Inverted gear whoredom is still whoredom IMHO... "I play my one string bass made of driftwood, with a rusty nail and horseshoe magnet pickup, strung with baler twine through a 1956 3W radiogram and it still sounds better using my fingers than all your modern rubbish" ... (Irony mode off) [quote name='Dave Vader' post='1370670' date='Sep 12 2011, 04:24 PM']yes it is, I am a whore for guitars. Have a look at the crap on that there gear tab sir. (I do own 4 basses, need backups, 2 fretted, 2 fretless) EDIT: Oh my that page is old... but there's that P copy there, got rid of the one other bass I owned at the time, cos I only needed the P copy.[/quote]

Is this your website? [url="http://www.plasticsquirrel.co.uk/"]Gear[/url] The one with the "Gear" tab? [quote name='Dave Vader' post='1370643' date='Sep 12 2011, 04:14 PM']It cost me £30, and it's only been 20 years, but theory applies. Gets used more than anything else, probably cos I'm used to it. And being cleverly disguised as a 70s fender, people often tell me how great it is as well, ho ho ho. (and I play it through the cheapest rig I could get my hands on as well, GK backline through a pair of old Laney PA cabs, also sounds lovely thanks)[/quote]