stingrayPete1977

I don't like Foderas anyway, that one is just horrid imo.

Gedo are great, email them in english without worries, quite a few of us have them here, only one had a fingerboard that came unglued, Gedo sorted the problem swiftly iirc?. Mine is a solid top with Spiro strings and adjustable bridge fitted as upgrades from Gedo, that came in at over a thousand with postage but I don't see any reason why the totally ply versions wouldn't be a good buy.

Just how old is the ageing guy at Sandberg? Maybe his sight is going

They tend to come up just after you buy something else!

Yes no matter how badly they cut your hair they get paid a minimum wage, tips are more of a bonus than an income!

Much better than my shoe gazing

It depends on budget really?

Lol

I've gone from a Genz-Benz Shuttle 6.0 to a Shuttlemax 9.2 so technically thats a slight weight increase

My Jazz hasn't got volume for each or a selector, it's master volume then a pickup pan knob, stacked bass/treble. I always prefer a single volume knob to fade my volume down on stage, I'm yet to meet a passive bass I like, every one I've had has ended up with a circuit stuffed inside!

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1482339966' post='3199738'] Interesting Pete, I thought tips went against the grain in the UK. Blue [/quote] If you really like something it's not unheard of here, a decent waiter/ess service and we will leave a tip for example, people might give a few quid or a pack of beers etc for the milkmam,window cleaner,bin men etc etc

My East circuit gives no warning at all, but I always have a spare bass at a gig and a spare battery at a practice. Everytime I've had a total failure it's been a broken wire sort of deal, active/passive being irrelevant.

Unless you really need to go pre EQ too, can of worms opened

We have actually had some cash tips this year from punters and from land lords.

I would like to see a picture of someone playing it, even Dood would look like Suzi Quatro with it!

I think they have the same problem Yamaha do, other than possibly the Attitude the model numbers could be anything to anyone other than the initiated, BBNE2 could be a £179 with a practice amp even to other bass players, I only know what one is because someone else had one, I have used a 5 string Ibanez at practice for a couple of years, I am not sure what it is ! Gibson Thunderbird, Fender Jazz, Musicman Stingray, Warwick Thumb Bass, etc etc all have a known starting point before you look into the exact model be it chinese,japanese,korean,german,US,mexican etc. An SR535 and other variations always sound more like something you'd need a motorcycle licence to use rather than a plectrum

I think we would have done it at the full price somehow but we won't be taken for a ride, you've taught me well blue

People have been buying Gibson and Ricky basses for years for big money, I've never played a good one, neck dive, thick globby finish in the joins and the legendary binding bleed. If some one has their heart set on something they will buy it regardless.

Saturday's gig got cancelled by us due to the tiny area they wanted us in and the pay cut to play a shorter set. NYE is a private golf club party, one set straight through for 1h 45 mins, no slow songs. Why is it cool? It's more than twice the pay we normally get

The reality is that after around the £400 mark the quality starts to increase in quality is very small, I've never been totally blown away by anything, just bits of wood screwed together at the end of the day. I'm surprised to hear of bad frets though, the one thing I hear all the time is how nice the post 2008 and then 2012 necks are, mine is spot on.

And yet they are still in debt for millions!

For £69 a year between upto five band members I'd rather just have a specific one, again a venue is very unlikely to take your word about house insurance and what documentation would you give the venue? Doing it properly we now have a certificate of insurance with the band name at the top and all four members named on the policy, we can log on at any time to change band members, band name or add a dep for free with our spare fifth slot.

The other thing is as a member of casual bar staff you are unlikely to need to bring with you things like, a stage, electrical equipment, lighting rigs temporarily set up at height, heavy speakers on stands etc.

Looks like just a bit of fun actually.

I've seen some footage of Chad drumming for Baby Metal (very funny), was that for a full gig to cover man flu ridden drummer I wonder?