stingrayPete1977

Harley-Davidson LE P Bass has almost certainly already been discussed before now?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1378126780' post='2195992'] But these aren't high-end instruments. Just expensive ones. [/quote] You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter!

If it's a slab then there are other ways to date it if need be, if it's contoured then it is an ebmm bass and worth an email to them for an exact date.

It looks really good!

That's fair enough then. Knowing how big the stagg is even when in it's bag i can't imagine the Harley Benton being that easy to transport, the stagg won't fit across the back seats or in the boot of our focus so it's still either seats down or into the foot well on the passenger side if I'm on my own.

The pre EB bridges got carried over onto the EBMM basses with some seen very late in the 80's so the main thing to look at is if the body is slab or contoured?

Quite late pre EB Pete, 1983 probably looking at this? [url="http://www.musicmanbass.org/mycustompage0011.htm"]http://www.musicmanbass.org/mycustompage0011.htm[/url]

I gig live with the stagg but never play it at home in favour of the db, as for which one I'm with maude, either!

What has 5 strings got to do with it?

Thats a bit tasty Floyd! I have just printed off some homework Geoff, walking basslines lesson one, I am learning to read more smoothly and improving my theory at the same time with your lessons, thanks again

This could be the new Mystery bassist thread! At least last time we had a picture, can you tell if he is playing a 4 or 5 string bass, class D amp or big Ampegy one, flats or roundwound etc, come on we want clues

OK first picture from an outing with the DB! picked up its first battle scar before we had even started from me throwing the lighting tripod at it touched up with a laminate floor repair pen this morning looks ok from 50 foot away! [url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130831_231335_zpsad78a9a1.jpg.html"][/url] I used both my F hole covers and my tail piece foam mute, no feedback at all which was good, shame we didnt get any time for a soundcheck as there was diners, I had a much nicer thumpy tone at practice but hey ho.

The used Stagg for £200 on here is a bargain! The Stagg is really portable and every time without fail that I have plugged it in it has sounded great even at gigs where my Stingray sounded poor for whatever reason, the other thing to concider is that you will buy a DB not long after, try and find a member here who hasn't!

I have just watched the clip you linked Geoff, Brilliant! This is one of my favourite clips and players on youtube. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdZkKO7wXf8[/media]

I guess the number of guitarists all depends on their attitude and ability, sometimes the attitude is a cover for their lack of ability. I was in a band called Crossfire (similar to someone elses band reading this ) the second guitarist was the lead vocalist and was quite a tidy player but really liked the guitar as a prop and was happy to strum along, the other guitarist was brilliant but totally volume driven, lead break crazy, between them it just about worked, [u]just[/u] though.

I am back in a band with one guitar for the first time in years, I love it! Some bits I make busier to fill in for a missing guitar, some bits he does more than he would as either gtr 1 or gtr 2. As long as we discuss any parts we are not happy with and work something out it is good or sometimes we decide the song is not worth it so we bin it and choose another , not an option for original material I know but for covers there are loads of songs out there to learn. We have a female singer singing songs not only sang by women so one guitar rather than 2 on the record (more like 3 tracks each in the studio!) is not really an issue. Almost every Bruno Mars track we have covered is in ERB on the CD yet always on a four string live, deciding where to sit the guitar and bass regarding octaves has been tricky and so far not played the same twice at the gigs

As for arguing against it, all the talk of it's not a legal requirement, ask to see the venues fixed wiring report to display the size of your penis and scare them into submission is what i meant rather than anyone suggesting the test itself is flawed, less of it this time as it's in repairs and technical rather than general discussion.

Why would anyone take the earth lead off? And as above ground lift is only between items like a di where it is earthed both ends and creates a loop, the earth connection from the socket to the chassis is fixed or should be hence why i just do a little test with a multi meter from the socket pin or plug pin on a combo amp for example where the lead is glanded off into the amp.

I prefer Pattitucci on double bass but I quite liked the groove mostly played by the guy who did the worst solo (mine are similar, awful).

Our gear is high risk, portable, used in anger quite often (drum stands on leads etc) and most importantly class 1 meaning that it is earthed. I too don't test delicate gear either but I do test the lead and use a multimeter to check continuity from the earth pin to the chassis on the device. Why we would argue about doing that once a year even if it cost you £2 per item I have no idea?

Perfect, they had one at the gate in sutton it sounded good, much better than my evo rig!

I'm loving these Geoff, just watched the two walking bass lines lessons and I'm right there somewhere ability wise and theory wise, first lesson I'm probably getting close to but the second one was pushing my limit so I can really focus on everything you have said there and I will download the exercises too. I have learnt more in the last week due to your clips than I have all year! Brilliant Can I make a suggestion? Bow lesson, I'm terrible with a bow but I think a lot of my trouble stems from incorrect bow tension and rosin application, if I could get a better sound from it I would be more inclined to practice scales with it. I might need to get a lesson with it just so a teacher can try my bows and show me where im going wrong?(Yita french carbon bow and free german bow that came with my gedo), ta.

That's fair enough I'd feel the same, just trying to juggle everything and everyone I guess. I'm sure he could have a bigger store, employ some kids, stock cheap christmas tat and have all the stuff pmt do but then we would lose another shop that sells rarer brands as floor space would dictate, I'm not sure I can take another shop full of fender basses and ashdown amps!

To be fair most of us are used to big stores like guitar guitar or pmt, this is a small unit stuffed with pro gear run by mostly one person so its not a place where you can wonder around while Mark shows someone a bass expecting one on one attention which you get if you ask.

Got my hat, f hole covers and foam behind the tail piece, I will report back after the gig!