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    Bump - no interest in this?
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    I've played a lot of Fenders (not Custom Shop, just regular MIJ and MIA ones) and by and large they've been good. My two main gigging basses are two modern-ish, secondhand USA basses which are very good, along with a USA strat and 1990s MIJ strat (also both secondhand) But I'd agree that there are also some which are pretty uninspiring to play. Not bad, just a bit nondescript. There are definitely lots of good ones out there tho I reckon. EDIT: Of course, i'm speaking as someone who wants just a decent, solid, passive bass that plays nicely, sounds good and which I can cart around pub gigs and functions etc. If you want a bass beyond that, then of course there are other basses that do more and better things for more money. Horses for courses etc.
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    Unless i'm particularly learning some new songs, i barely play between one gig/practice and the next. Kids/job seems to be the main reason!
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    I only had one precision from about 1994 till 2005, which i used for everything and took everywhere with me. It finally needed a refret and i bought another as a back up, since when many others have come, with a few becoming permanent residents. I could easily live with just one. But i like having a few to choose from. Saying that, having too much gear does panic me and makes me want to sell things! So amazingly somewhere between 'too many' and 'not enough' seems to be about right.
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    Volvo estate
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    Hello [b]NOW SOLD[/b] Having a clear out and not using this so it can go. It's an Aguilar Tonehammer DI and preamp pedal. It's basically the front end of a Tonehammer amp/EQ in pedal form. Just to clarify, this one also comes with the the Aguilar 18v adaptor, tho it can run from two 9v batteries (included) as well. The adaptor is a genuine Aguilar one, which itself cost £25 to buy, and which is an optional extra. The pedal is built like a tank, and in the same brilliant condition as when I bought from a fellow Basschatter. It has one small scuff on the side of the casing, and Velcro attached to the underside, but apart from that it's barely been used. Good pedal, lots of useful EQ and tones, as well as the AGS function which gives everything from a bit of warmth and grit, right up to some fuller distortion. I think I only used the pedal about half a dozen times to beef up a particular bass that I've since sold. Boxed, with manual and range of different ends to suit adaptor (international fittings I'd imagine). [s]Looking for £140[/s] [b]£125 posted[/b]. I'll knock a tenner off if anyone wants to collect from Leicester or thereabouts.
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    Ignore me - this has now sold elsewhere!
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    I play in two bands of different genres, but in both my playing is pretty prominent for the structure and drive of the songs. I've always ended up playing in bands with lots of space to fill onbass, so I have a chance to create some unusual and hopefully distinctive basslines as a result. Its usually really pumping, rhythmical and melodic, so if I can be considered to have a style I guess that is it, just by default really. I got a brilliant back handed compliment at a gig with my covers band recently. A bloke said: "that was great - you should just sing, your guitarist should play the bass and you should get someone else in on the guitar." Sort of managed to insult everyone bar the drummer.
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    Phil sorted me out with a lovely tort scratchplate. Good man to deal with and happy with my purchase!
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    Oh yeah and I sold a Squier MIJ silver series P bass I had while I was at university cos I had no money whatsoever. I ended up with £80 for it, to a bloke who worked at a secondhand shop.
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    A brand new bass I bought for £1300, but after nine months of gigging it I decided it really wasnt doing it for me and off it went. Ended up getting about £750 in a part ex for it. Ooh what a stinger that was. I got a lovely bass in exchange which softened the blow somewhat, and which I like to think has by now paid off some of the difference... Bugger tho innit.
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    Caught the tail end of something called Wolf Alice earlier on. No idea what the music was like but they were giving it some stick and having a ball, so might have to YouTube them. Also caught Baaba Maal follows by some kick ass Afrobeat stuff, but again didn't catch who they were. Sorry I'm not much help am I?
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    Thanks for all these responses - sorry i'd forgotten i'd posted this question! In terms of the current set up, its just not as clear or distinct sounding as my Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates-equipped strat. The BM's neck pickup I do like a lot, but back to back with my SD-equipped HSS strat, the bridge pickup is just a bit generic. Not by a huge margin in fairness, so it could be opening a whole Pandora's Box searching for some elusive tone in my head, when there's a very useable one right there. Hmm.
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    Hello, I'm mulling over swapping out the bridge pickup on my PRS Bernie Marsden, but not sure what might suit it - i see all sorts of pickups being described as 'working well with maple necks', or 'longer scale / seven-string guitars etc' I guess the BM is much like a Les Paul in construction, but with a slightly shorter 24.5" scale. I've got a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates in my strat, but that's deliberately chosen to be bright, hot vintage sounding in that guitar. Any experience of swapping out pickups in a PRS SE, and what did you find worked really well? I saw Whole Lotta Humbuckers mentioned once before, but haven't heard them first hand. Or I could just leave things as they are and enjoy playing!
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    Daveybass

    bassbiscuits replied to WarPig's topic in Feedback

    Just bought a comfort strap from Daveybass. Fast delivery, no fuss, item exactly as described. Good man.
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    [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1465755453' post='3070776'] I'm curious about this. Do tell, please. [/quote] Well, i've now got a whole new range of sounds at my fingertips with a hollow body, ranging from soft thunks acoustic bass, to more nasally hollow sounds, and some real fat woody thump. As a result, its made me approach my playing a bit differently when using it. Instead of going for all out thump and power as i normally do, i'm playing a bit more inventively to use the sounds on offer, which are quite distinct from the usual passive solid body tones i'm used to. I guess i'm saying that semi/hollow etc have sounds that aren't in solid basses (and vice versa of course) which are worth exploring.
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    was there a 'before' picture to compare?
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    Aye go on then - PM incoming...
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    Great basses, and very versatile - i have a gold one! Out of interest, how does the Hipshot bridge sit with the arch top body? Does it fit well? I've been considering the same mod but hadn't seen it done on one of these. GLTWS
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    It's a good tune. I do it with my band but it's a sod to sing in the original key while playing bass! We're still at the stage of rehearsing it, so I reckon once we've gigged it and let it settle in it'll be great.
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    It'll come back round to something to suit you, but as the other guys have said, take a break and let things take their course for a bit. At least then when something good comes along you'll have time to spend on it. I took a break of about two years out of playing about 2002-2004 after a messy band breakup - same thing of half the band wanting something different from the other half, and as soon as a pressurised situation came along Boom! It all fell apart quite acrimoniously. So yeah, enjoy the break, get back into your music for its own sake, not cos you're having to learn pub rock songs, and see how it pans out. Good luck with it fella!
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    I had a SGC Nanyo that i used for either rough and ready gigs, or when i was knackered and fancied a lightweight bass. Cheap ish (£200 IIRC) and very very cheerful!
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    PM'd
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    I have got away with using all sorts of (often less than perfect) stuff at gigs where there's back line provided, and that's fine from time to time due to the convenience etc. But that's different from actually going out of my way to buy any of that stuff. My Schroeder sounds immense, and isn't much bigger/heavier than most 1x12s anyway, so i'll keep on using that i think.
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    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1464945020' post='3063934'] So you're too loud, then? [/quote] Ha ha it depends who you ask! I don't often get asked to turn myself up, put it that way... Nah i'm pretty sensible, but as I play most often with just one guitarist in a trio, the bass and drums in my band have to cover a lot of ground... I love fat low end and i don't think many single 1x12s in my price range would give me enough headroom and 'girth' (is that the same as 'heft?')
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