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First bass I ever played was one I made in 1961. It was the shape of a Fender Precision, which was copied from the sleeve of the Shadows first album. It had shop bought tuners, bridge and strings but used the earpieces from a WW2 German flying helmet as the pickups. First bass I owned was a semi-acoustic Framus Star Bass, small body, short scale version. It cost £45 new.

1978 supplied from new with a jazz neck.

[quote name='hitmanhayes' post='94820' date='Nov 26 2007, 10:23 PM']just wondering if you have to put the bass in the hold. if so must be a long nervous flight![/quote] I took an SR5 from Gatwick to Austin, Texas and back in a Hiscox case in the hold. No nerves, no problems.

Welcome from an ex-pat Cornishman.

Don't ask the seller to undervalue anything. It is illegal both in the USA and here. If you need to make an insurance claim you will lose out. If The Epifani head that I won on US eBay was such a good deal that Customs asked to see a copy of the Paypal payment details so as to verify that the declared value was correct. They are allegedly not stupid although they did manage to lose 25 million bank account details.

Suzi Quatro Phil Lynott Keith Grant (The Downliners Sect) Chip Hawkes (The Tremeloes) TM Stevens Sheryl Crow

Would it help if I sent you a Speakon to Jack so you can try all the different combinations? - Amp jack output to new cab Speakon - Amp Speakon output to old cab jack

I meant to add that we are at the "Live and Let Live" in Guildford on December 8th.

Welcome. They are quite a few members in the area.

Is this it?

I have a red tort, at least that what I think it is that was on mine when I bought it, which i don't want if you want to try it.

[quote name='BB2000' post='92661' date='Nov 22 2007, 12:18 PM']I think the last batch I got were from rapid. Just checked - they're £4.08 inc. VAT (£3.47 exc) (10+ from Rapid). However, I must have got them somewhere else since they don't have the right angle ones (RX-AU-silent) and I bought some of these as well. In any case £8 for the planet ones is a bit mutch.[/quote] As long as you buy 10 off you can get that sort of price but if you only want one then you are going to pay a good deal more, especially when you include VAT and carriage and VAT on the carriage. If anyone wants just one of either the straight or right-angle silent jacks then pm me.

[quote name='BB2000' post='92618' date='Nov 22 2007, 11:24 AM']£8 - that's a bit steep. Neutrik do a silent jack (NP2C-AU-Silent) that usually retails for about £3.50.[/quote] Where and does that include postage?

I think that is a 1510X I quote from the catalogue: "Although usable as a full range enclosure, the 1510X is designed specifically for use in a bi-amped system. It's 15" and 10" drivers produce sparkling highs and deep, tight lows. Power rating 300 Watts / Impedance 8 Ohms / H 780mm / W 610mm / D470mm / Weight 48Kg/106 lbs." I guess that each driver is 8-ohms and there should be separate input (not output) connectors for each driver.

A postscript to this little saga. Last week I got an email from Hipshot saying they were sending me a smaller bushing. It arrived today, was the same diameter as the stock tuner and had the same thread as the Xtender. I've just fitted it without modifying the bass and it is working perfectly. The only thing is that the bush and washer are chrome whereas the stock items are satin finish. I'm not sure that anyone will notice. If anyone is considering ordering one directly from Hipshot check the diameter of the bush in your bass and specify accordingly.

Old valve PA head. 100-watts. Tone controls are a bit restrictive with only bass and treble. It'll work with a bass but better with a guitar however the power stage will do for anything so you might need a better pre-amp. Slmer had a range of valve amps including the Treble'N' bass 50, Zodiac and the PA100. All very similar architecture. Prices vary depending on condition. For £200 it would need to be in good working order. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SELMER-P-A-100SV_W0QQitemZ270184060875"]A PA100 went on eBay for £33 at the weekend. [/url] but a Zodiac 100 went for £261 recently. Old PA heads are a great way to get into valve amps however you need to get them thoroughly checked over by a qualified technician before putting it anywhere near a National Grid Interface connector.

[quote name='charic' post='90341' date='Nov 18 2007, 04:41 PM']Biggest response ive seen was to Status Quo - Rocking all over the world the band hated playing it as it was just for a joke but it backfired when the entire function room stood up and moved to the dance floor lol[/quote] We do a couple of Quo numbers and are not ashamed of it. This does raise the bigger question however as to why do band members so dislike playing the songs that the paying punters like. I could reel off a whole list of popular numbers that my fellow band member just will not do. It's a kind of musical snobbery.

[quote name='BeLow' post='90156' date='Nov 18 2007, 10:20 AM']That said I quite like playing Mustang Sally which others find hateful for probably the same reasons you mention on SHA Dave![/quote] I'm with you on that. Get them right and they rock. Actually it's the guitarists who get bored and can't be bothered to do them properly.

Interesting list. Have you thought about who your target audience is? Age, etc.? We've found that occasionally our set list can empty a pub rather than fill it because of the age group we target. Are you aiming at Joe Public in general, the Musos of your area, the 50/60 somethings or are you just playing what you want to play because you like the numbers? We are always looking for songs that are not the obvious choice or which other bands do all do. For example we opted not to do All Right Now, only as a request, as everyone else does it and do Wishing Well instead.

[quote name='BeLow' post='90142' date='Nov 18 2007, 09:47 AM']Sweet home Alabama is a horrible song in bass playing terms, it feels a bit like running fingernails down a blackboard to me - but 'the customer is never wrong'[/quote] The problem with SHA is that nobody ever takes the trouble to analyse it and play it properly. It has three different sections that require everyone to work together to get right and makes it interesting.

[quote name='synaesthesia' post='88060' date='Nov 13 2007, 08:16 PM']Yeah it was wierd last World Cup. You could hear shouts of "goal" in the neighbourhood and then my digital TV showed that the ball went in..... Well we are in the digital age and the analogue dinosaurs will get less and less. I can hear a delay in my wireless though most of the believers will tell you there is no latency.[/quote] Just remember digital is not always better.

[quote name='synaesthesia' post='87979' date='Nov 13 2007, 05:46 PM']Been there done it bought the bluetooth thingys. See post in talkbass sometime ago. The data rate is not good enough..... [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4056795#post4056795"][url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...795#post4056795"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...795#post4056795[/url][/url] What is curious is that these things are normally in the computer gamester's arena.... don't the fingers, the audio and the visuals need to sync CRUCIALLY in video games? I look forward to a higher spec implementation of Bluetooth.[/quote] I regret to say that any form of compression introduces delay. Just have Freeview and Analogue Terrestrial TV on together. Live TV will be a thing of the past when analogue switch-off happens because it will always be delayed. Long live analogue.

Welcome.