sambassman

It has to be Stuart Zender!

i used to have to change my strings once a month. but with elixirs, i dont hhave to be changed for between 3 - 5 month. although they dont sound as "zingy" as say d'addario's, they deffinatly keep their tone!

[quote name='Machines' post='1308165' date='Jul 18 2011, 06:06 PM']My turn to chip in ! My brand new L-2000 Tribute Carved Top. I must say - it is a revelation, it sounds like lots of basses i've owned, but none of them have been able to do more than one thing. This does everything. I got it from Bass Direct a few weeks ago after being curious and asking Mark to get one of these Carved Tops in. When I got there it hadn't turned up, so I played a Walnut Stain one instead which was awesome. I waited around 6 hours (it's not like there was nothing to look at!) and the courier came, got it out the box and decided there and then it was coming home. It's first gig coming up this Saturday . [/quote] beautiful

[quote name='sambassman' post='1135304' date='Feb 21 2011, 12:54 PM']Hiya all! Iv just turned 18 and been playing for about 3 n a half years. Right now im playing my "customised" fender jazz bass and a musicman stingray through a trace elliot AH400SMX and a 2x10 and 1x15 setup. before this i had a mexican fender jazz which served me well for a few years. my "customised" fender jazz is a usa 2003. was a highway one which i picked up second hand from a local music shop for £450. it was a complete mess. half of the paint work had come off, a bit of a messy colour to start with, high action, and the bridge saddles were stuck so i couldnt adjust the action, neck was like a bannana and the body had been through a lot. i bought it with the intention of doing it up. and that i did. i had the neck streightened new brige saddles stripped the paintwork replaced pickups with fender custom shops and use without scratch plate. now it plays like a dream and looks pretty good too. ill put up some pictures soon [/quote] [attachment=85062:281797_1...922734_n.jpg] my beautiful jazz bass (sorry about the bad light) [attachment=85059:Photo_0054_e1.jpg] my rig. mon the trace. [attachment=85060:sex_wall.jpg] heres my family, G&L L2500, Fender Jazz, Musicman Stingray

[quote name='D-COOPER' post='286421' date='Sep 18 2008, 08:44 AM']All absolutely gorgeous!!In my opinion G&L's are still a bit of a secret to a lot of bass players.If you accept that Leo Fender had an ethos of continual development and improvement then these basses are the best he ever designed(he said so himself!!).I have an old El Toro but would love to get an L2500.[/quote] This is quite true unfortunatly. I was telling some of the local bass players about me purchasing a G&L L2500, and they're all like "a what?". in my opinion theyre just as good as fenders/musicman etc. seriously under-rated instruments!!!!

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1307557' date='Jul 18 2011, 10:48 AM']Oh... people will hate me for this. But any Mexican Fenders I have tried, I've found them to be utter sh|te. Sorry.[/quote] I think i was also lucky with my 2007 mexican purchase, infact id say that my mexican jazz played and felt better than my USA jazz. build quality was also shithot. but obviously the sound of the USA jazz is much superior to the mex. my only issue with my mexican jazz was that the tuners were a touch wobbly

that guy form pendulum was using a warwick robert trujio sig i think. i thought that was pretty cool

[quote name='Big_Stu' post='1230534' date='May 13 2011, 10:47 PM']Can't make the gig, but if you're in early, around lunchtime-ish, to check out the venue I'll happily stand you a good-luck pint. They do an excellent Peroni.[/quote]N Our soundcheck is a little later than expected mate. It's gunnar be more like 5 when we get our check. So immay not see you there. But cheers anyway chap!

[quote name='Big_Stu' post='1232186' date='May 15 2011, 05:09 PM']Last gig I went to there (Quireboys IIRC) they closed the hall/bar at 3pm to start the sound-checks, but dunno if that's always the case. I'll be in anyway before then.[/quote] yeh sound check was that time last time i played there so im guessing its gunna be a similar time on friday