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[quote name='dan670844' post='888997' date='Jul 7 2010, 09:52 PM']I cannot understand the hype with old Fenders, I love Jazzers its all I play but don't forget its a mass produced item abeit a good one. Yes the old ones where better, the necks are easier to play, (but they curl and warp so easily thats why they changed them) the pickups where amazing but you can get seymours and Wizard 62's which are just as good[/quote] Mojo.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='889070' date='Jul 7 2010, 10:49 PM']I like Johnson necks, they are like half a baseball bat. Dislike the headstock shape though.[/quote] You could carve it into the shape of a coffin I have a harmonica made by Johnson.. Seems a bit odd to put that in your mouth...

Volume certainly hides a plethora of technique and bass setup problems, thank gawd I like the "hair under strap" idea Must try that when mine grows back... Meanwhile another way to hear your bass "sans amp" is to press part of it against a piece of furniture with some kind of cavity. Say a bookcase or wardrobe or even a wooden table. This gives just a little resonance and volume..

[quote name='Geek99' post='888430' date='Jul 7 2010, 01:51 PM']I may be missing something but the media section just seems to contain photos? Site works quite well on a blackberry btw[/quote] Could be cos, on aPC, you have to hover over the main menu heading for media to get to the subsections of Videos. music and transcriptions. PM'd with ideas to make this a little easier

Well I'm a big fan of their stuff and they had a big laugh at bassplayers in hats They are fans of the old guys: Andy Fraser, Jack the Bruce and the Ox They were greatly interested in Marcus and his Porkpie...

Those wonderful and not mad at all hatters at [url="http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/"]Village Hats[/url] have given us a special discount code just for us. If you've not taken a wander through their site you should. Great hats at very good prices and excellent service. So....... The Basschat Special Bassplayers In Hats discount at [url="http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/"]Village Hats[/url] is [size=4][color="#FF0000"]BASS10[/color][/size] It will work for the next 7 days ([color="#FF0000"]expires 14th of July[/color]) so act fast. Very nice of them, eh? T's & C's: It will not work on sale items or on their wholesale section. Fair enough They have 14 types of [url="http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/Pork-Pie-Hats-C_porkpie_hats/"]Porkpie Hat[/url] for goodness sake! [url="http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/Trilby-Hats-Ctrilby_hats/"]Trilbies for Babyshambles fans[/url] and well cool [url="http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/Flat-Caps-Cflat_caps/"]flat caps..[/url]

The Basschat Special Bassplayers In Hats discount at [url="http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/"]Village Hats[/url] is [size=4][color="#FF0000"]BASS10[/color][/size] It will work for the next 7 days ([color="#FF0000"]expires 14th of July[/color]) so act fast. Very nice of them eh? T's & C's: It will not work on sale items or on their wholesale section. Fair enough

"no messy volume controls" Handy

[quote name='Rich' post='887745' date='Jul 6 2010, 08:25 PM']Well sure, I'd love the real thing. But I can't afford the real thing Added to which, there's no way I'd take a pair of real Raybans anywhere near a Destroyers stage [/quote] Yeah! Dangerous stages, those

[quote name='Alfie' post='887731' date='Jul 6 2010, 08:13 PM']I have been contemplating that bright green fez for a a while, but then Doctor Who started wearing a fez and it put me off. [/quote] Oh go for it! Dr Who's will be forgotten by the time he returns in the glorious Christmas special ... His got shot by Dr Riverdance or whatever her name is...

Stop press. [size=4][color="#8B0000"]Hold your oders chaps.[/color][/size] I'm talking to Village Hats about a Basschat special discount code. I guess it won't apply to sale prices but just in case give me a few days to see if I can got it through quickly. Cheers Old Hat Git

Came up in conversation yesterday. Anyone do a blues rock conversion job on it? Don't really want to do it as they do 'cos we "adjust" stuff as a style thang...

Summer sale at Village Hats.... [url="http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/Sale-Hats-CSALE/"]http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/Sale-Hats-CSALE/[/url] Some good stuff for us Bass Players in Hats there... Stop Press!!!!! Just chatting to them about a special Bassplayers in Hats discount. Maybe hold your orders for a few days... OK here it is "[b]BASS10[/b] is the discount code. It will work for the next 7 days (expires 14th of July) so act fast. Just a heads up, it will not work on sale items or on our wholesale section."

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='887140' date='Jul 6 2010, 11:45 AM']I understand that Crez, but the OP stated "[i]after being slated at practice this weekend for having three year old strings on my P-Bass[/i]" so clearly this is about other band members noticing.[/quote] Zactly... Maybe the OP doesn't want to engage in that discussion.

Tea chest / bucket bass sounds like a top idea for entertaining busking. Cheap too.. I'd do that. However if you still want to play electictric I have a [url="http://www.reddogmusic.co.uk/Guitars-Amps-and-Effects/Guitar-Amps/Acoustic-Amps/Crate-TX15-Taxi.html?origin=googlebase"]Crate Taxi 15 watt battery amp[/url] (I generally don't use it for bass though) and it's fine. Battries last a fair few hurs and it recharges fast so you coud nip into a cafe and recharge it over lunch. £100 new, generaly around £50 used on Ebay. There's a big version too. 30 watts called the Limosin and a new one called the [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/10710"]Tx50DB with digital effects[/url].. . So for a tenner more than the battery inverter thing you get a proper busking amp and several less things to carry. I strap mine to my bike's rear carrier and leave it on there (playing harmonica) to make it easier to move. Thay also have the

[quote name='endorka' post='887076' date='Jul 6 2010, 10:35 AM']Some good ones this week, from Jah Wobble :-) God In The Beginning Becoming More Like God I'm An Algerian Amor Take Me To God All most excellent, simple enough to play when you know them, but great note choices, rhythm and feel. I'm sure he plays as much on the deeper strings as possible to get a fatter sound. And also, "It's My Life" from Talk Talk. Great line, I'm still trying to work out a good fingering so I can play the bridge smoothly. Jennifer[/quote] Wobble is so different. Great stuff.

...and the synth at the end sounds like they've been watching Pingu

So where do all the old strings go? I know some charities make jewelry out of celebrity players' old strings and sell them to raise funds but what else can we do? We should have a string re-cycling thread. There must be hundreds of people on here who'd be very glad have a set of one month old strings for free or postage rather than them going in the re-cycling. There was a charity taking them to Africa (where guitarist often use bike cables and fence wire as strings, I kid you not) but they ran into problems with the governments and transport from the city to the bush where they are needed most.

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[quote name='Kongo' post='886944' date='Jul 6 2010, 01:35 AM']They came on my Ibanez BTB665mp a few years ago, Nanoweb. Dunno if they changed them but they just felt...well...tubey. That's just me tho, I'm used to raw steel I guess, shame, cause they could save me a LOT of money, I may try some again, come to think of it, I ain't tried em on my Yamaha TRB yet...being a much better bass the tone and feel could work well...It also slightly rejects my usual D'addario Pro Steels something fierce, so I'm on the lookout. And YES! That site does indeed illustrate and list my ideas in full! Awesome so it has been made and it DOES work! "denatured alcohol" That's the one...Hmmm gonna have to build one of these when I can now, although for it to work you can't use Elixirs, defeats the object. My guess is tho that maybe you'd wanna take em off in 2 weeks time to clean them depending how long you've played the strings, as a month could have corrosion set in, and no alcohol is gonna sort that.[/quote] Someone on here has a cleaning tube and is very enthusiastic .. I just can't remember who. If you need to know try "boiling strings" in the search page. It's in one of the older threads... Ibanez fit nano Elixirs as standad, or did. I like 'em, even when they go hairy

[quote name='goblin' post='886935' date='Jul 6 2010, 01:14 AM']Got round to learning 'I Wish' and 'Sir Duke' today. They're pretty fun lines to play.[/quote] I Wish is on the tah dooo list I'm building a new blues rock band with a fine guitarist So far we have worked on lots of John Mayer live versions and that's been full of nice surprises. [url="http://www.laineygossip.com/John_Mayer_racist_interrupts_Kumail_Nanjiani.aspx"]Though Mayer is a bit of a dork.[/url] My respect for Pino was already well developed but it's now finding a new level. He plays so much in the trio live stuff, and with such a bassy tone, that working out all the extra ghost notes, little percussive bits and feel and groove additions he's doing is challenging. I'll not be doing them all live myself but it's a good exercise in trio bass playing. The songs themselves are Ok and root note versions are in not difficult, it's all the rest that's stretching me right now. A lot of it I assumed was drums or maybe tapped low organ stuff but, on closer examination it turns out to be bass (unless there's some naughty overdubbing going on)

[quote name='Kongo' post='886899' date='Jul 6 2010, 12:07 AM']:-O ...Trilogy...Is that you? *shakes head to wake up*...no...a dream...damn, before scratch-plate change, knobs etc that's exactly how she looked...with the maple on that is... Cept, this one being an Actual Fender would have more weight to the body giving it that solid anchor I love, but mine misses (the body is a Squier). OMG! That maple has such NICE GRAIN!!! But see I don't get it...technically it's an old, flawed, lacking options, simple design...yet I love it![/quote] Yup He got it "Right Second Time" .. I'll not tell you the spcs of that one. You'll only get upset

[quote name='Kongo' post='886881' date='Jul 5 2010, 11:47 PM']Oh so it was, I do apologise I didn't realise hehe...I jus saw some nice P-basses and it sent me off on one. Mmmm black with Maple...such a quality, if simple combo. Now is not the time to tempt me with sales when I'm saving to go Spain, but thanks for GASsin me up. [/quote] Don't look here then ... [attachment=53664:IMG_6868.JPG]

[quote name='Kongo' post='886852' date='Jul 5 2010, 11:28 PM']Mmmm...Red one in the middle wins...because it has a Maple Fingerboard...Mmm Maple... I jus been spending an entire evening with my P-bass...they are...INFECTIOUS!!! I dunno...maybe it's maturing after playing for about 8 years but if you gave me a P-bass to play 5 years ago I would have started spewing such hot flames! How DARE you give me this outdated, single pickup, woody wood wood walk the plank sounding, 20 fret bass! What was my problem? I now LOOOOOVE My P-bass I put together from parts (DiMarzio Will Power equipped ), I think all you guys who get to play music in a band using a P-bass are lucky...they are a one trick pony...but the one tone they get they do it so well and it seems to work in any style. The power, the woody "meat and potatoes" sound, the girth and grit of the tone, especially when driven hard and using stupid wide bends, daring the string to break...I crave it!!! My main bass is a Yamaha TRB6II which I adore and it works very well in my band and does all I need and then some. Yet despite this, my P-bass is on par in terms of favorite...there's a fair few £K in cost between them! I'll post a pic of my P-bass on here tomorrow maybe, I feel it deserves as much, hopefully I've got one when it had it's maple on...It wasn't that great a neck and didn't survive the winter I'm afraid so it has a Squier rosewood one on for now...still plays nice but...there's a HUGE difference in tone since switching. Slight more Girth to the tone, but less snap if that makes sense? I think it sounded, played and looked better with maple...It's black finish and white pearloid scratch-plate...Excuse me, I do believe it still needs some playing. Give in...DO IT!!![/quote] Ha ha Well that picture was a looooooong time ago Still have my Shuker 5 string Precision, of course, but my Wood n Tronics Ergon PJ now covers the posh four string department and a Japanese modded 62RI is the jam bass. I have a bunch of P's for sale, of course, including a fabbo 57 in Black with a Maple neck, Kongo

[quote name='Kongo' post='886792' date='Jul 5 2010, 10:42 PM']Every month I change mine...I'm real picky on the tone and feel. Dunno if u notice but strings start to feel swampy after a month or so, as well as having a dull tone to em, I love the velvet tone of new strings. But as my main bass is a 6-string this can be costly. I did try Elixirs but they both don't have the tone or feel or non-coated string. Felt like a plastic tube to me, but this is personal experience and preference. I might try and break myself into changing them quarterly but...they just go so dull...many brands I have tried do this, my preferred brand have the longest life for my skin Ph. When I was in Music college my cash flow was...very low! So I used to boil them, and it works real well...for a short time. But I then noticed not only does boiling strings make them smell FOUL after a few times, it also weakens them. I did have an idea for making a string cleaning tube using alcoholic substance but never got round to making one to try it...that being said, I doubt I'm the only one and if someone has I'd like to know if it works...technically it should, and without temp change shouldn't weaken the strings any faster than they normally do through fatigue. A good 24-48 hour soak would work wonders![/quote] Was that the orginal Elixirs? They were horrible but the second version - the Nano's are much less like plastic tubes. There was a post on the cleaning tube in one of the "boiling strings" threads. Can't find it now.. [url="http://www.tunemybass.com/strings/how_to_clean_bass_strings.html"]This site[/url] is good on the subject including [url="http://www.tunemybass.com/strings/bass_string_cleaning_tube.html"]The Tube[/url]