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[quote name='Mcdrewson' post='253809' date='Aug 3 2008, 05:31 PM']Cheers. That puts my mind at ease. It's been worrying me the past dew days and the rest of the band have been messing round telling everyone I've been ripped off and am actually playing an Encore with a Fender sticker![/quote] Yeah, That's what it is .. Give you a fiver for it?

[quote name='ben1' post='252972' date='Aug 1 2008, 08:34 PM']Some years back when I were a nipper......me and the old man put a cab together, a combination of 2 Eminence speakers, and their trusty manual. It comprised a 15' and 10' speaker. Each is 100 w (certainly no more than 150w) at 8ohm. Both wired to the same jack socket. I seem to remember it sounded nice once upon a time with a borrowed Fender BXR 400....but that was some 16years ago so those memories may be somewhat rose tinted! Anyway, I finished my band not short afterwards and as a result never picked up a head for it. Now I'm back playing at last, and in the market for a head - any ideas what sort of power rating I should be looking for ? As I don't want to be gigging with a second cab, would it be worth wiring up an individual input for each cone? Cheers, Ben[/quote] Ben, What's your budget? OG

Might be selling this now ... The Artec 2 band pre amp and Fender Pup are no longer in the bass (Artec and knobs are also available). It's got a noname aftermarket Pickup that sounds pretty good. I'll pop a for sale note up when I get some new pics..

[quote name='Machines' post='253806' date='Aug 3 2008, 05:25 PM']Old thread bump... but. I played a Jim Deacon P bass today for £99.. and it was really good. Cream with red tort pickguard, looked great. If I get the spare cash and this Hohner doesn't work out I might get one.[/quote] Yeah they are good ...

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='253692' date='Aug 3 2008, 12:37 PM']It's rare we play any mimed numbers.[/quote] Ha ha yeah I think he means the drummer mouthing the count ....

Try an Ashdown little giant 350 [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product.asp?id=8586"]http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product.asp?id=8586[/url]

[quote name='bottomfeed' post='249306' date='Jul 28 2008, 02:14 AM'] .... I'm liking me new Berg AE112's ....to my [i]biased[/i] ears it covers "a great deep smooth sound but still with enough detail" perfectly!... & god... it's so nice not breaking out in a sweat carting them up & down me stairs on a hot gigging day![/quote] +1 on 2 x AE112 I had a Schroeder 1212L before and that has very good a full round bottom Mid hump is prominent though ( I liked it but some hate it) Get yourself up to the BassDirect test bunker for a few hours ..

Take it back to the shop. The electrics on a Fender bass should last more than a year (no matter how long the warranty is) Sale of goods act covers this as things are expected to work for "a reasonable time". Just over a year from a bass is not "a reasonable time" by anyone's standards "An item only needs to last as long as it is reasonable to expect it to, taking into account all the factors. An oil filter would usually not last longer than a year but that would not mean it was unsatisfactory." [url="http://www.berr.gov.uk/consumers/fact-sheets/page38311.html"]Government web page on the Sale of Goods Act and faulty goods[/url] As there's Fenders on here that are 50 years old and still working I'd suggest to them that just over a year is totally unacceptable. If you want to ram home the point, go in first and browse a few things then ask the manager "how long do these things last, with string changes etc?" When he says "oh they go one for decades" you can go out to the car and get your broken one for them to fix free of charge. They can't duck the responsibility as the purchase contract was with them and not Fender or the distributor so it is their responsibility to fix it, at their cost. If they have half a mind to customer service they will do it anyway but you do have the law on your side .. You should take it in before fiddling with it or changing the pup if possible as they may duck it by saying you broke it and it's hard to prove you didn't if the bass has been customised.

If you are starting back gigging you may want to look more at what you need rather than starting from what you have .. I'd recommend you consider putting that cab back where it's been sleeping and try a modern combo or 9 before just going out and buying a head ... For the money a decnt head will cost there will be loads of 200-300 watt combos that will save your back, do the job well and sound great. Get one with an extension cab socket and you can take the old one with you for big gigs.

What are you looking to get?

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='253446' date='Aug 2 2008, 06:54 PM']Got a rehearsal next Thursday to get the strings nice and grubby so they don't go ZING. We're playing a private Party on Sunday night so I'll take her along then. Can't wait [/quote] Full report please!!!

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='253410' date='Aug 2 2008, 05:31 PM']Thanks Si and thanks for all your advice. I owe you a pint!! A Shuker P5 Club sounds cool. I guess I'm Member #2!! Were your ears burning earlier? Your name cropped up a few times while I was talking to Jon. Ruby says Hi too [/quote] Ha ha hard to tell I got them sunburned on Friday betwen the showers So how's his new workshop? Looked nice on the telly .. And, much more importantly, when does Blue Alice get to play a gig?

Oh excellent! Brilliant ... I guess we should start the BC Shuker P5 club

[quote name='thebeat' post='252396' date='Jul 31 2008, 10:42 PM']\ points and laughs/... To paraphrase Karl Marx ; 'i wouldn't join any club/political party, that would have me as a member[/quote] Oh those Marx Brothers! Did Karl say that before or after Groucho?

[quote name='beerdragon' post='253075' date='Aug 2 2008, 12:47 AM']Another local Pub, went down well and got compliments off the guitarist and drummer how good the sound i'm getting is. damn hot though, i'm wondering if it's worth investing in a fan. it;s good fun though .[/quote] +1 get a fan. I've found these "air circulator" type ones are great 'cos you can point them up at your hands. There's 4 in our band

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='253127' date='Aug 2 2008, 07:47 AM']You didn't.... I've blown your cool bassplayer cover.... and mine [/quote] Ha ha Never been cool, Too chilled to worry about it Actually I stopped trainspotting abut 40 years ago, having never seen a real Deltic loco, but when I tripped over a description of the engine this year I was so enthralled at the very British bonkers design of it that I read up on it, and [i]borrowed[/i] that animation

[quote name='Jase' post='253081' date='Aug 2 2008, 12:56 AM']Shoegazing.......reminds me of a review a young lady gave of our original band...well the first "version" of it: Zombie Prom Club - Multi Storey Earthworm - Newport TJ's 14/11/06 "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." Milton was wrong. There's no dreaming yourself away to an imaginary paradise when the likes of Multi Storey Earthworm are on stage. There's no escape. No vocals, lots of gazing at the floor, directionless hippie guitar-noodling and beards. BEARDS. (When I rule the world, bands with beards will be taken outside and shot without trial -- but that's a whole other rant.) Honestly, this sort of thing is fine in the privacy of one's own garage, but subjecting the rest of us to it is just plain cruel. Jessica Trash. So....no dancing for me. [/quote] Ha ha classic

[quote name='chris_b' post='251081' date='Jul 30 2008, 10:23 AM']Marry a woman with small hands.[/quote] I never did understand that. Her hand size will be the same and her perception of your [i]bass[/i] size will be informed by her experience with oither people's [i]basses[/i] and how huge they look compared to yours, relative to her hands. The only one fooled will be you (and anyone you show the pictures to ...) Or do women's hands relate to the size of their [i]basses[/i], the same way men's feet and hands do? I guess that would make sence, well, for a while anyway.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='251070' date='Jul 30 2008, 10:06 AM'] Oooh.... it's a diagram of a Napier Deltic engine. Bloody trainspotters :-)[/quote] Oh thanks.. I thought it was an orange juicing machine .. Yours Sincerely, Ian Allen,

[quote name='BassMunkee' post='251203' date='Jul 30 2008, 12:07 PM']Being of a fairly "Shoegazey" disposition it's very unlikely that I would move at all to be honest - maybe the odd bit of rocking back and forth to the beat but otherwise it's heads down people.[/quote] Tie some shoes to a handy exit sign at the back of the hall ... Then you can shoe gaze [i]and[/i] look like you are looking at the audience Dancing may come easier then

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='251035' date='Jul 30 2008, 09:18 AM']It could be said my jubblies are of an elevated persuasion. Esepecially now when I'm around that particular singer [/quote] You need to wear your bass lower So [i]that's[/i] why you haven't left that band yet then... see the truth will out

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='250930' date='Jul 29 2008, 11:26 PM']I dance like a mofo in the first verse of this one.[/quote] Ha ha yeah! Just gave me some ideas for All Right Now and Honky Tonk Woman where's there's no bass in the verse - Dance like a nut!

[quote name='budget bassist' post='250981' date='Jul 30 2008, 01:36 AM']I thought gaffa tape was black and duct tape silver.... maybe that's just me picking things up from nowhere though?[/quote] Nah it's way more complex than that What have Gaffa/Duct/Duck/Tank/Gaffer tape and The Force got in common? There's a dark side and a light side and they hold the universe together ...

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='250824' date='Jul 29 2008, 09:24 PM']I'm pretty sure the brand of Gaffa tape I buy is by a company called Duck, or it's sold under Duck branding...so technically this [url="http://www.duckproducts.com"]Duck Tape[/url] could be causing some confusion[/quote] Yup Its not cut n dried .. or even ripped and stuck

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='248888' date='Jul 27 2008, 01:19 PM']Yes on the link: [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/bassguitars4.html"]http://www.rondomusic.com/bassguitars4.html[/url] I'd check on here and TB re sound, I'd suspect no, most seem to at least mod the PU[/quote] They sound Ok straight off, I found adding the £25 Gotoh 203 bridge (Fender bent tin look alike) made a significant difference but the stock pups seem Ok The rest is Ok as it it is, too, or that's what I thought anyway.