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[quote name='karlbbb' post='167441' date='Apr 1 2008, 08:43 AM']Thanks yorks5stringer. I'd looked at the deluxe and was tempted, but I was hoping to just go for a passive bass, and I'd really like it to come with a pickguard etc as I'm none too skilled with a drill.[/quote] You mean you'd fit a scratch plate to that bass? nooooooooo don't do that

[quote name='thedarxide' post='167476' date='Apr 1 2008, 09:27 AM']I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you I wish I hadn't come into this thread. I must have that natural finish one. Any idea's what $169 would work out as? I'm not sure what the relevant taxes would be.[/quote] You see what happened to the rest of us SX fans ... There's a complex algorithm for working it all out but the $110 ones work out under £150 when you've paid all the bits so add £30 to that for extra for the bass. Postage is the same but you still need to pay the extra VAT and duty on the £30 so that's around £10 more.. Add it all up and it will probably come in under £200.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='167354' date='Mar 31 2008, 11:13 PM']Or you could go for one of these, all be it it a bit more than £200, you should be able to get one for £215 at SC [url="http://musical-instruments.search.ebay.co.uk/squier-5-string_Bass_W0QQa14ZQ2d24QQa30482ZQ2d24QQa53ZQ2d24QQa6ZQ2d24QQalistZa6Q2ca51Q2ca14Q2ca3801Q2ca53Q2ca30482Q2ca55765QQcatrefZC6QQdfspZ32QQfposZPostcodeQQfromZR2QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ32QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQga10244Z10425QQgcsZ2126QQpf_queryZsquierQ205Q20stringQQpfidZ3128QQpfmodeZ1QQreqtypeZ2QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ4713QQsadisZ200QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ3QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbs"]http://musical-instruments.search.ebay.co....gZ1QQsofocusZbs[/url][/quote] Yeah they are really nice. I've played one a couple of times at a jam session and it feels like a much more expensive bass. The EQ is a tad harsh at the top but nothing you can't temper with a slight knob twist.

This is good: It's for gu1t@rists, really , but relevant for us too. I especially liked the clear explaination of triads From iSound [url="http://www.isound.com/artist_blog/some_suggestions_for_chord_playing"]http://www.isound.com/artist_blog/some_sug...r_chord_playing[/url] [b]Some suggestions for chord playing[/b] Very often the key to getting tracks to sit well in the mix or be heard without over powering the other parts lies in the playing and not the tone, effects, gain, etc... Color your roots. It isnt always necessary to play full chords. Very often you muddy the mix by doubling the bass part. When working with a bass player try playing chord forms that dont have the root note as the bass or leaving out the root note all together. To do this you will have to change the way that you look at chords. Instead of thinking of them as finger shapes learn to see them as harmony to the melody and the bass line. A brief lesson in harmonic structure In every key there are 3 major, 3 minor and 1 minor flat 5 a.k.a. half diminish chords that naturally occur. In the key of C the major chords or triads for C are C F & G. The minor triads are D minor E minor & A minor, and the half diminish is B diminish (B minor flat5). The triads are formed by harmonizing or playing 3 notes together. T he formula for a triad is simply every other note of the scale up to 3 notes. Think of tri meaning three, and ad as in to ad together; equals adding three notes together, and youve got the idea. For example the C scale is C D E F G A B C. You create the first triad (chord) by harmonizing the notes C E & G (the C major chord). The second triad would be D F A (the D minor chord), and so on. The first note of the triad names the chord. For example the triad E G B is called the E minor chord. FYI You can play any triad three different ways, The first is Root Position meaning the root note (the note that names the triad) is the lowest note. For example the notes low to high for the C major triad would be C E G. The second is First Inversion meaning the second note of the triad is the lowest note ex. E G C. The third is called Second Inversion with the third note of the triad being the lowest note ex. G C E.

Oh and Crez5150 has a couple of recent Lake Placid Blue SX jazz 5 strings if you want an opinion on the quality, B string, etc ...

[quote name='karlbbb' post='167328' date='Mar 31 2008, 10:41 PM']The natural one looks amazing, but I'm really unsure about getting a bass imported. I've never done that before. I'm not looking to purchase [i]just[/i] yet, but hopefully by summer. I just had a quick look through the sticky of "Importing basses" but it didn't really give me a clue about how everything works, just how to calculate costs. Are the Affinity series [b]really[/b] that bad?[/quote] Can't help you with the Affinty Squiers but there are a few of us on here who have imported SXs from Rondo Music in the US. The process works fine. It takes about 6 -10 days for the bass to arrive. You pay with paypal for the bass and postage then when it shows up you either get a letter saying "we've got it, come and pay the duty to free its wooden bottom from the slammer" or the courier delivers it to you and you get a bill a few days later for the duty and VAT ... The calculation is a bit complex but the SXs that cost $110 end up costing around £140 all in depnding on the exchange rate ... Well under £200 though. Have a look through here for inspiration and peope to ask: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11567&hl=sx+gallery"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;hl=sx+gallery[/url] OG

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Linus27, What's your budget for your amplification? Oh and you get a lot more bang for your buck is you buy used.

Easy peasy An SX from Rondo... [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/sjb6241.html"]http://www.rondomusic.com/sjb6241.html[/url] Probably abut £150 delivered (ie including the shipping, VAT, duty and handling fee). Leaves you enough for a new bridge and strings... just about. Not sure how much decent set of 5 string Jazz Pups are but I doubt you'd be able to get any name pups cheap enough to do the strings, bridge and pups and keep it under £200. But for bedroom playing you probably don't need to replace the pups. In fact you may find it's perfectly adequate as it is.. Or this for about £160 delivered (NB the plate is white and not black as in the pic.. shame looks good like this) [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/product744.html"]http://www.rondomusic.com/product744.html[/url] There's a sunburst and natural with covers too ... [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/bassguitars5.html"]http://www.rondomusic.com/bassguitars5.html[/url]

[quote name='FJ1200' post='167160' date='Mar 31 2008, 07:07 PM']My wife has a strict 1 in, 1 out policy that started with my jeans! Same reason. Wimin just DON'T understand these things are important...[/quote] Ha ha try implementing that policy with her shoes .. That will focus her ,mind a little.... I too have many leads that are old friends that I don't use but like finding again now and then when I rummage through my old cables box (a 1960's Dansette record player case - also never to be thrown away). I don't seem to be able to throw anything away without it being a bit painful. Comes from a very frugal upbringing where Dad's "could be useful" collection in the shed very often was when repairing stuff ....

[quote name='FJ1200' post='167293' date='Mar 31 2008, 09:46 PM']Cool - will have to take a look although 17th May is my son's birthday - not a good PR move to miss it! The outlaws live in Deeping and we sometimes go to the RC fireworks so I know it - sort of. 10 - 15 mins up the road so nice'n'close.[/quote] Well open mic nights can vary but they can be a good place to network for a band or just other people to jam with.

[quote name='Rich' post='167178' date='Mar 31 2008, 07:26 PM'][*]Not learning to read music. Yes I know it's still not too late, but I could have done it 20 years ago. [/list][/quote] Hum I regret falling out with Mrs Thomas my recorder teacher when I was 8. So I never learned to read music when it would have been easy .. I've now been struggling with it for 44 years ..... Mind you, had I learned to read properly back then I may never have had learned to improvise OG . . . . . Oh also regret mistaking Crazy Kiwi for Ped at teh Bash yesterday .. Sorry mate. Won't happen again

[quote name='FJ1200' post='167153' date='Mar 31 2008, 06:58 PM']WLT get together with other musicians to jam, play blues or rock and simply just have fun. And beer. Spoke to a friend at work today who's a guitarist in the same boat - so together with my new little robodrummer friend we're going to have a Saturday afternoon in my study of Quo and AC/DC, and other simple stuff we can both play (and remember!). And beer.[/quote] I don't know if this is still going but here's an open mic night in Peterborough [url="http://www.peterborough.net/lifestyle/articles/deepingsopenmic100.asp"]http://www.peterborough.net/lifestyle/arti...sopenmic100.asp[/url] ""We had complete first timers all the way through to us oldies who were there to back anyone who wanted a shot!" Gordon started the amateur open mic nights as a way for anyone who has strummed away in the garage or bedroom to actually get up and perform in front of an audience." Sounds like a place where you may find other peopel loking to do teh sam thing,...

What do P basses from that era weigh?

[quote name='P-T-P' post='167018' date='Mar 31 2008, 04:15 PM']SX basses only to be played in white stilettoes?[/quote] A rule I never break ...

[quote name='paul, the' post='166973' date='Mar 31 2008, 03:25 PM']So why is the red not visible in the burst on the front? Oh and, What a beautiful pickguard! [/quote] Could it be faded like stuff does in sunny shop windows?

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='166922' date='Mar 31 2008, 02:16 PM']There is no way to set a percentage because of all the factors that would need to be taken into account, plus it all depends on the market of that particular item, things are worth what people will pay for them.[/quote] Yeah but as a starting point....

Yep, given all your "all things being equal" 40-50% of current retail is about normal.

Oh GAS! Big time ...

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='166876' date='Mar 31 2008, 01:58 PM']Likewise! Seems like WalMan and you agree, so YouTube it will be..[/quote] If you use the tags bit you can draw traffic to basschat, specially if you use the exotic gear names in the tags, Vigier, Bergantino, Shuker etc .. Also in the comments put the url (with the http:// bit) and it will link in and make it easier for people who accidentally happen across the films to find BC with just a single click

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='166840' date='Mar 31 2008, 01:16 PM']By the way, I've got some video footage to upload but never done it before, so if anyone can tell me how to do that please, I'll try and load it up tonight? Looking forward to the next one and an SE Bash in autumn! Cheers Nik[/quote] Nice to meet you Nik Put the vid up on Youtube .. It's easy.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='166760' date='Mar 31 2008, 10:22 AM']I'm glad that you weren't the only ones with misbehaving satnavs. Did you arrive in that quaint little village with the big green also?[/quote] A cunning ploy by the village garage sale organisers to get us to spend our money there I recokon

Nice to meet you yesterday and well done on winning all that sh1triture for your bathroom Should keep you quiet for a few years, and give you serious GAS OG

[quote name='greyparrot' post='166719' date='Mar 31 2008, 08:32 AM']HI give bass merchat a call they have mark bass gear in stock, i know i work there!![/quote] Bassmerchant [url="http://www.bassmerchant.com/manufacturers.php?manufacturer_id=3"]http://www.bassmerchant.com/manufacturers....nufacturer_id=3[/url] And from Bassdirect - our very own Poptart [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Mark_Bass_Analogue_Heads.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_sp...ogue_Heads.html[/url]

[quote name='poptart' post='166544' date='Mar 30 2008, 09:05 PM']Rich You beat me to it - I too would like to thank Mart for the sandwiches, it made a highly enjoyable afternoon that bit more special :-) Thanks to all who organised, it was a bit mental at times but cool to meet a load more of you and put faces to names. 'Till next time. Mark[/quote] Hey Mark, Thanks for making such an effort and bringing all those awe-some basses. Specially that Wood and tronics yummie .. one day, one day ....