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[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1425563265' post='2708630'] singles? Sorry, I'm a little lost now [/quote]Me too!

I took Gary's '75 P bass off him recently, top guy, great communication, a pleasure to do business with.

I love the sound and the energy of the band, but the singers voice is just too much for me I'm afraid. Get a good frontman who can really sing, and you would certainly be a band that I would like to see.

[quote name='drewk_ie' timestamp='1424727032' post='2699812'] So I must be going through a premature mid life crisis of something of that nature... After many years of pent up GAS (pardon the pun)... I think I've reached nirvana, if that's possible... I spent years gathering a nice little collection of pre ernie ball basses (started when I saw Simon Gallup in Orange), but have now just wittled down to two! and Ampeg rigs (hats off to Gene). Only to realise that there were so many other Amps & cabs that I hadn't tried... And so the Gear Acquisition Syndrome kicked in... From H&H to Trace Elliott to Hevos to Genz Benz and everything in between... Any who to cut a long storey short... Right back where I started again... Ampeg all the way... [/quote]Please come back to us in a year's time and tell us you are still "gas free", I'd be surprised if you are!!!

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1424696868' post='2699202'] Could do one set as ACDC and the second as LZ. There might be a decent number of people who are fans of both? [/quote]That's exactly what we are considering, not sure whether it will work though.

[quote name='James Nada' timestamp='1424636417' post='2698640'] Can I suggest AC/LZ as your name? [/quote]I like!

My new covers band acquired a new singer last week and during our first session together, he said he can do Bon Scott and Robert Plant, we all thought, yeah right! So we burst into Whole Lotta Of Rosie followed by Rock & Roll, and he absolutely nailed them both, so we are now considering being a Tribute band for both, as well as doing covers under another name.

Learn't a few chords about 1961 aged ten, but was never really that good on guitar, and then I started listening to a lot of the early ska/blue beat, Otis Redding and Sam Cooke etc.. plus early Mowtown, and would just listen to the bass lines and think wow! then came the great rock bands with bassists like John Entwhistle, Jack Bruce, Ronnie Lane playing music I really loved, and that was it for me, I borrowed £15 off my older sister and bought a 2nd hand Burns Sonic bass at the age of 15, formed a band with a few mates, but we never ever gigged, I swapped the bass for some fishing tackle, and that was that until about eight years ago aged 55 when I was talked into playing bass for a make-shift band, I've been playing my bass ever since, and trying to make up for wasting about 45 years of my life.. I have played in bands ever since, but I just wish I had carried on from the beginning.

Whilst camping with four mates in 1974, I pulled a girl one evening, went back to her place and returned to the tent three days later having spent a wonderful time with a beautiful young lady. The only thing that spoilt it was, she had just bought Tubular Bells and insisted on playing it for the whole three days!

[quote name='Alec' timestamp='1424103706' post='2692645'] We'll all tell you to buy what we've got/like. Both amps will do a great job. In the end, only you can decide the one that works for you - and a lot of it might well come down to the look/features/form factor at least as much as the sound. [/quote]you talk a lot of sense Alec. I think I will stick with the GB Shuttle 9.2, I know it's a great amp, I guess I'm just suffering from a bad case of GAS!!!

Others might disagree, but I really like this. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Limited-Edition-Sandblasted-Precision-Bass-Crimson-Red-Transparent-229-/251838644492?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=p2056016.l4276[/url]

I see someone has actually made a bid, just wondering what he is going to do with it!

If only all sellers would be this thorough, no need for any lengthy description re condition, as you can see exactly what you are getting from the pics.

I have been using a [b]Genz Benz Shuttle 9.2[/b] with [b]2 x Genz Benz Shuttle 2x10 cabs[/b], and have been very pleased so far, but last week we rehearsed in a studio that was owned by our drummer's friend, and in there was a [b]TC Electronic RH750[/b] going through a [b]TC Electronic RS212 cab[/b] and a [b]RS112 cab[/b], and I thought it sounded great. So I would be interested to hear the views of anyone who has tried both, and whether the [b]TC Electronic RH750[/b] would sound as good going through my two [b]Genz Benz Shuttle 2x10 cabs[/b], or would it need the [b]TC Electronic cabs [/b]as well to get the best out of it?

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1423578251' post='2686546'] Yet he still has a 100% positive feedback score. Wuh? J. [/quote]Yes, I noticed that too, how does that work?

Oh Dear!!! Seller Refused To Send Item & Respond To Requests - Ebay Case Found In My Favour Not received , had to get refund from ebay !!!! Only received refund for one of the three items bought from this seller Never received item , no reply to emails

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1423514084' post='2685840'] I'm getting obsessed with this, the serial numbers are wonky and I'm sure the tuners are wrong too. Oh dear, hope I'm wrong because somebody has bought it! [/quote]To be quite honest, that is why I started the thread, it just doesn't seem right, but I'm no expert so I'm sure it is fine.

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1423510285' post='2685761'] Guitardater says[i] 2005/2006. [/i]It did originally come up as unrecognised but I'd forgotten to select the country of origin! [/quote]Thanks

I tried finding out which model it is by the serial number, but it came up as unrecognized.

I thought the specials were later than 2005, could it be a Highway 1?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131422808151?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1423318169' post='2683466'] TBH, If, as the OP states, the seller is a member on here, I find it quite weird that you're all discussing this in public in the first place. [/quote]This! If a seller asks for a method of payment I don't agree with, I would not take it as a slight on me, I would just look elsewhere, and quite honestly, this should not have gone public, as I'm sure the BC'er who is the seller and has done nothing wrong, is going to read this thread sooner or later.

[quote name='JPJ' timestamp='1423273179' post='2683121'] So it's been almost a fortnight, how you getting on with the T'bird? [/quote]Felt strange at first, completely different to all the other basses I have, but getting used to it more and more, and absolutely loving the tone, and of course, the looks of such an iconic bass. I will probably take it to rehearsal next week, so I should get a better idea how it sits in the mix, and how it feels on a strap for a few hours.

My very first ever gig was headlining at Knebworth a few years ago! It was a posh 50th birthday bash at Knebworth Barns, although it is on the "real" Knebworth site.

Not sure whether this has been posted before, but I have just spent an enjoyable hour on YouTube watching Allen Woody's [size=4]Classic Rock and Blues Bass Instructional Music Video[/size] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDs6HRCwc1U"]https://www.youtube....h?v=oDs6HRCwc1U[/url]