BlueHelmet

[quote name='axelbass' post='1008080' date='Nov 1 2010, 02:50 AM']maybe £400[/quote] that should buy you a beautiful bass. welcome!

1. Forever I'd say. I guess that my first 'Ray had a new battery when I got it about five years ago. I've played it a lot in the first two years and it still runs on the same battery. Haven't played it much in the last three years though, but a few months ago it still worked. 2. Absolutely. I prefer plucking a tad behind the pickup. (Language question: do you use "a tad" in this context? I'm not a native speaker ..)

Another new face around. I'm in my mid-twenties and I live in Germany, so you'll have to excuse any language mistakes. It's been a while since the last time I've participated in an English-speaking board. As you can see from my avatar, I am a Music Man Stingray addict. The latest addition to my collection is an ebony edition 4-string whcih I play through a Markbass Little Mark II and a 2*10 cab made by a small German company. Right now I'm looking for a nice Rickenbacker 4003 bass - perhaps I can find one here preferably Jetglo, as my girlfriend dislikes basses in reddish colours and probably won't give her permission for a Fireglo one, and I can't stand the look of natural wood.