Matt P

that's a great looking rig! i'm hoping i can post a similar picture very soon with my Precision sitting next to a pair of Barefaced Midgets, i've been told that they're ready, the anticipation is killing me! Matt

bought a pair of guitar Pickups from Ted, couldn't have been smoother! great communication and fast postage. trade with confidence! Matt

Depending on timings i might travel down from the north east, i've got a bass being built by Jon Letts that i'm going to have to travel down to collect, so if my Barefaced Midgets turn up in time i might bring them along. i'd be happy to bring any north east based Bass chatters with me if theyt have cabs that you'd like to try (there were some bergs and aggies at the northeast bass bash recently) Matt

+1 on a Yamaha, I've got an rbx765 which I paid 120 quid for, cracking bass, the rbx775 is just as nice and comes in slightly more metal colours. Matt

I had a mk1 focus till a few days ago, I loved it, swapped it for a mk3 mondeo which isn't quite as much fun but It's wide enough to get 2 hiscox bass cases across the boot along with my rig and pedalboard and a week's food shopping and still get 5 people in the cabin. Might get a mk2 focus estate next year though. Matt

I'm going to recommend Jon Letts again, probably with a shorter scale (31" ish?) a single pickup passive bass is within your budget and he can build it to suit your needs. they really are the lightest basses i've come across. if you're lucky he might offer another set of basses at cost price (i believe the 4 string one was 400 quid on the last offer!) here's a link to the deluxe 4 string that he's got up for sale now, bear in mind that this one has added gold bling and a 3 band aggie preamp, so if you went for a more subdued spec it would be cheaper. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/176511-lettsbasses/page__view__findpost__p__1923339 matt

Jon Letts has a singlecut 4 string on his website, I've played it and it's about the lightest best balanced and most killer sounding bass ever, if I needed a 4 string I would have bought it on the spot. I would post a link but I'm on my phone and it won't let me. Matt

my midgets were ordered on the 15th(ish) of December and I'm still waiting, it is agonising though, i keep checking my email for a delivery tracking number (checking every hour or so) and every time a fed-ex van turns up at work i sit and watch in case 2 cab sized boxes appear. Matt

have you tried asking Brian at The guitar shop? (off high bridge) he's usually got a few pukka used gibson ones and they might just slip under your top price bracket, he's often got other nice semi-acoustics too at very sensible prices. I couldn't afford too much when i bought my 335 copy but managed to snag a mid 90's tanglewood cs-2 (chicago) a couple of years ago for 230 quid from a mates dad, really lovely guitar at bargain prices (much better than the current tanglewood chicago's) matt

a quick scan of the classifieds throws up nothing under 100 quid but a few tasty heads for about 150, any of these would do the job brilliantly (and would reward a better cab one day as well) they would make great backups for your bh250 as well if you're allowed to borrow school equipment. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/199978-fs-gallien-krueger-700rb-l150/ http://basschat.co.uk/topic/175741-yamaha-bbt500h-amp-head-l150/ http://basschat.co.uk/topic/199671-ashdown-abm-evoll-fs-l15000/ http://basschat.co.uk/topic/181750-marshall-mb450h-l160ono-delivered-fsft/ i have no connection to any of the sellers (that i know of) Matt

roadie wrap for me, i've got leads still going strong from when i started playing (about 1997 i think) i also love the velcro ties but have taken to making them myself, you can buy double-sided velcro tape (B+Q) which i then fasten to the lead by looping it round and putting a jeans stud through it, then carefully coil the cable and wrap round the tape, cut to a suitible length, one roll of the velcro is about 6 quid i think but it'll make loads of ties and each one is exactly the right size and can't go missing, i found that some of the ready made ones were 2 bits of velcro stuck together and in one or two cases the glue unstuck then smeared itself all over the cable. if anyone cares then i'll take a picture or 2 tonight to demonstrate (might even make set of pics showing the process if someone [i]Really[/i] wants it) Matt

They are fairly rare, our guitarist has one and I've not seen many other ones up for sale, the price is a bit heart stopping though, our guitarist paid 60 quid for his and it's in great nick and came with a stand, a strap and a lead. Matt

Definitely look at Letts, his prices are on his website but he's been known to offer discounts to basschat members. Matt

i'm taking notes here, i play in a 3 piece with my 2 best friends (mainly just for the shear joy of it) we play a mix of blues/rock/indie and have found that as long as we admit that we can't play all the parts almost any song can be done in our own style (quite ofetn ends up sounding a bit reggae in the pracices for some reason) , the main exception is the soul stuff which just sounds wrong without a horn section, we're tried but we just can't get it to work. Matt

i have a one in one out policy for gear for the simple reason of space. we're lucky to have some disposable income at the end of the month and the general rule is that if we can find space for a new toy and don't require a loan or finance to buy it then it's allowed. when my new letts 5 string arrives then the Yamaha 5er will be sold, and i'm going to sell off the p and j bitsa's because i simply don't use them. the barefaced midgets will displace my old ashdown cab and then all will be peaceful untill i get a eub (which i think i can store under the spare bed when i'm not using it/practicing) Matt

just so there's an answer here for future searches I've just got my gauges out and measured the threads on my Schaller straplocks and they are indeed M10x0.75 matt

4 or 5 strings doesn't really bother me either way! having different models would seem like a good idea to me, there are enough people on here that 4/5/6 versions would be popular. is there any intention to actually have these made? a limited edition run by one of the better far east manufacturers would be fun, if the price was low enough i'd find a way to stump up for one (and smuggle it into my house!) i'm waiting for the pickup debate to start raging so i can suggest some kind of swappable/ moveable pickup design, maybe with a tool-free swappable preamp/control system. Matt

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1361884706' post='1992379'] Hi Matt If you intend to trade an item in the basses/amps/cabs/fx/eub forums you'll be asked to enter a trade value. As the 'any items' forum is for subscribers only, you can put anything you like in there as stating a trade value over £50 won't matter - you'd have paid already. Does that make sense? Cheers! ped [/quote] yup that all makes perfect sense, Thanks. Matt

thankyou for the heads up, it all seems very sensible and totally reasonable. one small question, the any items forum, will we be allowed to ask for trades? i've got a bike gathering dust in the spare room that i'd happily trade for something bass-related, and would wanted ads be allowed for non-bass/music related items? Matt

+1 For the Bass Doc, there should be a banner across the front page "For [i]ALL[/i] your pickguard needs - Call the Bass Doc!" Matt

[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1361614862' post='1988216'] I got this on ebay and its really good quality. The cable is massive! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370734143632 [/quote] That's one of obbm's cables, they're the finest available. Matt