Blademan_98

I wish I could use a pick! I don't use one for guitard either! It gets complaints all the time. You just can't dig in with fingers.

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This is me with the fretless. It was my first gig playing it. The song was Nights in White Satin........ Not that I remember every little detail about that night

Hmmmm, just a tad over my price range... Now if Eric Clapton had personally finished it at the factory and would also deliver it personally I might...... er no lets not bother

I use a Korg Pandora (I have a PX3 and a PX4) They are great. Plug in your headphones and MP3, dial in a bit of chorus and off you go! I got one off Ebay second hand for £40. Just a brilliant bit of kit

I know 50w is tiny but the small gigs I play (with an acoustic partner) it's all I need The line out gives me the option to put it through the PA. Just what I was looking for! I was nearly swayed by the Ashdown 5 15 mini rig but I liked the tone from the Orange. Well happy!

I finally decided on an Orange Crush 50BXT for my amp. It has a line out, head phone socket and external speaker socket! Nice tone and at 50w it's quite loud It even has a built in tuner! Sorted.

I use Sony MDR-XD200 they are cheap but really comfortable for long sessions. I sit with my Pandora , Fretless and MP3 player and play into the night My misses starts work at 5:00am so goes to bed around 8:30pm! Quiet practice is all I get during the week, crank the amp at the weekend!

Welcome to Bass Chat

[quote name='RobJF' post='1075113' date='Jan 2 2011, 11:11 AM']Thanks Brian! Your sig asks "who needs frets?" I think maybe I do. But here's a question: Jaco switched back and forth between fretted and fretless -- he said he only played fretless on stage because the strings tear up the fingerboard -- so is that just for geniuses like him, or could anybody regularly play both without much difficulty?[/quote] I don't know about "without much difficulty" but I play both. I borrowed a fretted one to see if I got on with bass. When I went to buy one, I tried a fretless and bought that instead! Last week I did buy a fretted Epiphone Violo and love it to bits It's just down to practice really. I'm not a brilliant bassist (or guitarist either!) but I do enjoy it and started to gig last year. I plan on doing a lot more gigs this year. I will use both if I can. Brian

I use a Korg Pandora with the metronome built in. You can plug your MP3 in and practice or use the metronome. It's great to sit with the head phones on (not annoying anyone). Lots of amps modelled I got it second hand off Ebay for £40.......

Welcome to the forum. I too only picked up the Bass and Guitar after a long break. This is a great forum! Cheers Brian

[quote name='Perry' post='1075085' date='Jan 2 2011, 10:43 AM']It's from the power supply.[/quote] Get something like this: [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=394058"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=394058[/url] They clean the signal. Use it on the phone power supply. Brian

Superb! I really enjoyed that, thanks for posting it

[quote name='KiOgon' post='1072848' date='Dec 30 2010, 04:13 PM']Good luck - oh & I had a Ashdown 5/15 mini rig for a while - how's about a little Trace Elliot Boxer 65? Link in my sig below. Very similar to the 5/15 in terms of performance, smaller & easy to carry/store.[/quote] I'm a bit skint now, but if you still have it at the end of January I may well be interested Brian

I saw this too....... then went and bought an Epiphone Viola for £200 instead

wow I just checked your thread back in June! I would have bought it from you! Still, I am really happy with it. I'm off to get a strap from my local music shop in a minute. I can't wait to gig it now (I love the looks you get when weilding something unusual). Cheers for all your comments Brian

[quote name='munkonthehill' post='1072557' date='Dec 30 2010, 10:52 AM']Aye the gibson Jack used was the EB-1 which is approx 2,500 plus change.... The epiphone copy was again the EB-1which is what I finally found after hankering for one for a long long time. However it wasnt with me long and after a few epiphones after that I decided the brand just isnt for me.[/quote] That looks really cool I like them a lot, and perhaps one day I will have enough to buy a real EB-1 Is it the build quality or just the general feel of Epiphones you don't like? Brian

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1072083' date='Dec 29 2010, 08:06 PM']Not a bad price if you'll get some enjoyment out of it.[/quote] After the last two weeks Ive had, just buying it gave massive enjoyment Cheers for all the comments. I really am enjoying playing bass and reading the different threads on this forum. Brian

It was only £200 and its new! Seemed a good deal to me. The chap was very nice, threw in a gig bag. I'm happy

I just can't afford a real one! I played this in the shop and thought "that's for me!"

[quote name='chris_b' post='1072003' date='Dec 29 2010, 07:05 PM']Err, very nice, but did Jack Bruce ever play a violin bass?[/quote] Yes, at the reunion gig at the Royal Albert Hall. Not quite like mine (but close enough for me)!

I went over to PMT in Oxford today. I really wanted a small combo or the Ashdown 5 15 mini rig. Look what I came home with! I am a Jack Bruce fan and have fancied one of these for a while. Since I started playing in earnest this year, the GAS has kicked in! Doing everything on a budget, this fitted the bill.......

you just got to feel for him

[url="http://www.deonestus.com/"]http://www.deonestus.com/[/url] He's still about!