Mornats

I've got two Overwaters (Tanglewood ones), a classic J and contemporary J and a Yamaha TRBX 504. So whilst they're a range above what you're looking at I can compare these for you. In my opinon, the Overwaters have the better sound and good playability but are heavy with only decent build quality. The Yamaha is superbly built, flawless in fact, is ultra-easy to play and is really light but lacks that lovely sound that the Overwaters have. It doesn't sound nice and special and doesn't cut through as well as the Overwaters do. I gig the Yamaha and record with the Overwaters. But see if you can find a proper fretless first. That way you can try it out and won't have an unpleasant surprise if the conversion takes away some of the mojo of the bass.

Grain Barge is definitely still there and open but it's been a while since was in the place to see if they're still doing bands. I've not heard that they stopped doing them. Also, The Old Bookshop on North Street is a great little pub (don't expect to get drums in!) that have started doing live music. The quirky the better, it's a mad little place!

I was just browsing the Ikea site after reading this thread and this one looked interesting: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50219044/ Nice wide keyboard area, enough space for two monitors, bookshelf speaker stands. You may be able to push your keyboard/laptop back and put a midi keyboard on the desk, depending on how deep it is. I'm sure my M-Audio BX5A monitor would fit on those stands.

Yep. He's not a drummer really but played really well regardless.

I thought they sounded awful in the demo videos but they were pretty poor videos to be honest.

Last night me and our stand-in drummer (who can drum, but isn't a main drummer) set up a hired kit in under 15 minutes and neither of us had ever set up a kit before. So yeah we had two people doing it but it didn't take long. It was a simple kit, kick, snare, two toms, floor tom, hi-hat and a crash and a ride cymbal.

[quote name='timhiggins' timestamp='1403870209' post='2487271'] 'cunning publicity stunt' have to be carefull how you say that or you could end up .. with Max Clifford ! [/quote] Awesome

Wait, what, where did June go?! I was going to enter this one! Bah! Next month... Again, so many that could have gotten my vote but for sheer atmosphere and a brilliant representation of the picture I think Dad nailed it.

I've been to loads of gigs to watch my dad drum and of course play in a band myself now too and I reckon around 15-20 mins to set up. I always help the drummer with their gear from the van, unboxing it or whatever else they'll let me do. I guess my dad conditioned me to it from an early age! So I've always taken the attitude that the drummer has the most gear so help the chap or chapess out and cart some of their gear for them.

I bought mine (Indonesian-made one) for £705 just before Thomann started discounting it. Gutted. I hope I didn't pay Italian prices for an Indonesian product.

Did your brother like the guitar you made for him? I know that I'd be chuffed to bits if someone made me one like that for my birthday

These are seriously stunning!

I still need to check my new (couple of months old) 121P to see how it looks. If there's anything interesting in there I'll send a pic over to MarkBass support so they can see if there's a problem with some of them that they can look into and sort out.

I have to specifically mention the tuners on it too. They're the smoothest most accurate tuners I've had on a 6 string. Really nice to use.

Well I've tried a few out and eventually bought one! I played a few Crafters in one shop which were nice but didn't really stand out for me. Then I popped into PMT Bristol to try out some more. I decided to go for acoustic only rather than have some of the cash go towards some (cheap) electronics so I tried the following: Fender CD60 mahogany (as mentioned above) Fender CD140 mahogany Yamaha FG700S Yamaha FG750 (had a big scratch so was reduced by £60) Gretsch Jim Dandy Epiphone Hummingbird Pro Epiphone EJ-200 (bloody huge!) They didn't have any ESP or Ibanez Talman guitars from what I could see so I couldn't those a whirl. The Fender CD60 was really nice, I liked it a lot and for £109 was almost a no-brainer. So I tried the more expensive CD140 which had a satin finish to the neck instead of a glossy one that the CD60 had. It also had a solid mahogany top rather than a laminate one. This sounded really nice and rich and warm and played well. I really loved the Yamaha FG700s. Huge loud bright sound and was almost the one I went for. The 750 was a bit nicer but the scratch was right on the front and quite hefty. The Gretsch was a teeny tiny little thing and more of a second novelty guitar thing. Still nice and had great retro looks. The Epiphone Hummingbord Pro looked like you were only allowed to play Bon Jovi songs on it and I didn't really gel with it at all (for other reasons, not just that!). I liked the EJ-200 though. Really nice sound but it was a super jumbo guitar and felt like I was playing a double bass. In the end I went for the Fender CD-140s. It wasn't as loud as the Yamaha FG700 (these two were head to head at the end) and was warmer so obviously not as bright and in your face but for me, that was an advantage. I did think the CD-140 was worth the £100 more than the CD-60 but really, if you have a limited budget give the CD-60 a go, they're fantastic value. In the end the thinner gloss coating, sating neck, solid mahogany top and all round richer warmer sound of the CD-140 over the CD-60 won over (once I'd decided this was the sound I wanted rather than the brighter sound of the Yamaha). Oh and I got a really nice price when I traded in my Danelectro DC59 reissue too so I'm really pleased with what I got and once again, really pleased with the service from the guys in PMT Bristol. Thanks for all your suggestions! So here it is: [attachment=165415:10478533_10152120229471555_5325103670993651553_n.jpg]

Mine's still quite new and hasn't been out and about much but I'll check mine and let you know how it looks. Let us all know what you use to fix it mcnach and thanks for letting us know fenderliscious.

[quote name='Weststarx' timestamp='1403277642' post='2481453'] Personally I love Yamaha's I don't think you can go wrong with them - especially for the price. Maybe check out some of the cheaper Fenders, I saw a really nice Mahogany electro acoustic in PMT in Birmingham ( [url="http://www.fender.com/en-GB/series/classic-design/cd-60ce-all-mahogany-rosewood-fingerboard-natural/"]http://www.fender.co...rboard-natural/[/url] ) Just under £200! [/quote] I've got a Yamaha TRBX504 bass that proves your point exactly I'll give one of those Fenders a whirl too, cheers!

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1403272638' post='2481394'] Doug, if you get these we need a picture of you with these being Mickey Mouse [/quote] +1

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