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Well, that's the difference. If playing bass is your job then you can't really afford to turn your nose up at jobs you might perceive to be uninteresting or not enjoyable. Everyone who has a job gets tasks like these from time to time. I think it's a better sign of integrity that you are able to do your best at a task you might not necessarily relish. Artistic "integrity" is just another word for snobbery in my book and an excuse to for people to look down their noses at someone who is doing something that they can't or wouldn't. That doesn't make it wrong!

I only tried the first bass I bought because that was in a shop. I've bought "unseen" ever since, because I haven't got a choice. There's damn all interesting up here in 'doom and I don't see that changing any time soon. The two music shops try to be all things to all people, and by all people the pecking order is guitarists, keyboard players, drummers, bassists. There's one bass for every four guitars. I buy them, I keep them if I like them and I sell them on if I don't. I always buy second hand as that minimises the losses.

They most certainly are not the same. A '51 P is nothing like a '57 or a '65 or a '78 or a 2010. Subtle evolutions happen throughout the production run of many basses, like when Gibson changed the body wood of Rippers from maple to alder then back to maple. Of course, the older a bass is, the betterer it is

This thread has made me listen to them on Spotify most of the morning - nice one

Sold an Italia Maranello Z to a very excitable lass in Bradford through Preloved. No problems. It's just another Gumtree/classified ads site and all the usual caveats should apply. Any issues will be with the people you're dealing with rather than the site.

[quote name='blunderthumbs' post='1104882' date='Jan 27 2011, 11:40 AM']To anybody who can help. I have an Ashdown ABM 500w 2x10 combo, The input gain control is quite scratchy when using Can anybody advise me what to spray into it to quieten it down. I did think a short blast of WD-40 might do the trick. Any ideas ?? thanks[/quote] Servisol Super 10 or equivalent switch/contact cleaner.

[quote name='tom1946' post='1103972' date='Jan 26 2011, 04:32 PM']What have I started? [/quote] What have [i]I[/i] started you mean? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119976"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119976[/url] Glad it turned out to be a reasonable instrument.

If any new bass needed a refret within 12 months then I'd say it was faulty. Either that or the user is doing it very wrong. Like fretting-with-a-claw-hammer wrong.

I've reported it to eBay (for all the good that'll do). I'm tempted to pose as a seller and kick the [s]seller[/s]tyres, seeing as it purports to be located in Aberdeen.

My own personal opinion is that I'm just happy to be heard and to hear myself on stage, anything else is a bonus and Johnny Punter won't notice either way. I've offered a DI out of my amp to a sound engineer in the past to be turned down saying (paraphrasing) "The DI in that is crap". "That" is a Hartke 3500. Is it crap? I never use it at home, how could I argue?

[quote name='KiOgon' post='1102032' date='Jan 25 2011, 01:05 PM']I can't see, you'll have to enlighten me please! All my Fender head logos are different, none like that, but here's one very similar in a book I saw:[/quote] Flick your eyes between the two back and forth - are you seriously telling me you find these "very similar"? The fonts are completely different in terms of serifs and stem widths. The kerning on the ebay one is so bad it almost reads "PR ECISION BA SS"

I've just noticed where this is located, for shame!

That reeks of fake to me. The logo alone is way wrong, and I'm sure people more expert than me will come along soon and point out other problems.

Welcome to the forum. You left the cable plugged in?

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1100945' date='Jan 24 2011, 03:58 PM'][attachment=69874:Rich.jpg] <- embarrassing smug look )[/quote] Nonsense - quality bass face

I spotted a link to this: [url="http://www.suerydercareshop.com/brand/87/Sue_Ryder_Care_Guitars"]http://www.suerydercareshop.com/brand/87/S...er_Care_Guitars[/url] Charity shop basses with through body stringing for 60 notes? Dare I say it not the ugliest P copy headstock I've ever seen? If it's reasonably well put together then am I the only one struggling to see the down side here?

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1098463' date='Jan 22 2011, 11:02 AM']That is simply spectacular - and pretty much - no, [i]precisely[/i] - my GAS fantasy Victory. I really will have to come round, tie you up & nick it. Jon.[/quote] I'd rather you waited until I was out of the house, you kinky so-and-so

All mine are out on a rack, and I feel safe doing so - no kids and only one cat who thankfully ignores them completely and doesn't use them as scratching posts. I do (now) have a gig bag for each. Only got 1 hard case and it only fits my G&L - the rest have angled headstocks. I'd like to get proper hard cases for my Gibsons at some point - no hurry though as they always seem to be doing the rounds on eBay. I still wouldn't store them in the cases though - instruments are as much about looks as they are for playing. It does mean I have to dust them more often than I would need to if they were put away, but I love the convenience of seeing them all and just picking up and playing the one I want.

Not what you want to hear, but there will be more Bass Bashes. These guys will (hopefully) only get engaged once. You blow the engagement party off and you'll upset a heap of folk that you have to see on a regular basis whereas we'll raise a jar and look forward to seeing you next time. Sorry for being sensible, but you won't hear the end of it if you don't do the engagement party. Plus it's easier to slag you off when you're not there

Axesrus for pots/knobs

Nothing a refin wouldn't sort out. Rich and I have rescued worse. Mostly Rich, but I helped, damnit!