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I'm seeing a bit of Gibson Victory in the body shape - now THAT'S weird

Type. Delete it all. Type. Delete it all. Type. Delete it all. Shake head and walk away.

I pootle about in a 2005 Honda Civic Sport. With the seats down it's like a wee van (albeit with a not very flat floor). Not that I cart about a huge amount of gear - 4x10, head, bass, bag-o-bits-n-bobs, extension cable. I can put the 4x10 up on its side and split the rear seat so could still take 2 passengers. I usually have some room for other band members' stuff too. It's pretty flexible and works for me.

I don't know about doing this with covers, but I sure as hell need to do this with some of the various song fragments I have lying around

What's your beef with the brands you wish to avoid? Not stirring - genuine question.

That was just a test to see how it was coming along. When it and my Ripper restoration are finished there will be only one spare space. I'm under no illusions - my wife is eyeing up the floor space that my current stands are taking up to put a chest of drawers on

It's not for me. Yes, it's the bridge - or more specifically the aesthetically displeasing chromed growth that seems to have sprouted from the bridge. Sorry for the quick and dirty attack with the clone tool to give a shout out to the naysayers but: Ahhh!

Work is slowly progressing - the padding is quite a faff. I thought I could just sheet it across in one go but the stuff is too springy, so for each slat I'm having to cut two 20mm strips and a 40mm strip, then sticking each individual piece down. I do a couple and then get annoyed - and that's a good time to take a break. I'll get there though. [IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/bass_cupboard/20130623/01_padding.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/bass_cupboard/20130623/02_testing.jpg[/IMG]

The only lead I've ever had fail on me was a Planet Waves one. Tiny sample size, not very scientific but enough to make me never want one again. OBBM 4 LIFE.

There's a lot more stuff going on in Rich's life at the moment than meets the eye, stuff he won't freely talk about.

I suppose this technically counts: As already explained by a helpful Steinberger owner, the EMG-HB pickups are split P rail pickups in a guitar humbucker sized enclosure. These two bad boys were teamed up with an EMG-BQC 3 band EQ and it was a bloody good sound to my ears - meaty, punchy yet modern and precise, very responsive. So much so that it's the only bass I regret selling. The other day I sent a message to the guy I sold it to 2 years ago to see if he would be interested in selling it back to me. Unfortunately he likes the bass very much and was not interested in moving it on (although he did say he would give me a heads-up if he ever did decide to sell it). Disappointing on the one hand, but heartening to know that someone else thinks it's a keeper and it's getting regular use. I think I might perform the same mods on another Epi. Then NEVER EVER SELL IT AGAIN.

Don't have any bass specific ones, but Cash: The Autobiography I found pretty hard to put down.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1371479514' post='2114331'] Maybe the list of donors should be published? Name and shame? [/quote] That is private information between the donor and BC. And how would it work? Compromising information of the "good guys" in order to "shame" everyone else? If your name's not on this list then you're a horrible person? This is one of the stupidest things I've seen written on BC for some time and I won't be apologising for holding that opinion.

Only two things didn't suck about my "gig" at the weekend - getting fed and the band's playing itself (which was sounding great in my opinion with minimal equipment - no PA, no monitoring, just our own amps behind us and an acoustic amp for the vocals). I don't want to go into details but we got mucked about by the organisers to the extent where the normally placid bass player felt compelled to rally the whole band together and spearhead a communication of dissatisfaction to the head honcho. Michty! Anyway, grumbles aside, I'm pleased with how we played. Also, if you want to look like you just warped in from the sixties, wear a three piece suit and play an Epiphone Jack Casady [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv7SYIotGdQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv7SYIotGdQ[/url]

I'm not buying just now because I'm busy restoring my Gibson Ripper, and that involves trawling the globe for parts. I'm not feeling that flush either, and I'm also pretty happy with my lot right now. I've got nothing big to sell. Been raising some funds recently by selling little odds and sods < £50. I have to say that the last few bass sales I have done (pre-fees) have not been here despite them being advertised on here - had more success on local music fora and gumtree. I think the last successful transaction ended up being a trade. I'm not going to pay the £20 until I need it - I don't think it's unreasonable, it just makes absolutely no sense to have the clock ticking when I've nothing big to sell.

That's a horrible situation to find yourself in. It's your name that's pinned to something you didn't do and I'm guessing that you find that unacceptable. It's probably best to speak initially to your friend about it. He might be unaware, although if I was driving a four figure project then I'd want to know everything about it. I probably would refuse to pay a producer/engineer who replaced bass tracks with mystery bass without consulting me first. Of course, this may have repercussions for your friendship if it turns out that he did know or sanction it and didn't tell you. But ultimately there's a wrong to right, you're the one left feeling guilty and none of this is your fault. Make the enquiries.

Cream/Jack Bruce Bass looked nicer to me than guitar. I was idly wandering around town and just decided on impulse to buy a bass. Not joking. I had no playing aspirations, I had no friends who were players of instruments. Because of the random nature of this motivation it was an ornament for about 5 years. To this day I have no idea why I bought that Epiphone EB-3 (other than I thought it looked nice). The EB-3 turned out to be just about everything I didn't want in a bass but I'm glad that it all came together in the end.

Yup, another +1 for Roqsolid. I have one of their covers for my RedSub BT5110 "it's cheap so it must be crap, right?" combo. Placeholder strap, red seams (of course ), fits great, does exactly what I need it to, good price, just what I needed.

Began work on the floor last night - the slats, once padded will stop the basses wanting to spin or twist round when sitting in the rack. Still got a couple to put on the lid of the pipe box, but it was getting late.

I don't have a backup bass, all my basses share top billing and I alternate between them all for gigs and practices depending on my mood but trying to be even handed in the distribution. Also - have I just been lucky? I've never broken a string while playing. Maybe I've spread my breakage probability thinly with many basses

Sorry, when I saw the thread title I thought of this: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGbcnZ-3CJQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGbcnZ-3CJQ[/url]

Made some progress on this today - a neck support: Delays incurred because 12mm B&Q dowel isn't 12mm. Had to find an 11mm router bit for a nice snug fit. The foam is nicked from an old guitar stand/rack. Sliced the foam lengthways then poked holes in it for the dowels to poke through. It's pretty solid as is but I think I might glue it down to be sure. Next step: the floor.