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Only caveat to this is I find if the last practice before a gig goes too well then the gig isn't so good for some reason. Conversely, if I have a fractious, difficult practice before a gig, the gig goes well! I know what you mean though, last week I idly started playing "Unsquare Dance" (7/4 time), keyboard player picked up on it and after a couple of abortive attempts the drummer got into the 7/4 thing and it was great, really enjoyed it. Want to do it again tonight

Aren't you getting confused with Parcelforce?

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1359532924' post='1956101'] Gibson in new bass pickup design shocker! [/quote] Don't be silly! That's the second most silly thing you could say about Gibson basses. The first most silly would be "Gibson in new bass bridge design shocker!"

[quote name='mckendrick' timestamp='1359503978' post='1956007'] Now why couldn't they have put that chrome on the non-reverse Firebird? The pricks have lost a sale, there. Do you think they care? Do you think [i]would[/i] care if they knew? [/quote] No, they don't care. Some people might argue that they never cared

I've owned an HA3500 head and used an HA5500 before. Nice amps, good tone shaping and a quite precise, focused, "modern" tone to them, but I suppose it depends what kind of cab it's used with. [quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1359484630' post='1955498'] But their Bass Strings, Oh dear oh dear. Horrible klanky tings. [/quote] They're my favourite strings! Just goes to show how different strings are, and how they feel to different people.

Link for you [url="http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2013/Feb/GALLERY_NAMM_2013_Day_4.aspx?Page=27&#gallery"]http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2013/Feb/GALLERY_NAMM_2013_Day_4.aspx?Page=27&#gallery[/url] Pic:

It doesn't sound good. A new person shouldn't come into a band and start dictating stuff. I'm all for fresh input, but this seems beyond that to me. I wouldn't do it to another band, and I certainly wouldn't tolerate it happening to any setup I'm involved in. One chance to compromise/wind his neck in, then bye bye. Majority rules.

'ere, who are you calling "wooly"? (Picture from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wooly_Mammoth-RBC.jpg)

To fit in with the slanted neck heel, of course

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1359152772' post='1951011'] I would of preferred the normal Sabre bridge, you know the one all the G&L fans say is the best thing about G&L that was actually on the Sabre first but you have to let them have some enjoyment [/quote] I'm a G&L fan and I would say that MFD pickups are the best thing about G&Ls. Also the G&L Saddle Lock bridge is a refinement of the Sabre bridge, and it's all by the same guy, so can't we just get along?

Yamaha BB424, or 424X if you like a pickguard.

I am so lucky to have played with (so) far 4 very good drummers. Last night we were having some 7/4 fun with Unsquare Dance. Took Chris a couple of goes but he wrapped his head around it and off we went About to meet my fifth drummer, can the run of good luck continue?

[quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1359069995' post='1949596'] We play bass. The mod retains treble. Why? [/quote] Because there's nothing wrong with a bit of top end sizzle being available. You can always dial it out, but you can't fabricate it.

I bought a strap from Chris. Smooth transaction, no worries, deal with confidence.

Yup, in my experience G&L Tributes are scarily good for the price.

I've played four BBs (BB300, BB350F, BB450 and BB614) and I've been impressed with each of them, mostly the necks - sitting in a nice middle ground between a Jazz and a Precision. They've all been very well screwed together, although I think I preferred how the older models felt versus the BB614 for some unfathomable reason.

I must be really lucky. I've never been mucked about. Each time I've gone for something I've either ended up joining the band, or deciding after a jam or two that it wasn't my thing and declining.

I don't think any of my basses shame any of the others, they're all great instruments in their own right. However, if you're talking surprising performance considering the relative cost of the instrument, then I'd have to put my Yamaha BB450 up for consideration: Cost me something like £50 to put together, and it is remarkably nice. Is it "better" than my RD Artist? No. Is my RD Artist more than a thousand pounds better than this? Erm... not so sure

New entry: Tribute M-2000:

White G&L Tribute M-2000 with matching headstock:

[quote name='headofire' timestamp='1358352194' post='1937592'] That, sir, is a gorgeous piece... I have had a 301 fretless for years and its one of my favourites. I just put a deposit on a black 302 i cant afford but I really enjoy the feel and sound of these old guilds. A 'future classic' as people like to say. Have you still got it? [/quote] Oops, just saw this. Nah, I moved it on in the end, traded it for another odd bass, the G&L El Toro. "Future classic" is right, but I don't have the patience for the long game

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1358851642' post='1945908'] Brand loyalty, Fender`s marketing compared to gl, [i]not considered cool and cause no bugger knows about them basically.[/i] [/quote] And there's the rub. I'm sure G&L would be delighted to become the pre-eminent brand in the world, but I suspect that they also feed off of an air of exclusivity, of being a little club of cognoscenti, and these two things are pretty much polar opposites. Suffice to say that to those in the know, G&Ls are fantastic instruments. Those of you that don't know, trust me, you're missing out, but we don't really care - too busy having fun knocking down walls with MFD pickups [b]OMG![/b]

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1358851038' post='1945897'] So, as everyone likes G&Ls why do Fenders outsell them 100-1? [/quote] Got in there early, first electric bass (as we now understand it), >60 years experience, at one time was so dominant that people would refer to the electric bass as "Fender bass". There's a lot of pedigree there to be argued with. Just as well I'm just an argumentative so-and-so You could say this of any other manufacturer. They've all got to fight against it.