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[quote name='fumps' timestamp='1343119692' post='1745368'] As I'm not a serious enough player to own a Ray .....it is one i will always admire from afar ! [/quote] That's daft. You want one, get one. You're probably a better player than you think you are.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1342991503' post='1743634'] Here's me the other night at a botb (at my age, really ) ... the prize is £2000 so it's worth the effort* Forty minute set - the longest I've stood up for since my achillese tendon op 4 weeks ago - admittedly I had to perch on a stool for a song in the middle of the set. See my crutches hanging off the stage bottom right. For those who have met her, yes that's Betty (second bass I ever built). My main basses are setup and strung for CGCF... which is a little gruff for this new band. Betty's doing fine though and her new QP barks like a good'un. *We notched up one of the highest scores in the comp so far and have been bumped straight through to the semi's without the "indignity" of more heats. [/quote] Your leg scaffolding was surely worth 50 points before you even played a note

The truly flippant answer is that it sounds like a bass.

Geoff has dibs. Now if only I can sneak away for 15 mins to get to the post office!

If it's new it should be perfect. Take it back. It's up to the shop to make things right. Don't try and fix it yourself, if something goes wrong the shop will wash their hands of you.

[quote name='Christophano' timestamp='1342534740' post='1736719'] Thanks dudes.... I'm really considering it. Anyone shed any light on using the aux port for a preamp? Apparently it works..... [/quote] I have used the aux in before for amplifying many things - laptop, mp3 player, phone, and also used my Tascam bass trainer as a bass preamp to use two basses at once for bass lessons. Never used a preamp before but as long as the output is the right level then it should work. Of course all tone shaping will have to be done on the preamp - only the master volume will have any effect.

I use the RedSub BT5110 combo, which features the same head which can be removed from the 1x10. I really like it - I use it with my Zoot 4x10 cab for bigger gigs or ones with no PA support. Dunno what comes close for the money and it wasn't really a consideration for me - I bought the combo for flexibility. Last night I did a radio session with some of the band and I just used the combo and pointed my microphone down at it, worked like a charm.

I can't believe I missed a Gibson "guess the bass". Too busy baking.

First Act Delgada? [url="http://www.firstact.com/Products/LimitedEditionGuitars/Delgada_bass.aspx"]http://www.firstact.com/Products/LimitedEditionGuitars/Delgada_bass.aspx[/url]

That's not what the OP said[font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]. The OP asserted that "[/color][/font][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]if the internet didn't exist there wouldn't be much in the way of GAS". I don't agree with that at all. Before the internet it was computers I was into and believe me, I could find all sorts of things to overspend my pocket money on back in the early/mid 80s. You found out about it by reading books and magazines, or even through word of mouth from fellow geeks [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]There has always been GAS. I wasn't around for it but I'm sure there was a major car customisation cult in the 70s. Multiple exhaust pipes on your Mini anyone? Ahh, I had car GAS before I could even reach the pedals. Ford Capri for the realistic fantasy, Jaguar E-type or Ferrari 365 GTB/4 for the highly improbably fantasy. All found out about through books and magazines (and toy cars).[/font][/color]

I was going to say ... remember books?

I don't think I'm the target audience for this article [size=2]/me mumbles something about them all looking the same[/size]

I don't really have a problem gigging any of my basses which are worth from £100 to more than £1000 in pubs. I've never played in any pubs which have made me feel uneasy about my gear or my own personal safety. However, when I play Belladrum festival next month, you bet I'll be taking my least expensive bass (a well used Yamaha BB300) - it's not punters, other bands or thieves I'm worried about, it's more likely to fall foul of the weather or me drinking a few too many paper cups of beer and leaving it somewhere

Heh, I never knew the Victory Artist was featured in something so high profile

I think in a lot of these cases the person hears whatever they want to hear. I've been through that and now I only replace bridges for functional reasons like better adjustment options rather than tonal options, which to my mind are ill-defined and a bit spurious in the grand scheme of things.

Of course it's possible, it's only wood and metal. Is it advisable? No. You want to do all this work: - drill three massive holes into your bass and push threaded inserts into said holes which will probably pop out under string tension, if not right away then over time. - reroute your bridge earth wire to come out into one of these holes (unless you're lucky and they happen to coincide) - deal with any neck angle issues (which will be a lot of fun if your Tokai is set neck and would warrant a build thread of its own) because the three point sits half a mile above the surface of the body. - fill the screw holes that the previous bridge left. to voluntarily give up the ability to individually adjust your string height? Be happy with your Tokai. I had one once, it was a nice bass. Don't make it worse in some attempt to make it look a bit more Gibson-y. In summary - possible? Yes. Advisable? No. The three point bridge is nasty - and that's coming from a rabid Gibson fan. I only have one bass which employs that abortion of a bridge and I very quickly replaced it with a Hipshot Supertone.

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1341734946' post='1723193'] When you started in your first band? What are your reflections on this now? Just nosey and curious really! [/quote] Although I had owned a bass for about 3 years before I first played with a band, I'd say I had accumulated no more than a couple of day's total play time before I played my first gig, including the 3 practises with the band before the gig. Reflections? It proves a point - just get stuck in.