bassbloke

I disagree. On a general level, a few hours spent watching episodes of Tops of the pops from the 70s, 80s and 90s will tell you that crap always has and always will exist. There is a sizeable number of people that aren't particularly discerning in their musical tastes and will always buy crap. I've been gigging, with various degrees of frequency, since 1993. In that time I've been in the position where my playing ability has far exceeded that of people younger and older than me. What I will say is this. Bands nowadays are far more technology and industry savvy than their predecessors. There was a time when the average band didn't have a clue about the recording process and would all club together and rely on a studio and engineer to do it all for them.

When I were a lad and gigging with Dark Heresy I used to have a silly set up. Peavey MkVI head driving a Peavey 15" sub with passive crossover, paired with a Peavey 210TX and a Peavey 410TX running ful range. It was a beast. My next rig was a Peavey 800W power amp driving a Peavey BassFex and I got my hands on a 8Ohm 115BW. I found the best results came from running only low frequencies through the 15 and running the 410TX full range. I always felt that running on top end through the 10s lacked something. Nowadays I just use a 2 x 12 live and let the PA do the hard work. I played the main hall at Farnham maltings with no PA support with a 600W Tech head and cab and blew the walls off the place and the master volume wasn't even half way up.

I know someone that detuned their bassist's entire instrument by a semitone and didn't tell him. Worst thing is that I don't think he noticed.

I can appreciate why the experience with PMT was a downer, but I can't see why you're so hung up over buying a bass that's absolutely pristine. It will get damaged - that much is a certainty, so go second hand and spare yourself the heartbreak when it gets a ding.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='441309' date='Mar 21 2009, 08:43 PM']I just took a look at the original video, it's just a pair of sad men w*nking guitars IMO.[/quote] Utterly pointless comment.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/American-Deluxe-Jazz-Bass-V-Specifications-With-Case_W0QQitemZ250390957227QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item250390957227&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1688|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/American-Deluxe-Jazz...2|39:1|240:1318[/url] I'm think of publishing a book called 'How to piss money up the wall' [b]Chapter One.[/b] Donate your money to ebay by listing a 9 year old bass that retails for around £1200 new and stick it up for sale on ebay with a starting price and buy it now of £1450. Clever

They aren't loud pickups. My bass is lower output than a lot of others including standard fender jazz, Warwicks, etc... but as other people have stated - they sound great so I wasn't hugely fussed. What are they like when only a single pickup is soloed?

Is there some local byelaw that requires you to purchase equipment from PMT?

Just use an escrow service - much easier.

I bought an 8 x 10 from a Chinese seller on ebay and it was making a funny noise when it arrived. When I opened it up I found a dozen illegal immigrants inside.

You still haven't answered the question of whether she is fit or not. Personally, I think it makes all the difference.

Maybe they were just simulating felatio with a member of the audience.

Has he shown you the bill? £650 for 3711 units works out at 17p a unit. That's incredibly expensive even for a domestic tariff. My home tariff is around 9p per peak unit and my work pays 7p per minute for peak use. If you want to calculate usage for yourself it's quite easy add up total watts used so 400W for Mesa, 80 or 100 or whatever each for the powerballs, 750 for the power amp and I reckon factor in another 150W for sundries (brain, etc...) I'd assume your dehumidifer is around 250W (400+80+80+750+150+250)/1000 gives you the total in Kw/h # of hours * units * cost per unit tells you what you should be paying

4 pages and no mention of Geezer Butler. Tsk tsk.

[quote name='funnyfreddie' post='417806' date='Feb 23 2009, 08:23 PM']Tim, I feel you maybe missing my point. As I outlined. Be reasonable! Be amicable! Try to resolve things with due courtesy! However, there comes a point when none of the afore mentioned works. You have 2 choices. 1) Let them take the piss out of not only you, but someone else. Fact. I know this occurs as it did happen to someone else. Another band also got ripped off. 2) Try your best but in the end, you don't work for nothing. When I do charity work (£12,000 raised for local hospice with friends playing gigs, I do it BY CHOICE!) When I play as business, then I expect the same respect as I give in turning up on time, not getting pissed or making a show of one's self. Play to the best of my ability and provide a fair job for fair reward. In return, I go to work to earn money. When I play for free, it’s when I choose to do it! The good news is as again I pointed out, all this happened a long time ago and fortunately don't happen these days. You may ask the question though, I wonder why? The reason I added my view is I don't feel those lads should have been ripped off. I also feel that they deserve better. I am just saying there is another way of achieving justice within the law, without violence, without bad mouthing and done hopefully, very very rarely. I gave examples which happened about 8-10 years ago and from then not been necessary since. I make no apologies for sharing my experiences as I feel people can read this and make their own judgements. I know you don't agree with my points, so amicably and with courtesy I say no worries, let's agree to disagree . Good things to you my friend. No offence intended to you. ff[/quote] Actually, I think the point he is making is that you wouldn't want to be involved with a landlord who tries to shaft you. What would the manager of your local Tesco say if you walked in, picked up a pre-prepared sandwich and walked out of the shop saying you'd pay for it if it tasted nice.

[quote name='YouMa' post='407236' date='Feb 12 2009, 02:44 AM']I grew out of heavy metal. I still like it if i need a boost, but really i find a lot of it childish especially comedians like death metal and grind core bands. They all go on about death and destruction and how everyone will pay, but these people are always the first to sh*t there kegs if anything really kicks off. The bass playing of these bands is boring to me. I find metal bassists boring compared to jazz funk and soul players.[/quote] I don't listen to music just because I like the bass playing. Anyway, a lot of funk and soul bass playing is incredibly contrived - the same old slap licks and same tired old fills