Kes

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1328562483' post='1529243'] SNAP! [/quote] Nail and head. Cest la vie. I enjoy learning stuff which i just haven't known. So will know in future to take off the back and make sure the pots don't move while tightening them =] I'm gonna do some research on more detailed care for when i get my lovely bass back =]

Thanks for the replies guys i've been losing faith in the bass as my only other bass is a 4 string and getting on a bit aswell (but i've had it since new and was my first bass so has been through a fair bit..) will replace the pots soon and probably look at a new backup bass in the summer when cash flow is stlightly better. =] @truckstop, was quite likely the bass I bought that you were looking at =]

[quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1328495189' post='1528130'] with the bolloxy bass 'solo'. half reversed (or compressed to hell, cant remember). I used to play that one too. You poor bugger. [/quote] As far as i know to record it they played the first half of it then reversed the recording of it.. never heard that song played live... will have a hunt on youtube now to see what I can find out of curiosity...

just thought, possibly should have gone under 'technical issues' thread. apologies, feel free to move if it makes more sense...

Hey all, Bought a bass on here about 5 months ago. (ibanez K5 - old one not the black version) with a replaced pre-amp... The bass is a beauty to play, but had a couple of issues when i bought it: #loose volume/tone pots - which were cleaned and tightened ASAP by myself #problem with the input jack - cables would cut out when moved in a certain way especially when cable was tucked behind the strap button. some cables would cut out completely some needed adjusting until they fitted - jack barrel was replaced by my friendly neighbourhood music shop. Music shop gave the bass a full new set up (action set a tad low as standard) and I gave the bass a nice new set of elixiars.. The bass travels from mine to band practice in a hard case (again bought by me). but noticed the volume pot had worked its way loose again so used the alan keys and a wrench to tighten it again, didn't test it at the time as it was 4am and I didn't do much just tighten the pot to assumed all was well. Played the bass a day or two later and found that there was no output from the bass... nothing.. battery was fine. amp/footpedal worked fine but no output at all... Bass is now back in the shop again and i'm starting to lose faith... Its a beauty to play but i'm starting to not trust the bass and thinking about changing it. but all i'd be looking for is a similar 5string ibanez from the SR range (rather than another K5). Am I just unlucky? Should I think of it like a car and when it gets starts to have a problem, it'll have more and just retire the bass and keep as an [seemingly unreliable] backup... Sorry for the rant, just venting frustration on what is an otherwise lovely bass.

I've always hated 'hey Jude' can't stand the song. a few years ago when in a covers band that played gigs about once a week. we all hated the song and so never played it. Got asked as a special request from the person who booked us, so learnt it, played it once or twice during practice, played it once on stage for them and NEVER AGAIN. Ugh, horrible horrible and i'm surprised its not on more people's lists...

I write on bass (the odd noodle on piano and guitar as i played both before settling as a happy little bassist) Either hold a bassline and leave the guitarrist to noodle ontop until we find something we like. or vice versa. he plays a chord progression and i noodle til we find a groove we like then change it around a bit. sometimes i'll just transpose up the dusty end of the fretboard to write little guitar licks for him if he doesn't already have something. ( <3 my effects pedal with distortion) but this is rare. he's a talented baw.

Bought an ashdown amp from the Manchester oxford road store of academy sound back in the day and couldn't have been happier with the service. Have been into the manchester store of PMT recently just for a wonder round with the guitarrist from my band. We had the same guy looking after both of us who admitted he was a guitarrist but 'knew enough about bass to help me out'. The guy kept wondering round checking up every now and then after giving me a lead and saying to just take stuff off the walls and plug into whichever amp was on. (continuing when i asked about actives to say if they don't have a screw on the back feel free to swap batteries from one bass to another. guy was nice enough when i'd stated my intentions (i.e. to try a load of basses to get a feel for what i'd like to get in a month or two). no pressure for a sale, no pissing around left me to it witout hovering over my shoulder every 3 miniutes. when i was done, went to check on my mate and could over hear the same guy being condescending and trying to force a sale on him. i'd say the stiff until you get to know them rule applies. in the same way that if you say exactly what you're after and why they're probably more helpful as they know if they're going to get a sale or not and how much they could pressure you (which doesn't work on me).

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1319974119' post='1420621'] He looks like Jack Osbourne. [/quote] Is that a banable offence?

[quote name='markstuk' post='1346532' date='Aug 20 2011, 05:27 PM']Has anyone played any of the new SRT's (800 and 805)... ? [url="http://www.ibanez.com/BassGuitars/Series-srt"]http://www.ibanez.com/BassGuitars/Series-srt[/url][/quote] Similar to the BTB series as far as i remember. only played one for about 2 miniutes in PMT salford, so may not be the most reliable opinion...

Just thought i'd say (10 day bump due to being stuck in work) I spent a 9 hr round trip to go and pick up an old style K5 from our own Stan_da_man, and my god, i couldn't be happier right now. i've sent it in to my local music shop for a quick checkup and getting a nice shiny new hardcase so i'm not lugging it round in my tattered old ritter case. Thanks all, and Kes is a happy little bassist right now (and slighly drunk after work) life is good.

just to be different from the good old punk classics i thought i'd throw something....sh*tt*r in the mix... bloodhound gang - The roof is on fire.

Good to hear you're happy matey, Ashdown user here, but haven't had to deal with their customer services yet.....