pete.young

Very nice Aria precision copy [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-II-Primary-Bass-/130389528637?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e5bd2503d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-II-Primary-...=item1e5bd2503d[/url] This looks more like a '70s Precision than my CIJ 70's Precision re-issue!

[quote name='ianrunci' post='836933' date='May 14 2010, 10:09 AM']Ok I'll concede, you know what sound I like better than I do , your amp sounds better than mine at doing my sound, and your equipment is much more reliable. And your gear makes you a much better player I better start saving............... [/quote] Look on the bright side - At least you didn't ask him which compressor pedal would improve the sound of your rig the most ;-)

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' post='836984' date='May 14 2010, 11:03 AM']Why don't you just simply mute your signal (with a tuner pedal for example) and use the same cable for all your 3 bases? Just need to unplug the bass, lay it down on the stand, pick another up and connect the jack! I used to play with 2 bases, a electric and a acoustic bass and used a Boss AB-2 to switch betwen both but the trouble you get from keeping the cables from wrapping arround themselves or even your legs simply isn't worth the trouble... and you save more battery having them disconnected (if active). As for your use of the looper i guess you'll have no problem with it. Go either way [/quote] One reason is that they don't all have 6mm jacks. It's a good point about the leads though.

I need a pedal which will allow me to select one of three basses, and turn the other two off so they don't resonate or start feeding back. THere's a mega-expensive pedal called the 'Trinity' which does this, but I'm not into spending 150 quid on a fancy switch, so I was wondering whether I could use my Double-loop bypass (which no-one seems to want to buy) like this: Bass 1 into the normal input. Loops switched out, Bass 1 out of the output. Bass 2 into the 'effects return' of one of the loops. Select the loop - output is bass 2 - no sound from bass 1 because there's nothing coming out of the 'send' . Bass 3 - ditto but into the other loop. Use the loop switch to swap between basses 2 and 3. I guess the obvious way to figure this out is to try it, but in the meantime can anyone find a reason why this won't work? I know there may be gain issues but I think it should be possible to balance the volume controls.

Gotta go - gotta go and listen to Little Stevie and his band. Stunning bass and the guy can play it too - who is he?

I am not really one for listening to jazz, but I did enjoy some of the things that Barbara Thompson released with Paraphernalia

Yeah but, the Bass Cellar?

I can't imagine what would cause someone to part with something like that. If it was me, I'd be buried with it. I send the guy a message wishing him good luck with the sale, and he came back to me straight away. Seems to me that it's 100% genuine, and he's 100% nice guy. HappyJack, if you're still looking for a Jazz to invest in this has to be the one!

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='835591' date='May 12 2010, 07:27 PM']Careful Ross, all Jon is offering you is the truth. Take the blue pill and you'll wake up safely at home and in bed.[/quote] ROFL

Only need one. Roland V-Bass.

I've had some nickel roundwounds from them, excellent service although the price isn't quite as keen as it was at 2 dollars to the pound!

Sold Shaun my Big Muff pedal - really quick money transfer, super efficient and a really nice guy to deal with. Recommended. This man is a serious trader, people.

[quote name='Patrickhadow' post='819684' date='Apr 26 2010, 05:22 PM']Anyone know where i could find sheet music for Portrait of Tracy? cheers[/quote] Any of the Jaco books - The Essential Jaco Pastorius, published by Hal Leonard has it.

Don't panic, you'll be fine. Don't think you're going in there to take the exam: tell yourself that you've already passed the exam, and you're going in there to demonstrate how you did it. jakesbass did a great session at the last South East bass bash which covered a lot of this ground. I think there was a video which may have made it onto youtube, but I can't find it - might be worth dropping silverfoxnik a note about it. I can't really do that session justice in a couple of sentences, but for me some of the essential things were: start with simple notes on the beat. Second time through, put in a few rhythmic extras. If you can do it , have a couple of fills up your sleeve that you can throw in at the end of a 4 or 8-bar phrase.