pete.young

I have a Dean B2 that I'm trying to get to grips with - along with the JJ pickups and the active EQ and the Piezo bridge, there are a huge range of tones and I'm still trying to get my head round it. But it does make some nice noises, and the Piezo is very usable on it's own without the magnetic pickups . In the top octave, it sounds almost like an acoustic guitar.

[quote name='noelk27' post='316049' date='Oct 27 2008, 07:27 PM']It's not Fender, but the distributors who stitch up the territorial markets.[/quote] In this case, it is Fender Japan - they are leaning on all the Japanese exporters and insisting that they don't export the not-for-export Fender Japan basses which we know and love. I'm not sure how Guitar Emporium gets round it, more power to them if they can do so. Other than that, you're looking at importing a second-hand one yourself from someone like Ishibashi, who will still ship the secondhand stuff just not the new ones. [url="http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box"]http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box[/url] . Or hoping that John at Far East Guitars can find what you're looking for. You'ld probably have to ask John to find you one: I don't think he'd bring in a left-hander on spec.

Contrast this with the reception we got at Anderton's Music in Guildford the other day. "Good afternoon, how can I help you, what are you interested in?" We said we'd just come in for a look round as we were passing by, and were interested in guitars. "That's great come this way, here are the guitars, if you see anything you're interested in and want to try anything, give *so and so* (can't remember his name) a shout and he'll sort things out for you." One the way out, he said 'thanks for coming in'! Brilliant, why would anyone bother to go to Denmark St. Wasn't Denmark St due to disappear under 'Crossrail' or whatever it's called?

Colin Hodgkinson. Three times.

I think the Leads Factory is no longer trading - I tried to buy some connectors and when you get to the payment bit you get redirected.

Sorry for going off-topic, but this one is distinctly not crap. A really nice-looking Yamaha BB1000 wannabe P-bass from 1978-81. (hope the URL doesn't go mental. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-Vintage-BB1000-Bass-Guitar-1982-1989_W0QQitemZ130261591154QQihZ003QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-Vintage-BB100...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] I have a BB800 from the same period and it's a cracking bass, IMHO much better than anything Fender were putting out at the time. Currently sitting at £50 which is an insult. If I didn't already have too many basses ...

[quote name='3V17C' post='303633' date='Oct 10 2008, 10:03 AM']few in my part of East Anglia.... [url="http://www.brewery-tap.com"]www.brewery-tap.com [/url] used to be a very good venue, not as good these days but still ok with big stage and in house pa/engineer and has alot of tribute bands including 'heartbreaker' a paul rodgers tribute. [url="http://www.ipswichrailway.co.uk"]ipswich railway[/url] has tribute bands most fri/sat nights - though there are some tales of the management being complete gits - having said that i believe its being taken over by someone new soon.[/quote] The URL in your 'brewery tap' points to somewhere in Ireland - I've fixed it in my reply! We've heard the rumours about the Railway being up for sale, too. In the current climate, who knows. In Ipswich, you could add the Kingfisher to the list. They have a lot of tribute bands there. We've played there (though we're not a tribute band) and it was a cracking gig, loads of really appreciative punters, proper stage and an excellent sound.

Have to say that my modern EBS 2x12 Neo sounds a lot better with my Burman Pro 4000 than my Wem 2x15 ever did, with the added bonus that I'm not expecting it to disintegrate at the drop of a hat as soon as the volume goes past '3'. And you can pick it up with one hand.

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='298336' date='Oct 3 2008, 09:43 AM']Did the dinosaurs not mind the noise?[/quote] *applause*

[quote name='johnnylager' post='299464' date='Oct 4 2008, 05:10 PM']The other week, I shipped a bass to Beefy in Leeds double-boxed in cardboard for £30 via Parcellforce 24 again, insured for £500.[/quote] Doesn't Parcelforce have an insurance limit of £150 for musical instruments? I seem to recall someone on here falling foul of that, maybe OBBM?

[quote name='Rayman' post='293330' date='Sep 27 2008, 10:44 AM']Amp's on it's way to Dave.[/quote] Good call. Dunno if he still plays, but he used to be an awesome bass player, in the style of Colin Hodgkinson but left handed. He used to work for Muir Music on Chester Road in the late '70s (Burman dealers!), and I used to hang out in Sounds Acoustic next door.

Oops. Could someone move this into 'Theory and Technique' please?

[quote name='SJA' post='283555' date='Sep 14 2008, 10:38 AM']yeah, there are 2 sounds, but I think they're both from a Fairlight- in the Radio2 Producers programme on Trevor Horn he explained how Relax was done using a bass guitar low E note sample and a piano E note sample in unison[/quote] I thought Norm Watt Roy played the original bass line for Relax

Looks like we're going to have a go at 'Until You Come Back To Me' by Aretha, featuring a great bass line by Chuck Rainey. My ears are struggling with bits of this. I understand it was transcribed in Bass Player magazine a few years ago, so if anyone can lay their hands on a copy I'd be pleased to hear from you.

He means read the dots, young man. The Book isn't tab, it's proper notation. Can anyone tell me if the Gladys Knight version of 'Grapevine' is in this book?

Music Outlet Shop on ebay also sells these - the design has changed slightly but they still work. I got some black ones for £4.50 a pair plus postage.

I've heard of a few people tuning CGDA and then capoing on the 12th fret to give Cello pitch. Here's another interesting variation: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9F3vwvrWM4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9F3vwvrWM4[/url]

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='284200' date='Sep 15 2008, 01:33 PM']Pleased to see that you are still staying clear of the [b]Railway Inn[/b]. Keep up the good work. [/quote] The people in the Milestone are very nice people. Rumour is that The Railway is up for sale, if you fancy moving into the rock and roll pub business.

[quote name='stevie' post='284094' date='Sep 15 2008, 10:14 AM']Will the Behringer BDI21 work as a standalone bass preamp to drive the balanced, low impedance input of a professional power amp?[/quote] I think it's unlikely. The DI output is very puny and when I've used it to DI into a PA it's needed the gain wound well up on the mixing desk.

[quote name='urb' post='285083' date='Sep 16 2008, 02:46 PM']hey - I bought a return ticket from Waterloo for £11.50 - so that's me sorted - I'll probably get a cab to the venue from there... so er, see some of you there m[/quote] I'm probably going to do the same thing - my season ticket will get me into London and for 11.50 it's not worth driving. The venue is walkable from the station - 1.6 miles according to google. I guess it just depends on how much stuff you're planning to bring. Pete

Hi, I've got a couple of gigs with Crossover (rock/pop covers) coming up in Ipswich this week: Thurs 18th Sept - The Milestone Sat 20th Sept - The Kingfisher Come along and say hi if you've nothing better to do! Pete

If you want a Japanese one with an ash or alder body, you need a not-for-export model (it'll also have US pickups). Currently you can't get these exported new, but fareastguitars occasionally has second-hand ones.