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Played 2 sets with 2 different bands last night, the silly covers band went down great as did the ska band and we were tighter than a gnats crotchet. Good Times! Oh, and our singer used a handy helium balloon to help her with My Boy Lollipop - Genius!

We (Gregg Price and the Wilson 5) were ace last night! Well, apart from the drummer forgetting the intro's to most of the songs. Crowd were a bit hard to get going as we were on 1st and it was an engagement party, but we got them up after a bit. Best bit - The segue from Nouvelle Vague's version of Ever Fallen in Love in to the original and seeing athe old folks faces when they realised they couldn't leave the dance floor and had to carry on! Good work chaps!

Had an ace gig last night in The Globe even though we had to cut our set short to 30mins as the band before us were amazing and the crowd wouldn't let them finish! Same again tonight please! EDIT: The support band were The Cougar - check them out! And they were really cool guys and had a good bass geek chat with their bass player afterwards.

A while back I thought I'd save a few quid by bying a behringer tuner. After a month, the power input stopped working so I could only use batteries - which lasted about 1 gig. Not such a saving - Now use my Pod for tuning!

We're playing a benefit gig at The Globe for Oasis Refugee centre in Cardiff. Support comes from The Cougar, who are an ace afrobrat band and an Ethiopean choir. Should be a good night! [url="http://www.theglobecardiff.co.uk/theglobe/index.php?event_id=111"]Linky[/url] EDIT: It's this Thursday!

Interesting looking [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jedson-Bass-Japan-60s-70s-/110648604799?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19c32bb87f"]Jedson[/url]

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='1127810' date='Feb 14 2011, 11:24 PM']I almost bought some Luminlay sticks but did a bit of googling first and ended up buying some paint [url="http://www.glowstop.com/products/others/gt3gp.html"]http://www.glowstop.com/products/others/gt3gp.html[/url] And some raw pigments, here's the 2 brightest ones [url="http://www.glowstop.com/products/pigments/gt8900.html"]http://www.glowstop.com/products/pigments/gt8900.html[/url] [url="http://www.glowstop.com/products/pigments/gtb8900.html"]http://www.glowstop.com/products/pigments/gtb8900.html[/url] I bought the blue one. I'm thinking I may be able to fill a dot hole with pigments and crazy glue, if that doesn't work well I'll try the paint. Both will be tested on a piece of scrap first of course If they will charge enough under stage lights to get me through moments of darkness I'll call it a success. I don't need the searchlight levels of an LED, just a little glow that will tell me where the dots are on those rare occasions that I need them. I'll post some pics as I go.[/quote] I bought the 100ml bottle from my local art shop for £3. Works well enough

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-Guitar-/170602814714?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27b8b85cfa#ht_500wt_951"]Westone Rail[/url] at a more sensible price than recent efforts. Also, a [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Quantum-Bass-/170602823959?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27b8b88117#ht_500wt_951"]Quantum[/url] bass from the same seller. Some one lend me £600 will yer?

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1118632' date='Feb 7 2011, 09:37 AM']Sadly it is the same one - a pity the seller chose to [s]flip it[/s] sell it on Ebay rather than here. Lovely bass, I've always fancied trying a p/p arrangement. Jon.[/quote] You know, if it was the one sold on here, he's just lost out cos it only went for £134 - bargainish!

Good price for a [url="http://essex.gumtree.com/essex/45/73861445.html"]Thunder 1A[/url] in London Gumtree - £65! Someone snap this up! (It's not mine, honest!)

Does anyone know anything about Oakland basses? One [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/80s-Oakland-Fretless-Bass-Japan-Matsumoku-/250772267010?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a63312002#ht_500wt_951"]here[/url] for sale.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1124516' date='Feb 11 2011, 11:41 PM']The listing says that they will sell to the highest bidder. I bet they don't. If I was evil,I'd suggest that multiple people over a period of time all make exactly the same offer (to the exact penny) for it. But I won't.[/quote] Let's all make offers of £34.56...... He has a Westbury guitar for sale at an even more ridiculous price too.

[url="http://miltonkeynes.gumtree.com/miltonkeynes/32/73082832.html"]Aria Pro II [/url]- Nice fretless Cardinal series bass Going pretty cheap on gumtree - I'd have it myself if hadn't just bought a fretless. EDIT: I mean gumtree not ebay!

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1118632' date='Feb 7 2011, 09:37 AM']Sadly it is the same one - a pity the seller chose to [s]flip it[/s] sell it on Ebay rather than here. Lovely bass, I've always fancied trying a p/p arrangement. Jon.[/quote] Well there's no reserve so it MAY go for less than the £200 he bought it for.......DON'T BID! Let me have it for £90!!!! hehehe

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vantage-VP-710-Bass-Matsumoku-Westone-/160542486068?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item256113ee34#ht_500wt_951"]Vantage VP-710[/url], same as one that sold here on BC a few weeks ago (don't know if it's the SAME bass though) - Will be interesting to see if it goes for as much.

Jap - but not Crap! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Ibanez-Musician-MC888-Bean-/140508137461?pt=Guitar&hash=item20b6f007f5#ht_690wt_936"]Ibanez MC888[/url] Looks quite different to the usual Musicians, really light as well!

[quote name='Phil Starr' post='1116203' date='Feb 5 2011, 08:41 AM']There seems to be something about bass players! If this thread is around long you'll get Stevie, Lawrence, Alex and BFM joining in. What do you want the 8" speaker for? Are you building an alternative to your 15 or wanting something to complement it? This could affect your choice of speaker.[/quote] I have a delta bass 300 combo which uses 2x8" speakers, and I have added a 15" onto it. One of the 8" has gone so I was going to replace/upgrade them. I also have to option of getting a delta bass 4x8 cab to add on as well as/instead of the 15".

Thanks, thanks & thanks! Lots of good advice - this is why I love Basschat!

[quote name='dan670844' post='1115306' date='Feb 4 2011, 02:11 PM']try a shop! Seriously have a look a lean business, celestion used to do some nice 8 inch drivers, also Ashdown do italian made ones they will sell them to you if you ask nicely, they used to put them in the mini 48 superfly 484[/quote] Funny enough I tried a shop and I even tried lean business, but under the 'bass guitar' section, the smallest speaker is 10", hence my asking if p.a speakers were ok

Where can I get decent 8" Speakers from? The smallest I've seen specifically for bass amps is 10", Are P.A. speakers ok to use? Thanks for any advice! Chay

[quote name='TheGreek' post='1114202' date='Feb 3 2011, 05:48 PM']I've found 3 others - the top one is scarily cheap!!! [url="http://kramerguitar.org/kramer-xl24-bass-guitar/2708"]http://kramerguitar.org/kramer-xl24-bass-guitar/2708[/url][/quote] Wow - Get me to the States!