Jono Bolton

What sort of price should I be looking at for the 4.5XL? It's usually about £300-350, but I found this: [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/45-xl/66404"]Hartke 4.5XL[/url] Surely that can't be right? If it's a mistake should I take advantage of it?

Sorry, I'm asking about cabs here, not amps or heads, cheers!

Is it any good? There's loads on ebay. And there seems to be two types, VX and XL. I take it the XL stuff is better as it costs more. Does anyone on here use this stuff?

According to the seller its one of the original ones. It's carpet covered, with a red stripe across the front and then two ports on the front too

Anyone got one? How are they? I've found one, mint, £225 plus post. Good deal or not? It's an original one in green carpet.

Going by the age what model would you say it was? I'd message him but he seems like such a tool that he probably couldn't tell me

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Squier-fender-Jazz-Bass-Short-Neck_W0QQitemZ250210461311QQihZ015QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Squier Jazz[/url] He wants a £20 deposit within 2 hours of the auction close. And he's vague about the description too. It's got a "short neck" apparently, doesn't say why. Anyone recognise these? Is it worth a punt?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/60s-Japanese-Apollo-Hollow-Body-Bass-NICE_W0QQitemZ280196618990QQihZ018QQcategoryZ118984QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Apollo Semi[/url]

[quote name='paul, the' post='128736' date='Jan 27 2008, 03:36 PM']Thought I'd add some yang to this thread: [/quote] Gorgeous!

I personally hate the supreme SGs, I would rather have a worn brown one that were lurking about on ebay a while ago. 900 big boys though. Not something I personally have kicking about. The cherry ones aren't bad either, the white ones are pretty cool, and the black ones are alright too I suppose.

...charge lots of money for it. £850 from Music Ground. Horrible. I didn't think you could ruin an SG bass but there you go. Ghastly.

Well I'm resting the wrist at the moment, I never actually said I was getting a powerball to fix my wrist problems so I [u]will[/u] be getting one to build up my general arm strength though. finnbass, cheers for the link! kdphysio, when would be a good time to end the 'relative rest'? My basses are sitting in the corner just begging to be played!

Do you just hold them? Or is there something else you do with your wrist at the same time? I quite fancy one of the Powerballs. There's a bunch on ebay at the mo, is there one that's best? there seems to be loads of options. I assume it comes with some sort of instructions?

[quote name='finnbass' post='127948' date='Jan 25 2008, 06:45 PM']Balls! [url="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Power-and-Balls-Are-Now-One-with-Powerball-38666.shtml"]Powerballs[/url] Shop around though as prices vary enormously.[/quote] They look awesome! Have you tried them? Has anyone tried them? I don't think I'm entirely sure how you use them.

[quote name='kdphysio' post='127945' date='Jan 25 2008, 06:42 PM']whereabouts in your wrist is the pain? (its ok, there's no joke coming!...... as you can tell from my BC name, i treat this sort of problem every day - i work with professional golfers). karl[/quote] It's the left wrist, and the pain's on top of the wrist bone, but to the left side of the wrist, if that makes sense?

I've got a pair of those hand grips. I use them from time to time but not as often as I should. How long should I use them for? I used to 100 grips but that only takes a couple of minutes, I can't see that it would make a huge difference. Should I do it longer?

I was doing pull ups during a quiet spell at work and the tendonitis that had settled down in my left wrist just got a million times worse. I can barely fret an octave shape now Absolutely gutted. I'm gonna have to give my bass a rest for a few weeks I think, which is murder, especially since I'm buying an Ashdown rig. Head should be here some point next week, with the cab coming a few weeks later. Does anyone know of any exercises I can do to strengthen my wrists? No w***ing jokes please.

Reuben's Jon Pierce has a beast of a bass sound, some excellent lines and flails around on stage like a retard. Hero. I've said before somewhere else, Brand New's Garrett Tierney is awesome too, he has a really 'old' bass sound, vintage Fenders through Ampeg amps. Great basslines again, but he's pretty reserved on stage. For great, aggressive, scuzzy bass try bands like The Bronx, Bullet Treatment, Converge etc.

If I've learned anything from buying gear, don't go with a cheap option. It's always better to wait and save a little bit longer until you can afford decent gear. I bought a Peavey TNT because it was cheaper than the Ashdown Mag combo I wanted. Ultimately I was pretty disappointed with it. I was going to settle for a MAG cab to go with my ABM head but I've decided to wait a few weeks til I can afford an ABM cab. Luckily a day later someone had put an ABM 410 on here which I'll be buying when he gets back from holiday. If you still dont want to spend a lot, always check the Basschat Marketplace, loads of bargains and as it's a community you're not likely to get stung on here as you might with the likes of ebay.