Jono Bolton

[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.

Nut is filed and problem solved.

I messaged him. Here's what he said [quote name='Stupid Ebayer' post='125486' date='Jan 22 2008, 03:06 PM']Thanks but this doesn't seem to be the case as even with the string off and the tuner been rewound plenty of times, after a few times going the other way (right way)it gets stiff then stuck.[/quote]

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Right, adjusted the hight of string, and it isn't any better. [quote name='Muppet' post='125040' date='Jan 21 2008, 09:24 PM']If you file the nut so that it grips your string then you end up not allowing to move freely in the slot.[/quote] I don't want it to grip the string but looking at the nut and string side on, less than half of the string sits in the groove. Also, changing the gauge of the strings doesn't help, it actually makes it worse. I wouldn't have said that filing the nut was a permanent solution, they are easily replaceable.

A friend of mine has a Behringer 8X10 and his brother who is a better friend of mine says it's f***ing awful, poorly made and heavy as hell. I like the MAG heads, I used one for a gig and had loads of compliments on the sound. I thought for a while I was using it through a MAG cabinet but looking at a picture of me using it I can see it's an ABM one. Still great sounding. So aye, +1 on the Ashdown. Go with soundslive.co.uk, MAG 300 heads are £191 and you can get a MAG 410 cab for about £220.

[quote name='Buzz' post='125144' date='Jan 21 2008, 11:49 PM']Does it make much difference? OBBM on this here forum will whip you up really high quality leads for a stupidly low price depending on what you need.[/quote] Yes. If I've got the head and the cab I'd like to have something to connect them together. At the minute I've got 2 jack to jacks and 1 patch cable for connecting my bass to to the amp through my 2 pedals, but the amp isn't going to work without a cable connecting the head to the cabinet is it?

Anyone?

I'm using 105 gauge strings. I detune the E to D for about half our set. It was a problem that popped up seemingly overnight. I thought it might be from when my local tech fitted me a new pickup and set it up. Should I fanny about with the set up before doing any filing?

I've concluded that the problem I'm having with my Low E string is that the nut slot isn't cut deep enough which is why the string keeps jumping out of the slot when I detune (which I have to do, a lot) Is the file I need the sort of thing I could buy at my local hardware store? I don't need or want a whole set of files. What sort of width should I get if I'm filing a low E slot?

[quote name='nick' post='123365' date='Jan 19 2008, 01:38 PM']Anyone interested in this semi? I quite like it myself.....[/quote] I like it too. Might take a punt if it doesn't go too high [quote name='sgt-pluck' post='123387' date='Jan 19 2008, 02:13 PM']There's also this [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140199305553&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=004"]Tokai Jazz Sound[/url]. Looks right to me, same as mine only a bit earlier. It's a lot of money. Pluck[/quote] Gotta love that headstock logo! Lovely bass!

That was lies. One more query: Is it speakon or jack sockets on the back of the cabs?