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I guess the general opinion is that anything worth sitting in for that long needs to cost a bit more 'ey? Cheers for all the input although i'm still a bit skeptical about the whole thing. There are some pretty cheap armless office chairs for the sub £50 mark and would probably suffice. Also, my only concern about a stool is that it's not something i'd be used to playing on, however Thomann do what appears to be a great one for around £80. Maybe i'll have to see if anyone owns one.

There was a topic a while back made for the purpose of finding a decent chair to sit down and play bass in. There were a few suggestions but most were over £100 and I can't see myself stretching to that sort of money just for a chair. So does anyone have any good budget suggestions for something comfortable but that can also be sat in for 8+ hours if needed? Cheers.

I liked that Parker Maxx Bass until my eyes reached the headstock. But at 6lb's i'd be more worried about it floating away!

Brilliant, loved the song.

See, this is why I need to learn music theory! So I can understand jokes!

I have a feeling that this is supposed to be in the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/forum/75-affiliates-market/"]Affiliates Forum[/url].

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1327586910' post='1513792'] Tone wise absolutely. Regarding the neck, as "blind pilot" says, the best thing is to try one out. The Tribute l2000 comes with only one neck size i.e. 1.75" at the nut and 12" radius. With the USA L 2000's you can have a choice of neck sizes, the most common of which is the jazz neck at 1.5" at the nut. While the L 2000 Tribute necks are no doubt on the chunky side, I find it comfortable. A compromise you could make is to check out the G&L JB2 Tribute (see link below). While it does not have the same choice of tones as the L2000, it is still an excellent bass, great value for money and has the jazz size neck. [url="http://www.glguitars.com/instruments/TributeSeries/basses/JB-2/index.asp"]http://www.glguitars.../JB-2/index.asp[/url] [/quote] Thanks for the advice. I actually just got PMT in Birmingham to order me a G&L L-2500

Would you recommend the it to someone who is aiming to play fast/progressive stuff despite it's neck?

Just curious, how much is this costing?

Never bought a bass from a smokers home but I did buy a mobile phone once and was genuinely surprised when I opened the package and it reeked of stale smoke. Luckily I didn't have to use it for long but the thought of buying a used bass from a smokers home turns my stomach. Very rarely do people buy basses that don't sound nice or look good, so I don't think people should have to put up with one that doesn't smell good.

I can only chip in by giving you my experience of the Canon Powershot range and say that they are great camcorders (as far as compact digital cameras are concerned). So i'd urge you to take a look at what Canon has to offer.

I gotta echo what allighatt0r said. Beware of the guitar tutor who teaches bass . I had one, was taught some [i]great[/i] tunes such as Crazy Train and Vertigo by U2. Needless to say I found a bass teacher here off Basschat who is brilliant, so keep up the search.

I see it as the responsibility of the manufacturer (in this case, Ernie Ball) to be as fair trade as possible. I know it often means higher prices, but at the end of the day it's the quality of the product (in the case of bass strings, at least) that draw their customers to buy it.

I thought i'd chip in with a little anecdote on the subject. In July 2010 I bought a 'new' Ibanez BTB 475 for £400 from PMT Birmingham. I got £50 off because it had a paint chip at the base of the neck which was actually only visible if you looked for it. So I was happy, for a while . I didn't actually play it much for the first few months, but then towards the winter I started to play it and noticed an earthing problem. I took it in, they took it off me on the same day and said they'd send it off for repair. A month later (after being told 1-2 weeks) it arrived back. I got it home, got it out and found it had the same problem. So a couple of months later (around June time) I took it in and, again, they took it off me and said 1-2 weeks. So a month later.. I got it back. I was happy for a while but then when I unzipped it out of its bag once I got it home (I should have checked it at the store but I was reassured by the guy handing it to me that it seemed fine). It had a really deep chip on the bottom edge of the body. Now, this is a really really glossy bass and the chip went all the way through to the wood. And it wasn't one chip, it was about 4 or 5 small chips in a line. So, obviously, I took it back to see what was up. Now when I took it back it was towards the end of July 2011. Turns out that it got damaged by a courier on the way to the repair place and the repair place didn't mention it until quizzed about it, which meant a claim couldn't be sorted (because the time had passed). Anyway, fast forward to today.. I STILL don't have a new bass. Yep, it's been almost 6 months. I don't 100% blame PMT for this, and I have been chasing it up constantly, but they are at least a bit to blame for the long wait. It would take too long to explain what has been going on but needless to say, PMT were f***ing around for a bit and my bass got lost at another store for like 2-3 months which it shouldn't have. So would I recommend PMT? Well for me, I buy from the cheapest place and PMT has always been on par with its competitors (at least for the items I want). And despite all this mucking around, I would still use them again.

Free bump. Still having lessons and learning a lot! And more importantly enjoying them a lot.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1326899613' post='1503423'] That sounds like it should just be the earthing [/quote] Well, when he explained that there was a thump from tapping it, I had a similar problem when tapping the screws on the pickup. Whether it was earthing or not, the problem persisted with mine. By the way, wonderful looking bass for that kind of money.

Just thought i'd chip in, even though you've 'resolved' the problem. My previous bass, Ibanez BTB 475 had a similar problem. The neck pickup was fine but the bridge one, while sounding normal, had a buzzing sound when touching anything metal on the bass. So basically, if I had the bridge pickup set to full, touching the strings caused a buzz. I sent mine off for repair 3 times (and wasn't fixed on all 3 occasions). Needless to say, they have a '3 strikes and you're out' policy and i'm currently waiting for a replacement one to arrive in my hands.

[quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1325777612' post='1487509'] I recently bought 4 of these for the Studio.... £29 each [url="http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50133762/"]http://www.ikea.com/...ducts/50133762/[/url] [/quote] I own one of these as well. I weigh 15 stone and they hurt the old backside a bit for over two hours of sitting and playing.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1326192158' post='1493436'] +1 for the extra £95 will be well worth it [/quote] If I had a cash refund, i'd probably already have it in my hands.

Well i've only been learning a few months, but i'll certainly flood the forum with pics once I get it.

Just noticed this topic got bumped. I actually got (or am going to get, in the near future) a great deal on the new, not-yet-released Ibanez BTB 575. (The bass is shown on the USA Ibanez site though) It's apparently being released at NAMM later this month, in America. Or at least that was the information from the rep of the place that distributes Ibanez's within the UK. I also got put through a lot of bulls**t (to be specific, my bass got sent off for repairs 5 months ago and I have just got a credit refund for it) so they're trying their best to get it to me even earlier than is available to most people, and for a lot cheaper too (around £399)! But thank you for all the recommendations, I checked them all out before finally being offered the above by the nice guys at PMT.

I can't offer anything truly insightful but it sounded good and I liked it. And if you wanted to do any nice HD recordings, just say and you can borrow my digital camera!