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[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1421703179' post='2664193'] This looks like it might what you're looking for. http://www.markbass.it/product_detail.php?id=61 [/quote] These do work remarkably well on MarkBass cabs and combos but, ideally need a nice carpet type covering to adhere to. You can get around this by fixing something similar to a cab but it would probably need to be glued on so could affect longer term value if it leaves nasty glue marks.

I never venture in darkest Shoreditch for fear of being 'converted to hipster' chic but this looks well worth a visit. Their logo says established in 2011 so must have been around in one form or another for a while? Have to be pretty big to retain 'main dealer' status for new Fenders and Gibsons, especially with the latest stock holding demands for 2015. Will definitely try to head over there. Must be better than Denmark Street as well. In fact I hadn't been back for a while but was there on Friday afternoon, tried the old trick of trying to get served but it was as tough as ever. Tried walking around, taking an instrument off the wall, playing acoustically for a bit, going to a counter and looking vaguely like a customer but couldn't draw the assistant's attention away from the blues licks he was practicing on a Telecaster without saying "excuse me" quite loudly. When I asked about some info on a bass he said the 'bass bloke' had "nipped out for a bit". No offer to help or even to venture when the 'bass bloke' might nip back again. . .

Depends on the cab and its design. Some cabs work much better when 'coupled' to the floor and others aren't as reliant on this. Some cabs actually sound different if you stand them horizontally rather than vertically and there are even some specifically designed to do this. In general terms most cabs will deliver more low end when on the floor though. Of course, this isn't always a positive thing. Some cabs in some situations can sound horribly boomy on the floor

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1421543987' post='2662657'] I don't know why I'd buy a £4k bass not to gig it?! How much is your car worth? Would you buy a new car and not drive anywhere for fear of a bump? [/quote] Totally agree. The 2nd point is quite relevant to me as well recently. Cracked a rim on an alloy on my car and a replacement will be £500. In the short term it's been welded at about £40 but It was bad enough for the, virtually new, tyre to be damaged as well so that was another £240. The garage said that alloys are notorious for this sort of damage and that I should be really careful and not drive over speed bumps or potholes for fear of damaging any of the other wheels - I asked him if he'd driven much on British roads recently He did actually see the funny side of this and recommend what, for me, was the 'Squier equivalent'. Get some new plain steel wheels and ditch the low profile tyres for something simple and cheap as they'd "do the job" without the worry . . .

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Isn't that just the regular 'street' price for a new one of these?

[quote name='Bassjon' timestamp='1421580105' post='2662807'] Stuart Hamm has FINALLY been announced for the Sunday - 2 weeks after BGM broke the news. [/quote] BGM run LBGS - because they run some live news stuff they will often pre-promote on the magazine news pages ahead of the show site. Gets them additional site traffic and good for SEO if they release lots of current news articles

I've gigged a £10k Fodera in small pub. I'm a great believer that if you own a bass it should be out there gigging. My 'everyday' gigging bass is a £4.5K Ritter but the Fodera gets an airing every now and then. I'm absolutely certain that no-one in the audience has the remotest interest that I'm using an expensive instrument but it doesn't bother me at all. I play these because I enjoy them and they make me smile every time I pick them up and that's all that's really important to me

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1421428924' post='2661157'] The LBGS organisers have just announced a double bass builder, [url="http://www.thomasmartin.co.uk/"]http://www.thomasmartin.co.uk/[/url], among the exhbitors. Good news [/quote] These guys make some first rate stuff. Really impressed by them

[quote name='sshorepunk' timestamp='1421496980' post='2661971'] And Mr Turner! [/quote] Yep - those are the two Paul did some really, really intensive testing as well!

The new Bergantino CN210's will be on their way soon. I have a really good feeling about these!

[quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1421330106' post='2659926'] This isn't true...... Suppliers cannot dictate pricing by law so they have no choice. If the re-seller decides they want to make a small margin or even sell at a loss they can and the supplier can have no say in that. [/quote] They can simply refuse to supply in the future though and give other reasons than discounting as to why they won't sell to the retailer any more. I've seen lots of examples of this and there are definitely ways around things. The 'smart' thing to do is not to put the refusal to supply because of discounting in writing. Thomann is a perfect example. Every now and then products disappear completely from their stock list. There's a general assumption that this is because the manufacturer won't sell to them at heavily discounted prices but in some cases the manufacturer won't sell to them because they have the potential to wreck the pricing market for the manufacturer. I'm in discussions right now with a major manufacturer who has made it very clear there is a price point that a retailer can never go below or supply will dry up. All conversations are on the phone rather than in writing.

I know two fairly serious live/session players who use DB750's plus Aggie 4x10's live. Both of them use a TH500 and a pair of SL112's for club gigs. One of them went from the DB112's to the SL112's after some pretty extensive testing and decided that the SL's went louder and still gave him the sound he wanted but with a much lighter weight. The DB's are great cabs but they are one heavy side for small cabs whilst the SL's are a simple one-handed lift.

Of the people here that are playing covers of this - are any of you playing it without keys (or horns)?

I tend to point all knobs towards me on a regular passive bass in the 'full on' position. If an active bass has a vintage type control then I'll set it in the middle position when the screw is pointing at me as I use them for quick subtle adjustments on the fly. Then there's basses like a Sadowsky or an Alleva Coppolo with boost only active systems. They will generally be pointed away from me in the off position. That lets me see how much boost I'm using as I dial the control towards me. There's probably more as well . . .

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1421236088' post='2658688'] But shops like the one you work in (plus Bass Direct and The Gallery) are specialist shops and tend to cater for the more discerning musician. I go to shops like that specifically to see non-mainstream products. The OP was talking about the typical all-round music shop. Their customers was stuff that is familiar and cheap. [/quote] Ah, sorry, I was really referring to your thought that the 'majority of bass players' didn't want interesting. That's not the case with our customers but then, as you've said, a lot of people come to us already knowing we do have things a bit different to a lot of other stores. I do stand by the fact that we do get 'everyday' people that just happen to find us online, or live locally that pop in and they are always much more open minded about trying, and buying, things that aren't Fender.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1421229528' post='2658574'] These days shops have to play it safe in order to stay in business. TBH the majority of bass players (i.e. those not on Baschat) don't want interesting. They want something like a P or a J bass preferably one that says Fender on the Headstock. [/quote] The majority of our customers are not on BassChat but there's no great bias towards Fender. We find quite a lot of BassChat members are more 'conservative' than much of our customer base.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1420658981' post='2651885'] Well, this song has edgamacated me in one regard. I was a bit baffled by the lyric "smoother than a fresh jar of Skippy". Apparently Skippy is a brand of Peanut Butter. I conclude he's not referring to the "crunchy" type. That is all. [/quote] Skippy is my favourite brand of peanut butter but it's become increasingly hard to find. Larger Tesco branches used to have it but removed it a year or so ago. Costco have it in larger jars

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1421181882' post='2658233'] How is the limp now Barrie? [/quote] Not good Having meetings at their HQ was always fun. The main meeting on doubled as storage for all the latest lingerie and all,of their staff (excluding the one bloke) wore AP underwear at all times - or so we were told, we nevertheless got any proof other than obvious stocking seams and flashes of frilly bras!

For hard rock you'd be hard pressed to beat either the GK MB500 or 800 heads. I think the power output of the GK800 is about twice that of the RH750 as well

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1421178910' post='2658172'] Imagine if you worked in a lingerie department [/quote] I worked with Agent Provocateur for a while. My main job was to check every display photograph was correct and matched th product description. It was tough job but someone had to do it. . .

[quote name='dieseldalziel' timestamp='1421095219' post='2657135'] I work for a small UK company that makes parts for guitars/basses & while I'm not involved in the sales side our sales manager has said that a U.S buyer wouldn't have to pay sales tax & so would pay less than a U.K. buyer...& yet the product is made here [/quote] Import duties are only about 2% to USA and sales taxes are maybe 4-5% unless you buy online, in which cases you're exempt from sales tax. However you have to get the item there and insure it. On an item by item basis this is expensive. Shipping in bulk reduces prices but you're potentially in for warehousing and/or local distribution costs.