molan

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1419499922' post='2640416'] They haven't automatically gone to people who've liked your page for some years now - perhaps to increase ad revenue but just as likely to cut down on clutter. For people to see more of your posts they need to be interacting with your page a regular basis. Take a look [url="http://edgerank.net/"]here[/url] for more on this. That article seems to to have been written a while ago, as Edgerank has been updated regularly to be far more sophisticated. I'd imagine the new changes are yet another update. [/quote] 'Organic' reach from FaceBook dropped dramatically in 2014 as part of their drive to increase ad revenue. I manage our shop page that has over 7,000 likes, an artist page with about 1,750 and a fan page for the artist that has about 3,500. The number of people seeing any posts made on these three sites is way lower than the like count. On the 7,000 like page we range from 2,000 to as low as 150 for very similar posts. The artist page fluctuates by even more, can be as low as 50 but I've also seen it go over 6,000. I think it's a bit rubbish that liking a page doesn't mean you'll ever see a post from that page (which is increasingly common) but I can also understand that FB is a commercial entity and not a charitable organisation. Maybe they've just got the balance a bit wrong

USPS will insure up to $650 and only costs about $120 to ship to the UK. I've used them lots of times.

We tend not to stock Chromes because we've not had much demand for them, La Bella and Thomastik move a lot faster. However it only takes 24 hours to get them from D'Addario UK. They are a great supplier and turn stuff around really quickly so there's no excuse for a D'Addario stockist to say they are 'rare'!

He popped in to see us at BassGear last week, we could have asked him for you! What a nice chap he is He said he'll bring some basses in for us to sell on his behalf next year so we'll see if the one here is amongst those . . .

We've got Roger coming over to help man the BassGear stand at LBGS next year - really, really excited about this!

Jo was in the shop last week trying out some basses and a pre-amp and we had Phil Jones in at the same time. Phil went out of his way to say what a good player he thought Jo was and, apart from thank you very much, all Jo said was that he was using his 'shop chops'

Great review Steve! If you're playing this kind of rock then it's definitely worth playing with that drive control. Anything beyond about 15:00 gets a bit 'tizzy' but up around 12:00' to 14:00 sounds great. I think the S112's work really well with the TH500 and the vertical config helps massively in hearing yourself onstage. It's always nice when you can go out and listen to yourself and feel like you need to turn down rather than discovering your 'great' onstage sound is like mush at the back of the room!

I really need to go back to Nashville. Had a great time there a few years ago!

Is Grand Mater Flash the, slightly older, feminist version

Carvin have a standard option for PM configuration in either active or passive basses in the PB series. The P is located in the standard position and, by all accounts, it all works really well.

Yep - we had a few people who were completely smashed when we arrived to set up at 7! We had the classic "I'm a good singer, what songs do you sing, can I get up and sing some with you" line. . . Then one lone woman appeared who was absolutely wasted and danced on her own all evening. As soon as we finished she disappeared - thankfully

Gallien Kreuger MB112 can be found for £300 new. Very light and it's made in USA. It'll go to reasonable volumes but might struggle up,against a loud drummer.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1418771907' post='2633312'] He's good, there's no doubt - but with all due respect... he [i]should[/i] know the material, really! [/quote] Each one is played differently live and the versions we had were all edited from the originals plus he held a detailed coherent conversation simultaneously whilst a third person was continually adjusting a complex pre-amp to demonstrate some fairly massive tonal variation. We were also winding him up about not making mistakes and trying to bluff his way through songs at the same time as well Seriously - you had to be there to appreciate just how impressive this was.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1418405736' post='2630012'] When will the CN210's be arriving? [/quote] Shipping first week of Feb, our order is placed

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1418770771' post='2633298'] Now that's a 'function band' I wouldn't mind being in. Very nice playing and singing by all. Which is the problem I have with covers bands... finding people who can play at that level! That's what I'd call 'pro playing'... and not a music stand in sight!! [/quote] Lots of the Groovesonix songs are mashed up with funky little twists to add things to the original arrangements Paul was in for a few hours today testing some new gear. Part of the test was setting something up alongside some music tracks. We put a Jamiroquai hits album on shuffle and he played along without ever looking at his fretboard whilst chatting away telling us that many of the versions were not how they now played them live, some were funked up, some longer, shorter, slower etc. He literally did not miss a single note on about 5 different songs back to back and some of them were pretty complex arrangements and he was comfortably nattering to us at the same time! Awesome stuff

Here's a little taster of Paul Turner's function band Groovesonix: http://youtu.be/RzuafQYZLyA My wife used them recently and apparently they were fantastic live. She often books high level London based function bands for large corporate events. I get to see all the proposed bands, their promotional materials and costs etc. fascinating stuff really The other band is seriously rate are the Sway Orchestra. They are Richard Branson's favourite band and he flies them all over the place to play at Virgin corporate events. They've played with Smokey Robinson, Robbie Williams etc and for private parties for Samuel L Jackson and other movie & showbiz celebs. Oh, and my daughter's wedding where I got to sit in on two numbers Nick Owen is their regular bass player, top guy and one of the nicest people in the industry!

We get a lot of 'pro' players in the shop. Their general definition of themselves is that they make the bulk of their income from playing (or composing) music. Quite a few teach (in fact our highest profile regular customer teaches but at a very high price and very infrequently). We do have a lot of teachers and, to the best of my recollection, they all gig and/or record as well. I'd say that anyone who makes their core income from playing in some form or another is a pro regardless of whether it's huge income or just 'getting by'. We also know some people who can earn serious money from gigging and are fabulous musicians but have a day job that pays more in total. I don't think any of them regard themselves as 'pro' players. To a professional standard yes but not a pure pro.

Jo is a great player - he's also the main UK player in Down to the Bone these days. You have to be pretty damn good to get in this band. Paul Turner and Julian Crampton have been pervious members He's a regular visitor to our shop and a really nice guy too Speaking Paul T - he has a function band as well now. My wife booked them for her company sales event. Very, very good indeed but no surprise given that the band is made up of three core members of Jamiroquai plus two excellent singers!

I like the Hercules ones, they make decent quality gig bags to lump them around in as well

[quote name='DiMarco' timestamp='1418583868' post='2631444'] Try one where? Welcome to the Netherlands where every shop has the same sh*tty stack of class D bass amps. [/quote] Have you tried Paul Sips Bass Matters? He has an amazing range of gear including esoteric valve stuff like Jule Monique, Prolude, Orange and even Mesa Boogie

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1418552879' post='2631043'] Of course it is, for the buyer. To put it into context- I'll buy a Squier Affinity for £100. Spend £300 on having it fully professionally refinished in candy apple red. I'd like £400 for it please. You buying? [/quote] If it's a deeply dripping lustrous nitro re-fin and Candy Apple Red is my favourite colour then a simple yes would be the answer. I don't understand the level of negativity on this forum when someone 'blatantly' tries to recoup what they've spent on something. Do I think its overpriced? Probably yes, but I don't think there's anything so desperately wrong in trying to get your money back if you've invested a lot of time and energy in a project.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1418514612' post='2630903'] Yup, you could buy my '73 and have £100 still in your pocket Si [/quote] And that's a really nice one too!

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1418474013' post='2630471'] He's blatantly trying to recoup his costs. [/quote] You say this as if it's a bad thing?

A full nitro refinish and professional relic job won't have been cheap. The problem with this sort of job is that the cost of the work and parts are invariably more than the final value of the instrument. However, if the finish is really nice, it plays well and sounds good then it could fetch a decent price.