uk_lefty

WRONG side of the Pennines!! Arctic Monkeys are from the right side.

Ah I didn't know the name... The guy who ran, and for all I know still runs, this shop didn't "customise" his instruments, you'd need to look quite carefully to see what they were. He didn't scrawl a shoddy signature on the headstock with a felt tip!

I don't get the joke, sorry.

No, not heard of it.

I knew a music shop when I was growing up where whenever you walked in the owner was screwing together all kinds of bits of guitar, a Squier neck on a Tanglewood body etc but to be fair he labelled them as such when he hung them on the wall. Fair enough I thought until I took an acoustic I'd bought from him to another shop to be serviced and got told the headstock had snapped off at some point. I actually didn't realise it but I knew the guy who did all the repairs for the shop and I got both barrels about even questioning it "should have known from the price" etc. Which is bullstuff. I went to the shop owner and he was a real d!ck about it too. Seems like he was buying up damaged stock and doing whatever he could to turn out a profit, not always to the knowledge of the customer. I do wonder how many Tanglesquiers were knocking about that town twenty years ago!

Either that or Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting! We were playing one night when it kicked off in the smoking area, only the singer could see it and he apologised at the end of the song for missing some words out. Then offered commentary and giggled at the "action". He's a big lad, if he giggles at you while you're angry you'd just have to take the embarrassment!

My mum was a police officer from 1967 to 1978. Though her territory was more Heartbeat than the Sweeney I'd often check what was realistic and what wasn't. I grew up watching all of these classics and still love them for the music, clothes, cars and outdated attitudes to... Everything!

Absolutely this!!! For a pub gig you just don't need an entire guitar collection. I played with an amazing guitarist who used to take 8 guitars to a gig. "What's this a fookin guitar museum?" was asked more than once. In my current band it's a really easy load in and out, we all help carry stuff, we all know how our sound guy (2nd guitarist) wants kit packing and spare stuff is kept in cars or the van, not littering the stage. It can be so easy if everyone thinks about it and helps out.

Yes. Very much worth it. After a bit of practice it's no hassle at all. We do as many functions as we can but far more pub gigs. Yes you get drunken idiots who shout for Hootie and the Blowfish in between every song etc. But you get that at weddings and so on too. If you're used to "bigger" gigs then setting up and breaking down a pub gig is a doddle, provided the pub is used to having live music so they've cleared a space for you with sufficient plug sockets. It's also a good way to try out new songs and see what works and what doesn't. The pay is usually OK and in my area a lot of pubs that do music have "sister" pubs in a nearby town where they'll book you in if you're any good.

They are very good value for money, particularly second hand.

Yeah true but they don't do their whole range left handed. I know it's not practical for most manufacturers but I think it's great that Ashdown have said everything is available in left handed.

True, and that's about 80 percent of the site content spread over various threads! The main reason I raised it separately and in the lefty section was because they said they'd do left handers in all ranges too, which I think is great. You only really get close to that with Sire at below £1000, everyone else just does a few "select" models in left handed.

Will pm you

You can have my 2x10 off me if you want... I want to go back to two 15s.

Thanks! Wanted another 1x15 and can't turn down that price

Most disappointing band: Red Hot Chilli Peppers in 2012 at Knebworth. I even considered leaving early. I LOVE the Chilli's, still do, but couldn't hear the vocals, the whole thing was a flat atmosphere and Josh on guitar just didn't seem to fit. Even the 35 quid t shirt I bought wasn't printed straight and it shrank and the printing disintegrated too quickly. Have never been so excited for something to be let down so badly. Most Underrated... Amy Winehouse when she had her first album out, Frank. Only 15 quid a ticket to see her in Nottingham and I couldn't find a soul who'd go along with me so I ended up missing it. I should have bought two tickets and taken the hot Swedish girl from work who was massively out of my league and wouldn't touch me by accident. When Back to Black came out people would kill to see her live.

260 quid??!! That looks like a bargain.

I was tempted on that one, might still be if mine is beyond saving.

It's been a while since I contributed to this thread... My jazz basses, a Sire and an MIM Fender, were sold off at the end of 2018 when I felt guilty about splashing out on a brand new Stingray. I regret being jazz-less now though have to admit the Stingray is just SO good and versatile and perfect for live gigs I need to remind myself you can only play one at a time! I have very recently acquired a beaten up Aria SB Elite 1 that needs lots of attention. If its financially viable this 1984 monster may be resurrected as a Fretless... I also bought myself a Squier CV Tele as a Christmas present to myself, seen with the Ray!

You and I are in agreement here. I maybe didn't phrase my post correctly. I was saying the fact that on release some high profile players, who could if they wanted to get most of their stuff for free, have chosen to place orders for Ashdown basses is surely a confirmation that the basses are good quality regardless of whether they are fender "clones" or not.

So the reports from NAMM that some high profile players have placed orders is not a good indication that they will be at least OK? (there's a video somewhere with Mark Gooday talking about these at NAMM and he names them) People who could just phone up most guitar companies and get given stuff for free have chosen these basses... Just saying.

If you already have effects at your disposal then you can get a lot more out of a cheap Fretless by using say the enhancer settings on a Boss bass limiter/ enhancer, a bit of digital delay or reverb, a bit of chorus, or variants of a lot of presets on a multi fx. Even just plucking the strings over the last few frets rather than over the pickups makes a difference. Plus different string choices. In short, even if you have to settle for something cheaper and with hardware and electronics you aren't happy with there is still so much you can do to coax good sounds out! Good luck with the search.

Sorry to jump on the thread but this is something I'm also looking in to. Regarding the interface, before I spend cash, I've got various bits of kit that may work for bass and guitar to get the sound in to the PC: blackstar BEAM amp, Boss GT10B multifx bass pedal, Zoom HN4, Zoom acoustic guitar pedal... What is "best"? I can record using the Zoom HN4 and put the memory card in the PC, or I can link one of the FX boxes in directly... But then do I need an interface in between an FX box and the PC?

They are awesome! They occasionally come up on ebay for a steal and I have been tempted to get one again.

No probs hope it lives up to my review for you! Good deal there, I paid 125 second hand.