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[quote name='jonthebass' post='401450' date='Feb 5 2009, 08:04 PM']STOP THE PRESS - Guys the Fender Precision & Jazz basses have a 34 inch scale![/quote]

For a slightly shorter scale (32") Aria CSB380 the fretboard to the inside of the nut is 603mm and a further 190mm to the end of the headstock. I note you say "the smaller Fender scale" - I don't know exactly which Ibanez you've got but it's likely the same scale as the Fender (34"). Like Happy Jack says, scale and neck lengths are different things. Scale length is the distance from the bridge to the nut and is most often 34". <Quick edit for noob-like mistake :blush: >

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='400372' date='Feb 4 2009, 08:09 PM']Surely that is a contradiction Alex? You of all people surely accept that the measurement of a watt is a scientific equation; Hence a valve watt can be no different to a tranny watt... yes? We have both stated that it may appear louder due to the characteristics of valve distortion etc but please let's not blur the issue of valve watts and SS watts. [/quote] It's all rather moot anyway - the issue came up over the B150's use of a valve in the pre-amp. It's not a valve amp so it's 'SS watts' that'll be heard.

[quote name='Lew-Bass' post='399649' date='Feb 4 2009, 02:49 AM']I'm not sure the capacity I only know the venues I've seen a Kustom KBA 100 for £200 plus p&p, say I managed to stretch to that, would that be a wise choice? Everywhere else I've seen it has had it priced at on average the £300 mark [/quote] I reckon you could do better than that if you don't mind used gear. Ebay often has a reasonable selection of combos that sell for bargain prices because the seller doesn't want to post. So the question is where are you based (and how far can you travel)? Something that is worthy of consideration from the for sale selection at a decent price - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39669"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39669[/url]

[quote name='The Funk' post='399058' date='Feb 3 2009, 03:43 PM']We're not newbies to the gigging scene either. The entire operation is a f***ing mess. We brought our own amps too (both times). The engineer didn't have a f***ing clue (both times) and the onstage and FOH sound was abysmal (both times). The stage manager was a c*** (second time) and hopeless (the first time). The promoter you deal with on the phone doesn't show up to the gig. [b]They charged some people from the guestlist full whack.[/b] We were one of 7 bands (both times). Our stage times were f***ed with (both times). We were the only band to get paid (both times). The first time they threw off the headline band as we were about to start our set. Poor guys had to come onto the stage, take their stuff and skulk out of the venue. We were told to play a double set. The second time the place was rammed with our crowd (50+). We walked out with a paltry £20 for the entire band. We've dealt with three sets of bookers there. Noone who works there last more than 12 months. It's a shithole. Don't bother with it.[/quote] I've read about people on the list getting charged full price on a lot of other forums as well. Another common complaint is about their habit of putting two separate bills on in a night - the first having a habit of over-running and screwing up bands, punters and promoters on the second bill alike. I decided I wouldn't be playing there a long time ago.

Someone else has accessed his account?

The 21frets site reckons JV00001 is in the hands of a 'fender employee' but has pictures of the plates stamped JV00003-00010. [url="http://www.21frets.com/squier_jv/serialnumbersanddates.htm"]http://www.21frets.com/squier_jv/serialnumbersanddates.htm[/url]

[quote name='alexclaber' post='397561' date='Feb 2 2009, 09:35 AM']Unfortunately the real solution is practice, and lots of it! Really focus on listening to how how you play changes the sound you get. Forget twiddling knobs, work on getting that vibe from the bass with your hands, then tweak EQ etc to add seasoning. Alex[/quote] +1 It's amazing how much of your tone comes from your fingers. The keyboard player in my band is first and foremost a bass player, and whenever he picks up my bass at rehearsals it always sounds totally different to when I play it, even with exactly the same settings.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='396553' date='Jan 31 2009, 11:59 PM']German Vermin? ...says the guy with 3 Warwick's in his avatar [/quote] I like that. Just in the cause of even-handedness you understand.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='396542' date='Jan 31 2009, 11:49 PM']Mia Diarrhea?[/quote] I think Jon posted a few pages back in this very thread Korea Diarrhea and Brit Sh*t are the preferred terms for the appropriate countries. Now where does that leave Warwick and Vigier?

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='396538' date='Jan 31 2009, 11:45 PM']A bit OT, but what's the USA equivelent of "Jap Crap"? - "Yank Cack"? [/quote] That'd be 'Yank w***". Edit: The swear filter put paid to that one, but I'm sure you can guess the missing letters.

[quote name='markytbass' post='396374' date='Jan 31 2009, 07:56 PM']Don't think there is owt wrong with the stack pots, just google it and there's quite a few including an oly white one for sale somewhere. The price is a bit on the steep side, even if it does come with a hard case. Here about 1/3 of the way down [url="http://webcorral.com/store/index.html"]http://webcorral.com/store/index.html[/url][/quote] The one on that page is a different thing altogether though - an american reissue. The JV's were the original Squier series and weren't reissues as such, even though they were pretty close. But I'm pretty certain they didn't ever come with stack pots.

I like the look of that Kev. Kind of part Fender, part MM. May I ask how much it set you back?

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='395981' date='Jan 31 2009, 10:04 AM']Brilliant idea and very tempting , but I think we'd be better off just ignoring this kind of thing. Here in the real world we can come on these forums and talk about playing and gear and crack nob gags. Guys like this belong in another world that has little to do with any of that.[/quote] Yeah, just joking there - I wouldn't have the brass neck to advertise a screw for that kind of money. [quote]You can see his point though. Say you had a 1973 Jazz Bass which was all original except for one pickguard screw that you lost back in the day. Technically, this instrument isn't all original, and if you had one more period correct screw then you'd surely be able to advertise it as such. Of course, we can argue the merits of having the bass with exactly the same parts as when it left the Fender factory, but in essence it would be an all-original 1973 Fender Jazz Bass, and therefore could be advertised as one. It's a bargain IMO, if it'll increase the selling price of the bass by £5-600 then a tenner is nowt to pay.[/quote] Thing is, like Kev pointed out in the overpriced listing thread, how could you ever prove it was genuine? I'm sure umpteen million of these things were turned out and it wouldn't surprise me if Fender used different suppliers for screws. So even if there was a way of identifying an early seventies screw there would be no way of knowing if it had ever been near the Fender factory. I'm sure there's something in what Chris says though. I originally clicked on the listing because it said Fender parts, not a solitary screw.

I posted about this guy in the overpriced listings thread, but it seems that his first attempt has been cancelled. I might just list a screw from my '74 P bass at a bit below his asking price, just to wind him up.

Actually that's not far off what I've read in an interview with a Fender employee. She said that Fender went through a number of different ways of stamping their parts, apparently in quick succession. Unsurprisingly this led to some confusion on the shop floor, and could vary from shift to shift. That was the gist as I remember it - stupidly I didn't bookmark the page.

[quote name='jmstone' post='393601' date='Jan 28 2009, 12:55 PM']Hmm. that sounds pretty complicated. How do you monitor the drums when you are overdubbing the rest of the band? Did you do 1 instrument at a time while wearing headphones? I really don't want to overdub each instrument separately. If nothing else, I don't think we are up to it technically. If I was going to record each instrument on different tracks, mic'ing the amps, how would be the best way to get the drums recorded? I have the feeling that even with using something like an SM58 the drums would still bleed through onto the different parts.. James[/quote] Yep, we had a single set of headphones with us. The way it's usually done with a band all recording in the same room is to use baffles around the amps and drums - you do get some spill like this but it's all pretty manageable. The only problem for you is that most rehearsal studios don't have baffles laying around. Though thinking about it, Zed One studios in Camden don't use their recording facility at weekends so if feasible they might allow the use of their baffles if you book a rehearsal there. In fact they use the recording studio for rehearsals then, so if you booked that room there'd be a drum booth - obviously you'd have to check with them first whether it would be ok, but I'm sure something could be arranged. Like the Funk says, you can get very good results with just stereo mikes (I've used PZM's with execellent results) but you'll need a decent sounding room to start with.

[quote name='jmstone' post='393536' date='Jan 28 2009, 11:35 AM']Yeh.. that's a pretty good idea. I really like the sound of your recording. The problem we have at rehearsal is the drums are way too loud, and the vocals are too quiet, and turning up the vocals leads to feedback on the PA. I did experiment with recording from the mixing desk in the rehearsal studio, but to date I haven't been too successful in balancing the sound. I must confess I didn't spend that much time on it tho. Any suggestions to get round this problem would be very helpful. I do have a mac powerbook (and definitely used to have a copy of garageband somewhere). James[/quote] That's not really a problem when recording - the idea is to capture the sound of the instruments on different tracks and mix them to your taste rather than the sound in the room. My band has done this (powerbook/cubase/fostex usb mixer). The Fostex could only handle two tracks at a time so we ended up putting the drums down with the rest of the band playing as quietly as possible and overdubbing the rest of the instruments. There was just enough spill on the drum tracks to use as a guide without screwing up the mix. Not my favourite way of working, but it did the trick. Edit: Just checked and it was actually a Tascam 428, not that it makes any difference really.

[quote name='Delberthot' post='393325' date='Jan 28 2009, 12:43 AM']I personally do not have gas for any bass but I would love to buy one of these just to try it [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-1983-Precision-Elite-Gold-II-Bass-Vintage-Jazz_W0QQitemZ120368810865QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-1983-Precisio...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Unfortunately I will be on holiday getting shitfaced when it ends so could not possibly bid on it.[/quote] You could always use one of the auction sniping services...

[quote name='jonnyenglish358' post='392516' date='Jan 27 2009, 10:51 AM']well just thought it let you no that i got the laney hartke combo for £150 dont no if this is good but should hopefully do the job!![/quote] Sounds reasonable - you shouldn't make a loss on that if you sell the amp and cab separately, especially if you sell locally. You could even turn a profit. Don't worry about the volume - it'll certainly be up to it. Don't forget to let us know how it sounds when you get hold of it.

I've played the Windmill a few times. It uses out of house as well as in-house promoters so obviously the billing can vary, but whenever I've played there it's been reasonably well matched. I'm struggling to remember what they used for backline which kind of suggests it didn't blow me away. The PA/engineer is ok out front, but last time I played there the monitor mix wasn't brilliant - probably because we didn't get a soundcheck. Vibe is good IMHO - it's a smallish venue, and being long and narrow encourages punters to the front if they want to see you. The Windmill has a reasonable reputation as a venue, with some decent small bands with a bit of a buzz playing there - enough to encourage people into the wilds of Brixton anyway. But like any venue in London there is no walk up crowd (well next to none anyway) - it's the bands that pull in the crowd, not the venue. As for tricks to get industry people down there, they are the same as pulling in punters. Realistically, you're not going to get any industry types there unless they've heard of you and think you sound interesting.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='392032' date='Jan 26 2009, 07:18 PM']I've only ever seen JapCrap Pearls, some of which have been identifiable as Matsumoku. But that's not to say they weren't made elsewhere. Obviously there's not a lot you can tell from one indistinct pic of the front. Anyhoo, I've asked him his reserve, no response as yet but I'll keep everyone posted... J.[/quote] I was just going by [url="http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2756&start=0"]this post[/url] really Jon. It's not a great photo, but I might have expected to see some sign of a 3 piece neck on there with a Mat.

You could always take a punt on the new GK MB2 - there one on ebay atm [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gallien-Krueger-MB2-500-Ultra-Light-Bass-Amplifier-Head_W0QQitemZ250360582896"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gallien-Krueger-MB2-...emZ250360582896[/url]

No, it should be fine as long as it's been stored somewhere dry. Like I said, I've got a Laney DP300 which is older and it hasn't missed a beat since I got it. I loaned it to a mate for a while when he started up a rehearsal studio and it came through unscathed, so reliability wasn't an issue with that particular model. Soundwise the DP300 is naturally clean sounding - certainly not a great amp but not crap either. How the G300 compares I wouldn't know.