budget bassist

Put the strap button on your thunderbird on one of the screws in the neck plate, apparently that should solve your balance issues. Or you could tie a brick to the bridge?

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haha wow, i wonder where he got all those from!

£45 postage? wtf?

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='308838' date='Oct 17 2008, 06:28 PM']The "Jazz 24" ( [url="http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0264500552"]http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0264500552[/url] ) basses are made in Korea. Apparently they're great, although having never played one, I can’t comment from personal experience.[/quote] Beat me to it. And i tried one of those and a squier VMJ next to each other once. The squier was better.

Great post, thanks for that!

Someone would spot the difference, warwicks usually have a two piece bridge

My tobias is rather nice you could probably get one for around £200

Surprisingly everything i've ever ordered from anywhere has been superbly packed and arrived in top condition! I have just ordered a guitar amp though, we'll see how that one turns out I actually get very anal about packing because i'd feel a bit guilty if something broke in transit. I usually put the bass in a gig bag if i dont have a hardcase, then wrap it in lots of the big kind of bubble wrap, particularly the neck and headstock, and then tape it all up and try and cram it inside a cardboard box and wrap copious amounts of tape round that. Once for good measure i even glued polystyrene inside the whole of the cardboard box. I was proud of that one! I'm the kind of guy that hoards bubble wrap and foam and boxes though! Makes it cheaper to post

I don't like to have many more than 3 winds, maybe 4 on a string, i dunno why, it just looks neat. I hate those guitarists that don't cut their strings down, they REALLY piss me off.

For anyone in or around nottingham, in the music inn on alfreton road they have a fretless westone thunder I in black that looks to be in VERY good condition for £145 and looks to be totally original, everything there. Just thought they don't come up all too often and especially in that sort of condition so one of you guys might be interested. Got the right thread this time i think!

Oh shi.... wrong thread!!

That looks like a good price, and a nice bass! Also.... 3 band graphic? wtf?

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='307202' date='Oct 15 2008, 04:25 PM']Thanks, is that why you are called budget bassist [/quote] Indeed it is To be honest though, just filing a tiny bit off a pickguard isn't really a big deal, it's to be expected really if you don't buy a genuine fender replacement and it's not particularly noticable if at all if you do it right, which isn't that hard really.

For anyone in or around nottingham, in the music inn on alfreton road they have a fretless westone thunder I in black that looks to be in VERY good condition for £145 and looks to be totally original, everything there. Just thought they don't come up all too often and especially in that sort of condition so one of you guys might be interested. EDIT: ignore me! wrong thread!

I've already got wiki and basschat! [quote name='99ster' post='306989' date='Oct 15 2008, 12:04 PM'][url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bass-Book-Complete-Illustrated-History/dp/0879309245/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224068576&sr=1-25"]This book[/url] would be very helpful for you...[/quote] Cheers man, i may have to invest in that

I'm supposed to be doing a little presentation on bass, the history of, the technical parts, some famous players, techniques, effects etc, can you guys reccommend any good websites for research etc? cheers guys

Yeah you're probably right there, doesn't help that i'm still running the crappy tobias preamp

haha yeah

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haha wow, that really is reliced! Well worth £70 though, how old is it?

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='306540' date='Oct 14 2008, 07:12 PM']Thanks for the link. That one looks like the brown tort. But doesn't seem to have the cut out for the truss rod in which case it won't fit.[/quote] Of course it will fit you just need to file a notch for the truss rod

smart thinking there, or just buy a couple of adaptors for your 4 way sockets