budget bassist

if i had the money to spare i'd totally come by train, i'd love to come, but due to some slightly unforseen (more like overlooked) circumstances, i'm pretty tight right now, sorry guys! We'll have to get some of you southerners up to the next notts one!

oustanding

Me, luke and simon can't make it so i might as well remove us UPDATED LIST: It's getting too much effort now to keep re-doing the numbering, so if any more people drop out then I'll just remove their names + gear from the list.. 01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, Wal Pro2e, BC Rich Eagle, Fender Jazz V Deluxe, Eden Metro Rig, GK700RB, SWR Triad 02. Merton: Status Retroactive, Mikey's Singlecut Fanned-Fret Prototype, LH500 and Barefaced Vintage 03. 04. Hamster: BFM Omni15 tallboy, Barefaced Compact, Fender P with Thumper & Villex PTB 05. Alex Claber: '87 Warwick Streamer, RIM Custom 5 with 36" scale and Q-Tuners, Avalon U5/QSC PLX3002, GB Shuttle 6.0, Barefaced Compact, Big One, Midget, Midget T, maybe Big Baby. 06. Johnnylager: Spector Euro 4LX, KSD Jazz, LH-1000, Barefaced Big Juan, DHA Custom Shop VT2-Twin-EQ-Bass with Tech Tube valves & whatever other effects I have at the time. 07. Happy Jack: Lightwave Sabre VL, Hofner 500/1 (1964), Hofner 500/5 (1959), PJB Bass Buddy + headphones, whole load of stuff for the Quiet Room, a Drummer, Comfort Strapp, a Dare twin-shoulder strap, and a Slider twin-shoulder strap 08. MacDaddy: Custom Shuker (hopefully!) and possibly Hamer Blitz or Iceni Zoot. 09. Stingrayfan: G&L Tribute L2000, Yamaha BB614, Westone Thunder 1A, 10. Chris B: 11. Cetera: Pre-Kramer Spector NS-2, Wal Mk1 Fretless, Fender/AllParts 70's Jazz, Tech21 Landmark600, GenzBenzNEOX212T 12. Waynepunkdude: Fender Jazz, SX P Bass, MM Bongo, DHA-DI-EQ & Ampeg SVT 5 Pro 13. Jakesbass: Alembic MK5 Deluxe, German Blockless Wonder 1880 Double Bass 14. 51m0n: Bergantino AE410, MarkBass sa450, Focusrite Compounder, Roscoe Century Std V, (If Plux isnt gigging) Berg HT210, HT115, Hartke LH500 15. Floyd Pepper: Markbass LMK, Bergantino HT112 & EX112, Stingray '91 2eq, Lakland DJ4, Stagg EDB, Gibson Les Paul Double Cut and a Fender '54 RI Precision17. Davidmpires: Markbass F1, Barefaced Compact, Spector Euro LX 5, T-Bass by Status 16. Peted: Warwick Thumb BO 4, Squier MIJ modded Precision, Shuker Singlecut 6 fanned fret (if it's ready by then, but I'm not holding my breath) 17. Platypus: Alleva Coppolo Jazz 5, Celinder Jazz 4 fretless, Tecamp Puma 1000 + Tecamp M212 cab 18. Monz: (Can't make it) 19. Alien: Schecter Stiletto 4, Peavey Grind 6, Hartke HA7000, Alien Audio 2x10 + other toys. 20. EssentialTension: Lakland Skyline Decade, Fender Tony Franklin Fretless Precision, Mesa Boogie Walkabout Scout 112 21. silddx: Warwick Corvette $$ 4, Warwick Corvette Standard Ash active fretless 4, POD X3 Live, SansAmp Para Driver 22. Phil_the_bassist: MMSR5 w/JE preamp, Sandberg Cali JM, Steinberger synapse5 w/ extra pup, various fuzz pedals and envelope filters, whatever amp I happen to own by then. 23. Stingray5: My StingRay5, StingRay fretless and Tune TWB-6 plus any other basses in my signature pic if people let me know. I also have an Aria AMB-50B acoustic bass if anyone fancies a go? Could also bring my GT6-B. Plus ('cos it's small) a BLX-80 combo. And some cans...? 24. dave.c: Spector Rebop 4DLX EX, Spector NS2000-4, Gibson SGZ,Hartke LH500, Hartke Hydrive 410 25. WalMan: Wal Pro1/Custom conversion, G&L L2500 US, MarkBass CMD121H, Epifani 1x12 (not the neo one but I can't remember the initials just at the mo), Bass Pod xT Pro, Marshall SuperBass 100 head 26. Bottle: Ibanez GSR-180, Gallien-Krueger MB2-500, EBS Pro-line 4x10 27. Beedster: Fender, Fender, Fender, Fender, Fender, Fender..and Markbass!. 28. pete.young: Burman Pro 4000 and a Dean Bromberg B2, which has an unusual Piezo bridge pickup 29. coasterbass: Mesa 1x15 RR, Mesa 4x10, Ampeg SVP and Eden WP100 preamps 30. sixshooter: 55P bass Sonic Blue Relic, 59P bass original Sunburst, 59P bass Custom Shop relic Mary Kaye, 79P bass original but upgraded Black, Modulus 6 Oteil Burbridger 31. Jean Luc Pickguard: couple of Ashborys, an NS-design CR5M & danelectro longhorn 32. 33. Jack London: GK1001RBII and Simnett 34. ped: Vigier S2 fretted/S3 fretless, Roland Vbass, SWR 4x8/1x15, noname 1u poweramp if it doesn't explode beforehand, phone, keys, wallet 35. dannybuoy: Peavey T-40 & pedalboard 36. bassace: double bass, amp & cab 37. barneyG42: Status Series1, and possibly me Hartke 3500 38. Johngh: Fender MIJ Jazz 75 reissue. Shuker Headless 6er and Status S2 Classic 6er headless. 39. Clarky: Shuker JJ Burnel and Mesa Walkabout 40. Stylon Pilson: £10, a Hartke LH500 and a Barefaced Compact. And probably a fretless Aria Sinsonido 41. Xzantes: Conklin Groove tools 7 string fretless 42. sdgrsr400: Lākland Skyline 55-02 Deluxe, Glockenklang Soul II, Acme B2-ii 43. woolz: ABM ashdown evoIII 575w head, peavey cab. ibanez sr20th, few pedals. 44. Paul S: Fender Jaguar, Hohner B2A; Trace Elliot AH300-12, 1153, 2103H 45. Bubinga 5: Fender Jazz custom shop custom Classic, Stingray 5, Sei Jazz 5, Ostinato Jazz, Fender Jazz 5, Cort Elrick 5, Aguilar 46. eshears: Pedulla Rapture J2, Lakland DPLEII (Darkstar P-bass), Genz-Benz Shuttle 6.0, Barfaced Compact, Pedalboard (Deep Impact, Supercollider, Ultra Fuzz, Discumbobulator, Small Stone, Dd-6) 49. Mikey R: Shuker course P Bass 50. Shockwave: Pedulla Pentabuzz 5AAAAA Fretless, Pedulla MVP5 fretted, Rickenbacker 4003S, Ashdown Little Giant LG1000. 52. Tarcher: 53. Captain Rumble: Wal pro 1, Warwick Corvette $$ Greece. 54: Captain Bassman: Aggie DB750 (unless there's too much amp-age already!) + Aggie cabs, Vigier Arpege 5 (new series 4 model), Sadowsky UV70 Metro / Jaydee GA24 custom / GB IV (early Spitfire from 1999)

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='618946' date='Oct 6 2009, 08:03 PM']nice. That's an "interesting" pickup position for the G+L. I would have thought that a humbucker in the front position would have sounded a bit too "full on" for a bass on it's own. But i dunno, bet it sounds great [/quote] I'd imagine it would sound a bit like a p-bass with a bit more bite and flexibility, cool

nice collection bet that G&L sounds good through that rig! You got an awesome deal on that amp by the way

that's actually bloody nice looking!!!!! EDIT: cheap too!

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='618052' date='Oct 5 2009, 10:30 PM']The top is santos rosewood, followed by a 5mm zebrano accent & the back is American black walnut. The neck is a 7-piece, consisting of mac ebony, bublinga, maple and wenge. The fingerboard is acrylic impregnated zebrano.[/quote] The bubinga in the neck looks great, the darkness of the ebony and wenge really brings out the red

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='617087' date='Oct 5 2009, 08:06 AM']No, the Jazzes were all American Standards. The differences were weight, sound quality, neck feel, neck finish & overall finish. Some still come through with serious glitches in the finish, such as two inch square rough patches where the gloss lacquer has somehow been missed... But as I said in other posts, hand pick yourself a good one & they're fantastic.[/quote] Fair enough, true for any bass really. I've only ever had one experience with fender really, was a reggie hamilton jazz. Very nice bass, if i was ever to go fender again, it would be one of those, but it just lacked the balls i wanted in a bass. It is rather worrying that all those american standards had such discrepancies in the fit and finish though! Though i never have really been one to be that bothered about weight (i actually dislike basses that are too light).

[quote name='Hamster' post='617697' date='Oct 5 2009, 05:34 PM']Railways? - £24 from Nottingham to Woking?[/quote] not sure i can justify spending £30+ on a bit of bass indulgence right now

It does, as OBBM says, look like a genuine stingray neck, the control panel and pickup may be too, though the bridge and body definitely aren't. Bit of an odd one that. I won't bother reporting it though, you'd have to have something wrong with you to think that was a stingray. As wayne says, if it goes cheap, it could be worth a punt just for the neck alone.

can i ask what the differences between all the jazzes you tried were? I'm just having trouble imagining that they're all really that different... i dunno, i'm not a fender man. (though i'm kind of assuming you just tried american standard jazzes, unless you meant different models?)

Aye, if i can get a lift from notts (will contribute to fuel) that would be grand, if not, looks like i won't be able to make it. Shame, as i was looking forward to it, but nevermind!

not a real stingray, wrong pickup, body looks cheap and badly made, bridge is cheap and crappy, wrong logo. If we had some closer shots and pics of the back i could probably pick a whole load more out. Blatant fake.

There's a guy on here selling a warwick thumb for £500, which is an amazing deal. What sort of sound are you going for?

I came in today about 3:15 but you had buggered off home! ah well. And that G&L is nice right??!! I've been lusting after it for a while, but having already owned one, i won't be having another, not that i don't like them, just i prefer my corvette

i had an EB180 head (still got it actually), it served me well for a year (i bought it second hand and well used) and then blew up, but it was good for the money and sounded good. Just recently bought a used ABM 300 and it sounds f***ing amazing!

not out of order at all. If he can't be arsed to learn the songs at home then it shouldn't eat into your practice time, which you're paying for.

[quote name='deaver' post='614283' date='Oct 1 2009, 10:10 PM']I won't be coming now, can somebody scrub me from the list.[/quote]

[quote name='RichB' post='614454' date='Oct 2 2009, 05:59 AM']That could end up on the quote thread if left unedited![/quote] oh dear EDIT: *JINX*