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I'm not particularly keen on the top horn, has an 80's aria/peavey look to me. Here's a page of tasty stuff for you to cream upon [url="http://www.ritter-royals.com/instruments-available.php"]http://www.ritter-royals.com/instruments-available.php[/url] :wub: Edit: The Stoneage is my personal fave on that page. I just love the old look & the attention to detail is astonishing.

I've always enjoyed soldering & it's p!ss easy to do. You can also get a good buzz out of it... ^_^

I hope you're jotting all the users names down & scoring them off til you're left with just one. Score mine off.

I think this would be a great idea & don't see why it wouldn't work, as long as you do have classes & stock a decent range of mid to high end basses & S/H for those who can't afford them at new prices. Keep away from the budget, as there is Merchant City (and a few others) for that stuff. If you can get some luthiers as suppliers it would probably be a huge boost, that way folk could try the standard offered & then order a tailored instrument thru yourselves... similar in the fact that GuitarGuitar have Overwater in stock (but I don't know if they do the custom option thru them).

Nice bass so far. Shortest short scale ever?

I think your next port of call is to dis his work on all bass forums. Talkbass, Uglybass & any others you can find to let all bassists know of how rubbish his service is. I'd also frequently post on his website to ask "I've been waiting for a year now, can I have my money back" so that any visitors to his site can see he provides a poor service.

I'd have a Ritter Roya 5 in some 9000 year old oak like this one... [url="http://www.ritter-basses.com/ritter-basses---bilder/ritter-basses-history/0830/0830.jpg"]http://www.ritter-basses.com/ritter-basses...y/0830/0830.jpg[/url] [url="http://www.ritter-basses.com/ritter-basses---bilder/ritter-basses-history/0830/0830-body.jpg"]http://www.ritter-basses.com/ritter-basses...0/0830-body.jpg[/url] And also get something custom built by someone like Ritter to my own design. Ampwise, probably a Markbass SD1200 or a MoMark into something built by one of our two cab designers on here. Edit: Edited to edit an edit

Count me in, I love experimenting to get new sounds.

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[quote]Hes fantastic on Aeroplane though..[/quote] Mile high club??

[quote name='HeavyJay' post='567632' date='Aug 13 2009, 09:00 AM']Rockabilly / Psychobilly / Punk originals stuff.[/quote] Surely you do a cover of Rebel Yell by Billy Idol? One of my fave songs when I was in my earlyish teens.

[quote name='HeavyJay' post='567590' date='Aug 13 2009, 08:06 AM']In addition to what has been previously posted, I give you Rebel Yell (http://www.myspace.com/rockrebelyell): [/quote] Billy Idol tribute band?

I'm in an Americana country folk jazz type band with a banjo player, a ukeleleist & a violinist (as well as a guitarist & percussionist) & although not quite as extreme looking, I play My Ibby (which does have more of a "rock" image) through my moog pedals & do some things which make the traditionalists give it "No, that's not meant to be". Like putting some distortion & envelope on a slap sound in a country song. Very funky synth sounding & makes cuntry more appealing! Or some tapping in a folk song,very satisfying.

I went & saw FNM at the Barrowlands years ago & Mike Patton Had a chugg on stage. Not a nice sight. L7 was the support & the Bassist liked flashing her toosh about. A nice sight.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='564974' date='Aug 10 2009, 01:54 PM']Preferably a shaved Philipino.[/quote]

If you play originals & some of the songs are written around basslines, then your band will have realised that you are a major component of the band's sound. My band have told me this whenever I miss any rehearsals, but if we had a gig & I couldn't make it, I would ask them to get someone & I would go over basslines with them if they wanted. I know my job is safe in both bands, not because I'm good on bass, but because I help write songs & I get on great with the band (I didn't know them before we formed except the guitarist who I knew from work, but didn't work beside). I didn't vote because none of the answers fall under what I would do. First one is closest tho. Good luck with your next gig.

Kurt Elling - the Waking. Just bass & vocals. Have a look at some Manring for just solo bass.

I'm gonna come up with what some might call a silly suggestion. Have a look at the Ibanez range. They're all 24 fret & cover more styles than most other basses. Or you could go for a 5 or 6 string to get the notes you think you're missing!

This is something I'm seriously considering. Been looking at Warmoth & WD music for parts and also looking on ebay.

another +1 for the CMD102p here. Does all I want it to & never grumbles.

I bought one in the late 80's & just put it in the bin last week. Cost about £80 back then s/h & sounded sh!te. My bro blew it up in the late 90s, then 2 years ago me like a fool, put it into a cowboy music shop in Stirling to ask if it was worth getting fixed. Phoned me back a week later to say they'd fixed it & that would be £45 thank you, tw@s. That's more than it's worth in a working condition. I got it back & then about 4 months later I plugged it in for about the 3rd time & it packed in! Kept it for a while as I thought I might use some bits off it & then last week I had a clearout of rubbish. If it's more than a tenner, don't buy it, they sound total crap.

That's a nice bass you've built. I've been giving serious consideration to doing a build course. Bailey Guitars in Maybole do build courses & have considered that. The thing that appeals about the bits idea is that I can spend more time on it as & when I want. If I get a 5 string body & neck I can spend time preparing them & getting them how I want. There's a couple of decent bodies on the Warmoth site that would suit. Is there a UK distributor for Warmoth or would I need to ship from the US?

I've been planning on getting a new bass for some time now but I'm still undecided. I was going to get a custom made luthier bass, but I'm liking the idea of getting all the parts & putting together my own custom job. If I go down this route, I plan on building a 5 string Jazz or something similar that has a wealth of parts at it's disposal. Other options are to get a body cut & routed that will take fender fitting necks (easy to get hold of & can try Jazz or P bass necks to see what I prefer), or to get a bass with a straight thru neck that has nothing on it (no p/us, pre amp, etc). Anyone any ideas on doing this as opposed to the luthier option? I was looking at Warmoth & a few other similar places & found these... [url="http://www.mercasystems.com/"]http://www.mercasystems.com/[/url] Anyone heard of them? They're Spanish.

Welcome to the forum Garry. I used to be a Stirlingite (or whatever we're called), but moved up here. The music scene in Perth is pants too. Most of our gigs have been in the Dunblane area! We did a support gig in the boating club in riverside which was a good little gig a few weeks back, but other than that we haven't played in Stirling.