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Sold a Mono strap to laurence.

A very easy transaction .

As per my other advert, I'm changing the strap locks on my basses.

I have a spare set of the strap things in nickel, just the bit that attaches to the strap, not the bass bit.

£5 including postage.

Continuing my clear out.

New and never fitted Fender Precision bass bridge cover.

£10 including postage.

I've had this lying around for a bit, it's still sealed in it's bag.

It has the 'F' for Fender logo stamped onto it.

I'd like £6.50 for it please, which includes postage.

What a cool bass.

Tis a pity I'm so poor .

I'm in the process (rather costly considering I have 7 basses ), of changing the strap locks I'm using to Dunlops.

I therefore have 2 sets of chrome (though they may be nickel) Schaller straps locks.

They're complete, the bit that attaches to the bass and the strap.

I'd like £7.50 per set please, including postage.

Bought for me as a Christmas present a couple of years ago by a well meaning Mom.

It's a great book, in new totally unread condition.

£10 Posted within the UK

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Serious-Electric-Bass-Complete-Contemporary/dp/1576238830/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369849496&sr=8-1&keywords=serious+electric+bass"]http://www.amazon.co...s+electric+bass[/url]

This is in excellent condition.

It's a very, very good book. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to get in to creating realistic orchestral and string arrangements for computer based recording.

This is the 3rd edition in hardback.


[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guide-MIDI-Orchestration-Paul-Gilreath/dp/0964670534/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369838259&sr=1-1&keywords=midi+orchestration+3rd+edition"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guide-MIDI-Orchestration-Paul-Gilreath/dp/0964670534/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369838259&sr=1-1&keywords=midi+orchestration+3rd+edition[/url]

I'd like £35 which included UK postage.

I think the Gallery is better, I've always had good service there, and they're far more likely to offer deals on items. I think the price marked on stuff at Bass direct is the price you pay.

He also seems to push stuff, Bergantino and other expensive amps/cabs and Roscoe and Dingwall basses.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1369760193' post='2092441']
I think you may have mis-counted the screwholes they look like 13 holers to me - I'll take the tort please - PM coming.

Cheerz, John
[/quote]

Sorry , I've had a long day and a harassing 2 weeks at uni with exams.

They are 13 holes, I've amended the advert.

The white one came with my '62 reissue Precision bass, I bought the tortoiseshell one for the 'Pino' look, but it was too dark, so I bought another.

Both are in good condition, the tortoiseshell one is in excellent condition (it was only fitted for 10 minutes).

Both are 3 ply, the white one is white/black/white and the tortoiseshell one is dark red/white/tortoiseshell.

Both have 13 screw holes, the holes pretty much match up with each other.

I'd like £7.50 for each one, this includes postage.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1368641056' post='2079654']
There's every point to it if the person doing it personally finds it fulfilling.
There are plenty of musicians out there who would be doing what they do whether they had an audience or not - they are driven to create music that means something to them first & foremost.

I'm talking about writing original music here - obviously the criteria will be different if you're playing covers in a tribute band, doing wedding gigs or whatever as in that context you are doing it solely for the entertainment of other people.
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Not at all. I play anything I'm asked in any style that I'm asked, I've done country and western gigs in front of 60 year old guys dressed in cowboy suits with cap guns in holsters at their side. I listed to the CD's I was given first and tried to capture the essence of what was being played. Regardless of the fact I don't actually like C and W music, and I thought the guys in the audience were actually slightly strange, I just enjoyed the playing, I live to play and create music.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1368631685' post='2079495']
Only if you give a flying f*** about what other people think of your music or have a desperate need for people to tell you how wonderful you are.
I'd say the highest goal in music is to create something that you yourself are happy with. If it ends up connecting with other people then that's just a bonus.
[/quote]

Don't most musicians play music for other people, ie functions band, session work, even original music, not much point to it if people don't like it.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1368598397' post='2078916']
Aye but everything flat isn't at 12. The filter knobs are half on at 12 o clock.
They have a range of off to max. Like a standard volume/gain knob.
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Yeah, I know.

I just leave everything flat on mine, and maybe adjust the bass EQ or just adjust my playing style to suit.

At uni we're given a song a week to learn for a live performance the following week. We're given the chart and an MP3 and have to learn it note for note, we're marked on how accurately we play it with regard to capturing it's feel and tone etc.
Marcus Miller is Marcus Miller, I'd have thought that whoever's doing bass for Chic now, he'd have to pretty much recreate what Bernard played.

I tried 3 sets a couple of years ago, don't really know why to be honest, what's the point in coloured strings, but the black came off each sets within an hour or so.

I think tonally the LM2 is one of the best amps. I've read numerous times that with everything set flat it's actually pretty colourless, you get out what you put in to it.

Pino's was Fiesta red over an original desert sand finish. I think 'cos of the fashion thing of fiesta red due to Hank Marvin's strat.

Surely one filter counteracts the other doesn't it ? Isn't one cutting the mids and boosting the highs and lows to get a 'smiley' face EQ curve, for a modern sort of sound. The other one is simulating an older Ampeg type of amp.

Why do you use both at the same time, or am I wrong.

I've gigged the same set up as you've got for the last 6 months, and just leave everything flat. That's using a variety of basses depending on the gig.

I think part of the problem nowadays is it's sooooooooo easy to mess you sound up given the flexibility of tone control on an amp.

I've just finished year 1 on my music degree, I was thinking of starting my dissertation over the summer .

Any good ?

[url="http://www.planetwaves.com/pwProductDetail.Page?ActiveID=4115&productid=203&productname=Bass_Guitar_Straps"]http://www.planetwaves.com/pwProductDetail.Page?ActiveID=4115&productid=203&productname=Bass_Guitar_Straps[/url]

I've got a few heavy basses, and I'm trying to get a decent strap. I just bought (and sold) a Mono GS1, it didn't quite work out for me.

Are the Planet waves ones any good ?

This is just a few days old, I couldn't decide between this and a comfort strap, I think I made the wrong decision .

It's a short one, in the shiny black sharkskin material.

£25 including UK postage.

[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1368352371' post='2075899']
Yep, don't get this colour, at all. Nash does a better relic, IMO.
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Yeah, I saw a Nash somewhere, it genuinely [i]seemed[/i] old somehow !
You could imagine it being played in countless smokey bars and clubs over years and years.
My Pino P bass looks old, but doesn't feel it.

This is really nice, and had some great reviews when it was new.

[url="http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1995_articles/oct95/arttubemp.html"]http://www.soundonso.../arttubemp.html[/url]

I just bought a new Focusrite Scarlett interface, so this is a bit redundant now.

This is in excellent condition, and includes the original packaging and the power supply.

Here's some technical info about it.


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I'd like £20 posted for it please.

I like to practice things at a faster tempo anyway, so I'd choose 130 if the song's at 125bpm. I also practice stuff at half tempo, so I'd set it at maybe 63bpm and use the metronome so it's just playing beats 2 and 4.