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A couple of unused packaged cables from me, items 4 and 5 1. Trace Elliot Stainless Steel strings 40-100 gauge 2. Trace Elliot Acoustic Phosphor Bronze strings 40-60-80-100 gauge 3. Bassic-bits 1m. Speakon to Speakon cable 4. Nikkai 6m male speakon/ male speakon cable (x2, brand new) 5. Nikkai 6m XLR female/male Mono 1/4" jack cable, brand new 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

[quote name='Sibob' post='601848' date='Sep 17 2009, 11:19 PM']Not so much me, but my mother! Was having a quick chat about music with Richard Bona (as you do) at one of his shows at Pizza Express Jazz club in soho, pretty nervous you know, and my mum comes up and says to me mid-conversation.... "Tell Richard how many basses you have Simon" She obviously had the best intentions, and was just trying to try and make me look like a 'serious bassist in the eyes of Mr Bona'......but I probably went a little red lol Si[/quote] Hahahaha I can defo hear my mum saying that!!!

[quote name='AdamWoodBass' post='601869' date='Sep 17 2009, 11:46 PM']Met Janek Gwizdala while he was warming up on the Markbass stand and Steve Lawson at the bar at Bass Day 2005 and just didn't know what to say to either of them other than "you're awesome man... I mean... you're really awesome... wow... you're awesome!" That was also quite awkward.[/quote] I met him and offered to buy him a drink at the bar. He said he didn't drink so I made a super lame joke about your body being 70% fluids and how did he survive - he didn't get it and looked at me like I was a mentalist. Ah well, not my fave player anyway!!

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='601117' date='Sep 17 2009, 10:47 AM']+1 for Marvel[/quote] +1!!

[quote name='thunderbird13' post='600284' date='Sep 16 2009, 02:58 PM']A Root ( perhaps thats just me )[/quote] haha I like it!

I have a special advance copy of this album and can confirm it is one of the best albums I have heard... just fantastic. Here is a lil preview:

Love the SWR. Top stuff.

Turns out it was Roland's fault and Dawson's have apologised and agreed to order the correct item and have this one collected. Just thought I should set the record straight as Dawson's seem to be handling things amicably. Cheers ped

Well it looks like such adverts divide opinion at best, probably narrowing the audience and leading ultimately to an unsuccessful sale. I think it's a bit of a grey area which should be clarified a bit one way or another, so we will have a chat about it. I am inclined to leave it be because to be honest the marketplace is a bonus and not really what we are about so having lots of rules and regulations there takes our focus away form other things. Let's see what happens. Cheers for bringing it up and discussing it. ped

TBH having tried custom moulds and more expensive models I have always gone back to Shure E2Cs with foam inserts. They give a sound that is identical to my bass through the desk so I know what I hear is what is going to record and live they reduce the sound of the surrounding band just the right amount - I can still hear them clearly but it feels like CD volume, and I can set my in ear bass level to match. Works great for me! Cheers ped

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='593152' date='Sep 8 2009, 06:31 PM']I'm gonna bring a high-class escort like I did to my school reunion. That and the rented Porsche.[/quote] How are you gonna drive an Escort AND a Porsche?

After a 3 week wait for a Roland GK kit for BASS guitar (http://www.dawsons.co.uk/acatalog/info_00061908.html ) , they send the guitar version ( [url="http://www.dawsons.co.uk/acatalog/info_00061906.html"]http://www.dawsons.co.uk/acatalog/info_00061906.html[/url] ) I have said they better send the right version ASAP (will be 3 weeks at best) and i will send back the one I have if they send a prepaid postage label with the new one. Probably should have gone direct to Roland.

You can fix it on with double sided numberplate tape, from most good motorist centers. I used that on my Bacchus jazz and it was so solid I didn't ever bother screwing it on and making the holes.

I wouldn't bother with Music Live, but Bass day would be worth it - it's an amazing event and really fun. There isn't much room for trade stands so you might want to double up with someone else who is there like John East. Actually Music Live might be OK if you get a lot of guitar playing customers - but there is not very much there for bassists. ped

[quote name='BassBunny' post='588897' date='Sep 3 2009, 05:48 PM']"Marvin". The Carvin BB75 I have that has had a Marleaux Neck installed. Every time I think I have found another Bass I prefer, I pick Marvin up and it just plays and sounds superb. A hard act to follow as a £2K Bacchus found out. [/quote] Yeah, Marvin ROCKS - amazing bass in every respect.

Hi mate Yeah if you want the pic to just appear large under your post you will need to host them somewhere - like Photobucket. Once you upload a pic to photobucket it will give each image something called an IMG tag. Simply copy + paste the IMG tag where you would like to see the pic and it will appear once you hit the reply button. It will look a bit like this (but without the spaces) [ img ] picofdoggie.jpg [/ img] Hope this helps ped

Superb Trace rig. I like the look of the MP11. Nearly got one myself actually. How do you find the Peavey era cabs compared to the older ones?

Hi Smashie. I like the sound of the HlH, cool amps, those. I worked at Buckingham School briefly (not the Royal Latin but the one next to it) but otherwise the area is alien to me. used to drive through Aylesbury to see my ex-girlfriend's parents - thankfully I won't be doing that again. Welcome to the madness ped

Yeah it was a bit awkward! Marcus didn't do much to ease the situation either by the looks of it. Notice his miniature ashtray. I tried one of those and it is a brilliant solution to the problem of a larger width one covering a fair amount of the plucking area. They are pretty common on Japanese super-jazzes like Atelier-Z and Bacchus, and I have seen them on Fodera basses too. Perhaps Marcus is thinking of adding them to the MIJ sig instruments? ped