col.decker

lol maybe I should have called this thread 'MIM Fender Marcus Miller jazz basses ... any good?'

I've hijacked my own thread by giving it a silly title. BTW I am well versed in the arts of debt, I have a mortage and 2 kids so my current welth is in the region of -£6million.

So these MM Jazz basses ... any good?

[quote name='edstraker123' timestamp='1397421309' post='2423807']
Buy it -you know you are going to anyway
You could be dead tomorrow !
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Finally!

I was beginning to think I was in the wrong place.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1397331765' post='2422971']
Buy it using what?
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Credit card obviously!

Namely a Mexican Marcus Miller mk2. Unless you know of any horror stories of course. Put me off and save my marriage

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1396272095' post='2411602']
I think that constipation is the thief of time.
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No constipation here today, I was paying for a Sunday of real ale and roasted meats. The stuff was flying out of me.

Warning Newb question.

While I was on the bog earlier I was pondering my rig set up. I play an active bass (Ibanez sb700) into a Zoom B3, thru a couple of pedals, and into the amp.The Zoom B3 has an active/passive switch on the input. So naturally I have the B3 set to Active.

But what is the output of the B3 classed as, Active or Passive? Ie which input should I be using on my amp?

To be honest I've been putting it in the Active input cos its an active bass, but it occurred to me today that maybe the B3 is doing the Active/Passive crossover & leveling bit, and that I should plug into the Passive amp input.


what ya think?

I'm bassing in a Folk band atm (no don't laugh) and our 2 mandolin players seem to rate 'Shippey' as a good go to brand

I really wanted that bass. I had a budget of £180, so naturally I bidded up to £250, it went for £289.

I'm still in mourning for it.

wow those new fenders look ace! One of the things putting me off some of the other amps is that they 'look' crap (yeah yeah I know). But why don't they make them look sexy?

So that's it, it'll be one of them fenders, now I have to decide on the 40 or 100.... grrr.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1395840621' post='2406927']
Good suggestion, but you'll have to look for a used one:

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Quite easy to find on eBay / Gumtree / BC though!
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Balls!

coolio. The Ampeg looks nice, would 30watts cut it? I know watts doen't really mean that much, but you know what I mean.

Please forgive me for the 'what amp do I need' thread, I have looked through the forum ... honest guv

anyhoo the twist, I'm after a small amp quiet amp. In the band that I'm in all I need to do is compete with an acoustic guitar, acoustic mandoilin, and a bodhran, plus the PA. So onstage volumes don't need to be much as I'll DI the amp into the PA. Do you think a practice combo would do the job? Clean sound is all that is required from the amp, budget upto £200

The guitarist suggested a Behringer BXL900a but the word Behringer put me off. Im thinking one of the Fender Rumble 75s.


2nd hand is good if you've got something to sell

Curses it's as I thought then. Didn't know about the older MIJ ones though so I'll seek them out on t'bay.

Namely for the SR1800 which comes in at a divorce inducing £990. Can anybody put me off them by telling me that they're rubbish, or failing that recommend a good back street surgeon who might want my kidney?

Well it turns out that the Digitech Bass Squeezer is an absolute pile of poo. I thought it was maybe just me but reading the OVNI Compressor review site confirmed it. I suppose it could be useful if you wanted to make lots of hissing noises.

Bugger


Anyone want to buy it? It's really good.

[quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1388530674' post='2323211']
Nope
Lineup is pants
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This


I wonder if Roland Rivron will be on?????

Here's my first ever bass pedal board (recently jumped ship from the 6stringers). I'm sure that this board will do everything I need and that I'll have no need to modify it. Errr

Of course it does hide ma belly too, which is nice.

I've recently started wearing my bass above waist height, but when I was young it was as low as the strap would let me. Does this mean my technique has improved, or more realistically have I just hit middle age?

Do you have a Forum Charter and a 20 page thread on the evils of swearing in posts?

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1387464888' post='2312290']
There's about 5 Compressors on your Zoom B3 so why did you buy another one...?
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because I got a £30 discount on the B3. Do keep up

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1387464820' post='2312286']
Welcome to BC and congrats on the B3. You'll enjoy that one.

Just a thought.. what happens when the Boss comes back? Or do we only get the pleasure each year from 19/20th of December to 1st Jan?


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lol no this time I thinks I'll put my feet up and settle in. I spend a good 50% of the working day over on the 'FretBoard' guitarist forum, but this place seems to be far less up it's own arse than over there.

Digitec Compressor, Diago pedal board, and strings*.




* needed these as my bass still has the set it had on when I bought it. Strings [i]are[/i] supposed to be green right?

Hi all, long time lurker - seldom poster here, but as my boss has finished work for the year thats about to change.

Anyway I just GAS'd on a Zoom B3 and got a nice £30 discount. So with my £30 in hand I looked around the shop and spent a further £120 on stuff I no intention of getting as I walked in. Funny how that happens ain't it?

cheers y'all.

so far in my 2 days of bassing I've learnt of the great divide betwixt traditional and modern basses. Who'd of thunk it? I went modern with an Ibby SR700. I likes it I does.