ashgeezer

Top bloke and very friendly, his missus makes a great brew as well Cheers mate, nice meeting you.

Hope you all have a top christmas and a bass playing new year. ENJOY.

The last 2 basses i bought was from a store in blackburn (reidys) which is 30 miles away from my house and i went to pick up these basses from the store as their attitude was second to none, the first time i bought one they phoned me on my mobile to ask if i wanted directions to the shop as i hadn't been there before, needless to say i have bought quite a few things from their since and have sent other people there as well. They couldnt do enough for me when i got their, dug out a decent bass amp to try the bass on, brilliant shop. this is before i would go and spend money in a shop 2 miles from where i live.

According to the girlfriend, she was looking for a bass dvd and picked up a guitar dvd, when she asked the fella at the counter he just said to her, "cant you read, this is for guitar not bass" like i said she has no idea when it comes to instruments, needless to say she left the dvd on the counder and walked out but if i know my girlfriend she would have said something else which would have been none to polite.

Yesterday my girlfriend came home from shopping and told me she had been in the local music store looking to buy me something for christmas, she said the bloke behind the counter was the most ignorant and arrogant B****RD she had ever met who showed no interest whatsoever in helping her out. My girlfriend is not musically minded and wouldnt know a lead guitar from a bass guitar or fiddle from a banjo, when she told me what shop she had been in, my reply was "you shouldn't have bothered" has i refuse to shop in this store for the same reason. A good friend of mine is the same as he bought a guitar and amp from there a few years ago, £600 worth to be precise and all they wanted to do was take is money and get him out of the shop. How do small music stores stay in business when they have staff like that on their books, their teachers are no better as my mate found out, half a dozen lessons listening to some smart arse guitar player show off with screaming solo's and learned sod all. Like the title of the thread says IT MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL.

What you have to understand is everyone has different tastes. I've only been playing for 18 months and i'm 40 years old so i'm far from qualified to comment on anybodys bass playing, let alone a legend ( supposedly ). The bass players i admire,(Harris ,Butler, Carter,, etc etc ) will be completely different to the younger generations bass players, dont ask me to name them as i'm stuck in the 70s and 80s . I can honestly say i have never heard a single tune by jaco ( not even on youtube ) you can shoot me if you want but i've never really been that interested, maybe i will, maybe i wont.

I'm not a fan of warwick basses but this is a travesty. I could seriously do a better job myself and i'm not blowing my own trumpet here, i really could

I'm the same as a few BC'ers on here. I dont have kids but i have a partner that hates the sound of a bass guitar, personally i couldn't care less what my partner thinks of my bass playing and i've told her enough times. I love picking up my bass because i feel comfortable with it and it makes me feel happy and as far as i'm concerned thats all that matters. If your partners are not happy with it then tough s**t on your partner, i dont moan about my partners hobby of brand gear ( seriously) so bollocks to her.

I've been a member of basschat for a while now but never really introduced myself so here goes. I've been playing bass for about 15 months and loving it, i've posted on here a few times and i love all the threads, plus i've learned a hell of a lot while being here. I bought an epi thunderbird off a basschatter ( cant remember his name now ) but i met him and he was a really nice guy plus the bass was mint and i still have it, i also own a 57 reissue precision and a squire precision special. I dont gig at present but i do jam with a few mates a lot, gigging is looking favourite in the next few months and i cant wait.

I have a 57 reissue precision CIJ 04/05 model, i was wondering does anyone know if the body was basswood or alder on this model and also are the pickups japanese or american. cheers.