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I've had mine about a month and had similar experiences with the fan coming on occasionally not long after it's been turned on but not used in anger. Most of the time the fan stays off, though. It does get a bit warm to the touch after prolonged use, but not exactly what I'd call hot.

If you ever played Glastonbury with one of these, I wonder if it would be appropriate to use a drop tuning.

... and watch your bottom end

Not really a bass thing, but one use of a looper that's always stuck in my mind was K T Tunstall's debut on Jools' show with 'Black Horse & The Cerry Tree' a few years ago. Pretty effective IMO. http://youtu.be/pdu_IWxSSk4

Applicable Duties and VAT are due on all items imported into the UK from outside the EU, whether they are new or second hand.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1358432306' post='1939007'] Even by then the term "indie" had already become devalued. When it first appeared with regards to music it meant bands whose records had independent distribution rather than being handled by one of the major label distributors. It was more of a musical and business philosophy than an actual style of music since it covered bands as diverse as Throbbing Gristle at one end of the spectrum to Lori & The Chameleons at the other. [/quote] ISTR that Stock! Aitken & Waterman's acts were technically Indie because they were released on Pete Waterman's own PWL label, so they regularly used to top the NME's Indie chart.

Puts a whole different slant on this thread in [i]Accessories & Misc[/i] [url=http://basschat.co.uk/topic/214573-blood-on-strings-is-meths-the-answer/page__p__2179869__hl__blood__fromsearch__1#entry2179869]Blood on Strings - is Meths the Answer?[/url]

I recently bought a GK MB500 to replace an old 200W Marshall head. I've been [i]very[/i] happy with it and it's garnered several positive comments from the rest of the band, about both its (diminutive) size and tone. I'm running it through my old 4 ohm GK 210T cab, which I can now easily stand on its side with the amp on top I was sorely tempted by the GK MB200 and the TC BH250 (though while it's quite cool, I wasn't convinced that I'd actually use the Toneprint facility in the real world). In the end, however, I decided that a little more headroom couldn't hurt (not that I really need - it the amp is plenty loud enough for the gigs we play) but, possibly more important, the M500's extra controls and connectivity options swung it.

[quote name='funkgod' timestamp='1376782931' post='2179182']I also remember in the 80s my friend had a fantastic ibanez mc924 ebony unlined fretless, he would not sell it, and could i get one, christ i looked everywhere i just gave up in the end and got my MM. but did not sound as good, [/quote] You just missed one for sale in Middlesborough yesterday http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-Musician-MC940-924-fretless-bass-MIJ-1980-/161083736641?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item258156c241

[quote name='mike 110' timestamp='1376764532' post='2178905'] Me ...love the song and love Paul Carracks voice . He's also sublime on Tempted by Squeeze [/quote] +1

Well, I suppose there's John Lennon's 'How Do You Sleep' http://www.metrolyrics.com/how-do-you-sleep-lyrics-john-lennon.html

I still can't get past the hats

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1376692484' post='2178238'] Don't think so. http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/customs/arriving/arrivingnoneu.htm [/quote] You're right. Any applicable duty and VAT are due on all goods brought in to the country from outside the EU, whether they are new or not (I've bought a few second hand cameras from the US).

[quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1376663519' post='2177633']Is there any mileage in it. I know some people rave about the 1960's. and it is almost sacred. But it was over 50 years ago.[/quote] Are you concerned that the people who were young in the 1960s will have all died off and won't be there to furnish you with an audience in ten or fifteen years? That's long-term thinking, I'll grant you that...

As a band I play with regularly tune a semitone flat, higher tension might be to my advantage. Noted.

Unless I'm much mistaken, won't eBay have problems with the seller stating he won't accept Paypal?

I must confess BOC are not quite my scene, but I caught them a Guilfest 2006, which I gather was one of his last gigs with the band. I ended up singing along to "Don't Fear The Reaper" with most of the rest of the crowd

My experience of Marlin acoustic guitars in the 80s was that they were not great, but a fair buy for not much money. Certainly good enough to get a start with. If you wanted to spend less than £100, it would be one of those or a bust the budget by a few pounds for cheap Yamaha.

[quote name='amewse' timestamp='1376589068' post='2176582'] My memory of Kay from the late seventies and early eighties was that they were terrible catalogue instruments and not something that anyone would want to remember! [/quote] IIRC possibly a notch above Satellite, and below Columbus, but neither is saying much for them.

for some old skool IEM action - only 58p to you, sir. [url="http://www.soundlightuk.com/shop/products/A013-%252d-Mono-Earpiece.html"]http://www.soundligh...o-Earpiece.html[/url] [and you can use it to do an impression of the baldy gangster in [i]Diva [/i]]

Oh, and here's his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/MichaelPipoquinha

His name is Michael Pipoquinha. Apparently he was 13 in that video Plenty of him to be found on YouTube. This is what he's up to now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSN6QR12Hic

That is a quite a looker; I've had my eye on the fretless Jazz and Precision (and the Bass VI has certainly piqued my interest) [quote name='Josh' timestamp='1376392346' post='2173152'] I'm actually quite surprised with the pick ups, I'm not sure wether they're the same as the pick ups in the CV jazz or if they're Duncan Designed as they have no insignia, but regardless they actually have a very hot output and they sound just as good as the set of Wizard 64's in my Squier/Fender jazz. [/quote] If it's the same as the 2013 VM fretless Jazz, they've dropped the Duncan-Designed pickups that were on the 2012 model and introduced some new Fender designed ones.

I rather like that.

I umm-ed and ah-ed over a case for my MB 500 since getting it a couple of weeks ago, using my laptop's slip case in the meantime. I was in Maplin yesterday and spotted they're doing three aluminium cases for £29.99. No foam but they come with dividers and foam packing pieces a few inches long. The MB 500 will fit in both the large and medium cases. I've ended up with the amp,and all my cables and other bits in the largest one - a box that's smaller and less than half the weight of my old 200W Marshall head. Still have two other cases for use elsewhere about the house. They do a similarly sized single foam-block filled case for few pounds more. Edit: linky http://mobile.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=513879