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Have you checked the tracking details ? As you have not seen the address on the label, why are you assuming that Parcelforce are at fault here? Has the guitar been posted from outside the UK ? Often an item posted from outside the UK will not include the postcode and will miss out details such as the road/street/town you live in !! It can often be just a language barrier thing 57 High Street Hertfordshire for example might seem to be an acceptable address posted from Germany or wherever, but that is not your correct address I wouldn't worry about the label coming off cos if that had happened Parcelforce would not be able to contact you at all Parcelforce have your guitar , they are trying to ensure that you receive it, and it does not get stolen, or get lost What is wrong with that ??

I've got an ongoing bitsa Jazz project that will be completed soon er soonish. The body has the brass plates that sit under the pickups, but no earth strip from the bridge. There is no hole to poke a wire through. As I've already got some self adhesive copper grounding sheet from Stewmac, would making an earth strip from this material ( and soldering it to the brass plates ) be a good idea ??

I love this site -- all the helpful advice you can get on here, and it almost never descends into the trolling/oneupmanship/ YOUR MUM rubbish that ruins so much of this new fangled internet thing. Only thing I'd add Prunes, that I found made a huge difference to practicing on your own, is to use a metronome or possibly (even better in my opinion) some kind of drum software and make that a part of your practice routine. You can get some good stuff for next to nothing or free. And don't worry about getting faster faster faster. Get the timing solid and feel the smile appear on your face. Good luck

The late great James Honeyman-Scott [url="https://youtu.be/ZbC8JltxSq8"]https://youtu.be/ZbC8JltxSq8[/url] And an immaculate lesson from Anyone Can Play Guitar [url="https://youtu.be/PRvXTbuVm4s"]https://youtu.be/PRvXTbuVm4s[/url] Eight bars of genius

Yes, but I'm a right old slapper

Just measured my Indonesian Squier Precision Bass Standard, it's a pewter grey finish (originally a PJ but now just a P), measures 38mm/1.5inch across nut. Discontinued several years back, tuners work well but feel a bit on the cheap side, really nice jazz neck though and bargains are out there. Think this was an early Vintage Modified model ??

Genius! Never heard of this trick before bet it works a treat

Don't know if this will help but I have an ancient SWR Triad - the tweeter ( maybe a Fostex/Foster ? ) never worked. Looks similar to the one in the Aguilar, I was about to buy a new diaphragm for it, there are Youtube videos [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PF3HU9u4ZAE"]https://www.youtube....e&v=PF3HU9u4ZAE[/url] showing how easy these are to replace, and I did take it apart to see if there were any obvious issues. All looked good. So while it was out of the cab I tried running a headphone lead out of the laptop into the horn and it appeared to be working. Tried this with the other speakers same result all good. Had a look at the crossover circuit and there was a bodged up cold soldered joint somebody had done as a quick repair. Resoldered this and all now works fine. If I had a multimeter and knew how to use it, that would be the best way to proceed. Short version of the above try a low level headphone output into the cabs input if the 12 inch speakers work (hopefully) all is good with them. if nothing from the horn take it out and repeat the headphone lead test thing across the two terminals if you get nothing then the diaphragm is faulty and it is dead easy to replace. if the horn works then it could well be a fault in the crossover I think I just got lucky with a very visible fault and you need proper advice from Stevie-- if it turns out to be a crossover fault. Fingers crossed your new diaphragm will solve the problem.

"Yes, your feet are encased in concrete" "You played Cantaloupe Island on a BC Rich" "Swim with the fishes Blue Boy"

from a No Treble interview with Aston Family Man Barrett [url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2014/06/26/legend-an-interview-with-aston-family-man-barrett/"]http://www.notreble....ly-man-barrett/[/url] What kind of gear do you use? A lot of readers wanted to know about your strings, too. My favorite kind of bass is the Fender Jazz. Fender always makes a set of special flatwound strings for me that I picked out from a 5-string set, but I use a 4-string. I said, “build these four for me,” and every year they send me a six-pack of them. What a sound he gets and what a player

What monitors are they ? What bass is it? Did you plug the bass guitar into one active monitor ? It's fine to check the speaker itself as in the method in the Yoube video, but don't put a 9 volt battery into the input of a powered monitor. You need to tell us a bit more than " bass into monitor". An active bass into a powered monitor could well blow the speaker. Sounds likely that's what has happened

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Might be good as a 1st step to do a check like this [url="https://youtu.be/oharywNa044"]https://youtu.be/oharywNa044[/url] then do the same to the other good monitor ( if you have a stereo pair) and compare any difference ? If the monitor has a standard jack input, just plug a guitar lead in and touch the 9 volt battery across the ends, tip and ring is it called ?, of the other jack plug. You need to know if the speaker has blown or maybe a fault on the amp could be causing the squealing noise. Take it you mean the bass amp plugged into the monitor ?

Never got the logic in tuning new strings up in pitch by a tone the night before and then dropping it back down on the afternoon of the gig. Guitarist I played with for years always did this and then had to retune between every song, sometimes stopped playing to retune in mid song. Such fun for the rest of us Surely if you tune up a tone and leave it there overnight the neck will move, and when you drop back to concert pitch the neck will be moving again, during the whole bleeding gig. Grrrrrrr !!

Check out this site www.sykestranscription.com found it through Basschat a while back. Ronnies Lanes bass lines on all the songs from A Nods is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse are there as a free downloadable zip file. Along with a huge amount of other artists. You are spot on Ivan, totally agree, nice to see what Ronnie played on the album though !

Never seen this lady play guitar before [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=q4JWqK6r6N4"]https://www.youtube....e&v=q4JWqK6r6N4[/url] what a wonderful musician she is, her knowledge of Latin rhythms and different musical styles is astonishing. How come all of her claims to playing on the Motown stuff from the classic Detroit era have been refuted by the Funk brothers, and apparently left Stevie Wonder speechless with anger? How can such an obviously consummate skilled musician take credit for another musicians skills ( the genius of James Jamerson) , why oh why, would somebody with this level of talent need to lie like this? She has perfect recall of countless recording sessions with the session guys of the time. Why, when she has played such great bass on so many classic recordings does she need to steal glory from another, far more talented deceased bass player ?

Nash asked a similar question a few months back somebody on here must have a recommendation ?

After a good few Friday night pints chat (life in general not just bass) a good friend of mine told me that my problem was that I was a perfectionist. Bollocks I thought. And told him so. Thinking that meant manicured nails, lawns, tortured poets all that Then by chance read this article [url="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/20/should-i-stop-being-a-perfectionist"]https://www.theguard...a-perfectionist[/url] Researched perfectionism a whole lot more, and realised that maybe this was actually me. Stuff I do well, somebody else could do better. Stuff I can't do yet... why bother ? Procrastinate...good at that ...always have been This way of viewing the world is Bollocks. A pissed up pub chat opened my eyes Do what you enjoy doing. Do it well. Don't worry about it. It is it's own reward. Perfectionism can kill the fun

Jewish wedding reception in Edgware in late 1954 Do you remember a Grunwick strike benefit at the Alex Wood Hall, Norfolk Street ? Cos I do Ivan and you were ace !!

Arrived yesterday nice bright display bit dithery on a low open E but ok on a 12th fret harmonic Snark is way better but for two quid no complaints thanks Pete

Don't think you can far wrong with a Blackstar HTR1, it's a great sounding versatile small valve amp with a nice reverb. Only 1 watt output but that can get a lot louder than you might imagine from the rating. The combo version will sit next to a laptop on a typical computer table and you can run drums or mp3s from the laptop into it using the mp3/line input, and the headphone output will keep significant others/neighbours happy. "Honestly I would like break up at a fairly low level, nothing too loud but still have a decent clean thats not too quiet. Tall order I know!" It will do all of that. IMO YMMV etc

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Just bought two should've got four....one for each string .....that is how it works innit? Thanks Pete

Been listening to the playlist for an hour or so while reading Basschat great stuff thanks onlinedood then it struck me.... NO ADVERTS When did the adverts stop on Spotify ?