jezzaboy

The LB is like a normal P bass and the SB has MFD pickups so I imagine it will be hotter than the LB. But you can`t really lose, go with whatever one you find sexier! And the LB neck is more of a handful than the other if that makes a difference to you.

Played down in Ayr last night at a largeish boozer called Harley`s in the town centre with my ac/dc mob. Set up and had a soundcheck and the youngish guy behind the bar speaks to the guitar player. He tells us we are too loud and points to the noise meter up on the wall directly in front of the stage. It`s literally 10 feet from the pa. Can`t go above 110 apparently so after much turning down and running a Marshall on the 5 watt setting, we get it on. Not too busy to start with but filled up ok. There was a dance/techno festival in the town last night and some plonkers came in later defo on something, heard the rock and after a few catty comments buggered off. Gig ended up ok and there was a disco on after us who was louder than us! It`s a bit weird as it calls itself a rock bar and we played there last year and gave it some welly but people must be complaining re the noise as there are flats at the back of the venue. But I must say, I did take some pleasure in the guitar players having to keep the noise down

We are working on it but it`s hard to get a rock singer to travel down and stay overnight for the one gig. It would end up costing us a fortune and you know the rep us Jocks have for being tight!

I`m sitting here thinking how we are going to cover the most important gig that we are booked to play down South (400 miles away) now that our singer has told us she is having a baby and will be 34 weeks gone when we are supposed to be doing the gig. Don`t get me wrong, it`s great news but she is more disappointed about missing the gig than we are!

Just had a look and at £300 that`s a steal. A Squier 60`s bass is now around £380 new and the G&L has a better spec. Looks around to see what he can sell...

it was indeed a cracking bass biggish neck and it was a tad heavy if I remember right. If you are getting it from Andertons, try it and if it`s not for you send it back. They charge about £12 if you want them to collect it for returning it.

It would effect the value if you intended to move it on in the future but if it`s the finish back of the neck that annoys you, take some fine emery paper to it? But if it`s the whole gloss finish that annoys you, as WS says above, it`s up to you. I wouldn`t but it`s not my bass.

Me and my big gob! Haven`t been in this month but when I booked it for later this month, Aiden didn`t mention it. It`s still worth it though, big rooms and plenty of spare kit if things go wrong.

A few years back I sold a Epi Tbird to a guy I knew slightly. It was an old bass with some battle scars that I picked up cheap. When picking it up, I explained about the battle scars on the Epi, "don`t worry about that, the way I play I knock the sh*t out of my basses!" Note to self, never lend this man a bass

Aye pretty sure that`s his second name. It`s actually Berkley 2 as you say due to moving and you still see the occasional largish band in there.

Don`t take this the wrong way but if you are using in ears for monitoring and a Helix into the pa you don`t really need an amp. If you have to have some kind of amp for monitoring I would get a decent pa speaker or FRFR speaker and use that.

Spot on. I tried to order a replacement tuner and there is no option for UK delivery on the on line shop. I even contacted Gregor on Facebook and he didn`t understand it either but it defo because of you know what. If you get the Sandberg importer to order a part, they wait until they have a delivery of basses coming in before you can get the part. Not ideal.

I have used Berkley in Glasgow for years. It`s been £35 for 3 hours for ages now and I`m quite surprised that Steve the owner hasn`t put up his prices yet. There is 13 studios and the guys that work in there are cool and most have been there for years. For us it beats all the other places hands down apart form the parking which can be a pain.

Bit of a bargain that compared to the recent prices. Too far away for me.

Hey mate. I had a black one and they are great Jazz basses and not just for the money. The neck on mine was nice, a few sharpish edges that was easily sorted and the red looks exc.

If you are going to maybe be gigging in the future, a class D 500 watt amp would be a good bet. Add a couple of cab`s and you are sorted for virtually any gig.

The world has gone mad. £3k for a Musicman, £1800 for a P bass and slightly off topic, Mexican Fender Nate Mendel P £1300, Squire £400 + and even a Harley Benton at £400+. Bloomin madness!!

I don`t get the Joe Dart deal but being an old fart who thinks a G&L is exotic, I guess these basses are not meant for me.

If the Markbass has a effects return input, you could plug a eq pedal into it and this bypasses the amps tone shaping controls and just uses the amps power section and master volume. Just an option. Second hand, class a/b amps can be had cheap as they are heavy and large or there are lots of class D power amps. I would look for one in the 500 watt range.

And Andertons have dropped the price on these. Damm you redundancy!!

Royal Mail is away to pot at the moment. Sent a pedal first class signed for, they aim to deliver next working day and it took 13 days to reach the buyer.

Just think of the other poor sod with 2 right sandals! Back on topic. I very much doubt Andertons will have opened the box to check the amp, I just don`t think that big box shifters do this. Unless it was out on the shop floor, you might think that they would have tested it before sending it out.