jezzaboy

[quote name='Greg.Bassman' timestamp='1474643765' post='3139559'] Lol, thanks jezza. Already seen this vid. Wanted to hear what our fellow basschatters had to say though [/quote] It is a lovely looking bass. So nice in fact that I bought a SR 750, a few steps down from the one you are looking at. Cracking bass with licensed Norstrand P and J pickups with a Ibby 3 band eq with a passive option. I had it about a week and was looking at it one night, when I noticed that a 5 string pickup had been fitted in the bridge! But hats off to Guitarguitar. I dropped it off on Tuesday and the replacement is sitting in the Glasgow shop, ready for collection tomorrow. Happy days

Here is a review on Rob Chapmans channel by Dave from Dorje. https://youtu.be/QBxfvJ-FrhE

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1474368813' post='3137412'] When The Beatles first recorded at Abbey Road, They were not taken that seriously. They where looked down upon by the older generation as disposable kiddies music. As a result the staff didnt try too hard on recording them as they did their seasoned acts on their EMI roster. It wasnt until they became EMI's golden goose that they where taken seriously. [/quote] I am reading a book by session player Martin Kershaw and he states that at the time, Abbey road was just another studio and not the hallowed ground that it is now considered to be. Me, I love the Beatles especially the first 3 or 4 albums. Poptastic!!

The track I heard on radio 2 from Shea was full of teenage girls screaming. Giles Martin said they left the screaming in but after about 30 seconds, it did my head right in. What I could hear of the music sounded quite good considering they couldn`t hear one another. I can`t wait till October when the real Beatles movie - Supersonic, comes out

[quote name='pmjos' timestamp='1473537078' post='3131119'] That's a point.......... perhaps some T Rex? [/quote] Well Steve Currie played a P bass, a slab if I remember and Herbie Flowers plays a Jazz. 2000 posts!

Last year I went to see a band that I was in at one time and the singer guitarist had his face in his A4 folder through the entire gig. And there was zero interaction with the punters. It looked very unprofessional. That was maybe an extreme example but I see nothing wrong with having an ipad on a bracket, attached to the mike stand. If you ever see a Stereophonics gig, Kelly Jones has some monitors in front of him. One of these is a tv with the words scrolling down. I wouldn`t mind but he wrote the blooming words!!

Just bought a SR - Whoopeee!! But the stock strings? - Booo!! So if you want the strings (I think they are Elixars?) drop me a pm and I will stick them in the post to you.

The HB PB50 is still surprising me. It`s a right good bit of kit. If I didn`t have a £700+ Nate Mendel P bass sitting here, I would gig it more. And at around £90 delivered, it`s a steal. And if you don`t like it, send it back and Thomman give you back your cash

I always have a spare bass and a BD121. I don`t get the "its only a pub gig" mentality. To me, all gigs are as important as each other. The spare at the moment is a Harley Benton PB50 so no big worries if it goes walkies or gets damaged. Having said that, I have never had a bass or amp fail on me. It pays to look after the kit.

There is pages on Talkbass about the hot pre amp. There is/was a guy from the company on there and he showed a way how to change the wiring to sort out the issue. I don`t think you can simply adjust something in the pre amp to easily rectify it. Crazily enough, the company knows about the issue but says it wouldn`t be cost effective for them to solve it, which I find bizarre

I had one of the Peavey Minimax`s. It has plenty of power on tap and is small and easy to carry. But to me the chickenhead knobs and the push buttons below the knobs, are very cheaply made and when I pressed in the buttons, a popping noise could be heard through the speaker which did not fill me with confidence. Overall I don`t think the build quality was worth the price I paid for it, so it went back and a Trace Elliot now resides in the amp space. Not much difference This is only my opinion of the Peavey and I know that there are a few fans on here.

Twice divorced at 42?? You have been a busy boy Bought the Kindle book.

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1470299777' post='3104821'] I have the Indonesian SUB. A beautiful well made black and maple jobby. The pre amp is very hot and sends my Markbass into a digital distorted frenzy. I,m gonna get round to rectifying that. [/quote] Here is my solution to the pre amp issue. Rip it out and replace it with a passive circuit. A bit extreme but it works. Wilkinson pickup, volume, tone and a series/parallel switch. [attachment=224911:20160804_180756.jpg]

I play in an acdc covers band playing music I love. We do about 1 gig a month for about £50 each a gig. I could go back to playing your set list no problem if I could get 1 or 2 gigs a week earning decent cash. The list isn`t too bad, I have played much worse songs than that And it gives you the chance to play with different people and you never know where that might lead. But where is the Slosh and Mustang Sally????

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1470154243' post='3103672'] The OP has put S.U.B so it will be the new entry level one, I'd never buy a new 34 over a used USA Ray myself. [/quote] I agree with that. I have owned all 3 below. A MM Stingray, 3 band eq with matching headstock, cracking bass but a bit heavy, bought s/h on here for £700. Good price. Sterling Ray 34, 2 band eq, Jazz neck, bought new for £650. Cracking bass but not worth the money new. Better to spend the extra on a s/h MM. Sterling Sub, 2 band eq, jazz style neck, black n maple, bought new for £309. This is the only one of the 3 I have left. I have spent approx £130 (pickup, wiring, tuners, labour costs) on upgrades due to the well known pre amp issue and wanting it to look cool. It is a decent bass without the upgrades but I bought it to modify. I would either get a MM Stingray s/h or the cheap Sterling Sub. The Sterling is too much money for what it is.

But what SUB are you thinking of? The MM Sub, around £400 ish used or the Sterling by MM Sub at £309 new?

[quote name='timhiggins' timestamp='1469645010' post='3100043'] Does this translate as f.f.s. buy the f***ing bass as your driving everyone nuts ? [/quote]

Well Jesus, hasnt been on here since May 2009 but maybe he will come back from the dead and revive this thread

Against my better judgment I will chime in. The Yamaha TRBX 304 is a really good bass. Typical Yam build quality, nice slim neck, good range of tones with the selector switch, two pickups. Progben`s s/h one above is really good value. The way I define a good bass is: 1 Would I gig it? 2 Do I like the tone and how the bass feels. I have owned one of these in the past and to me, it was a good bass. To avoid any doubt: they are great basses at the full price, even better at second hand prices.

A few years ago, I could not give away a high end Denon cassette deck and ended up putting it in the council recycle skip. Tapes were good if you used something like a Maxell XL2 s or a metal tape but I would not go back to using the format. Bloomin murder to find a track in the middle.

I always practice sitting down. If I stand up I can`t catch myself in the hall mirror throwing some serious shapes But in the studio I always stand up. Well until I get fed up with the guitarist messing around with his amp settings for the 50th time, get bored then sit down.