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[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='22127' date='Jun 22 2007, 08:56 PM']I would like another P sometime - a beater with some TI flats on would be my thing. For the moment though, these two float my boat and d'ya know what I think they will for some time to come - here's hoping. Thanks for all the positive comments fellas and a special thanks to Muppet for the 'Ray and Greene King for the Sterling.[/quote] Hey Homer - do you have a voice inside your head, that sounds like Obi-Wan Kenobi saying, "These aren't the basses you're looking for - move them on." ? Search your feelings you know it to be true. Nooooo! Nooooo!

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='22966' date='Jun 25 2007, 01:34 PM']Put the deposit down today, just about got the spec sorted, wanted to start a thread in here so I can progress it all the way through! Will post the proper spec when its 100% done, but basically lots of dark/light woods.[/quote] I think that we should make it a rule for all these build threads that you have to announce whether its going to be a boy or a girl and whether you have chosen a name for him / her yet Hamster

[quote name='Mr Bassman' post='23456' date='Jun 26 2007, 11:39 AM']Why are you called Hamster? [/quote] I'll play hard to get..... is it: 1. I eat a lot of ham, therefore Ham-ster 2. From online FPS games, where the dead guy would be told "You just got your throat slit open by a hamster" 3. I'm a close and personal friend of Richard Gere. ?

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='23268' date='Jun 25 2007, 10:44 PM']I took my Tokai Jazz along to practice, I got setup there, when to play a bit and noticed the action on the g string (oo-err) was too low to play it atall at the first fret, I do play with a low action normally, but obviously not that low! I hadn't played it since last week (Thursday) and it's been in it's case since then just downstairs in the study, is humidity likely to be the problem and if I give it a quick setup it's unlikely to happen again? Tonight I phoned my house and got someone to drop off my warwick to use instead, that was fine (but has been in its bag for weeks in my room).[/quote] Gut reaction is it's nothing to do with humidity, as an increase in moisture in the air would make your wood expand and raise the action. Humidity can be a problem with any wooden instrument. Is your study unusually humid, or is it air conditioned? I know it's 'the wettest June ever', so did the bass get wet/damp before you left it in the study. I wouldn't give it a quick setup until we can figure out why the action changed. Hamster

[quote name='Lenny B' post='23126' date='Jun 25 2007, 05:54 PM']Cheers WH - any other tips anyone?[/quote] How about asking the buyer which carrier he would prefer, or better still get him to arrange collection by his carrier from your H/A? That way if it goes missing, he can make all the enquiries etc. Hamster

[quote name='rhino' post='21205' date='Jun 21 2007, 08:24 AM']Hi, I've been playing for 44 years, main influences are James Jamerson, Duck Dunn, Jerry Jemmot, Chuck Rainey, Willie Weeks, and Francis "Rocco" Prestia. Current rig is a Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass through a Walter Woods Mi 100-8 and Markbass Traveler 1 x 15" cabinet with the possible addition of an Epifani UL 1 x 10" cabinet. Previous basses have been a 1961 Fender Jazz, Gibson EB2, Fender Telecaster, 1962 Fender Precision, Kramer 350, Trace Elliot T Bass, Bass Centre Jazz bass, Wal Pro 1E, Wal MKII 5 string, Musicman Stingray, Steinberger L2, Squire PJ bass, Amps - Selmer 50w & Goliath 1 x 18" cab., Marshall 50w & Marshall 1 x 18" cab., Vox AC50w & Wallace 2 x 18" cab., Wallace 100w & 1x 15" cab., Fender Bassman 50w & Bassman 2 x 15" cab., Orange 120w & 1 x 15" cab., Dynacord 200w & Dynacord 2 x 15" cab., H&H 100w & JBL 4560 bin., Acoustic 136 combo, Acoustic 220 amp & KJ 1 x 15" bin, Ampeg Portabass 250w & 2 x 10" and 2 x 12" cabs., Peterson 150w & Peterson 1x 10" + 1 x 15" cab., EA 1 x 12 combo & EA 1 x 12" cab., Markbass 2 x 10" combo., GK MB150 and GK 1 x 12" cab., GK 800RB & EV 1 x 10" + 1 x 15" cab., Trace Elliot 300w combo., Trace Elliot 350w & TE 2 x 15" cab, PJ Sixpak combo., Ampeg 150w & Ampeg 6 x 5" cab., SWR Basic Black 1 x 15" combo & SWR 1 x 15" cab., SWR 1 x 10" combo & SWR 1 x 10" cab., I think that's it. (Maybe). Rhino. (don't ask)[/quote] Hi Rhino Why are you called Rhino? Hamster

[quote name='beerdragon' post='23228' date='Jun 25 2007, 09:27 PM']Who is he? He's funky! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iDvEskbRQk&mode=related&search="]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iDvEskbRQk...ted&search=[/url][/quote] I know who he is................. [size=6]PLUS[/size] Am I close?

For Once in My Life Good Times What's Going On Cool Hamster

[quote name='dood' post='22949' date='Jun 25 2007, 01:11 PM']stringbusters will too. Infact.. it hink most will. They like to see the increased sales! - Just drop them a mail/phone call and haggle the cr@p out of 'em!!! (I would.. and HAVE!!)[/quote] Some might say buying 7 strings at once is almost a bulk buy!

Hi and Welcome Gil - enjoy the site! Hamster

[quote name='tempo' post='22871' date='Jun 25 2007, 09:46 AM']Bare knuckle Pickups. ( [url="http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk"]http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk[/url] ) They dont advertise the bass pickups they make, but will hand wind to customers specification. Hopefully if they get some more support from us bassists they can make the bass pickups more prominent.[/quote] Cheers Tempo - added Hamster

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='22851' date='Jun 25 2007, 08:31 AM']nice one, cheers john i'd half planned to use 2 a/b switches - one in reverse that i can plug two guitars into and switch between them without having to unlpug and then another running to two amps that i can switch between - does this sound reasonable? I was planning guitar 1/2 > AB > Tuner > Wah > Loop > OD > Comp > Trem > Chorus > AB > Amp 1/2 I can't think of anything else at the moment I would want - other than a fuzz maybe, but my guess is it would go somewhere with the OD.[/quote] Looks like they're in the right order to me.

[quote name='zedcar' post='22786' date='Jun 24 2007, 10:41 PM']...one of these badboys. [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/fender-p-bass/533"]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/fender-p-bass/533[/url] Went for the Metallic blue with a maple neck. Pics when it comes! Z[/quote] Sweeeet!

[quote name='obbm' post='22802' date='Jun 24 2007, 11:20 PM']If you ever get the chance read [url="http://www.mofoster.com/books/index.html"]this[/url] To quote Mo, "[i]Around 1960 my school band, The Tradewinds, upgraded its back line of little 5 watt amplifiers with the purchase of a wedge-shaped, blue and white, 17 watt, 4-input, Watkins Dominator amplifier which, at £38/10/-, we could just afford between us. But the band was divided by the prospect of such awesome power: did we really need 17 watts?".[/i] The Dominator used 2 x EL84. The Vox AC30s used 4 x EL84 to get 30-watts and they are a loud 30-watts.[/quote] It should be compulsory reading for all guitarists! - I'll contact the MU! Hamster

[quote name='NickSpector' post='21547' date='Jun 21 2007, 07:36 PM']Ok, here's my choice. I can keep my jazz, which I actually quite like now after figuring out the EQ fully. But, the Bass Cellar have offered me an exchange, and the bass they've offered is a Warwick Streamer $$. I've never heard a Streamer $$. I want 3 band EQ and versatility in tone. Which bass is best?[/quote] Keep the Fender. Swap out the cheap preamp in it and replace it with a Sadowsky or John East or Audere preamp and it will be a different beast. Hamster

+1 on both the above. Depending on the bass you might not get piano like authority or clarity on the B, but it's still worth it. Hamster

[quote name='MB1' post='22063' date='Jun 22 2007, 06:44 PM']MB1. Who do you play for that sells out the Brixton Academy then Alex?[/quote] He doesn't - it's his aspiration to Hamster

[quote name='snap' post='22175' date='Jun 22 2007, 10:40 PM']ok guys just been looking on your tube and like this slap pop funk bass sound as a relative new comer to bass what should i be listern to and is there any where on the web that has lessons for that stlye ?????[/quote] Hi For a good idea of what you can do, and some lessons have a look at [url="http://www.gazzbass.com/home.html"]Gazzbass[/url] A nice site to look around. Hamster

[quote name='David Nimrod' post='22003' date='Jun 22 2007, 05:20 PM']I'm off work and I have to wear *sandals*!!![/quote] That's terrible - you could be emotionally scarred for life. If you wear black sandals and paint your feet black you just might get away with it Hamster

[quote name='vegas_hooker' post='22158' date='Jun 22 2007, 10:19 PM']Just out of curiosity really...the pedal board thread isnt doing it for me in this respect. What pedals do you folks use for GAIN!? What would you recommend? Whether its sonic death terror or a bit of smooth warmy goodness. Currently running a chain of death with a sans amp BDDI, fulltone bassdrive and a maxon ROD880. The last sound man who engineered my band shook his head when i sound checked. My guitarists sounded like they were playing mandalins.[/quote] For more gain I just adjust my on-board preamp, but for a cheap pedal how about a Digitech Bad Monkey overdrive - cheap and fun. Hamster

[quote name='mildmanofrock' post='22134' date='Jun 22 2007, 09:20 PM']I recently bought an Ampeg SVT-6 Pro from the US. I sent it to authorised Ampeg repair people, Panic Music in Cambridge to do a voltage conversion. It arrived in today and all seems fine, except... the fan is is pretty noisy and makes a constant whirring/humming noise. An odd thing also happens when I switch it off... the green power light goes off, then the fan whines angrily and the red peak light comes on... then it switches off as it should. Are all Ampeg's like this or is mine buggered? I'm not having much luck... [/quote] Hi Where abouts in the UK are you based? Hamster

Andy Billups who plays with The Hamsters is a very fluid player. He thought his career was over after being diagnosed with [url="http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/dystonia.asp"]focal dystonia[/url] He plays very articulately and with a very light touch - a pleasure to watch. Hamster

[quote name='BargyBass' post='21702' date='Jun 22 2007, 01:49 AM']Bugger!! was hoping some kindly soul had put a reply in.. Maplins it is!![/quote] I remember the previous thread, just can't think who started the topic. IIRC I think Maplins didn't have it. Is it a DPDT switch? - try here [url="http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/browse.jsp?N=411+1001616&Ntk=gensearch_001&Ntt=dpdt+switch&Ntx="]Farnell[/url] Hamster

[quote name='Basswithnoname' post='21655' date='Jun 21 2007, 11:31 PM']Wasn't sure where you all gone, glad I've found you all again. [/quote] We were all just chilling out doing a bit of noodling - pull up a chair and join in - and welcome! Hamster

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='21342' date='Jun 21 2007, 12:54 PM']One for our Northern England readers... Dave Wilson, The Haltwhistle Custom Shop, Haltwhistle, Northumberland. Previously at Overwater, has been independent for the last few years, as well as working with Stefan Sobell. Specialises in bass, but excels at all stringed instruments. The man is a genius at set-ups, major & minor repairs, refins, etc... I won't go anywhere else. PM me for his contact details.[/quote] Thanks - added Hamster