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[quote name='bassoctopus' post='321845' date='Nov 4 2008, 02:56 PM']Which WT was it and what was it running into, if you don't mind me asking.[/quote] It was the WT-400 Traveler going into a 4ohm Eden XLT 4x10. I discovered afterwards it was the limiter circuit kicking in and shutting down the amp cos it was overheating. totally embarrassing at the time cos we were only two songs into the set.

Dude I grew up in Berkhamsted and now live near Wendover. Used to buy gear in London, and now I buy gear on here! woo!

I had a WT Traveler a few years back. It clipped too much and died on me at a gig once. But the tone was silky smooth, I have to say.

Ordered! Thanks guys

oooh I've got one of these. I really hate the jack lead it comes with - does anyone know where I can get a right-angle one instead?

yes totally. However I really hate the way that drummers can forget the ENTIRE setlist after a break, often within hours!

[quote name='escholl' post='269082' date='Aug 24 2008, 08:20 PM']that's a really nice head there, but where's the cab?[/quote] SWR blue series is amazing, but my drummer would have that lot for breakfast

Hey guys, I've been thinking about this alot recently so thought I'd put it out there. When I started learning bass I was really thrown in at the deep end by playing jazz, learning to read, learning fingerstyle before pick - basically all the things that are considered 'good' to do when starting out. I ended up a pretty quick reader and got pretty good at improvising from chord charts and locking in with drummers. Thing is, this was ten years ago when I was still at school. I got to play with some great big bands with some very talented musicians, and I really had a sense after every good gig and long rehearsal, that I was genuinely getting [i]better[/i] as a bassist. It wasn't just the technicalities either, like 3 or 4 finger style, layering harmonics in and generally getting [i]faster[/i], it was more rounded and satisfying than that. I felt solid and confident and could do things month on month that I couldn't do previously. I also got more respect from much older and much more experienced musicans that I was playing with. It was good times. Which leads me on to the following: At the moment I play in two bands, and technically, neither of them push me whatsoever. One is a poppy rock band, one is a metal band and they're both lots of fun. Thing is I worry that the basslines that I come up with now aren't as [i]good[/i] as they were when I was younger. The musicians I play with now don't have a shred of the talent of those I've played with in the past and I'm really starting to worry that as a consequence I'm stagnating as a player. So my question to you guys is: how do you stay sharp and how do you keep on improving? What can I do to keep getting better as a bassist and a musician in general?

Encore P-bass. In cream. With a white scratchplate. fail.

meeee from last night's gig at the Peel in Kingston:

[quote name='geilerbass' post='267150' date='Aug 21 2008, 03:43 PM']I heard from someone who worked at the PA centre (also owned by the same group) that the bald guy literally dropped dead in the shop one day.[/quote] Wow. I always thought he was the owner since he wielded the magical powers of The Calculator of Pricing. *mutters something inappropriate about karma under breath*

Read this thread with much interest. My dad bought me my second bass from Macari's in 1996. It was the closest to a 'pure' music retail experience you can get. The shop guy was achingly cool and demo'd this purple Yamaha BB1100S with some awesome riffage and slappage. We totally bought it and he was super nice, even though I was rubbish at bass at the time. It felt like buying a new bass should feel. I bought my first Warwick from the cellar in '98 when I was 17. Paid in cash. Treated like sh1t by the nasty little bald short dude (who, it turns out, is dead according to an earlier post). At the time it was the only real place to get them apart from Wapping, and they were only really stocking the higher-end warwicks at the time. The Gallery is probably the best, but I do feel a bit like you're getting in the way of them building amazing basses by setting up my less exotic axes because I'm a numpty when it comes to truss rods and intonation. And restringing, come to think of it. I bought my Thumb from the excellent shop in Tonbridge. Really nice guys. Great selection of high-ish end stuff too. I thought that maybe because that bald dude was now dead, perhaps the cellar would have got better. But no. They have some brilliant stock in there, but because of the location and the amount of kids buying Schecters and RockBasses you can understand, but not forgive, the attitude. It's emulated by that whole area though too, apart from the guy in Rose Morris who is super-nice. I wish the Wapping shop was still open. You only got true daytrippers in there and it was a great room to try stuff out in. Plus you could go to the brilliant pub over the road afterwards with a great view of the river. To be honest, I've had some great purchasing experiences just on the forums here. It's great to talk gear with other 'chatters face to face over a cuppa. You have to wonder how long music shops can last in their present state with communities like this and talkbass in their relative infancy and getting bigger all the time.