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Yet another vote for the SGC Nanyo Bass Collection (strictly, the Made In Japan series only). The entry-level, passive SB301 is OK but nothing special. The cheapest active bass, the SB310 is pretty good but won't necessarily blow your socks off. The SB320 is simply sublime. If you're a big fan of super-middy tones (Warwick, Schecter, etc.) then probably [i][b]not [/b][/i]the bass for you. If you like Fenders then the SB320 will blow away most, and at a fraction of the price. Speaking of which, the days of the SB310 for £150 and the SB320 for £200 are gone I'm afraid. If you find an SB320 in good nick, don't hesitate to splash £300 or even £350 to get it. You won't be disappointed.

Nope - my fingers aren't big enough.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1452164311' post='2947095'] REDDI I'm serious... [/quote] I love the look and idea of those things, but I keep wondering if they're not the Apple of amplification ... really, really cool-looking design being used to justify ludicrous prices.

When I alternate, I leave the controls untouched on bass and amp and use no pedals. I play with a pick very close to the bridge, and I play fingerstyle either over the neck pickup or sometimes over the 24th fret. Two completely different styles resulting in two completely different tones. Surely that's the point? And don't call me Shirley.

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1452109470' post='2946578'] Ampeg B15. [/quote] Erm ... that's the Fliptop.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1452103489' post='2946465'] He may not have described them as such but Metal wasn't around when they started. Bands like Kiss, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motörhead where just Rock bands. By the 80s though, they were what we now call metal. [/quote] Is this another of those "you had to be there" topics? Back in the days when I shared a bedroom with Bruce Dickinson (no, really, I did) and one of my favourite albums was Sad Wings Of Destiny, I don't remember us all sitting around wondering what to call this stuff. This was 1979 into 1980, maybe 1981. I was in my early 20s and I was firmly in the "it's heavy rock, man" camp. Several of my then flatmates would routinely argue "don't you get it, this is heavy metal mate". The idea that no one called this heavy metal until the 80s is ludicrous. Maybe you had to be there after all ...

If you pay as much as £500 for one then you've done something wrong. Are you anywhere near London?

Well I wouldn't want to try it until I'd checked my tetanus jabs were up to date. Don't think I've ever seen rustier strings ...

Try a mid-70's WEM Dominator 25. I'm absolutely serious. With 15W of valve power you can achieve whatever degree of break-up you want/need at a sensible volume, and if you get a good one then the tone is just to die for. It's the poor man's Fliptop, and probably better value for money.

My double bass is always known as "my double bass". Avoids confusion and seems to work.

He'll struggle to get Type Approval for that nose vent!

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1452017688' post='2945603'] Weirdly, I swear he drove past me in Fraddon, Cornwall on Sunday midday. I was just pulling out of a junction from the A30 and he was just turning on. It was either him or his double. [/quote] And now I'm trying to visualise a car as modified by our favourite luthier. Obviously it will have had one of the four wheels removed, thus making more room for the other three. The engine will have been swapped out for something utterly inappropriate. The upholstery will have been liberally treated with beeswax, which is a shame since it's fabric. The three tyres will be of different makes and designs, inflated to different pressures. Am I nearly there yet?

In all fairness, that looks like it was already a complete basket case before being ... erm ... improved.

http://www.joinmyband.co.uk/classifieds/looking-to-start-a-motorhead-tributecover-band-t827490.html The replies make a good, if brief, read. In the advert itself, I particularly enjoyed the line, "[color=#111111][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=4][i]not sure if i can sing though (i dont sing in my band) but i can try to give it a go[/i]."[/size][/font][/color]

And this would seem to be the right Scandinavian moment to remind our readers of this: http://youtu.be/Ax8yNcAH8mo

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/274561-shergold-marathon/

Have you tried using the Tuner Out as a headphone socket?

And these are mainly the guys who never made it to the audition. I once had an American guitarist / multi-instrumentalist with an excellent self-published album on t'Net turn up for a planned first session of a new band. As soon as be arrived and opened his mouth, it started to go pear-shaped. He was Spanish. But your name? ........... Ees a stage name, si? But your details say you are American also. ....... Yeh, yeh, ees good background, si? Then he started to play. His guitar playing was complete sh*t. No, really, complete sh*t. But your album, isn't that you playing guitar? ....... Si, and zee session guys too. By now, the drummer and I are desperately trying both to not crack up, and also to not kick the sh*t out of this guy. Oh God, let's fall back on the standards. Let's play Red House. Spaniard starts playing ... well, I don't know what he was playing. Drummer and I stop and look at him. We're supposed to be playing Red House. ........ But zat EES Red House! No, no it's not, really it's not. ......... Ha! Maybe I know anuzzer Red House! End of audition.

I was having a Big Red X moment ...

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LOL - I like that a lot. The Nilsson version was [cliche alert] part of the soundtrack to my teens [/cliche alert] so I've always had a soft spot for that song.