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That looks like it was damaged! 

5 minutes ago, 41Hz said:

I’m sure guitarguitar has enough clout based on its spend with Cort to push back on crappy quality control like this and get refunded on sub standard instruments.

 

If customers don’t push back and retailers don’t push back on manufacturers then they’ll keep on pumping out crappy quality which isn’t good for anyone. 

Very fair. If they can't get the instrument to look at least a bit close to stock images, then take photos of all and check them. Even at 600 quid. 

I find Cort are a very mixed bag. Their PRS SE instruments are mostly very very well constructed, but then other brands don't hit as well.

I've had issues with GG in Newcastle many years ago. I've used them online since, and I would have hoped their Newcastle store would have improved (after all, the North East lot are bloody lovely humans). They seem to only really 'turn' on you when it is a return. 

Disappointed in this response.

Danny seems like a normal lad and a good player. He has tried for a long time to get where he has, and now it is paying off.

He is one of those players who can genuinely play well either plectrum or finger style. I tend to find especially with fingerstyle players, they  don't seem to nail it as much with a plectrum. 

Not sure his bands are that great....YET. I think he has potential though. It seems a bit 'punk by numbers'.....like my first punk band (even though his playing is WELL beyond that). 

Curious...is his dive into the punk scene a new thing?

Going to wait for the Nano price to settle. It'll eventually be in a little sale.

2 hours ago, Beedster said:

Exactly 😆

 

There's a song by Dylan, I forget which one, and it has the most awful dissonance at one point - it's in a sax solo - to the point that it makes my teeth hurt! My bandmate's can't hear it, or more to the point, it isn't dissonant to them. Brains are funny things  

It's a bit like how I LOVE the treble/bite/zing of a bridge Telecaster pickup, but in my old band, the other guitarist wasn't keen at all. The frequencies did not gel with him, whereas I knew it was overly aggressive in the treble but liked it for that reason. 

I did what every person should do, if it works in the mix, carry on.

HOW MUCH?! What on earth is going on.....?! A basic MIM P Bass?

Yeah send it back. Maybe wait for another full on Bongo to come up second hand. 

9 hours ago, Minininjarob said:

Not everyone has a glass back - with a 10lb bass I only get a little tired after about 2hrs with it on me standing up. This will be fine. 😊

Doesn’t bother me that much, but of course it’d be better if it was a little lighter. 

Guaranteed they make it some FOMO rush to buy an expensive Epiphone.

The natural is far nicer. Guess less chance of getting one. 
 

They are pricey and my god, HEAVY! 

Love these cabs. 

Love the Bongo. The flats apparently sound really good with that pre-amp (never personally tried it) but the clarity with rounds and grind is addictive on these!

I would try the Vintera. The older road worn models seemed a much better buy. Now, I'm not sure.

I think the cost ceiling has been hit. If they had installed better pickups I think it'd still be a little too much, but still a better deal.

2 hours ago, BassApprentice said:

I just stopped by GuitarGuitar in Glasgow and they had 2.

 

Picked it up to compare it to the 4003s they had and the dimensions are they same. As is the weight...

 

Didn't play it as I didn't want to waste the guys time but it's just a weird way of executing a short scale. 

That is just damn weird.

I am very late to this band, but got a ticket for the Manchester show next year. What a fantastic, complex and bizarre band they are. I am gutted I won't ever see them with Tim.

54 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

If most their business is in guitars then I’m not sure G&L will have kept the Fender C-suite up at night. 
what it might let them do is have fender as the heritage brand and G&L as the wackier ideas brand, in bass world like you said they haven’t really changed much that catches on since moving the jazz pickup - it gives them two/three bass models that actually do something different - a decent 5 string and a more muscular humbucker 

The G&L humbucker basses / active basses are ridiculously powerful. Really good instruments. 

If Fender do take over, I hope they keep all staff and continue to manufacture G&L. 
 

Leo will be going home.

That’s a reasonable price for a UK manufactured amp. 

41 minutes ago, crazycloud said:

No idea. Doesn't really matter to me either way.

I just mean the price will be dramatically different whichever it is.

1 minute ago, crazycloud said:

A headless 5 might be in my future then, depending on what they cost.

Are these a Canadian bass or an import MIC bass?

13 hours ago, agedhorse said:

 

 Also, the master volume control applies gain evenly throughout its entire rotation, many master controls do 90% of their work in the first half of the rotation (which makes people THINK they are more powerful though they are not).

That common trick! I always remember when you guys at Genz discussed this and that your volume controls are much more 'honest'.

12 minutes ago, ezbass said:

 

I can't handle watching any videos by that guy. 

G&L basses and guitars are great IMO. I would have bought one of their USA basses had I seen more stock over here.

I do like that they dragged out old paperwork over the past 10 years or so to build close new versions of old designs.

It'll be a shame if they go under, but someone will swoop in and buy them.

I had a GP12 400SMX (I think that was the model name). Mid 90s ish 400W amp head. Only issue it had all that time was that it needed a new fuse the first few months (never had an issue ever again!), and I had to replace some of the plastics on the front/back panel occasionally.

Absolutely superb. Build like a tank. Extremely heavy though, and awkward.

Would I get it again? Absolutely.

The closest I have come to it is the Genz Benz Shuttlemax 9.2, which I am never parting with!

The old Trace stuff was over engineered and looked superb. 

I noticed this mentioned here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GLGuitars/comments/1nla1iw/gl_shut_down_temporary_or_permanent/

Just standard MIM pickups on a 1399 bass immediately puts me off. Too expensive.