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[quote name='charic' post='1034980' date='Nov 24 2010, 12:35 PM']Well it has happened again, after an extremely bad (on all sides) practice on monday the band have decided it's just not working with me as a bassist. Gutted? Yep! On the plus side, the music wasn't as heavy as I would have liked so this gets me the opportunity to go looking for something 'a bit more my style'. On the down side, they had their own practice space and would have been gigging early next year Oh well, [b]NEXT!!![/b][/quote] Gutted. Welcome to my world (well half getting there, but not satisfied). Just found out my old band are touring four times next year....severely annoyed with myself for trying to move and further my career only to be met with crap landlords, crap bands (although the lads I'm with at the moment are great we just need to get going, the bands before have been crap though!) and a job I dont like.

[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=714649"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=714649[/url]

[quote name='Raggy' post='1034428' date='Nov 23 2010, 08:54 PM']That Streamliner looks interesting that hasbeen has just announced on TB. [/quote] Time for a new topic!

Congrats, another fan!

[quote name='Maverick' post='1034572' date='Nov 23 2010, 11:16 PM']Erm, they did. [url="http://line6.com/variaxbass/"]http://line6.com/variaxbass/[/url][/quote] Thats surprisingly nice!

[quote name='bartelby' post='1034695' date='Nov 24 2010, 06:02 AM']But they are more expensive, aren't they?[/quote] 2009 was a limited white year, and it was the same price for my guitar PPC212. Nice looking cab It was the same price as the Orange versions.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1034357' date='Nov 23 2010, 08:16 PM']And as I liked the Orange head so much I took the plunge with the matching cab! Screamingly good fun and really punches out the tone![/quote] CUTE! Love it

[quote name='gafbass02' post='1033949' date='Nov 23 2010, 02:45 PM']Thanks mate. Since this thread wound up my main stack has become the shuttle with two bergantino ae210's and I can honestly say...'I'm happy with my amp" [/quote] Glad Apparently once you fathom the odd input on the 9.0 and open the volume up (eg half way on Markbass is almost all of your volume, whereas Genz amps keep on giving right upto full) it starts to shine

[quote name='silddx' post='1033646' date='Nov 23 2010, 10:41 AM']Hardly revolutionary though G Hipshot, Schaller, etc. have been making superb bridges for ages, Fender ignored them until a couple of years ago.[/quote] Agreed, its about time they got it right. I do think its a nice design though. Im not keen on some of the other higher mass bridges, and its comfy to resr your little finger around if picking near the bridge.

[quote name='jonunders' post='983950' date='Oct 10 2010, 10:34 PM']i've been looking at the shuttle 9 with a view to buying so very interested to read related opinions[/quote] Well...Ive tried to avoid a 9.0, but I want to try one again. Argh.

I sold my TU-2 to buy the TC Polytune. Its apparently more accurate (I think the same as the TU-3) and basically because I quite like the TC designs and how slick their pedals are. Its also very small and has two tuning modes.

Hmm, now Ive no idea how far to stretch this back! What one piece of you bass or amp/cab do you think is just genius engineering? I think kudos to Fender for the new 08 onwards bridges. They dont look out of place, yet they are a fantastic upgrade. Musicman truss rod wheel of fortune. Speakons. Lightweight amps.

Yeah, they are advertising them at their peak wattage...which is a clever scheme! Thos Shuttle cabinets are supposedly SUPER nice, but dont crank that 9.0! PS - How are you getting on with the 9.0?

Most of them round here have Ashdown. To be fair, Ive had some really good sessions and sounds with the Ashdown gear, and I think its the lower end gear. Then again I have ear plugs in!

1600?!?!?!?!?!?

Well, I knew eventually the Jazz would bite me back. I sold one on for my incoming bits and pieces, and possibly to get a rosewood J (Im much happier on a rosewood board now). I tried to put the Jazz off, tried to pretend I didnt want one. Do I need one? No. Do I consider a Jazz to be a bass most players should own at some point? Yes. Why? Sound. So now Im hunting down a 3TS/Rosewood 2010 Jazz. No other colour this time, I want the colour that I think works on a Fender Jazz, which is 3TS. I did find the MIA 2008 Jazz a little skinny near the nut, BUT, Im kind of forcing myself to admit if I want a modern Fender Ive got to have the neck how it is. Nearer the body its fantastic...

Er...I dont know any girls that pretty who play bass/guitar. WHY!?!

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1033465' date='Nov 23 2010, 01:53 AM']Rickenbackers. So many improvements can be made and they have stubbornly stuck to a design that has never known an engineer. I think that is where Fender has it, Leo was an engineer and not a musician.[/quote] +1 If they evolved Rickenbackers I would own one. In the current state, I just couldnt see myself sticking with it. Re: MM battery covers. I agree the chrome looks nice, but I think the plastic ones with the flip section are much easier to use.

The single coil right on the neck on the EBMM Big Al is NOTHING but creamy and thumpy with nice definition, probably because its a single coil and a neodymium pickup. It sounds fantastic.