douggy

that looks awsome , mon the basslines qp's

i currently work for sc and have done for a couple of years , what weve been told is the reason sc lost x million was because it was re invested , it was x million pounds of profit that was used to start the own brand "legacy" but internally i have not see anything that suggests that sc are going under. sound control mms ( the parent company ) owns turn key , soho sound house , and media tools. and it was some directors of sound control that started guitar guitar, again one of my mates works there aswell and it seems like a pretty awesome shop , nice guys and some pretty rare gear aswell im not here at-all to stick up for any of the members of staff who have been a bit arsey to any of you , however all the sc stores ive been in ( ive never said i work in the edinburgh branch unless i was trying to get staff price ) have been pretty sound , ( most of the scottish stores and the oxford street branch ) however a colleague of mine who was on tour went into most of the stores in middle england to buy strings and he was particularly disappointed with the attitude given to him before and after he mentioned he was staff. the thing is , if your full time which i no longer am (im a student now ) , you get payed pennies , honestly. now if you look at it as " i can make myself a bit more money today if i only spend my time with people who have money so i can get some of the bonuses that go around " your going to pick and choose the customers you spend the time with , unfortunately this means being short with some who have every intention to spend money , just you dont pick up on the signs of it . the reason some of you might have been met with a blunt " put it back mate" when you grab something off the walls is; sc stores have been having a serious amount of gear stolen, and you will never guess who gets it in the neck , the managers , and sh*t understandably rolls down hill , know what i mean? but understandably looking at it from your point of view , there is a slim selection of basses and i had to fight to get warwicks in , we got 7 in sold them all and now we haven't had any for 4 months, its pretty odd. it appears that as a company they know they sell more guitars so us " real musicains :b " fall by the wayside so they can buy more guitars at a higher profit margin and ultimately make more money. which makes a bit more business sense but is a bit shan in-terms of getting cool gear in. anyway sc have been great to me have got me transfered to the oxford street branch( saveing me some serious hassle ) and personally i think the edinburgh store is great, and every one in there is a good guy ( or girl ) and in their own field is very specialized. the same for glasgow city, dundee and dunfermline . everyone ive met from those stores professionally or as a customer has been great. anyway its not my company , its a just a job , but if anyone wants any questions answered about sc on the form give me a shout ill certainly endevour to help out ( short of breaching my contract )

put some jim dunlop strap locks on it some seymour duncan quarter pounders, re fret it , get rid of the gaffer and absoulutely abuse it untill the bass looks battered but plays great!!! doug

as far as i know , take a case over with you with the cheapest bass you can find in it, ditch the cheap bass in the usa and bring back the shiny new one in the old case , you can then proove you left the uk with the case! apparently this works i know a few guys who have done it this way and havent been stopped. doug

awsome just awsome , i await doods reply

youve got it , bizarrely the band , ( pronounced colon open bracket ) make the best sweatbands for this , £3 each , got them off them when i supported and was probably one of the best things about the band or the supermario ones out of gamestation, when they are new they own!

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[quote name='Finbar' post='28744' date='Jul 8 2007, 07:59 PM']Just wondering what douggy meant when he said 'spare sweatband for wireless unit'? Is this some groovy trick involving wireless units I've never heard of?[/quote] ahh i shal explain ive found the best way to attach a wireless transmitter to your strap is to double a small bit of gaffer back on its self so it makes a small non sticky patch ( the width of the strap ) then placing that on the outside of the strap and wrapping the gaffer round the strap a few times so its sturdy. this makes a small pouch for the wireless transmitters clip to sit in. to keep the transmitter on the strap i feed the strap with the wireless attached through a sweatband and it dont budge. i carry a spare sweatband because i have a habit of losing them!

2 jazz basses gaffa tape towel one 30ft lead torch electrical tape ( nothing sticks a strap to basses like this ) multi toolkit spare sweatband for wireless kit rack head ( amp, compressor , wireless , tuner , powerconditioner ) 2x10 1x15 spare t shirt ( im all-about running around like a mongo )

how much does he charge on avarage , anyone know? d

just read the whole thing , man thats awsome!

the guitarist from bloc party has the guitar version of these . from what i know they were a trile line put out and it never took off. doug

these cabs are pretty good and a steal for 100 , the only thing that annoys me about the is how un ergonomic the handles are on the side , they rip your hands to pieces

i have a vx 210 and a vx 115 and i absolutely love them , ive not played anything that sounds as good, to my ears anyway and they are feather light . it sounds great just the 210 or 115 and GODLY when the two are used together . id love to hear what their 810 sounds like again i have a hartke head to pair with these cabs and i love it aswell unless i become super rich i will continue to use this rig untill it breaks into teeny weeny pieces

im going to be stepping on some toes here im sure, but honestly the line 6 studio 110 sounds just as good as most of the ampeg gear ive ever tried and just laughs at all the ashdown stuff. its the main amp i use to demo basses and will be untill an unnamed music shop decides to stock some decent bass stuff . im considering buying one for myself just because they sound so silly good , if only other line 6 gear did the damage asmuch as this. doug

YUMMMMMMM!!!!!!

thanks that was really informative doug

rhonda smith would be awsome! what about raising jaco from the grave? doug

toby pro 6 for 140 , my god thats a tiny amount rrp was 800 squid

i have a shure ulx professional and its the best wireless ever check them out , honestly they are sweet as doug

f***ing BRILLIANT!

i would say the only way to make a decision is to put a photo up and let us have a look