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About same distance as brum really, about j17 off M1

[quote name='ped' post='423511' date='Mar 2 2009, 06:39 PM']Hey guys, just a note to say how grateful I am for everyone involved in setting up this event and to all those who attended. You make Basschat proud! Hopefully we can have a national bash soon. Cheers ped[/quote] without wishing to start too elongated a debate, where would that be, do you think?

[quote name='phsycoandy' post='424410' date='Mar 3 2009, 07:09 PM']by the look of your signature, youve got enough already! The "Free Strings" thing was my attempt at getting a set for the original post and associated good vibes, never came to anything tho......I buy my elixirs off him like everyone else[/quote] I'd love to go there as I used to live very near Colchester, but now get down south about once a year. Severalls Ind Est rings a bell, though. I bought my first bass in Colchester, at a music shop near the Castle.

I have the est95 active and its nice to play - probably better out there for the money tho

[quote name='Hamster' post='422583' date='Mar 1 2009, 07:39 PM']They haven't kept their side of the verbal contract. Ask for a full refund of your deposit and take your business to a shop with better service.[/quote] I'm quite sure they couldnt force MusicMan20 to take the scratched one as it clearly doesnt meet section 14 of the Sale of Goods Act. However since its a mass produced item its also fairly certain that a flawless one [b]would[/b] meet his needs so the contract isnt frustrated. I think his position regarding his deposit is questionable legally; although I dont doubt that the shop are honour and goodwill bound to return his deposit if his faith in them is shaken, I dont think that they are yet proved to be incapable of supplying what he wants at the agreed price and within a reasonable timescale, as the manager's actions suggest. Obviously they should also make some kind of concession for the hassle he's been caused, and to retain his future business. I do think the saleman sounds like a muppet though.

well done to BB for organising it all, i was really interested to try so many instruments I've not tried before such as the upright Stagg DB and also the black Rick (Kev's? thanks anyway), and Prosebass's custom bass which was amazingly comfortable. We should do it again, and I might bring an amp with me this time. Good choice of venue

I think its actually in the strings -I got a jazz that had 40-95s, and it slapped much better than my ray with 40-105s. Then I replaced the strings on the Ray and made them the same as the jazz to make life easier for myself and foudn that the Ray it slapped just as well.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='418546' date='Feb 24 2009, 04:58 PM']I'll see what i can do, though i don't want to get too much and have nobody eat it...[/quote] Can the venue do it for you? They're generally good at doing stuff to price or numbers

An adam clayton sig bass would just be a standard maple jazz as far as I can see; that's all I have seen him play recently. I think jpj just played a standard 62 3sb r/w jazz as far as I can recall; I think I read somewhere that he still has it

yes, should have said where I was at least! Doh. I'm in nottingham area, not too fussed about style but rock/funk/blues would be in the ballpark

I'm just learning still, I'm wondering if anyone knows a learning guitarist, or learning drummer that I can practice with? Probably a question I should ask at the bass bash actually, but its in my head now. thanks

yes, learn to read the notes too. Tabs are useful for confidence, but they can be wrong, or show you a fingering which is not the true one used in the recording, or even the most efficient. I learned notation; it isnt that hard. nice looking bass though, good choice.

pasta salad? cheap and filling. Some bread perhaps.

I'm happy with £4, especially if there are some nibbles too.

[quote name='Jarhead' post='415487' date='Feb 20 2009, 04:03 PM']OK, I'll bring my jazz, but be warned, its beaten up quite badly for a relatively new bass. Zach[/quote] well, as OldGit of this this parish will tell you, my Jazz has some cosmetic flaws too. Not visible from front though. We will have to wear name badges or somesuch as I, for one, wont know who anyone actually is.

My partner bought one of my 3, she likes me to have a hobby. I have one acoustic bass, a cij jazz and a vintage ray copy. Its enough.

[quote name='Jarhead' post='400280' date='Feb 4 2009, 06:40 PM']Don't suppose anyone wants to play my Fender MIM Jazz. Nothing special really, but I like it and was wondering if I should bother bringing it. Not bringing my amp though, too big. Zach[/quote] I wouldn't mind comparing it to my cij 62 reissue jazz

[quote name='silddx' post='409444' date='Feb 14 2009, 02:57 PM']I think people get a bit too concerned with this sort of thing. I do it sometimes, as long as it sounds clean and in time, I have no issues. I've always had my thumb over the neck, I find it more comfortable but you want a good ergonomic position most of the time to help prevent tendon sheath and carpal tunnel inflammation, you have to maintain good blood flow through your wrists. Keep them fairly straight with your arm as often as you can.[/quote] I've got carpal tunnel syndrome and it isnt nice. Solutions are : 1. Periodic intra-wrist injections of benisol - a hospital grade anti-inflammatory 2. surgery to loosen your wrist so that it doesnt clamp down so tight on the nerves that pass through. 3. Regular mouse users should consider using a thumbball mouse, aka a trackball, or alternatively a mousepad that supports the wrist Best avoided with proper technique is my humble advice.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='410147' date='Feb 15 2009, 04:34 PM']Make yerself a cup 'o tea and read this...... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=8009"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=8009[/url] Then come back to us with the questions its raises..... And welcome..[/quote] Luke, your budget should get you a respectable level of quality in a bass that will last you if you carry on with it. If it were me, I'd be looking at Squier, Cort, SX or Vintage. If you bought off someone on Basschat, you'd likely be getting one that was setup reasonably well. Small amps are cheap and easy to pick up online or in a music shop as many people trade up. Do you care if the amp is used rather than new?

Thanks

[quote name='YouMa' post='402335' date='Feb 6 2009, 08:16 PM']Fender are a cultural icon,they are expensive for what they are. But so are harley davidsons.[/quote] I think this hits it on the head. My mum, who knows nothing at all about guitars of any kind, said "ooh a Fender" when she saw my CIJ Jazz. My partner similarly knows next to nothing and loves the look of my (now ex) sunburst Strat. Its the look, I think; Leo got the aesthetics exactly right, and looking at them you can see that he was a master at fitting things to the human body. They look right, and they work (although whether one can say that for Harleys is an other question) I do think the CIJ Fenders have struck a good balance between the poor quality of MIM and the badge-ness of the MIA. The price is fair for a big name brand, and the quality is consistent, I dont think anyone here disses the CIJ basses for a lack of quality, and thats really what I care about. Its one deficiency was that it was noisy and I cured that with a £4 reel of copper tape. As the lady above noted, the sound is recognisable and reliable with no effort. I dont want to enter the MIM/MIA debate, CIJ is the happy medium between price and quality; if youre talking Fender

[quote name='OldGit' post='401770' date='Feb 6 2009, 09:20 AM']To make a blank patch: Have a look at P14 .. section 2 says "To switch an effect on and off" So, using the Effect [b]Module[/b] selector go through each of the modules and select "off" using the foot switch, apart from the ZNR/MIX one that has to be set to "of" using the rotary controls. Then save that edit and Robert's your mother's brother...[/quote] oh thanks, I thought you meant you had a way to do the whole caboodle in one go. I was aware of the footswitch click thing (reported) above. I do wish that the patch resource allowed you to download them as TXT, or as a zip of all then I wouldnt have to print each one. My PC and bass arent near to each other.

For me it was a white/maple no-name Pbass copy 20 years ago bought from a music shop in Colchester which was quite near the Castle (not Manns). The thick neck really put me off, as I have normal sized hands and couldnt find a comfortable way to play it. To quote above "[i]Ever since my mid-teens when I started listening to music, it was usually the bass-line that caught my attention[/i]" just about sums it up for me. I really liked what John Taylor was doing, and I really liked the mobility and simplicity of what Adam Clayton does. I defretted it, refretted it, changed the pickup for an EMG select, added a J pickup then gave up on it as a bad job. I never really seemed to progress on guitar and somehow knew it wasnt for me. Some years later I then bought an Aria Magna active 5 string, which had a much thinner neck and restiored my faith a little. The string spacing was too much for playing at root, so that went. I now have a Vintage Stingray copy that my partner bnought me and a Fender CIJ 62 RI jazz which has the slim neck and narrow spacing that I needed.

OldGit, can you tell me how you erase a whole patch in one go? I've not found that in the manual. PaulCooke, I'll give your patch a go soon, I printed it out. I recommend "Stingray" to you.