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Ultimately somthing has to give when your talking the Cost , Weight , function triangle , you pick your Two and go with it

If its cheap and light it wont sound good, im looking at you cheap backless combo amp for 50 quid

If its cheap an made of pig iron it might sound ok horses for courses ... if you're in a position to worry about weight then its gonna cost more

If you can find one on ebay i'd suggest one of the old Behringer BX1200 Combos these were the direct Rip off the Hartke Kickback stuff mine was amazing for this purpose and it was Built like a tank part of the problem as its not exactly light. Discontinued because they were just FAR too blately a rip off , Aluminium cone and all mine was even used as an Active PA monitor for while even abused by an electric drum kit without skipping a beat , eventually sold to a guy who wanted to use it as a Pit Amp for peanuts.

They are also dirt cheap as no-one knows or really looks for them anymore .

120 watt's 2 channel I even remember linking the Octave "ultrabass" feature
they did a smaller 60 watt version but i've not used it

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I[/url]f you do buy one I found the footswitch for it the other day after thinking it left at a gig which i'll gladly pass on.

I use an aria electro acoustic bass with a little 3 band eq on it when occasionally frequent a jam / open mic in Hampton wick . When I first went down I assumed as they advertised it was 100% an acoustic affair ,that there would be no amps but as it turns out the organisers bass player had a rather nice valve mark bass Amp on top of a 2X10 . When I offered, To plug straight into the PA they were using for vocals , the three band on my acoustic bass is usually more than enough to shape a tone plugged into a PA .) The Bass player was borderline offended and insisted on my using the markbass and his stool right next to the cab.

Sounded very good though , got comments on the tone out of my black nylon tapewounds , So my question what the hell kind of volume was the open mic at to risk damage to your [color=#1D2129][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Walkabout. I'd have thought that unless your amp was set up for an active bass with huge output, the volume you set on the mesa would have been more than loud enough , unless the guy was totally deaf or trying to get Punk P bass tones out of an instrument not designed for it.[/font][/color]

I'm just bitter , i wanted a J neck without having to buy Two :-P

I can see the post with both neck's , but where does it actually say it's coming with a baseball necked P neck and an optional J neck rather than the other way round ?

It seems a touch daft , I dont want to buy an extra neck and If people wanted a PJ with a P neck when can pretty much get them anywhere , One with a J neck is a bit harder to come by.

I use these , http://www.woodieshanger.com/product-category/hangers/ , there Ace , easy to take off and on invisible and they provide no tension on the necks , as the guitars are being held by their strap buttons , IE what we use to hold the damn thing on us when playing anyway.

http://www.woodieshanger.com/product-category/hangers/

Mine are here , https://goo.gl/photos/g8QeFv2Hp3wVqfdg8

I love the look of these , but i always found they came up a bit short when i owned an SB400 it was certainly 34 scale but it just felt very small , an advantage for some but not this gentle giant.

I've just agreed to purchase of one of these ( should be in my paws Tuesday) the refinished Sherwood Green one from the classifieds, my plans for it were to wrap the scratchplate in black Nylon wrap, like I've done before on a Bitsa jazz .

Then see what needs doing with the pickups, supposedly the seller fitted one of these. http://www.angela.com/fenderamericanstd5stringprecisionbasspickup.aspx .
I guess I shall soon find out

I presume shes's staying with some friends or something as Northolt isn't exactly a buzzing music hub of west london.
I used to practice in a place in Perivale although I live much further south these days SPECIFICALLY for this reason. locally the best bets for entertainment would be Harrow , or Ealing,
The Usurp Art gallery might be worth checking out AS would be the trinity bar alhough it seems to have become a big more Dj oriented, these days.

For my money I'd wager the group will spend most of there time over the other side of london , areas like hoxton , Shoreditch " the Hip part of town " .

Christ i sound old ...... it was only 5 years ago when those places were paradise ... now i want a jam night at a local pub that i can get a table and server in under 5 mins not standing room only in a packed out lounge.

Jaxx , how dare you spec my IDEAL bass . * Bass Envy mode engage*


[quote] really light relic finish, period correct tarnishing to metals, colour fade/darken Sherwood Green with matching Headstock, block & bound rosewood fingerboard.[/quote]

At the same time , I was in a music shop a little bit away from my house trying out my status post setup. ( the place I use for setups as chandlers take weeks )

Guy comes in with a rather nice PRS SE Kingfisher , Hardcased , its bit over year old, Includes receipt from Andertons and all the finance gubbinz for around 700 odd quid. The' guys a drummer, who bought it for some recording and is now leaving the country for a cruise ship gig .
Best the shopkeep could offer the guy was 150 quid , cash final offer .... he didnt really want it " felt it would sit in the store " The guy took it >.<

Its not my place to judge, / get in the way of a free market forces BUT OUCH , thats gotta sting.

We lost one in the center of Kingston ( Hands music) ,it was always more focused on non-guitar oriented , stuff like sheet music and consuables , with a limited range of guitars upstairs
I had been using it over chandlers due to the fact Chandlers have borked far too many repair jobs for my taste . A rewire job that went back 4 times, each time taking at least 2 weeks . Apparently that's how many times its takes before they actually get charlie to look at it , and a repair to a les paul studio headstock that took 3 months and then broke when they were restringing it to take another month.

I did briefly dream of the idea of renting a vacant shop next door the fighting cocks, ( Rock metal Venue/bar), to open a guitar store that also did coffee and the occasional instore jam night.
But I just dont see how it would compete with the big E-retailers / stores like Andertons / Thomman.

You can tell i want to be at my desk this morning right ?? ;-)

It was stupidly fast, next day am post. Actually a perfect fit to the hardware which i'd describe as nicotine white and the toggle itself which im not sure i could get off without pliers.

As far as my basic internet based research informs me it should, PM me and we can discuss the particulars of payment etc .

I'll take This please i think this will fit my 70's Classic Jazz right ?

hrmm , Yup 1.99 inc postage for Vintage Cream .... done deal , Consider this thread closed .

Does anyone have a Stratocaster selector tip ( push on type) I could buy/ beg/steal for a guitar I'm doing up, Ideally cream or white as the Strats current plastic hardware is pretty cigarette
yellowed but i'm not to fussed , this sort of thing.
[url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Stratocaster-Pickup-Selector-Replacement/dp/B0081HH6VK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=14ar+switch+tip+ivory"]https://www.amazon.c...witch+tip+ivory[/url]

Willing to pay postage etc ,

Lyle

For a While We started with Gimme some Loving In E , blues brothers style, For some reason it was pointed out that popping up on stage and doing a quick tune up followed by a nod could easily turn into a blues brothers double of gimme some lovin , and Everybody needs somebody to love , which our vocalist wrote a clever introduction bit to rip off Dan Akroyd .

Thinking back over it its cliche as hell ... we really ought to plan somthing else .

Oh I wasn't , calling it a negative per say .... I was looking for some "pro's and cons" , and being brutally honest.
I've no idea what the 70's pickups are supposed to be like, it can be annoying when I'vee got the sound just so for the venue, and I need to swap.
We are talking about from 9 o'clock on the gain on my mark bass round to 12 o'clock , some people might call the weight a problem .... I dont , so i didnt list it there.

I have a MIM 70's Jazz I bought it because I really wanted a bound a blocked neck, it is a fantastic bass, but on the heavy side ,mine is a two piece body. The join only visible on the rear due to a slight grain change, the finish is immaculate, dark smokey black to orange sunburst. That coming from me someone who associates sunburst with a white plate , ( the colour of cheap starter guitars) as one I'd never own is high praise.
If you can get one of these for £400 that is right on the money, if not a bit of a bargain they play like much more expensive instruments.

If I'm trying to be super honest looking for negatives the bass does seem a little lower on the output side compared to my Bista J with SD's and a kiogon loom. If i A-B them and put both up to full the bitsa has it on volume.

Secondly, as this is my first " FENDER" with a skunk stripe I am a little worried that the rod is trying to come out the back I can feel a tiny raise with my thumb, but I may be being paranoid.

I went to Arc Tangent which is a mathrock noiserock / doomcore festival ... With my other half , I like my metal but this is toooooo extreme for my tastes ... Turns out some of the earlier acts were very good ... Go for the musicianship and the beer .

Just remind your SO next time they are moaning about spending too much time standing around at *insert bass shop of choice*.

So an update .... i'm almost certainly returning the thing to him, plugged in it cuts in and out sporadically feeds back and crackles something awful, the pots are noisy the bridge is gunked up and would need soaking in meths for a week.

i've stopped playing the bass because the smell of it is making me taste dampness.

He wants £400 for it its a 2002 aerodyne Jazz (nonexport) surface jack model .... i think that's slightly under priced but not enough to warrant It ,
ive sent him an email but im not back at work till Monday.

I've emailed the guy he's said he's happy for me to do whatever to it, I think a superficial clean up i'll take some snaps when i get it home so you can see for yourselves.
I might fall in love when i plug it in but right now colour me less than impressed.

Mmm , I'd agree people are far less likely to feel ok with the sellers fee if they have a cheaper item that they can flog on facebook , its simple economics , and a one size fits all model might not work out , I think the fee's for listing stuff are VERY reasonble if your selling a bass or a few basses anything over 200 quid or lots of items , but to sell a 70 quid neck its 10% of the sale price , and trying your luck with the various facebook groups is a better angel .

Problem is , these aren't "that" common no means rare , but i've never laid my hands on a CIJ non export Aerodyne J and he has priced it reasonably .