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As am I ... At 6'4 and with arms like a monkey the tbird is on of the better fitting basses on me .

Well there's this poor unloved little gem if you fancy going to town with some paint thinner on the persons art and an somthing like T-cut on the bodywork.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Epiphone-Thunderbird-Bass-Rare-Limited-Edition-Colour-Tv-Silver-Soft-Case-/172117792128?hash=item2813051580:g:HrIAAOSw~OVW1DOA"]http://www.ebay.co.u...rIAAOSw~OVW1DOA[/url]

Dammit ...now i'm tempted to buy that and rip the hardware off for mine .... i always though the chrome pickup covers were pretty.


Or this .... honest relicing ... i guess that must have been a niki sixx model ??? Its Korean from the unsung factory same as mine ...
One of the better for quality control.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Epiphone-Thunderbird/231859916573?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D7cf08f852ffa4de8997a5d8da9c2ddd2%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D172117792128"]http://www.ebay.co.u...%3D172117792128[/url]

Buy that ... get Ki0gon of this here parish make you up a new wiring loom for the thing , if i recall its wired identically to a passive jazz.
For about 60 quid you have a pretty baddas looking tbird ..which you can take to a biker bar and beat up folk when they invade the stage without worry.

I'm a proud owner and user of the absolute entry level T-bird , thing is If you can pick up an older " well looked after " Classic IV ... especially one of the made in japan or made in Korea bolt on models , these can be truly fab instruments , Mine is a single piece body with a lovely grain .. and sustain for weeks as a result ... I actually really enjoy the TB+ pickups ... even if the output out of them isnt massive ( but thats what my amp's volume pot does ).

The one let down on these is the 3 point floating bridge .. it "works" but there are so many great after market options which would work better.

i've seen these go in bad condition for £99 and spending a further 50 on one will net you a fantastic beater bass .... a word to the wise though ... the neck and body weight are a handful if you are slight of stature

I guess my problem is that I'm 30 and bearded with long hair , while the lead guitarist is also 30 but rapidly losing his .

Perhaps i just shouldn't be trusted with a crayon let alone a keyboard .

^ this is why I write code ^ Not marketing material , thanks guys this is a big help.

Hmm thanks big red , I didn't consider that, it is most certainly a permanent position in the band i have serious doubts that the lady in question will be able to do anything for the next 3 years , she works a very demanding job on top of the fact that shes going to want to do the mum thing to the best of her ability.

Problem is we aren't looking to be doing 10 gigs a month we love doing this but rehearsals and 2-3 gigs a month in high season really is all we can stomach and as such don't really want to attract the people who are looking to do this as a their only source of income.

I'll re-work it, our drummer funnily enough used to be our front-man he's on of those insanely talented people you want to hate but cant, when we lost the drummer he just stepped in so he's never stopped doing the male lead stuff.

@ blue .....yes we're the definition of weekend warriors .. we said at least once a month because of low seasons , obviously there are some bands who can get 10 gigs in Jan but we struggle , to both want to and to find them in the post xmas lull

The origionals stuff was because that response was slightly tailored to a person who said she'd like to try doing some origionals.

Hey folks , My Ashford (middlesex) based covers band are looking for a new female vocalist due to our current one suffering from a very welcome but rapidly debilitating case of pregnancy .

Cue lots of grief with me messaging people on various services like join my band , gum-tree etc.
So many people just don't respond ... they read the message responding to their advert. In my opinion pretty much bang on for what they are asking for and just ignore it , Join my band has a nice (this user has read your message feature ) so you know they are actively choosing not to not respond ... I'm starting to think its Me , scaring people off.

Generalised response to hide details of the users I've messaged .

[size=1]Hi, We’re Vinyl Frontier a covers band who are losing our female vocalist to her upcoming pregnancy. While we're all very supportive of her and don't want to replace her we understand that she’s looking to step back, and as she should with a little one on the way.

This means we are looking to find someone to front the band and sing twin vocals with our rather zany singing drummer, we’ve recorded a demo / sampler which is currently being mastered and if you’re interested it I can send it over to you when the mastering is finished.

We're all working professionals aged from 30 to one very childish 40 year old. 3 of us are from Chertsey and the other 2 from the Kingston area. We practice once a week on a Thursday evening at a studios in Ashford. Ultimately were looking to enjoy ourselves doing this , It’s not going to be a major source of income or career for any of us we all work full time soy the aim is to gig around at least once a month on average.

Music/ song wise, we will try to tackle anything people suggest usually by group consensus . Three of us have also been in originals bands and are quite capable writers So would not be against doing originals. At the moment we were focusing on floor-fillers for a few weddings, things like uptown funk, Love shack, a bit of Blondie, foo fighters, Bryan Adams /Mel C and the killers, but we've previously done a bit of everything from RATM through to punked up Jungle book tracks for a Disney themed Christmas party.

If your interested in sending over your gig recordings as mentioned , either email me at * email removed * or drop me a message on here for a chat.[/size]

I've got a pair of the snark's , [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Snark-Guitar-Violin-Tuner/dp/B004XNK7AI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456479585&sr=8-1&keywords=snark"]http://www.amazon.co...&keywords=snark[/url]

I got tired of the guitarist asking to borrow it mid rehearsal and bought a second for him.
works really rather nicely and im not sure how the work so well but they dont ever seem to pick up him bashing away when im tuning with my amp muted..

I was pretty much in the same boat until a few weeks ago I'd just keep any instrument i'd bought , sling them up on wall's or leave in cases ... until I let the first one go , a guys son at work wants to start playing bass so i long term loaned one of my very old beaters ... which to be honest hasn't left the case in several years ...

I understand he's amazingly happy with it ... and as i'd set it up and upgraded it way beyond what he'd have gotten from your average squire .... He will not outgrow it until he's craving Fender on the headstock.

This opened the flood gates to the fact that i can get rid of gear without feeling terrible .
Cue 4-5 sales and I've funded my new Jazz and have a pile of cash ready to fund the next acquisition.

Tis a revalation.

what the price difference tween them .

Nope .... doing a bit of reading around ( yes i'm that sad and geeky)

This is 5Volt smart media [b]Note the [color=#252525][font=sans-serif]reversed placement of the notched corner.[/font][/color][/b]
[url="http://www.goudentips.org/smartmedia/img/2mb-smartmedia-roland.jpg"]http://www.goudentip...edia-roland.jpg[/url]

The adapter is unlikely to work in your slot and you would also have to find and XD card of the max capacity of the device , I've found some resources talking about this very topic .

Wow i had no idea that stuff came in different voltages .. im pretty sure that means mine will be the more common 3volt stuff .

[color=#252525][font=sans-serif]SmartMedia cards came in two formats, 5 V and the more modern 3.3 V (sometimes marked 3 V), named for their main supply voltages. The packaging was nearly identical, except for the reversed placement of the notched corner. Many older SmartMedia devices only support 5V SmartMedia cards, whereas many newer devices only support 3.3V cards. In order to protect 3.3V cards from being damaged in 5V-only devices, the card reader should have some mechanical provision (such as detecting the type of notch) to disallow insertion of an unsupported type of card. [i][b]Some low-cost, 5V-only card readers do not operate this way, and inserting a 3.3V card into such a 5V-only reader will result in permanent damage to the card.[/b][/i] Dual-voltage card readers are highly recommended.[/font][/color]

looks like you might have to , that guy who's selling it for a MASSIVE mark up is on to a winner though :-P

ERM .... Neeph is bang on .....<-- hoarding IT geek here. Ray , i'll check my random old crap drawers ...
i think i might have old digital camera ( from the 1 Megapixel era) that used to use those to store media ...
I might even have a usb Card reader that reads them too.

Do you know what the manual says about Min / Maximum capacity for It I have a feeling mine might be 8-16 meg


then again my googlefoo is strong

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00005KHXG/ref=sr_1_6_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1456401019&sr=8-6&keywords=smart+media+card&condition=used

£9 quid plus pnp is a LOT better value even if i cant find mine.

lyle

hey geofio

do these need a speaker load to be used for with the headphone only ? I'm considering using it on my desk as a home practice amp.

regards lyle

Hi I've not had a bad experience using the wanted section , usually people have not been able to find me exactly what i was after but i'd always been offered things in the right ballpark by PM.

I would ask you really look at your last post and consider the following ?
I'm not trying to be rude with these questions but like with everything the wanted section its a game of luck / chance which one can make it really hard for ones self.

1. Are you looking for something REALLY bespoke or specific If so your wanted add is probably going to struggle ?

2. Are you Perhaps under offering money wise for the item you want ... i think of wanted adds as a "last resort to tempt a person to
sell something that they wouldn't list normally so you might need to make the deal a bit sweeter.

3. Is it an item that isn't too expensive , hence worth the sellers time to deal with or would be quite a challenge to ship for a seller
this is again going to make it a challenge to get people to want to deal.

Good luck out there , i assume you have tried all the other aveunes ... ebay , the Facebook guitar exchange websites which i've done some great deals myself on along with any specialist sites ... IE status for status basses .

The problem is that a Mexican is not always a Mexican Standard and a US jazz is not always an American Standard think for example of the highway one stuff . The Deluxes's , special edition stuff, Atrist models like the geddy or even MIJ there's lots inside the fender stable so many different permutations , premium features like block inlays and binding on multi peice bodies ... do you want string through body , or bridge ...

Was looking to do this exact thing a few weeks ago , buying a fender Jazz I tried Mexican standards American standards and I actually settled on one of these http://intl.fender.com/en-GB/basses/jazz-bass/70s-jazz-bass-rosewood-fingerboard-3-color-sunburst-3-ply-bwb-pickguard/

My Advice to you is .... you are looking for the " Right Jazz " which is going to be a sum of its parts
make a list of the features you want to see on your jazz and then the right bass will be apparent to you

For example here was mine as a MoSCoW analysis

[b][i]Must have ( M)[/i][/b]
Fender on the head stock
38mm neck
Passive

[b][i]Should have (S)[/i][/b]
Maple fingerboard
bound and block inlay's

[i][b]Could have (C)[/b][/i]
Can see some wood grain in the finish
Satin finish on the fingerboard

[i][b]Wont have (W)[/b][/i]
Black body
White scratch plate

Karl , I'd not worry about the pickup covers to much I've changed mine loads of times , I really don't like lables on my bass'es
for every person is perturbed because the pickup cover plastic doesn't say "duncan" , EMG or alnico then im sure theres one like me who considers them like wearing a large branding NIKE hoody.

Funny, to hear everyone saying dump the rounds but i play this song on a jazz with flats and get a great sound for it .
It does require a little bit of setup to get the sound so i prefer to do it on the set break as i'm not the quickest at changing patches mid set

So here's how I achieve the driving tone through my fairly flat trace, i use a Jazz bass usually fairly flat So before the song starts set the bridge pickup at 9 ish and neck pickup at 2 , dime the tone (cringe a bit as i like a more dubby sound normally)

Then play hard with a pick and be prepared to palm mute for the breakdowns, this is the only song i use a pick for it for and its played with vigor over the bridge pickup.

I use a Tube screamer patch from my zoom B3 , this acts as my mid boost and bit of dirt but you could probably get away with using an amp tweak to raise your mid's and a bit of drive if you dont have access to a multi effects unit but are willing to spend a little to get that tone i hear very good things about these clone tubescreamers

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/JOYO-JF-01-Vintage-Overdrive-Guitar/dp/B004FEGXDK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456309572&sr=8-1&keywords=Joyo+JF-01"]http://www.amazon.co...ords=Joyo+JF-01[/url]

or in the cheaper behringer flavour

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behringer-TO800-TO-800-Tube-Overdrive/dp/B000KIRT74/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456309725&sr=8-1&keywords=BEHRINGER+VINTAGE+TUBE+OVERDRIVE+TO800

I think a full size Harley Benton Jazz would definitely be the order of the day . Or perhaps an Ibanez, which has more "metal Cred" If they are drifting towards that pointy "alternative " phase , I started with an Aria SB loaned off a neighbor about 11 Shame because that bass was far better than I deserved and there known for being a little shorter of neck . I strongly lusted after an explorer bass ..

Took me growing up a bit before I realised that being able to play the thing really well is far cooler than stabbing at chords with the thing around your knee's and having corners that could take an eye out .

I've got one of these , i decided I'd grab one on a punt with some Amazon vouchers and it seemed the best well reviewed , Im very happy with my choice.
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[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B010DLUSS4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00"]http://www.amazon.co...ailpage_o01_s00[/url]

So far no complaints with the actual function of the thing . minor niggles are the fact that its own power supply cable from wall to unit isn't particularly long ,but I swapped it for another identical one from
another pedal with a longer cable. I'm using it to power a Zoom B3 , at 9volt BDI21 at 9 volt , digitech bass synth at 9 volt and a wireless unit at 18Volt , I was even using it to power my little hot-tone
mini bass head which was also at 18 volt ..

Another minor downside for me is that all the included power leads are the same length it would be nice if some were shorter ... but i was able to tidy cables up underneath pedal boards etc.
It introduces No discernible noise in the chain ... its compact and being able to turn on all the LED's was amusing when we decided to turn the lights off in the studio to test how well we new some songs.

from what i remember from owning my SB which was the single passive pickup , it was never the "hottest" output bass , if your looking for a level boost then perhaps somthing like a Behringer BDI or sansamp so you can give it a little boost.

I'd second Chandlers in Hampton wick , He's done a great job with my Status , didn't scoff when i brought in my sentimentally over-valued T-bird to have more work than its worth done on it after loaning it to a moronic user.

Walking into the shop is like going back in time to the 80's mind ...you. Its no glass superstore displaying guitars like an art gallery ... More a mom and pop type store where one counter is sales and the other has have charlie hunched over the bowel's of some poor knackered instrument and the vertically gifted beware of the low hanging guitars/ basses in the roof.

Considering my trace combo weighs 37 Kg on its own ;-) its not so much the weight more the challenge of grabbing both of the handles and carrying it for any distance that a pain in the arse ...
Easy if theres two people but .... usually other band members are busy moving their own stuff .

ha ha , twin-cam , that's exactly what I'm considering I have a Trace SMX GP 7 combo which is 300 watts or 500 with the 15 inch expansion cab ... i'd been looking into gettin a class D head such as a TC or perhaps even Orange bass terror . I love my trace but its old and as heavy as plutonium , I do like the tone and i like the fact that i can pretty much treat it like dirt / not worry about It living at the cold studio but yet still rely on it to do what it needs to to on stage.

Also 300 watts of trace as we well know is not 300 watts in other peoples money ;-).

Someone should really organise some form of event where ... people could bring there things and repsective basschatters could try differnt amps and instruments , perhaps hosted in a school or other location ...
;-) .... what would be a good name for such an event .... bass boogie .... bass bring and buy ... maybe bass bash ;-)

Hey folks ..

Been looking for a new / REAL jazz to replace my Bista for a while , been considering maruszczyk's and fender and have basically been spamming wanted adds hourly checks of the for sale section / facebook~
groups to find that "right jazz". Turns what i wanted wasn't what I thought I'd been dead set on a maple neck but I was pretty bummed out when I missed on a 75 AVRI from
[url="http://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/"]http://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/[/url] It made me think again about what i wanted because it wasn't white ... Basschatter who bought it you know who you are * shakes fist*

So when this popped up on a Facebook group I peruse I snapped it , up great price paid too its a 2013 bass but bought from Anderton's in 2014 ... When i say immaculate
I mean you could take it to the store and sell it as new and people wouldn't know.

Its the Mim fender 70's re-issue , as far as i can tell its a 2 piece body and maybe 8-9 pounds , price paid £460 which I think is pretty damn good :-)

Images a mixture of the sellers ... and mine as its rather dark right now , and my phone isnt the best.

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You know like camdenrob said pricing correctly really is the Key , its a supply and demand driven marketplace ... lets face it members here are usually pretty informed buyers , and while i think its always best to be polite when dealing with fellow members , something that doesn't sit right with me is when people are pricing an item at the very top of its price range or based on the value of something listed but unsold on eBay I usually expect that seller to be waiting for a very long time.

Not so long ago I saw an 3-4 year old "STOCK" instrument still available new for about 60 pounds less than sticker price ... I'd never want to start an argument on a persons for sale thread but lets face it for 60 pounds ( half of which would be the free shipping that thommann would cover at that price )
99% of people are going to prefer a new one ...

No matter how much the seller mentions its a one of a kind ...mix of mass produced wood ;-) the moment it leaves the store just like a car it pretty much devalues by 20-30%