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[quote name='Blink' post='646671' date='Nov 5 2009, 08:36 PM']I have just started playing the fretless again and I had forgotten how good it was. I have a big gig comming up on 16th in The Albert Hall and I'm seriously considering using it. N[/quote] how did it go? Did you use the fretless?

[quote name='project_c' post='667759' date='Nov 27 2009, 08:48 PM']Here's mine, it's a PJ Performer which I'd been eyeing up in the window of the Bass Gallery for a while. I'm no expert by any means but this bass feels and sounds absolutely excellent to me, I'm a short-ass and can't deal with the size of Fenders, so I've been looking for a PJ with a more manageable body size and weight, and this is perfect, I couldn't be happier with it. I like it so much I've gone all fanboy-ish about it. How come they stopped making these? Their website looks like nobody's been near it for about 8 years. [attachment=37214:DSC_0080.jpg] [attachment=37215:DSC_0083.jpg] [attachment=37217:DSC_0085.jpg][/quote] SWEEEEEEEEEEET! Yeah I don't think Mike has ever put quite the attention to detail that he does for his basses into his website

not any help, but that was the first single I ever bought

[quote name='matski' post='667370' date='Nov 27 2009, 02:02 PM']I know what you mean - but it's someone else's grotty residue! I wouldn't mind if it were my own... [/quote]

sweet [quote name='matski' post='667349' date='Nov 27 2009, 01:45 PM']PS: anyone know the best way to remove those unsightly stains on the edge of the neck (where the varnish has worn away and nasty sweaty grubbiness has taken hold...)[/quote] I'd say leave them, adds a touch of mojo.

bought my studio monitors from them a couple of years ago. Very helpfull and got a bit of a deal.

Are these basses the reason the SUB was pulled? They seem to be roughly the same price, but due to construction costs probably a higher profit margin?

I'd always done recitals and concerts of a classical nature, but my first [i]gig [/i]was different. I was 16 and was dry heaving during the day because of nerves. I was shaking and had a couple of whisky's in an attempt to calm down. Once on stage - in my sunglasses in a dark pub, worn to try and hide the audience - I looked at the setlist and realised I was going to up there for 45mins and there was nothing I could do about it, and a great calm overcame me (or maybe the whisky kicked in?) felt okay from then on and it was a great gig.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='665901' date='Nov 26 2009, 08:49 AM']My response to things like this is always: ask yourself what it sounds like... does it sound less than good? can you hear anything that shouldn't be there (clicking etc)? If it sounds ok and you are not harming yourself by doing it then it's fine. Using examples of people like Jamerson to justify poor technique is unhelpful to yourself as you are using a musical colossus as a measuring stick. So my thinking is judge the technique on it's merits (or lack of them) rather than one of history's greatest players.[/quote] Well I could have used Bill Wyman playing with his thumb as the example but I take your point .

Nobody would deny Jamerson's talent, but I don't think any bass tutor would teach their pupils to pluck with just one finger? It's the question of personal technique I'm interested in. I play with fingers, using variations of i-m-r to pluck. For shredding I've developed a technique (probably through lazyness) whereby i and thumb are pinched together as if holding a pick. This works for me and I can play a lot faster than usual. So the point is, do I stick with a technique that works, or should I make more of an effort to play 'properly'?

South Humberside, is that anywhere near East Yorkshire? Kudos on the micro-bash, there isn't a bass there I don't want

Macca got a Hofner because it was a cheaper copy of the Gibson he wanted. Gibson stopped making the violin type basses soon after and the rest is history. Interesting that Hofner managed to transcend the Gibson-copy label.

Hi, back in the 80's the Blazer was the first bass I owned and a USA Fender P was the second! I used them both in an 80's hard rock/metal context. From what I can remember, the Blazer was a lot lighter and the profile of the neck was a bit flatter. Tone wise the P had a bit more bottom end, and the Blazer cut through the mids a tad better, but my Blazer had the p pup. I'd stick, the Blazer's are seriously underated - the Supergrass guy stuck with his for years - you would have to be looking at a fair bit of dosh and/or pup upgrades to notice a difference that you couldn't get by adjusting your amp. Plus your back will love you for it!

subscibed. Cheers!

[quote name='Clarky' post='660994' date='Nov 21 2009, 01:56 PM']Cool! I am going next Saturday (The Apollo in Hammersmith)[/quote] tried buying tickets - sold out

I sold an amp through Andy's Guitars in Denmark Street. I never got the money and Andy Preston consistently lied to me about it. I took him to Court over it, but he declared bankruptcy. He is still working in the shop that used to be Andy's Guitar's, so perhaps best to avoid that one.

Twisted Sister have an album of rocked up Christmas standards. It's on Spotify, here's the blurb.

for some players it's an integral part of their playing. Steve Harris wouldn't sound like Steve Harris without all the clicks and clacks

Rock and Roll Christmas - Gary Glitter. Doesn't go down as well as it used to though

[quote name='3V17C' post='651993' date='Nov 11 2009, 09:08 PM']i'm just starting to look around for some new projects but as is the norm its pretty dead round here so am thinking about looking a bit farther afield. only trouble is of course that means more travelling time/petrol etc to and from any rehearsals. i'm incredibly lazy and easily distracted so it'd have to be a very good band for me to travel any serious distance. so... how far do people here travel for rehearsals.... and does it rapidly get to be a chore?!! peace c[/quote] it's not just the distance. 10-12 miles might not sound too bad, but if it's from Bermondsey to Acton (eg) it means you can't avoid central London which is a major PITA and time waster. I used to do about 30 miles from South Beds to that London. Should have been easy and taken about 30mins - just straight down the M1 then North Circular - but it was during the roadworks between junction 6-10. Not fun.

Yes? No.

they don't sound like any Brummies I've ever heard

[quote name='derrenleepoole' post='656507' date='Nov 16 2009, 10:33 PM']A pro camera won't make you a pro photographer if you can't use it, right? The same could be said of using a 'pro' instrument. A bass, regardless of cost will or should sound good in the right hands. It should never be the instrument, but the player that is the pro. Having a pro instrument simply helps more...[/quote] maybe true, but a pro photographer with a crap camera that overexposes or can't focus isn't gonna take too many great snaps. Likewise a great bassist with a crap cheap bass will still be prone to interference issues and issues of playability and tone. This thread is about the bass not the player which is why I said: [i]By pro job I mean sounds good enough to do a decent job at a gig for the player, with sufficient build quality to negate any interference issues, plays well with a decent set up, and to an average member of the audience would be no different sound wise to a bass 2 or 3 times it's value. [/i]

[url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?moduleno=6058"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?moduleno=6058[/url] is what I have and only £3.99. Wouldn't be without it. In fact I have 2!

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='391390' date='Jan 26 2009, 02:22 AM']My last few basses have all been quality mid range USA made (Carvin, Fender J, Musicman Sub, Guild B-301) but for my last gig I used a cheap Asian Mustang bass - not to be confused with the Fender Mustang. Anyway no-one commented on the change of sound, loss of tone, etc or even noticed there was a cheaper bass. There's no doubt the quality of budget basses has increased severely since I were a lad (to be said in wistful Yorkshire accent) and the budget bass feature in BGM got me thinking,[b] are there any budget basses (for the sake of argument no more than £200.00 as per the BGM piece) that can do a pro job? By pro job I mean sounds good enough to do a decent job at a gig for the player, with sufficient build quality to negate any interference issues, plays well with a decent set up, and to an average member of the audience would be no different sound wise to a bass 2 or 3 times it's value. [/b] I realise this may be entirely subjective, but we may find some common ground? Waddaya reckon?[/quote] so we're seeing a lot of basses that are great value and good for the money, but I want to return to the OP and in particular the bit in bold. Great for the money is one thing but do you thing they can do a pro job as defined above?