LewisK1975

You'll be fine, no issues using a pick on a Jazz. Go for it.

[quote name='funkgod' timestamp='1496669543' post='3313080'] mmmmmm ..... you have obviously not visited Mrs Whiplash's emporium of sexual deviance have you ? Uww eerm,,..apparently [/quote] Course not...

Yep same for me, every one I've met for a sale or trade has been great. Easily the best & most useful forum I've ever joined.

OK I'll buck the trend a little here - Great basses no doubt, I had a VM5 for a while and the build quality was right up there with anything I've played. The only thing for me was that it sounded a little too 'polite' for my taste. After years of playing nothing but growly Fenders, I just found it a little too clean, almost sterile sounding. Mind you, it could have been the fact I was playing it through a Tecamp Puma and BF super compacts (all very transparent).....

Guns n Roses next for me!

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1495802781' post='3306734'] Hey Phil are you using those AKG D5's? We have front facing wedges and don't get any feedback, the odd pissed punter falling into us yes, but no feedback [/quote] [quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1495805898' post='3306767'] Hi Steve, yes mainly the D5's, feedback rejection is pretty good with them anyway. See you are down at the Marine tonight, I might make it down there if I can escape. [/quote] Interesting - I bought myself an AKG D5 and was ribbed by my bandmates for not buying an SM58.

Bastards indeed.

Awesome news! Glad it worked out. That's a good thing about loads of these buy/sell shops being around. If the scrotes use 'em, the nicked stuff doesn't travel very far, and is put on show for a wide audience.

All pointing the right way for me I think, I'm certainly not a fiddler, when it's set, I leave it alone unless a trusted source from out front tells me something different... Cheers all, every input is greatly appreciated.

Hey Russ, indeed the PA is fine, there are Mackie 18in subs and JBL PRX tops, which have two 15s and a tweeter each. Monitoring-wise I'm on in-ears (UE900s recommended by your good self) so no worries there..... Cheers dude.

In my never ending quest for simplicity, I've been thinking about doing the above. Currently I use my TC BH250 head as a DI box, mainly because I really like the spectracomp and I also like the core tone of it anyway. Inputs 1 & 2 on the X18 mixer are hi-z so can take a guitar directly. The X18 has all the EQ you could ever imagine and also has compression available too. Has anyone else done this specifically with the X18/ XR18 / XR16 / XR12? I know I could just give it a go, but we don't do much full volume rehearsal and I'm not going to just leave it to chance on a gig.... Any thoughts appreciated!

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1495553688' post='3304733'] Even when I was a teen, I had reservations about guys that ask and want to use other people's rear. [/quote] I don't think you're alone on that one.

My '78 Precision is my longest serving, got it in 2006. Doesn't get out much these days, but it'll be the last one I ever sell. [attachment=245855:78p.PNG] And here, a later pic with a little more arm chamfer wear.. [attachment=245856:Deedee.jpg]

It comes off in chunks, awful stuff. Had it on the 1st Billy Sheehan signature pedal, wasn't on the deluxe model. I just tore off as much as I could and then scraped the rest.

I've used gunstock oil on a sanded body before and that turned out nice. Not sure about a neck though. This was the stuff I used, picked it up at a gun / tackle shop: - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birchwood-Casey-Tru-Stock-Finish/dp/B01LZG42G0

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1495200008' post='3302091'] Cheers Jack. Sounds very straightforward, thanks. Just need to get myself a decent IEM. One follow up query - I'm just a bit concerned on the number of monitor outs that a typical FOH will have and whether there will be spare for IEMs. But I suppose if he has used them all up for the monitors I'm not going to need an IEM anyway as I should be able to hear myself through one of the monitors, right?! [/quote] Correct. I've been amp-less on stage for some time and it works well as others have said, but you can run into monitoring issues in different venues. Most FOH guys are used to dealing with folks using IEMs these days, but be aware that there are still some guys around who will moan about providing every band member with a personal IEM mix. I'm speaking from recent experience!

Hey Fella, hope you are well, glad to see you've still got the Steve harris Sig Bass. Yes they'll work together just fine. That amp will put between 300-350w into the 8ohm cab. So no concerns.

Are we going to do the right thing and report the listing? If nothing else to save the poor sap who's bid?