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Can't speak for reggae or jazz, but blues-wise, I find the P gives you a classic plonky, uncluttered tone that I think sounds good in a band with multiple front-line instruments - e.g. two guitars, keys, and / or brass. That said, I prefer a Jazz, particularly in smaller outfits, fills out a bit more. Neck pick-up full on, bridge rolled back a little bit, tone likewise. Warm and yummy.

[quote name='jonny-lad' post='493499' date='May 20 2009, 05:32 PM']The term "chops" comes from horn players, as far as I know - it refers to their cheeks and so forth because of the muscles that you develop in your face as a horn player. The better your chops are, the better you play![/quote] H'mmm. I rather think it refers to pianists who can play "Chopsticks" [i]very, very [/i]quickly. Possibly. Or not. Apropos nothing - is it acceptable, when in polite company, to "shred" while in the shed? Would this be Shed-Shredding or Shred-Shedding?

[quote name='Mikey D' post='493219' date='May 20 2009, 01:09 PM']...do you "fancy a hang later?".[/quote] [size=1][i]Gallows without piffle-speaking bass guitar mag journalist....looks so wrong[/i][/size]

That said, Brit guitar mags always go about 'bags of sustain'. Would that be a Sainsbury's bag? A Gladstone bag? Or one of those little handbags French blokes used to carry? [i][size=1]Frenchman without handbag...looks so wrong[/size][/i]

[quote name='ARGH' post='492842' date='May 20 2009, 12:06 AM']My fave Yank word in music is 'Shedding'.......[/quote] ...as in "[i]shedding[/i] any desire to communicate like an adult" I offer you: "Tonemeister" "Maven of Metal" "Dialling in my signature sound" "Spanking my axe" "Hammering my awesome, blazing chops into the sticksman's pocket"* [size=1]* I made that last one up. Sorry.[/size]

That post by Teej is about the most sensible thing I've read this year. Kudos to him.

Elixirs work fine for me...horses for courses I s'pose. Slightly less zingy in isolation. When played next to a kit, I can't really hear the difference. Usually leave them on for about 6-9 months depending on frequency. One set stayed on a practice bass for about 5 years!

To be fair, the current 'DIY, shop it around' approach isn't entirely new / revolutionary. In 1968, Jimmy Page and Peter Grant put up about £2,500 of their own cash to record the first Zep album while touring the outfit as 'The New Yardbirds'. Grant used the tapes to close a five album, £200,000 deal with Atlantic at a previously unheard of royalty rate, while retaining complete artistic control, including album covers and marketing approval. That would be about £25k and £2,056,000 today. Either way, the old adage holds true. Find out what people want then sell it to them on [i]your[/i] terms. Long live the independent approach

Heh-heh-heh.

Nice, clean capture of a couple of excellent songs. Excellent work sir.

This guy's looking for offers on a nice jazz body with quality aftermarket hardware: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=49099"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=49099[/url] Stick a precision neck on it and you could have the best of both worlds...Jazz sound, Precision feel.

I've used allparts UK and wd music uk for stuff like this, both good. Axesrus have some Jazz pickguards at the moment IIRC; other than that, there's a fair few roaming around the bay. Whether they're matt finish or not, couldn't tell you, but plenty of black ones out there.

Full rig for £300 - easy! Got a nice, nearly new Mag 300 2x10 combo for £220 and a hartke 4x10 tp for £70. Bargain 6x10 rig. Maybe not to everyone's tastes, but needs must, etc. Both off the BC amps for sale forum. It's the way forward. edit for: and there's this - an abm for £200 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=46389"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=46389[/url]

Then there's Otway: They're hinged, so he can simulate trapping his knackers...priceless.

Searched my Aunt's loft. No vintage Fenders but I did find my Uncle who died recently.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='489896' date='May 16 2009, 04:11 PM']I should have asked him why he doesn't get someone in to manage the customer side of things and leave him to deal with the instruments ...[/quote] Kiwi! [i]You [/i]could do it!

...like brass nuts

But given the crap pictures, it could UNDERSTANDABLY be confused with a DynaSonic

I'd love to know the real world circumstances in which the back of a headstock would catch fire. Toasting marshmallows, maybe?

That cab just exudes menace... Nice work, Sir.

[quote name='Paul_C' post='489793' date='May 16 2009, 01:38 PM']sit him down and ask him which way he'd prefer to be kicked out[/quote]

[quote name='TimR' post='489688' date='May 16 2009, 11:57 AM']Don't split and reform that's childish and doesn't work in the long run as it makes you all look stupid.[/quote] Once you've been through the 'this is how you need to improve' thing with no success and you've decided someone's irretrievable, they have to go. So how do you give them the hard word? Mostly depends on the individual and the circs, but experience has shown me that my approach works for me. Childish? Well, I used to do the polite sitdown thing when sacking someone and 90% of the time it ended in disaster. At least two guys burst into tears, another's wife threw things at me. Another one just kept phoning me and begging to be let back in. Most just got angry and / or upset, however nicely you put it. At the very least, there's an unpleasant finality to being sacked that can be very distressing to the sackee. And after all, why upset someone just to satisfy 'principles'. Feeble? You could say that this is an approach designed to spare my own feelings, but, trust me, confrontation doesn't bother me; so it ain't for my benefit. IMO, letting someone down gently is better than a slap in the face. It's a lot kinder, IME. Edit for: Work-wise, I handle this the other way as eight suggests.

Nice one Kiwi - thanks for posting this. Never thought about a Celinder, but once you see their little workshop, you kind of come round to the idea... Now all I need is some cash.