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[quote name='Musky' post='294349' date='Sep 29 2008, 09:56 AM']+1 It's worth bearing in mind that a lot of people were buying classic cars as investments in the late 80's, and the market utterly collapsed with the early nineties recession. Anything is only worth as much as someone is prepared to pay for it.[/quote] Ditto stamps. All markets go up and down, which is why the phrase 'An end to boom and bust' is total b****cks. Who'd have thought Musicman prices would have tanked? Or that unprovenanced 50's black-guard Telecasters would go up to £50k? In answer to the OP, who knows? Depending on condition £500-£2000. Not as much as a 60's though...

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='293853' date='Sep 28 2008, 01:05 PM']Ah I was wondering if a passive with bigger coils would need more gain to power them. Cheers[/quote] As it happens, the electrical impulse goes [i]from[/i] the bass [i]to[/i] the amp. (If it worked the other way round, you would be strapping on a tiny electric fire). The bigger coils / pickups send more 'signal' so you need a bit less gain on the amp. Active pickups send even more signal because the little battery in the bass is doing a bit of amplification all on it's own, so when the signal gets to the amp you need even less gain. Good news on the Ampeg. Nice amps. Got your Danelectro yet?

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='294438' date='Sep 29 2008, 12:00 PM']Slightly off topic, but it seems like a lot of bass players don't drink.[/quote] I used to, until I saw a video of a gig I did while totally mullered.

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='293488' date='Sep 27 2008, 04:40 PM']No p90 in them! Thin bodies, wrap around bridge etc.[/quote] Sorry; on closer examination, it's the MM type (which I quite like, but def not a P90). Confusing it with a les Paul MM from a couple of years ago which did have a P90... My error

Well, it's up to £200; fair money for a bodge. But quite a pretty bodge.

Basically a les paul junior with a MM headstock and a face mounted jack. P90 and all. I think they use cheaper wood cuts, and the satin finish saves a few bob. For that sort of money, it's a total steal - originally retailed around £400-500 a couple of years ago.

One point: The rtm gtrst is his brother...how does he feel about it? If anyone can talk your singer round, it should be his bro. Ermm...it's not the Gallaghers, is it?

Sure they play nice, construction's great, sound good...all those things. Just feel irrationally resistant ...perhaps it's the bling, the prices, those £30,000 Dragon guitars and the idea of 'Private Stock'. As a brand, it just seems a bit...smug? Not the players / owners - just the brand itself.

Ooooh, I'd say about £55 quid, which, by strange coincidence, is what I have in my wallet right now. So, if you fancy a quick cash deal...

Centred up. Given you generally can't see the fingerboard while you're playing, why don't they put them on the back of the neck. And number them. Schoolboy error, imho.

If the gig's important or particularly well-paid, hire a session drummer. Some will do it for as little as £50-100. Plenty on sites like musofinder, gumtree etc If you go that route bang 'em a recording of your set and have a rhsal with them the day before..... Drop any particularly difficult or weird songs and stretch the others a little with extended drum intros, breakdowns in the middle, "put yer hands together" (if you're that sort of band), audience chat. You should have no difficulty persuading your guitarist to double the length of any solos... Venue won't notice if you come in 5 mins under...then start looking for another drummer, just in case this happens again...

[quote name='fumps' post='286063' date='Sep 17 2008, 05:05 PM']So here goes.......i am still a little confused as to where the info for the beginner is on this site.[/quote] You'll find lots about basses in the forum - gear - with a bass guitars sub-forum and lots about amps etc in the amps and cabs sub-forum. Loads of posts from people asking the same sort of questions, and scads of useful info. Enjoy.

But where have all the Subs gone? The few shop BIN's that appear are priced loopy high

I knocked up a Brandoni Jazz a few years ago. Bit heavy, otherwise did me proud as a cheap gigging axe. Solid hardware, pickups nowt special but do job. Finishing the wood was a bit dull and slow. Ditto varnishing neck. Construction was pretty straightforward - bit of measuring, etc. Cheaper than buying separates, and if you can get it for less than £169.99 fine; but this was before good, cheap Squiers...

25% off for blues, full up for all else. Sometimes use vol pot (only goes up).

I've tried those bass lines as well. Ten times more difficult than you think. Man's an unsung genius. I'd have just died on the spot. Well done!

John Hiatt

Peter Cook's in Hanwell, West London. Not really a bass shop, but good value and open to a deal if you just want a guitar or yer usual vanilla Precisions, Jazz's, Epiphones and Blueburst Ricks. When you walk in, it doesn't look like they've got much, but anything they list, they have - it's all in boxes out the back. So not really a browser shop - decide what it is you want before you go in. Fastest in-shop set-up I've ever seen. Out of the box, relief, string height and intonation on a Telecaster in about 3 minutes. For nowt. Averagely polite in a weary way, but given the spacker customers I've seen in there, I don't blame 'em.

Everybody always says 'Arriving at the gig, be nice to the Soundman; buy him a drink" etc etc. So how come they're not buried under piles of chocs, flowers, cuddly toys? No imputation intended; just wondering.

IMHO, a riff that leaves you with little to do but ...er...[i]follow the guitar[/i]. For the main riff, try half as many notes as you're currently playing. When it opens out, play twice as many. So, less busy under the main bit, more busy under the 'open' bit. As an aside, I'd ask him to play it three times faster. Much more fun, and he'll have to come up with yet more riffs to fill the time available. Heh-heh-heh!

After a break of a couple of weeks, I come back to the bass and my digits are flying round the frets faster than before. I also seem to be playing quite different basslines. Am I just imagining this, or is there some physical or mental reason for this apparent improvement?

Sarah, you've started a firestorm on the bent neck thread! Well, a smouldering bonfire, anyhow. Again, enjoy the gig. Just glare menacingly, wiggle your tongue, set your axe on fire and spit blood at the audience.