Doctor J

I'm not one to gloat, but thanks anyway Very sound of him to mail you with the answer, it must be said.

[quote name='paul h' post='1017522' date='Nov 9 2010, 01:52 PM']All good salient points but I still need an answer! Does your bass/sound affect your feel? Apparently not. Apparently it's nothing to do with gear. So if I give you a P bass through an SVT you will play that with exactly the same feel as an MTD through an EBS?[/quote] I tell my fingers what to do, not the other way around.

Just remember: pop and slap over everything ≠ funk

Practicing scales and techniques repeatedly just sucks the fun out of it for me. I'm in it for the music, so I just work out by ear and play along to other people's songs, especially those which might be different to my own style. I've a playing level I'm comfortable with and once I can play along to a few specific tunes I'm content I can do all I need to do if required.

Just see how it goes first. These guys might put in on energetic and engaging show which will make all your worries vanish.

Off the top of my head... Spiral Architect - Black Sabbath Good Times - Chic Ether Song - Turin Brakes Bless Those (Annies Song) - Living Colour Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas Peaches En Regalia - Zappa More Than A Feeling - Boston Eighty-eight Days In My Veins - Esbjorn Svensson Trio Rise - Public Image Ltd How Could I - Cynic

What are you having done?

Damned firewall in work is blocking the pics Can't wait to see this.

It's the list of instruments I have an unaxplainable desire to own... Gear Aquisition Syndrome

Sound. I tried a 1024 at a recent expo here... it just confirmed the 2024 is top of the GAS list and no mistake!

Not sure what I feel about Dingwalls but you seem delighted so good stuff. Might be a stupid question, but would one of those also benefit from the likes of compensated nut, true tempered fret placement, etc? How far can man take the fretted instrument?

Once it stops being fun, get out. It doesn't sound like you're in an enjoyable position at all.

Bought a number of instruments from Japan. If it's shipped through a courier like FedEx, etc, they will charge you VAT and Import Duty and a surcharge for processing this on your behalf. You will not receive the instrument unless you pay the money. I've never had somethign come in through a courier like that which didn't get taxed. If it goes through EMS, the Japanese state mail company, it will end up with Royal Mail on your end and, sometimes, they don't apply the customs charges (mistakenly, it must be said) they should. Everything coming in from outside the EU should have VAT and Import Duty (over here it's 4.3%) applied to it, some do slip though the net though. Do the maths before you commit to buying and be prepared to pay. You might get lucky, you might not.

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Ha ha thanks If I built one, you know I can build another

Check the prices of those already on sale in the FS section, usually around £700 or so.

You shouldn't need to clean Elixirs. The whole point is the coating doesn't allow finger gick to get into the winds of the string. Unlike the other coated strings, Elixirs are coated after the string has been wound, so a quick rub with a dry cloth should be enough. If it isn't, time for a new string.

[quote name='jonthebass' post='1009476' date='Nov 2 2010, 11:58 AM']I appreciate that this is a serious 'Marmite' bass[/quote] Not at all Jon, that bass is gorgeous. Anyone who doesn't like that is clearly a mentalist.

[i]That [/i]is a spicy meatball. Nice one.

Preferred the ESP version. That big gold bridge belongs on the Bobby George sig.

Play the living bejesus out of them, that's how they know I love them. The odd clean and oil every now and then, then another beating.

If the wife has to buy it... that's the line right there.

I always do a pre-gig check, make sure everything's tight, nothing is crackling or scratchy. It's amazing how many of the things which stop working at gigs show up in rehearsals or practice first and are just ignored.

Never needed one, never bring one. Keep spare strings in the bag, spare lead, that's it.

Man those Elixers look like they've grown fur, change them before they get up and walk