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[quote name='warwickhunt' post='44489' date='Aug 12 2007, 04:32 PM']Assuming you don't already have custom moulded ear protection![/quote] +1

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='44201' date='Aug 11 2007, 02:49 PM']They're OK - decent for acoustic rehearsals but avoid small gigs unless you want to reduce it to a pile of smouldering components. FWIW, I used a Sansamp with mine as the tone is a bit flat without.[/quote] thanks for the input yeah my fear is that it isnt reliable..Ashdown amps seem to be a bit dodgy - its hit or miss.. i havent exactly heard good things about them either, but would a fender rumble be a better choice maybe?

I spotted one of these on my latest trip to a local music shop...with an attractive price tag its supposed to be 100W RMS (even though wattage and loudness are two different things), got the usual controls (bass/mid/treble/gain/volume), a headphone output and an external speaker output aswell (not that I think it would be any good...). it doesnt have line in, however...but hey - for under €250 it is (in paper) a great little practice amp..and probably could be used for small gigs too.. had never heard of it, so it was time for a background check turns out some people round the web sing it praises..and other folks curse the day they heard of it. anyone ever tried one of these? what did you think?

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='41648' date='Aug 5 2007, 04:23 PM']tell that to The White Stripes [/quote] tell that to his octaver

you can always get a Harley Benton or a SX...very cheap (the HB on the £6X mark, and the SX for about £80) and are great instruments for the money.

this is a cruel world we live in...now that I had already convinced myself the OLP was the way to go (for now ), our own chrkelly and Darcy started threads praising the fretless...damn you people who have found a good deal and feel the urge to share the findings with the rest of us

haha well I know stories of people who do OK with just one kidney so yeah...2 new basses for me in the right situation, I can say I love the sound of a nice fretless with flatwounds...but for a more hard-rock[i]ish[/i] sound, I suppose a more aggressive approach might be the way to go... right now I'm leaning more towards the original plan (the OLP), but as MB1 pointed out - there's nothing like going out there and trying the squier..I might just be in for a treat thanks all for the input

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='38796' date='Jul 30 2007, 09:56 AM']So this doesn't float your boat? The ashtray/covers etc are just resting on the bass to show how they'd look! [/quote] /me drools allover the keyboard... IMHO, thats as hot as it gets. excellent taste mate

well guys, I'm in a bit of a pickle...could use some help here I was, down at the beach, just minding my own business..when I girl I know comes to me..bla bla bla...and bla bla bla some more (she's a woman..what else could one expect ) in short - she wants to learn how to play bass, and was asking me what I thought of that hello kitty squier. I didnt want to be rude saying it was utter crap, so instead promised to find some info about it. So, looking up the squier website, I came across [url="http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0326608500"]this[/url]. Usually, I overlook basses with a control plate and no pickguard...dont really find them attractive..but, strangely enough, this one speaks to me It was all good..until I realized I had to quit my part-time job a while ago (last semester and the next one will be tough...will have to resort to being another broke student ) and I had my eye on an as-new stingray5 OLP. so here's the tough part - I'm currently bass-less (well, at least until I find a way to replace the jack on my Hohner JJ - it's been threaded into the wood) so, for a (short, hopefully) while it might be my main bass. Now, I know the OLP might be more of an all-round bass than the fretless...but...but... I suppose you can easily spot my problem Any thoughts?

one more so...when are you going to send us one copy to pay us for our hard form-filling work?

[quote name='Mrs Tinman' post='31951' date='Jul 15 2007, 12:32 AM']If pink is definitely out of the question, have you considered some random bunnies? [/quote] better yet - beveled bunnies I'd go with the matte black one...but I'm a sucker for everything monochromatic

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='28688' date='Jul 8 2007, 06:11 PM']There's a review of one of these over at bassplayer.tv. Movin' pictures and everything! P[/quote] ahhhh...was wondering where I had seen one of these

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='28754' date='Jul 8 2007, 08:11 PM']Dunno what the reason but it's flippin' annoying when you're having to rewind Sky+ to see what gear the bass player's using because the shot was so quick![/quote] that I can relate to

think its a First Act Delgada

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='27539' date='Jul 5 2007, 05:35 PM']It is lovely, but I would say that 'cos it's like mine: [/quote] you enjoy being mean dont you? thats a lovely collection...

congrats mate thats awesome dont forget to put in a good word for you fellow BCers

[quote name='neepheid' post='21833' date='Jun 22 2007, 12:21 PM']No chance for me. I talk better than I play. I sand better than I play. I french polish better than I play, and that's saying something [/quote] well...that makes two of us I really wouldnt mind flying to the UK to watch/meet you lot

[quote name='finnbass' post='24631' date='Jun 28 2007, 10:03 PM']As sure as I can be:[/quote] then its positively the weirdest thing...has anyone e-mailed warwick?

thats some weird stuff... finnbass, are you sure yours is a 2K3 ltd ed? because both MB1 and the eBay guy claim its no. 3/17[b]6[/b], but you were talking about a 3/17[b]8[/b] (typo?)

[quote name='NJW' post='18409' date='Jun 15 2007, 04:50 PM']Luckily, HR's tour manager said "ill sort it out boys" and he dissapeared for a while. To this day, I still don't know what happened, but he returned with a handful of cash and gave it to us. The venue says sorry, he told us, as we counted the money, realising it was significantly more than we were supposed to receive.[/quote] did he, by any change, wave his hands a lot, talked with an italian accent and was called Vinnie? glad the story had a happy ending.

[quote name='cai!' post='17888' date='Jun 14 2007, 09:25 PM']i bet ive seen a worse lookin bass, with TWO STRINGS ma mate sent a pic LOL lemme put a pic up, i duno if it will work cus its ma first time puttin a pic up lol here goes =] [attachment=694:2string01.jpg] now i think i just about win this dont u think? [/quote] wow...no doubt thats the ugliest guitar thingy (I dont want to call it bass ) I've ever seen...it reminds me of alien (how good can that be? )

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='18127' date='Jun 15 2007, 11:21 AM']I don't gig DB with an amp so that's less of an issue for me. I have taken my double bass on the tube (never had any problems, but I just lift it over the turnstiles) although I probably wouldn't at rush hour. I have taken it on the bus many times, and I used to drag a stool about as well. That was a bit extreme, but if you can get a bus with pram spaces I generally find its not a problem. With an amp probably would be a different story.[/quote] I suppose you dont need to pay a visit to the local gym anymore right? carrying that beast around should prove to be enough exercise

[quote name='phagor' post='17809' date='Jun 14 2007, 07:39 PM']Now I play double bass every week and I can stick pins into the calluses on my fingers![/quote] (the thread was 2 weeks old though ) so, stewblack, did you end up playing?

hehe...we just got upgraded the new color scheme is OK (although the top gray banner could be lighter) what I really dont like is the type...I find the letter spacing and the characters themselves in Arial to be to narrow for one to skim read/scan the text. I'd suggest a font-family field with the following - Verdana, (maybe) Helvetica, Arial, (and then the rest) Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS", Sans-Serif, Georgia, Courier, Serif (notice I dindt unclude times new roman...that just sucks ) sorry to be such an annoying/picky bastard

[quote name='presoulnation' post='17724' date='Jun 14 2007, 05:26 PM']I am seriously considering picking meself up a HB of some kind to have as a backup......[/quote] hey hey...me first EDIT: btw, which one are you getting?