hillbilly deluxe

Never used on on tour either over that time.

When i do festivals i soundcheck/linecheck,then put the bass in the car/van until just before stage time,quick tune up,ready to go.I havent used a hardcase at any gig for over ten years.

I think that's one of the reasons for GASsing over a Mandobird,the complete sillyness.i could just buy the Electric version of my Stagg for under £100,but how boring is that ?

I was checking out a Brunswick that was similar to that one,but it was'nt as nice to play as my Stagg.I'll check a Rally out,also got GAS for a Mandobird.

Thanks,i'll look into that.

Old thread revival. Is there any more mandolin love on here ? I've had my Stagg A type mandolin for god knows how long,but only started playing it about two years ago,IMO it's a really good instrument,especially for the price which i think was about £80.Now that im a bit more confident on it i plan to play it regularly with my new band.the only problem i have with it is,it is the fact that it's purely acoustic and i need an amplified one. Do i 1,bite the bullet and buy an electric ? 2,buy a bug type pickup ? 3, fit half of a precision pickup,vol & tone ?

I have had this exact same problem.For some reason when picked downwards,the sound was fine.When played finger style or picked upwards it was thin dull and lifeless (a bit like my first wife..lol) One half of the P pickup had packed in,try swaping the positions of the two halves of the pickup to dee if it makes a difference.If the symptom moves to another string then one half of the pickup has gone down. Alternatively you could have the pickup too high on the E string side.

You can practice until you get it right,but you should practice until you cant get it wrong.

Other than liking Alan Thomson,no influences,just sometimes play the same stuff as on fretted.

Have you got,or tried the fretless ?

I've tried one of these,nearly bought it too,but it was at full price.If it had been a better price i would have took it home over the crap that i did take home.

Squier HM5,made in Korea,IIRC.

I recon that the very first electric bass guitar was fretless,but the maker decided to bang some frets in it to make it easier for failed guitarists to play.

P.M Bass Doc.

EMG Select,very under rated.

Wilkinson WKA400 Active EQ System – £44.99

I've seen one of these with what looks like 2 Jazz bass pickups stuck together,rather than a Musicman type pickup,and that was wired up with one volume and a tone control for each of the stuck together jazz pickups,it seemed to work ok though. EST96.

Sein (shine)make decent quality reasonably priced gear IMO.I tried one of these about 4-5 years ago and was quite impressed,iirc it was about £250 new.

It is real,its from the Stevie Wonder model,the first signature model fender.

I left my previous band at christmas,who were very successful in our genre,and i felt a bit of a dick for doing it at the time,especially as it's how i make a living.What kept me going was learning stuff that id never considered before,which in turn has me gassing for a fretless,that i've never had the time to do anything with previously.Now i have a new band in the making,with a much better line-up than before,things are looking good (we have gigs and festivals lined up,even though we havent rehearsed yet,or even had a drummer up until about 30 mins ago).

Keep the tort and get rid of the disco white paint.

Check sellers store.

I used to run mine through a Marshall 4X12 cab fitted with 75w McKenzie speakers.