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I have a mate who spent over £200 on a set of earphones, only to get them trapped in a taxi door on a drunken night out. Cue 25 minutes of them bouncing off the road at 30mph, they were well and truly broken afterwards!

[quote name='Randy_Marsh' post='695082' date='Dec 28 2009, 07:41 PM']Looks like i'll probably be going for the OPB-2/3. just a bit worried about whether it will fit, the corvette has a rather large cavity but im just wondering whether it will need some routing done, to house the battery :/[/quote] Yeah mine is an 18v bass with seperate battery compartments, it still takes up quite a bit of space in the cavity though You may be looking at having a cavity routed for a double battery box tbh

The MEC units are good, i'd try both a 3 band and a 2 band before buying though, i would prefer to have a mid control on my Warwicks I prefer the Aguilap OP3 in my Zoot to any other pre i've heard, if i was fitting a circuit to a passive bass that would be my first choice. It's got a great mid-range which i really like. There was a thread about Warwicks and Aguilar preamps recently on the Warwick forum: [url="http://forum.warwick.de/10-warwick-basses/10579-aguilar-obp-3-preamp.html"]http://forum.warwick.de/10-warwick-basses/...p-3-preamp.html[/url]

Another +1 for making your own. There's loads of easy guides for soldering Neutrik connectors, here's one: [url="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CA0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tonefreak.com%2Fgear%2Fwiring.doc&rct=j&q=how+to+solder+neutrik+connectors&ei=lCsxS9mHL4KNjAfIgvjRAg&usg=AFQjCNGVrD8WrsWmktT3SbDjohrcmY_rYg"]http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&sourc...3SbDjohrcmY_rYg[/url] I made a few recently and was well pleased with the results, i bought a load of Neutrik connectors on here a while ago (cheers Stevie!) and Van Damme cable is pretty cheap. Obbm stuff is great, well priced and very quick too! I actually quite enjoyed making mine, it only takes a few minutes if you have something to grip the cable and connector with

[quote name='simon1964' post='691733' date='Dec 22 2009, 07:13 PM']Great song, but its called "Rocks" - Our guitarist always calls it "Rocks Off", and I've become completely anal about it! Sorry [/quote] I've always called it "Rocks" out of laziness but actually thought it was called "Get Your Rocks Off"! Ah well, i was right all along!

If i owned a Stingray or another bass with a single pickup that far back i'd probably use a thumb rest. Either that or just float my thumb all the time I used a MM bass as a spare once and felt the need for one. It's not a probem for me on a P Bass because the pickup is in a much more convenient position

Tanglewood do (well, "did" i think) a really small bass, called the elfin. It's a half-size 26" scale, i was looking at getting my nephew one but he's probably a bit big for one now [url="http://www.dv247.com/guitars/tanglewood-eb-18-mini-childs-bass-guitar-mahogany--46918"]http://www.dv247.com/guitars/tanglewood-eb...mahogany--46918[/url]

Low Rider by War, also helps if you have the deep voice to sing along (i haven't!)

I played one of these when they came out, my mate bought one and it had a grey finish with the grain showing underneath. They also had a green one in the shop I think it was in the region of £300-£400 new and i thought it was pretty good at the time They also did one with f-holes, always fancied one of those

Ace! Congrats dude!

[quote name='Doddy' post='687291' date='Dec 17 2009, 01:28 PM']That's a bit harsh I don't think there's any need for that kind of personal attack.[/quote] You're only saying that cos you bought the hat....

I wouldn't buy a cap to meet Flea. I would however buy a pair of Hi-Tech trainers to meet Jeff Berlin I would also buy a wart to meet Lemmy

A bit of good news at least, glad the bass seems ok

Bought a little bass cab of Nik, top bloke and went out of his way to kmake sure i was happy with it One of the good guys!

Bought some rather nice pickups from Pete and they arrived very quickly, cheers bud!

I've got some longer leads i'd like to exchange for some shorter ones, my power bank came with leads way too long for my pedalboard! How long do you need? I can measure 'em tonight

A friend of mine just picked up a Markbass combo (2x10 wedge thingy IIRC) and was mightily impressed. He paid around £700 for an ex-demo one He used to use a big rig (1x18 and 4x10) and that's now redundant

[quote name='BigRedX' post='683997' date='Dec 14 2009, 02:01 PM']TBH I don't think I've ever practised a scale in my life. Practice for me means working out basslines for new songs (by listening to the original recording for covers or by working out the line I can hear in my head for originals) and making sure that I can still play all the other songs in the set from memory. If there's something new that I don't have the dexterity to play yet I find the best way is 10-15 minutes every day for a week or so generally gets my fingers doing the right thing.[/quote] +1 on this When i started playing covers i found the best way to improve was to simply learn everything by ear. I enjoyed working out fingering positions and progressions for myself, after a while you get in that zone where you can pick things up really quickly and you know what's coming next. Of course it helps if you're digging the music you're learning. Having that hunger to play really top tunes and basslines is a great incentive to play to your best and enjoy it. We started doing some really good songs this year and for the first time in ages a band practice was something i really looked forward to, mainly cos i got to bust out "Sir Duke" and "Under Pressure"!

I've offered him £78 for it which i think is a reasonable price He's not got back to me yet though.......

The fella who doesthe eBay Jizz and Pretender decals was able to knock a really good period decal up for me a while ago, cheap and a friendly bloke too

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/westfield-bass-guitar-with-free-amplifier_W0QQitemZ320462099335QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4a9d079387"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/westfield-bass-guita...=item4a9d079387[/url] Anyne near Bangor? Comes with Roand 60w amp