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[quote name='Huge Hands' post='673298' date='Dec 3 2009, 03:46 PM']As I posted similarly in a recent thread, I had this with a low B string on a set of Labella flatwounds. I played the bass at a rehearsal and then a gig within the space of 2 weeks and then the string core snapped mid gig. I put another string on, and it was fine. Could be as simple a fix as that. I hope your new set works![/quote] I had a set of La Bella Hard Rockin' Steels with the same problem a few years ago. The next set i tried sounded great but i broke a string on their first gig so went off the brand after that!

Cheers! I'll be getting this done to my fretless Jazz in the new year. With series/parallel switching and a piezo bridge it's gonna be ace!

No worries Gareth, hope you enjoy it! Here's mine btw, a tenner more expensive but in sunburst (which i prefer) with the scratchplate removed as i hate the look of white scratchplates! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=54724&hl=45+jazz"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...&hl=45+jazz[/url]

The ZVex Mastotron was £70 odd new wasn't it? Great little fuzz pedal +1 on some of the Danelectro stuff. A bit flimsy and sometimes noisy but the two i've used give great nasty bass sounds. I have the Black Liquorice and it's a monster bass pedal. £12 off eBay too!

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='672595' date='Dec 2 2009, 10:28 PM']Do I need another Jazz?[/quote] Do it Wayne! At that price it's worth sanding down and staining/painting. I bought mine as a cheapo backup i can just keep in a soft case and lean against a wall without fear of damaging something expensive. I thought as long as it makes a noise and stays in tune it's earnt it's keep and wasn't expecting anything great. When it arrived i couldn't put it down, the back pickup on mine is one of the best bridge jazz pickups i've heard

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-ELECTRIC_W0QQitemZ180440529309QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2a0317f99d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-ELECTRIC...=item2a0317f99d[/url] Picked up one of these a whle ago and was well impressed, this one is cheaper and in better nick so looks like a bargain

There was a thread detailing this a while ago, i think Warwickhunt brought it up when he was selling his Peavey Hisys 2 cabs Most PA cabs (providing they're full-range and can handle the lows) should be usable, some will be frighteningly good and make you wonder why you bother with expensive bass gear when a pair of Peaveys can be had for under £150 FWIW i had to use 2 old EV bass bins when my old cab began to rattle. They were 1 x 15" cabs and sounded better than my 2 x 15 bass cab, made me wonder if i should have stuck with them instead of getting my bass cab fixed! EDIT - Think this was it: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=58679&hl=peavey+hisys"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...hl=peavey+hisys[/url] EDIT 2 - I'm quite obviously lying, it was actually here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=58655&hl=pa+cabs+for+bass"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...a+cabs+for+bass[/url]

+1 for obbm Anything with Neutrik connectors and Van Damme cable should be good, get nice thick cable for speaker leads Works out cheaper to make your own up especially if you can score some cheap components, they crop up on here from time to time. Or just save yourself the hassle and give obbm a shout!

Have a look at the Electric Mistress. Might be a bit out of budget but the flanger is really good, plus it's got sweet bass chorus on tap too

Try and pick up a Small Stone phaser, nice big, low sweeps that sound great with fuzz. I got the Nano one and it works really well with bass although the big-box one is meant to be good too Going rate is £30-£40 2nd hand but i've seen them for as little as £25 I bought it to emulate Billy Gould's sound on the Faith No More live CD, does it really well

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='670719' date='Dec 1 2009, 08:17 AM']It's a genuine Les Paul copy [/quote] Haha Brings back memories!

The wood looks really nice on that one, whether the ones they send are that good is anyone's guess though! I'd be tempted to leave it natural tbh, seems a shame to cover that grain

Mine had to go back to be fixed twice within the first month of having it. It arrived with a faulty output and later started cutting out quite regularly. I used it for occaisional practice and it wasn't reliable enough for that really I did the trick of taking it out if it's casing and it's been fine since, i'm actually starting to like it again! Taking the extra casing off improves the ventilation, weight and IMO appearance, just make sure you budget for a set of rubber feet and 8 corner protectors, those corners are sharp! As said, the tone is best described as decent, it's a bit underpowered and is most likely poorly built. Tbh i wouldn't buy another, there's a Hartke i flagged in the eBay section for £175. Much more reliable i think

I think the dings in the neck (i don't know how deep they are) make all the difference between setup preferences and actual damage, unless you prefer to play an uneven neck! It's one of the most critical playing areas and if it has significant damage then i'd be wanting a full or partial refund. If the dings are going to affect how you play every time you pick the bass up then it's quite a big deal Just my 2ps worth!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Amazing-70s-Fretless-jazz-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ220516668315QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3357d1539b"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Amazing-70s-Fretless...=item3357d1539b[/url] This one i think

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Fretless-Matsumoku-Pearl-Vorg-Bass_W0QQitemZ170413128704QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item27ad69fc00"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Fretless-Matsum...=item27ad69fc00[/url] Fretless green Ricky copy!

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='668373' date='Nov 28 2009, 03:41 PM']We had one at a London venue back in the mid 90s who our drummer confused in soundcheck by speaking backwards into the mic and then shouting over to say she must have plugged it in backwards. Bless her, she checked![/quote]

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='668409' date='Nov 28 2009, 04:06 PM']obviously all this money was declared to the taxman [/quote] Who?

I always liked that Squier, if i didn't have too many basses i would never have sold it! Here's my bitsa fretless Jazz, bought from Geoff Byrne for £130 (his photo too). It's currently in bits while i remove a snapped screw from the neck (my fault) and sort out some previously drilled holes (not my fault). It's currently got (all black) Wilkinson tuners, neckplate and string tree and will eventually have a black piezo bridge and black pickup/bridge covers, going for the dark natural stealth fretless! I'm also swapping the active pickups for passive ones and also removing the LED and active/passive switch and having a series parallel switch put in there (a black one, naturally!)

We did a wedding a few years ago and the bride's family were all of greek heritage. Her mother was the commandeering sort and although the groom's family (who'd booked us) were loving the set she came up to us after few songs in and paid us off. Apparently she wanted the bozouki played she'd hired to play the entire wedding! The groom looked a bit sheepish but didn't argue (think he feared the mother-in-law backlash) so we got the full amount for less than 20 minutes work! The previous night we'd had a Walkabout gig cancelled and got paid in full (£550 between four of us) so we'd "earned" around £1200 for less than an hour's work. We were home by 9pm with big fat wallets and big fat smiles on our faces! There's a band who play the pubs around my area who were booked at a Brannigans. Being a cheesy dad-rock band they didn't go down well and the manager actually went on stage and handed them the money and told them to pack up/never come back in front of a baying crowd. We always go down a storm there so it made me chuckle, esp as when we gigged with them at a charity do they were really pompous

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hartke-HA3500-Bass-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ290375087865QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item439bb436f9"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hartke-HA3500-Bass-A...=item439bb436f9[/url] Excellent amps, think this is the older USA made one too. Postage is cheap (£10 for 24hr) so this looks like a bargain. I tried this before buying my HA5500 and there's not much difference in real world volume despite the extra 150w

You've spent £400 on it and it's not as described, get a refund but contact the guy first and be reasonable. I've kicked up a fuss over something that cost me £4, never mind 10 times that much! If the seller thinks it was in reasonable condition and you have taken good photographs to prove otherwise then you'll win

Btw if you need cheap tuners then Wilkinsons can be had for around the £25 mark. I just stuck some on my fretless and was well impressed with the feel of them, as good as the Schallers i have which cost more than twice as much