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[quote name='6h5g' post='537942' date='Jul 11 2009, 03:48 PM']Could anyone recommend a set of long lasting roundwound strings that cost around £20ish?[/quote] I will recommend Italian made GALLI strings. Been using them for a few years now. The rep said to try a set and they went a good 25 gigs, maybe more before I thought I should change them. Of course, I may have upped the treble on the amp a bit for certain gigs as they got older but they do sound very good on my fretless and fretted basses.

[quote name='Jamesemt' post='537923' date='Jul 11 2009, 03:13 PM']I fitted a drop D a couple of weeks ago. Whenever I drop the tuning peg and then click it back up it goes slightly out of tune. The second time I do it the tuning goes way out... Is this normal?[/quote] It may depend on the make of tuner you have. I have a Hipshot "D" tuner and you have to keep tuning via setting the gearing gap by dropping and tuning from E to D a few times.

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='502127' date='May 31 2009, 10:13 AM']About a year ago, i switched from being a pick player to a fingerstyle player, mainly because the joint of my thumb nearest the fingernail is doublejointed, and bends too far backwards, so i can't hold picks properly. Also for tone reasons. Anyway, at my gig last night, about halfway through the second set i started getting pain in the knuckle of my forefinger while i was playing... I don't think there is anything wrong with my fingerstyle technique, i keep my fingers perpendicular and my wrist straight, but i was wondering if anyone else gets this, and if there is maybe a detailed "how to play fingerstyle like a pro" article about so i can look at learning from the ground up?[/quote] Pre gig muscle toning could help a lot. Maybe you have a another income job where you use your hands a different way from playing? I sometimes feel the need to tone the hands, lower arms and fingers pre gig, especially in winter and if I haven't been doing much practice. Generally massaging all these playing areas can be very beneficial pre gig.

[quote name='OldGit' post='497093' date='May 25 2009, 09:50 AM']"Publish and be dammed" Actually you are not contravening copyright as your recording is a new work. You will theoretically owe the songwriter a few pennies but that's it. Post your stuff up and wait for the songwriter or their estate to contact you.[/quote] Be even more pleasant and contact the songwriter with your plans for their work, not forgetting that someone else wrote it, arranged it, paid and recorded it, got a deal for it, published it, managed it, likely had some rip off along the way, and hopes that other musicians would at least pay the "few pennies" due.

[quote name='Thunderthumbs' post='497910' date='May 26 2009, 12:19 PM']Hi guys, We got it through [url="http://www.musiciansinsurance.co.uk"]www.musiciansinsurance.co.uk[/url] apparently. It's a Public Liability policy only, not with anything else included. Cost £180 for £5m insurance. If you want equipment too, try [url="http://www.jltonline.co.uk"]www.jltonline.co.uk[/url] Cheers, Pete.[/quote] Check out the MU price membership again chaps, against how much public liability you get with them.

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='495030' date='May 22 2009, 11:59 AM']With another baby Endian on the way, space is getting tight in the house. I'm thinking I might need to hang my basses on the wall to free up some floor. So I've been looking at the Hercules GSP38WB hanger, which seems to be well respected. Trouble is, I've got [url="http://www.ibanez.com/BassGuitars/model-BTB775PB"]this beast of a 5-stringer[/url] with a wide neck: 47 mm at the nut. Can someone with a GSP38WB hanger please measure the maximum neck width you can fit in it? Or if someone knows of a better hanger option, let me know. Ta! [/quote] APPROX. 2".....48mm wide.

[quote name='stoatsbrother' post='460862' date='Apr 12 2009, 11:12 PM']Well thanks... As a frequent poster on several non-music forums - I am aware of the idea of sticky threads - had looked a few days ago at that one before registering - and guess what? Just checked again - searching on East Sussex in this section of the forum produces no results - and the OP of that thread lists an acoustic guitar luthier (nearly bought a nylon 6 string from him a few years ago) and a manafacturer of beautiful looking guitars and basses... but that is not what I actually asked for...! Anyway I guess that sort of answers my question anyway - and it is off to London I will need to go... [b]6stringbassist[/b] thanks - might be the one I need - although 60 miles away[/quote] Not certian whereabouts you are based but Bernie Goodfellow in Brighton might do repairs [url="http://www.gbguitars.co.uk/Webpages/contact.htm"]http://www.gbguitars.co.uk/Webpages/contact.htm[/url]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='460864' date='Apr 12 2009, 11:12 PM']I bought the above second hand and it appears to have been modded. Here's a photo showing 2 concentric push pulls with no blend control [attachment=23677:S5000395.JPG] here's a link to the schematic from Seymour Duncan [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=2b_t_circuit"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wirin...ic=2b_t_circuit[/url] Does anyone please know where I can get a 10k master volume push/pull, a 100k blend control and a 100k concentric bass treble? I've done some internet searching and these do not seem common values for these pots. I emailed SD but apparently they never reply...! Thanks[/quote] Yes. SD are a bit lax on replying. WD music have a lot of pots. [url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/category/Hardware___Parts"]http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/category/Hardware___Parts[/url] Omeg in East Grinstead, Sussex (if they still operate) manufacture a host of pots but I don't know what size of order they require. [url="http://www.omeg.co.uk/"]http://www.omeg.co.uk/[/url] Status basses sell spares [url="http://www.status-graphite.com/"]http://www.status-graphite.com/[/url]

[quote name='Pookus' post='459603' date='Apr 10 2009, 08:31 PM']I have an amp project in the early planning stages and want to use potentiometers with set click positions. Are these widely available?[/quote] Not knowing the values you will need but........I seem to remember that the Status Bass people used them on basses. Another potentiometer company I used a while back is OMEG [email protected] phone 01342 316253 they are or were near East Grinstead, Sussex.

Top man is Old Horse Murphy. Bought a TU2 tuner off him and he found a power supply and battery for it too. All in great condition.

Thanks all again. A fountain of knowledge! Never heard of but will look at the new Korg Black one and I'm also hearing about Digitechs "Hardwire" HT tuner. They ALL say the same thing, "tru bypass, doesn't affect the tone etc" and there are negs about them all too. Looks like a trip to Andertons music in Guildford is in the frame.

Thankyou folks.

I've been using the old TU tuners for years but fancy the other stomp pedal/inline one that guitarists use more often. Are they okay for bass guitar, mainly 4 stringers? Anyone have an unwanted one? Thanks

[quote name='mybass' post='451660' date='Apr 1 2009, 04:18 PM']Thanks everyone for the quick replies. Re: the reputable supplier.... I'm just waiting to hear back on that from another source. Might check directly with Sennheiser as well. I've found another place doing them for £170 all in.[/quote] And to add.....even Sennheiser didn't have complete info on dealers. One person says they "think" they supply a certain shop, another told me to contact a place that didn't have open online purchasing. All strange and as I've just run the gauntlet of a possible copy Shure Beta mike that I returned, I'm trying to keep to legit dealers from now on.

Thanks everyone for the quick replies. Re: the reputable supplier.... I'm just waiting to hear back on that from another source. Might check directly with Sennheiser as well. I've found another place doing them for £170 all in.

Recently losing use of some old Sennheisers has started me looking at replacements. I was in a studio all week. The owner / engineer had the Sennhesier HD 600. They are reputed to be good enough to mix on and they did sound great and were very comfortable. The big "but" is they are around the £190/200 mark. I've looked at cheaper models but my head keeps saying go for these. My ears need looking after these days! Anyone else got them or knows a cheaper supplier. I'm trawling the internet today for a good supplier. Ta.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='447979' date='Mar 28 2009, 11:28 AM']Now then. I have an Ashdown ABM300 Evo that I previously used for electric basses. I've no plans to play the bass in the future and am thinking of parting with my basses now, while the going is good on the guitars I want with a view to picking up another P bass in the future. In the meantime, I thought I would pass on my rig to my dad, who has an electro/acoustic (ie piezo) fretless 5 and currently uses a Roland Cube 60. Is there any reason why you wouldn't use a normal bass rig with an acoustic bass? I know from looking at acoustic guitar amps, that some of them tend to be more full range than electric guitar amps, presumably because of the frequencies you would like to reproduce, but I have no idea about bass amps in this context. A mate of mine slapped an upright bass through an ABM500 and an Eden 210XLT and that sounded quite good. Any reason not to?[/quote] Can't see why there should be a problem there. I use a 4 string fretless Washburn AB20 thru my Mark Bass rig and use electric thru it on the next song. Use of EQ is obviously soemthing to look at but the Washburn's eq sorts that out.

great to get stuff this quick and so NEW! Many thanks Chezz, top man.

[quote name='markyboy2106' post='443464' date='Mar 24 2009, 09:41 AM']Hello all Considering trading for or buying a Fender Roscoe Beck IV. They look like interesting pieces of kit. But I would love to hear your thoughts on it as I have not had the chance to play one. I currently play a Lakland Darryl Jones Skyline 4 and EBMM Honey Burst Maple 3EQ (this is the bass I'm looking to trade if possible). Your thoughts and opinions would really help me out. Alternatively, if anyone is in the Manchester area and has one of these basses then the opportunity to try on ene would be really useful. Cheers Mark[/quote] I once had the 5 string and still have the 4 string. I think the 5, like all 5's I've tried sounds different to the 4 stringer, a little "softer" to my ears. I say this as I have owned and built several 5 stringers and that 5th string does do something to the sound of the other strings/bass. Anyway, I've kept the 4 string and it is one of the best 4 string fretted basses I've owned. It records really well, whether on home studio or commercial studio systems, has a good neck, has a slightly better body shape than the standard jazz bass too. With respect to another comment about Roscoe Beck's live sound, (he sounds excellent on recordings), I know from experience that a great stage sound isn't always relayed via big PA, sound engineers or the venue sound itself.

[quote name='BASSISACE' post='441689' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:35 PM']Hello all He's a picture of my four Kubicki Ex-Factors. White '86, Red '88, Rock Maple Fretless '93, Black '08 All 6 position, 86 & 88 pre Fender, 93 & 08 post fender, all full Kubicki's I got the black 08 one last year direct from Phil himself brand new, about a years waiting in the queue. He's still on the go, producing these masterpieces one at a time, get your orders in. It's horses for courses, everyone has their perfect bass that suites them and Kubicki Ex-Factors have got to be mine. (along with my new Shuker JJB1) I know 4 four is greedy & depriving other people, but tuff....these things are the sooo good that I needed 4 !!! Enjoy, all the best BASSISACE[/quote] I remember trying one of these. Amazing multiple laminated maple neck. How many pieces of maple in a neck? They felt easy to play. Good to hear they are still made

[quote name='Hamster' post='438624' date='Mar 18 2009, 08:15 PM']IIRC it's not released yet - mid April it think - [url="http://www.soundunlimited.co.uk/product_1658_MXR_Bass_Octave_Deluxe_M288_1.html"]http://www.soundunlimited.co.uk/product_16...uxe_M288_1.html[/url] and - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=41851"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=41851[/url] £144.16 at the moment [/quote] Thanks.