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They do have a unique sound though - great in some settings. I had a Kramer 450B and they weighed a lot, possibly 12.5 lbs iirc. Real mans bass, that. It felt totally indestructable.

Well, its just arrived at work, superb packing and is immaculate - barely a mark on it! This sounds good acoustically, always a good sign, 1/4 turn loosen on the truss sorted out all the fret buzz. Look forward to trying it out amplified! Oh, and the pink fluffy strap (Levy's) WAS included! Tasteful!

I didn't think to ask if the strap was included!

Can you now un-knee your bandmate though?

Oh well. Got a red Bronco off eBay for £72 plus shipping. I'll let you know what I think of it when it turns up.

[quote name='jj1234' timestamp='1340406407' post='1704257'] yeah, neither of my stl 10s have them. i have to stop myself breaking the thing and open and disconnecting the tweeter myself [/quote] why not just turn the treble on the amp down a tad?

Hmm, the weight may be an issue. She's a little thing, and in her 60s!

[quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1340409912' post='1704297'] Just watching it now and thought the same thing. At last, a tasteful slapper. Nice bass too. [/quote] Funny, I thought he overplayed the line just a fraction. Good playing nonetheless

When you say chunky, do you mean more so than a 70s 'Master? I like em like that, but the girl I'm looking on behalf of really isn't that fussy afaik.

try rapping (with your knuckle!) on the back of the neck with the strings muted. If the truss rod is at all loose you should hear it. This can cause all manner of different unwanted adible artifacts.

Thanks Leon, good info. Spotted the one on the Bay, I will be going for it. Re the tapewounds - you might find they intonate in a very different position to the rounds. I did an old Hofner up for a mate and couldn't believe how much further back the bridge had to go, especially on the bass side. This might work in your favour in this instance.

Hi All I'm looking to source a backup bass for a friend who uses a Musicmaster. Needs to be short scale and simple! Do the Affinities make a decent sound, and would you use one as a backup/gigging bass? I've never had my hands on one, so would probably be buying blind off t'Bay or even here... Any issues and thoughts welcome. Cheers. Jules

Never had any problems on IE. Before today! Strange.

[list] [*] Score a Guild B301 with SLF. And I'm not getting this offering from the Au Pairs as punk [/list]

Saw a Shergold earlier. I also understand now why I had to get a Les Paul Special double-cut. Everyone had one then! Subliminal at the time, but when you see them all together at once.....

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1338552025' post='1676189'] What was funny? The name or the fact that there's a website for bass players? [/quote] That was partly my point - I think he found it funny that someone mundane enough to play the bass could possibly want or need a dedicated website. We really are held in that kind of low regard by some!

I was talking to a Photographer at our gig last night and happened to mention that there was a website for bass players called BassChat, and he thought it was the funniest thing he'd ever heard! He might have been thinking along the lines of Priest Chat off Father Ted, which WAS funny. Even our drummer chipped in, saying it should be called Bass Spod! Is this the regard in which we (collectively) are held? On the upside, he did send me an arty pic of me playing.

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1337889462' post='1667092'] D'Addario Chromes - sound like round wound, feel line flatwound. I use them on fretted and fretless basses and personally wouldn't use anything else. Just my preference, of course. [/quote] In my experience, Chromes sound nothing like round wound strings. They do feel nice though.

We used to use AA Platers in Watford. Don't know if they're still there. I think they were west Watford/Greycaine est. area.

Have a look at this site: [url="http://shop.41hz.com/shop/"]http://shop.41hz.com/shop/[/url] They do some tiny class d amps some of which run happily off 12 V. Been thinking about this myself for a while. Still need a preamp though. What about the ElectroHarmonix class d jobbies, 22 calibre of 44 magnum? All quite efficient so should have a good battery life if you can get enough volts going in.