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[quote name='Dave Vader' post='1286327' date='Jun 29 2011, 12:49 PM']Also, I have no radius block for my spare fretless neck, and it needs a few bits of high filler, and various dings and lumps levelled out, anybody done this with a bit of foam and some sandpaper? Did it work? Or did it make it worse, as this is my current plan. All help much appreciated guys, Dave[/quote] I've done a defretted neck without a radius block, just fine grade (600?) paper and a flat hand block(cork). Working lengthways it seemed to follow the radius fine, and the paper isn't really removing any meat, just the high spots where I had filled the fret slots with woodfiller. While you're at it, you can roll the fretboard edges to make the neck really comfy. I put some Tru-oil on the board and flatted that down with very fine paper, slightly damp, and that gives a very nice satin sheen that looks remarkably similar to the factory finish on my US Masters bass neck.

[quote name='Linus27' post='1288009' date='Jun 30 2011, 05:17 PM']Oooh that sounds perfect as my electric ESP output is much lower than my Washburn AB10 acoustic. Thanks for the suggestion.[/quote] OR turn the Washburn down to the same level as the ESP!

I use a (lined) fretless exclusively in one band - its sort of acoustic rock, 3 piece so there is quite a bit of "space", even more so before we got a drummer, and I feel the sound is more expressive in this scenario than fretted. The vibrato sounds more mellifluous than fretted, it seems to sit with the material nicer.

[quote name='cetera' post='1287391' date='Jun 30 2011, 10:11 AM']Will have to try and make it along soon..... especially if there will be some good 'used' stock. I'm really not interested in a wall of Fender jazz/Precision basses in a hundred different colours....[/quote] And you've got Spectors in every colour too!

acoustic/garage/psychedelic, according to our almost defunct myspace.

Serial number/ rear panel photo might help, I'm not sure!

Did I see Peavey T40? Might have been Friendly Fires. Unusual these days, fair play to em.

Wasn't it Fender pickups that produced the classic, er, Fender sound?

[quote name='escholl' post='1273591' date='Jun 18 2011, 11:29 AM']You could make the same point about Ampeg. What are you expecting?[/quote] Ampeg haven't "been away" and got revived, their USP is "classic Ampeg sound" When HH arrived they did have something that set them apart from contemorary offerings - EL backlit panels (which I still think are cool) and extruded ally panels and rack handles. I don't see much in that current range that sets them apart, that's all, I guess that's what I was expecting.

[quote name='escholl' post='1272223' date='Jun 16 2011, 11:05 PM']Laney has revived the brand by the way, [url="http://www.hhelectronics.com/index.php"]here[/url]. I've been in touch, and it's coming on the market soon, supposedly they are just sorting out their distributor network for worldwide release. No guesses as to how long that will take though. Anyway, the new stuff -looks- good, especially some of the PA stuff, can't wait to have a go on it.[/quote] The backline stuff doesn't look that special to me - similar technology to what they used in the 70's, not that it's necessarily a bad thing, but things have moved on a bit since then, you'd have thought? I don't see any innovation, what is the USP?

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1270504' date='Jun 15 2011, 07:30 PM']Kim Annette Clarke from Defunkt.[/quote] At last! 4 pages in and we get the first mention of Kim Clarke! Nice one Pete!

Get a Celestion neo 10" from Lean Business ~£62 and make your own cab. I got one from Watford Valves when they had an offer on for ~45. I use it for similar purposes to you, its fine!

Maybe the scarcity of new ones will eventually put the second-hand prices back up again?

Line 6 Studio 110 is just fine and well in budget 2nd hand. It doesn't fart out until you turn it RIGHT up, and the compressor is usable to keep things in order. fine for a jazzgig and "unplugged" with a sympathetic drummer. For just practice, perfect.

That's a reason to be cheerful!

nothing flash but damn, he is TIGHT I've found this common amongst drummers too!

I'm guilty of this one, to my old band who now have a different bass player, and the singer now plays drums AND sings at the same time: Me: "I like that one you did that starts slowish then gets faster and faster" Drummer/Singer: "Oh, cheers, which one was that?" Me: "All of them!" I can be a cruel bastard sometimes, but this was actually true!

Apart from the satisfaction, what are the benefits?

Have you considered a Selmer Treble n Bass 50watt? They're not too big.

[quote name='4000' post='1241410' date='May 23 2011, 12:10 PM']I thought this was [i]mainstream[/i] artist? [/quote] He IS mainstream (for JAZZ!)

On holiday in Madeira I was watching a jazz trio and admiring the guys Tobias 5er. I was a bit pissed and they asked if I wanted to play a blues, so I duly obliged, playing a fourth lower than the key they were in... They must have thought I was a proper gimp, which was a shame as they were nice guys.