lucky

i'd liken all jazz basses to porches- they're curvy, decent for the money, and give or take a few bits of chrome have never actually changed appearance

apart from all precisions- anything in monochrome, especially; black Tbirds with white plates black rickenbackers with either white or black plates as above maybe a black and white stingray white jazz with black or maybe tort plate basically anything that may have been designed by a penguin...

[quote name='Earbrass' post='1241195' date='May 23 2011, 07:59 AM']Rolf Harris.[/quote] he's going straight in to my gangsta catagory!

[quote name='Robert Manning' post='1240933' date='May 22 2011, 09:14 PM']mmm... mine says MIA... well i like that because its better than MIM, and it makes me feel better. just being honest [/quote] yeah i'll admit to that that's not to detract from the intrinsic differences between the two- some may prefer the MIM for me; my precision is the best bass i've ever owned- but i've never actually played an MIM version so i can't KNOW it's any better, even though i'd pretty much swear it blind

i can only answer this divided up into catagories- fun basslines - probably jamiroquai now but given a time machine - 5 (slam dunk da funk) sheer awesomity - foo fighters or dizzee rascal girl pop - katy perry, rihanna or lady gaga are all fine choices; but i'd go for the saturdays- there's 5 saturdays to 1 of me and they're british because i'm G - Xzibit

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1240219' date='May 22 2011, 11:19 AM']The Pot, by Tool. Win![/quote] or that

i'd have to agree with hysteria or are you gonna be my girl by jet or ace of spades or the song 'motorhead' by motorhead

[quote name='phoenix555' post='1239877' date='May 22 2011, 12:58 AM']Ah thanks! My main priority is the head, which I've reserved 500 euros (around 435 pounds) The cab will be a bought at a later time but I already wanting to research it. And how about the gain/drive when u crack the volume up and the drive/gain at a low volume (i.e. for in house)[/quote] for me the head is great but to each there own. it's also worth saying that most bass cabs are of 4x10 dimensions, but as its an old JCM the width is that of a 4x12 cab- so the head will be wider than the cab so dont go too skinny with what you put under it. to be honest i've never had the chance to use explore it properly by myself at the highest volume/gain due to the sheer noise it can make, hence the wanting a hotplate and if you're living on the 3rd floor then the neighbours/whoever's below you won't appreciate the volumes you'll need to get the pure valve drive. i never took mine to my little student apartments because of the size/weight/volume/value. maybe something hybrid would serve you better so you can crank the valves at lower volumes (and lower weight!) BUT i would still whole heartedly recommend it- it's not the most practical but the sound makes it worth it.

yes yes i have one- with the matching 4x10B cab. it is immense and i'm always amazed at the range of styles that it can pull off. it's a great sounding amp for sure but as with all old valve amps- it's not light, and the controls are pretty basic. and it's also worth mentioning that there will be- obviously depending on your exact setup- surplus headroom most of the time. i'm currently eying up a hot plate to allow me to really use the valves. is the 500 euros a budget for a cab or for the whole rig?

has to be red- colours like that can look so rich in different light

[quote name='bassman2790' post='1239250' date='May 21 2011, 12:49 PM']Poor sods [/quote] literally. holidays are just for a week, but basses last longer... ...yeah, my missus didn't go for it either.

i think being a few hundred miles away from all my gear for months/weeks at a time [s]is helping[/s] has helped me to curb the GAS recently, but now the end is in sight i've started to peruse the for sale sections quite regularly. my pedal board is bigger than my pedal collection and one can never have too many FX options, so that's not reeeaaaaly GAS and i really [u]neeeed[/u] a new small amp that can fit in my little student room, so that doesn't count either but at least bass-wise im GAS free- unless someone has a black gibson tbird studio IV... i'm going to a poor mans grave, but i'm taking some expensive basses with me

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1235499' date='May 18 2011, 11:58 AM']MIM = Mexicans in Mexico MIA =Mexicans in America.[/quote] hahaha sí

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='1235240' date='May 18 2011, 09:21 AM']Plus they both can give you GAS.[/quote] hahaha. true i forgot to mention also- that there's some kind of difference between say lower priced mexican beans, imported japanese beans and big fat american beans, but i'll leave that for someone with a more eclectic palette... i'd agree that fenders are a very common go-to brand of basses- but surely that largely comes from years of people choosing their instruments on actual merit rather than lack of alternatives or ignorance. and sure, they're common as muck, but as was just said above- they are bloody good and fake heinz beans?! (the actual beans not fenders)- surely it's better just to buy a few cans of the real thing to wall in your regularly consumed tesco beans. that's one appetising hiding place, come to think of it they could be used to wall in just about any little kitchen related secret. they'd never know...

can't beat a solid fender precision in my mind- but that's just me the way i see it (apologies if a similar food related reference has been made before) it's like baked beans fenders ( i mainly mean Pbasses here but i guess this applies to jazz basses too) are like the heinz baked beans, consistent, reliable widely available good middle of the range beans. there will always be gourmet waitrose beans that some people can really appreciate the difference of, and there will always be cheap and cheerful no frills beans that rarely taste quite as good, and then there will always be some weird spin off like branston beans which for the life of me i dont understand why people put in their mouths... but they all lack the secret ingredient that makes one brand of beans stand out. and like beans- it's all just a matter of taste little more beanchat than basschat but there you go...

Recently purchased Andy's DHA EQ, nice easy transaction, no problems at all

wahey another one for Belgium welcome

I'm nice- honest. I have witnesses...

Just bought an Xciter off Dave, totally hassle free buy, quick postage etc etc s'all good

You know how they say if you name something you get attatched? well it's true so i'd have to save Leo; my S-1 precision- I know they're hardly a "classic" but he's my favourite (they also say you shouldn't choose favourites but balls to that)

Stone dead forever by Motorhead; good times...

First bass: Starsun BC Rich warlock copy Go-to bass: Fender S-1 Precision Your bass: Fender S-1 Precision

Hi all ive read through the recent compressor threads but they arent about what i need. im looking at the rack mount 2 in one compressors/limiter/gate things, once to compress before the preamp to give me a more consistant distortion, and the other time for post pre amp to even out the sound if im using the different levels of drive/volume, and id like to switch each one on and off easily (preferably footswitchable) at the moment the 3 im considering are the TC C-300 [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/c-300/69211"]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/c-300/69211[/url] the Alesis 3630 [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/alesis-3630/1580"]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/alesis-3630/1580[/url] and the dbx 266XL [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/266-xl/1625"]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/266-xl/1625[/url] would appreciate any experience/guidance with these, or if there are any other options that i should consider thanks