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[quote name='zero9' post='718998' date='Jan 20 2010, 01:48 PM']+1 Wil[/quote] + 2 on the Yamaha's

[quote name='gillento' post='707042' date='Jan 9 2010, 08:39 PM']+1 on the HS410!!![/quote] + 2 on the HS410 or the AE410. Both are wonderful.

[quote name='Uncle Balsamic' post='704687' date='Jan 7 2010, 08:02 PM']I think stuff like the LMII or F1 would still be popular. Good sounding heads IMO; people don't love them just because of the size (though that is nice).[/quote] I bought my LMII two years ago and have never looked back. I don't even think about other amps now. That's how much I like it. It ticks all my boxes (except no mute switch - I use a pedal). Easy to EQ, sounds great, is reliable, and lightweight. I pair it up with either one or two Bergantino 12's and it sounds incredible. Small rig - Big sound. I look at players schlepping around traditional big rigs to pub/clubs and wonder why... The Genz Benz Shuttles are great too.

+1 to the above posts. I've owned both, and still own the DJ5. I'll never sell it. Yes, they can be heavy (mine is), but they make up for that IMO with superb playability and tone. I found the neck of my JO5 to be a little chunky and the tone choked, lacking in low mids and didn't sit well in a band situation, so it had to go. I'm sure it was just that particular bass tho, not JO5's as a rule. I've kept my DJ5 passive and have strung it with D'Addario Chromes and they sound gorgeous - lots of punch & cuts through fantastically, but also smooth and deep tonally. Great for recording and live. My only criticism apart from the weight is that that it can be noisy as the electronics are unshielded - an easy fix tho.

[quote name='Dobby's-sock' post='682625' date='Dec 12 2009, 11:03 PM']Hey i'm a fairly new bassist, nice to find a cool forum like this [/quote] Hi. Welcome to Basschat.

[quote name='Malc62' post='682690' date='Dec 13 2009, 12:31 AM']Hi there you guys. Mal here from deepest Surrey! I'm a bassist of thirty years standing. My first regular bass gig was keepin' it deep for a function band. I'm still with the same band almost twenty years later, but I had to become our keyboard player about six or seven years ago as I noticed that we couldn't seem to keep a keys player for more than about a year and a half. However, despite that (and about fifteen years playing guitar on solo gigs), I've always kept my hand in and I now find myself keener than ever to get back out there as a bassist. For about fifteen years I've used a Music Man StingRay, and have recently obtained a Fender Jazz Bass which I've modded with EMG pickups (today I bought a Badass II bridge for it). My live rig is a Peavey MegaBass head and MegaBox cab, although I've recenty picked up a Line 6 Bass Pod Pro at a nice price! Looking forward to some bass-related banter! Keep it deep Mal[/quote] Hi Mal. Welcome to Basschat. There's plenty of deep and not so deep talking around here.

[quote name='emmet' post='682669' date='Dec 13 2009, 12:10 AM']hi emmet here, playing a few years live and love bass, great site[/quote] Hi Emmet. Welcome to Basschat.

[quote name='LeftyBiskit' post='678585' date='Dec 8 2009, 10:35 PM']Hell yeah, Lefties R us [/quote] I'm not a lefty, but welcome anyway.

[quote name='neepheid' post='678509' date='Dec 8 2009, 09:49 PM']Welcome to the forum [/quote] Hi Phil. Welcome to Basschat.

[quote name='Spider-dan' post='680963' date='Dec 11 2009, 08:35 AM']Hi, My name is Dan, I've been playing bass on and off for a few years now. Currently I have a Danelectro '63 long scale and a Fender Squier Precision bass. My amp is a Laney Hardcore max 160 and I use big muff distortion/fuzz and a Electroharmonix 'Mole' pedal. Greetings fellow Basschatters. .. - Dan.[/quote] Hi Dan. Welcome to Basschat.

[quote name='neepheid' post='676750' date='Dec 7 2009, 02:33 PM']Welcome to the forum [/quote] Hi Fred. Welcome to Basschat.

[quote name='twowheeledwriter' post='680215' date='Dec 10 2009, 01:25 PM']Bienvenue! Je suis aussi un "newbie" - anglais, mais en Languedoc, pas loin de Pezenas, dans l'Herault. [/quote] Bonjour Emanew et twowheeledwriter. Bienvenue Basschat. Excuse mon mauvais français! Je vacances dans l'Herault cet été en Le Vigan. C'est beau pays.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='677560' date='Dec 8 2009, 09:44 AM']I think it all depends on why you play in a band. I think if a significant proportion of my income was derived from a band I was in, then my tolerance of other band member's attitudes and behaviour would be much higher. However if you're just doing it for fun then there's little reason to put up with idiots, no matter how good they are as musicians.[/quote] +1 I remember an originals band I was in where the singer was a real prima donna. Over time we all grew to loathe him. He always thought he was right, and no one else's opinion was valid. He often had tantrums if he didn't get his way, shouting at venue staff including the sound guy. The works. When we finally had enough we sacked him during a rehearsal - he then spent an hour saying how great he was and that we were all going to regret it etc etc. The cheeky git even asked me for a lift home (we were right next to a train station). We never heard from him, or of him again. He disappeared entirely from the local scene. Maybe nobody else could stomach him either...

[quote name='Toasted' post='676744' date='Dec 7 2009, 02:24 PM']Bass Direct always has nice stuff in.[/quote] +1.

+1 on everything written above. Fender's feel like home to me, and the companies mentioned offer the possibility of customising the instrument to suit the individual player with little or no compromise in terms of specification, build quality, playability, and tone. I find I always gravitate to Fender-style, twin pickup, ash bodied, instruments.

[quote name='OldGit' post='671294' date='Dec 1 2009, 04:58 PM']Sold all the spare strings and managed to save my finacial bacon. Even made enough to make a contriubution to BC and Prostate Cancer research.. Thanks to all (especially Hartke-UK who OK'd me selling the spares) Phew..[/quote] Yay!

[quote name='OldGit' post='670478' date='Nov 30 2009, 09:45 PM']Yeah you missed a zero off the end See that's the sort of thing that happens when there's no grown ups in the room [/quote] I was going to mark it at £300 but Garbev said that was too low.

[quote name='OldGit' post='669764' date='Nov 30 2009, 09:05 AM']I should point out that some wag swapped my "For sale" and "Never for sale ever" signs between my Shuker P5 (never for sale!) and the P bass which is for sale [/quote] Guilty m'lud! Twas I Si. £350 @ mates rates.

Love this. I have the concert on Bluray - well worth picking up. Pino's playing is su-blimey groovesome.

Here are the the photos I took at the bash... [attachment=37433:Bass_Direct_001.jpg] [attachment=37434:Bass_Direct_002.jpg] [attachment=37435:Bass_Direct_003.jpg] [attachment=37436:Bass_Direct_004.jpg]

[quote name='OldGit' post='670117' date='Nov 30 2009, 04:16 PM']Yeah but that was just to hold down his Barefaced cab wasn't it? [/quote] Indeed!

[quote name='OldGit' post='670101' date='Nov 30 2009, 04:00 PM']Interesting to see that although there was almost as many makes of cabinet represented as attendees, the amp score was one nice warm toasty Sunn valve amp, one EA, one Genz Benz Shuttle and what, 8 Markbass head of various types...[/quote] Apex brought an Ashdown Mag too.

[quote name='TheRev' post='670006' date='Nov 30 2009, 02:07 PM']Si, don't suppose you got any shots of Jase's (?) lovely fretless Wal?[/quote] Yes - it is Jason's. I took one of Garbev playing it - I'll post it this evening.

I really enjoyed yesterday - thanks to all for coming it was great to meet you. I took a few photos so will add them to the photo thread this evening. Rich - glad you liked the Bergs. Your Shuker is an incredible instrument - def one of my favs. TONE! Both yours and Si's are wonderful. So many lovely basses... Bev's G&L fretless was another fav of mine, as was his Tobias. The Lightwave was sweet too.

[quote name='OldGit' post='621880' date='Oct 9 2009, 06:13 PM']I hear he has a brace of pre-loved 6 string Roscoes in right now - fretted and fretless .. [/quote] Hmmm. I wonder who's selling those?