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[quote name='peted' post='242356' date='Jul 18 2008, 08:14 AM']Is there any kind of Bass Bash etiquette? I can imagine it turning into a right noise with all those amps and basses going at once. Do you do what the trade shows do and have quiet times and scheduled performance times? Is it a good idea to mark up all your gear with your name? Not that anyone here is untrustworthy or anything [/quote] I think the idea of a bit of scheduled quiet time is a good plan.. Anyone else agree?

[quote name='L1zz1e' post='239498' date='Jul 14 2008, 08:42 PM']Hey can anyone recommend an amazing bass teacher in the Maidenhead/Windsor/Bracknell area? You know when you just come to a point where you need someone to direct you a little bit? Well, thats me! Your help would be much appreciated! Lizzie x[/quote] Hi Lizzie, I think jakesbass could be the person you're looking for: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showuser=1348"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showuser=1348[/url] Nik

[quote name='bottomfeed' post='240966' date='Jul 16 2008, 03:32 PM']Well thank you kindly sir!.... Glad the T-Max arrived safely.... & all is well with it Parcel-Farce may have delivered the goods promptly ..... but their idea of an AM pick up was 8pm!!! [/quote] Unbelievable!!

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='240727' date='Jul 16 2008, 11:30 AM']i dont usually like gold hardware but that stingray looks amazing[/quote] +1 A very nice collection overall...

There's some good gear available at the moment in the For Sale section.. Merton has a good Trace 1x15 for sale for about £100 too.. As someone said here recently, it's definitely a buyer's market at the moment!

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='240586' date='Jul 16 2008, 08:41 AM']Just got home from my hols last night and was catching up when I noticed there's a lot of new members and it's great stuff We'll have to resurrect the "Show your faces" thread. Bit depressing to see a lot of gear not moving though, a sign of the times I supppose - anyway, good to be back on the board.[/quote] Good to see you back Homer!

Hi Folks, Just bought a Peavey T-Max head from Dave, better known around here as 'bottomfeed'. All in all, it was a completely hassle-free transaction; the amp's great and exactly as described, well packaged up and Dave's a really easy person to deal with.. So am happy to recommend him to fellow Basschatters when buying/selling gear on the Forum. But on top of all that, he somehow managed to get Parcelfarce to deliver the amp to me in 24 hrs instead of the 48 hr service I paid for, which was amazing! Thanks Dave! Nik

[quote name='El_JimBob' post='238932' date='Jul 14 2008, 09:27 AM']I think those were imported by Strings&Things (Ernie Ball distributor).... nice and solid - no frills - like a jazzer should be i guess. Part of the thing with more [i]obscure[/i] brandings, is relying on a quality importer/distributor to cherry pick the best of the bunch. Unlike trash like 'Swift' guitars and basses, for example, which are obviously sold by someone who could care less Chinese production is a bit of a minefield, but it at least pays to have a try sometimes, as you have proved....[/quote] Spot on! It was imported by Strings&Things and they have done the hard work of sorting out the wheat from the chaff.. Got to give a bit of credit to the shop that I bought it from too, Amps'n'Bits in Worthing, as the guy who owns it is bass player himself and he knows his stuff.

[quote name='peted' post='240527' date='Jul 16 2008, 12:28 AM']The Omni10 is finished, sounding great, and will definitely be accompanying me to the Bash [/quote] Looks great... There's been a lot of discussion on the Forum about these BFM designs that I'm really looking forward to hearing one

Very nice.. The black one especially!

You can usually take your parcel direct to the courier's Depot in most cases. Certainly Parcelforce, APC and Fed Ex allow for that option and I've used those 3 firms before without any problems...

[quote name='Jezyorkshire' post='238742' date='Jul 13 2008, 08:39 PM']A while ago i got a squire jazz bass made in china for one of my students and before giving it to him i did a bit of tweaking to get the best out of , truss rod , string height, intonation. This weekend at his home where he has his lesson i thought i would take my fender jazz mia and my Markbass combo and see what differences there were now it had time to settle in a bit. The Squire actually sounded better through a crap 15watt amp than my Fender and through the Markbass combo my fender was just marginally better having a little more complexity to the tone. The neck on the Squire is better as i had to have my fender worked on by a luthier as it had a different relief on each side of the neck and the Squires neck is actually more comfortable towards the headstock. My fender cost £800 with case and the Squire was £125 with a cardboard box, considering the differences, which one would you be happy to get knocked about in the car/van/ pub ? It seems to my ears also that the pickups in both basses are of equal quality, so what am i paying for when i buy a mia fender? cheers, Jez.[/quote] I know exactly what you mean! Last year, I bought a cheap Jazz copy made in China and badged here as an 'Extreme'.. Cost £85. Reason was that I'd just traded in my 80's Tokai Jazzsound for a 5 string, so i was really missing that Jazz bass 'thang'.. Anyway, like you I took it home and set it up and lo' and bleedin' behold, it played & sounded brilliant! Well, for £80 it did.. As I got more used to it, I realised that it would benefit from better pick ups, but nevertheless, the quality of the woods and the workmanship is simply unbelievably good for the money! To be honest, I don't know how they do it?

[quote name='NickThomas' post='238776' date='Jul 13 2008, 09:50 PM']Welcome back ... It's just like riding a bike, but with cramp and a few signs of arthritis [/quote] +1 Welcome Deaver! 22 years is a long time without playing.. I did 12 and didn't realise how much I missed it until I started playing again! Love the fact that you bought a nice, shy & retiring Thunderbird bass to ease you back into things gently....

[quote name='phsycoandy' post='238025' date='Jul 12 2008, 04:14 PM']Hows yer back? Looks cool btw.[/quote] +1 I was thinking exactly that! Lovely looking rig....

[quote name='foal30' post='238331' date='Jul 13 2008, 09:37 AM']for one off emotion hit probably from Twin Peaks "Sycamore Trees" that Black Lodge was an acid flashback, especially those bloody curtains.[/quote] +1 Twin Peaks is one of my all time favourites.. Angelo Badalamenti, I believe? And I have to concur with the mentions for: West Side Story - Stephen Sondheim & Leonard Bernstein at their very, very best! Blade Runner - one of my favourite films.. unforgettable Dune Paris, texas Dirty Harry And to add another two: The Draughtsman's Contract - Michael Nyman and just to keep the David Lynch theme going, Blue Velvet..

[quote name='thumperbob 2002' post='237795' date='Jul 12 2008, 08:47 AM']Anyhow the gig went really well- loads of people in the venue- Owner was amazed and has booked us for a monthly Soul night and has agreed to increase our pay by 300%. My Marcus and Marshall VBA and 4 X 12 filled the venue with warmth- we had a really simple rig- 900w Mackie active speakers, desk and backline ( no monitors ) -back to the old days!! The band really stepped up and the musicians there were all impressed that it was our first gig- said it sounded great. We also arranged another function gig with one of the audience- result!! It just goes to show that if you invest a bit of time in what may seem like a useless gig things turn out for the better in the end. The band are all looking forward to our next gigs and certainly, when the Soul Nights start we will be able to put in some off the wall stuff to keep our interest up ( and the audience )[/quote] Great story! We played at The Elms in Worthing last night and it was one of those gigs where everyone in the band was a bit below par! It took me two-thirds of the gig to get up to what I would consider a decent level of playing.. Up till then my hands felt like they were coated in treacle!! Odd thing (or is it a sad thing?) is that the audience didn't seem to notice our failings at all?? They were quite happily singing, cheering and dancing the night away.. Playing a wedding at some caravan park in Bognor tonight the thought of which is enough to make me want to take up basket-weaving or patchwork quilt making instead..

[quote name='Hamster' post='237080' date='Jul 11 2008, 09:14 AM']Apart from being Redhill's premier bassist, he's a thoroughly nice chap who gave me a fist full of money for a bass I was selling. Cheers! Hamster[/quote] +1

Bargain price! Congratulations

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='236065' date='Jul 9 2008, 08:57 PM']1. Mark King inspired a whole load of us to become technically better bass players. Surely that's worth something?? 2. Yes, we know that he's a one-trick pony that only does one special thing, (the very fast quadruplet slapping) but he does it admirably well. 3. Anyone who calls any of the virtuoso players "unmusical" is severely missing the point. Is it because you're sick as the proverbial parrot that you can't do it yourself? I hear people say the same about Victor Wooten on here & he is unmistakably the most musical bass player I've ever heard. Without players like Jaco, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten & Mark King, I'd never have been inspired to become the bass player I am today. I'm sure that goes for many others on here as well.[/quote] As Crez said, 'well said'.. In the end this is all a case of 'one man's meat is another man's poison' etc, etc! As can be seen from my previous post in this thread, I'm not a MK fan and I'm most definitely not a Level 42 fan, but there's no doubting MK's [i]impact[/i].. I'd much rather listen to Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins than MK anyday and even more, I'm much happier just listening to songs and great music than albums that are led by bass playing (such as MK or Victor Wooten etc) but each to his own.. One good thing for me about MK though is that I think he helped put British bass playing back on the map...