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[quote name='Rayman' post='484432' date='May 10 2009, 05:59 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-BB300-made-in-Japan-1980s-Bass-with-case_W0QQitemZ150343377574QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item150343377574&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-BB300-made-in...%3A1%7C294%3A50[/url] Buy this mate, don't dither......just do it.[/quote]Do as he say's, or the puppy gets it.

He now knows it's a Midi Bass. If it were a lefty, I still wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. What a totally daft invention.

Two friends of mine, not connected, visited NZ for a few months and a month. Returned and are saving to relocate. Hope you find happiness over there and get the chance to work. Look after yourself and yours.

Hello? Very Nice, I like. [url="http://centrance.com/products/ap/"]http://centrance.com/products/ap/[/url]

My wife is a classically trained flautist. I have just shown her this video and now, her flute is firmly up my arse because she thinks I am a new age hippy by being a member of Basschat. Ouch! Thanks a lot Bassschatters.

[quote name='Shockwave' post='478369' date='May 3 2009, 06:07 PM']Well i am not much of an amp fan, but here they are! From left to right, Marshall Mode Four guitar amp, Marshall JCM 900 4x12A cab. Ashdown Little Giant 1000 bass head, Eminence Delta 15" 400W 8ohm loaded cab. Peavey Black Widow 15" 300W 8ohm cab. Roland DB-900 7 Speaker Combo. And the guitars/basses. Jackson Warrior WRMG with EMG's, Jackson RR5 with Seymour Duncans, Pedulla Pentabuzz 5 string fretless, Epiphone SG 3 pickup custom model. Yes i know its dissapointing, i only have one bass I am a bass player more then i am guitar player, trust me![/quote] Sorry BudgetBassist for the confusion. Shockwave, who lives in the cages?

[quote name='Spoombung' post='482269' date='May 7 2009, 06:35 PM']Well I've been playing 30 years and still don't have a fecking clue what I'm doing.[/quote] Same here, 23/4? years and still don't know what I'm doing.

D groove all the way baby. Try playing it in small portions, to get your self familiar to the notes, then put the track on, with your bass at the same level, close your eyes and get lost in that groove. Don't worry if you don't get all the notes in the right place, just try to loose yourself in that groove.

Just realised that you are having that amazing flame mahogany cap, I thought that equally amazing red spalted body was it then this, pow!!! Those blue lams are great, this is going to be something else.

[url="http://www.crimsonguitars.com/robert_fripp_signature_hollow.html"]http://www.crimsonguitars.com/robert_fripp...ure_hollow.html[/url] Wow, have you seen how this amazing instrument is made, this guy is a very special luthier.

+1. My guitarist uses a Mashall TSL 100 watt 2x12 combo (phwoooor!) and it started to do the same thing, then it blew a fuse, then died. I had a look at the power tubes and one of the four was showing a blueish glow. Cheapo tubes, out, matched JJ's, in, sings much sweeter now.

JJ Burnel is the reason I started playing music.

Bloody hell, I didn't even look at who was posting, alright Phil, is the cab still ok? Steve.

[quote name='Protium' post='478510' date='May 3 2009, 08:44 PM']And £8 postage? Jeb end.[/quote]Jeb end.

[quote name='~tl' post='480299' date='May 5 2009, 07:41 PM']EMGs are unusual in the fact that they are special low impedance pickups with built in pre-amps that are then fed through a normal-ish passive volume/tone circuit (unless you also have one of their "systems" installed which give active treble/mid/bass controls as well). "Normal" active systems use standard, high-impedance, pickups (the kind you get in a passive bass) coupled with an active pre-amp and active tone controls on a board that's separate from the pickups. There is more choice that you can shake a proverbial stick at when it comes to pre-amp/pickup combinations – so as you can imagine the range of tones available is pretty vast. The quality of pre-amps varies greatly, but most of the after-market ones are of a high standard. Most pre-amps are either have treble & bass controls (2-band) or treble, middle & bass (3-band). The exact sound of each control (i.e. the exact frequencies they boost/cut) and what extras you get (bright switches, passive modes, semi-parametric mids, etc) vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. [url="http://east-uk.com/"]John East[/url]'s designs are highly praised and he also makes Alan's [url="http://www.acguitars.co.uk/"]ACG EQ 02[/url] which is a strange beast. Rather than the traditional layout it's a "filter" based design that's hard to explain and gives rise to some interesting sonic possibilities (but takes a bit of getting used to). I have the ACG in my Precision V and it's a truly versatile beast. The [url="http://sadowsky.com/"]Sadowsky[/url] pre-amp also gets good reviews and there are many others to choose from ([url="http://glockenklang.de/"]Glockenklang[/url], [url="http://www.audereaudio.com/"]Audere[/url] and [url="http://www.bartolini.net/"]Bartolini[/url] spring to mind). Of course, you could couple any of them with any type of pickups – so the choice is not even that simple. The first thing to decide on is whether you want a 2-band or 3-band layout (or something in the middle like the ACG), what sort of price you want to spend, and go from there.[/quote]This is the kind of reply that should be in a "Basschat Gold" section, informative, clear, impartial and well researched.

Who lives in the cages?

[quote name='SJA' post='479760' date='May 5 2009, 11:24 AM']James Eller- on several Julian Cope solo songs eg. "Trampoline", and The the's Dusk album.[/quote]Monster and a Zon player, if my memory serves my correctly.

Yet another "Device".

Very nice strings. I've got them on my Precision, they have a bit more tension but they have a lovely feel and the tone is pretty spot on for me.

Apologies for last night.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='478692' date='May 4 2009, 12:06 AM']I fail to see how my post was confusing, Steve. It's very simple.[/quote]Read his opening post, he mentions 16th notes, then the 18th note played in a piece of music, so he has a learning opportunity that we can help with. Printing a standard cascade of note divisions is helpful but to anybody who confuses 16th notes played in a piece of music and the 18th note played in a score, they need a bit more grass roots.