steve-soar

Ibanez Blazer in natural with black guard, £99 in 1984 £229 in 2009.

Malekko B assmaster, can't wait to see the drummers face when I switch this baby on.

I've just got mine, a Malekko B Assmater.

Just noticed another flat board, they are a total revelation.

[quote name='eude' post='376894' date='Jan 11 2009, 04:39 PM']Absolutely gorgeous mate! The Wenge looks good enough to eat. How much does it weigh? Eude[/quote]Lovely, mine has a wenge and bubinga neck, with a wenge board and it weighs a bit, nothing too stressful. Alan is making some great basses.

Nice one. Is that 3 Amboyna Burl ACG's on Basschat then?

It's got black knobs on it that are reflecting off the chrome plate, looking like stacks.

Cheers all.

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='374395' date='Jan 8 2009, 08:16 PM']It's a beautiful bass and would complement the ACG pre well methinks. If you go for an ACG pre I'd hang fire on the pups and see if you need to replace them. Peter[/quote]Agreed.

I think Basschat is perfect. It is a free, open forum for chat about bass guitars in every level of detail. I think I.P. boards do the biz and it is up to the posters to create the charm that is Basschat. Donation on its way. I am a member because it is organic and flows pretty much like chat in a real situation would. The mods are not heavy handed and newbies get treated better here than on many other sites. Basschat is cool for school.

I think this is a great thread, we were all once starting at the beginning. I have been playing since 1985 with a 10 year gap. I first bought an Ibanez copy of a Fender Precision and I played it through my stereo. BANG! I was on my own in my bedroom trying to play along to the records in my collection, sometimes with a little success but most of the time with frustration but I knew that for me, playing in my bedroom was not enough, so I cautiously asked around friends to see if they knew about others who played instruments and eventually I found people around my age (19) and somehow got to play with them. They seemed very cool and worldly wise to being in a band, as some of them had been playing for a few years and I had only been playing for a few weeks. I joined the band only because the bassist was going to Uni and I had a bass and they knew me. This was the most exciting time of my life, I was so nervous at our first rehearsal because this band had original material and I had some how blagged my way in. We played and I was amazing, lies, I was totally crap but the rest of the band were not much better, we were all still beginners and we wanted to have fun, so we rehearsed again and it got a little better. Eventually we became ok but spilt up because we all wanted to play different kinds of music. I suppose what I'm trying to put across is that music is a beautiful form of communication and as such when we start out playing our chosen instrument, we should communicate with each other. Before the internet you had to actually physically meet other people to talk to them, so as to find answers for your questions. Post internet is a much better place, you potentially have so much wisdom at your finger tips, you just have to ask. To all beginners on Basschat don't be shy. It's a taken that there are people who post on here that have very little interest in bass guitars or music and troll about looking for confrontation but generally we are a sound bunch and I will always try to help a beginner or anybody else for that matter. Spank your planks people. Steve.

Just wondering what peoples views are about the two types I've mentioned. I've used Elites on my headless for years and use to change them every week or so when I was gigging the bass, so I didn't really know if they died naturally or not as I was changing them after 5 or 6 gigs. I've never tried Status strings so I would be grateful for peoples opinions as ordering 6 sets doesn't seem too steep. I have had this set of Elites on for about 4 months but I don't play it that often and the G string was dead straight out of the packet, so I fancy a change, can anybody help? Thanks Steve.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='374303' date='Jan 8 2009, 06:34 PM']Ooh, that's a nice link, Nick. That's the Alembic I'd really like. Maybe one day! Streamline arrived today. It's fantastic. Now I've got it set up how I like it, it's very good. Very much like an S2 with a lot of wood missing. Sits on the strap nicely and sounds nicely gutteral![/quote]Mr Moo better watch out, six Statii.

Ow, cheeky arse shot.

She has a sister.