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[quote name='subaudio' timestamp='1329865293' post='1548953'] Nice one Graham, have just emailed them [/quote]Good luck. Let's know how you get on.

Agreed.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1329865326' post='1548956'] Before it goes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp4yrSTUUII I really hope our old cover of Song 2 wasn't as bad as that. [/quote]Well post it on Youtube and let's see.

[quote name='steantval' timestamp='1329863401' post='1548906'] Still messy and shambolic after 21 years together........sums them up. [/quote]Some great songs though.

My wife use to follow them on tour, clogs, dreads and kit bag. She would be so proud if I auditioned for them Unfortunately, I can't stand them.

I thought they were great. Blur have always had that messy edge to them. My old band played with them at Food Records birthday bash at Islington Powerhaus. I got Alex James so stoned, he fell off the stage. They are messy and shambolic live and that is a good thing in my book. The rest of the Brits was so poor. It's a tragedy that music in the UK that shifts sales is in the state it is in.

3 basses for me. My first bass, an Ibanez Blazer. Bought for £99, left handed, natural finish with maple finger board. My Jaydee Mark King, custom made by John, opalescent white with bound neck and headstock. And finally, my 1976 Gibson Thunderbird, black and played upside down, brilliant neck and superb tone and because I played it upside down (because it was right handed) it balanced perfectly.

How much???

Her sausage was awful. I was a veggie for many years and had to put up with this sh*te. "Cheatin' Bacon" anyone?

Cool.

Very nice. I'd like one of these but in a greenburst like JJ's old Precision.

Hello fellow lefties. As Andy has posted above, I am one of the ones with travel issues. I live in Birkenhead and would be grateful if anyone (who is attending the bash and passes near to where I live) could give me and my gear a lift. It would be a pleasure to donate to the fuel costs. If anyone can help out then please send me a PM. Cheers Steve.

I doubt they'll let you get a gig bag on, as all cabin luggage has to go in the overheads. Get a hardcase and as long as it and the rest of your luggage is under the weight allowence, you'll be fine.

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1328463183' post='1527456'] MAKE THEM YOURSELF!!! It really is soooo easy, and much cheaper than buying them. When I made some a few months ago, I got all the stuff from proaudioshop.co.uk. I used Van Damme cable (there's a choice of colours too) and gold plated Neutrik jacks. I made three guitar cables and a mic cable. Can't see myself ever buying an "off-the-shelf" cable again! [/quote]Totally agree with this.

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1328397900' post='1526573'] Ah the hours spent in Phase One waiting for the bus home in Wrexham. Then there was Cobb Records (Sister shop to the one featured in the video for 'Rockferry' by Duffy). Then later Jamming with Edward in Harrow. Theres one in Glasto I pop into from time to time. They still have their place. They wont die. Just change with the times. Stock the stuff people want to buy and they will live. Just like pubs. A [/quote]I bought Pretzel Logic, from Cobb, many years ago.

Sasha?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1328392595' post='1526475'] For me the demise of the general record shop was inevitable with the coming of the internet. Not because of downloads (legal or not) or because sites like Amazon can beat them on price, but simply because they can't compete on the sheer variety of music that's available on line. The shops that manage to survive are the ones that specialise and have a big enough local and internet/mail-order niche that they can cater too. When I first started buying records, if it wasn't in one of my local shops then it simply didn't exist. Luckily as well as the record sections of WH Smiths and Boots we had a good independent shop that stocked pretty much everything that the weekly music press reviewed and Freeman or Peel played on the radio. Basically all the music we knew about was available. Occasionally it might be a bit difficult to get some 60s back catalogue albums, but everything else was there to buy. Even when Peel started playing more DIY releases in the late 70s and early 80s, you could still get most of what you heard. For me it wasn't until I got heavily into "Progressive House" in the 90s where a good 50% of what I wanted to buy was DJ white labels only that the short-comings of the record shop started to become a problem. Once I had to start looking elsewhere to buy the music I wanted to listen to, the conventional record shops I had been frequenting became less important. And then when the internet made information about releases that never made it to the UK market much easier to find, it opened up a much larger selection of music to me. Even having one of the best independent record shops in my home town was little use because they simply couldn't stock even a fraction of the new music I had discovered from all over the world. The local record shop had been relegated to the occasional impulse buy of something that was on special offer. Everything else had to be bought on line because that was the only place that I could find it. With this state of affairs it was unsurprising that when they finally stopped trading I didn't even notice for a couple of weeks... Now if someone recommends a song or band, I can quickly find something on line to listen to and then if I like it buy the CD or record direct from the band or their record label. I like to have physical product. Downloads don't do it for me, and anyway, anyone can get their music up on iTunes and Amazon for less than £50. I want to support bands who believe enough in their music to commit it to CD or vinyl. I would like to have been able to continue to support my local record shop but when the breadth of music available is so vast that they can't even stock a small fraction of what I want to buy, it's obvious that their time has ended. [/quote]What do you mean by "Progressive House"?

Buy a cheap bass, or neck with a bound and blocked neck and swap necks. It will be much cheaper than a luthier doing this for you.

Looking forward to it. Thanks for posting.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1328128955' post='1522444'] Well mainly the reason for these basses not being available left handed is that it would be extremely costly to produce them in response to an already minimal demand for them, assuming a ratio of 1 to a 1000 possibly. Items like the neck & fretboard but in particular things like the bridge they need to be machined purposedly for the left hand. While you can reverse the saddle position on any standard bass brdige and get away with it, a left handed HIPSHOT (Edit: Not Gotoh) made Dingall bridge would need to be rebuilt from scratch. Body blanks and pickups also need to be redesigned in reverse (needing new CNC implementations) In conclusion, for what I have read on the Dingwall forum it appears that a leftie Dingwall is something that we won't see for a long time yet. Harsh but true. [/quote]Thanks for that GW. In response, I'll stick with builders who recognise that 1 in 10 people are left handed and are happy to produce instruments that cater for them. ie, Status, Wal, Jaydee, ACG, Shuker, Sei, etc.

[quote name='goblin' timestamp='1328109175' post='1521976'] I've got a BTC on my 6er. Hate it to be honest, the bass gives enough bass, but the mid and treble just gets honky and hissy - not nice! Also I'm in the situation where one of the concentric pots sheared, and getting a replcacement is proving to be a bit of a nightmare! John East all the way in my opinion [/quote]It doesn't have a mid, well mine doesn't anyway.

Yeah, why not available in left hand?

My Aguilar DB680 has parametric mids. You can't get a bad sound out of it unless I play through it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bag1gUxuU0g The Youtube quotes say it all.