Newfoundfreedom

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

Update - I just got an email from Thomann - they have declared the package lost.  Got offered a refund or a replacement.  Have opted for the replacement, on the basis that I'm willing to test my luck and the bass is £160 dearer at Andertons right now.

I bet they both turn up on the same day. 

Some proper party animals on here.

I've had to cut back quite a lot on my bass playing. It was interfering too much with my ability to drink. 

1 hour ago, lidl e said:

What about finding an old bolt on rickenfaker and using that body?

I thought the same. The Harley Benton RB 414 would make a good enough modding platform without a special body build and would be much cheaper. 

I believe the main trick to Steve Harris style playing is to use a very light touch. Don't be tempted to dig in, your fingers will fatigue extremely quickly at that galloping pace. Try playing by barely feathering the strings until you've cracked the correct pace and rhythm.  

5 hours ago, fleabag said:

I cant for the life of me see what relevance that long unconnected post had , if any, to the OP's question. 

Remember this guy?

He plays bass now. 

6 hours ago, Maude said:

As @Dad3353@Dad3353 says, the bridge is a piezo unit so you'd want that and guts are contained in a large triangular(ish) metal box so could relatively easily be transplanted. A few people have done this with the six string guitars.

I'm pretty sure you won't be able to just get the electronics though. 

 

I didn't like the look so gave it a pretty extensive makeover. There's a thread on here from years ago but I think the pictures were lost. 

From this, 

 

To this, 

 

And just to prove it can be, and is, gigged without worry, 

 

That looks superb!!!

Very nice!

I like that a lot! Beautiful looking thing. 

44 minutes ago, kwmlondon said:

No, nothing organised just a bit of a play along. I have no idea about inverters but if it means heavy investment in kit I won’t bother. Would rather hire a battery PA system or something. Really helpful comments though. Much appreciated. 

Unfortunately I think you might find it financially unviable unless you can borrow something and make do. ☹️

How will everyone else be powering their equipment? 

If it's an organised event surely there will be some sort of generator or power supply?

Decent deep cycle batteries aren't cheap. It seems like a lot of outlay for one event. 

I can't comment on the Sire, but I had a Junior Jet. It was extremely well finished and sounded absolutely monstrous. Superb for the price point. 

Very nice!

I'm sure it's very clever from a playing perspective. But from a musical perspective, it's just noise. 

15 hours ago, Skinny said:

It has Rock City, say no more. 

I was just going to say, Rock City used to be pretty darned good. I haven't been there in years but hopefully it's still going and attracting some great acts. 

Gorgeous! 🔥

On 29/03/2023 at 12:39, Rich said:

I see your FFFFFFFFFFAAAAAAARRRRK and raise you a double FFFFFFFFFFFFFAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRK with cream and a cherry on top.

 

HOLD MY PINT!!!

Still cheaper than buying anything local.

I think the one of the biggest contributing factors to leaving my previous band was having to play Rockin' in the Free World. 

I find gear abstinence extremely easy. 

Although, living close to the poverty line helps a lot. 

I'd love this for the studio. Looks like a great bit of kit. 

I have the same problem with my sixer. The only way I could get it to sound anything like even was to lower the pickups at the low end, and raise them almost to the point of touching the strings at the high end. Then add compression to even things out. The rest of the set-up is fine, and I tried new strings. It didn't make any difference. 

Use a compressor. 

Just seen this pop up on Facebook and came here to see if there was any info on them. 

I've never seen one of these before. 

It looks absolutely stonking! 

Damn that's nice! 

If I was in the UK I'd be all over this, even though I don't need it and it would break my back moving it. 

I can't believe no one's taken your arm off yet at that price. 

As far as I'm concerned the colour alone knocks £500 off the asking price.