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but If I buy this really expensive bit of kit I'll be better at playing bass!

I have to say I've got a hankering for one of these after playing one in the gallery (same colour as well, though the 5 string version). The gallery had it at 950 second hand so at the moment it looks to be a right old bargin, I imagine the bidding will shoot up at the end.

This is well under budget and I've only heard good things: [url="http://www.chamberlainmusic.com/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=GWB35"]http://www.chamberlainmusic.com/ProductDet...ProductID=GWB35[/url] There's a more expensive version too

[quote name='Protium' post='280613' date='Sep 9 2008, 07:13 PM']You're right, all shops should ban browsing FOREVER lmao. Maybe they should rename it "The Buy Something Or Get Out Cellar" [/quote] Now come on, thats not what I said is it, I just expressed empathy for their situation.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='280047' date='Sep 8 2008, 10:41 PM']am i the only one that's thinking "who gives a f***"? Fair play to the guy for telling everyone exactly what he wants rather than fobbing off people with sh*t excuses as to why they're "not right" for his band, if only everyone were so honest To the OP - Mclusky are a f***ing great band! [/quote] I kinda agree to be honest, bands are about image too, Also Mclusky were great, Future of the left arn't too shabby either

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='279647' date='Sep 8 2008, 12:54 PM']How can you justify/qualify that? Have you read the rest of this thread?[/quote] sigh yes I can't quantify it and yes I've read and commented in the rest of the thread, It's an opinion based on going down denmark street for the last 5 years.

To be fair to the cellar though, 99.99% of the people in there have no intention of buying, just herds of scruffy kids with no money wanting to try out £1000 basses, I reckon after dunno 5 years of dealing with that day in day out I might put up a sign too.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='279363' date='Sep 7 2008, 09:53 PM']Excuse my cynicism, but couldn’t this possibly be a case of good service for a well dressed city business man? I wonder what the service would have been like if you were wearing jeans and a t-shirt and were soaked through by the rain.[/quote] I've had good service from them, been allowed to try anything I want out etc. Now, I am a city business man I guess, but I go in wearing jeans and t-shirts and I'm in m 20's. Having said that I went to the gallery this weekend and that was something else....blows everything else out the water

I've gone from thomastic jazz flats (about 1/5 years same set) to La bellas and at the moment I think I prefer the thomastics. Though I got deep talking mediums, which as a lot thicker that the thomastics, Also, the jazz flats have red bindings, the la bellas light blue,

About £550 I'd say. If you can find one.

[quote name='Rasta' post='276721' date='Sep 4 2008, 09:12 AM']Gwan play dem reggae dub riddim wid tone....cha bumbaclot = No tone fe sure.. for me it's just phat belly gully slinking resonance through a giant sound system...there's a lot to be said for just a note thats very loud and very bassy indeed....apparently the earth resonates in Eb-thats just one note - Don't get me wrong i love 'Portrait of Tracy' (thats lots of notes) with tone, but there is a lot to be said for just the bass, big dub tents aka jah Shaka, a Jazz or precision with tone rolled off and a natural smoke machine and 1000's of festinutters-pure and obese bass tone...they're grrrrreeeattt! Irie What am i talking about-try a SUBDUB night (Iration Steppaz)-footlong with reggae reggae bass food Sauce in Leeds! [/quote] Ah subdub, I used to go that when I was at Uni, cabbage and SUBDUB still going?

It takes some of the voodoo out of it, makes it a bit easier, I find it interesting. But thats not the same as just learning the notes on the fretboard, that would be really boring. Learn the major scale in C, it's easy, C D E F G A B, learn how to play the shape starting on 3rd fret A string. Then try the same thing on the other 3 "c"s. If you're still really bored, then just don't do it.

You know I'm almost tempted to say mine, so that I could buy the white sei up for sale here, I suspect it'd be one of those regrets for ever things though, Ah it's already sold, oh well

Funny how everyone wants low action I'm not 100% sure why... IMO if you hit heavy and with a pick, don't worry about getting the strings as low as possible.

Ah I remember seeing ADF at the hop and grape in manchester, I was right next to the speaker stack and I think that bass might have done some serious damage to my internal organs. Worth it though.

Here's mine, sporting a new set of La Bellas. Custom colour scheme, cream+gold, maple neck, semi hollow with f hole and matching headstock (I know you can see all of this) [attachment=12784:CRW_3095.jpg] [attachment=12783:G_L_ASAT.jpg]

I have 2, and I think thats one too many

Go on then: [attachment=10883:bassandamp.jpg][attachment=10884:IMG_2292.JPG]

I find neck dive a bit on mine, or rather, the bass likes to sit parallel to the ground. I thick strap mostly sorts it out mind, and there's a third party add on thing that someone sells that repositions the neck strap button behind the plate. Still great basses though.