GreeneKing

Okay, what's a TV Logo guys?

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' post='555485' date='Jul 29 2009, 07:30 PM']Have they got anything as thick as my head? probably not[/quote] Hey we all make mistakes 4mm is quite substantial. I like to custom order bass spk leads so as to get them the right length exactly, not oodles of spare or a bit of a stretch.

That's a nice looking Jazz indeed. The passive tone used as a pull switch for the LED's is well neat too.

Whelk's are great but is a veggie one

You really did close the other thread As I said there, I'm more than happy with custom cables at a good price from Dave. Amp/Cab cables as thick as your arm, well nearly [url="http://www.bassic.co.uk/"]http://www.bassic.co.uk/[/url]

I use Dave's leads and I'm not too ashamed to put in a plug (and a pun): [url="http://www.bassic.co.uk/"]http://www.bassic.co.uk/[/url]

The insurance company will have a claim on it. Sadly if a whole chain of people have bought this bass for a fair price in good faith then a lot of people have a claim to it and it's probably best left in my experience unless you want an expensive court case. These issues are far from straightforward. One of my basses is a special edition purchased without a case or certificate from 'Crack-Converters'. Both I and the previous owner carried out our own checks to try and ascertain if it was stolen and came up with nowt. What more can you do?.

Welcome in Adi, I think I beat Zoe to it

I'd vote for pretty much anything by Mick Karn. Unmistakable sound. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vsAvMm22zg&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vsAvMm22zg...feature=related[/url]

Not at all a 'loaded' question then 'Classic' vs 'Strange/Weird' In terms of J/P vs others I'd say the range of the others varies so much that the question is skewed. Conventional vs Unconventional? Why not embrace it all for different reasons would be my response (so I didn't vote).

The friendliest music shop I've been in lately is definitely Promenade Music in Morecambe. I'm lucky in visiting Colchester about once a month and The Bass Merchant is brilliant too. Selling things and establishing good customer relations isn't rocket science. Maybe the management in the Bass Cellar is dire and this is reflected by the staff? One point that Pete A made about letting anyone come in and play an instrument and then having people who don't respect expensive gear come in and make it 2nd hand fairly rapidly. I'm not sure how you tackle this one effectively.

Totally awesome!

I forgot Bass Doc otherwise I'd have given him a mention having seen some of the work he's done.

Doesn't the U-Retro have sweepable mids and a couple of switches that the J-Retro doesn't? Edited to say, no, I'm wrong Re all John's pre's they are really easy to fit with minimum soldering required.

Are you looking for just one set up or 3? Have you thought about doing it yourself, it's not rocket science. Good link here: [url="http://garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/setupmanual.html"]http://garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/setupmanual.html[/url]

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='552888' date='Jul 27 2009, 05:04 PM']Exacty what the shops are like round here. Out of 4 local music shops i have the choice between Ernie Balls and Rotos, both in only one guage and 4 string only. When i need emergency strings now i go to Cash Converters, they've got sets of cheapies in 2 guages for about a fiver. I don't spend £20 on strings unless it's a brand i want I remember having a conversation with a shop owner about a yeaa while ago when i was buying a Squier. He couldn't get any in the shop because they were all going to the big online retailers who put in huge bulk orders. I waited a couple of months and he still couldn't get one so i ended up buying online, not his fault at all and i felt a bit sorry for the bloke. He had a sale but the supplier wouldn't even take him into account[/quote] I think our LMS is struggling and may nosedive. The local boys can rarely compete as the playing field slopes pretty steeply towards their goal. Large internet dealers are selling gear at a price below trade for some of these guys. As time passes I suspect that local music shops will become a thing of the past, like ironmongers. I don't see that as a good thing.

I think that Les Evans is now a past bass manufacturer not present.

I have LP's of riders like that circulating the IoM in the 50's and 60's. I started riding to Brands and Snetterton when Sheene, Smart, Haslam (The older brother who was killed) and Dave Croxford were riding. One of my favourite riders of that time was Peter Williams. I think I saw Minter and Ivy ride but I'm not certain. Was Minter the King of Brands? The Transatlantic Trophy races were fun too with Read, DuHamel, Roberts et al Good times. Mind Rossi is immense nowadays. I remember the Saarinen incident well too, a sad day. Are we a little of track with this?