hubrad

[quote name='peteb' post='413527' date='Feb 18 2009, 07:47 PM']The response is, my friend, once I have tried out the bass comprehensively and made clear my intention to buy, why should I buy from you and not ring round every other music shop in the country / trawl the internet for a better price![/quote] See all the threads including comments like 'I tried 7 Les Pauls before I found one I liked'

Light Flight by Pentangle. Mostly 5. Features Danny Thompson on double bass.. worth hearing for him alone but each member of the band was (and still is - I saw them in Harrogate last year) superb. Tons of E.European folky stuff. HUGH

I work in an independent music shop. Ok, times are tight and we always need to keep selling in order to still be here next year (well said Stylon Pilson). If you build up a relationship with a shop they are more likely to do give you some recognition. As Bumnote said, "in the middle there is a compromise"; there's nothing like a total stranger going in for the hard haggle to elicit the response "just pop round to Tesco and see if they'll take 20p less for that pack of biscuits for me"! As a couple of our reps have recently said - selling at 'old' prices is an option, but we then have to pay the 'new' price for the next thing. I'd quite like to kepp my job if possible; I fair enjoy it. The worst thing to offer is Amex card - costs us both a mint! Best of luck to us all. HUGH

We've got one Shadow Bass Dopester (what kind of name is that?) to clear at £22. [url="http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/2603"]http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/produ...roducts_id/2603[/url] It's another humbucker; no idea on the tone but the name, I suppose, suggests warm fuzzy feelings! Ped suggested it would be gracious to offer some kind of discount.. if you want this, put "hubrad said it was ok" in the notes section for free p+p. HUGH

I used to use Elites Stadium for years, very happily. Good job as they were the only 5 string double ball set I could find at the time Currently using Picato flats as they'll do one-off custom sets. Liking these very much, too! HUGH

I was just putting these flatwounds on the shop website at work: [url="http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/4389"]http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/produ...roducts_id/4389[/url] (Ped suggested it might be a gracious idea to offer BC members a discount on bass stuff, so if you want the strings above at 10% off and free post just quote "hubrad said it was ok" in the Notes setion of the order) when I noticed you can get an ERB set too! [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/la_bella_760fl_flatwound.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/la_bella_760fl_flatwound.htm[/url] .. had to chortle! Any more amusing misprunts to brighten an otherwise dull afternoon? HUGH

[quote name='henry norton' post='411458' date='Feb 16 2009, 08:23 PM']'Soft Maple' refers to certain species of Maple that don't happen to be as hard as 'Rock Maple', which is usually found on guitar necks etc. It will still give you brain damage if you were hit around the head with the aforementioned J bass.[/quote] Thanks for that Henry; always good to learn new things. I've dug around a little now and found a useful info site on hardwoods: [url="http://www.hardwoodinfo.com/species_guide/display_species.asp?species=softmaple"]http://www.hardwoodinfo.com/species_guide/...ecies=softmaple[/url] which confirms Soft Maple to even be an Acer. Trouble is , now I want a go on one! I rather like Jazz basses. I find them somehow more of an interesting icon then the Strat. No idea why. Maybe I was just born to love bass! HUGH

[quote name='Toasted' post='411921' date='Feb 17 2009, 12:49 PM']That sounds expensive for a pot, BUT if it's exactly what you want and makes your pedal work again, sounds bargainous.[/quote] Give something a Purpose, especially a Very Important Purpose, and the price skyrockets! At least this will be the exact fit and value.

[quote name='RayFW' post='411024' date='Feb 16 2009, 01:13 PM']They are maple bodied strangely enough.[/quote] Quite so.. [url="http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0326702521"]http://www.squierguitars.com/products/sear...rtno=0326702521[/url] It looks nothing like any maple I ever saw, at least in the picture. I wonder if 'Soft Maple' is anything like 'Chinese Ebony' which looks and sounds rather like Rosewood on any guitars I've seen claiming to be made of such wood? The fretless version says Agathis body.

[quote name='Delberthot' post='409186' date='Feb 14 2009, 12:29 AM']That many you had to post it twice [/quote] Bah! Technology! Honest, though, you should see the boxful! HUGH

He was known to use the Boss OC-2 Octaver alot. I don't know the song.. get a pedal and try it, most satisfying!

We've got loads in black in the shop! HUGH

We've got loads in black in the shop! HUGH

[quote name='simon1964' post='407790' date='Feb 12 2009, 05:14 PM']But you'll get much better value buying used.[/quote] Quite so.. if you don't mind the occasional dent and scratch (chances are you'll put enough on there yourself) you can get stacks more bass per pound.

Also consider Cruzer (until recently Cruiser) by Crafter.. excellent basses for the money! The place I work in has these, including [url="http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/258_259_262/products_id/4380"]http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/produ...roducts_id/4380[/url] of which there's one slightly ex-demo at the mo so even more worth seeing; just out at Cleckheaton, 1 mile from Jn26 of M62. HUGH

P.S. definitely an octaver. Try it - it's a very satisfying sound to make!

I read an interview yonks back in which he said that, for studio work, he would turn up for a session with just his bass and a Boss OC-2. Anything else was up to the studio or songwriter.