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[quote name='blablas' timestamp='1410632316' post='2551498'] A simple and basic Tribute L-2000... but it's mine. You get a lot of bass for a very nice price. Good affordable lefty basses are rare, but this is one of them. [/quote] Thats really nice, I approve

Here's my Tribute M-2000 which I got a few months back. Its really hard to capture the real colour in a photo, it really is "transparent" black. Whilst I'm here, let me say a big thanks to Matt (Neepheid) who let me try his one before I ordered. Needless to say I was sold within about five seconds of trying his. Cheers Matt! Lovely bass this, the neck is fantastic and much comfier for my hands than the L-2000 tributes I tried which were just a bit too chunky. The preamp is incredbily versatile and you can get the full range of boost on each knob without the sound distorting (my last bass would distortwell before you reached the maximum level). My only real complaint is that the output is insanely hot which makes swapping between this and my passive Yamaha a real pain. Although to be honest this bass is so nice that the Yamaha has definitely been relegated to "backup". I think at somepoint I'll try monkeying with the pickup heights a bit to try and tame it slightly. [url="http://s978.photobucket.com/user/uncle_psychosis/media/guitar/M2000/DSC_0594_zps77138497.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s978.photobucket.com/user/uncle_psychosis/media/guitar/M2000/DSC_0595_zps70dfbf4a.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s978.photobucket.com/user/uncle_psychosis/media/guitar/M2000/DSC_0596_zpsedbf23ba.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s978.photobucket.com/user/uncle_psychosis/media/guitar/M2000/DSC_0597_zps0d2f1dcd.jpg.html"][/url]

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1374078083' post='2145070'] That's a shame, but I know what you mean; you could of course add a jazz bass style after-market pickguard which would look sexy. Unfortunately it would have to be a custom pickguard, but I'm sure The Bass Doc on here could knock one up. [/quote] Is that your bass? Looks killer with that PG. Much improved over stock.

I say this as a huge fan of the Ramones... ...whats the point of the Dee Dee sig? Does it have any non standard features whatsoever? Or is it just a white P bass?

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1409084171' post='2536243'] People are sometimes a bit quick to get angry and keen to make a point over this issue. On one occasion a soundman suggested to our drummer that he ask the headline band's drummer if he could share his kit to make things easier. He did this and received an aggressively phrased reply about being a professional, would you let me borrow your wife/car/Rolex? etc, before our poor chap had a chance to say that he had brought his own kit and had no problem setting it up! [/quote] I agree. Too many grumpy buggers kicking about!

[quote name='Subbeh' timestamp='1409576299' post='2541029'] No but always happy to put some money Macmillan nurses way, it's a shame how many people seem to ignore that aspect. [/quote] I was on the MND icebucket justgiving page earlier in the week. They were making at least £500 a minute in donations. It's a total myth that people aren't donating.

I have no real preference either way and just judge each bass on its own merits. I think this may make me a bit odd round these parts...

Reggae lines are normally quite easy to play, in terms of notes, but nailing the feel is really hard. Make sure to pay extra attention to note duration, it's a critical part of getting it to sound good.

My experience with Thomann (in June) was very different. New bass arrived. Had some (very minor, but annoying) cosmetic faults that should have been caught by the manufacturer before leaving the factory. I sent them photos and asked "what can we do?", they sent me a pre-paid return label within the hour (no quibbles), I sent the bass back, they shipped a replacement to me about three hours after the faulty one arrived with them. They were also a lot more helpful and friendly via email than the last British shop I tried to return something to. Sorry to hear about your problems with them.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1398952800' post='2439359'] NBD - Non Reverse Thunderbird [/quote] 'cor, thats a bit special innit Matt?

[quote name='Dave_the_bass' timestamp='1408455536' post='2530325'] If I were "normal" I'd agree with you both. To clarify a few things. Current cable situation is: 1 cable from tuner to tuner out 1 cable from footswitch to mute socket 1 cable from final effect in chain to amp (Possibly) the cable from the amp control switches [/quote] You could remove two of those cables by putting your tuner in line with the rest of your pedals and using it as a mute. Those tuner outs always seemed utterly pointless to me.

Hey folks I've got a GLX BLM-1 compressor/limiter which is a clone of the boss LMB-3. I'm trying to set it just to tame any big peaks, maybe add a touch of sustain but nothing too major. Any tips on setting it up? I've got the ratio quite high and the threshold too (the output from my M-2000 is really hot). I find it hard to hear any actual limiting though! Any good tips for working out what its doing? Also, for this application, should it go before or after my dirt pedal? Thats the only other pedal I have. I know I can try it and see, but how would you do it (and why?)

DHA makes a very basic DI with EQ. Depending how cheap "cheap" needs to be the Zoom B3 is an excellent piece of kit (I use mine for headphone practice).

Hey folks I'm teaching myself to play fingerstyle (I also play with a pick). One thing that is holding me back is that one of my plucking fingers is more dominant than the other. So rather than alternating between them I tend to use one a lot more than the other. Anyone got any good exercises for trying to sort this out and get used to alternating them?

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1407877260' post='2525047'] This. Some people will try and convince you that you dont actually NEED a bitcrusher, but dont listen to them. [/quote]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1407944243' post='2525589'] I don't get this and I would always have the bass tuned normally for transit. If you loosen the strings then the tension of the truss rod is no longer balanced by the string tension and I can't see how that is in any way advantageous. [/quote] Its because on *some* guitars---with a steep headstock angle---having the strings at full tension can make it (the headstock) more likely to snap. I suspect its more likely to be a problem with Gibson style 6-strings like Les Pauls and SGs that have notoriously fragile headstocks. Even then I'd probably only loosen them a step or two. Most bass guitars would be OK I reckon.

[quote name='The Badderer' timestamp='1407593279' post='2522135'] All basses are not equal and people like Thomann have some amazingly cheap deals on certain gear, but along with that cheapness goes a complete lack of care for you as a customer (dare I say it, but as a Brit you probably aren't going to be top of the list for decent customer service from them). [/quote] I'm British and had absolutely impeccable customer service from Thomann when I had issues with a purchase. They went above and beyond what I expected. In contrast, the last time I bought something from a UK based company that developed a problem they truly did not give a s**t. I would very, very happily use Thomann again.

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1407766461' post='2523735'] Hi as stated in the listing ...If your interested in Brands I would personally recommend that you buy a bass made from similar wood with a similar sound with an expensive logo and price tag on it maybe a fender. if you can spare over a grand!!![/quote] Alternatively you could buy an identical bass made from identical wood and with an identical sound with a cheap logo on the headstock and a price tag of about 50% less, maybe a Harley Benton. If you can spare a ton!!!!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1404295573' post='2491175'] Probably a hard core of two or three hundred regular contributors, plus about ten times that who lurk, I'm guessing. If thousands upon thousands of members contributed regularly it would be like Talkbass which is chaotic and unwieldy, in my humble opinion! [/quote] ^ This. I find that Talkbass has some really interesting stuff on it but it moves so quickly that its very, very easy to miss things.

[quote name='madshadows' timestamp='1407687629' post='2523026'] Well the guy selling it replied, see below [/quote] What a depressing level of BS from the guy. The best thing I'll say about it is that its nice to see some "real world" photos of that model. Looks pretty sweet.

[quote name='sk8' timestamp='1407566072' post='2521788'] Build thread is here. Lete know if you want anymore info [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/196521-custom-telecaster-bass-build/page__pid__1974426#entry1974426"]http://basschat.co.u...26#entry1974426[/url] [/quote] Thanks! Really is lovely. Have you received it yet? Bet you can't wait!

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1407239413' post='2518609'] [size=4][/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#000000][font=Arial]([i]My emphasis[/i]...)[/font][/color][/size] [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1407239746' post='2518615'] Quite right, too. A [b]portion[/b] of my income goes to charidee - but I don't like to talk about it, of course. [/quote] Reading about this earlier on another site I think some of the money is going to the charity and some of it is going directly to Claypool's nephew who has leukemia. I doubt Les Claypool is pocketing the proceeds.

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1407174195' post='2518065'] Hey, thanks for the nice post. That's a great idea, sadly it hasn't worked out for me. I tried keyboard but the position causes issues, I tried lap steel but that didn't work out. I am lucky though that I have a lovely old parlour acoustic which is tiny but sounds awesome. I play that in little bursts at times. [/quote] Sorry to hear that. There's always less conventional things like programmable synths or very unusual things like theremins that don't require physical touch to operate. I guess it depends on how much you're tied to playing stringed instruments---I know I would find it hard to give up playing bass. All the best!

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1406394086' post='2511182'] www.tagboardeffects.blogspot.com looks a lot like this: [url="http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/Idiotbox-Blowerbox2_zps3cf42eeb.png.html"][/url] If you're using an LM741 opamp instead of the 308 then you can take the 30pf cap out, as the 741 has one built in. [/quote] Thanks! What do the blue circles on the links/cuts diagram mean? Never seen that before.

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1407164686' post='2517939'] Why not just turn it off? [/quote] Why bother turning it off when flight mode does essentially the same thing but quicker?