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[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1407179000' post='2518126'] The Pixies are bloody awful in their own right, regardless of my superiority ( thanks for acknowledging that, by the way, your humility is a lesson to me ) . I couldn't care less what music you like or don't. You can listen to Run Rig as far as I am concerned but just because you like something, it doesn't make it good. [/quote] You're doing a great impression of someone that doesn't care. Most teenagers have a more mature attitude towards music they don't like than the one you're displaying here. I'm actually embarrassed on your behalf reading back some of your posts in this thread

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1407176926' post='2518099'] I haven't heard of half of the players Dingus is spouting about but I know every player I met with similar views against anyone they didn't enjoy listening too was a terrible player themselves, not in their own opinion obviously, just sayin' [/quote] Dingus doesn't deal in opinions Pete. Just the facts.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1407174565' post='2518069'] What is implicit in what you say in your previous post is that lack of musical ability is compensated for by great songwriting skills. The Pixes have neither musical ability or songwriting skills. It's just another average indie band making a racket. The rest is sophistry. They are a one-song band , and that monkey went to heaven a long, long time ago. I know because I was there at the time. [/quote] Here was me labouring under the impression that I liked the Pixies. Now of course I bow down to your superior artistic values and realise that in fact I don't like them at all. In fact, no one likes them and they definitely haven't written any songs that have influenced an entire generation of musicians. Please share the master list of worthy bands please, I'd like to know which of my cds I can keep and which ones I'll have to get rid of.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1407171439' post='2518037'] The point is that my favourite female bass players are the ones that play bass the best, just the same as the male bass players I like . The rest is superfluous. [/quote] And My favourite bass players are the ones who write songs I like the most. Like I said. Anyway, how do you define "the best" in terms of playing bass? Is Marcus Miller "the best" in comparison to Geddy Lee? Is James Jamerson "the best" in comparison to Paul Chambers? At somepoint it has to become about whose music you prefer. [quote] They are just another average indie band that got lucky and captured peoples imagination at a particular time , and they have traded on that initial success ever since. They are not a talented band, despite their longevity. [/quote] You just described 99% of successful rock/pop bands. [quote]You seem to equate lack of technical ability with some automatic compensation of good taste and populist appeal. That is completely erroneous. [/quote] Nonsense, thats not what I said at all. What I said was that you don't have to be a great player to write great songs. Its quite clear that you really don't understand the influence of the Pixies. Their songs---not their attitude or ability---is what people were (and are) inspired by.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1407170267' post='2518021'] Why is that a good thing? Why should I celebrate or be thankful for that? Why do you see that as some kind of vindication for Kim Deal's lack of ability? Does the world really need more inept bass players? I want [i]less [/i]players inspired by Kim Deal and her ilk, not more. [/quote] You said she wasn't inspirational. She's inspired a lot of people whether you like it or not. Deal with it. It must be strange to live in a place where music is only enjoyable if it's difficult to play.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1407161393' post='2517888'] There are, of course, lots of highly accomplished women bassists - Carole Kaye, Gail Ann Dorsey, Kim Clarke, Me'Sell, Julie Slick and Esperanza Spalding , to name but a few, are all brilliant players who I admire and enjoy . But a lot of the other names being touted here are not good bass players . In fact, some of them are bloody awful. It would be extremely patronizing to pretend otherwise because they are women . Whatever appeals to folks about them, it is not the musicality of their bass playing. Enjoy whatever you please and if you like her music then good for you , but don't try and tell me that Kim Deal is a great and[b] inspirational [/b]bass player, because she has forged a terrific career out of being a lousy bass player. That is her most notable achievement . She and others like her are music personalities rather than a skilled musicians.[/quote] I absolutely guarantee you that Kim Deal has inspired far more people to take up bass than at least five of the other bassists you name. The thread is "favourite" female bassist. Not "best" female bassist. If you asked me to name my favourite male bass players I doubt any of the names I'd mention would blow anyone away with technical ability. However, for many of us the single most important aspect of musicality is songwriting. Having chops is brilliant but for me writing killer songs is where its at. Kim Deal may well be a "lousy" bass player but hundreds of thousands of people (if not millions) could sing you the bassline to dozens of Pixies songs. Lines don't have to be technically difficult to be brilliant.

Wow. One of the best basses I've ever seen here on BC. Absolutely love it. Can we have some more info about it?

I hated the DC-9 I had. Horrible sounding thing. If you're looking for a cheap compressor I'd recommend the Marshall ED-1. The LMB-3 and its various clones are good too.

Hey man, that sounds really rubbish. I know you weren't looking for sympathy but you definitely have mine. Hope you can get sorted out! One thing to remember is that other instruments are available! I've always thought of myself as someone who makes music and happens to play bass, not as a bass player who makes music. Making a racket is more important than what instrument you use! Perhaps if bass playing has become physically difficult there might be something else you are able to play?

[color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] Hey folks[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] I've got a B3 that I've been mainly using as a practice tool. I've got it plugged into a small mixer via the balanced out connector for headphone practice and playing along to records.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] I recently bought a G&L M-2000 and the output from this bass is really hot. Much, much hotter than any of my other basses. My mixer is clipping because the signal is way too loud, even with all of the effects on the B3 off. [/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] I'm a bit of a dunce at these things, whats the best way to adjust things? Turn down the gain on the mixer channel? Turn down the global B3 level? Turn down the patch level? If it makes any difference I'd like to use the same settings when I plug into an amp or DI straight to the PA. [/font][/color]

I love the finish but other than that...no thanks.

Yep, last is the "default" delay position but you can get some cool effects by placing it elsewhere.

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1406212473' post='2509379'] Thanks for all feedback so far. I have tried the G&L and LOVED the tones but with a nut width of 44mm it's beastly on my hands. If they made it with a narrower neck, this would be the one. I will have to do my research on Ibaneezers. The Jazz bass in white would tick my Paul Turner wannabe box. I love that dude's playing and tone. The Laklands look nice. Never played one but they stock 'em in Glasgow so I will have a play. Musicmans are the bomb too. I notice there's no love for Warwick here so far. I had considered a Streamer LX purely on youtube demos but they're hard to obtain round these parts - in fact, I don't know of a stockist in Scotland. [/quote] The m2000 neck isn't as chunky as that on the l2000. :-)

I recently bought a G&L M-2000 (Tribute) and its fantastic. Really versatile.

[quote name='Me And My Bass' timestamp='1406148723' post='2508875'] did yous get an email saying you got the funds? [/quote] Yes. No idea what I'm going to buy though. Don't really need anything at the minute.

[quote name='kerley' timestamp='1406119746' post='2508491'] Wonder what places like Thomann do for insurance. Had a bass arrive this week using ParcelForce (via DHL) so it was presumably not covered if I reported it back broken? [/quote] Businesses can afford to not insure stuff. When you're sending out thousands of parcels daily, the saving you make by not paying insurance premiums easily covers the few that might have required insurance.

Wow. That looks great. Can anyone explain to me how a transparent quilt top refinish like this works? It must be a lot more complicated than a solid colour refin.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1405535221' post='2502855'] Finished my Idiotbox Blowerbox clone today. I put an extra switch on it for a 'low gain' setting too… It's the first time I've gone for a 'Rat' based dirt box, as I've always been a Muff sort of guy, but I'm loving it. [/quote] The blowerbox has me intrigued, but they're quite expensive and there weren't any for sale last time I looked! Where did you get the schematic/layout from?

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1405982295' post='2507310'] I think I'm probably quoting you... so thank you [/quote] No worries. I didn't come up with it!

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1405946592' post='2506766'] I guess he should've been dishonest and told the OP that the bass had fallen or been knocked off the stand, and was broken . [/quote] That behaviour deserves negative feedback too. He could always have been honest [b]and[/b] sold the item for what he wanted, using a reserve or a buy it now price.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1405945941' post='2506758'] I don't see he's been at all dishonest (in fact quite the contrary), or done anything untrustworthy, again he's been quite honest and said "look, it's gone for less that I expected, can we cancel ?" Dishonest and untrustworthy to me is saying something's like new when it isn't, or not posting something that's been paid for. I thought the feedback thing was to inform buyers about sellers selling dodgy or broken/faulty items, or not posting stuff, basically dishonest sellers. I'm not the seller by the way, and have no affiliation with him or her, I'm just seeing this becoming yet another trial by Basschat witch hunt . [/quote] He may be being honest, but he's also breaking the eBay terms and conditions and undermining the whole concept of an auction. If he wanted a guaranteed return he should have put a reserve on the item or a buy it now price. He deserves negative feedback. Leave it and move on.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1405943535' post='2506718'] A G7 capo is expensive on the face of it, but worth every penny. It's the only one Ive ever come across that doesn't seem to affect the tuning of a guitar. [/quote] I've got a G7 and its really good, but I'd still want to check the tuning when using it.