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I'd just put the screws back in! You could always get some black screws if silver ones stand out too much.

For me, the most important part of pick technique is learning to alternate pick. It makes a huge difference if you can do it.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1394808277' post='2395471'] I'd guess a Rotosound Swing Bass? [/quote]

Daft question, what strings are on it? I bought a bass that had strings with red silks like that but I never knew what they were.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1394799565' post='2395347'] Some people don't read though. [/quote] Then for that small number of people take the massively inconvenient step of sending them a response that says "no, the price is firm thank you". People get remarkably precious about this. Its bizarre.

In this kind of informal marketplace I always think a small degree of haggling is perfectly acceptable and should almost be expected. If you really don't want to haggle on price and are one of the people who gets upset if people try to then put the phrase "No offers, price is firm" in your ad. If you know you aren't going to shift on price then make that clear from the outset and save yourself the angst and irritation.

That looks great, kind of like an aerodyne P but less fancy.

All you need is a USB cable and the "edit and share" software from Zoom. You can download it on their website. You can also use the software to rearrange, rename, and just generally edit the patches on your B3. It is very straightforward to use.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1394468556' post='2391635'] Gold on gold can work too: [IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC00290_zpsc18d4a5a.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC00297_zps7ec03d79.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC00298_zps6783976b.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] Im sure I say this everytime you post this but I love that bass. Yum.

I'm fairly sure that it's meant to be a joke. Not that it's funny. Still, at least the ad makes it easy to filter out whether you'd want to work with them!

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1394274789' post='2389733'] If I was using a DHA for dirt, I'd do the same as sk8. If I was using the DHA as a pre amp, I'd put it last. But, that doesn't mean I wouldn't shift things about to see how they sounded. Always do that & see what you like. [/quote] This is pretty much word for word what I was going to say.

[quote name='rubis' timestamp='1394280419' post='2389805'] Hartnoll's are advertising this nice black one [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/G-L-Tribute-SB-2-Bass-Metallic-Grey-RW-/161164784352?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item25862b72e0"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item25862b72e0[/url] [/quote] something about those photos makes the neck look way too long in proportion to the body!!

I'm happy with my gear! I've never really been too fussy with tonal minutiae, so the kit that I've got gets me the sounds I need. However, im not 100% happy with my technique, which in my opinion is much more important to what I sound like than where the tone stack on my amp has been set.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1394205516' post='2389164'] I thought I'd read somewhere that Marr wrote a lot of the basslines or is this not so? Not particularly bothered either way tbh. [/quote] I don't believe that's true. [Andy Rourke's playing on The Queen Is Dead album] "[i]is something that no other bass player could match[/i]" --- Johnny Marr [i][color=#405055]"He started off as a really good guitar player, but as I progressed, he got really interested in playing the bass. The two of us had this musical chemistry that everybody can hear in the Smiths. To this day, I’ve never met a bass player who isn’t super impressed by the way Andy Rourke plays. He’s a real one-off." --- [b]Johnny Marr[/b][/color][/i] [i]"When I was fifteen, I formed one of my first bands with my best friend. He was at that time the best musician, one of the best musicians I’d ever heard. We were just kids. Then in 1982, I formed a band in Manchester and I asked my best friend to come play the bass with me. And he was still one of the best musicians I’d ever heard. And tonight thirty years later, I’m gonna invite one of my best friends in the world, and he’s still one of the best musicians I’ve ever heard. From The Smiths... Mr. Andy Rourke! "[/i][color=#405055] - [/color][b]Johnny Marr[/b][color=#405055] (introducing Andy Rourke onto the stage i)[/color]

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1394211372' post='2389237'] I have never liked the Smiths. Far to depressing for me, and i don`t like Morriseys singing at all [/quote] I've always thought that Morrisey's lyrics should be taken as black, self deprecating humour rather than taking them at face value. I've never seen them as a depressing band.

[quote name='oggiesnr' timestamp='1394188657' post='2388854'] I've met lots of them although usually it only applies if you get north of the central belt. Most of the couriers charge quite a hefty premium for deliveries in that area. Steve [/quote] Highlands and Islands I can (just about) understand. But charging £13.39 for delivery to Edinburgh or Glasgow is mental.

[quote name='mark_random' timestamp='1394185145' post='2388771'] Hi Pete. Mark from GAK here. Thanks so much for this. Always nice to get some good feedback! [/quote] Mark, When I go to the GAK website the site offers "free postage over £99". However, put in an address in Scotland and you get told "you need to spend £299 for free shipping to Scotland" and instead offers you postage at £13.39... This crazy policy cost you a sale last week. I've never encountered a company that treats Scotland differently to the rest of the UK. Is there a reason for it?

See, Morrissey might be a twat but lyrically and vocally what he does in The Smiths is unmitigated genius as far as I'm concerned. People keep telling me they don't like him but my brain cannot comprehend that concept. Its a bit like saying "there are no foods that I like" or "I don't like reading". I mean, sure, you can think that if you like...but, what???

I wouldn't be paying £170 for that lineup, that's for sure.

Hey folks I know there are a few B3 users here, anyone care to share your patches? To start with I guess just post your settings, but if we get enough interest maybe we can set up an online repository somewhere for everyone to post their patches directly. I've got a couple of nice ones based on ideas I got from Talkbass, I'll post them when I get home.

I love The Smiths. I can't understand why anyone wouldn't! My favourite Smiths bassline is the one from What Difference Does It Make? Absolutely brilliant.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1394122929' post='2388179'] It's in the terms of the guarantee that apply. The 'return in 7 days' or whatever expired once you'd accepted the first item (and presumably were happy with until it broke, or you'd have sent it back then...). The replacement item is also guaranteed, of course. If it's faulty, get them to accept it back for either a refund or another, satisfactory, item. If, however, you're simply disenchanted, despite it working properly, I'd say that you've no redress. I'm not in any way a legal expert; this is simply how I think it works, given the information in the OP. Hope this helps (but that's unlikely... ) [/quote] This would be my expected outcome, too.

If you want to increase your sustain then buy a compressor, not a new bridge!

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1394036111' post='2387200'] But that was in the "good old days" before shed loads of countries split up and became several countries, and a load of Eastern block states of Russia suddenly became European! [/quote] The last time new countries were added was 2008 (Azerbaijan and San Marino, apparently)... we came fifth in 2009. Hardly the mark of a country that everyone hates and noone votes for. We do badly because we treat it as a joke and enter no-marks and has-beens singing terrible songs. ...and yes, I need to find something better to do than google Eurovision facts and statistics

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1394024457' post='2387004'] The important thing to remember about "audiophile" HiFi systems is that no-one who is in the business of actually recording, mixing or mastering music uses any of those sorts of systems. I think the average HiFi fanatic would be appalled if they saw the sorts of very ordinary (but perfectly serviceable) cables and the distances that the audio signals run through these in a typical recording studio. However it doesn't seem to have done the actual [b]MUSIC[/b] any harm. [/quote] Exactly. Its also telling that high quality scientific equipment---high end oscilloscopes, military radar systems and so on---don't have any of these megabucks directional connectors or power cables that cost £££. If they gave you better signal to noise then people other than audiophiles would be using them.