uncle psychosis

There have been yamaha TRBs going for £300ish on the forum recently. Fantastic basses.

I actually think its quite strange how many people only bother to see what the fees are going to be *after* they sell something. There's even a calculator on the eBay site now, there is no reason not to know beforehand what its going to cost you. By all means if you don't like the fees don't use them, but using their service and *then* complaining about the price is a bit daft IMO.

[quote name='ML94' timestamp='1396293686' post='2412016'] This might go off at a tangent but ... Where do you guys buy your strings for ? [/quote] My current strings of choice are Pressurewounds. And, annoyingly, the only Pressurewounds long enough to fit on my 35" TRB1005 are Ken Smith Compressors, for which there appear to be zero UK stockists. So I have to order them from the States (and pay about an extra 50% for the postage costs) or find a friendly USA-dweller who is either coming to visit me or is willing to post them to me directly at more reasonable cost. The strings are worth it though! For those of you who have shorter basses, the GHS Pressurewounds are very good indeed and IME are nearly identical to the Ken Smiths, only shorter. I'm led to believe that GHS make the Smiths, which would maybe explain the similarity.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1396080905' post='2409671'] I like some of it but get a bit confused as to where the boundaries are between hip hop and rap etc, but I suppose if you like something, then its good, right? [/quote] [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1396084792' post='2409718'] i don't think there are any boundaries. in my experience Rap is Hip Hiop, just a different word for the same genre. [/quote] Rap is just a vocal style. Hip Hop is a genre of music in which rap is commonly featured. You can have rap without the song being hip-hop (see: John Barnes' legendary rap in World In Motion)

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1396010829' post='2408974'] Is there really any point in going over and over this anyway? I like a flat EQ [/quote] So on every single amp you've ever used you set the eq the same?

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1396002112' post='2408798'] Ok, I take on board what you are saying but the op was about flat EQ which is a different term to flat signal. [b]We all know what someone means when they sat flat EQ[/b], so I can't for the life of me understand what all the fuss is about. I think maybe we should look to my profile pic to put this in perspective [/quote] Yes, they mean "I put the controls on my amp to their centre positions", which is a fairly meaningless concept. Plug your bass into an SVT and put the controls to the centre position. Have a listen. Then plug the same bass into a Hartke LH500 and put the controls to the centre position. The end results will sound completely and utterly different. "Flat EQ" on Amp A sounds different to "Flat EQ" on Amp B. Its what it sounds like that matters, not what arbitrary position you've set the controls to. A more correct question would be "who has found an amp whose default tonestack suits you?".

The answer is not to bother going to see bands who are past-it playing in venues that are far too big. Expecting excitement and energy from artists that haven't produced anything relevant or exciting in decades and who are still living off past glories is never going to go well. Go and see some young, up and coming bands instead, or at the very least artists who are still producing [i]new[/i] material which is worth listening to!

number 1, in white.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1395739580' post='2405575'] Understood Lemmy, but why would he get someone to come round and remove a date written on the fretboard unless he knew it was a fake date? [/quote] He got someone to come round and remove the fingerboard (neck) so that the date could be read. Its poor English, not necessarily any kind of scam.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1395740023' post='2405579'] Incredible, eh? Considering it's the style of bass I have owned longest and owned the larger number of (mostly because I went "meh, I don't like this" ) it's a surprising revelation. It's also given me a new sense of purpose: I do want a decent P now. It means maple fingerboard (of course), with a very nice neck (wide and chunky, but "just so"), and that has that "thump" in it (which means trying a bunch...). One day. The P certainly has its place beside the Stingray and Jazz. I have generally used a Jazz neck pickup to mimic a P, which it does to some extent, but there's something missing that even a lowly SR Precision has. [/quote] Knowing your love of bridge pickups you should try a BB series Yamaha. Its not quite *the* P sound but I think you might like it. You're welcome to a go on my 414 if you fancy

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1395231064' post='2399933'] Under good old 'invitation to treat' legal rulings I don't think a shop has to sell at a price that's displayed so, if I'm correct, he could have refused your 'offer to buy' at the displayed price [/quote] This is correct.

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.