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[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1359649099' post='1958224'] How does paypal work in this respect? If someone sends money as a gift either the sender or recipient has to pickup the fees - usually the sender, as I thought that was the point of requesting payment as a gift. So I not sure how this is dishonest or why paypal would need to up their fees to cover money sent this way? I thought the only difference was you get the option of who pays the fees, and of course no buyer protection. I've made payment as a purchase in the past, but checked the fees beforehand by looking at the fee for sending as a gift and then adding the amount on to the money I'm sending. Have I been short changing the seller or something??? [/quote] If I understand the [url="https://cms.paypal.com/al/cgi-bin/?&cmd=_render-content&content_ID=ua/UserAgreement_full#Exhibit%20A%20-%20Fees."]paypal website correctly[/url], then the fees work like this: 1. For buying goods etc,[b] the seller[/b] pays fees of 3.4% + 20p 2. For sending personal payments, then if the money comes directly from a paypal balance, or from your bank account (ie not a credit/debit card), then there are no fees for anyone. If you pay by credit/debit card, then there are fees of 3.4% + 20p payable to paypal, but the[b] sender chooses who pays the fee[/b].

I won't pay by paypal gift unless its for a really small item. I prefer to add a little bit extra and use "normal" paypal and cover the sellers fees---its only about 3% so you're not paying very much for a lot more peace of mind. Hope you get it sorted. Unfortunately some people are just uselessly slow.

If you like how it sounds, then don't change the bass. Just get an A/B box or something that has adjustable levels and set it up for your two basses. Or just turn the amp up when you change bass! Seriously, if you like the sound don't faff about with new pickups or preamps or any of that stuff. You don't need to. Something like this might work: [url="http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/radial-engineering-bigshot-i-o-selector-switch"]http://www.musicians...selector-switch[/url] or http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/morley-twin-mix-aby-switcher-splitter-combiner

I would very much like to be able to play Piano (jazz and classical, please) and Drums (all styles). Sadly I don't seem to have the ability to play the "multi-tasking" instruments all that well and am more suited to single-note instruments like the flute or the bass.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1357304760' post='1920643'] Be thankful you don't have someone like Mr Venom in your band. If his mic stand lasts to the end of a gig it's a miracle. Sometimes they don't even make it to the end of the first song! [/quote] that must eat into the band takings...

I can't see myself ever owning or playing a 6 string bass but if someone else wants to get one then thats fine by me. Life would be boring if we were all the same.

Hey folks Has anyone added a thumbrest to a BB? I just picked up a BB414 and really like it, but having come from a 5-string I can't quite find the right place to put my thumb when playing the E-string. The edge of the P pickup seems *slightly* too far away (might get used to it I suppose) and since I prefer to play closer to the neck I'm not going to use the J pickup as a thumbrest! Cheers

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1359504514' post='1956014'] Yea that's all good. I have to use the 'proper' stuff and it's only a few quid more and saves time in case of leccy proof glue. [/quote] Well, someone who makes guitars probably needs to do a slightly better job than me shielding my own guitar! I suspect if I were building guitars regularly, though, that it might just be easier to use copper paint?

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1359503138' post='1955995'] The adhesive on slug tape isn't generally conductive. Stick it to your plant pots instead. That's what it's for. wd music, allparts, axetec etc. Soldering onto copper tape which is stuck to wood isn't always straight forward. The wood sucks the heat up see. One 12"x12" sheet of the real deal should do a few guitars for under a tenner. [/quote] Well, I used it to shield a tele---didn't need to solder onto it, my multimeter reckoned it was conductive, and the shielding worked. Maybe I just got lucky...

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1359489976' post='1955651'] I'm looking for some of this... any idea where to get it from? Most places do not indicate whether the adhesive is conductive or not... [/quote] I bought some cheap slug tape off eBay for about £1.50 and it seems to be conductive.

Bought a BB414 from Lloyd---good price, nice friendly comms, packed the bass very well. A very minor hiccup with the courier but I'd happily buy from him again. Cheers Lloyd!

I've always found the trick to learning fast sections is to learn them "backwards". Not literally backwards, let me try and explain: Rather than learning the first few notes of the fast bit, then trying to learn the next bit, start at the end of the phrase and learn the last few notes. Once you've got them down, learn another few notes just before the end. Then, add a few more notes until eventually you're playing through the whole phrase. The reason this works is because you go [b]from[/b] a tricky/new bit to a bit you can already play---to my mind this is fundamentally easier than going from a bit you can play [b]to[/b] a new/tricky bit. Give it a try

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fees.html I think its 10%, capped at £75.

I'd rather just get some small self-adhesive glow in the dark stickers, or, even better, just learn my way round the neck properly (its not *that* hard). Unless you're playing a very unusual/futuristic bass LEDs just look silly, IMO.

The mind boggles. "I know, I'll try and sell something for £1400 and just use a stock photo off the internet". Are these people nuts?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1359029473' post='1948634'] Top Tip: Grease from a KFC is cheaper, and delicious too! [/quote] I played flute for many years before picking up a bass and a teacher once taught me a great (if icky) tip. Moving from low C to low C# on a flute involves a slighty tricky rolling of your pinky from one key to another, but is made infinitely easier if, beforehand, you rub your pinky down the side of your nose to pick up some nice greasy lubrication

[quote name='Bobby K' timestamp='1359019951' post='1948447'] Hello chaps, interesting thread! I'm doing a theatre tour next month with the Kate Bush tribute and it's gonna be no amps on stage, with in ear monitoring only. so I'm gonna be looking at getting something like this. Not sure which one though... Gonna be running two passive basses, both fretted and fretless (with some chorus on the fretless stuff, via my old Boss chorus pedal) - I know some of these have a facility for two inputs. Any recommendations anyone? [/quote] The EBS Microbass II may be right up your street.

[quote name='AnalogBomb' timestamp='1358941627' post='1947295'] I know what people are saying about the manufacturing process and the impossibility of things being right 100% of the time. This to me, doesn't make it right. For companies that invest god knows how much in R&D to release a product, that has to be recalled a few months later, should be covering every angle. I could understand it more if it was a cheap, tacky product, but it's not. It's a reasonable price, but still £235 is a lot of money to me and I'm sure many other people. [/quote] In order to 100% guarantee that everything is absolutely perfect they would have to do so much testing that it would cost significantly more than £235.

ER20s for me too.

These idiots only get away with it because people put up with it. Thankfully all of my musical adventures have been with people I already knew socially, so no problems dealing with muppetry!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1358942939' post='1947324'] GAS, eh? [/quote]

You'll get less fret noise if you change to flats... ...but your bass will also sound totally different. Some people love flats, others don't. Personally, I play quite hard and I compensate by having slightly high action. Works for me.

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1358956100' post='1947605'] Still think the SKB FPB4 (from memory) is a stunning case at 75 quid. [/quote] I like SKB cases, but since two (!) of their hard foam cases (the SC-44 model) fell apart on me I'm not so keen.

I disagree that if you don't get gigging quickly you never will. My band rehearsed for 18 months before we even thought about gigging---although, to be fair, we did start out as just three guys who wanted to make a racket in a rehearsal room...