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[quote name='Stroopy121' timestamp='1355931733' post='1904652'] Thanks for the advice guys! Any other recommendations for other pre-amp/DI pedals? Looking at the Hartke VXL just now as well. xx [/quote] In the last few years I've had a sansamp BDDI, a DHA VT1-Eq-Bass-Drive, and a Hartke Bass Attack. The BDDI got moved on quickly, I liked the DHA but it did a lot more than I needed it to, and the Bass Attack is great. The Bass Attack is what I'm using now.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1355924348' post='1904531'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG940DEAazQ[/media] That's Pantherairsoft's band. [/quote] Not the kind of thing I normally listen to, but thats astoundingly good. Thanks for posting it, and serious props to mr Pantherairsoft

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1355925505' post='1904548'] that's true, I always say there's not enough bass [/quote] We played with a Welsh band that had two bassists and no guitarists. They were really good

So, during the summer I decided I wanted to try flats. Mcnach of this here parish was kind enough to let me try some of his basses, and pointed me in the direction of status hotwires. I ordered some...and they've sat on my shelf ever since. Tonight I put them on my TRB...and.... Why have I not done this before? This is what basses are supposed to sound like!! (plus they feel nicer )

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1355909449' post='1904185'] There is a way around it that my mate used once to get a Custom Shop Strat, I'm not sure I'd do it but it worked for him, basically there are companies in the US that will forward on a purchase for you, you temporarily register your credit card billing address with them so the goods get dispatched to a US address, the company then send it on to you for a fee with whatever customs info you supply to them. [/quote] Yeah... The thing that really puts me off ordering overseas is the hassle if you ever need to send it back under warranty. Add a third party into the mix and you're probably entering a world of pain...

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1355915137' post='1904285'] The upright move seems a very cool one, by the way. I keep thinking about getting one but I feel it would be too hard and I'd get frustrated quickly. Let us know how you find it, once you can start playing it a bit. [/quote] I really want an upright. Not convinced there are enough upright-bass friendly gigs in Edinburgh for two of us though---how's about you take odd weeks and I take even weeks?

[quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1355905325' post='1904130'] To stir things up a bit... I can see how someone can feel insulted by a very low offer. It suggests that the seller doesn't know the value of the item and is a mug. [/quote] Well, either that or it suggests that the buyer is a muppet, or not very clued up on what they're buying---they may not realise that the item in question is a particularly rare finish/spec/year, for instance (many people will not be aware that a JV Squier is worth a lot more than a Squier affinity). Given the number of threads about flakey/weird/odd band members I'd be reluctant to attribute to malice something that may just be caused by sheer muppetry---lets face it, lots of muso types are just on a different planet to the rest of us

Mostly at the moment I'm learning that a 9 month old baby and regular bass practice don't mix well I have, however, set my sights on learning "better living through chemistry" by Queens of The Stone Age so I want to get that done before the New Year.

[quote name='tredders' timestamp='1355908225' post='1904163'] Problem is, it's a very small range that they are prepared to sell & ship to the UK. Unless their policy has changed recently, they only sell a handful of basses to International customers. No Fenders for starters, and none of their used stuff. I remember seeing that they were shipping to the UK earlier in the year and got quite excited about the prospect, until I checked it out. Shame really. [/quote] Hmm, thats a bit pants. I guess thats probably imposed on them by Fender---who probably don't want you bypassing their own European distributors/vendors.

The Yamaha Pacifica is probably the best beginner's guitar of all time. I don't find them very "exciting" but they are great quality, reliable instruments at a silly price (especially second hand). The resale value on them is terrible though.

GuitarCenter will ship to the UK now as well---and last time I looked they claimed to deal with all the taxes etc up front so it should all be transparent and hassle free...

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1355850207' post='1903660'] Aaah, I see. In that case substitute my previous post with..... "I full respect your inalienable right to believe that homeopathy works ............... but you're still a knob". [/quote] Why use a paragraph when a sentence works perfectly

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1355848983' post='1903630'] I have an Sr300 as well one of the 2012 models with the different pickups. It cost me £250 from Guitarguitar and I havent had to adjust anything at all with regards to the set up, it is exactly the way it left the shop. I prefer the Ibanez pickups and pre amp in this to the Bart`s that are fitted to the Sr 500 and 700 models, both of which I have owned. [/quote] Funnily enough it was GuitarGuitar in glasgow that I tried them out!

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1355849046' post='1903631'] Not odd at all; many thousands of people have died to give you the right to form & hold that opinion; whether you want that right or not. Similarly there also hundreds of people right now being tortured, maimed, disappeared or just plain murdered for not having the same opinion as those who govern them. It doesn't make yours or anyone else's opinion more right or wrong than any other, but it's how folk respond to different opinions that's the crucial thing; with a shrug or a bullet. [/quote] I think you've misunderstood me. Of course everyone is [i]entitled[/i] to an opinion---and like you say, being able to freely hold an opinion is a fundamental human right. But my point was that people seem to have fundamentally equated "the right to have an opinion" with "all opinions are of equal value" or "all opinions are right". They think that saying "its my opinion" is some kind of valid argument as to why they should be taken seriously and think that having an opinion on something gives them a seat at the table---like homeopaths demanding a say in how the NHS is run. Some opinions---"the earth is flat", "drinking 16 bottles of cola can cure cancer", "ducks quacks don't echo", "there's no evidence in favour of evolution" are just [i]wrong[/i]. The person is completely free to [i]hold[/i] that opinion, but the rest of us don't necessarily need to give that opinion respect or pay any heed to it.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1355843172' post='1903519'] HAHA! normally, "Noah fence" is followed by some of the most offensive things that have ever been said to you, but because of the rules, you just have to smile It's the same thing as on Jeremy Kyle when somebody says "I'm not a racist, yeah? but...*Insert small minded racist comment*". [/quote] That one always makes me laugh. If I'm feeling brave enough I normally point out that seeing as sober people don't need to start sentences with "i'm not drunk, honest, but..." people who aren't racists don't need to start sentences with things like "I'm not racist, but..." either. The other variant you hear on it is "$insert bigoted comment here$ ... but I guess its not PC to say that anymore".

[quote name='fumps' timestamp='1355844309' post='1903552'] It's a real shame about the set up being poor, the dude in PMT was pretty good & set it up in a few mins for me. Well worth the money [/quote] If I'd been seriously buying, I would have asked them to. But I was just trying out some basses to get some ideas, so I didn't want to waste the shops time!

Browsing Thomann and came across these; http://www.thomann.de/gb/gretsch_g2210_junior_jet_bass_black.htm I think they look great...anyone tried one?

[quote name='fumps' timestamp='1355841143' post='1903465'] It's the best bass for me that i have ever owned.......I gush even now about my lowley budget Ibanez. I know most people will laugh at my £280 bass but I am still besotted by it. [/quote] £230 at Thomann now There is something really drool worthy about the white ones too! Great story, I love hearing about people's love affairs with instruments I tried a whole load of Ibanez basses last time I went shopping---and was put off all of them by horrible setups. All of them had horrific fretbuzz, the actions were set far too low, and it was just impossible to demo them properly. Yeah, I could probably have complained and got the shop to fix them, but I shouldn't have had to. A pity, because I'm sure underneath they were good instruments (and some of them were orange! orange! How awesome is that!!)

[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1355840267' post='1903444'] Ok, how about respecting my right to have the opinion that £500 on a 1973 4001 was a low-ball offer? I think that opinion should be respected, given that someone eventually bought the bass for close to the asking price. [/quote] Yes, you are probably right that that was a "lowball" offer. But if you genuinely got upset about it then you probably shouldn't watch the news or read the papers, because you'll be in for an emotional rollercoaster...

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1355840138' post='1903440'] Well, neither are worth getting offended about for a start. [/quote]

[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1355838256' post='1903372'] An opinion is just that and everyone is entitled to one. [/quote] Yes, but you seem to be under the (mistaken) opinion that all opinions should be respected. I was pointing out that thats not true

[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1355835715' post='1903315'] As to being offended, can't you get it though your head it's MY opinion and you should bloody well respect that instead of calling it 'ridiculous'! [/quote] One of the oddest aspects of modern society is that everyone seems to have gained the idea that calling something "their opinion" makes it sacrosant and of value. Its the same nonsense that leads to homeopaths being allowed "their opinion" on the best ways to cure cancer and creationists being allowed "their opinion" when it comes to the teaching of science in schools. Not all opinions need to be respected. Some of them are just too silly.

Probably my favourite Christmas tune, and definitely one of my favourite bass lines: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1mUHHDBN6w[/media] Another Christmas bass classic: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0NoalRsk5w[/media]

I hit the very first note of the very first song... And my E string snaps. Luckily a very nice bass player from another band spots it, gets his bass out, tunes it for me, and hands it to me just as my bemused bandmates make it to the end of the number. :-)

I'm really not keen on the slade/wizard/mariah carey "now thats what I call Christmas" numbers but there are some truly great alternative Christmas songs out there that I absolutely adore. I'll post some links when I get home tonight (where I can get on youtube).