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[quote name='fatboyslimfast' timestamp='1327914545' post='1518516'] Hmmm, nice idea - but I doubt that even selling all four of my basses and all my amps would get me near the price required for a G&L...! [/quote] A Tribute L2000 sold on here the other week for less than £400...

[quote name='Stickman' timestamp='1327406510' post='1510581'] Some people seem to be taking this overly serious - it's just a few lines from one of Rollins' books/spoken word routines that some venue employee has copied out and posted up somewhere for a laugh... [/quote] Ex-ack-er-ly. Some people round here need to lighten up a bit.

[quote name='Shambo' timestamp='1327326644' post='1509305'] There's nothing pourous about the poly finish on any bass I've ever owned, or the glossy neck, shiney metal and plastic. If residue sits on them, I'll give it a wipe. Do nitro finishes allow smoke through to the wood? Does carbon fibre hold a musty smell when curry is eaten in the same room? I've already said I can understand unfinished wood might retain a smell but personally, I've never even held a bass made of unfinished wood, and if I did I'd be more bothered about the damp sweat and dirt build up in the grain. [/quote] Good luck trying to "wipe off" the stench of smoke from the material inside a case. My mate's hardcase stinks so much you can smell it from several feet away when he opens it. As for the guitars themselves- nicotine stains. That's why smokers get yellow teeth and fingers (even though they wash their hands and brush their teeth a lot more than people clean their basses) Even assuming you can "wipe it off"- It would be like buying a guitar covered in caked on mud or grease. You might well buy a guitar in that kind of nick, but you'd certainly want to pay less for it!

I don't think I could ever spend more than £1k. And even then, it would have to be *really* special. The only things I can see myself buying in the future are a nice jazz and a nice precision- excellent of examples of both can be had new (never mind second hand) for less than £1k too

Man, I'm excited by this. I love shell pink. Can't wait to see more!

I have no idea how experienced you are---but have you considered going to a bass teacher? (an actual, proper bass teacher, not just someone who dabbles a bit). You might find that they are able to help you change your technique a bit to put less strain on your wrist. Even if you're really fastidious about your technique you might find that a second opinion useful.

The "normal" convention is that an accidental is only cancelled by a natural sign or the end of the bar.

Might give this one a go. Mind you, thanks to 2 Many DJs *this* is how I think it should go... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnuESiOt_yQ[/media]

I'm a big fan of "Vintage" (the brand, not the age implication!). I've owned a few of their instruments and all of them were/are superb instruments.

It was a free listings weekend, so he might just be reserving the slots whilst they were still free...

Not sure if this is the right place but I have a request for the mobile version of the site: When I open a thread on my mobile its really hard to navigate pages of a thread. I can go forwards one page or backwards one page. There's no way to jump to either the end or the start of the thread (that I can find). Is it possible to add this kind of functionality?

[quote name='ObscureRyan' timestamp='1325784557' post='1487686'] I can't hear notes by ear. [/quote] I'm genuinely not trying to be funny here...but how do you tell if you're playing the right notes at a gig or not? Its pretty much exactly the same thing.