EssentialTension

[quote name='sharpester' post='594115' date='Sep 9 2009, 05:54 PM']Will a short scale bass help me improve as a player more quickly?[/quote] The simple answer is no. However, if you find a shorter scale bass that somehow suits then maybe it would help you - but not magically so. Shorter scale basses (or some of them anyway) do have a faster feel because there is less of a stretch but speed is not the only thing that matters (I'd say there are many things more important than speed). On the aching hands - I think most bass players have that at least sometimes and anyway it may be related to your technique more than the scale length of the bass. [quote name='sharpester' post='594115' date='Sep 9 2009, 05:54 PM']A second related questions is, how does the sound differ with a change of scale length?[/quote] Well, it differs with different basses but - on average - I'd say shorter scales have a tendency to sound kind of darker. But McCartney's Hofner and Jack Bruce's Gibson are both 30" scale and sound nothing like each other.

[quote name='Clarky' post='594229' date='Sep 9 2009, 07:43 PM']No hard feelings, eh?[/quote] I just had another little play through it and - guess what - no hard feelings!

[quote name='Clarky' post='594229' date='Sep 9 2009, 07:43 PM']No hard feelings, eh? I did buy some D'Addario strings off you [/quote] And at a very good price if I recall.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='594216' date='Sep 9 2009, 07:32 PM']Yeah.. shockingly expensive. I got lucky on eBay, otherwise I'd still have crippling GAS.[/quote] At this moment I have no conception whatsoever of the true nature of GAS. It is fully dissipated.

[quote name='Clarky' post='594219' date='Sep 9 2009, 07:36 PM']As it happens I got mine second-hand (on BC) for £700 [/quote] Yes, I knew that.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='594136' date='Sep 9 2009, 06:09 PM'][/quote] Very cute. The basses, not your knees.

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='594079' date='Sep 9 2009, 05:31 PM']That's winter-wear in Geordieland, man. If it were summer, that'd be Y-fronts at most.[/quote] We're so soft down here. I keep my long ones on even in the summer.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='594138' date='Sep 9 2009, 06:11 PM']I want one but I cant justify the NEW price tag. £1400?![/quote] Well, I did buy a new one and I did get to try it first. I beat the price you quote and got what I felt was a more than fair trade-in value on some other gear. However, as you imply, they are expensive new. My 'justification' was that I couldn't bear the GAS any longer once I'd tried it out and they appear second-hand fairly irregularly. Now I can't wait for next week's rehearsal and gig.

Thanks guys. I've seen the stuff at TB. I've not spotted anyone who has had trouble. [quote name='wateroftyne' post='594054' date='Sep 9 2009, 05:08 PM']One of them even got someone at Mesa to admit it was OK...[/quote] That's what I was looking for.

[quote name='odub' post='594048' date='Sep 9 2009, 05:05 PM']Never done in but lots of online instances of people doing it without problem. Finding an ext cab for less that £500 not so easy.[/quote] [quote name='Clarky' post='594055' date='Sep 9 2009, 05:09 PM']+1 to both! Toasted (aka Joe) has the stack and it looks very good. I have tried (via Items Wanted) to track down a used 112 cab to no avail and a new one is actually up to about £600 now [/quote] Yeah, Toasted's stack looks cool, sounds cool too I should think.

Very nice - except for the knees. Is it still summer in the Geordie Delta?

Today I was lucky enough to be able to buy a Walkabout Scout 112. Actually, it was more that I was unable to resist buying it. It sounds very good. How many of you are running one of these at 2 ohms? The owner's manual says: 'Minimum load rating is 2 Ohms and while the Walkabout will handle this lower load condition [...] it is not recommended. Prolonged use at a 2 Ohm load will cause the power mosfets to run hot causing the protection circuit to trigger and mute the output signal until such time as the mosfets return to safe operating temperature. Avoid using 2 Ohm loads whenever possible.' What is your experience?

And mine... From [quote]23. EssentialTension: Lakland Skyline Decade, Fender Tony Franklin Fretless Precision (and who knows what else)[/quote] To [quote]23. EssentialTension: Lakland Skyline Decade, Fender Tony Franklin Fretless Precision, Mesa Boogie Walkabout Scout 112[/quote]

[quote name='cocco' post='593112' date='Sep 8 2009, 05:51 PM']Id rather do Jade Goody[/quote] Good job she wasn't cremated then.

She's great ...... in every way.

[quote name='bassatnight' post='592603' date='Sep 8 2009, 01:01 AM']Google: sotheby's john entwistle[/quote] I did and couldn't find it.

[quote name='bassatnight' post='592569' date='Sep 7 2009, 11:49 PM']Having checked the Southebys website I found the bass in question, in fact you can see all of the equipment John sold! Christ he had some gear!!: LOT 119 cW - A Lakland semi-acoustic bass guitar 1,000—1,500 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 1,440 GBP measurements N/A Description serial 002 impressed to top edge of headstock, natural waxed finish with single f-hole, twin Bartolini pickups, in gig bag[/quote] Have you got a link for that?

I got a Jazz bass pickguard from WD. Price was fine and the website made it clear which one of many I needed to fit my bass. Delivery next day. I'd shop there again. But if I didn't like the item or the price from them, I wouldn't, that's all. I can't see what the big deal is.

[quote name='flatwound' post='592280' date='Sep 7 2009, 05:44 PM']So,...is it a bass, or a "w***" ?? and I love this... [b]"I'd rather have almost anything else (including piles). Horrible."[/b] and this... "Rather slam my knob in the car door again"........ how did ya manage to do that ?? [/quote] Perhaps you ought not to take me too literallly on the piles bit.

Sold John an Aphex Punch Factory compressor. Immediate payment, good communication. I recommend dealing with him.

[quote name='retroman' post='591350' date='Sep 6 2009, 12:56 PM']OOPS! Hope I haven't started something there [i][b]To me, I would be interested if you tried the bass through an Ashdown. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against their gear, it's just not my cuppa.[/b][/i] Sounded too compressed, and lacked any balls to my ears. I have an all valve Ampeg SVT Classic, which I dare say there are a few out there thinking "oh, one of those horrible vintage sounding things", but it's the sound I like If someone posted, for example "I tried bass "X" through an SVT, and the tone was huge" that would tempt me to try out the same bass......(and then get a GAS attack ) I too agree about the lazy shop comment......I recently ordered a Tbird brand new, and when I collected it, it had a neck like Robin Hood's bow, and the intonation wasn't that clever either. All sorted now though I have tried several new basses, and the set up on them has been shocking, as if they have just been taken out the box, and hung on the wall. Not very clever if you are trying to sell the thing...... [/quote] Do you mean 'would [i]not[/i] be interested'?

[quote name='lee4' post='590983' date='Sep 5 2009, 08:45 PM']+1 here(but without the chalfonts)[/quote] I may have exaggerated for effect!

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='591259' date='Sep 6 2009, 11:02 AM']28 years ago I needed 100w (Marshall Superlead) to be heard in a band 23 years ago I needed 150w (Laney PB150) 17 years ago 250w (H&K BassBase 250 combo) 13 years ago 500w (the above x2) 7 years ago 850w (H&K BassBase 600 @ 2ohms) 2 years ago 1000w (Tech Soundsystems Black Cat OR a pair MB amps) Presently... 500w (Thunderfunk) and to be quite honest I'd bet I could manage with a lot less given what I know about amps, cabs, cab positioning and PA[/quote] And does the 500w now weigh less than the 100w did then?

[quote name='Josh' post='590973' date='Sep 5 2009, 08:28 PM']Being obsessed with seemingly only Flea and frighteningly singled minded, somehow that makes you better than a good percentage of bassists who play 5 strings as part of their successful career? Honestly, going from your About Me section on your profile I thought you'd be at least a bit open minded enough to appreciate why 5 string players play 5's in the first place. You either leave this kind of attitude behind now or let it hinder your learning and playing on the whole.[/quote] Besides which a careful use of the search function would have revealed [s]god[/s] Jamerson knows how many threads about this rubbish already and the OP could just have added his tuppence there.