Twigman

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1438295688' post='2833441'] Another happy Puma 900 owner here. Plenty of power and an EQ that works for me (the more complex an EQ is, the more chance I have of messing it up). [/quote] just what i was going to say. I replaced my stolen GB Shuttle9.2 with the Puma 900 and I have no complaints. In fact I prefer the Puma,.

I think I'll go for another option....I've a Warmoth PJ that I NEVER use....I think I'll get a lined fretless jazz neck and stick it on that.

I've never played a fretless and quite fancy giving it a go, so I'm toying with the idea of picking up a cheap one to try it. Probably would prefer (for practicality) a lined fretless or I'm likely to get lost. I prefer narrower jazz width necks and I prefer also slim necks front to back. Is there such a bass at a budget price? What would you recommend to someone looking to buy his first fretless that might meet these neck specs?

John Cage's well known work 4'33" which famously runs to 4'33" of total silence was originally to be called 4'58" but someone kicked over a beer can towards the end of the session.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeZftK2kO6U[/media]

The best onstage sound I ever had was through an Ampeg 8x10 at Gagarin205 in Athens....I feel your anguish.....my Super12T doesn't quite give the same vibe...

Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpUVAcvWfU[/media] Edit: still struggling with the embed thing

Minotaur do great wide straps which I find help a lot. http://www.thomann.de/gb/minotaur_leather_straps.html I do a 2 to 2 1/2 hour set and have been making my basses lighter and lighter....gotoh resolite tuners & babicz aluminium bridge help keep the weight down.

One thing I'll add is in my experience higher quality basses are easier to play because they're easier to set up properly. Because they're easier to play it's easier to improve your technique and everyone's a winner.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1441292998' post='2857670'] I wonder how many bands have bassists who play Squiers with Fender labels on the headstock. [/quote] For years and years I played a Squier with a Squier label on the headstock (albeit a JV) the budget bass of the early 80s. I've recorded albums with it. It's retired now. I don't have a branded bass these days as have built the basses I use from Warmoth and Status parts. I sort of have GAS for a Spector NS2 at the moment but I'm sure it will pass

Anyone on Sonar X2 tried W10 yet? Also got myriad VSTs which I need to know will work: ReFx Nexus ReFx vanguard Kontakt4 Superior Drummer 2 Melodyne Editor Battery3 Ampeg Svx Guitar Rig4 etc etc

gold hardware Coffee table finishes quilted/flamed tops any fancy wood actually natural finishes slab sided bodies - got to have a forearm and tummy cut a bass has 4 strings or less - more than 4 strings is wrong

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1439307673' post='2841759'] What does that prove? [/quote] [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1439198314' post='2840636'] Oh - and apparently they class themselves as musicians. Can anyone of you youngsters explain all of this to an old feller? [/quote] Just showing that some DJs actually ARE musicians

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1439305402' post='2841718'] I find that most bizarre and at the same time, very cool indeed. [/quote] Tony and I have been doing stuff together for 30 years! Long before A&B was even dreamed of.

Our guitarist is 1/3 of Above and Beyond. they headline lots of festivals (Glatonbury/Creamfields Ibiza etc etc) as DJs. All 3 of them are competent musicians and excellent producers. They earn their living DJing all over the world. They can do proper live music too as this performance of acoustic arrangements of their club songs demonstrates: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNUTlKqSO-I&spfreload=10"]https://www.youtube....-I&spfreload=10[/url]

Only string for me: d'Addario Half rounds ENR71 45-100....best of all worlds

I've got 3 Ps with jazz necks....my little hands prefer a jazz neck. I'm sure you'll have no problem moving it.

We are in discussions at the moment with a USA promoter with a view to doing an 8 date tour of USA next spring. I'm assuming I would need a P-1B visa to go. Have any of you ever had a P-1B USA visa? How painful is the process of getting one? How much is the process likely to cost? How long does it take? Am I correct in my assumption that this is the visa I need to tour USA?

I would like an amp that can run down to 2 ohms.......why are there so few available?

I know who bought this and expect to see it any day now. (not me)

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1435096058' post='2805521'] I don't think it matters which bit of the pickup is on which side (Feel free to correct me anybody). [/quote] Some have a raised pole on the A string...these are orientation sensitive http://www.seymourduncan.com/images/products/antiquity/11044-12.jpg

My Status jazz necked Warmoth dinky P is likely to be almost too light when it's finished!

I will never sell my 83 Fiesta Red JV precision....owned from new

11 and I can't read at all....so 11/15 with mostly guesswork!

We do a lot of our writing by jamming. Someone might have a phrase or line, play it and the rest of us will join in then somebody else might have an idea for a bridge or a chorus and we'll build a song from there.