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You haven't heard of Mo Foster? Blimey.............

The other thing to take into account is that if you buy from an American store & have it shipped over here any warranty offered will probably not be valid in the UK.

My two Zon Legacy Elites, 1 fretted, 1 fretless:

I'm more than happy to play bass parts on a synth. To be honest I'd prefer to hear a synth doing it for anything lower than bottom E - I think it sounds much better than any 5 string bass.

Rick Neilson also played on Double Fantasy, along with Tony Levin. Cheap trick sometimes play a version of "I'm losing you" in their live set - there's a great version of it on the "Silver" double live CD.

[quote name='Etienne' post='677415' date='Dec 8 2009, 01:05 AM']I'm disappointed I must say... thought this thread was going to be about the most effective method of wrestling a skinny-stringer to the floor...[/quote] Same here. I was going to suggest a pool cue across the knees & then CS gas (or chloroform if you're old fashioned like me).

[quote name='shippo' post='677470' date='Dec 8 2009, 08:17 AM']Hi Shockwave, Thanks for your comments , but in my mind I thought it better to refinish a cheap BC Rich to make it look the way I NEED it to look than to B*STARDISE a lovely expensive through neck model. Don't you think this makes sense? Why would you refinish something that looks like this? [url="http://www.giggear.co.uk/p/BC-Rich-Mockingbird-Heritage-Classic-Bass/"]http://www.giggear.co.uk/p/BC-Rich-Mocking...e-Classic-Bass/[/url] Surely that would be sacrilegious? Once again thanking you for your continued support. Shippo[/quote] The one you've attached a link to isn't "a lovely expensive neck through model", it's just one of the import lines. As such I'd have no qualms about hacking it to bits. Refinishing a 70s Short horn Mockingbird - now THAT would be sacrilegious!

If you just want strings use should use Stringbusters or Strings Direct. They'll probably be cheaper & they both deliver really quickly. They're also really on the ball with having stock marked as available or not. GAK have got a bloody terrible reputation for not having things in stock when they're advertised as available on their website.

This is getting to be a very familiar story........ My old Trace Elliott AH150 head went dead mid gig - no dramatic bangs or smoke, just cut out. Luckily I was DI'd as well so I just got a bit more bass put through my monitor & carried on. God I hated that amp (even before that happened).

Gibson also polish all their guitars with panda skins, the bastards. (BTW-This isn't actually true).

There's only one Christmas song that doesn't make me want to spew my ribcage up, and that's the Waitresses one.

[quote name='cetera' post='662515' date='Nov 23 2009, 11:29 AM']Thanks mate!!! So glad you enjoyed it.... you may have noticed I played some.... errr....'interesting' notes when my eyes were being diverted elsewhere by the dancers during 'Modern Day Delilah'! lol!!! :blush: [/quote] I thought you all did remarkably well considering the on-stage distractions during that song. "Ace" was a total pro dealing with the various gremlins he had to contend with that evening as well. Sorry I couldn't stick around to say hello - I had to be up for work at 4.30 the following morning. Monster bass sound as well!

What a fantastic night! Dressed to Kill were absolutely f***ing superb! Great "support act" too........

Mine was about 9lbs.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='655461' date='Nov 15 2009, 09:46 PM']That's no use, no use at all. Firstly, he claims it was his father's when it should obviously have been his uncle's. Secondly, there's no mention of an attic, cellar or woodshed anywhere. Meanwhile, I don't know much about Levinson Blades. What's special about them?[/quote] They're just excellent quality instruments with very well thought out electronics. Excellent quality control and consistency too. They have been referred to in the past as "The European Sadowsky". I part exchanged my custom built Jaydee for one of these B4 basses at the bass centre in Wapping 20 years ago & never regretted it for a second. I'd still be playing it now if I hadn't started to find jazz profile necks too small. I've still got an old Levinson Blade Texas Standard Strat type guitar & that's bloody lovely as well; better than any Fender I've ever played.

I shall be at the Cardiff gig.

Why not just buy a multimeter? You can use them for 1000s of other things as well as testing batteries & a good basic one can be bought for less than a tenner.

[quote name='Paul_C' post='655532' date='Nov 15 2009, 10:46 PM']you're not the last - I've still not found a Warwick I liked [/quote] Same here. I just can't get past the (to me) extreme ugliness of their body shapes. The only one they make I think has a nice shape is the Streamer, and they nicked that off Spector.

Levinson Blade B4 super Jazz with the lawsuit headstock. Just like the one I used to have (only mine was purple). £400 is an absolute steal for one of these. If you're looking for a Jazz style bass for around the £400 mark you won't get better than this IMO. Awesome quality - ash body, rock maple neck & ebony fingerboard. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Levinson-Blade-B4-Bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ110458097629QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item19b7d0cfdd"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Levinson-Blade-B4-Ba...=item19b7d0cfdd[/url]

It looks like it was designed by Picasso. I can sort of see where he's coming from with the top six bass strings - it's like the old harp guitars. The bottom set of strings is anyone's guess.....

Awesome! I'll be at the Cardiff gig on the 20th.