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Has anyone got one or tried one yet or know of any shops selling them. I am particularly interested in the Maranello and rimini series. I know you can get them on line but I was hoping to try one first. Any feedback would be great.

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Well, I didn't expect so many replies in such a short time, thanks everyone. I have alot of time to practice at the mo as we have no gigs coming up.

Thanks again.

Well I have been doing backing (like Bruce Foxton) but we are finding it difficult to find a guitarist who can sing (infact we are finding it difficult to get a guitarist full stop). I have decided to try the lead vox as well as bass until either someone turns up or until I fail miserably. I can sing and in key so thats not a problem its putting the two together. Thanks for the reply I'll put it into practice.

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Anyone got and tips on singing and playing. Ive been trying but either forget what I'm singing or miss a chord change all together. Or is it just practice.

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[quote name='paul, the' post='35725' date='Jul 22 2007, 09:48 PM']What's that in your avatar? It's tasty.[/quote]
Thanks.

It's the cort, I bought a sheet of brass 1.2mm thick of the bay for the scratch plate. I also bought a 2nd hand MM style bucker which has a much better output and had 4 wires so I was able to fit a series/parallel switch. I removed the single coil J pup as I never used it and it sounded tinny, so no use for a blend pot. It also has a bone nut and a gotoh bridge. I don't know were the humbucker was from nor did the guy I bought it off but it has polished pole pieces and sounds nice.

Over the years I have owned these, and regret selling nearly all.

1. Japanese Fender Presision, sunburst later resprayed azure blue (at Morgan Motors Malvern)(P.xd for Fernandes).
2. Bass Clollection 301, metallic pink (P.xd for below).
3. 1978 USA presicion, vintage white(well more banana yellow) black sp. (sold, needed money).
4. Fernandes Jazz, black (defretted and fitted an S1 switch)(sold to move house).
5. Wesley bass, black (all I could afford at the time)(sold).
6. Cort GB34a, sunburst, still got it, (fitted new p,up a series/parallel switch and gotoh bridge).
7. Yamaha BB414, black (still got it).

I would like to be told if the sound was cack. Ive played at venues where the sound engineer actually took time in sorting the sound out, made suggestions etc. Ive also played a gig where I was expected to play through the head lining bands rig which was an old keyboard amp and it didn't matter what I did it was distorted. After I threw all my toys out of the pram and a few huff's and puff's from the sound engineer they found a space for my combo.

I too have been to a gig where a band used a full sized pa rig in a bar which was about 12 feet by 18 feet. We went outside to listen as it was far too loud and I didn't want to damage my hearing.

Sly and the family stone/rhcp......if you want me to stay
Chic.....Everybody dance
The Who....Boris the spider

I have another example of the above, unfortunatlly the wife has deleted it of our ebay watching list so no link sorry. Basicaly someone bought a 2nd hand eppiphone EB0 (SG single Pup) with a few dings for £205. You can get them new from GAK for £115. There was nothing misleading in the add the bass was discribed well (nothing dodgy or any false claims). Ive seen quite a few basses going 2nd hand only a tenner or so below the new price. Some people are just carzy.

Oh yea and
Coffee Shop-Chili Peppers
Bullet in the head-Rage against the machine
Kennedy- The Wedding Present
Mr Pink-Level42

The Specials Nite Klub.

Leland Sklar strapped a weight to the strap of his bass. This may be a better option to try before doing anything to the bass itself.

What strings did you order Blue. I had some flatwounds (never again) I can't comment on the round's as I have not bought any from them.

All I can say is you get what you pay for (see roberts flatwounds string)

Skinny bop was it poison or skid row I don't care but it was cack

My son reckons it's an Ibanez as well because his mate's dad has one.

[quote name='Sean' post='24578' date='Jun 28 2007, 06:30 PM']+1 What the hell is going on with these E strings? Absolute rubbish!

Did you get a refund in the end?[/quote]

No refund just 2 new sets but they were just as bad. I found the seller rather dismissive when I complained and not really wanting to help. I havn't left feedback yet though.

[quote name='Freddie Fumble' post='20574' date='Jun 20 2007, 08:25 AM']The ones I’ve tried with the yellow strips on the packets have been awful and just sounded dead, both flat and round wound… It’s all down to personal preference.[/quote]


I had the same problem with their flatwounds, The A-D-G were not too bad but the E was awful like playin a piece of wool. I complained and a few e-mails later they agreed to send me some new sets if I sent the E strings back (after all these were what I was complaining about). They sent me some new ones but these were just as bad. They also told me that no one else had had a problem with their flatwounds, seems like they were wrong. I won't be wasting my money on them again I have gone back to Rotosound flats on my Yamaha and am getting some Rotosound Tru Bass for my cort.

Just seen this on t-bay
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Jazz-Bass-1963-Custom_W0QQitemZ290130106308QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Jazz-Bass-196...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

Would Fender allow a pice of wood with so many knotts in be used for a natural finish bass?.
Or could it be a painted bass that has been stripped?.

Ive been listening to a fair bit of SKA Tony Tribe, Harry J & the All Stars. Also been listening to some big band jazz The National Youth Orchestra doing some old 60s/70s film sound tracks, Lalo Schifrin etc.

David Steele of The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals and Horace Panter of The Specials

I'm using Rotosound jazz77 on my Cort bass and Rotosound tru bass88 on my Yamaha. I did buy some Roberts flatwound but found them unreliable one set would be ok and the next would sound dead good job they were cheap.

Whilst on the subject of voltages and electrical equipment I think (though I will have to confirm this) that if you were to sell a 2nd hand amp/combo etc that you have to provide a Portable Appliance Test certificate (PAT). I know when I was a sparkey we used to do a lot of business with a local auction house testing anything with a 3 pin plug on. Also some venues won't let you use untested equipment because of health and safety laws.

If you click on the pickguard tab on the right it shows more wooden pick guards. I would think it would be cheaper to make your own and shouldn't be too difficult (says the man who made a 5 minute job last a week). Its given me a great idea though, if you do make your own I'd practice on a cheap piece of wood first.

Cheers
I will have a look at those. I have been informed by my wife that one of our friends has built amps and stuff over the years but he's not well at the mo so I will wait until he is better before pestering him.