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[quote name='Linus27' post='612890' date='Sep 30 2009, 12:21 PM']I have owned the Skyline DJ and DD and both were amazing bases. However I have now sold them both. The reason I sold the DD was to slim down my collection and I had no use for a Precision. However it was a great bass. I will give you my thoughts on the DJ as a pro/cons list. Pro Superb Quality, well made, top end bass Amazing Customer service Very playable Easy to use Big sound Cons To stiff and rigid Very deep sounding Heavy Neck too thin As you will see, the cons are more a personel preference rather than a fault of the bass. Compared to my Fender Jazz and ESP Jazz, it was very heavy. The tone, although being amazing, was not the right tone for me. The neck, despite being wonderfully thin, flat and smooth was the wrong shape for me and caused my hand to ache. Having moved to a more rounder Fender neck, I no longer get hand ache. As for the stiff, rigid feel, I find my ESP and Fender mould to me and move as I play. The DJ was very stiff and felt like I had a pole attached to me. My flexability or movement. As a bass the DJ I can't fault it and the quality was outstanding but as a bass, it was not right for me. My Fender MIA 75 Jazz re-issue on the other hand suits me perfectly and feels like an old friend. I suggest you try before you buy.[/quote] Just to add to that, the earlier skylines did have a weight issue on some basses, a problem that was aknowledged by Dan Lakin, and the specification was subsequently tightened right up. I had a beautifull CAR Skyline Jo osbourne that weighed 11 1/2 lbs. Very uncomfortable. Like all basses try before you by, but I would doubt you have a problem unless you have an older bass. Linuses comments are personal preferences but bear in mind the Duck Dunn and DJ are adaptations of the conventional jazz and precision. The Jazz clone is the jo osbourne, and the precision is the bob glaub. The Duck Dunn has a jazz neck on a precision body, and the Darryl Jones has aero pickups to give it a different sound to a jazz, and a revised and a downsized body, I cant remember if there was a change to the neck, and I cant find it on Lakland site. I still have 2 laklands and have owned in the past a number more. I think they are great basses, with impeccable customer service. Whether they are for you depends on you personal preference.

[quote name='owen' post='608111' date='Sep 24 2009, 08:24 PM']The Carpenters or The Eagles.[/quote] nice

[quote name='Kenny_K75' post='607069' date='Sep 23 2009, 08:30 PM']Or are there suppliers in Ireland. Can I use car spray paint?[/quote] Yes you can use car paint which is usually acrylic Cellulose is being phased out and depeinding on which witch doctor you listen to will make absolutely no difference or transform your instrument. I dont think fender use cellulose anymore as a norm although they may do in the customshop.

You have a money back guarantee with thomann try it and if ou dont like it send it back

Another one who likes the finish is that a cloth finish?

Heres another Im just in process of spraying one myself but its a strip down to the raw wood job. In all of these things preparation is the key [url="http://kmguitars.com/Body%20Prep%20_%20finishing.pdf"]http://kmguitars.com/Body%20Prep%20_%20finishing.pdf[/url]

I swapped out the pickups in my 64 reissue CIJ There are more windings on the us vintage pickups, the bobbin is fairly full where the ones on the CIJ [or MIJ I cant remember which] were only about 2/3 filling the bobbin

Actually Im not sure now, I misread your original post, sorry. If you had 2 footswitch inputs controlling 2 effects you would have 2 mono sockets and you could turn those on an off with the two buttons on the behringers switch which is a tad over £20. If there are 4 effects they must be stereo sockets so you would need two 2 button footswitches with stereo jack plugs, something like this [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Laney-FS-2-Dual-Function-Footswitch/72G"]http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/...-Footswitch/72G[/url] I dont know if the ampeg needs latching or momentary contacts Non-latch mode momentarily engages the switch while you hold down the pedal, Latch mode changes the on/off status each time you press the pedal Have you asked ampeg ?

Look for one of these, its latching and non latching. Sorry its a behringer but they are well built and rugged Its an AB200 i think I got mine on ebay or Blu aran

[quote name='Delberthot' post='601440' date='Sep 17 2009, 04:47 PM']I've thought about something that I'll need to check as well - I've only ever fitted drivers to front loaded cabs before - never where they mount from behind the baffle - do I need to do anything special other than offer them onto the bolts and tighten them up?[/quote] Thats an interesting point. I was visiting the acoustic forum the other day and there was an ex JBL designer on there who said that when mounting JBLs, the goal was to use only 4 of the 8 mounting holes, and the bolts only just over finger tight. The argument being that the gasket did the sealing, and bolts should not be overtightened. Perhaps Alex or Bill might comment.

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='600369' date='Sep 16 2009, 03:52 PM']I do a similer thing with guitar pro 5. helped me learn a ton of stuff that way and get the timing right etc. well all but YYZ by rush. ive spent weeks on that song over the years and I can play about a minuite of it (badly)[/quote] Sometimes you just have to accept that you may not YET be able to play a song. Being in a band is more than playing your instrument. Its about being with people you like/or not having fun, but the best bit is the adrenaline buzz when youve played something well in front of an audience, or you seel them leaping about, the two are not always necessarily the same

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='600237' date='Sep 16 2009, 02:20 PM']II cant write my own stuff unless you count roots, 3rds and 5ths so why do I have all this gear?[/quote] You also have to put your notes into the song. I have seen some very technically able bassists whose playing imo doesnt fir the song. if you are in a covers band, there are many songs where a root and 5th approach is appropriate to the song. There are others where something a little more adventurous is required. The best players are those whose playing complements the song. Play those roots and fiths, and find some other songs where you can stretch your playing. I do a lot of practise using midi files using cakewalk with the bass off. I can slow down or repeat ad infinitum a part that I have difficulty with. The midi files are often a bit suspect but its another tool to help stop you getting bored [£60 for your shuker ]

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I find playing live with a band is where I get my enjoyment. Try advertising for a band to join or form your own. As old git said dont sell your gear. I nearly did that in the 80s, and my missus said dont do it and she was right. Five years later i was back at it and I havent enjoyed myself so much before. You probably need the challenge of working on some stuff you wouldnt normally do. Im not a lover of country music but I probably learnt more by playing in a 'dance band' and a country band than anything else i have ever done. stick with it.

Ive played on a number of occasions two of my old bands where we reformed for a night or a charity gig. They were old covers so some gigs we rehearsed for but some we didnt. In one case I drove a 250 mile round trip for a rehearsal and again for the gig. Its only worth it if you are going to get some return out of it. If you are all mates and have a good time, and enjoy it, then why not. If the singers a pain, or you dont want to put the effort in, why bother. Im in the fortunate position that I get on pretty much most of the time with the others I play with. If I didnt, I would stay at home or join or form another band. Unless you are earning a living from it, why put yourself through grief

[quote name='budget bassist' post='599685' date='Sep 15 2009, 10:39 PM']*sterling Sorry for being so anal [/quote] Perhaps thats why I play it so badly

Cheers for that

How did you strip the body [assuming you did] Ive got an old tokai I want to repsray, and Standard Nitromors wont touch it.

Heres another 20th anniversary and a stirling. I think the stirlings really underrated.