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[quote name='mickster' timestamp='1370532520' post='2102324'] I love my Precisions but I feel no particular need to defend Fender in everything they do...[/quote] I'm sure most of us feel the same way about our gear. I've played for over 25yrs, tried other basses and keep coming back to Fender. I'll probably always play Fender but reserve the right to change to Hofner for no reason other than a change. Fender occasionally get knocked on here but more so praised. They don't endorse me (been offered by 3 other companies) and we owe each other nothing. I just like them. Playing the 70s ones which all to often get knocked for weight I do wonder how much experience some people have with them when they post. It doesn't really matter. I can think of a bunch of kit that is not for me but I don't feel the need to post all the time to confirm I don't like headless basses or state whether I'm a particular fan of Warwick or not. Everyone's got an opinion and ultimately it's a forum. I'm sure 99% of us take all opinons with a pinch of salt. A lot of the people I don't agree with on Fender actually make a lot of opinions on other subjects that mirror mine. As the tune goes, "it's only rock 'n' roll". Long may the banter continue.

[quote name='foxton4001' timestamp='1370526904' post='2102227']The audience are there to see a performance - not a bunch of herberts looking like they've just got out of bed! [/quote] This ^^^^^ I think bands should make an effort to put on a show. Every aspect should be considered from piled up cases out of site through to not looking like the band works in McDonalds when they are not playing. I've always felt very strongly on it. Bands can of course wear jeans & tshirts but it's how you come across overall.

Give them a ring, they can tell you. I had someone on here once mistype my email address which confused paypal. EBay / Paypal also put limits on newer accounts spending levels. If you call them up I'm sure it'll be resolved. It's most likely something simple

Weight is a factor and for any younger players who might scoff at the 40+ brigade saying so, it does come to us all. Wider straps are a must but I still play it lower than I should (old habits!) I have 2 70s Fenders but both are lighter examples so I can easily manage a few hours in rehearsal or a couple of sets in an evening with no problems. My old Hofner had a thin retro strap but I wouldn't dream of putting that on any non hollow body bass! Certainly when I was into acquiring gear all the time the heavier ones were basses that never hung around too long.

Just a guess but [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01xrn45/Cuisle_Episode_2/"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01xrn45/Cuisle_Episode_2/[/url]

The genres of music I like have dictated it really. Even when I was playing in a straight rock band I remember being 20 and going into a music shop to look at upright basses. I always wanted one even if (at the time) the plan was to have something in the house I couldn't play at all. At 40 some of my favourite gigs I've played have been on the upright bass.

I'd be sorely tempted by Ampeg's PF range personally but Orange have great customer relations and touch wood mine's been reliable for over 3yrs now

Sounds good to me and nice set up too

I've noticed I get a lot of women talk to me when I play the upright bass. So echo those comments. Generally I think guitars and basses can both be very sexy instruments in the right hands. Less so the Keytar!

What everyone else said

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1369910801' post='2094276']I play bass, she cooks sea bass, maybe there's our common bond? [/quote] And in one simple sentence I now know why I got divorced!

I separated and quickly divorced in the last 3 years after a 17yr relationship. I don't think it's a bass thing but I definitely think if I wasn't so into music I would have been better in the relationship. The fact that I don't regret it suggests it probably wasn't the best marriage anyway. Cost me a few instruments just to keep things afloat but again it finally cured the GAS!

Bill Haley died over 30yrs ago and it looks like bass player Marshall Lytle is now also dead after a battle with lung cancer. One of the early pioneers of rock 'n' roll slap bass, the NY Times obituary makes for interesting reading on his early career and how he got the technique. [url="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/arts/music/marshall-lytle-bassist-with-bill-haley-dies-at-79.html?smid=fb-share"]http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/arts/music/marshall-lytle-bassist-with-bill-haley-dies-at-79.html?smid=fb-share[/url] Not sure what time the funeral is but I'm guessing 1, 2, 3 o'clock..... (somebody was going to and apologies it was me!)

I'm 100% in agreement with BigRedX here (he's obviously not talking about 70s Fenders!). I don't dislike anyone I've worked with but a couple of people in my 2 current bands I probably wouldn't actively seek out after the band ends. Just a case of little in common outside of the band. I think you should at least be able to tolerate people. And I believe I am working with people who are likely to be the types of friends that are friends for life.

If they are set up well they are excellent, if they are badly set up the guitars tend to go out of tune easily. I have one on a tele that never seems to go out of tune

I was expecting a Hofner

I had a life changing year in 2009 and I always try to remember the following; There isn't a tombstone in this land with "they wished they spent more time at work" Welcome back

I had a solid wood one, very nice cheap way of owning a 70s bass. If you want a vintage bass then mine was great but if you are looking for something like a Squier or MIM, I'd just buy new

Lozz earlier stated about my Terror head and SP210 cab. It's been my only set up for about 3yrs now. If I'd have had the extra funds I'd have gone 212 but the 210 is great fun and I've never regretted it. I tend to find in smaller venues it fills out the sound and anything bigger *always* has a sound engineer so we put me through the PA. I am forever getting favourable comments from people on my set up. I have noticed a few knock the SP Orange cabs on here but then you could say that with any of the kit spoken about on Basschat. It's strange though as they aren't that common so I do wonder if everyone knocking the things has down more than just try them in a shop. Orange now do a conventional OBC210 too or the single option of the 410 or 115 could work for those worried about going down the Smart Power route.

My guitarist has a habit of saying "yes" repeatedly in a series of changing funny voices. My old drummer stole the show by speaking backwards into the mic and then suggesting that the sound engineer had plugged it in wrong - bless her, she checked!

I'm very tempted by this amp myself & it comes as no surprise it delivers live too

Through this website I got into Z10 laptop speakers for when I am online and was amazed that I could suddenly hear basslines! I was listening to a lot of music at that time on my computer and was missing loads. I have since gone to Richer Sounds and got a load of mid range separates to play vinyl, CD and even dock the iPod. Again huge difference from my previous stereos. And I listen to a lot of music in the car. I was of the opinion that money should be spent buying more music but having bought 1000s of albums over the years it is nice to have decent stereo equipment on which to enjoy that music.

I too have similar views to the OP. Just because someone was in a film 40yrs ago that you saw on ITV or played on a record you liked but haven't actually played for at least 15yrs does not justify the public out pouring of grief. When I was at college Freddie Mercury died and the next day when I walked through the halls of residence Radio Gaga was blasting out of every other room. Nobody had ever mentioned Queen at college before and the whole thing just didn't sit right with me. Grief should be a private time of reflection and I do feel a little awkward around some of the social media tributes. And to be a mass of contradiction I have personally commented on 2 or 3 myself over the years but not every single celebrity who has lived to a ripe old age and I hardly knew their work. Apologies for my soap box rant!

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1368968377' post='2083473'] Yes, course it is. The point I was trying to make is that then, as now, 99% of music isnt what you'd call great. Now and then theres a classic, album/track/single which will be remembered, and in 30 years such classics are what will be remembered. But even the drivel will influence others, so itsn necessary and it has its place , doesnt it ? Theres also an age factor, what an 18 year old listens to, mightbe a classic track defining the era to him, but might not be the same to a 40 year old who has gone through the angst and whatever that the youth is going through. [/quote] Again I get that and can only agree.

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1368964736' post='2083415']As well as the bands your thinking of there was just so much drivel. [/quote] It's a fair point and I've heard it said before [b]but[/b] isn't that the same of any time period / genre?