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Great advice from Wil - I often use a metronome or play along with demos to improve timing

Welcome - I've making my first trip to Vegas on Sunday. Can't wait!

[quote name='Doddy' post='785394' date='Mar 25 2010, 01:25 AM']How much does a decent bass cost? It depends on your idea of decent. The Squier Classic Vibes are good instruments and are really well priced-but some people won't look at them because they say Squier on the headstock. Some people think £2k for a Rickenbacker is decent,others think they are horrible. Don't go looking at instruments by price. Try them all.... you may be surprised at the one's you like the most.[/quote] I whole heartedly agree. I own a Rickenbacker & it is lovely. It felt like I was buying into a lifestyle when I bought it. However with a good set up etc a £300 bass can play brilliantly

I always thought it was flatwounds. If you want a big thumpy sound try Rotosound Trubass - i.e. what McCartney used on the rooftop gig. Not period correct but they sound just great

I've filmed most of my gigs for the last 5yrs. I can reveal exclusively that for a bunch of oldies my current band is a big bunch of posers! Me included!

Warning L.S.D. alert - not the drug, Lead Singer Diesease. It affects far too many bands. Trust me, you can do better - ditch him

Try as many as you can and go with what feels right for you. If you can't play too much at the moment just try holding it and seeing how it feels. Owning a musical instrument is a very personal thing and you should just enjoy the hunt for that all important first one. Welcome to Bass.... Welcome to Basschat

Welcome to Basschat. I had a break from playing for a few years, years ago & it was very healthy for my playing

Fair play to you. A lot of thought on this one

Don't know anything about these but it sure looks good!

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[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='784946' date='Mar 24 2010, 06:07 PM']www.soundslive.co.uk is my personal fave. Fantastic service, good prices and a great supply of stock[/quote] Plus one. Best in the UK

Welcome to Basschat Toddy54

I like the stock one but I won an EBay bargain of a Seymour Duncan Antiquity pup for a mere £26. The bass sounds simply awesome now. [url="http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e125/Tim_73/Basses/?action=view&current=IMGP0818.jpg"][/url]

Personally I found it hard to navigate. You can create an account to add bits but I don't know how you find out who wrote it.

Presumably you mean when trying & not online listings? Any work that needs carrying out post sale usually suggests to me it hasn't been looked after if they can't be bothered to fix it prior to sale

All fine & well until you play a gig with bigger boys

They will delete a lot of smaller band pages & they frown on people writing about themselves. This page looks pretty well established so I think you are in!

I have a Korean Squier too & they are great. Unfortunately the defretting will have devalued it a bit. It looks great but I reckon you'd do well out of £150. It may well be worth keeping it.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='782096' date='Mar 21 2010, 08:53 PM']No one seems to have mentioned the guitarists who go out of tune and don't even notice. There's one of my acquaintance who won't keep his tuner in his line. Spoils his 'tone', y'know.[/quote] Funny thing, I kept thinking that the whole time I was typing my original post but neglected to comment - I just had to double check my original post and it isn't mentioned! In my early days I had a simple Pretenders style rundown that I did on one song and when I watched the video playback none of the band (or me!) had noticed just how out of tune I was - very embarrasing! I don't think I could hear myself onstage so well. Since then I check my tuning onstage regularly but muted. Now I'm back on bass I don't tend to have tuning problems.

[quote name='jonnyj' post='782012' date='Mar 21 2010, 07:55 PM']Is there any way to check a body to see if its MIM or MIA? The neck screw plate cover is different isnt it? Is the mexican just a F sign?[/quote] It's very easy to switch a neckplate though. The MIM is usually blank & the F tends to be on Reissue models I've emailed Ampeg support before & they always reply - don't know what Fender are like for support but give it a go.

[quote name='cameltoe' post='781942' date='Mar 21 2010, 07:01 PM']That's awesome. Great response and good to know. Helped me make up my mind anyway. The MIM Standard will be traded for a Classic! Now.....Honey Blonde or Fiesta Red??[/quote] Happy to help. Both are awesome finishes - I wish I had that choice back in 1990. On the 50s they are a flatter neck profile to the standards. I like it but it may take a few minutes to adjust if you are used to a modern profile

I'm also amazed when people sell stuff with missing knobs or missing strings - if you get it together you will increase your chances of a sale tenfold

From another thread I was remembering my love of a surf green Fender Jazz with a rosewood 'board which seems surprisingly lacking on Google images. Probably a 60s style Jazz. Love to see what you can do?

No lefty for me but a fellow 1978 P-bass user. Welcome to basschat