Cat Burrito

Some great answers here so I'm sure my 2c will pail into insignificance by comparison. Firstly I bought a starting double bass DVD and took on board all the advice (£12 well spent), secondly little and often practice, thirdly get a powerball and finally get a lesson or two. I'm still stuck on 4 and I must pull my finger out. I've gone from not being able to do a whole song to doing 4 gigs this year on it.

Is the coat hanger in the first photo included in the sale? I should co-co!

Del Shannon. It was 20yrs ago today that he killed himself.

Welcome to Basschat. I had a break for a few years and it did my playing the world of good longer term.

Well that Hofner looks pretty great to me

Hey Ross - hurry back with those pictures.... and welcome!

As a fellow bassman head owner I have to say, you did well there. Looks great, bet it sounds good too

I love the look of those Rickenbacker 4005. Oasis always do have cool looking instruments

As an aside it can also be down to the individual players. This was summed up recently by Paul Stanley of Kiss (of all people!) who was recently recounting a tale of seeing some player from Kevin DuBrow's band hand his guitar to Randy Rhodes. Same gear, same settings but tonally a world apart! Of course it can also be that the jazz player fiddled with the amp settings unfavourably. Not disputing anything said here, just offering a couple of further thoughts. And FYI I'm mainly a P-player.

All looks good to me & it's in keeping with the rule that there are no rules

Just wanted to start a thread to say Antonio bought my Ampeg combo. We had a quick and smooth transaction and I'd happily trade with him again. Well within the spirit of all Basschat trades / sales I've done. Cheers

[quote name='silddx' post='752646' date='Feb 21 2010, 11:24 AM']From what you have said above, I still think you don't understand what the government is proposing.[/quote] Siddx, you may well be right. Read your posts back, you do sound a bit strong though. Best of intentions from me but maybe I don't get it fully. As I said at the start, this is why I avoid politics. I certainly don't wish to fall out with anyone over this

I like them and certainly think they are well worth the money. The beauty of a P-bass is that it a good set up usually means you have a great instrument. The MIM standards are fine. If you want to modify it the pups or the bridge are the only real adjustments you could consider

[quote name='silddx' post='751905' date='Feb 20 2010, 04:28 PM'][b]EDIT: [/b]Sorry Burrito, I was a bit full on there, I know you posted with sincere intentions. It's just that some of these petitions are worded in such a way that people misinterpret them and don't research the subject properly. Sorry mate, no offence intended.[/quote] No worries, as I said 1) I am sure this will be policed with common sense if it does get through & 2) Not trying to scaremonger. Just wanted to make people aware. For the record I've worked alongside Trading Standards before so I doubt they will be chomping at the bit to criminalise every two bit band that plays a backstreet pub.

I can only agree. I used to sit around the £500 figure with gear & it was only last year that I went as high as £1700. I think it depends on your useage though. I'm semi-pro & play a lot. If I was full time perhaps I'd justify a more expensive bass. I'd worry about it being knocked or stolen more though

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='751981' date='Feb 20 2010, 05:43 PM']Always keep the original bits, take it back to stock then sell the upgrades and the bass separately.[/quote] Well said that man!

I know we should always proceed with caution when mentioning politics on a forum but this has cropped up on a few sites & I feel this may be of interest to a lot of Basschatters. I would urge you to take a look at this petition though IF YOU PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT LIVE in pubs / clubs. Basically anyone in a band playing in licensed premises is helpng the owner to break the law unless that owner has a licence. Potentially this could criminalise artists who are simply just playing. I play a wide catchment area in largely well established venues but even so. Anyhow here is the link [url="http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/livemusicevents/"]http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/livemusicevents/[/url] I would hope the law would be Policed by Trading Standards with a degree of common sense. However the amendment to the act looks like a bit of a hatchet job from what I can see and potentially could harm live music. Take a look. Not trying to scaremonger but potentially this could really affect a few of us.

There is a thread running at the moment on upgrades. I don't doubt this'll play like a £700 bass but he'd do well on £450. A lesson he'll learn the hard way I suspect

I'm not sure I'd entirely agree with buying a Squire Jazz for around £250 and stick on £600 of upgrades as a reality but I do like the idea of spending a couple of hundred on a £500 bass. I think when you are spending more on the upgrades than the initial value of the bass you should maybe be looking at if this is the best way to spend money. I completely agree on making it personal and also agree you have to consider resale value. After all if you have to make that many alterations surely you should be questioning why you bought that model in the first place. Different if it's a project bass from scratch. About 5 or 6 years ago I moved onto guitar and when I was AWOL from bass I got seriously into modifying teles. New pups, new bridges. I made them sound great but it made no real difference on re-sale value. Returning to bass, all my basses are stock now by comparison with the exception of 2 - one had parts wear out and the other was the result of a dirt cheap EBay bargain of a pickup that I'd have been a fool to pass up on. [quote name='Bassassin' post='751466' date='Feb 19 2010, 11:32 PM']If you must have it saying "Fender" on the end, remember that for US basses you pay a premium for the fact that it was made in the States - not for quality. Buy a Japanese Fender & save £300. Jon.[/quote] I'm not really too bothered what it says on the headstock but this was my view for years.... and still is to an extent.

[quote name='lozbass' post='749471' date='Feb 18 2010, 11:43 AM']Daneletro Longhorn - they don't sound great (IMO) but they're incredibly light, super-fast, and good fun. I think they look really cool too. If you win the lottery, I can't recommend an Alembic SC sufficiently highly (and there's a lovely one for sale on BC!)[/quote] I agree except I like the tone you get. Different tastes I guess?

The band in York. I don't come in for half the tune but it's a neat little country rocker that rattles along nicely