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Do you have a budget in mind? Is there a particular style of musc you'd primarily like to play/learn?

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Being less facetious Im sure someone will be able to help. Lots of folk willing to share their wisdom on here. Id say try to take some pictures of all them seperately, and include serial numbers if you can find them

Pictures will definitely help identify them. Best regards Captain Obvious

How far is too far for you to travel? Cardiff? Bristol?

I would stick with him and ask his reccomendation for a new one. Surely, he'll have some contacts for you. As for whether a teacher is a good idea or not, i would say it is. Definitely. If you want to improve quicker. There are some great lessons online. Scotts are good. Marlowes videos are great. But the one thing they cant do, is correct you. Correct your positioning, or form or technique or anything really. You may be trying to learn a piece, and get stuck at a point and not know why. If your with a teacher, they can point out where your going wrong. And any questions you may have can be answered. Feedback. Its essential to progression IMO (not the bad type of feedback )

Yeh no problem. If i can get a babysitter Although i could just buy some really small ear muffs for him......

Lovely mate, looks the business. Congratulations! Think my next bass will be a custom jazz from Mark

I had a LMII for 5 years. Loved it. As people have said, with 2 cabs, it never got pushed passed 11 oclock. It is a clean sound though. This isnt a bad thing for me, but its all down to taste. I swapped it about a year ago, just fancied a change. Since swapping it, ive gone through about 5 different amps. Think im just chasing the MB tones again. I have a SWR MM pre at the minute. I do love it. Soooooo many options. One of my favourite things about the LMII was i could get the sound i wanted very easily

You wont regret it. The pickups are great. Well they are on my P, i havent played anyone elses so cant comment on them!

Just bought a strap from Mike. No fuss, swift transaction, cheers mate!

Is that 5% of the total number of children? Or 5% of the children who play music, play bass? Im guessing its 5% of the children who play a musical instrument, play bass? Not overly surprised at that.

I play with my thumb for certain songs. I use my wrist to dampen the strings aswel. Kind of gives it a Double bass kinda feel. Or as close as I need to get it anyway. Definitely not a technique I use a lot, but useful to have in your arsenal

Just like to say I'd highly recommend bike boxes for postage. Big red is spot on saying they are more sturdy and perfect for the job. Cheers again

Awesome. Thanks mate I'll go to halfords now.

I have. I can't find a guitar box anywhere, and my local music shop said they don't have any that would fit a bass, only a guitar. Apparently the stock turnover of basses is slow, so they haven't had any in for a while

I like that! Good work

I'm packing a bass for postage today, and the box I have means I'll have to remove the neck. Do I need to loosen the truss rod or is there anything I should/shouldn't do? It's a ebmm clone. So it's truss rod is pickup side of the neck. Don't know if this makes a difference?

In no particular order: Stuart Zender Anthony Wellington Dirk Lance Marcus Miller Jon Caulfield J.Jamerson Nathan East Nate Watts JPJ Matt Freeman (because hearing his playing was what inspired me to play bass)

Yeh you're right. That also works a treat

I dont know how you EQ your sound, but the setting i would suggest is to boost your low mids if you feel your missing "thump", and boost your high mids if your missing articulation of notes. Thats what i do, but admittedly, im no expert on sound! Another thing you could do is kick your keyboard player in the nuts and make sure his bass isnt boosted. This also works extremely well

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread as my band are taking about doing it, and i had the same problem as you. There is some bass when played live though. Have a look... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vzmZ57w158"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vzmZ57w158[/url]