Marvin

Apparently they weigh about 26kg...similar to a bag of cement, or 2 concrete blocks if my memory serves me right.

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1424009286' post='2691446'] If I gigged more. And was any good. Be pleased to otherwise. [/quote] That's me as well. The OP mentioned awesome players and I thought there and then "that's you out of the frame then Marvin" ...and of course I seem to only be able to do one gig a year.

I've got a Westfield Strat copy, bought it for £85 new off of eBay. I'm very impressed with the build quality, it's a great looking guitar. The pickups are a bit weak but other than that...FANTASTIC!!!!!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1424003280' post='2691345'] I don't play bass unless I'm learning or rehearsing songs for a set. I don't play it solo, it seems a bit pointless. Bass is not a solo instrument in my view and those who make it so do it very deliberately and are generally good at it. I'm not such an animal - I'm a team player me, and I don't think a bass fulfills its proper potential unless it's heard in the mix, as has been said in another thread. I'm not a fantastic technical player - I do what I need to get sounds I think are good - but the most important thing for me is to play to support the song and do as much as possible to enable everyone else in the band to come across as best they can. This is a totally different skill from practicing scales and so forth. Practice scales if you want to be good at playing scales and play in a band if you want to be good at playing in a band. Though they're not mutually exclusive of course. All IMHO. [/quote] Precisely, and that's why I don't practice at all as I've currently got no songs to learn at the moment...and it gives me more time to add to my GAS list

I used the former incarnation of the Fender Rumble 210 combo for a few pub gigs and it performed very well. I can only surmise that the new V3 Rumbles are an improvement on an already good product. I'd buy one put it that way

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1424005227' post='2691387'] A blast from the past. [/quote] Indeed Apparently he gigged his Miller V7 the other night and was very impressed with it...his band mates were all stumped as to how come it was so cheap

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1423987267' post='2691099'] No. Black basses are as an abomination unto the LORD. What did I just say, ye HEATHEN?? Also black and tort is actually [i]illegal[/i]. Expect a visit from the authorities. [/quote] Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, So wrong it actually pains me

If OutToPlayJazz is impressed then it's a good bass. Seems the US has been hit by a shipping dispute

If an instrument is right for 'you' you shouldn't be fussing about what name is on the headstock...if it's Fender then so be it.

There are few guys on Talkbass who have ordered them. I'm eagerly awaiting their opinion on them. One used to be a regular on here whose opinion I much valued...pity he's not on here anymore.

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1423844397' post='2689658'] On this occasion I kept the bass identification to myself :-) [/quote] Very wise

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1423842245' post='2689626'] I was there last night as well - Mrs C is a big fan. Not my cup of tea but, as stated above, they put on a very good show and the front man's banter was excellent. Bassist (geek alert) played a black Fender Jazz mainly but a black Jack Casady appeared for a song or two [/quote] Did you mention what basses were being used to Mrs C? And if so did she reply with a "oh, good grief! ", in a slightly exasperated manner? Because that's what Mrs Marvin would have done if I'd pointed such a thing out

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1423771807' post='2688943'] We know that Mr West is the 'biggest rock star on the planet' because he has been described as such by... errm... himself. [url="http://entertainment.time.com/2013/09/24/kanye-west-im-no-1-rock-star-on-the-planet/"]http://entertainment...-on-the-planet/[/url] [/quote] Phew! That's cleared that up then. Being slightly more serious, I like what Shirley Manson from Garbage said about the whole thing. [quote]"[size=4]Grow up and stop throwing your toys around.[/size][size=1][size=4]In attempting to reduce the importance of one great talent over another, you make a mockery of all musicians and music from every genre, including your own[/size]".[/size][/quote]

I've got an SR300. Band mates can't believe how little I paid for it BRAND NEW. It's just a great bass...shame the 2nd hand values suck. They seem to lose value quicker than Gary Glitter LP's

[quote name='JAUQO III-X' timestamp='1423686718' post='2688006'] The weight of the Sire MM models. M3 : 3.45kg = 7.6lbs V7 Alder 4st : 4.33kg = 9.54lbs V7 Ash 4st : 4.34kg = 9.56lbs V7 Alder 5st : 4.67kg= 10.29lbs V7 Ash 5st : 4.38kg = 9.65lbs [/quote] Thank you.

[quote name='JAUQO III-X' timestamp='1423499162' post='2685554'] The only thing that's budget about this bass is the price. If this bass was made in the USA or the UK it would cost three times what it costs now. I have a 5 string and every one who has seen it is blown away by the overall qaulity just as I was and the pre if sold alone in the states or the UK would not be cheap. Sire endorser. [/quote] This may seem an odd question but, how much do they weigh? I can't find any mention of weight on the Sire site. I am sorely tempted. The spec seems great for the price

Demographics...basically octogenarians don't frequent pubs, don't like anything but James Last - hence a real lack of venues, pubs etc.

Out of a whole set, maybe one or two will be on a playlist. Generally, I don't want to be playing what's on my playlists, iPod or whatever...partly because very few people would want to listen to it . But also, I don't want to get bored of the music I love, I don't want to be listening to it time and time again.

I've never been able to reach a conclusion as to the merits or otherwise of Bouncy Knowles's singing capability. Studio recordings - well, lets be honest, totally unreliable. As for the live performances on the telly box she's always sounded as if she's exhausted and probably just run a marathon. I do sometimes think that if perhaps she was a bit rounder, maybe like a couple of stone on the heavier side then no one would give her the time of day :/

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1423509697' post='2685744'] Like it or not, Kanye West is the biggest rock star on the planet. [/quote] Is he? Has someone informed Bono?