Marvin

Not a problem I've been afflicted with

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1383415269' post='2264281'] It's in the dictionary, you know... [color=#000000][font=Arial][b]hoo-ha[/b][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Arial][size=3] or [/size][/font][/color][b]hoo-hah[/b][color=#000000][font=Arial][size=3](hhä)[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial][size=3][i]n.[/i] [i]Slang[/i][/size][/font][/color] [indent=1][b]1. [/b]A fuss; a disturbance: [color=#226699][i]"the subject of this last hoo-hah"[/i][/color] [color=#226699][i](William Safire).[/i][/color][/indent] [indent=1][b]2. [/b]A chortle or laugh: [color=#226699][i]got a good hoo-ha out of that story.[/i][/color][/indent] [color=#000000][font=Arial][size=3][Perhaps from Yiddish hu-ha, [i]to-do, uproar, exclamation[/i].][/size][/font][/color] [/quote] The dictionary, such a good book, explains every word as you go I've already got me coat....

The BX500 looks very appealing for the money, and the Micro head for that matter.

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20+ years ago when I first picked up a bass I used to really want a Warwick. They used to be stocked in my local music shop and they just looked 'it' for me. However, having tried them and owning a Rockbass Corvette I found I don't get on with how they hang and I really dislike the fat necks. They've got a great sound but to be honest I can get something similar, and something I actually prefer from the Yamaha I now own. So I no longer yearn for a Warwick. I also noticed that even at Mansons the other day there were none there...they had Zon's and some other expensive brands but I didn't see any Warwicks.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1383246889' post='2262180'] I don't quite see how a Hoover will help. [/quote] Perhaps it's turning into a fetish thread

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1383312060' post='2263003'] Erotic image. [/quote] Think Audrey Hepburn

Seen one, unfortunately didn't get a chance to play it. It terms of looks, yes it knocks spots off the Fender. It looks stunning in real life, i'd have öne.

For the sound and money i think, like Lozz, a Hydrive 410. I saw a s/h öne in a music shop yesterday for £350...it also appeared quite compact.

Genz probably won't exist by the time i could afford what i wanted, really wanted a genz rig. Enjoy your new rig

I really do think if Carvin were more available in the UK they'd shift loads, I'm only ever hearing good things about them.

There wasn't öne when i was at school. I did visit my old school a while ago and they've got a few Encores and Squiers now, all in bad shape it has to be said.

I'm seriously considering turning it in on a band I'm in. I'm supposedly in because of the way I play but am being constantly pressured into playing in a way that is very not me...ie soloing etc. Just can't be arsed with it. And then there's the fact no one else seems to put any effort in. Thankfully however I've got another band, so not a total loss

My nearest music shop has a woeful stock of bass gear, it's actually got considerably worse in the last 4 or so years to the point there's little point going in there anymore. The next nearest music shop is Mansons, that's about an hours drive. I like the staff, they're always well mannered and helpful. Recently though I haven't found the stock they carry particularly grabbing. Also the area devoted to basses has shrunk lately, I hope this is only temporary. That leaves me really reliant on the internet. The last bass I bought, the Yamaha, I bought from Dolphin Music. Ordered and delivered in 36hours, suits me down to the ground. And with distant selling you get 7 days to return, which is a much better trial period than sat in a shop noodling around.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1382892092' post='2257636'] True, but at least in town you can get crack at 3am within walking distance. [/quote] Öne usually has to make do with vetrinary supples :\

Actually. Glamour models in Devon? This can't be right surely...?

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1382882236' post='2257494'] I often daydream about moving to Devon . You have an ample supply down there of two of the things that make life most worth living - women and custard. Are there many buxom and as yet unattached milkmaids in your neck of the woods ? ( Someone like Joss Stone but without the singing would do) . Please say yes and keep my dream alive. [/quote] Why yes, of course

CLARKY!!!!! Where are you???? Nick Cave tickets!!!!!

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1382879177' post='2257441'] So at last nights gig at a particularly sh*te pub, there's these 2 rather lovely very skinny but generously upfronted (?) girls, very drunk, dancing when one goes up to the guitarist/singer and shouts mid way through a song (like they always do) if she can sing. He smiles and shakes his head, so she moves on to the drummer and yells if she can have a go on the sticks. He shakes his head, she takes one look at yours truly and just walks away... charming. The girlfriend of said guitard then throws a punch at skinny girl and all hell breaks loose, guitarist amp dies and we set of the smoke alarm with the new haze machine, all for £60 each in a storm. Rock n Roll. [/quote] As a resident of Devon I am shocked at such behaviour...which pub? I need to make sure I avoid it, I'm a delicate sort

I prefer to wear a lounge suit.

I put Roto's on my P bass and didn't like them at all. I also put some Fender strings on my Ibanez (because apparently they're made by D'Addarrio which is what i usually use) and that failed misereably.

A couple of drummers i've played with have used them at practices. Can't say i've been mad impressed. Seems to me you have pay good money for anything half decent. I much prefer an acoustic kit in terms of sound and looks

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1382643768' post='2255027'] I would love it if this sort of thing ended up on radio one. [/quote] I agree, best place for it...I don't listen to radio 1. A demonstration by technically gifted people indulging in showboating and making music completely soulless.

I got the push from a band earlier this year by getting a text saying that because of the guitarist/vocalists family committments it was all on hold. Subsequently found out I'd actually been replaced. When I asked what was happening i got told honesty was overated...to which i replied that i would make süre people knew what a bunch of c**** they were. I'm now in 2 bands and they're looking for another bass player

A penguin classic? Marketing tripe from one of the most irritating individuals in music. I wouldn't even read it if someone gave me a copy for free.