Marvin

[quote name='dazza14' timestamp='1376305166' post='2171829'] [size=5][sup]I owned one of these last year, asked the Bass Doc to make me up a 3-ply BWB scratch guard and away i went...[/sup][/size] [size=5][sup]Great bass, i picked mine up 2nd hand at the Bay and was really, really pleased with it. Apart from the [b]neck was like a damn banana!![/b][/sup][/size] [size=5][sup]Sold it to someone that didn't care so that was that but i'd definitely try another one.[/sup][/size] [/quote] Those damned bendy maple necks eh!

[quote name='Toasted' timestamp='1376319319' post='2172059'] I only see people who expect when they pay big cash for premium products that they not fail within a year. [/quote] You must be reading a different thread then. What I've read is someone raising an issue with the product they've bought that hasn't actually resulted in the product failing...it still works extremely well and the customer is very satisfied with that...and the manufacturer has offered a replacement handle at no charge. Everyone seems to be happy, apart from yourself who doesn't actually own one the cabs so is unaffected. You are prone to exaggeration aren't you.

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1376256676' post='2171505'] I don't know why people always EQ Stingrays up like that, they can do so much more! Also, welcome back [/quote] Thank you I like Stingrays, just not the sound of that one on that clip.

I disliked the Stingray the most...had no depth for my liking. Either the P or Jazz.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1376256163' post='2171495'] No matter how many times I watch that Bobby Vega clip I always think he's going to inhale the pick. [/quote] Perhaps he does...just after he turns the camera off

Just slap the damn thing!! I can't slap either actually, I am sh*t I know

I very rarely use a pick for the sole reason I'm sh*t f***ing useless when I do. It all goes disastrously wrong when I use a pick for some reason.

Saw, sorry heard, a guy playing an outdoor gig using a Phil Jones thingy. That was all folk and twiddly dee music. You could definitely hear him.

I'm so tempted by one of these. I think they're around the £430 mark? Seems a steal tbh.

Practice in a field...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1376226965' post='2170986'] That's what The Bass Doc is for! [/quote] Oh yes. You must excuse me, I've been a little absent...and why didn't my little smiley thing work? :/

I wouldn't personally. You can get OBBM cables for about half the price and they'll arrive on your doorstep quicker than a very quick thing.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1376225376' post='2170949'] You go to play where? [/quote] My thoughts exactly. There's a reason they get lost in the mix...you're not supposed to play up around there, it is a bass afterall

Outrageous! Are there replacement pickguards for these though? Unless it's on a white bass I have a deep seated dislike of white pickguards. :/

Listened to them but they never really did it for me, don't know why.

The bass player in my drummer's other band plays a V4. Weight can't be that much of an issue, she's quite a slight person.

I like to keep my gear safely cluttering up the dinning room...and as I haven't got a garage. The band I'm with now uses a private rehearsal space that is similar to a garage and other bands leave their gear there. I personally wouldn't as it looks it could get quite damp and the temp variation is very marked.

[quote name='jakenewmanbass' timestamp='1376176536' post='2170623'] I make a living playing music, and that often involves playing in a studio, often creating basslines for a song. My view is to start with the absolute bare minimum when routining songs, literally just marking out the chords, then when the producer asks for a bit more it legitimises my input. I always put the song first before any 'lick' I might want to play so I figure, if it isn't adding it's detracting, so drop it... I will listen back to the routine takes and when we are tracking for real I have worked out what I'm going to do where... It's also something that you work out with the other players. [/quote] Absolutely nailed it for me. At the amateur originals level I'm at more often than not I'm expected to instantly produce a whizzy bass line on one listen to the song (i.e whoever wrote it will say it goes like this, now play the bass line). Amateur in both senses

Couldn't resist the shinny shinny Cool.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1376170043' post='2170565'] Wildly - some of the 70s examples are real boat anchors. And some of them are not. [/quote] Boat anchor...that's a euphemism isn't it...

Absolutely great service from Dave. I enquired about two cables on Sunday (late), confirmed that evening, the cables arrived Tuesday. Great service and great cables.

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1371406999' post='2113494'] The £20 is too much for me to justfy with the little items i'm selling now. And the one off fee is pretty high too IMO. I've found groups on facebook to be useful for the few items i've sold (grey stache etc) Which is a shame. just doesn't seem the same around here now - everyones either mega-clicky or seem more moody. Think that's why I'm spending much less time on BC. [/quote] Very similar sentiments from me. I don't sell enough to justify paying £20/year to do so on here. I've only a couple of items I wish to sell, both of which would be above the free limit, but not worth enough to pay the fees on basschat. The single ad fee is very high IMO. The single annual fee is fine if you're constantly buying or trading, I'm not. I've looked to other places to sell my gear, like Facebook and Gumtree. Only this afternoon I sold some gear to someone, albeit a basschatter, but then it didn't cost me anything. As Mr Foxen pointed out, if you time it right you can place an ad on eBay for free and if the item doesn't sell you've lost nothing, and it's a bigger audience. As for the site itself, this is the first week I've posted in 2 months and tbh I'll probably leave it at that. The forum has lost it's zing and humour. It's a pretty grumpy place and many of the opinions are almost embarrassing to read.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1371394975' post='2113297'] That's one reason, so it's not exactly "nothing" [/quote] Weeeeell, not exactly inspired to play the bass, more lumped with it

Nothing. I wanted to be in a band with my mates and the bass was the only instrument left.