Mr Cougar

Alright Chaps,
I want to pep-up the tonal range of my P Bass, thought I might stick in the EMG replacement pickups/active tone circuits. Has anyone got any other ideas/experience with these.

Any other suggestions as to what might be good and what type of sounds I'll get?

Ta

Hi guys, I have a Gibson Les Paul Tiumph which has a short scale, the E string sounds awful, I've heard this is a common problem on short scale basses. Some time ago someone recommended some strings that were very good for short scale (but I can't remember the make), can anyone recommend a make to me.

It's got a set of Ernie Ball Round wound 95s on it currently and the E just has an atonal thump with some odd harmonics.

Suggestions?

Cheers

Brilliant, the seller is well funny

Kiwi was your that your old Cutlass that sold at the Bass Centre last summer, I love them and nearly bought that one but at the last minute they got this in and I creamed in my pants, since when I was a young cougar growing up in the wilds of Lancashire I always dreamed of a Les Paul Triumph.

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Mind you didn't you once say that the neck on that Cutlass was like a bannana?

I have got one of these though
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Lead Guitar -Robert Johnson
Guitar & Vox - Joe Strummer
Bass & Vox - me
Keys - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Drums -Animal (muppets)

I guess on the other hand if you buy from someone with plenty of good feedback it could be that they didn't notice either. I mean, if you had sold something you genuinely believed to have nothing more than a minor cosmetic fault on it and then some guy across the pond said after having had it for months and sold it through 2 other people that it had a significant structural fault you'd think; "this limey b*gger is trying to take me for a ride, he's broken it and thinks I'm some kind of colonial mug, we didn't fight the war of independence for this. I'm so anoyed about this varmint, I'm gonna have to chew some to'baccy, beat ma' wife and go fire my assult rifle in the garden, sorry yard"

Just being devils advocate though, you only have to look at Beedsters picci to know he's a stand up guy, mind you my mother always told me never to trust men with beards (to quote Baldrick)

Careful what I say here since we could be being watched as we speak but a 'very close friend' of mine bought a Gibson Les Paul Custom shop for $3000, as this would have meant over £260 in Vat, another £50 in import duties etc my friend asked them to send it marked at $700, this was a massive risk in terms of the insurance but since it paid off never mind eh. Saved £200+, and since my friend pays over £10k a year in tax so that crackheads and 14 single mothers don't have to trouble themselves with work it was a guilt free experience - apparently.

I love fraud, sorry my friend does, but remember kids it isn't big or clever.

I was especially pleased since I once applied to join the HMC&E Graduate scheme and went to a final interview only for them to not give me the job, not let me know for 3 months and then say 'we felt you needed to understand customs and excise in the broader sense and get more experience of it' -duh!! What?? Well, of course, hence the application for the graduate scheme!!??

And relax....

Well the sellers feedback is good so that doesn't present much of a concern, but I'm pretty sure that I'm right in saying since it's coming from Switzerland then you'd be hit for the small matter of 17.5% vat, another say £50 on duty and a handling charge from the courier, make sure you factor that in before you buy.

God damn it! That is giving me the Bass horn! If only it were a precision.

Beedster - I can't agree old boy, I think £1k is a fair price for a refinished bass with non-original parts. Not a genuine collectors bass which would push it up into the stratosphere but a players bass of the highest calibre I'll warrant? Oh so much mojo as well.

Bumpety

Cheers chaps, lot's to think about. Paul, I noticed yours was for sale, price seems there or thereabouts but I'm not much of an impulse buyer, need to mull it over for a while

Apologies to Snap for Hijacking his intro-post for this Lincolnshire nonsense.

By the way if you aren't old enough you won't get this, but; Snap, do you have the power?

Hey Muppet do you still start every sentence with either "tell ya' what" or "now then"? If you do you are a definitely still a Lincs man.

Bassplayers Popular Front of Lincolnshire.....Pah!! Spliters!!, up the PBFoL.

This big cat's in Scunthorpe so at least 4 of us in Lincs - can I be the family pet?

Alright Chaps, the big cat is keen on taking up the EUB and I am trying to get one that is good quality but nothing stupidly expensive, I like the look of the NS CR4M anyone got any other suggestions what might be suitable?

That's got to be a far more worthy cause than buying some guy in Togo a fishing rod surely?

Yeah! a peavey cab - I still use a 4x10 with horn as my main cab even though I can aford anything I want, really not bad at all, everytime i have thought about replacing it the differential in sound really hasn't been large enough to justify the expense.

Damn it! I thought this thread was going to be about communism and the failure of the solcialist experiment in Western Europe in the late 20th century!

That Jazz is the balls, I love the custom tweaks. Bet you get some comments when you play it live.

You need only check out Bassmonsters avatar to know he is an authority on custom options, £100 seems pretty reasonable

It's a bit like you're a kindly man who takes in a dog that's been abused by some knucklehead, I can see the heartwrenching advert on TV now for abused basses now:

(barbers adagio for strings plays as background music on a vintage fender) '(voicover) "just £2 a month can help prevent abuse by drummers, we found a 1992 Stingray that just want's to be loved that hadn't had a set up in over 12 years, it's kneck was so bowed it may never be free of fret buzz"... "Your £2 can help stop drummers ever being allowed near a bass. This poor Rickenbacker 4001 was abused by a drummer during a break in practice whilst it's owner was having a roll up outside, the drummer left it leant against the amp with the strings un-muted until the feedback got so bad all the paint fell off"

I just nearly made myself cry...

Get over to Bass Porn and let's have some pics lad

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the best bass to start off with is IMHO a Fender Precision Bass. They are great general instruments, suitable for any musical style, they have never really gone out of fashion and aren't likely to and you could pick up a japanese one for less than your budget (check the for sale section on Basschat).

I would question the wisdom of buying anything more expensive or 'niche' since you may regret it after a couple of years when you understand more about the sound and type of instrument you want. I started on a Squire (cheap fender licenced copy)Precision played it for 4 years by which time knew enough to know exactly what I wanted from my next instrument.

Incidentally I have no agenda here, I don't own any fenders anymore, but I stick by them as a great starter bass.

Also save some money on the bass and you could buy a funky little amp (Mr Cougar recommends one of the small Mark Bass amps they are very good for the size and money)

Good luck with the Bass - you are now officially cool regardless of what your guitarist mates think.

Thanks BRX I shall give some a go... will let you know how I go on.

Cos it is an edit and I forgot to update that part.

KO- Thanks very much, I had to order it specially - longest 6 weeks of my life.