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The Hartke XL cabs are a great deal, really good sound - I've loved mine, and I don't think they're all that pricey. I have the same head, too! Albeit, I've managed to break mine.

To be honest, apart from changing pick-ups, I'm a luddite with the soldering. Hence my initial inclination to drill the remainder of the metal bolt and put a pin in to secure the knob. That way would neatly avoid going near my weak spot of soldering and circuit boards. Yeah, it can go back via Korg - I just need to get it to Milton Keynes. They'll then provide an estimate, etc. Certainly very helpful, but might leave me out of action for a while. No phone estimate from them, they need to see it all first. I've tried JSS Audio, locally, so we'll see what they have to say. I am unbelievably f***ed off with myself

Wondering how best to approach this lads. My guitarist picked my Hartke 3500c head up from our rehearsal space thus evening. It's obviously moved in his car boot, and the Volune button has sheared off. Total accident, no blame - and my flightcase is still a week away, so total sod's law. The metal pin runs into the potentiometer inside. That part protrudes and the pin normally slots in. Sadly, the break is recessed - I can't get traction to pulpit out and replace; to glue it; or solder it. I think I either need to drill it out or replace the potentiometer - and I have kit for neither. Any help guys? Without the kit to do it myself I could be knackered. Do I take it somewhere? If so, where is good in or around York? Can one of you sort this for some cash? I value the head at c.£100-£150 if that helps. Would put a £70 repair and service bill into context. Help me out please lads, this minor f*** up has really tee'd me off in the middle of a sh*te week. I can't catch a break :sad:

That Blitz is stunning. Give me, er, your post code and I could, er, check the crime levels in your area? Lovely stuff. Very envious!

Oops, sorry - I was thinking more of simply selling it, rather than best price

The UK ones seem a little slow to shift, perhaps because of the high BIN. If you were looking to put it on Ebay, you'd be a lot more likely to get interest if you're open to shipping to the states. There's a lot more love on those shores for these basses.

Out: BC Rich Ironbird Epiphone Thunderbird IV Epiphone Thunderbird V Squier VMJ Fretless In: Charvel 575 MTD Kingston Heir Possibly some more to go out, but really GAS'ing for some inbound.

Yeah, and I imagine they'll be worth a pretty penny under any prices. I sent a PM admiringly about the pointy Overwater. Never seen one before, very impressed - [i]edited: just spotted your reply on the other thread, so I'm off Googling![/i]

This thread is now about our steps of separation from Cronos of Venom Man's a legend.

Overwater! David, that's an immense collection. I need to book you into a teleconference with my wife. The topic: basses as a a sensible investment choice in these troubled times.

That is a very clean and tidy bass. I love how Lakland put these together, effortless yet artful. f***ing great bass you've got there, obbm.

[quote]Do all of us with regular day jobs go home and then log on to user forums so directly related to what we do every day for a living? Not me[/quote] Sadly, yes. I won a couple of awards for financial services blogging, albeit via pseudonym. I guess it's a bit like being on the forum here, that avatars have their purposes, especially when trying to distance your personal views from your employer's. That said, I don't mind chatting finance with people - I think the only thing which would bug me would be if I was someone like Steve Bee (pensions legend), where every conversation seems to fall back to "you're Steve Bee". Which I guess is how many famous players find the world. I bumped into the Cronos from Venom on BCRichplayers.com, and he was an absolute gent. Good to see people rubbing shoulders on here, regardless of their level of playing.

Thanks guys. that's really nice of you to say so! The Charvel really is the go-to bass. The neck, whilst not as thin as a Jazz, is wonderfully shallow and the Jackson hardware packs a real grunt. I'm pretty much committed to picking up additional copies, if I can find them economically. The Charvel and my two STs are regular players, being Fender-esque without the need to be Fender. I quite like a little rock [i]kitsch[/i] to proceedings. This is one which has now gone - BC Rich Ironbird, which had some delightful Wizard Area 51 pick-ups in it: I do quite miss it, but it had the world's worst neck dive.

Your nose for a bargain is impressive. Mine, sadly, is blocked.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1110479' date='Feb 1 2011, 12:19 AM']I think I went into a bar in Brighton once called "The Tugbar" there wasn't many girls in there [/quote] Is that the one next to the Blue Oyster bar? Maaaahhhooooonneeeeeyyy!!! That is a beautiful VM Jazz.

Pics are dead, chief?

Is it genuinely called the tugbar? It just sounds... well, seedy?

Yeah, I remember patterns too and build muscle memory around them. I'd recommend recording your songs - which should be reasonable easy, given the prevalence of smart phones. Then just structure your practice around a combination of play along to the the drums and guitar of the track and working on your notes. Works fine for me. I then know what I should be doing; and what the band will be doing around me.

Right, my own efforts - the photography is a little dull, as muggins here didn't think to charge the camera previously; economising on the flash is never the best idea. Jackson Kelly KBX: Lakland Darryl Jones: Charvel 575 from 1986: BC Rich Platinum ST:

My first bass might as well have been plastic!

The Blaggers! Yeah, that rings for me My guitarist is a big fan of widdling, to the extent that I had a suspicion he must be amazing - like a latter day Satriana, or something, just with a penchant for heavy rock. I've since discovered the widdling is a smoke screen for inability or inexperience - easier to widdle than admit to your limitations and get on with the rest of the band. Hence my thought that it's a lot more common than we think.