BigAlonBass

I've personally used La Bella flats for the last ten years or so, and I wouldn't change back. As to how long you can leave them on, how long is a piece of string? If they sound a bit 'wrong' after 6 months or so, go for it, but only your ears can tell you what's right for you. (I've had the same set on my Precision for two years, but don't tell anybody.)

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='346659' date='Dec 5 2008, 05:25 PM']Right now I can't afford anything. Problem with modern drivers is the chassis is a different shape and won't sit in the recess, so it would be fairly major surgery. Considering moving this on now its been diagnosed.[/quote] Well if you ever get up to the North-East, you could consider moving it in my direction. I don't mind undertaking a bit of Major Surgery.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='340310' date='Nov 29 2008, 10:00 AM']The pot of gold attached includes getting to chat with real folks , of all shapes , sizes and musical interests - all sharing the same core interest. It's far , far more than 'look at me , I've got one of these etc'. Hats well and truly doffed to all that help organise these events , and long may they continue.[/quote] I've got to agree with the above sentiments. Everybody's gear was available to everybody else, expensive Basses were being passed around like cheap biscuits, and apart from helping to organise it, Warwickhunt makes EXCELLENT coffee. I just wish my fingers weren't like blocks of ice, so I could have appreciated it more. (oh, and Dave-Both your Bands are excellent, I love Precisions, and I want a GK amp. ) and it snowed on the way home on the Bike.

[quote name='neepheid' post='339353' date='Nov 28 2008, 10:37 AM']Looks like you had a good laugh. Some nifty playing there and some sweet gear. With playing and gear like that on offer even at the tiniest bassbash you won't catch me embarrassing myself at such a gathering any time soon with my rag and bone collection of cut price basses and my near total absence of technical ability![/quote] Double bollocks! If my car had'nt gone bang, it contained a very battered old Trace Elliot amp and Cab, a home-made 2x12", a Precision Lyte with a "custom" body, and a shaped piece of mahogany mantlepiece with an old Jim Deacon neck stuck on it, to make an "electric upright." I just wanted to see how they would compare against the newer stuff. There were absolutely NO EGOS on display, tasty coffee, and tasty Bass sounds. It was worth freezing my round objects off to get there, and have a laugh with a bunch of lads with no pretentions, and the same things in common - Basses!

Cor! Youtube. Fame at last!

[quote name='StevieC' post='334234' date='Nov 22 2008, 07:57 AM']Mr. Hunt, Thanks for organising this. I'm looking forward to meeting the faces behind the posts. Steve[/quote] When you actually see some of the faces, you may be glad you only see our posts!

[quote name='johnnylager' post='331362' date='Nov 18 2008, 11:22 AM']Is that a Mark IV Peavey? Best bass amps ever.[/quote] Yes it was. and it was. Unfortunately, it got nicked out of the back of the van when the roadies were "chatting" to a couple of nubile females. They soon became ex-roadies.

Seconded, Mr. Decision Maker!

Back in the Olden Days...................... [attachment=16099:My_Pictu...date_063.jpg] You can see to the right of the picture what I had to use for Live work. I had the Peavey Amp powering the 2x15" Cab, with a 'slave output' to the Marshall Amp, which in turn powered the pair of 4x12" Cabs. It was the only way (at the time) that I could be heard at more or less the same volume as the Guitarist. Give it a bash, it could be the answer to all your problems. (edit for stupid typo)

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='330834' date='Nov 17 2008, 05:29 PM']Community Centre is fine with me. I wouldn't see anyone carry their gear in by themselves... I'd go and hide in the toilet till they were loaded in. [/quote] Hmmm. So they WERE right about you?

O.K. I'm in. I'll bring a (very battered) Trace Rig, if anybody wants to try the old, second hand route to getting 'on the road.'

[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='328167' date='Nov 13 2008, 09:48 AM']well thats kind of the tac that i have gone down. "its a bit old and knackered, probably doesn't even work but i don't mind that would do as a nice little project and i need something that it doesnt matter if it takes a beating..." kind of thing still waiting to get a response back on it at the mo though, i can't get there till the weekend.[/quote] It's the weekend. Are we there yet? are we there yet? are we the..........

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='329292' date='Nov 14 2008, 05:35 PM']Warwickhunt and I might be sorting something out if y'all are interested...?[/quote] Nobody would want to play my crap!

It is indeed a Vester Bass, with a Bubinga Body and a Wenge neck, the same as mine........but the front of the headstock looks funny.

Issue with the headstock? Mine's a "Custom Shop" as well, but it isn't that horrid "badly painted" colour, and it's got a mother-of-pearl "V" sunk into it.

[quote name='Musky' post='322524' date='Nov 5 2008, 10:55 AM']Someone once recommended one of [url="http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001151&langId=-1&searchTerms=0743831&Submit=GO+%3E"]these[/url] on here (or one of the earlier incarnations). Though looking at it I'm not 100% sure the platform is completely horizontal.[/quote] My ex-Bands guitard bought one. Two minutes with a hacksaw on the front legs, and it stood perfectly horizontal. (The rubber stoppers remove and re-fit easily) Two bungee cords later, he could wheel it in and out of gigs, just taking the bungees off whilst playing. It carried a 2x12" (upright) and a 2u rack case.

P.M.'d

Sounded like Jazz to me. Ducks for cover, pulling coat on, runs out the door!

The obligatory "Atmospheric Shot" checking for dust... [attachment=15433:My_Pictu...date_566.jpg] and the " 0.25 seconds after attempting a 'Rock Pose' and the Bass rebounds off your gonads" shot. [attachment=15434:My_Pictu...date_583.jpg]

Just bought a Wharfedale Active P.A. from Jake. It was stacked beside the door, ready to load up when we arrived. He even helped us to load it, but didn't warn me about how loud it was. Tested it in my conservatory when I got home, and now need new windows. Great lad to deal with.

We shared a bill with Glyder last year, and it was understood that we would supply the Backline. (P.A. was hired in) They turned up, socialised, had a laugh (and the odd bevvy) and when it was time for their soundcheck, I started to tell the Bassist about the controls, in case he needed to alter them at all. His reply-"Ahhhh, you use a Precision, the same as me, and you've got a f*cking brilliant sound. I ain't touching a thing." The response from ALL the guys in the Band was in a similair vein, and we would happily share a stage with them anytime. Now that's the kind of people you don't mind sharing with. I wish they were all like that.