Rich

How about one of the more absurdly shaped Dean metal basses? [quote name='BottomEndian' post='566951' date='Aug 12 2009, 04:36 PM']There's a band called [url="http://www.myspace.com/52pickuphateyou"]52 Pick-Up[/url] in Newcastle who do just that. Well, they're apparently "psychobilly", but the ethos and image seems to be fairly punk: [/quote] That guitarist is neither psycho nor billy enough. He needs a huge Gretsch or something, and some silly hair*. Perhaps his mum won't let him have a daft haircut? [size=1]* He needs to be Brian Setzer, really.[/size]

[quote name='Hit&Run' post='567092' date='Aug 12 2009, 06:26 PM']Peavey do have a reputation for building stuff with 'bombproof' constuction. Which probably explains why you always see loads of peavey gear out & about. It simply won't die.[/quote] After WW3, all that will be left on the scorched earth is grass, cockroaches, and Peavey bass gear [quote name='EdwardHimself' post='567217' date='Aug 12 2009, 07:47 PM']One tiny issue though is that i don't think having screw on knobs on split shaft pots was the best of ideas, some of mine have fallen off. Might get some new ones but really it's just a case of making sure they're screwed on tight![/quote] No you're right, not a good idea at all. Splined pot shafts really need push-on knobs. If you have to have screw ones, try to make sure the screw lines up with the split in the shaft. That way, the shaft won't bend when you tighten it up.

My thoughts exactly. If it is a yarn, he could have come up with something that didn't make him out to be such a miserable git.

Dun

I'll have a punt please -- don't know if that makes me next or what?

I think we all are, really.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='565834' date='Aug 11 2009, 12:32 PM']Sadly, the date seems to have passed Fender by. Couldn't find a mention on their web site[/quote] No mention on the EBMM site either, or G&L. That is a disgrace.

Ah well... you pays yer money (or not in this case) I guess. FWIW, I enjoyed it. And I know who won the amp too... spawny bastid. EDIT. And I now have slight GAS for an Urge.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='328702' date='Nov 13 2008, 11:05 PM']Llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllluxury.[/quote] There were 126 of uz living in't WEM cab in't middle of road.

Got through the whole year without GAS to speak of... now starting to feel yearnings for a G-B Shuttle or perhaps NeoPak head. I still adore the SM900, but the damn thing's heavier than my cabs for feck's sake...

[b]Pros:[/b][list] [*]Sound. (I saw a band at the Bristol harbour festival the other week, the bassist was using a Shuttle combo with an extension cab... the best bass sound I've heard in ages.) [/list][b]Cons:[/b][list] [*]I haven't got one. [/list]Just when you think your GAS is sorted...

[quote name='Bassassin' post='562597' date='Aug 7 2009, 09:51 AM']For me, playing music, specifically gigging, whether it be to 2 people or 200 is a life-affirming experience - we've had a couple of long breaks (6 months or so) and I hate it - in a sense gigging is what I play music for.[/quote] +10000000000000000000 I don't intend to stop playing/gigging until they screw the lid down. Even then, I shall be pestering Keith Moon and Jimi Hendrix for a jam.

Aw never mind, it was probably rubbish anyway. Honest. When I see the model designation 'IGB', I always read it as a word rhyming with 'Digby'. Is it just me?

[quote name='OldGit' post='562232' date='Aug 6 2009, 08:37 PM']However if you don't do number one, you are wasting your time doing number two.[/quote] Must... not... make... juvenile toilet gag...

The original's lost? Dammit, now we'll have to send it round everybody who's read it to collect the signatures again

Bagsy me after acidcool.

[quote name='OldGit' post='561130' date='Aug 5 2009, 01:40 PM']ZZ Bot[/quote] Got to be done

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If memory serves, Wilkes were among the first to offer them in any number. I've never seen a Jaydee with them, apart from that sale one! They're not an over the counter one-size-fits-all thing... have a word with your friendly neighbourhood luthier. They won't stop [u]all[/u] damage to a fretless, you'll still get normal string wear along the board, but it will stop the end of the board getting knackered from smacking the string against it. And it will add the slap's percussive element that you get from a fretted bass.

I've had my Comfort Strapppp for about 10 years now. Fabulously comfortable, even with 10lbs of Wal hanging off it. If I ever need to get a replacement, I shall buy another Comfort Strapppppp without hesitation. And I don't care how it looks.

[quote name='silddx' post='558141' date='Aug 1 2009, 11:05 PM']Nikki Sixx's choppers look f***ing beautiful! I wish I had teef like dat.[/quote] Basses by Gibson Cabs by Basson Teeth by Photoshop

Steve Harris currently 12th [i]and[/i] 17th.

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='558812' date='Aug 2 2009, 11:01 PM']Nice bass - I've got Rich's old one - being refurbished at John's as we speak![/quote] Cool -- what's he doing to it Nick? And has he found the ultra-hi-tech precision engineered pickup mounting system yet??

Bloke from Nirvana - 4th Jamerson - 15th Jaco - nowhere Ridiculous 'poll'.

Leave. Now.