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Doesn't strike me as particularly high. There are a lot of members on here, many who don't contribute to threads, so the site may seem smaller than it is. Most members on line at any one moment was over 8,400. It is also a specialist market, so your £3,000 estimate could be one bass, could easily be two basses so the actual turnover is quite low IMO.

Until quite recently I had been a one bass only person. I then built a bass as a project, but then couldn't sell it for a sensible price so started to use it. I now really love having two very distinct sounds to use in my band, and the rest of the band all really notice the difference. I'd say, depending on how many you have, work out a great second bass that is very different to number one, and then, if there is the range in your collection, and playing situations, chose a third on the same basis. Then sell off the rest.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1457167571' post='2995891'] As for dumbed down lyrics, at the risk of transatlantic ire 'Love me do' and 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' were not exactly Shakespeare. [/quote] "We all live in a yellow submarine...now what do I follow that line with"

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1457164218' post='2995867'] Listen to Brian Mathews' Sounds of the Sixties and you will hear everything he has described in the video. [/quote] This has always been my response. Amazing how selective memory can be.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1456753522' post='2991897'] Mostly this. Although for some people the TH500 is tonal nirvana (or today's version of it), some of us struggle to get on with the sound and the interactivity of the controls. In my personal case, the TH was incompatible with the cab I owned at the time. Values are still good, so it makes sense to sell and let someone else get the benefit! [/quote] Glad I'm not the only one. Really did not like the TH500 I tried when I bought my Carvin, but thought it must have been just me!

[quote name='CletePurcel' timestamp='1456919809' post='2993485'] I have just started playing bass (moving over from guitar). I have an Ibanez SR500. This is my first post so apologies if these are dumb questions. In terms of power would a 100W amp still be OK for practice? So if my choice was between a Rumble 100 and BA-115 is the extra £100 or so worth it for the Ampeg over the Fender? As a guitarist who uses tube amps I would never use a 100W amp for practice so it seems a bit too much but this is for a bass and solid state so I don't really know - I guess it is apples and oranges. [/quote] Nothing dumb about these questions! Directly answering your point about the amp being too much for practice, no, you won't lose anything by playing a bigger solid state bass amp quietly, unlike your comparison of valve guitar amps, so nothing to worry about with 100 or even 200/500 watt amps. I use Rumble cabs which I am very happy with - great kit for the money.

Not adverts, but my kids have discovered loads of great music through Dreamworks films.

As apparently is Esperanza, that's another good thing!

[quote name='neilp' timestamp='1456610248' post='2990820'] When exactly was it that the world decided that Precisions and Jazz Basses were no longer Fender products and the copies no longer rip-offs (however well-made and good to play)? [/quote] When the man whose name is on the headstock left (and the quality left with him)?

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1456605767' post='2990756'] Much to the surprise of absolutely no-one at all on BC, I've got one gathering dust in my spares box! PM me your address & I'll bung it in the post Jon. [/quote]

Although fairly good with Ebay feedback, if you do read the one negative and two neutral and add those to your tale a picture starts to emerge (esp the comment about trying to get money off)!

[quote name='AndrewR' timestamp='1456587223' post='2990540'] All I need now is the "Avon Rose Morris Japan" headstock badge to complete. This was always missing from when I bought the bass secondhand in the late 1970's - anyone know where I can get hold of one of these badges? [/quote] You may be able to get one of these 3D printed.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1456509603' post='2989886'] I just like browsing. If you don't know what you want, then it makes sense to just browse, ignoring the ones that are out of your price range. [/quote] Me too. I always laugh when I see those adverts - "If you are reading this you'll know all about..." Err, no, I like gear, I like looking at all sorts, please tell me about it

[size=3]Sorry Synthaside, but another reason why you should stick to writing code - what on earth is an upcoming pregnancy?[/size]

[quote name='skampino' timestamp='1456435914' post='2989116'] Hi Marvin, is the UK VAT include on Thomann prices? [/quote] Copied and pasted from Thomann: [color=#000000][font=verdana, tahoma, arial, helvetica][size=6][b][center]€289[/center][/b][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=verdana, tahoma, arial, helvetica][size=5][center]£228.57[/center][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=verdana, tahoma, arial, helvetica][size=4] [size=2][center]Price includes VAT and free thomann[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/helpdesk_shipping.html"]shipping[/url](where applicable) £ price - guideline price only[/center][/size][/size][/font][/color]

[quote name='jrixn1' timestamp='1456429673' post='2989013'] Natural History Museum: Upstaged by Dippy the Diplodocus. [/quote] Beaten to it (and no camera phones and very little digital photography when I played there). Dreadful acoustics!!

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1456413876' post='2988792'] Oh totally - wouldn't it be boring if we were all the same! Weight isn't a massive concern at the minute. But it would be weird to have an amp that weighs more than your cabs. As in weighs more than 2 retro 2x10s - only weight I can find for the ABM900 online is 28kg... the retros weigh 13kg! Horses for courses and all that! [/quote] Would have suggested you get to hear one before making your mind up, but they're pretty thin on the ground, so can't imagine much chance of finding one in Ballymena!!

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1456411313' post='2988744'] I remember our Barefaced chats! I would doubt I'd go for the Carvin I'm afraid. It may be on a level with anything else out there, but it's a case of better the devil you know. If I could get an Orange TB500/1000 or Ashdown ABM900 for the same (or less) money previous experience tells me I'd be happy with them, so the Carvin wouldn't get a look in! [/quote] [quote name='Huge Hands' timestamp='1456412842' post='2988775'] Each to their own - the only thing I would say in defence of the Carvin is that I've tried to lift a ABM900 and the Carvin is a feather in comparison. I imagine the Orange stuff is heavy too. I was going for compact and light (due to back problems) which is what sent me down that route. There doesn't seem to be many on BC that use Carvin amps (a very generalised sweeping comment based on my limited reading here), but I'm very happy with mine! EDIT: Good luck in your search - I'd be interested to hear what you do go for in the end. [/quote] Another very happy Carvin user, and having had the chance to use the Orange Terror a few times at jam nights I can honestly say I'd rate the Carvin way above it.

Ah, but is that Bread, the band, the TV series or the wheat based staple of our diet?

Not only includes the best piece I have ever heard on the competition but also has the highest overall standard! If you've never listened and voted before, make this month the one when you do!

I play fretless for 90% of what I do and own neither chorus or reverb. Got a nice overdrive for a couple of songs though!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1456315814' post='2987677'] Heavy blues = Zeppelin, surely? [/quote] I think Robert Plant must have left his echo box on

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1456312282' post='2987611'] I once drank two pints ( and I'm not a particularly fast drinker) whilst listening to a band do their version of 'Red House' at a beer festival. That was pretty epic. (in the sense that it seemed to go on for a very long time rather than being notable for anything else). [/quote] Red House needs two pints (and I'm teetotal)

Can't find an absolute definitive answer, but it looks like Airline might be a possibility. Company was in operation from 58, and I can see basses online from 62 (also one circa 1960).

Sounds to me that you need to look at Led Zeppelin's more blues influenced stuff, Since I've Been Loving You, Levee Breaks, I Can't Quit You Baby - as already said, a lot of it is just taking the old standards (I Can't Quit You Baby) and making your own heavy interpretation of them.