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    OK, bit of nonsense really, and nothing life threatening, Rehearsed last night and as soon as I started playing discovered a tiny thorn in the tip of my third finger - made stopping the notes (fretless so don't want to get that fretting argument going again) really painful and ended up doing some strange alternatives. One of the problems with being a gardener - the other being that the constant wearing of leather gloves keeps softening my callouses. Anyone got anything more dramatic - sawmill workers etc?
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    Nice work. Forget the Sansamp, looking at your sig all you really need is the Stella and kebabs to come on board!
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    Friday 24th June at Poet's Corner 33 Montgomery Street, Hove playing Dylan and assorted bluesy, country, folky rock. n.b Gearstalkers will probably feel a little underwhelmed
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    I'd spec it so that when it went wrong out of guarantee your average decent amp repair man could fix it, in other words completely unlike my Yamaha BB500H
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    [quote name='Monckyman' post='1258139' date='Jun 6 2011, 10:22 AM']Lo Mike, yes your prob right about the Eminence being choice. That being the case what would be your price for the Orange? Thanks, Dave.[/quote] Hi Dave, OK, £30 plus carriage at cost for the Celestion seeing as 4 ohm is a bit less sought after, £35 for the Eminence (same with carriage) and £30 for the Black Widow (carriage will probably be a lot more on that - it is a monster)! Just for everyone's info, the Eminence Basslite is rated at 150 watts, 300 watts peak. Cheers, Mike
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    I see Clarky finally got rid of that Caps Lock key
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    [quote name='Monckyman' post='1257976' date='Jun 6 2011, 12:28 AM']Bit premature I know, but I`m looking for an 8ohm driver so, Can I get first shout on: A/ the Celestion Orange if whoever buys the cab doesn`t want it or, B/ the Eminence Neo if they do. And also, what prices might you want for the drivers ? Ta. MM[/quote] Hi MM, Wouldn't that be the other way around? Eminence is 8ohm, Celestion 4. I think the Eminence is going to be the most likely candidate to go with the cab being that most folks seem to want 8ohm and lightweight, but yes, if it doesn't go with it I'll give you a shout. I would have though £35 plus carriage at cost would be reasonable - 1/2 new price. Cheers, Mike
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    OK, I knew this would be hard to put a value on, it is a great little cab and has a choice of three great drivers, but stuff is selling for so little now that I realise that this is going to be hard to sell for anything like it is worth, so: bumped for swaps - try me with anything musically related. (mic, fx, who knows)! Got this as a trade from Thornybank when I needed a very small cab to match my Yamaha BB110. Unfortunately, shortly afterwards the matching class D head went south and I couldn't find anyone to repair it. Absolutely solid construction, yet with a neo driver a very easy one hand lift. Due to needing a 4 ohm cab for the Yamaha I got a Celestion Orange 300w driver for it but I also have the original, fabulous but crazy heavy Peavy Black Widow or an 8 ohm Emminence Basslite neo to load it with. The drivers that don't go with the cab will be available for sale seperately. Tough one to put a price on, but bearing in mind neither the Celestion or Eminence had very much use (and were never thrashed as they were only used in an acoustic trio (EUB, acoustic guitar and singer) and cost around £70 new I'm going to punt this out at [s]£120[/s] £100 or make me an offer with your choice of speaker from the above. n.b. pics are Thornybanks and the driver pictured is not one of those offered here and the tour sticker has beend removed [attachment=81841:alucab_1.jpg] [attachment=81842:alucab_2.jpg] [attachment=81843:alucab_3.jpg] [attachment=81844:alucab_4.jpg]
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    Something very melancholic yet beautiful about that old guitar - if I had any idea how to restore these things I'd be all over it like a rash.
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    Should really love this man but early 80's Albert Hall only gig I've ever left early
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    Very nice. Very wrong but very nice all the same
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    Possible reason why the Ricky is so special is it was for a long time the only other "serious contender" bass available.
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    This lot any good for what you are after? [url="http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/"]http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/[/url]
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    Erm, just for clarity, in your first post you say you took your Strat in, then in the later post you say when you picked your bass up. Which was it?
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    I wouldn't say fraud but in my experienc it is a lot harder work with a less experienced/able drummer. I have a similar problem, although we locked in beautifully at a gig on Sunday. You do end up noticing all sorts of things like, for example, the singer speeding up - an experienced drummer will hold him in place whereas with a less experienced one it falls to you to try and keep things in check. Talk to your drummer - I have. Mine didn't get the idea of a big powerful snare on the third beat in a ballad, however, on Sunday this was exactly how he played "Knocking On Heaven's Door" so he is now going to work on that for other songs.
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    [quote name='Pete Academy' post='1253051' date='Jun 1 2011, 07:28 PM']I started to play my older brother's acoustic guitar in my early teens. He had a copy of Bert Weedon's 'Play In A Day'. I remember being excited when I could change between C and G chords. Eventually he bought an electric guitar and turned up one day with a used Vox bass he'd bought for ten quid. I played along with him and picked it up quite well. I was hooked from then.[/quote] Altogether now - "There Is A Tavern In The Town" look out for that F7!! I started on guitar, started double bass at the age of 13, school bass teacher died and wasn't replaced (thanks Thatch) so gravitated back to guitar. Played rhythm guitar for years in a big band (probably had more in common with bass playing than being a lead guitarist in a rock band) then gave up for a while, opened a guitar shop and suddenly found myself far more drawn to bass than guitar so have been palying and giiging again for the last 7 years.
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    There have been plenty of relics pointed out on here in the past but this one has got to be by far the worst. No wonder the Google ad on the bottom of the page was for Wickes
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    A B'd the LTD and the ESP when they were introduced - fantastic although the price at the time put me off. Had there been the sort of deals that are about now I would have snapped one up, thought they were both great, the ESP obviously was the better bass but was significantly more money.
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    Great one last night - a lot of trepidation leading up to it as we played a holiday park in Hastings and we're not what you would think of as traditional holiday park entertainment. However, the lady who booked us knows her punters and knew what we did and we went down a storm, finishing 1/2 hour after curfew with the tiny dancefloor packed! Sound was great and really easily acheived both on stage and out front, and really locked in nicely with the drummer for the first time. Hour plus drive home didn't even tack the sparkle off the night
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    But do those that have the natural ability and pick up playing quickly possibly have the tendency to just go with it rather than sit down and put all the heavyweight pratice in - Keith Richards vs Julian Bream perhaps?
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    Nobody has mentioned veal - king of chops!
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    [quote name='Hutton' post='1246855' date='May 27 2011, 11:39 AM']As a Christian who is employed full-time by the church I just want to say how much I have appreciated the way in which everybody has approached this thread.[/quote] And as a non-Christian I'd like to +1 that. It has been nice to be able to put up a challenge without a flame war starting. Thanks for the responses.
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    [quote name='therose789' post='1246475' date='May 26 2011, 11:49 PM']i think my point was more of a ''i play bass at church on a sunday and we play a particular style so i was just wondering if there were any people who play similar stuff to me'' kind of thing! it wasnt to create segregation, i suppose its similar to having a ''jazz bass players'' or ''punk bass players'' section i suppose its more of a genre than anything you get me?[/quote] Fair point, on here I guess the term can be describing a musical genre, just was the combination of this, the motorbike run a couple of weeks ago and the surfers. Still feel the latter two are a bit unnecessary and divisive.
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    This is an honest, questioning post, NOT trolling. Why does there seem to be a need for being a "Christian ......." (insert whatever here). I have recently seen a "Christian Motorbike Club" (out on a Sunday BTW), and this morning pulled up in a car park next to a car plastered in Christian stickers, including "Christian Surfers". Now we have "Christian Bass Players". There doesn't seem to be the need for atheist, Jewish or Muslim versions of these groups, why the need to create this segregation?
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    I had the VMJ fretless and whilst it was very good for the money I really wanted a fiver so ended up getting Jon Shuker to put a fretless ebony board on my Cort GB75. The difference IMHO of an ebony board to a composite one is huge and would therefore go with sorting out the Yamaha. Might be worth checking the luthier thread on here and shopping around - my brand new ebony board from Shuker sound to me like better value than £80 to have yours re-shot.
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