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He probably assumed that, if you could only give him half an hour, you weren't very interested. It would take him ten minutes to set up and then you'd be showing him the door after twenty minutes of noodling. Try to see it from his perspective.

Ah another Tom Weir fan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-30623509

Very interesting. recently I built a precision out of parts I had. I've fitted 3 different pickups. A cheapo 'no name' pickup (possibly Squire), an old Seymour Duncan pickup (late 70s early 80s) and the latest Fender custom shop model (as fitted in USA standards). And, as your review found out, there's is not a huge difference between them. In fact, if I'm totally honest with myself, I have a bit of a soft spot for the no name pickup.

Gaffa tape a brick to the amp.

The worst band sound I ever heard, weirdly had the best bass sound. I went to see my brother in law playing guitar with Maggie bell at the Festival theatre in Edinburgh. The sound engineers were a couple of muppets and the band sound was atrocious. But the bass sounded great. Go figure.

[quote name='badboy1984' timestamp='1429567033' post='2752778'] Recently traded my Fender jazz for a Musicman Sub stingray (MIA version). I finally enjoy the MM bass again. I had 2 high end MM bass in the bass and they were Stingray 3 band 4H and Bongo 4 HS. Sold the ray because didn;t get on with the sound and sold the bongo due to money problem. The MIA Sub sounded fantastic, altho is 2 band with no indent on the bass/treble control but it sounded completely different then the 3 band ray i had in the pass. The bass just sounded right to me. [/quote] They do sound great. I had two in the last few years and both sounded great. I particularly liked the real THUMP they had.....like a P bass but with a kick drum behind each note. I'll own one again, one day.

If you want to go crazy you could buy one of these. Supposedly they were fitted to all the early Precisions. [url="http://www.themusiczoo.com/product/1741/Fender-62-Precision-Bass-Pickguard-Shield/"]http://www.angela.com/62precisionbassthinaluminumpickguardshield.aspx[/url]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1429565975' post='2752769'] Would aluminium paint work? [/quote] I dunno? I believe the shielding paint is carbon based.

Raise the pickups nearer the strings. That usually gives a bass a bit of ooooomff!

I bought copper shielding foil from this guy on ebay. I shielded the scratchplate (I didn't bother shielding the cavity) and it got rid of any buzz from my Precision. I used conductive paint, rather than copper foil, to shield my Jazz and that did the trick. He sells both http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/jeremycharlest/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2654

I could get a really low action on my old Geddy Lee, but that really thin neck would mean that small temp changes could affect the neck and lead to choking. I had to make the action higher to compensate for movement in the neck, I would try making the action higher and see if it helps. It did for me.

Bid the max you're prepared to pay and if you're outbid by your dodgy opponent, so be it. The item you're bidding on will be relisted again if your mystery bidder is not 100% kosher.

[quote name='petetexas' timestamp='1429257595' post='2749656'] Hi all, Had my first 2 hour rehearsal last night , hand is a little stiff this morning , but no problem . ( its only just over two weeks since op ! ) Pete [/quote] Great stuff.

Marty McFly has just crept into your workshop https://youtu.be/fxoxw9Dq6kw

Ampeg 32 x 10? https://youtu.be/UPWikFPwYFc

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1429206807' post='2749289'] Luckily our singer has all three abilities that are mentioned in the post above. As much is it hurts to admit it that is - no good fuelling these singers egos too much. [/quote] Yes the better a front person they are. The more fragile their ego is.

[quote name='petetexas' timestamp='1428826631' post='2744789'] Played for at least an hour, thumb is still a little numb at the tip, but getting better every day. Stitches out tomorrow , LH woke me up last night - numb ! Could be because I am using it a lot more , untill I get the RH fully functional . Highly recommend the op ............................. Pete [/quote] I still use splints at night on the hand that had the operation. This is because, if I don't, I get a touch of trigger finger in the morning which takes a couple of minutes to go away. I don't get numbness or pain any more though (which is the main thing) and I can play bass with no problem whatsoever.

That's going to trigger a tsunami in Shoreham by Sea.

Those body end truss rods are a pain in the butt.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1344353590' post='1763237'] One of John's excellent Jazz bass wiring loom bought. I never knew that decent pots (and soldering) could make such a difference to the sound of a bass. It sounds great! Make sure your control plate is made for the larger CTS pots. Mine wasn't so I needed to get the old file out. Gareth [/quote] Great stuff! This time I bought one in Precision flavour. Sounds excellent and fitted in 10 minutes.

I have very high standards. I hate it when band members put videos of the band up online. Usually the sound is crap and is a bad reflection of what we sound like live.

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1428261960' post='2739730'] I find the GAK demos to be pretty much as bad as they could possibly be. I can't complain though because I doubt I could do better than either of these. [/quote] Yes, it's the guitarist playing bass syndrome. Very sloppy playing by a guitarist pretending to be a bassist. I assume he got the job because he sounded good in front of a camera. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5_KBiLxlfc

There's a thin line between being 'creative and melodic', which is a good thing and being 'busy', which is a bad thing. Your clip by Opeth is an example of being 'creative and melodic'. It adds something to the tune. A busy bassline is one that doesn't add anything to the music being played. It just sounds like an insecure bass player saying 'look at me'. Hit me with your rhythm stick is insanely busy but it still works. [url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0WGVgfjnLqc"]https://www.youtube....bed/0WGVgfjnLqc[/url] As far as your question on keeping an eye on the other players is concerned. I play in a lot of bluesy type bands where there is never a set arrangement for many of the songs. I tend to keep my eyes glued on the singer and guitarist, as I never know when they're going to go off on a tangent and I'll need to follow them. I enjoy the unpredictability of that kind of gig.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1428259524' post='2739703'] They probably use exactly the same components as any other Chinese built solid state amps (Ampeg included), they just don't have a "prestigious" name badge on the front. [/quote] Yup!