gjones

Is it noticeable by sight or can you just feel it with your fingers? On a small bit of my Jazz neck (about the 3 rd fret) I can feel the skunk stripe but when I look at it closely it isn't jutting out from the neck, it just seems like a bit of the the poly finish has flaked of at this point. It is a 30 year old neck though and it's played hundreds of gigs in my hands over the years. I do have the truss maxed out though so was a bit concerned that the neck might be under stress.

Thomann are selling remaining little giant stock cheap for £211. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ashdown_little_giant_1000.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/ashdown_little_giant_1000.htm[/url]

If someone gives you a list of 25 songs to learn for an audition then they haven't got a clue. If you were asked to learn 4 or five of the more difficult songs that would be a more professional approach. I think you were right right in turning them down.

Adjust the Squier pickups to be nearer to the strings............makes a BIG difference in output.

Easy simple deal good price. Deal with confidence.

I thought it was pretty good (usually there's not much I can be bothered with on Jools). Old Liam in an anorak and wearing dark glasses.... indoors I thought Beady Eye sounded better than Oasis. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Miguel sounded a bit Marvin Gaye. Deep valley are different and a bit out there. And KT Tunstall is still as groovy as she used to be, when I'd buy her a cup of tea to keep her hands warm, as she busked on Rose Street in Edinburgh back in the day.[/font][/color]

If anybody buys that bass, thinking it's the world's rarest Fender precision, I have no sympathy for them.

The new cheapo SUBs may be nice basses but don't sound like Stingrays. The original US SUB is a Stingray with a dodgy paint job and the Ray 34 by musicman sounds like one. Both of these are within your price range (I'd go for US SUB as I've owned two and they were great).

Strongly brewed tea?

Tony Blair's dad in law's in that!

When I've been in the audience at decent size venues, most 'Bass' sounds subsonic. I don't think I can ever remember being knocked out by a decent bass sound at any medium to large venue where I've been in the audience. Usually it sounds like everything above whatever the frequency elephants fart at, has been eliminated from the mix.

It's difficult. My brother in law, who is a fully pro guitarist, has managed it by diversifying. He plays in 5 bands but makes most of his cash by playing solo because he doesn't have to share the fee. Occasionally he'll get a session gig with a 'name' act (usually a 70's throwback). Which can be decent money. Unfortunately bass is an accompanying instrument so you'll never get the kind of money a solo act gets. Probably the best way of making some decent cash is to learn to sing and play guitar.

I'll be playing there on Friday and Sunday so will pop along.

They usually have all the size specs on the company website which should give you a good idea. Most speakers are designed to be interchangeable so it's unlikely you'll have a problem.

It's an XLR socket. I assume as an alternative to a jack socket. [url="http://www.bass-guitar-museum.com/bass-4872-Hohner-B2A-headless-4-string-bass-guitar-active-EQ"]http://www.bass-guitar-museum.com/bass-4872-Hohner-B2A-headless-4-string-bass-guitar-active-EQ[/url]

[quote name='Ashdown Engineering' timestamp='1368267261' post='2075059'] We do not give gear to artists... We may loan the odd rig here and there when required but generally speaking if someone wants to use Ashdown and be an artist we insist they put their hand in their pocket. In fact it's only really ever young bands who need a little help that we loan gear to. Nate Mendel, Adam Clayton, Pino, Shavo, JJ etc etc have all paid for their rigs. We don't have contracts and don't expect anything in return apart from them except using the gear for as long as they want to, we would never want a player using Ashdown because he/she is paid/contracted to do so(which quite a few large brands do either in salary terms or via paid clinics) its hard these days as many company's are giving away boatloads of free gear and offering the world to people but for us as a little UK family company it means something that the player likes and wants to use the gear and isn't using it because its free/they're being paid to do so... [/quote] Just out of interest, why did Ashdown change the eq controls on the MiBass? Was it to make it a bit simpler? I have one and really like it but the semi parametric EQ did take some getting used to. Personally I think the old little giant layout was perfect, just like the ABM controls but in miniature.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1368226929' post='2074809'] Yes the bastards even tax us on stuff that's been taxed already! [/quote] Oooooh! I managed to get bastards through the ant profanity software.......result!

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1368220785' post='2074724'] Does all this apply on second hand goods? The import on a $750 bass is £19, but the VAT £110. Do we pay VAT on importing 2nd hand things? [/quote] Yes the bastards even tax us on stuff that's been taxed already!

I hear DV247 are in administration. Maybe best to buy it from somewhere else? [url="http://www.psneurope.com/main-content/full/dv247-assets-acquired-by-music-store-cologne-following-administration#.UY16V6Jwp_B"]http://www.psneurope.com/main-content/full/dv247-assets-acquired-by-music-store-cologne-following-administration#.UY16V6Jwp_B[/url]

I think it needs a fag burn on the headstock. This is how you do it. Light fag, attach to headstock, Walkaway. See link for illustration. [url="http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/5079/78cigburn.jpg"]http://img3.imagesha...9/78cigburn.jpg[/url]

All of the replacement necks you can buy such as Warmoth, Allparts and Mighty Mite are sold with 17.5 mm holes for the tuners. So I would assume standard USA basses would have the same. I know Some Japanese basses have smaller tuner holes, as I've owned a couple in the past and you could tell they were pretty obviously smaller, just by looking at them.

It's all in the fingers man.

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1367956754' post='2071646'] I'm currently using an Ashdown EB-180 combo, it's not good, it's not good enough anymore, I used to love it sounded great, it's now about 4 years old I think! The sound is fairly crappy, each week it seems to jump from wooly to a much honkier tone, I don't hate it by no means, just want to move it on and get a new amp, I'd consider a better Ashdown, there has to be a reason that their valve amps retail at near on £2k! [/quote] As well as my Ashdown MIBass I still have my original, Ashdown, UK made, EB 150 and it still sounds pretty good. I recommend instead of buying another amp get yours serviced. You'll get years more use out of it if you do. And it's much cheaper than buying a new amp.