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You're right it is a faff. I recommend also putting a bit of tape around the neck at the bridge when you loosen the neck join and loosen the strings, so they don't come free from the machine head posts and you have to rewind them all over again (which is just more faff).

I've bought and sold a lot of basses but I hate the nasal sound of Warwick thumb basses, so it wouldn't be a difficult decision for me. I'd keep the JV.

Oh dear Jimmy sounds pretty awful in this. I can see why they were reluctant to issue it.

When somebody says collection only I tend to believe that they're kosher. Although saying that......you're right about the sunburst.

Motown's funk brothers without James Jamerson (although I liked Bob Babbit's style too).

The trick is to stop the drummer trying to play like Mitch Mitchell (i.e. a drum kit falling down stairs). I've played this song with many drummers and the best are the young guys who've never heard of Mitch Mitchell. They just get into a good groove and stick with it.

Low as it can go (not quite Sid Vicious low though). I have carpal tunnel in my wrists so need to keep them a straight as possible when I play.

I had a set of wizard 64s in my bass for a while which certainly gave me that Jaco sound. I recommend them if that's what you're after.

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1354705029' post='1889275'] We tried it on the floor, on a table, on top of a cajon, in front of a wall, in a corner. Not loud enough anywhere. Perhaps I made the mistake of believing that you get 300W from the single speaker, which woulkd have been fine. [/quote] I have a friend who owns the original Promethean and plays a epiphone thunderbird through it. It's more than loud enough to compete with a full drumkit. From what you say the new promethean sounds more like a practice amp to me.

It sounds like Ibanez have gone backwards. It looks like the original Promethean will become a bit of a 'one off' classic.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1352488975' post='1863848'] Long story but I dont mind telling it again. The Ex was a muso and when he moved out he left a bass behind. So I thought 'I'm not going to sit round moping I 'm going to pick up that thing and bloody well learn to play it'. So I booked myself some lessons and was hooked from day one! [/quote]

I do remember that when I bought my Fender TV15 combo (which had a green label celestion in it) I was initially disappointed at the lack of bass response from it. But as I played it, it seemed to get bassier and bassier. This was well before I'd ever heard the concept of 'playing in' a speaker.

[quote name='Walker' timestamp='1354192348' post='1883299'] I've just read through the megathread on the Promethean clones - the Red Sub and the HB. Thanks for the pointer. I like the look of the kickback models. Just to make it clear - I don't run my bass through the PA as we don't have subs, my rig provides the bass FOH and it's in front of me pointing out towards the audience. So I want a 'little something' that can be fed from my rack so I can hear myself playing. Cheers again for the Red Sub info. [/quote] Why don't you put it behind you?

Sold a Mixer to Gerry. Money on the nail. No hassle whatsoever. Deal with confidence.

Read the feedback he gets....they love him. There's obviously a market out there for these black and decker jobs. There's nowt so queer as folk.

[quote name='jimbobothy' timestamp='1353690257' post='1877566'] Cheers for that Wooks, interesting stuff indeed! One thing I did notice is the MM in the linked post had vintage tuners, whereas the one I've posted from ebay has 70's style. I have noticed that Marcus Miller has been playing a custom shop version of his original bass recently and that has 70's tuners on it aswell. I guess they are having a transition period [/quote] Interestingly the 75 geddy lookalike from the Ishibashi website has a bullet type trussrod the geddy Jazz is plugged and accessible only from the body end of the neck. They do make some fantastic basses over there but they can be very difficult to get hold of.

The trick is to start playing with other people. Playing on your ownsome lonesome tends to highlight those clanky duff notes. Recording yourself playing along to stuff (make it simple to start with U2 or Status Quo) can be encouraging as you can hear where you're getting it wrong and more importantly where you're getting it right. Luckily I started out with my two buddies, on drums and guitar, who were both also starting out. We made quite a racket before we started getting it right. Keep your head down and you'll get there.

[quote name='jimbobothy' timestamp='1353629540' post='1876883'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Marcus-Miller-Signature-Model-Jazz-Bass-Electric-Guitar-Natural-Finish-/320999613270?pt=Guitar&hash=item4abd116356"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4abd116356[/url] I knew the Geddy had moved production but for some unknown reason thought the Marcus was still made in Japan, guess I'm wrong [/quote] Looks like Japanese Geddys are still for sale in Japan too. I wonder if Fender just doesn't allow them to be exported any longer, like a lot of other non export Japanese guitars and basses? [url="http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?hl=ja&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.ishibashi.co.jp%2Fec%2FsrDispCategoryTreeLink%2FdoSearchCategory%2F11053200000%2F04-05%2F3%2F1"]http://translate.goo...2F04-05%2F3%2F1[/url] The Geddy is on page two.

I also thought MM basses where only made in Mexico now but this is fender Japan's website - maybe nobody told them? [url="http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/jb77-mm.html"]http://www.fenderjap...jp/jb77-mm.html[/url]

There's quite a few Geddy Lees on USA ebay that claim to be from 1994 as well. Bit of a mystery. I'm sure someone will come along soon enough and explain it all to us.

Volume wars are never a good idea. Personally I think you need to keep an eye on the keyboard players left hand. Unless they're Professor Longhair, the bass notes they play will be pretty rudimentary and won't add anything to the overall sound. All they'll manage to do is muddy up the bottom end. Remember to be diplomatic about it. Alternatively a little bit of extra EQ may be all that's needed. In the last 3 years I've owned a Fender TV15 (with the old fender tone stack EQ), a TC Electronics Classic 450, an Ashdown ABM 500 and now an Ashdown MiBass 550. And they all benefited from the extra EQ boost provided by my little BOSS GEB-7 graphic equaliser. Because it's a graphic EQ it's really easy to boost and cut specific frequencies and it makes it very easy to get a sound that works. They cost approx £80 brand new and a lot less than that secondhand. Which is a lot cheaper than going out and buying a 1000w amp in order to blow the keyboard player off the stage

He doesn't strike me as the kind of guy to just own the one bass. I wonder what happened to them?