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  1. gjones
    I almost bought an early surf green 81-82 Tokai for £300 on ebay about a month ago. That was all original so I'm thinking this one would be lucky to fetch £200.
  2. gjones
    Maybe this will help [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zk6Kbg6p78"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zk6Kbg6p78[/url]
  3. gjones
    [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I'm no expert but I think it's ply. Sounds good though and in good condition. I got it secondhand about a year ago from somebody trying to sell it for £800. I bought it for £500. It's not been out of the house since.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I'm primarily looking for cash but may be interested in trades depending on what you are offering.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Gareth[/font][/color]
  4. gjones
    [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1341497737' post='1720067'] Strange that! Wonder why he didnt re record it? I dont think its out of tune at all!! [/quote] He'd moved on and become a space cowboy jazz funker with wraparound shades - as shown in this clip (and very good he was too) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlervrBqiHg&feature=relmfu"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlervrBqiHg&feature=relmfu[/url]
  5. gjones
    Unfortunately my carpal tunnel makes playing DB impossible at the moment. So I'm putting my Gewa double bass up for sale. I don't know much about the brand, other than they are German, but notice that Thomann the German online music shop sells bridges, bows and bags made by them. The website is pretty impressive and although the bass doesn't give a place of manufacture I'm assuming it wasn't Germany (Some information on the internet says that Gewa violins, cellos etc were made in Romania around about 2004 when this bass was made). I paid £500 for it in 2011 so I'm looking for £400 which I think is a fair price. I'm based in Edinburgh so it would have to be picked up from me. Or I could deliver as long as it's within a reasonable distance. This is the Gewa website [url="http://www.gewamusic.com/uk/produkte/streichinstrumente/kontrabasse.html?manufacturer=3"]http://www.gewamusic...?manufacturer=3[/url] [attachment=112269:front1.jpg] [attachment=112270:side.jpg] [attachment=112271:label.jpg]
  6. gjones
    [quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1341447305' post='1719360'] Sorry if this has already been suggested, but I would love you to do the following: Get a selection of Jazz basses in for review - high and low end Fenders, along with both cheap and expensive copies, like Squiers, Faridas, Laklands and Sadowskys. Then let reviewers compare them blindfold........ and no cheating! Then you could do the same with Precisions [/quote] Oh I like that!
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    [quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1341407701' post='1718464'] I've just searched this topic and can't find the word "Fender" in it anywhere? Go down the pub this weekend, and there is a better than even chance that the bass player in the band that you see will be playing a Fender (There. I've said it twice). Also, chances are, he/she won't be doing any slapping. The thing that puts me off bass guitar magazines is the strange bias towards exotic basses and slap bass players. Can we have lots of Fender stuff in the mag please and not much of these exotic players whom the average guy in the street doesn't know and couldn't identify. Oh yeah. Once last thing. Fender. [/quote] He has a point. Maybe the magazine is aspirational in a similiar way top gear is for cars i.e. it highlights basses (cars) that we can gaze at from afar but never actually afford. That's probably the reason I have very rarely read a copy. The ideas put forward of 'Pimp My Bass' and giving guys at the magazine a, 'Top Gear', quest to find the best bass for a limited amount of money (possibly £300/£400) new or secondhand would float my boat and get me spending my cash.
  8. gjones
    Boz Burrell never liked this bassline. He played it on his fretless and not very well. He said it was out of tune and it pi**ed him off every time he heard it.
  9. gjones
    Those necks make me feel like I've taken LSD.
  10. gjones
    [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1341424771' post='1718839'] it sounds funny, but I guess that might be how it's been recorded. it quacks a lot [/quote] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJVwvq5z3MI
  11. gjones
    No is the answer to your question. But when I hear that something is out of tune I always assume it's me - even though I know that it's much more likely to be the guitar or vocals. I must be paranoid. Although I've gone through half a song playing in the wrong key giving dirty looks to everybody else until I realise it's me that's got it wrong.
  12. gjones
    You don't need theory to be a 'good' bass player. What you do need though is a love of music. Once you've picked the style of music you want to play, analyse it and listen to what the bass lines of your favourite players are doing. Play along to the tracks and don't just play the basslines already recorded, make up your own. Listen to a song and hum what you think an altenative bassline should be before you even touch the fretboard - then play it. All of these will make you a better player. Learning theory on it's own won't.
  13. gjones
    Get a load of these. They're wizards! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ic5Aq0qXc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ic5Aq0qXc[/url]
  14. gjones
    I had it and it took about 3 months to clear up. It primarily affects people over 35 who attempt unaccustomed exercise and end up overdoing it and tearing the fibres in the tendon that attaches the forearm muscle to the elbow (guilty as charged you honor). Luckily where the fibre was torn didn't affect my ability to play bass. If it is affecting your playing I recommend adjusting the position of your bass until it (hopefully) doesn't cause discomfort any longer.
  15. gjones
    The short answer is no. It will give you the year and possibly the factory it was made but nothing else.
  16. gjones
    [quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1341265366' post='1716228'] Me too. Ordered mine last week. Could have saved £200 and a 6-8 week wait! [/quote] Mine took 3 months.
  17. gjones
    Ashdown ABM 500 III for sale £300 plus £20 P&P. Lovely loud ABM amp for sale. I now have my Ashdown MiBass lightweight head and can't justify keeping both of them. So my ABM must go to a new owner. Comes with footswitch. [attachment=112051:front.jpg] Specs from the Ashdown website are as follows. [left][i]At 575 watts RMS the powerful and versatile Ashdown ABM 500 EVO III is the perfect amp head for those wanting faster transient attack, more headroom and low noise, along with extended sound-shaping options.[/i][/left] [left][i][font=myriad-pro, sans-serif][size=4]The Ashdown ABM 500’s 7-band EQ is made up of three rotary controls, which offer 20dB of cut and boost at 60Hz, 660Hz and 5kHz, and four sliders giving 15dB of cut and boost at 180Hz, 340Hz, 1.3kHz and 2.6kHz. What’s more you can set your EQ, hook up a footswitch, and switch between a flat fretless sound and your EQ settings hands-free.[/size][/font][/i][/left] [left][i][font=myriad-pro, sans-serif][size=4]The options don’t end there as the Ashdown ABM-500 Bass Head features a controllable compressor and a sub-harmonic generator. The generator reproduces your sound at an octave lower than the original signal and is dialled in with an additional rotary controller to give you everything from subtle thickness to bone crushing tone quickly and easily.[/size][/font][/i][/left] [i][b] Connectivity[/b][/i] [left][i][font=myriad-pro, sans-serif]With the Ashdown ABM500 EVO III Head both passive and active instruments are supported via a single switchable input. Selectable by footswitch the solid state and dual triode tube preamps offer a great range of tones with clean, warm and overdriven sounds.[/font][/i][/left] [left][i][font=myriad-pro, sans-serif][size=4]The Ashdown ABM 500 EVO III Bass Amp Head features a front-facing balanced DI output for direct hook up to a mixer, this also offers EQ switching for including or removing EQ settings quickly. Additionally the signal to the DI out can be cut to leave the tuner output live, for silent tuning. On top of this you also have a sub-bass output, FX loop and a line input.[/size][/font][/i][/left]
  18. gjones
    An Allparts blocked neck cost about £380 new. For that you get the rest of the bass as well and a case. You'd have to provide the correct neckplate screws yourself of course. When you think about it it's a pretty good deal but I doubt he's get more than £380 because people don't like bitsa basses.
  19. gjones
    I would have preferred one of those washing machines he used to use. Mines on the way out.
  20. gjones
    Wish this had been for sale before I forked out £540 for mine. It won't be here for long. Have a bump.
  21. gjones
    Squier VM customer telecasters, which have two P90s in place of the usual single coils, sound great with an average secondhand price of about £140. I know some very good guitarists who own one. They come in black and butterscotch. Here's a review. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiwWeobS2xo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiwWeobS2xo[/url]
  22. gjones
    Memories......Davie Paton, from Pilot, is still doing his thing up here in Edinburgh and I fell in love with ONJ after hearing Sam as a nipper. Edit - and here he is showing that the bass wasn't just for show, he can really play it. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIxqXY88p44&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIxqXY88p44&feature=related[/url]
  23. gjones
    I like it, it's quirky (can't really hear the bass as it's not very high in the mix). I like the singing though and, other than the splash being a bit too loud, the drums have been recorded well.
  24. gjones
    [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Ashdown Classic Neo 115H bass cab for sale. Now I have my Barefaced Compact this cab is surplus to requirements. I've used it twice and it is in immaculate condition and comes with a padded cover. It's very light for it's size, is very loud and was made in the UK. [/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I may be interested in trades, depending on what you have......try me. If you'd like to buy it's going for £250.[/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I could deliver it within a reasonable distance of Edinburgh, where I'm based.[/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Due to it's size postage would probably be at least £30. [/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]This is the blurb from Ashdown's site [/font][url="http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?ID=186"]http://www.ashdownmu...tail.asp?ID=186[/url] And this is what it would cost new [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Ashdown-Classic-Neo-115H-Bass-Speaker-Cabinet/B1J?tduid=a41b942bc2797af8ca949240a1258a23"]http://www.gear4musi...a949240a1258a23[/url] [attachment=112048:front.jpg] [attachment=112049:top.jpg] [attachment=112050:back.jpg]
  25. gjones
    Is this your first bass? If it is you're best to buy secondhand and put the money you save towards a decent amp. A good bass will sound crap through a underpowered amp with farty speakers (I know because I've owned a few rotten amps).
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