gjones

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' timestamp='1301848568' post='1186885']
Personally I'd go for a Gallien Krueger 2001RB-II, then start collecting 8Ohm 410RBH cabs until you have 8. After that, get Obbm (from these forums) to make you some splitter leads and you'll be good to go!

1080w into 36 10" speakers. If you're worried that's not enough power, don't worry, you can daisy chain the heads. You could have 4320w on tap with 4 heads.

That would be enough for small gigs and you'll have more than enough headroom!
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But would there be any space left in the room for the audience? They'd have to stand outside.

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1331833174' post='1579694']
I think Fender do one as well - which they claim is 'not like the old 60s ones' - and its about half the price (how often does that happen with Fender?!)
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DO NOT!!!

I repeat

DO NOT!!!

buy a Fender curly lead. It sounds awful and removes all top from your sound. I wouldn't have believed how dull it made my bass sound if I hadn't heard it myself (and this was a replacement for the first one which I had to return to the shop because it didn't work at all).

They don't mention body wood for the American Standard either.

Still looking. I think the Ashdown ABM I now have is a keeper but not sure about my TC electronic BC212. I took them out to play a loud gig a couple of weeks ago and the volume just wasn't there. It may have had something to do with the way I'd set the EQ but it prompted me to go right out and put a deposit on a barefaced compact. I reckon both cabs combined should be loud enough for any venue.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1331801848' post='1578945']
Yes that's the one. I was suspicious about the photos and refused to pay until I saw detailed ones. Said he didn't know until just before the auction ended but has agreed to cancel sale. Did offer £50 off when I pointed it out

It's probably quite a nice bass, just not what I wanted and not what he claims
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This is what he said to me on the 12th of March which was a few days before the auction ended.



[color=#000000][font=arial, sans-serif][size=2][b]Dear 1962gareth,[/b]

Hi, thank you for pointing that out, it looks identicle to the one you say, I guess it is, is that bad? I don't know, what I do know is it sounds great. I am a guitarist not a bassist, I bought the bass to make a few backing tracks to play along to, and for that, it worked.

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I bought a fender curly lead and it was pants. The jacks are nasty cheapo ones and the lead turns my sound into mush. But then the last fender lead I bought was cheap (actually quite expensive) crap too.

[quote name='max363' timestamp='1331761991' post='1578628']
Nope would post pictures, but no batteries
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Wrong bass I was posting about the Precision.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1331715710' post='1577444']
Can anyone give me a rough idea of value for an early 90s cij sunburst precision in fairly good condition ? There's not many for sale at moment so just wondering
Thanks
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[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Rings a bell. It's not this one is it? [/font][/color][url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/170783-vintage-icon-v4-bass-thats-a-mij-p-not/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color]

Rings a bell. It's not this one is it? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/170783-vintage-icon-v4-bass-thats-a-mij-p-not/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/170783-vintage-icon-v4-bass-thats-a-mij-p-not/page__fromsearch__1[/url]

I've messaged him and he admits I'm right (although he says he didn't know it until I pointed it out)...............but he's not doing anything about it.

What about the Graeme Mearns band.The drummer plays in another band with me and they seem like they may fit the bill. If they do give Ali Murray their drummer a message on Facebook [url="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=583992470"]http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=583992470[/url]

This is the band if you've never seen them before [url="http://www.myspace.com/thegraememearnsband"]http://www.myspace.com/thegraememearnsband[/url]

Or alternatively go for a secondhand Japanese Precision for around the same price as a new Squier Classic vibe like this one [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Precision-Bass-1994-Japan-built-/260976344366?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cc366fd2e"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3cc366fd2e[/url]

I'm not the seller by the way I just know how good the MIJ Fenders are.

Edit : Oooops just had a closer look at that Jap Fender and it's a fake. All that's MIJ is possibly the neck. The rest is a road worn 'Vintage' cheapo road worn copy with wilkinson parts. Maybe you'd be better off buying a Classic Vibe out of the shop after all when there are so many scammers about.

Both methods are valid it just depends on what you are playing. If what I'm playing is not very complex I tend to use my index finger and my pinky to fret notes. If I'm playing fast scale type runs it's easier, more precise and the sound is more defined if I use all my fingers.

I know a few things about Jazzes, Up until recently I had a Geddy, a 62 reissue and I still have my old MIJ Squier Jazz. I thought Precisions were for old fuddy duddys until I saw a guy I know playing a battered US one through a GK combo which changed my preconceptions of P basses overnight. It sounded so big and fat and ballsy and defined that the next day I swapped my MM SUB for an old MIJ Precision on this very forum. It's a 57 reissue which has a nice shallow maple neck. It's great live and sounds especially good when recorded compared to my Jazzes which sometimes could get lost in the mix. You could pick up something similiar on Basschat or Ebay for about £400.

Very classy.

Ten years ago I got to a stage where I was an 'okay' bass player. I'd plateaued and had no motivation to improve. My attitude changed a couple of years ago and since then I've put the time in and I feel I'm a lot better now than I was before.

If you feel that you're not great but you want to be better, then you will be. You'll put the time in, listening to bassists you admire and aspire to play like and put in the time playing your bass, rehearsing and practising to achieve that goal.

If I were you I'd spend time listening to tunes you like with with great basslines so that you know what you're aiming for. Then sit down and learn them note perfect (no sloping off for a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit when it gets to the difficult bit).

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1331391274' post='1572281']
Confession time: I can't slap.
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But what do you do when you're in a music shop at the weekend and you want to impress the spotty teenage boys and the mummies and daddies out to buy a Daisy Rock guitar for their precious little Trixiebell?

[quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1331377020' post='1572017']
This is from the 80's era...... We may look at these units again if there is interest


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I lusted after one of these in the early 80s when all I had was a horrible little Carlsboro with farty speakers.

I agreed no need to change the pickups if you have a J-retro. The J-retro can has such a great EQ that expensive new pickups aren't going to improve your sound by much.

My first amp in 1980 was a Carlsboro. It was total sh*te!!!!

I used to have a Geddy Lee bass and I love Geddy Lee necks but the only place you can get them is on ebay from dealers who take basses apart and sell the bits for silly money. I have a 2011 60s Jazz Bass neck if you fancy a trade but I think you have you heart sold on a 70s vibe from what you say in your post.

From one of these

[url="http://www.fender.com/en-GB/products/search.php?partno=0131800300"]http://www.fender.com/en-GB/products/search.php?partno=0131800300[/url]

That's a funny sounding guitar?

I play through the 'old' bassist's (he doesn't have any room in his house) line6 LD300 at the rehearsal room my band rents. It actual sounds alright when you turn all the rubbishy effects off. It's certainly loud enough and it's got a bit of oomph.

I've played some dodgy dives in my time. I played a bar down in Leith which was straight out of Trainspotting. The manageress was a 65 year old ex hooker in a mini skirt and thighboots. Most of the fighting was between shellsuited women and the guys just wandered around in a heroin induced haze. The singer/gutarist had a full pint thrown at him while he was singing which just missed him and smashed against the wall.

Amazingly they loved us and asked us back! I refused to go as I didn't want to end up dead but the rest of the band actually went and played the gig. That night some guy got glassed for supporting the wrong team.

It could have been me.

The coolest bass player I ever saw was the guy in Goldfrapp. He just stands with hat tipped over one eye and plays a perspex bass. Occasionally he'll also wear gold lame trousers. There's no trying to look cool........he just [size=6][b]IS[/b][/size] cool.


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