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Took them 3 weeks to send my Ashdown Abm cover and Yodel say they've attempted delivery twice but haven't left a card or phoned me.

Interestingly the old vintage style spriral saddle Fender bridges solve the problem of dodgy string spacing by having multiple grooves like a thread on a bolt (the rumour is that Leo actually used cut down bolts as a cheap alternative to getting them custom made). I used to have a 62 reissue Jazz and I was so impressed by this low tech solution that I've bought one off the internet and fitted it to my other Jazz. No more spring spacing problems for me. So if your bass will take a Fender bridge this could be the answer to your problem

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1329573771' post='1544406'] The old ones are superb. I used to have an ABM C110 combo & it sounded great - nice & warm but still very clear. The DI's on them are fantastic too - really quiet. I only got rid of it because I fancied a change & often think I did the wrong thing in doing so. [/quote] I can assure you that you most definitely did. I hope you didn't buy a TC Electronic Classic 450...........I did

It's the DADDY! I've just recently bought an ABM 500 III and it sounds fantastic. I had a TC Electronic classic 450 head which I replaced with the ABM. as I couldn't get the sound I heard in my head with the TC amp however much I twiddled with it but as soon as I plugged into the Ashdown there was the sound I wanted - deep, defined, warm and punchy with my 2X12. It's got so much low down grunt I turn the bass dial down to zero and use the two low mid sliders to give me the bottom end I need. It also sounds great with my double bass. The TC head just generated so much feedback it was pointless even trying to plug my DB into it.

Decent rootsy type (ie non jazzers) double bass players are thin on the ground. Once the word gets out you're available you'll have to beat bands competing for your charms off with a stick.

I've had 3 Japanese jazzes - a 62 reissue from 99, a Geddy Lee from 2006 and an old Squier from 1993/94. They all were great in their own way but the one I kept was the Squier. I've swopped the neck from rosewood to maple and fitted a J-Retro pre amp and it sounds great. Even before I fitted the J-Retro the sound of the pickups was just what I was looking for (much darker than the other two Jazzes). I'll probably own a few more basses over the next few years but I don't think I'll ever part with my Squier.

Bought and sold and traded here on the forum. I much prefer Basschat than Ebay. No fees (other than a donation) for a start.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1329506348' post='1543672'] If something seems too good to be true, it probably is! Quality kit is never cheap. [/quote] My thoughts exactly (but then I thought the Promethean would be too good to be true when it first came out too).

[quote name='EmmettC' timestamp='1329417305' post='1542257'] When is your next gig in Edinburgh? [/quote] 24th Jan teatime slot at whistlebinkies with the Houserockers.

The guy in Charlotte Gainsbourg's band has a Strat with it horns cut off. Who would want to do such a thing? It's like cutting of a unicorns horn.

The singer, in one of my bands, refuses to sing when I can't play and they have to get a dep (of course she's a bit of a diva).

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1329289733' post='1539997'] My set have now arrived. Yayyyyy!!!!!!! [/quote] Mine too. We'll post a review in about two years once we've run them in

Driving home listening to whispering Bob on the radio. Many a time I'll drive right past my house and keep on driving just to make that moment last. I've ended up in Perth a few times (40 miles away).

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1329079668' post='1536963'] It's been resisted due to an error. [/quote] Resistance is futile

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1328459193' post='1527352'] Excellent. Take your time and apply them properly and make sure they are perfectly aligned, you'll forget they aren't the real thing after a while. [/quote] Got the black block markers and have just put them on my Jazz and they look pretty good. Not bad for a fiver. Thanks for the heads up.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1329051041' post='1536435'] So, I currently have a Yamaha TRB1005 which is absolutely great. However, I very rarely ever feel the need to use the low 'B' and long term I think I want to go back to 4 strings. In addition, I'm coming to realise that all my favourite bass players---Andy Rourke, Mike Mills, James Jamerson, Matt Freeman, plus others---are all precision players and so I am tempted to go down that route. The thing is, I like guitars to be slightly quirky and precisions are...well....a bit dull, aesthetically speaking. Well, except the 50s ones, they're pretty cool... So my question is---whats out there in terms of Precision basses, but with a twist? I don't want anything that is totally "out there"---I'm thinking classic styling but with some updates, eg the precision equivalent of an Aerodyne jazz bass (which, I guess,fits the bill since its a PJ...). [/quote] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=4]I've always like the look of these[/size] [size=4][color=#000000]Fender Precision Bass Specials. It has a 54 type body and P/J pickups. [/color][/size][/font][url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290665799653?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_949"]http://www.ebay.co.u...49#ht_500wt_949[/url]

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1328999470' post='1535991'] Last time I saw Roddy Jnr was in Chambers Street after he got out; he'd lost a stack of weight & said he'd got stuck on junk while he was inside. [/quote] Weirdly enough, the last time I saw Roddy jnr was when I went looking for the very bass I mention in this post when it got stolen. I'm very glad Bostons didn't have it............ for both our sakes.

I know a lot of musicians who have never lost that almost obsessive enthusiasm for music and that desire to stretch themselves. I'd like to count myself as one of them. Nothing worse than reaching a plateau and getting comfortable churning out the same old stuff.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1328993294' post='1535885'] In some ways yes, but in cold reality it was a dog. An EB0 converted quite badly into an EB3, with an awful DiMarzio 1 instead of the mudbucker. I saw it after I sold it in the window of the legendary "Bostons" [s]fence[/s] junk shop in Edinburgh & it was even worse; AND they wanted £265 for it (This was in the mid 80's "has to be a custom or nothing" era.) The logo was smashed & the headstock had numerous fag burns in it. It wouldn't have got that way if I'd kept it - but it would have cost a fortune I didn't have to renovate it. s/n 90***9 if anyone has it? [/quote] Last time I passed Bostons it's owner had just got given 25 years in the pokey and there was a large group of Rastafarian looking gentlemen loading the contents of the shop into a van. I'm assuming your bass is now being played in a reggae band down in Brixton.

I've still got my first bass (well officially my first bass was a piece of Jap crap called a Grant which ended up as firewood). It's the mighty mite in my signature. I wouldn't sell it because it would only get a fraction of it's real worth because it doesn't have a logo on it. It got stolen but I hunted it down in a pawnshop a year later. I'm so glad I didn't buy that Westone Thunder 1A And this is it [attachment=99756:bass long.JPG] And this is me playing it 11 years ago [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjXErDb7CDw[/media]

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1328977921' post='1535581'] Basically you plod along playing a walking bassline whilst a load of guitarists w*** on endlessly over the top of it, pausing occasionally to sing some bollocks about how tough their life is before playing another solo on their £5000 private stock PRS or similar. [/quote] Hmmmmmm.........you may have a point there?

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1328979928' post='1535635'] I'd rather have a go in the NSX to be perfectly honest. I also dislike Jazz basses. Everyone's different [/quote] Well since I've never driven an NSX or a Ferrari I'd probably jump at the chance to drive either of them...............even if it was just to Tescos and back frankly. By the way we may have a mutual friend - Angus McCurrach (he's played with The Oxbow Lake Band) and now plays on a set of Flintstones drums with 'The Trybe' up your way.

By the way I think you have a Highway 1 which may not be the best Jazz Fender ever made but change the pickups and it'll do the business. I've had four Jazzes over the last 5 years after dismissing them (just like you) for the previous 25.

Don't ask me? I think it's probably because it's a classic design. There's probably a thousand other basses out there made by other manufacturers which are better in many ways but you don't fantasise about driving through the Swiss Alps in a Honda NSX you fantasise about driving through the Swiss Alps in a Ferrari.

[quote name='subaudio' timestamp='1328971012' post='1535448'] Thanks folks, great advice, will deffinatley listen to all of them. Could anyone shed any light on what a 16 bar blues is and what someone should do at a blues jam, do you ask to play a certyain song or just go with what the band are doing? Cheers [/quote] Listen to blues. Some are 12 bars long, some are 16 bars long. The standard is 12 bars but it's not a hard and fast rule.