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Yip, it wasn't enough to just buy one bass in the last week, so as well as the Squier Telecaster/Precision Bass, I had to have this as well. Its a copy of a Gibson Grabber bass. It has the sliding pickup in the middle to vary the tone but the most unique feature about the bass is the fact that it has a maple fretless board. I've had an urge to have a maple fretless bass since I saw a picture of John Deacon holding one inside the gatefold sleeve of Queen's 'Live Killers' album. Unfortunately the budget didn't extend to a natural finish maple fretless Fender Precision so this has been the closest I could find. Its clearly been in a smokers house for a good number of years as it emits a strong aroma of Sir Walter Raleigh's finest tobbaccy. I've literally just picked it up from the post office so its not even been plugged in yet but I like it so far, being a closet fan of Gibson's less well known basses. When I have the chance, I'm going to strip it down and give it a good clean up. It looks like the E string is on the wrong way and the little piece of metal in that tuner that keeps the friction on the peg to keep it in tune has slipped out meaning that its easy to knock out of tune. The pickup is sitting at a an angle so I'll have a look under there to see if I can straighten it up.

[quote name='Deep Thought' post='478454' date='May 3 2009, 07:27 PM']Aah, the Ox's famous appearance in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'.[/quote] I thought it was from Tommy - I take it that part is a mickey take of the bit from Tommy then?

As far as I know its veneer front and back with basswood main section. Keeps the cost down I suppose. Yes, another option would be to find a P that I really liked and have the humbucker installed. Obivously not worth it on this bass cos the pickup would probably be more than I paid for this, let alone the work involved routing

I had a Bass Gremlin. Very well made, tough, indestructible pedal but too many controls for me

I'm lazy so I sit back on my leather couch with the headstock resting on the back of it.. I tend to play this way as well if I'm at a rehearsal and there's a couch in the practice room - I like to be comfortable

I tend to go through Youtube watching Bon Scott AC/DC concert videos, some Pink Floyd / Roger Waters and strangely enough, the Buddy Rich tribute concert.

I am very, very happy with my Gold Warmoth but I saw a bass on Gumtree and decided that I had to have it. After selling my 1973 Fender Telecaster bass parts to Beedster, I've been hankering for another one but didn't want to part with the requisite clams for something that I would only use on a few songs or maybe just keep in the living room for learning new songs. After a good clean and a new set of Hartke strings, I must say I am impressed with the sound, even although it is just through my Trace TVT9 guitar combo. I've also lowered the pickup so that it is flush with the scratchplate to calm it down a bit. It has given me an idea about a possible future project to make myself a Billy Sheehan type bass with the mudbucker and either split or single coil P pickup. Obviously a lot of deciding and playing to go before I get to that stage. If any Yamaha Attitude players are reading this, what are they actually like to play? I haven't managed to get close to one yet and may decide to get one when the time comes rather than having one built. Here are a couple of pics

I only use it when I really have to - currently that's only 1 song

Motorhead were originally called 'Bastard' 2 members of Pink floyd were called 'Roger' - Syd's real name was Roger Keith Barrett Dave gilmour owns strat serial number 001 Guy Pratt used to own Precision bass number 011 and Jimmy Page owns 007. All the best guitarists and bass players are lefties playing righty

In the 700RB II manual it gives you instructions on how to set certain controls the same as they would be on the 800RB. I've owned both, they're both fantastic

If I hadn't gone down the light weight route and bought a Shuttle 6.0, I would literally have a GK over everything else out there and I mean everything. Personally nothing can touch it in terms of power, inherently good sound, reliability and good American bollox. I owned an HA5500 for several months before going back to GK

I was a purely active player for the best part of 20 years but now prefer passive every time. not sure exactly why, maybe a change in tastes as I get older or can't be bothered changing batteries but I far prefer the sound of a good passive bass. I like simple and simple for me is not 5 or 6 knobs on a bass contradicting each other. I found with my Ibanez 6 string that there were far too many controls fighting each other. My main bass is always played with volume and tone wide open and only very slight adjustment of the EQ on the amp. I don't see the point in having a bass specially made for you when it has to have more controls than the Hubbel Space telescope to get a good sound. Personally, if it doesn't sound good to begin with then it isn't good for me.

I replaced my original Ashdown ABM500 and 2 ABM 1x15" cabs with a Schroeder 1212L and a Shuttle 6.0 via a GK 700RBII Not as bassy but probably just as loud

My first bass was a Marlin Slammer. Everything rusted and the chrome actually peeled off the hardware. OK or a first bass and perhaps firewood afterwards

I think its red or red. I don't know how i would differentiate between soft clipping and overloading the thing completely

Feels heavier than that - 3lbs or 19.5lbs? I've been contemplating making a lighter weight 1212L cos even that's starting to feel heavier than normal. I do have to lift the 140lb poweramp rack myself so any weight savings anywhere else are more than welcome

I'm a bit late to the party but I've owned 2 GK heads, an 800RB and more recently a 700RB II and currently own a Shuttle 6. First off the bat is that out of the box they aren't even close in terms of sound. I enjoy a very punchy, aggressive tone. I don't do pedals so everything has to come from the amp. As you probably know, my main bass is my gold Warmoth with mahogany, ebony and wenge. For me to get a fantastic sound from the GK, I ran everything almost flat (at 12 o'clock) with the boost at about 9 o'clock, input gain at 1 o'clock and output to suit the environment ( normally rarely about 9 o'clock. The Shuttle is kind of the same in many respects as the main bass, treble etc controls are at 12 o'clock. I did discover that to get the sound that I wanted, i had to overdrive the tube pretty much having it full on, with the volume control next to it up high as well. It means that I can't go above 9 o'clock on the output without the limiter coming on which is disconcerting even though I am told that it is completely normal. So, you can see that I have everything much the same on both amps but they don't sound anything like each other. the Genz is dirtier and probably as close to what i would define a proper tube tone without actually having played through one (except that horrible SVT II pro a couple of weeks ago). The GK is a bit easier on the ears but I dare say that you could do that with the Shuttle. One thing I would say that the Shuttle is rated at 600 watts but that limiter comes on constantly very early on, whereas I never had anything come on to suggest that i was overdriving the GK at 480 watts. The 1001RB is probably going to be more power than you will ever need. Clear as mud. The winner for me is the Shuttle, Korg pedal tuner, Boss OC-2, power supplies and cables in a laptop bag rather than the hernia inducing beast of a GK. I doubt I could ever go back now as I can get my entire setup in and out of a gig in one trip

I'm a huge fan of both So to see Chris performing his solo stuf live is a great thing [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVymT10s16Q"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVymT10s16Q[/url]

I'm not sure how this one will pan out but I'm sure that Alex's cabs will outperform most, if not all of the regularly available commercial cabs. What I would like to know is how they compare to the higher end stuff. I've used the regular stuff for years but decided to go with the Schroeder 1212L a couple of years ago. It takes a good few gigs to get the meat of the bass to shine through but it is a formidable cab. The regular stuff being Trace 1513, 410H and Ashdown ABM115 mainly. I've already made up my mind that when I get a valve amp I'll get myself on the list for a Vintage but in the meantime would like to know how my cab stacks up against the Barefaced cabs. I love being able to speak to the people who are making the products and is one of the main reasons I have my Warmoth/Genz/Schroeder setup rather than the mass produced stuff from faceless companies. It means that I can speak to the people making them and find out exactly what i am getting. On a side note, I remember Alex's first post about buying the parts for his first cab and think its fantastic to find someone amongst us taking the risk and trying to come up with a better solution to all the square boxes us bass players are usually offered. I don't know if a similar thread could be setup for regular cabs but hope that this one can educate us as to the differences of the higher end stuff that Barefaced is now a part of.

Once I get the spare roomdecorated, I'll have a bass room as well. Currently every room is a bass room. Im sat in the living room and can see a big box of bass spares to my right and my Trace TVT9 guitar combo to my left that i use to practice new tunes

I've used the ER20s for a couple of years now. A bit weird at first, had to take off the cord that came with them as I kept pulling them out when I moved. They do sound pretty strange until you get used to them. I found the opposite to everyone and actually had to turn [i][b]up[/b][/i] slightly. I can hear everything better than I used to. When I go anywhere loud I have to wear them as i cannot handle loud noise anymore whether it be a pub/ club/concert/motor racing/whatever. I find I can hear people talking easier and don't have to shout to be heard. I've thought about going to Specsavers and getting a custom set made which come in at around 160 clams but I actually like the sound I get just now and fear that they may sound completely different and end up going back to my £10 ER20s.

Octaves are your friend - The main method that i got the strength up on my pinky. Dance Dance Dance is an amazing song to play as well. Another good thing is that you build up your stamina so that you can play constant octaves for ages before your hand cramps up. Another cracker of a song to play to build up the strength is Billy Jean by Michael Jackson. Sounds easy but if you play it in its original key of C# with your index finger on the 2nd fret of the D string and your pinky on the 4th fret you will give yourself a fantastic workout as immediately after playing the F# you have to drop your pinky down to the A string to play the C#. the main riff is - F# C# E F# E C# B C# A relatively simple octave song to get you going is Disco 2000 by Pulp

I thought at first it was Harry Hill

possibly Bartolini. I have a 2 band eq which has a single volume and a dual contentric 2 band eq.