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Managed to find a source for the screws in the UK [url="http://www.stagonset.co.uk/fasteners?t=1231346488&output_frontpage=yes&cart_id=6587087_17592"]http://www.stagonset.co.uk/fasteners?t=123...d=6587087_17592[/url] £3.00 delivered. I bought 2 1/2"and 2 1" tosee which would be better. I've had a thought about my cabs and am eyeing up a couple of 12" ones that look ideal. I will need to sell my Warmoth initially to pay for them, then I will sell my Schroeder cab.

I was going to get one of the normal trolleys and attach it permanently to the rack for the poweramps but with my cab I wanted something a bit neater that still kept it light weight. I can't imagine that Jorg Schroeder has these made to spec, I've always assumed that he buys them off the shelf. Unfortunately I'm not speaking to him at the moment so will not be getting one from him.

I'm trying to find somewhere that does these in the UK [url="http://www.schroedercabinets.com/dolly.htm"]http://www.schroedercabinets.com/dolly.htm[/url] I've found this in US [url="https://www.tchweb.com/cgi-bin/TCH2.storefront/496499b3020c5274273f0a00003605cb/Product/View/500&2D2306&2D1"]https://www.tchweb.com/cgi-bin/TCH2.storefr...;2D2306&2D1[/url] The closest Adam Hall has is this [url="http://www.adamhall.com/uk/AH_K--Extendable-handle-with-aluminium-shafts__p--project_27__b--3471"]http://www.adamhall.com/uk/AH_K--Extendabl...ect_27__b--3471[/url] Any ideas where I could get one of these?

Am I the only one who's spotted the big 'R' on the lower bout in every picture?

I think 'I'm Rick James Bitch' only posed for the album cover. I heard he didn't really use one. Roger Waters Pete Quaife (Kinks) Donovan John Deacon did use one but had changed to a P before joining Queen Someone on the Rickresource has Maurice Gibb's old white Rick John Entwhistle had one of the first 1999 models Mike Rutherford used a 4080 double neck in Genesis, Geddy also used a 4080.

right, deep breath: people who play 6+ string basses in rock bands Ashdown - its sh*t wooly, indistinct crap that generally fails most of the time Spalted maple tops - yes I'd like to have some overpriced crap that looks like OSB put on the top of my bass and I'd like you to charge me one squillion pounds for it. Fender - One downside of Fender being the first mass produced bass manufacturer is that everyone associates bass with them, like Coke. There are more ranges of basses that seem to overlap than something something. People are still going to buy them as they are either ignorant of the many basses that are better than them or are name Snobs. Gibson - How could a company that producs such fantastic guitars produce such sh*tty basses - 'hey guys, I have an idea: lets make a range of very fragile basses that try to hit the floor every time you let go of them. What we'll do is glue the neck to the body as well so they can't simply change the neck when it does break because they all will eventually. That way we'll be able to sell more of them' Marcus Miller - stop trying to look cool with the pouted lips thing and smile once in a while - why can't you be more like Nathan East? He never stops smiling. Double thumbing - nothing there I can't do with 2 fingers and be less tired by the end of it. Active EQ with more controls than the Hubbel Space telescope - Unless you play a tube amp, chances are your amp has an active EQ built in that can acheive the sound you are looking for. People that use the words/phrases/acronyms: Dial in the tone, the dude totally owns that bass, in the pocket, mwah, wood shedding, anything else you may see on Talkbs, etc. The fact that most bass players only see how many watts an amp/cab/combo has rather than how efficiently it can turn it into sound due to brainwashing by companies promoting their gear that way. eg an 8x10" 6000w monster cab with an SPL of 92dB Why do valve amps need to be so expensive? Most of the designs have been around for years so unless they are point to point hard wired by the ghost of Leo Fender there is no reason why they should be sometimes 4-5 times as expensive as tranny ones Rickenbacker & Musicman basses. I love the shape and the look of both but cannot get either one to sound like how you'd expect them to. Rickenbacker - why haven't they caught up with technology and produced a single truss rod that anyone can use themselves without fear of the fretboard popping off? Why is their bridge design the same? It makes it so difficult and time consuming to adjust the intonation. Most people I have spoken with prefer the pickup cover off. Why haven't Rick produced a design that doesn't result in turning your bass into a cheesegrater for your fingers when you take it off without putting one of those pickguardian thingy on? Coated strings. I thought the purpose was to make the coating invisible? They feel really sticky and cause my fingers to drag across them. They also sound dead straight out the packet. Flatwound strings - I love the strings but why can't they tell you what their roundwound equivelant is so that i don't have to go through 10 sets to find something that doesn't feel like I'm playing with rubber bands, or an Ashbory? Plectrums - I love the sound that Chris Squire gets but when I use one, i don't feel like I am actually playing. I cannot play with any emotion. I am not dissing them, I just cannot get used to the fact that only one hand is touching the strings. I feel something is lost when using one. And, yes, I do use one for a couple of songs that need one to emulate the sound off the record. In fact I use the same ones as Chris Squire Single cut basses - they simply look wrong. Dosn't having what would effectively be the top horn attached to the neck affect what you can do with the truss rod without breaking something? Alembic & Fodera. I don't personally see how spending as much as i would on a second hand car could possibly sound that much better. Maybe its the spalt. Any company that claims to be at the cutting edge of design with amps and then produces very innefficient cabs Companies that produce a signature series bass that someone famous uses which is no where as good as the one the actual artist uses.

I have to say that I haven't played my bass since I put it in its gig bag after finishing my hogmanay gig so nothing new for me

Great basses, I've just never got my sound out of a Jazz

Here's a couple of pics of my old one if that's any help Ignore the scratchplate. I fitted a black one, a black control plate, white pickup covers and red DR strings as well

We had this playing through the PA when we were in another room so we could only really hear the bass and were amazed at how bad the bass was on the record. If you want a better version, check out the one by Michael Buble - it has an extra middle solo thingy going on as well. VM strikes me as the kind of guy who doesn't really enjoy what he is doing but it pays the rent.

I've had a crazy idea and need prodded in the right direction. I haven't asked the question yet so don't know if this will be possible. In my quest for small and light and the fact that these shuttle saddles aren't available separately, would I be silly to see if there is some way that Darren at the Bass Merchant could work something out for me where my Shuttle 6.0 becomes a 6.0-12T combo? My plan would be to use the combo on its own for small gigs where I use it as a monitor and buy a second 12" cab for use in larger gigs with no PA support. I wouldn't expect him to take my amp back, even though its only done 2 gigs but even sending back the box for my amp and him sending me back a shuttle combo minus the head, along with a 12" cab. This would mean me selling my Schroeder 1212L.

I tried a lot of basses recently for a friend who wanted to learn bass. To me, the bassic Squiers (bronco, Affinity P etc) were the worst playing of all. Surprisingly, the one that played the best was an Epiphone Thunderbird. Probably due to the narrow neck. They are neck heavy so aren't the best for playing live IMO, the whole reason for me selling mine. The Bass Collection Speakeasy and the other clones of this ( SX, Stagg etc ) modelled after the original Bass Collection basses are phenomenal players. They are very light, slim necks, most are actives but they are very comfortable to play. If having a bass that doesn't need to look like a Fender is something you are considering then check these out. The Rockbass Streamer & Corvette were very similar as well. As far as amps go, I am using a guitar combo in the house as it is quiet and doesn't boom as much as a regular bass amp so its neighbour friendly. For gigging I would say at least 300w with either 2x10" or 1x15" should be enough. Hartke, GK Backline Series & Ashdown are probably going to be the best for starting out - not saying that they are rubbish,just that they are more common so tend to be cheaper.

Me too. I've always loved the look of them. I've never got a good sound out of a split coil P bass but these ones are just fantastic. Most people think that they just do old school deep bass but they can be very aggressive when you dig in. I love mine but I have 2 and only need one. this was the last one in so it will have to be the first out.

beat me to it. Its been modelled after the pre facelift '57 single coil Precision with a jazz neck instead of the P. the reason being that the Warmoth neck's can be a bit chunkier than a regular neck with the extra reinforcement No Stinglay on the neck and you have the option to put your own logo on the headstock

I posted yesterday as well about this. I was in Glasgow, cash in pocket and never even saw anything I even wanted to try. GuitarGuitar have some cracking basses, including the P bass Aerodynes. The natural one is a beauty but I still didn't take the bait.

Plus you also have have the P bass specials etc with the humbucker, PJs, and my own personal favourite which is the single coil precision. Again tonally different

Exactly - the pickup has 8 poles. 4 on the front and 4 on the back. just unscrew the back ones. If you're interested in the Darkstar mod there's a guy on talkbs did the mod with his one. I can't remember his name. Something like Chef or maybe that was someone else.

I need to add something after today. I went to Glasgow with cash in pocket. I went to Guitar Store, Merchant City Music, Reverb & GuitarGuitar and there was nothing there that I even wanted to pick up and play. I was spoiled for choice, between the shops I had the choice of hundreds of good basses but nothing that i felt could top my gold bass. I now believe that i am gas free. Once I sell my '57 Warmoth P bass, that will be me sorted for the foreseeable.