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You can get the proper Fender replacement ones from Basspartsresource.com. I've got an SD 1/4 pounder in my gold bass and its a very powerful pickup, moreso than the original. I've got a Lollar one in my '57 single coil bass and its very growly and warm.

I gave my gold bass a Winter check up at the weekend. It has an ebony board so I just went straight over the lot with 000 grade steel wool. I did get some of the metal on the pickup but I had the strings off so was able to get right in and get it out. I also use it on my Wenge neck when it gets a bit gunky. Couple of rubs and its as smooth as the proverbial

I've had my differences with Bass Ferret in the past but he was right on the money there. I can't get a Rick to sound like Rick, a Stingray to sound like a Stingray. If I'd actually tried them out before buying I wouldn't have bought them. FWIW The GK Backline 600 is GKs biggest selling amp and is literally a 400RB made in China. As confirmed by Bob Gallien.

Fantastic. Now that I know there are other people here who have them, what should the last switch below the DI marked line/mic be set to when running it into the PA and what is the other one for? The manual isn't too clear. Should be getting my amp through today

What's missing are songs that I've actually heard of. I haven't heard of most of these songs which is strange considering I have 162GB of music on my PC. These lists are always pissoir and about as useful as tits on a boar. My 100 greatest whatever is going to be different to your 100 whatever. There's always sh*te in there as well like when Meatloaf is in the top 10, the guys albums are f***ing corny musicals. Then someone could come along and say that they think that Meatloaf is the tits.

Its no wonder that social clubs are dying on their arses. They've been stuck in the 18th century since, eh, the 18th century Most of the committees are made up of nobodies who want to be big men with power so make it their job to f*** up as much as they can. Is there another free room at the club? I don't think it would be too difficult to set up a makeshift creche for the youngsters and a party for the older kids so that they're out of the way. The parents could take turns looking after them. That way everyone gets to go. Surely not everyone who is going doesn't have kids and therefore the same problem as you? Personally, if I was playing hogmanay and my wife couldn't come, I'd tell them to shove it up their arses. Regardless of the money.

How about an EQ pedal? Set your amp up for one of the basses then switch basses, put the pedal on and then adjust the settings on the pedal to suit that bass

Aye its a bit of a pain in the bum to put them on. Just watch that the springs don't ping away when you're putting it together.

One of the guys that used to write in Bassist magazine had one. If I remember rightly it was the first one made.

I've just sold my GK head on Ebay so had to organise my new amp as I have a gig on 29th and there are too many non delivering days between now and then. The prerequisites were that it had to be: 1 - Small enough to be able to fit into my cable bag 2 - Light enough to be able to attach it to the stand my cab sits on. 3 - At least as powerful as my GK 700RB II 4 - Have a tuning mute facility I then began searching for all possiblities and narrowed it down to: 1 - Gallien Krueger MB2-500 2 - Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 3 - Mark Bass LM II I then had to make a decision on which one. After reading a lot of information about all 3 I came to the conclusion that they were all seriously sh*t hot amps. I've had 2 GK heads now and I'm finding that my sound is changing so I ruled the GK head out. I've tried a Markbass combo in a shop before and wasn't that impressed by it So I've gone with the Genz Benz. I've already asked several questions and had them answered by Mr Genzler himself. Plus it has a 3 year warranty and if I happen to get called over to LA to record a new Chilis album due to Flea breaking something, I can switch the voltage to US on the back of the amp instead of having to open it up. I'll email Darren in the morning to find out when I'll get it. My next gig is on the 29th so I'll report back here after then. Really looking forward to getting it.

For some reason this just came into my head the other day. I vaguely remember reading an article in Guitarist (I think) with a picture of a big stack that looked identicle to Trace Elliot but with red lights on the amp instead of green. I think they were a digital offshoot of Trace. Does anyone have any information on them? I'm not looking to buy one, just curious to find out more about them and why they disappeared as i don't remember ever seeing them in a guitar shop.

I had 2 of these cabs about 2 or 3 years ago. I would say vintage was something over about 25 years old so it would have to have been made in 1983 and Ashdown weren't around then.

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='360166' date='Dec 21 2008, 12:32 PM']+1 +2 [url="http://www.haywardguitars.com/"]Haywards Guitars[/url] in Winchester is like that, I've got two music shops within 3miles of my house, but I make a point of doin a 45mile round trip here just for a set of bass strings rather than go to my local shops.[/quote] Their website is fantastic. Sounds like they are a good bunch of guys. Many moons ago, There was a guy called Paul who used to work in the original Guitar Store in Glasgow, not the new one. They used to have all the rare and strange stuff of the day. He was a proper session guy and really helpful ( including giving me ex Hue & Cry bass player James Finnegan's telephone number so I could get some lessons when I was 15 ). He later went to Sound Control and was sorely missed when he left. That was when i realised how bad the shop actually was. I had a budget of £2000 at the time and Sound Control had a lot of really good basses. A whole wall of Warwicks, Spectors and Fenders but none of them were playable. The actions were so low that even open strings buzzed against the frets. When I asked the guy if he could adgust the action so that i could have the chance of playing it properly he told me that if I wanted to buy it [b]then[/b] he would adjust it for me. Bye. I ended up going to Guitar Guitar and I think I bought a Rick

Nah, bootsy to me is more a leg end than a good player. I listened to the clips back there and there wasn't really anything outstanding there. Now that Gospel bloke was amazing. He didn't play anything difficult, it was just the way he played it. I didn't realise that Gospel was so huge in the US until I registered with Talkbs.there's loads of players over there doing Christian stuff.

Totally. I may not get anything from his playing but I am open to other people getting satisfaction and possibly a semi from listening to him. I like listening to Dusty Hill. Never going to be in the top 10 of techincal bass players but he's great to listen to/

Most of the songs we do with the wedding band, the bass line is sh*t. We are a very punchy band. eg the monkeys' Daydream Believer' is pretty lame but we do a different version of it. In fact it was about 4 years after we started playing it that I heard it for the first time and couldn't believe how bad it was. Unless its something where the bass line is integral to the song like "Billy Jean" then I play it the way I believe it should be played

[quote name='tauzero' post='358917' date='Dec 19 2008, 04:00 PM']Used to do "Fireball XL5" with one band (which was actually a white soul originals band, it was just one of those things that happens sometimes), have suggested we do it with the current one.[/quote] Many moons ago we played a wedding at Gleneagles Hotel - bottle of Becks was £3.75 at a time when everywhere else was selling it for less than £2. Anyway this well to do guy gets up and asks to sing a song. He sounded really professional and we were wondering what it was that he was going to sing. It was Fireball XL5. I play in a wedding/function band so we play a wide variety of music but there are a couple of songs that you'd expect from a pub band but not a wedding band. they are: The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger The Jam - Town Called Malice Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire We have been known to play the odd Glen Miller medley where the average age of the audience is over 70. Very handy since I played in a big band for a few years

Didn't Conway Twitty appear on a few episodes of Family Guy? Not as a cartoon but actual film of him singing? back to the music - My signature in Talkbs is "I would like to get through one thread without mention of Jaco" I personally have never got the facination with him. I cannot see anything that strikes me as being outstanding. The thing he does with recording a bit live and then playing over the top of it as Michael Manring now does - isn't that what Les Paul invented in the 50s as sound-on-sound? I've always hated the sound he got. When I play a fretless I don't get a sound anything like that and I'm glad. I got involved in a fair few arguments on talkbs with people who couldn't get their heads round someone not liking the almighty Jaco. According to a lot of people there everyone has been influenced by him whether directly of by another player that you like. I proposed that this was, or course, bollokcs. I'm happy if people get a kick out of what he did and I tried to get into his playing but he just doesn't do anything for me.

Pardon? There's a thread already devoted to this here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=533"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=533[/url] I personally cannot handle even going out to a club without wearing my earplugs these days

didn't sell despite the number of people watching

Until I saw the 'original' colour under the control plate I would've said that the bass was new with a set of old tuners on it. It seems to be in too good condition - isn't it the general concensus here that if something looks this good after so long then its a POS and bad to play on? I don't know anyone that looks after their gear more than I do but even a bass owned by me for so long would have at least one or 2 marks on it. But it was the last year before the 3 bolt neck and bullet truss rod if that means anything to the value of it. Unless I was very wealthy I would have to try something this expensive before parting with the reddies. Once it was in the UK you might find it difficult to sell on if it doesn't suit you due to the smaller bass playing population here especially with so many of us lefties who play righty. I don't like Jazz basses and never have but just say for arguments sake it was a '56 Precision or a '68 Telecaster which are the kind of basses I would go for if I had the cash, I would have to really think carefully about a bass that old in the condition it is in. Have you checked to see if there is there anyone on Talkbs that lives close to the seller who could check it out for you?