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Bollox, I clicked on the wrong one coz I mis-read! Discount one vote for option 1 and put it on option 2.....

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='212853' date='Jun 4 2008, 11:41 PM']Its OK pimping a cheap bass if its a keeper, but if you sell on the pimping is not worth a lot.[/quote] +1. I modded an MIM Jazz 5 with Bartolini PUs, J-Retro and new scratchplate. Made an average bass sound amazing, but it was still only ever average to play (too heavy). I spent the best part of £600 on the bass and all the mods, then sold it for £325...

Haven't bought from them in years but always been fine. First thing I bought came with a broken power cord so they shipped another one free. Second thing I bought I didn't get on with so they arranged pickup and a full refund 48 hours later.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='213048' date='Jun 5 2008, 10:59 AM']You have to draw a line somewhere though and my line was "Man I Feel Like A Woman".[/quote] Funny, we drew the line at the very same song!!

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='213028' date='Jun 5 2008, 10:39 AM']Generally speaking, IME, jazzers enjoy their own playing far more than any audience could ever hope to. [/quote] There is something there and I find it very odd - when playing in a jazz group I really do appreciate everyone's playing a lot more than just merely listening as a punter.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='213014' date='Jun 5 2008, 10:18 AM']But I fear that, if all anyone ever get is bubblegum or nostalgia, they will cease to expect anything more. Whilst there is a place for fast food, it would be a shame to see every decent restaraunt close and the only thing you could get to eat would be KFC.[/quote] Joe Public averages out to want to listen to average popular music at parties and weddings, but it's not killing off the (small?) proportion of people who actively create and/or seek out new interesting music. We are constantly reviewing our set list to include modern bubblegum so it's not the same "tired" songs over and over, but that's a separate argument.

I always gig with my SansAmp too. Our sound guy loves it. I run the parallel output so my onstage sound is unaffected by it (I have lovely valvey goodness behind me, remember!) so it's entirely controlled by the soundman and what he needs out front. When I had my TE 12-band I used to run the effected output into it so warm the sound a bit more. Either way, I love it and as has been said loads before, careful use of each control reaps rewards

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='212988' date='Jun 5 2008, 09:49 AM']Live music should excite. Watching most covers bands just doesn't. I find it to be an increasingly tired concept and I think it has the potential to undermine itself in the longer term.[/quote] But good covers bands manage to do this by doing interesting arrangements, medleys, having good shows. We do a really cool version of Superstition (well, I like it), we do something interesting with Play That Funky Music, we do our own take on I Saw Her Standing There. All "bubblegum" probably by your standards (fair point or not??), but we invigorate them by doing them in our own way, and the audience loves it.

Excellent, glad you like and welcome to the wonderful world of TE V-Type goodness

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='212591' date='Jun 4 2008, 04:30 PM'][b]Q: [/b]Do you like the tunes you play, and are you enjoying the gig? [b]Yes: [/b]Shut up and play your bass. [b]No: [/b]Find another gig. This, my friends, is as complex as it gets.[/quote] Point Well Made

[quote name='The Funk' post='212253' date='Jun 4 2008, 02:29 AM'](snip) Orangtino[/quote] Orangatino? Orangutan? OBBM has an orangutan? Cool!

[quote name='lukeward2004' post='212197' date='Jun 3 2008, 11:28 PM']Probably posted before, but this is my current setup: [/quote] I love the way your rack looks like it's almost the size of the cab! And it sounds soooooo good, was mighty impressed at the bash

Is this a "BiPolar Bear" power amp or MOSFET? BiPolars, as they get hotter will run into thermal meltdown trying to sink more and more current. MOSFETs sink less current as they get hotter so will pose less of a risk of complete failure running without the fan.

[quote name='Galilee' post='211952' date='Jun 3 2008, 05:21 PM']I've uploaded a new one, but it's not showing up in my posts[/quote] It is for me. Probbaly a cache/cookie thing in your browser?

jakesbass, Happy Jack and bassicinstinct, you all put it far more eloquently than I could. Agreed EDIT: and P-T-P and Tinman!

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='211768' date='Jun 3 2008, 01:26 PM']Proof positive that this, as most things, is [b]entirely subjective[/b]. Personally, if I had the choice of playing very few "quality" gigs or lots of "cover" gigs, I'm absolutely certain which choice I'd make. I'm a player, so playing is what I do.[/quote] +1 My main gig is a function band. My second band is an original pop rock band. Even that I find some of the songs entirely cringeworthy to play, but I do it to play the songs I love, play some cool venues and generally play for a laugh with musicians (esp. the drummer) whom I respect and like. My "other stuff" is the occasional jazz rehearsal - even a gig in July, hooray! - and that's fun for entirely different reasons. i.e. it's a real challenge to play with people who have played for over 40 years each and know everything back to front, standing on their heads, whereas I'm fairly new to it all so don't know the numbers, don't necessarily "get" the changes imediately. Which one do I actually have most fun with? Probably the function band coz we get to play for hours, everyone loves it and we get to play for hours

5th June - GONE to a silver fox man. Yep. Comes with a handy remote control too. Perfectly good working order, just sitting in storage doing nothing so free for anyone who wants to come and get it. I [i]think[/i] there's a dodgy old stand for it too, it's actually a stand for a Mitsubishi TV but the Sony sits on it fine. If it's in the storage place you can have that too. I'm in Redhill, South East Surrey. [size=1][color="#C0C0C0"](edited to make title clearer)[/color][/size]

OHM, I have a few drummer's numbers in Surrey if you need deps for the gigs? I totally understand where you're coming from with the rant, but I get it with singers, not drummers! Our function band drummer is great, he writes out the parts and has them to hand at gigs just in case. Meanwhile our singers are always whinging about this or that, and one of them still has to have the bloody lyrics on a music stand 5 years after we started the band. Even [b]I[/b] know them by now!

Nice bass, I want an S2 Classic 5 string so much!

[quote name='nick' post='209238' date='May 29 2008, 11:01 PM']Just bought green carpet one myself, with the 1248 (4 x 12) cab. Looking forward to giving it a blast at next rehearsal. [/quote] Oooh, you got the one on ebay? Good work! That will sound MONSTER, the 4x12 cab is a heavy bugger but sounds feckin great

Er yes, didn't make that clear did I?!! Haha. If I'd bought a V-Type head for a tenner I'd have been the luckiest b*gger alive. it was £255 plus a tenner for delivery from Derbyshire