artisan

as i couldn't sell this bass i decided to keep it & bling it up a tad & string it with my favourite strings (EB group IV flats = yummy).
all hardware came from W.D. music appart from the string tree(ebay) & the s' plate (fender)
sorry about the sh*te photos i think my camera is buggered.





i'm well impressed with the bridge(Gotoh 201) & the tuners (Gotoh reverse units) much better quality than standard Fender stuff (even MIA stuff).
all in all it cost me just under £200 & i think it was well worth it + it's had a perfect setup (by yours truly) & plays absolutley beautiful.infact one of the best playing P basses i've ever owned.
it's a keeper now i reckon.

ok here's a photo as requested


'scuse the crap photo,they actually look good in real life

awesome,the guy's a real talent (hate the bastard )

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='296811' date='Oct 1 2008, 05:25 PM']pics???[/quote]

i'll get me finger & me camera out then

very nice mate.
i've got one of the classic 60's jazzes & its a stonker

Badge -- Cream.

impressive aka clever bastard

i really like that,very mellow & lovely tone,i actually like to reverby thing too.
sounds a bit harpsicordy,at least on my work pc's crappy speakers it does.

anyone

have you asked Andy Eagle,he may be able to make you one (clever bloke 'im) you can contact him through Phil at Rock Steady.

i know how stressfull this can be,my own band imploaded due to a lack of commitment from the singer.
i had a talk to him about it & true to form he promptly threw this teddy out of his pram,which kinda killed the band off.
that was in april.
since then he's come to his senses & stopped being a tit & our band is up & running again,with a gig 4 weeks away.

so talk to him, be honest & if he chucks a wobbler & storms off in a huff i'm shure that if he really enjoys been in the band he'll sort himself out.

[quote name='Protium' post='287912' date='Sep 20 2008, 12:35 PM']Depends entirely on what sort of sound you are looking for.[/quote]

wot 'e said

different brand = different sounds

good old Mexico

tell him to get his arse back on here,he's a good old lad is the Beadster.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='286448' date='Sep 18 2008, 09:29 AM']I'm fortunate enough to have my dream bass. It took ages to arrive but it was worth it.[/quote]

absolutley bloody gorgeous--even if it has too many strings for me

i'm well jealous.

[quote name='charic' post='286249' date='Sep 17 2008, 09:29 PM']In my experience ampeg and markbass are worlds apart.

Ampeg = Dirty gritty punchy full beef bass sound full of all that rock tone you know and love from ampeg

Markbass = Cut through a mix, sounds good quality but sterile to my ears. Probably a bit more suited for the sound of the bass shining through rather than colouring it with the amp.

Just my experience with the 2[/quote]
+1
wot 'e said


i use an svt3pro + a b410hlf cab & man am i in bass heaven.

personally i think we all play using whatever theory we know either with or without realising it. i.e. you play a 12 bar A minor progression-you don't plan in advance any part of your playing but you play the entire song,including tons of improv',without playing any notes that are out of key.you have probably not given much thought to any of what you played & simply played what you already knew was correct for that particular piece of music.(i always said i "felt" what notes to play but infact i "know" which notes to play without having to think about it)now that to me is the application of music theory in itself-you didn't plan it but you just knew it was right-bingo-theory without thought
i did this myself last night-a typical jam session 12 bar,all 20 minutes of it-i used just about every fret position available on a P bass (hey i said almost) & i'm glad to say it was all in key. this has to be theory doesn't it.
mind i had to buy my mate "Pixie" a couple of pints afterwards

o.k. ramble over,
i'll get me coat.

black pearl ?
btw you're correct about that tort' one--spoils the bass imho

Roland bass cube 30 (30watts) £189.00 at PMT.
best sounding practice amp i've ever heard .

a Roland bass cube.mine's a 30 watt & is fine in a practice setting as long as the drummer keeps it quite,sounds amazing for its size too.
i think they do a 50 watt & a 100 watt too.
very highly recommended.

PMT

a while back i had an A5 & it was a very nice bass for the money--it just had 1 string to many for an old fart like me

i bought one of the "classic 60's jazz's" which is an MIM & i must say its a beaut' really well made & sounds v' nice too.
its almost on par with my MIA '62 P bass---almost but not quite.

as above, i bought these to bling up my MIM P bass but couldn't be arsed to drill any new holes in the back of my headstock.so i ended up buying a set of gotoh's that should match the existing screw holes.

i've no idea what make they are as i bought them of ebay.
they come with gold screws & ferrules (is that what they're called)

i'll take £10 for them.
cheers.

WD music do a full kit inc pups/controls/s'plate + all that you'll need for about £180
seems a bargain.

the best sound fretless for me & many other old farts has to be a fender jazz--mwaah to die for.