BigBassBob

You have to rub it in. I can't afford my B7K until Monday... I miss my B3K already!

Bought a bypass looper from me. Perfect comms, fast payment and a gentleman to do business with

Dave bought some strings from me. Prompt payment, excellent comms and a pleasure to deal with

Alan bought my B3K from me. Lovely bloke, prompt payment and perfect comms. Cheers, Bob.

As far as I'm aware 4003 necks adjust like other basses you just have to adjust the two rods carefully. It's the 4001 that you have to put pressure on the headstock and tighten the neck with the rods.

Also my rule of thumb is this: S.K.H.S. - Shep Knows His S***

The Velcro brand stuff is great. I've used normal and heavy duty over the years and it's always worked well (actually just ordered some 50mm tape from Amazon thanks to this thread as I'd run out although the 20mm isn't bad from what I remember). Beware of the cheap stuff though! Once or twice I've bought white velcro tape that was a bit cheap and the adhesive came off the back rendering the tape pointless.

My first gigging rig was a MAG300 head with a 4x10. It had no power and was completely unable to keep up at gigs. I sold it to another bass player. 12 months later it blew up at a gig. I used an ABM500 for a good few years which was a nice enough head. Thick, warm tone and had some snap to it when required. It wasn't amazing but the tone was pleasant and it sat in the mix well. Had it serviced several times though, once due to noise issues and another time to replace all the pots. Never REALLY liked the sound until I ditched the Ashdown 4x10 and moved onto Aguilar 112s. Then I moved onto a 550 Spyder which actually sounded nicer to me than the ABM500. It served me well for a good while until I started to fancy something more flexible. After selling the 550 I bought a TH 500 which I am absolutely in love with. I don't see me ever going back to Ashdown again. I'd also like to point out that some of the artists that endorsed Ashdown have moved onto other rigs. Adam Clayton moved onto Aguilar and I'm sure I saw a picture of Mark King using a different rig... TC Electronics I think?

Tuner, Thumpinator (as it's the only buffer in my chain and it does its thing well), OD and compression (I could live without this but I always like to have a decent compressor at hand as it can prove invaluable in some situations). I like a little touch of grit for some songs I do and it helps fill the sound out a bit for when our guitarist drops out to solo.

Took the Tone Hammer 500 on its first gig tonight. It sounded great... and deceptively LOUD [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/BigBassBob/media/2013-05-04232325.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/BigBassBob/2013-05-04232325.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='umcoo' timestamp='1367266199' post='2063513'] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/2013-04-29205935_zps4df26785.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Very nice! How are you liking the Monarch>TFR combo?

I like to put preamp style pedals last in the chain but as Si says, experiment a bit and where it sounds best to you is where it should be

My Rickenbacker 4003... initially. I really struggled to get used to its shape and style after using P basses since I started playing. Once I took off the pickup cover it became a lot easier to play. Then I started to develop a floating right hand which actually improved my technique on the rest of my basses (up until then I'd anchor my thumb to one spot). It's a very playable bass now but certainly no Fender!