Sharkfinger

Did 80-90 covers gigs (pubs) and about 10 originals gigs last year. Probably only had a handful of weekends to myself. Have 75 (almost all covers) lined up this year so far and probably more coming. Like you, also have a day job.

[quote name='setekh' post='104529' date='Dec 14 2007, 10:15 PM']TBH, I've been eyeballing a pair of those ER15 or ER25 for myself...but I don't know where to have them molded here in Portugal, and not sure if I'll still have a band in a couple of weeks..but in the long run, I'll most definitely own a pair! [/quote] I got my ER-15 from [url="http://earplugstore.stores.yahoo.net/"]here[/url]. They send you the kit and you do the molds yourself (better get someone to help you, though). They're in America and I'm in the UK, so would have thought they'd send to Portugal as well. I've had mine about a year. Has anyone else noticed them discolouring, even the bit that doesn't actually touch your ear? Happened to the Doc's proplugs I had a few years ago as well. Before you say it: yes, I have very good personal hygiene

[quote name='andy67' post='91334' date='Nov 20 2007, 11:16 AM']apparently the 'HM' stands for heavey metal! my source also tells me that they are not very good! also the jp90...is the jp bit not japan?[/quote] Had one until recently. Sounded and looked (white body/black guard) very good. Kinda sorry I sold it now: good, although "budget" US made Fender. Sold it for less than it was subjectively "worth", IMO. The JP probably stood for Jazz/Precision, as it was US Made. There was a known problem with the truss rod and mine was bit stiff but still OK. A lot of them bowed. Ultra-thin necks, you see. Probably a prototype for many of the later Fenders or, at least, they learned a lot of lesson.

[quote name='guitarnbass' post='78509' date='Oct 23 2007, 08:11 PM']Tried to sell these a few times, I have a number of copies which I don't need all of, and since I can't sell them, might as well give them away to anybody who wants them but the thing is you gotta pay the postage of 2.50. 3 DVD's, 2 are HK imports region 0, and one is a UK r2 version, they will all play on r2 dvd players, and the subtitles are perfect. If you like Japanese film, you'll like these, it is the samurai trilogy of musashi miyamoto played by toshiro mifune. It is not kill bill style chopping heads off left right and centre, it is more about a persons journey onto becoming a noble and respected samurai, with a bit of a love story too. Paypal only. [url="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047444/"]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047444/[/url] [url="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048579/"]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048579/[/url] [url="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049710/"]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049710/[/url][/quote] I'll have 'em. I do like a Toshiro Mifune samurai film. PayPal OK?

Anyone tried the Electro-Harmonix 5751? I've got a pair of these in my V-Type and I think they sound pretty good. I got them from Watford valves soon after buying the preamp and my criteria was that they needed to be "cleaner" than the original 12AX7's I had in there. Those were the original Trace ones, can't remember the model but I thnk a derivative of the Raytheon 12AX7A/ECC83. Having said that, I've just put the originals back in and I'll see how they sound, now I've got a bit more experience with it. I'm tempted to go for the Groove Tubes but I'm worried that pair will just produce too much gain for my liking. Will definately keep an eye out for some mullards.

Just to put in my £0.02's worth: I recently also bought a Fender Stu Ham Urge I but a Mexican one, with only the JJ pup configuration. I played it through my Trace practice combo and the Trace 8x10 at a rehearsal. Now, to my ears, although the neck pup is nice and deep, it doesn't sound like my squier P. The deepness achieved can probably be put down to it's position, which is probably the same as yours, as the two pups are quite far apart. I thought the preamp was OK, actually. Perhaps I just have low expectations, playing mainly passives: the EMG's in the Jazz don't really count as "active", I don't think. They obviously saved a few pennies by just not including a P pup and keeping the neck J in the same position. Can't compare them ATM, as the Urge is in the care of the Bass Centre, getting a set up and new strings. May get back to you once that's done. Might even try it against my JV Squier J and P's as a comparison. As an aside, have you noticed that the width at the nut is quite wide, like a P? Not sure I like this, as I have small hands. This is the reason the J is my main bass, over the P. I had a Fender JP-90 until a short time ago and the nut width was more J but perhaps even slimmer. It had a similar headstock to the Urge, so I thought it would have the same nut width and it was an unpleasant surprise when I realised. So, who knows? May be moving it on.

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