Recent content by liarhydrant

I picked up one of these second hand from the excellent Wunjo's Bass shop on Denmark Street in London. What swayed me to buy it was that it came with a bespoke, tweed-effect hard case that my Dean Cabbie Stylist can actually fit in as well. I've been fruitless in my quest for a case for that...

Yes, I am arrogant and ignorant as charged! I still stand by my initial comments that plenty of guitarists blend in to one homogenous fuzzy noise, mainly because they don't have much fretboard fluency before they delve into the seedy underworld of fx and just regurgitate stock Dorian/minor...

I have never considered playing live with any fx. I think the sounds of the wood of the instrument, the characteristics of the amp, the myriad idiosynchrosies of my technique and note choices should come through first and foremost. Get those licked then colour in as appropriate. I am now in a...

I just managed to score a Dean Cabbie Stylist, and the supplied pick-ups are no-name, 6-pole, Chinese pieces of incongruous black plastic. I found the TV Jones Thunder Blades purely by Googling the term 'chrome bass pick-ups'. Would these be appropriate for my Cabbie? If not, can anyone...

Cheers for the warning RE: matching up the tailpiece in length. Thanks for your advice too, Pilgrim. I've yet to get much play through my amp what with the holidays. I also never knew I wanted a semi acoustic until I saw this, but now that I've searched your Gretsch, I think I've found a new...

Thanks for your really valuable input, and given so quickly as well! That harp tailpiece looks like the way to go. I've only found Chinese junk identical to what I already have, or expensive vintage ones so far. Cheers for the tip. Let's hope they ship to the UK. Happy New Year to you too...

I have just managed to bag myself the Cabbie 6 years after I last sighted one. Yay for me etc. Having now read a few forum posts and given the bass a once-over, I do see a few glaring cost-cutting measures which I'd like to rectify. I hope someone out there could kindly steer me in the right...