Recent content by Maud

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    Cheapest bass you just LOVE

    This is my bass that I just love. Aria STB Series. Paid £40 for it, fitted a Quarter Pounder and Chromes and it plays and sounds amazing. I'm selling off a few basses as I don't need them all but I just cannot bring myself to sell this one, I don't think we'll ever part.
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    the one that got away...

    It's got to be worth that, surely. I picked up a sunburst Aria P bass clone fixer upper for £40. Re-soldered the electrics, fitted 1/4 pounder, chromes and a tort pickguard and chrome bridge cover. I love that bass now and it looks, sounds and plays as good as any bass costing five times what...
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    string and neck lube

    I use Fast Fret, or if mid song I need a bit of 'lube' I run my finger tips down the sides of my nose, mmmmm nice :D.
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    Shipping a bass with no proper box, any suggestions?

    If he's happy to pay for shipping then surely he's happy for for you to deliver by hand, probably cost less in fuel than shipping costs. I bought a Variax recently on Ebay, it turned up with one thin layer of bubble wrap over it and a single, flat layer of cardboard taped to either side of...
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    Guitarists Noodling?

    Drumsticks aren't just for drummers! Keep one handy and when the noodling starts, WHAMMO! The noodlers knuckles get it :D Should get the message across.
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    Line 6 Variax power supply question.

    I've just bought a Variax but it won't arrive for a week or so, it isn't coming with the power supply, Di or TRS cable so I would like to make one up myself. I spoke to Line 6 today and apparently they don't sell the XPS Di box but do sell the TRS cable and power supply, not much use if it's...
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    What Discontinued Bass Do You Want?

    I've just decided I really want a Line 6 Variax in sunburst. I know the models aren't dead ringers for the real deal but it makes some cool sounds without having to keep choosing which bass to play at a gig.
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    Make a P Bass sound like a J Bass?

    Forget the P or J bass, I wanna see this monkey on piano and duck on trumpet duo :hiding:. Ps, is the original question like turning a drummer into an intelligent, literate human being? :D
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    I ran naked with the cookie monster....

    I banged a bag of weed because I love marijuana :eyebrow:
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    Monitor only worries.

    Hi, sorry if this has been covered before but I have a couple of worries so I'll put them here together. I'll quickly explain the background, our band is booked to headline a smallish festival which will have all stage, sound and lighting sorted by a local company who will have their sound guy...
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    are people moving away from hartke?

    I've been put off Hartke gear without even trying it. I've been in the market for a 410 or a couple of 210's without having a lot of money, so I've been browsing Ebay for the usual budget suspects. I'd say that over 50% of the Hartke cabs have been advertised as 'faulty' or 'empty cab only' due...
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    Show Your Sunburst Bass!!!!

    Aria STB Series P Bass, cheapy bass but with 1/4 pounders and chromes it's awesome :bassist:.
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    Coolest looking P-Bass?

    Not a Fender but I went for my favourite combination of burst/tort/rosewood with Quarter Pounder, Chromes, bridge cover & flat top knobs for good measure on my Aria STB Series. The classic P sound & look IMO :) all done for a little over £100 :smug:.
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    Which P-bass pickup...

    I couldn't be happier with my Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders. Similar story, I picked up an Aria STB Series P Bass real cheap and put Quarter Pounders in it and a set of Chromes for (in my head) a classic P Bass sound for some of the songs we do. I only really did it just to see, as it...
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    Two Basses

    I'm recall 'Primary' by The Cure as having two basses, drums and vocals.