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Tchocky 07-23-10 11:04 AM

Very nice!
What amp do you play through?

Takeda Shingen 07-23-10 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1451479)
They make 5-string basses?

Yes. They make six-stringers too, but they are mostly fretless. Or at least the decent ones are. Victor Wooten's six is fretless.

EDIT Nice axe, Steve. The Ibanez four strings are the industry standard.

Jimbuna 07-23-10 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1451500)
Good news, I understand some of them are already lining up for tickets to the next gig:

LMAO :har:

http://bestsmileys.com/handicap/1.gif

frau kaleun 07-23-10 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1451577)

Fortunately Steve can still move fast enough to outrun them.

Well, most of them, anyway. The ones on Rascals catch up sometimes. It's not pretty.

Sailor Steve 07-23-10 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jumpy (Post 1451287)
Mine's an old westone 4 string, fretless with split mid and an extra bridge pickup (a seymore-something or other). It's a passive doodad, so sometimes the brightness is difficult to bring out (especially with flatwound strings), but it has a lovely warm tone to it.
It was second hand when I bought it but it's a lovely solid instrument.

Awesome! Pics?

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I should really play it more often.
Yes you should. Guitars are like women - the more attention you pay to them the happier they are. :sunny:

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Originally Posted by Flaxpants
What sort of tunes are you banging out then?

Folk-Rock-Country-Metal-Blues. Five of our 70+ originals are on our MySpace page, link in my sig.

Also video of one of our heavier gigs, with our old drummer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAb25WxQGss

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Originally Posted by Tchocky
What amp do you play through?

Behringer 1x15 combo amp, 300 watts. I'm looking at upgrading to another Behringer, the 550-watt head with a couple of external speaker cabinets. That's in the future though. For some unknown reason I seem to be broke right now...

Oberon 07-23-10 01:40 PM

Awesome looking strings there Steve :yeah:

Jimbuna 07-23-10 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1451675)
Awesome looking strings there Steve :yeah:

Yep, he should be able to row a lot faster with that large oar :DL

jumpy 07-26-10 05:16 PM

No pics yet steve, internet ain't got none that look exactly like mine either. Not sure my phone camera is up to the job, so in the mean time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPLzhIWTGc there's some awesome double bass 6:45 :cool:



EDIT:

ok rather than use crappy phone, a little bit more searching produced this: http://www.servimg.com/image_preview...=43&u=14916313 (on the right hehe) now, imagine it with a no frets, a second pickup near the bridge and another dial where the jack plug socket is.
The guy who owns the one in the picture is a lucky sob - mine's not quite as lustrous as that :(

Lord_magerius 07-26-10 05:20 PM

Played one a couple of years ago, sexy little minx's they are too. :yeah:

Edit: also one of the great things about the Boss ME-70 is you can use it whilst it's on the floor too :O:
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve


TarJak 07-26-10 06:15 PM

Great stuff Steve. That guitar looks very nice. Good to hear things are on the up for you again.

Sailor Steve 07-26-10 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord_magerius (Post 1453747)
Edit: also one of the great things about the Boss ME-70 is you can use it whilst it's on the floor too :O:

Very true, but some of the settings are twisty knobs, and while you're learning the twelve gazillion possible settings it's much easier not to have to bend over all the time, especially at our age. :dead:

Lord_magerius 07-26-10 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1453853)
Very true, but some of the settings are twisty knobs, and while you're learning the twelve gazillion possible settings it's much easier not to have to bend over all the time, especially at our age. :dead:

:o Don't you dare say you're starting to get past your prime:o

and just for more effect... (dramatic aint I? :O:)

:o:o:o:o:o

Sailor Steve 07-26-10 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord_magerius (Post 1453891)
:o Don't you dare say you're starting to get past your prime:o

I suspect I was past my prime before you were born. :D

Sailor Steve 07-27-10 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jumpy (Post 1453745)
ok rather than use crappy phone, a little bit more searching produced this: http://www.servimg.com/image_preview...=43&u=14916313 (on the right hehe) now, imagine it with a no frets, a second pickup near the bridge and another dial where the jack plug socket is.
The guy who owns the one in the picture is a lucky sob - mine's not quite as lustrous as that :(

Very nice! I also looked at a Peavey Grind 5, and it had a lighter skin tone with stripes like that. I liked the neck-through-body design
http://www.peavey.com/products/brows...205-String.cfm

But in the end the active pickups won out. That, and availability. I would have had to wait a week for the Peavey. The Ibanez was hanging on the wall.

Snestorm 07-27-10 01:40 AM

Enjoy your new toy-tool combination, Steve.


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