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Got one of those spam-mails offering blue pills and the like (despite having never clicked on can’tsatisfymywife.com). Anyhoo, I liked the reassuring bit in the text if I were to place an order: [quote]As always, your comfort, security, and privacy are our primary concerns. All Credit card orders are accepted on-line and these charges will […]

Hello regs and passers-thru. My 10y.o’s school is offering free guitar lessons with a genyooine tutor for up to seven kids (trust me, this is pretty unusual) and I’ve put him first on the list. He has a Strat but they say no electrics and, in any case, he’s still all over the place holding

😥 , my friend with the cellar is moving to a new location. The storage facility is charging nearly £100 a month and she’s getting her part of the stuff out so I’m listing all my amps and basses bar the bare minimum (well, my idea of a bare minimum 😆 ). Have a look

I saw this on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-2008-SILVER-4-STRING-FRETLESS-BASS-BODY_W0QQitemZ360029974154QQihZ023QQcategoryZ41406QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem The tragedy is, I was looking for a fretted bass body at the time. I was thinking of emailing the seller to ask if it’s designed only for flatwounds, nickel. That’d be a deal-breaker.

Look, this is getting far too common. It isn’t big, it isn’t clever and it certainly isn’t bass playing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FfV4hQw4BE&feature=related I’m not saying the guy is technically incapable of playing. I’m saying that no-one wants to hear it. Is that a Pedulla bass? How come it sounds like someone with an iron bar running past

OK y’all. At some expense, I’ve fitted the kit to give an “electro-acoustic” option to my fretless Jazz Bass. Playing through a WEM Dominator Bass MkI, the valves warm things up a bit too much and the acoustic side might be better off through solid-state (never thought I’d say that). Still, it’s quite impressive in

I am disgracefully un-mpeggy and not au fait with all the latest tech. Besides, when my old band, sub rosa recorded in 1993, it was on Fostex 1/4″ tape. Nothing wrong with that, but I didn’t even have CD-burning capability so I ended up with a cassette tape (remember those?) Anyhoo, I’ve simply played it

The bass in question is a Fenix Jazz Bass; a good, solid alder bodied Korean bass. I’ve talked about the Squier connection here and elsewhere (mine is the 2nd review from bottom on HC): http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Electric+Bass/product/Fenix/Jazz+Bass/10/1 I’ve had an Olympic White fretted for years; nice bass but with the common problem of not great socket +

After a nightmare shopping trip with Mrs Bass (and bad clutch pedal) I’ve finally dropped off a coupla basses with Steve Robinson in Sale, Manchester; http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/ I’ve used him before (he finished off a vintage WEM Rapier bass for me once my limited ability ran out) and he’s both competent and reasonably priced. His first

Do you have a pedal or rack that rules? Or blows? This is the thread to let us know. OD/distortion, phase/flange, reverb, compression etc, put up your opinion with audioclips so that we can all hear. Clean/dry followed by “FX on” clips would be best. Doesn’t matter what tune you do, that’s not what it’s