Dunno really, I haven't heard that many of the virtuoso players. I just sort of know a few names.

WOAH! I just found out my friend (a girl) has an f'ing Fender Custom Shop Strat in pink!

Im shocked! I havent seen it in person yet but I just assumed it was a MIM Strat that she had refinished pink... Im jealous now and it makes my GAS even more stronger for my custom...

Im working my *** off for 3 months (the time from when my exams finish to the time when I start college) to save for my dream rig. I have no idea what I want in terms of amplication due to the lack of bass amplification at local music shops. Im hoping to take a trip down to London during the summer holiday and Im going to go and see Luke (bassist-bmxer) and see if he wants to go around London for a day around all the big shops.

I did really want a Winters custom but hes not going to be back in time for when I need it so I might go with Dave Pushic ([url]http://www.dpcustom.com[/url]) because the prices are similar to Jp's price. I have around £1000 to spend on the bass. What other custom luthiers should I look at?



EDIT: I forgot to mention that her pink strat got scratched badly on the front by her brother... So we've come up with a plan to steal it, get it resprayed in sparkly pink, then give it back as a sorry present... She doesnt know its scratched yet and shes going to go absolutely crazy... uh oh!

I just sent a quote off to Dpcustom. This is my Spec:

INSTRUMENT: BASS

strings: 4

scale: 34" for Bass

construction: Visible neck thru (standard)

body shape: scroll : +$50

body construction: top cap / other base - standard

EXOTICS: Ash - Ultralite ("swamp ash") : +$50 Cocobolo : +$50 top ; +$100 sandwich

neck lams: 5 piece (standard on 6 string; +$25 on others)

neckwoods: maple -plain hard Cherry

laminations:: maple/cherry/maple/cherry/maple

fretboardwood: Bird's Eye Maple +$20

# frets: 24 (standard)

markers: ¼" pearloid dots (standard)

side dots: small black (standard on maple fretboard)

hardware color: black (standard)

bridge: Hipshot Type A: +$ tbd

tuners: HipShot Ultralite +$17 each

pickups: Seymour Duncan +$ depending on model

pickup model: SJB-1 and SMB-4D

number of pickups:: 2 (standard)

EQ: Aguilar 3 band +$tbd

strap buttons: Dunlop -locking Dual Design +$15

Case: SKB "Freedom" Hard Case +$75

Comments:

Body: Swamp Ash Body with Cocobolo top

Pickups: Neck: J pickup, Bridge: MM pickup

Electronics:Aguilar ODP-3 2 Pickups - 5 Knob / 1 switch Configuration Vol - Vol - Treble - Mid - Bass Pots, Mid freq selector switch

Im basing my spec and design on this: [url]http://www.dpcustom.com/rm.jpg[/url]

^ That is such a Claypool copy. But awesome nonetheless.

[QUOTE=morpcat]^ That is such a Claypool copy. But awesome nonetheless.[/QUOTE]


:p

True... true... But I dont have enough money for a CT :D

Ive worked out it might be about $1400, thats about £750. Then with shipping and taxes to the UK, it will probably be about £1100. I think overall thats a great price for my dream bass!

Hello dudes and girls :wave:

Gday Kili.

Hello goodrats!
How are things?

aloha surf buddies :wave:

hey all.

hello there :wave:
how are the waves?

great, im going into town to buy a new game. yourself?

[QUOTE=kili]hello there :wave:
how are the waves?[/QUOTE]
they suck in the english counrtyside

[QUOTE=jaco jr]they suck in the english counrtyside[/QUOTE]

:lol:

where in england do you live? :confused:

Not too bad at all. My mate is around watching Jackass, I've been playing some Pokemon. And today I got some pretty awesome black pants. Me and my mate have also made some hedgecore. It's this little video we make where we basicaly jump in hedgesand f[size=2]u[/size]ck them up.

How about yourself Kili?

Traceurs anywhere?

[QUOTE=morpcat]Traceurs anywhere?[/QUOTE]
Traceurs?

Yep them.

[QUOTE=morpcat]Traceurs anywhere?[/QUOTE]
ooh ah freerunner
no not me
but i think its skillful but a waste of time

What's Traceurs?

You mean Parkour?

[url]http://www.urbanfreeflow.com[/url]

A few friends of mine are PK-ers and they are really good at it too..


Its a cool thing. I wish i could do it!


Good Rats: I have a question, you're playing Pokemon Ruby on the same Emulator as me, right? Well when I tried to save an hours worth of pokemon-ing, I saved it IN the game (like you would on the actual real game) and I saved it by going File, Save As on the emulator. Neither of these worked so Ive lost my hour of gaming :(

How do I save it properly? Because once I can save it properly, im going to start playing it

Thanks :thumb:

i wento a music store and have lots of pics, gonna put them in some html pages and post the links in a new topic.

It would be a too heavy load to get the pics up here on the forum

;) *has already seen the photos*

:D

^ Use photobucket.com to upload them, then copy the box for each photo that says [ img ] asldhkadhsfksda [ /img ] without the spaces

^^^ Wouldn't it just be easier to post his photobucket link and make his account Public?

Just to be nice for the 56kers :D

56kers should disable image loading.

:wave:

[QUOTE=jamie_dunce]You mean Parkour?

[url]http://www.urbanfreeflow.com[/url]

A few friends of mine are PK-ers and they are really good at it too..


Its a cool thing. I wish i could do it!


Good Rats: I have a question, you're playing Pokemon Ruby on the same Emulator as me, right? Well when I tried to save an hours worth of pokemon-ing, I saved it IN the game (like you would on the actual real game) and I saved it by going File, Save As on the emulator. Neither of these worked so Ive lost my hour of gaming :(

How do I save it properly? Because once I can save it properly, im going to start playing it

Thanks :thumb:[/QUOTE]

If your using Visualboy Advance, to save it either press shift+F1 or go file, save game, slot #1. Easy as that. Than to to load it, open the game, then press F1, or file, load game, slot #1.

Ruby is a great game, I've passed it about 3 times now, and right now I'm playing Fire Red.

Thanks Good rats! Im going to try that now :thumb:

Who did you pick at the start?

I chose Torchic. It's the best of the three IMO. But another good one is the green one, I forgot what it's called. And Mudkip sucks, don't choose Mudkip. Go with Torchic. And May, your rival, is hot in teh cartoon series. :naughty:

:lol:

Does he sleep with her or something? I mean, she is the girl next door...

I dont like all these crazy new pokemon on it though! Its too confusing

hey guys hows it going

:lol:
Don't worry man, you'll get used to it, at first your like, "wat da fuk is dis!" Then you become the elite pokemon master of Ruby and your like, "Aaaah yes, the Registone, why that be a secret pokemon, that is the hardest thign to find in all of Ruby!" My god, seriosuly, if you catch a Registone/Regirock/Regiice, one of those, you pwn Ruby. It's like the secret Pokemon of the game and to find it you have to do all this wierd [size=2]s[/size]hit..

Guys, I'm off too bed, MIGHT be back a little bit later to check up on things. But for now, cya MX.

Good luck with Ruby Jamie. :thumb:

see ya good rats

Good Rats: Whats Focus Energy do?

[QUOTE=good rats]:lol:
Don't worry man, you'll get used to it, at first your like, "wat da fuk is dis!" Then you become the elite pokemon master of Ruby and your like, "Aaaah yes, the Registone, why that be a secret pokemon, that is the hardest thign to find in all of Ruby!" My god, seriosuly, if you catch a Registone/Regirock/Regiice, one of those, you pwn Ruby. It's like the secret Pokemon of the game and to find it you have to do all this wierd [size=2]s[/size]hit..[/QUOTE]
Its funny how good the game is, and yet every thing elses about that topic sucks so bad

[QUOTE=jamie_dunce]Good Rats: Whats Focus Energy do?[/QUOTE]
When Focus Energy is used, the pokemon spends that move gathering energy so the next time it attacks, it has a greater attack.

[QUOTE=morpcat]^ Use photobucket.com to upload them, then copy the box for each photo that says [ img ] asldhkadhsfksda [ /img ] without the spaces[/QUOTE]

seeing as i have my own hosting it probably is easier if i put the pics a bit smaller, lets say 400*600 ish, make a nice webpage for each brand of guitar i made pics with and post links to the HTML pages.
This way the 30 pics or so i took wont screw up anyone :D

double poping is hard on a 6 string :(