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  2. NancyJohnson started following Bass VI pickup rewind
  3. NancyJohnson
    Voice of reason: Sell it as is, explain the middle pickup is faulty and that the buyer will need to sort it. They're just Stratocaster pickups anyway. You're going to haemorrhage £££ getting it rewound, just stick a £15 Warman in there and swap the cover. Nobody will know, or be able to, hear any difference. It's simply not worth the expense or hassle.
  4. fretmeister
    Just be polite, maybe even tell them you'll do another month to let them find someone. Put a wanted ad in the Musicians bit on here - maybe even try and line up a possible replacement or two.
  5. Geek99
    You could just take up the excellent suggestion of a looper and leave he/she who would otherwise be The Chosen One to eat cake … just a thought
  6. NancyJohnson started following Pickup mods to a bitsa Jaguar. Advice please.
  7. NancyJohnson
    Cough. "It's a great bass, but I'm thinking about..." Lost count if the amount of posts that pertain to this. If it's great, leave it as is. Invest the money elsewhere. Go out for dinner. Buy a book. Cough.
  8. Slick Bass started following The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
  9. ezbass
    Something along the lines of, “Sorry guys, I’ve not been enjoying it for a while and I’d rather not string you along, thinking nothing’s wrong. I’d prefer allow you to find a replacement sooner than later.”
  10. mattpbass started following How to Quit Politely and NBD... it's a CBS era restoration!
  11. mattpbass
    Looks amazing Paddy! How on earth is it possible to repair that missing fingerboard chunk like that?! Magic?
  12. dmccombe7
    Yep good wedding bands are expensive these days but it can be a very long day for a wedding band between setting up before the event and a lot of hanging about for the meal, speeches etc. I guess that's why they charge so much. Wedding band thing just isn't for me. My ideal gig is turn up, plug in, sound check, gig, paid, go home preferably 1-3 miles from home. 😂 Dave
  13. Wolverinebass
    I remember we did a bass shootout at the SE Bash a few years ago and @Lozz196 got the job of playing the same phrase with fingers then a pick on about 15 different basses. He did it really well actually, so it can be done without a looper pedal. Well, if you have someone who plays as consistently and even as he does.
  14. mattpbass
    Without wishing to state the bleeding obvious, if they are nice people why not just have a chat with them about it?
  15. rwillett
    This needs to be fun and informative. My interest is smallish speakers, much as I would love a double American sized fridge of Ampeg speakers, let's be realistic (for me). Small, powerful enough and cost effective. I have not used the word cheap. Small to fit into a sensible car, powerful enough for a small club and drummer, cost effective so I only blink once at the price.
  16. gazhowe
    Here's a few clips we recorded pre-gig last year as a bit of a show reel. The while lights on guitar/vocal/bass work well with a reasonably bright stage wash. The one pointed at the drummer didn't cover the distance between t-bar and kit to illuminate the drummer well (I usually hide him with smoke anyway😄). You'll see from the clips with a dark (blue) stage you need to be reasonably disciplined where you stand as it's easy to move out of the white light. Hope this is useful info.
  17. ossyrocks started following Emergency amp needed: Advice on options please.
  18. ossyrocks
    Hmm. Did G4M buy out all the PMT stock? I bought a used RM-500 Evo (first gen) from PMT, which arrived similarly poorly packaged and not working. I returned it for a refund. I wonder if this is the exact same one they are attempting to sell again? Rob
  19. bassbiscuits
    I use both. For covers bands I tend to use round wounds and a modern active bass to cover the wide range of sounds needed. For tribute / original bands I use mostly a passive bass with flats. I sometimes use the active bass with rounds for that too tho depending on how I’m feeling. I like both and I tend to favour one over the other at different times. Been playing rounds/active bass loads lately but took P with flats to last rehearsal and fell in love with the sound again.
  20. TheSwing
    Thanks, Mokl. I was running two as a vertical stack – best live sound I've ever had!
  21. TheSwing
    Hi. Here you go (from the Gator site)... Length 12.50" Width 19.00" Height 9.00" Cheers!
  22. Hobbayne
    I have been rehearsing with this band since March this year. I can't see it going anywhere and I think I would like to bail out, but they are nice people. I don't want to upset anybody. anybody had to do this before?
  23. Bilbo
    I played that festival. Nobody nicked any of my gear. I did it on an acoustic Harley Benton because our drummer called in sick on the day so we went 'unplugged'. Trouble is, whilst the HB sounds great, it has an action you can slide your hand under. Frankly, if you had nicked that sucker, you'd have been doing me a favour!
  24. Chienmortbb
    I think this is key, no matter how good any of us are at playing consistently, I for one are crap at that, so a looper will take the variable out of the mix. Of course the size of @Phil Starr’s banner is limited so it would be hard to hide an Ampeg fridge stack. It is also difficult to compareFRFR cabs against this with the “Olde Skool” sound of older cabinets of the BF110. We must also keep in mind that the this will be as impartial as possible but it is not going to be definitive, it should be thought of as informative. Not to belittle the tests but it also needs to be fun. It will give you pointers and expand your knowledge, maybe helping your future purchasing decisions as part of a process.
  25. Freddi375
    Weight-wise, I'd say 3.5/6 kgs judging by the scales. Any questions, let me know. Cheers!
  26. The fasting showman
    ....22kg btw but the oomph of a loud 4x10
  27. Mickeyboro
    Bass Notes is a book written by Stone Foundation’s Neil Sheasby. It’s an on the road journal covering 2011-22 and will strike a chord with anyone with touring experience. Foreword by Horace Panter. New copy, just published. RRP £15, yours for £11 £8 £6 Posted.
  28. Mickeyboro
    His latest posthumous release is a double CD and DVD presentation from the Swiss Baloise Festival in 2008. Highlight is Al Kooper’s I Love You More Than Youll Ever Know b Retails at over £20. This is sealed and unplayed, £12 posted UK seems reasonable.
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  29. Mickeyboro
    This is as hard-hitting as Lucinda’s songs, and to be frank it’s a wee bit too honest. But that makes it compelling reading, so if you like her music it’s a solid investment. If you don’t know who she is, consult YouTube immediately… Hardback, very good condition. RRP £20, yours for £13 posted. Now just £11.
  30. Mickeyboro
    The review says it all: comprehensive, US published and hard to find. Price is UK posted, unread condition. Now £16. Times And Seasons - The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Zombies Robin Platts HoZac Books, $31.99 356 pages Classic British pop, expertly chronicled Few books on the Zombies exist, but theirs is a story worth telling. And it's predictable that, given their Stateside star status, this quintessentially English quintet of She's Not There and Tell He No fame should be chronicled on an American imprint. The band only hung up its touring shoes last year after leader/keyboardist Rod Argent's stroke, but the work he and singer Colin Blunstone created after their reunion in 2001 - the years since 1968 being silent, in a Zombies sense - are also covered in detail by author Platts. The band always had a youthful camaraderie, having come together at high school, and that comes over faithfully in this account of their heyday - plus a long tail that details their subsequent musical careers. While Blunstone went solo and Argent created an eponymous prog band (of God Gave Rock And Roll To You fame), guitarist Paul Atkinson went behind the scenes and signed Abba to CBS - a feather in anyone's cap. Detail is forensic without being stifling. If the layout is a trifle fanzine-y, the integration of illustrative material like press cuttings and photos with the text helps make this an easy read. And the urge to play the music, always the sign of a good book, is irresistible.
  31. police squad
    I spent the first half of a gig getting shocks from the mic AND my behringer P2 as it was touching my skin. I finished the 1st set with no IEMs and no backing vocals I then plugged my bass amp into a diffferent socket with my extension lead, not the DJs and problem solved I then bought the mains tester and have since used it at every gig (and not had any problems either)
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