hiram.k.hackenbacker

You’re being over sensitive.

I don’t think this is worthy of another thread, so I’ll put this here should anyone be interested…. As some of you may have seen, I briefly put this bass up for sale a short while ago. It was primarily to fund another build I have going on and certainly was nothing to do with the quality of this bass. I took it out of its case to take some photos and then left it in the rack for a couple of days pending a possible sale. I had some interest on FB Marketplace and a guy a few miles away said he would buy it but wouldn’t have the funds for about a month. I said there was no hurry and I was happy to wait. I’m not sure what made me do it, but I picked the bass up for a quick noodle before putting it away again and noticed whilst doing some high octaves, that the intonation was very slightly out. When I sat down to adjust it the following day, I found that the bridge assembly was not adjustable in any way whatsoever! I’m not quite sure what they do to their bridges at Limelight in order get that relic/roadworn look, but they are completely useless in terms of adjustability. The only bridge saddle screw that would turn was the G string and that was after a bit of persuasion. The others were having none of it. I decided to soak the whole thing overnight. The following day the A and the D finally came free. I tried again with the E, but it was locked solid. After another soaking, I took the bridge off and screwed it to a scrap piece of wood and clamped it. After almost stripping the cross head on the bridge saddle screw, it finally came free. I don’t know why, but I hadn’t given any thought to the saddle height screws. Probably out of frustration with getting the other screws out. Needless to say, the heights screws were also locked. I bought some Penetrating Oil ‘guaranteed to release any rusted parts’. Does it f**k! Not these ones anyway. I’ve tried everything - I really do think they might be superglued in place 🤷‍♂️. End result - I ordered a complete new bridge assembly. I’ll probably still use the old bridge plate and springs, but have replaced the saddles and screws. I’ve since been informed that Limelight are known for this issue. Sadly I wasn’t aware at the time of ordering or I would not have specified any reliced hardware. A cautionary tale then - if you order a Limelight and fancy being able to adjust it at some point in the future then specify new hardware and not the rusty old crap they pass off as ‘reliced’.

Make sure you don’t overshoot and end up in Canterbury. COVID central. People being advised to avoid the area.

That's a fairly close description of our last gig in Hartlepool 😂. Due to the distance involved (from Essex) an overnight stay was necessary - that's where it went downhill.

I think that’s the reason why we get so many varied responses in these ‘spare bass’ threads. People’s circumstances are different. As much as I would advocate always taking more than one bass, if I was doing a pub gig with a passive bass, I might be persuaded to take just the one and a set of spare strings. Theatres and dedicated music venues can be a different animal. I think it would be universally frowned upon to stop a theatre show for five minutes whilst one of the guitarists potters offstage to find some new strings/batteries.

I never go to a rehearsal or a gig with less than two basses.

I used a Suitcase with extension cab for years with a function band and it sounded great. I also have a ‘Bass Buddy’ for home practice which is a great piece of kit. Not cheap, but good gear in my book.

Never heard of it 😂

Maybe I’ll give him another go. Any recommendations?

Yes agreed. For that very reason I’ve tried very hard a number of times to listen and enjoy, but I can’t. My most recent rock covers start up is a re-boot of a band of which only the guitarist remains. He put forward their old set list which contained Rockin’ In The Free World. That got kicked in fairly short time 😂.

Not wishing to split hairs, but for me, that’s slightly different to calling the band a poor man’s Rolling Stones. I would imagine it would be hard not to be influenced by Mick Jagger if you were a singer starting a rock band in the early 70’s. I’ll give you there are similarities in their stage moves, but I’ve seen them both and Tyler does it better. Vocally chalk and cheese, but YMMV 🤷‍♂️. It’s weird though, I’ve been thinking about your original question since you started the thread and I can’t think of an example myself. There are few artists that I dislike and those that I do, I can’t think of a track I like. I suppose if there is a Neil Young track on which he doesn’t sing, that might qualify. I can’t stand listening to his whiny off key vocal. Turned Absolute Rock off yesterday because he came on. Anything involving Marc Almond singing is another mood hoover - I cannot stand his voice.

He’s only gone and done it. Good lad.

Ha ha. Jon’s building me a bass right now. We’re both faddy 😂

I find this list a little odd. I’m a big fan of all of these bands and although some of the songs you have selected are OK, I think each band have done better - I mean a LOT better. Aerosmith a poor man’s Rolling Stones? I don’t think so.

Ben Selleck, keys player in ChangesTwoBowie, has just released his first single and it’s currently #3 in the UK Country Chart. Have a listen and if you like it, £0.79 well spent if you ask me. Let’s see if we can get it higher. Different Sides (Of the Same Coin) - Single by Ben Selleck

I think I would agree with you there as far as the 'Terror' line is concerned.

Fad to me suggests something comes, is very popular (sometimes inexplicably so) and then goes. Barefaced are doing pretty well and grown as a company. Also, I think including Jon Shuker in a ‘gear fad’ list is a little insulting. Possibly Celinder too, but I don’t know much about them. The 4/5 string debate will go on forever. Sue Ryder basses and and that company I cannot pronounce, yeah, I’ll agree with you there.

Yes, indeed. One of the best tribute bands name ever. Always makes me smile when I think of it.

….but Fortunate Son trumps anything The Eagles have done. In fact, that album ‘Willy & The Poor Boys’ is a cracker.

Future Impact? Seemed to be a whole lot of people getting them and then selling them some time later. Plus a few p’d off Deep Impact owners who had to drop their prices 😂 Still have my Future Impact though. That reminds me, I must update it to V 3.0.

Creedence all day long for me. Every time I hear the Eagles on the radio I can hear The Dude complaining 😂