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Also what I loved was that even though they've got a stage a mile wide, as soon they can the four of them are gathered around the drum riser checking each other out.

Saw the film last night in big mode at the Vue Xtreme at Westfield. Lots of great memories of the gig night, can't wait for the Bluray. Did you see the 10-string Manson in Nobody's Fault but Mine? whoa. Also the fretless P he used for In My Time Of Dying was awesome too.

One of my "without whom" gang as well. Relayer is my favourite - especially Gates Of Delirium. A champion of Rickenbackers, but check out this monster, used on Awaken I believe

RiffRaff ([url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/27079-riffraff/"]http://basschat.co.uk/user/27079-riffraff/[/url]) bought my JM-4 Looper, see [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/185124-for-sale-line-6-jm4-looper-as-new-sold/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/185124-for-sale-line-6-jm4-looper-as-new-sold/[/url]. Straightforward negotiation and good communciation, and notified of arrival. Good stuff.

Lady came up to me after a first gig with a new band "Hey I really enjoyed your sex moves" I wasn't doing any

Tune your A, D, G strings as normal. Then tune the low D so the 5th fret harmonic is the same note as the 12th fret harmonic on your high D string. When you're close, you'll hear the two notes "beating" against each other, and the closer you are the slower the beat frequency. When there's no beats, you're in tune. Simples.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1349341492' post='1824837'] Never. That level of authenticity is for tribute bands not cover bands. [/quote] When in tribute land, If anyone said to me "your line wasn't quite right", I'd ask which particular version they were referring to, then direct them to my reference bassline, which exists only on a very rare and practically non-existent bootleg somewhere

I've taken off the control plate and scratchplate today to get an idea of the general layout of things in there. First thing I realised is that I don't need to take the scrachplate off :] There's a brass or copper plate underneath each pickup and another in the bottom of the control cavity, this one is screwed down. Can I assume that these are earthed and if I can electrically connect my shielding paint or tape with the brass plate, I'll be going in the right direction?

Same again - Procells from eBay. Pay about a tenner for a box of ten.

1m26s. Camera close-up slow zoom on the touch-pad and fingers. He muffs up the timing. Always the way isn't it

"Muse perform Madness". Was it Baggy Trousers?

Cool. I'll open up the bass and see how it all looks. With the shielding paint, how do you ensure the same kind of electrical connection to earth/ground as described in the method for copper tape above?

[quote name='davehux' timestamp='1348293199' post='1811932'] Did 3 of my basses with a 4m reel of copper tape for £6. Totally killed the hum and only took about 30 mins per guitar once I'd got the hang of it ;-) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390468328691#ht_981wt_922"]http://cgi.ebay.co.u...91#ht_981wt_922[/url] [/quote] Thanks for tips everyone. This looks like a good idea for a first step: is it just a case of coating the surfaces of internal cavities, or does the tape need to connect electrically with the pickups and controls somehow? Sorry if this is a dumb question, this is the most advanced guitar maintenance I've ever considered

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1348141134' post='1809842'] Not sure blend control will be any different to two volumes in terms of hum! This is a different thing really, and a fairly common mod to a jazz bass - but not to reduce hum. [/quote] Thanks for suggestions so far guys - to clarify, I meant getting the new control setup (blend/vol/tone) as well as new pickups, rather than instead of. The Bass Gallery in Camden is quoting £40 for a screening job, is this a good price?

Hi, I'm getting increasingly weary of the hum coming from my pickups on my Jazz bass when playing with the volume controls set to different positions. I'm considering upgrading to new pickups, preferably with master volume/blend/tone rather than front vol/back vol/tone. Any recommendations? Or should I be considering a decent shielding job instead? (again recommendations welcome) Thanks!

Get there early, but not too early Be nice and normal, have a laugh Casually have a bag sweets or biscuits to hand for a snack. Offer them around. Get an idea of what they're like to hang out with. Oh and play some kick ass bass. But not too kick ass.

Having spent many years in various Genesis tributes, I've now got a curious relationship with the band: having studied much of the music in-depth I now can't listen to it (or indeed any other Genesis tribute band) without being over-analytical about the performance. So having much affection for the 70s and early 80s output of the band, I don't really enjoy it any more. (After the B-side of "Genesis" from 1983, the rot had set in too deep (!) for me - although there are of course obvious clunkers in the pre-83 material as well) Having said that, I've loaded Trespass and Nursery Cryme on to the music machine this morning to see how I get on. Maybe time and the conveyor belt of rememberable basslines (and 12-string and bass pedal lines) have done their job.

[quote name='grimbeaver' timestamp='1347557040' post='1802441'] I was at the gig, awesome, Jason Bonhams drumming was something else [/quote] Me too! what a fantastic day. Bonham the only man for the job - brilliant.

Boo indeed! Versions on CD, DVD and BluRay or whatever the favoured AV format of the day will soon appear. "Celebration Day will then be available in multiple video and audio formats on November 19 from Swan Song/Atlantic Records. Specific product details will be announced soon" says [url="http://www.ledzeppelin.com/news/2012/09/13/led-zeppelin-celebration-day"]http://www.ledzeppelin.com/news/2012/09/13/led-zeppelin-celebration-day[/url].

Tickets now on sale for a cinema near you... [url="http://www.ledzeppelin.com/news/2012/09/13/celebration-day-cinema-listings"]http://www.ledzeppelin.com/news/2012/09/13/celebration-day-cinema-listings[/url] My back of an envelope sums have just revealed that this gig was more popular on an applications per ticket basis than the 2012 Olympics. Music one, sport nil! Here's the trailer. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbusDxLekPQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbusDxLekPQ[/url]

[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1347311152' post='1799280'] It's a D (7th fret on G string) with a B-flat (8th fret on D string). [/quote] Thanks! Obvious now when I have a bass ready to hand

[quote name='OzMike' timestamp='1347221066' post='1798265'] For non UK people: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEDeIsOe3Rw[/media] [/quote] Thanks for the clip! At 2m31s he's saying "Now when you get to THIS..." and was obviously going to go on to say something profound about the part significant only to us lot. Then she interrupts him with her gushing and he's suddenly on to Stravinsky. I wonder what he was going to say? ps is it a double stop at 2m27s? or is the D string not being held? Can't tell.