OldGit

Brilliant. I always assumed a Bongo would be a modern sound but that's almost upright sounding in the bit where's he's playing with his thumb.

[quote name='AM1' post='493126' date='May 20 2009, 11:36 AM']Thanks for the tip. I think as I get older, I sweat (sorry, glow) more! Haha. Now this has changed my reasoning about gig clothes - let me give you an example. On a recent gig, I ended up mega sweaty as usual, flat out punk bass gigs tend to do that plus if you're a natural sweat-machine, well, it's ten fold. Anyway so I got mega sweaty, ended up extremely pissed and woke up on a random sofa, having slept in said sweaty clothes, overall situation normal, that top then went in the washing basket, anyway it came to the next gig and...shameful confession time, I thought f*ck it, I'm not getting a clean top sweaty, so I got the previous rancid one out of the basket, put it back on and played in it again! The plus point of this is you can dodge buying a round all night cos no one wants to get near you to challenge your skinflint ways. HAHAHAHA!!!! I think we should have a poll - how many gigs in a row, have you played in the same, stinky, sweaty, damp old threads. Haha.[/quote] ha ha 2 minutes in I'm "glowing" like billy-oh on most gigs. My previous gigging suit jacket came from a chariteeee shop and lasted about 15 years without cleaning before it mysteriously shrunk over 6 months or so and had to be replaced with a bigger one (now 5 years old, 15 suited gigs per year ...) I wash the shirts each time though .. I've started to catch a wiff of "glow" off my bass strap now though ...

[quote name='Sibob' post='492821' date='May 19 2009, 11:30 PM']Generally yes, but not always? The Sadowsky preamp is all boost isn't it? I suppose that means that their knobs don't have a centre-dent! Si[/quote] Yup, I had a bass with a Sadowsky VTC circuit for a few weeks and there was no cut... and no indents, detents or pepsidents involved ..

[quote name='bassace' post='492955' date='May 20 2009, 08:48 AM']My apologies. Charlie Parker sold his usual alto just befor a concert to buy drugs. Dizzy and some other band members scoured the neigbourhood to buy him a new new sax. The only one they could find was a Grafton plastic sax. He played the concert and Ornette Coleman followed later.[/quote] The Grafton is a perfectly fine sax in the right hands, especially if it's been coated with Charlie Parker's mojo It was an attempt to make a sax using what was then state of the art materials. I wonder if we could get Status to try .. Now that would be a horn ...

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='492889' date='May 20 2009, 01:53 AM']That post by Teej is about the most sensible thing I've read this year. Kudos to him.[/quote] +1 As I said at the start - define "success" To me Teej just has and he is clearly happier than Robbie Williams with all his Major Record Company Millions.

+1 to all of string cleaning (with the possible exception of the Brut trick) Wash your hands before you start playing, wipe you hands during the gig, maybe between each tune. I'm lucky, I like Elixirs and they last for ever for me. The funny "wet" feel takes a bit of getting used to though. If you try them go for the Nanoweb. The Polyweb were Gore's (of Goretex fame) first go at this and that means the strings will be years old. They also feel like strings wearing several condoms. Really horrible.

Normal for active basses' tone pots. It seems to be the "neutral" point between cut and boost ...

Maybe it's Love's Candle? That sounds more funky ....

dig the moves too

So nice to hear good news .. I never get the chance to crank my MB/Berg rig .. It's always on about 1

[quote name='Musicman20' post='492033' date='May 19 2009, 12:15 AM']Yep...well my Orange is the same no matter what....so for my Orange it doesn't matter which I go for. I think cos Im trying to get the smallest and loudest 12+12...it may as well be a 4Ohm...hmmm... Only think is...If I go for a 800 MB head...thats 800W going through it...OUCH LOUD![/quote] If it makes no difference I'd get the 8 ohm one simply so that you can add a second cab later for the trannie amps, should you want it for whatever reason. Jorg tells a tale of someone sticking 1100 watts flat out through one 1212L, in their garage ... "it coped for a while" was the summation. I assume the guy's neighbours then shot it, or him ...

[quote name='maxrossell' post='491410' date='May 18 2009, 02:42 PM']I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but it's an old standard in romantic relationships: <snip> Then, the master-move: The palm-off.[/quote] ooh er..

Well done .. Hopefully you'll not find him sabotaging your drum kit when his new band plays support to yours .. or worse, you get to support his new band as it tours the stadiums of Europe ..

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='492066' date='May 19 2009, 07:08 AM']Put an ad in the "for sale" section here. Either get a PayPal account, or specify that you will only accept cash on collection. It will reduce the size of your market, and probably the amount that you can get for it, but at least you'll manage to shift it. Another option is [url="http://leicester.gumtree.com/leicester/9018_1.html"]gumtree[/url]. S.P.[/quote] Or electronic bank transfer or cheque or postal order ...

Don't valve amps give you the same amount of ooomph into 4 or 8 ohms?

[quote name='chris_b' post='491827' date='May 18 2009, 08:32 PM']What's the definition of perfect pitch?[/quote] Banjo > skip > 25 meters

Not mine ... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160336049613&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123"]ebay link[/url]

[quote name='Musicman20' post='491961' date='May 18 2009, 10:31 PM']Did most people who own the 1212L go for 4 Ohm?[/quote] I did but then I'd wished I'd got an 8 ohm so I coud add another for thr height and stack, not for the volume.

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='491708' date='May 18 2009, 06:41 PM']I doubt it'll sell unless it is the size of a bungalow and has 3 dummy speakers in it [/quote] Ha ha That's one thing the OP should consider .. the little Schroeders or Bergs or Barefaced will keep up with a Marshall full stack but people will be looking for the rest of your stack 'cos it will look a bit silly in conventional terms

[quote name='Golchen' post='491722' date='May 18 2009, 06:53 PM']I have excessive gear but I have trouble parting with stuff. I need to get to grips with selling on eBay really, I have two good guitars and a good bass that have to go really.[/quote] Sell them here ...

[quote name='Golchen' post='491700' date='May 18 2009, 06:33 PM']I'm pretty good with photoshop, but then I do use it for my job. I was considering getting my Status upgraded by Sims, so I did a mock-up of what I wanted. These are my before/after pictures:[/quote] should I give up now?

[quote name='Machines' post='491659' date='May 18 2009, 06:05 PM']I can't sell it as it was bought by my parents as a 21st birthday present.[/quote] There you go, another good reason to never pay for your kids' instruments .. Make them work for 'em like we did

[quote name='mcgraham' post='491438' date='May 18 2009, 03:00 PM']A Mars bar would've done! Now I know you're willing to offer more I think I'll just wait it out I know what I have isn't excessive, but I feel that I don't use the little that I do have. Finances aren't an issue, so in that respect there's no problem. I'm just curious to find out how other people approach this, and hopefully grab some pearls of wisdom regarding gear acquisition. There's already been a few! Mark[/quote] Ha ha you just need another outlet for your GAS .. Saxophone's pretty good for that..