OldGit

oooh Gorgeous! Lets hear it for dark bodies and plain (er I mean dot-free) maple boards!

[quote name='anthomp' post='290176' date='Sep 23 2008, 05:57 PM']It does get an airing at home,got to haven't you? but not been brave enough to gig it. One of these days maybe,at a club date with a stage. make me feel a bit more comfortable. anthomp[/quote] ha ha That is what it's for, mate .. not for keeping in a cupboard

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='288319' date='Sep 21 2008, 12:24 AM']DHA also does a valve compressor.[/quote] That doesn't do what a digital compressor (like the Aphex) does, as I found out when I bought one of each .... The OP seems to be after what I'd call "normal" compression - ie evens out the peaks and troughs. So I'd suggest talking to Dave Hall about his before venturing that way. It's the Trace Elliot Dual Band SMX one for me. May work for you too. Now discontinued but quite often on eBay Circa £50-60 squid when they come up. The dual band is great for me as I don't need the top compressed, just the bass end, and it's as tough as old boots...

[quote name='stinson' post='269423' date='Aug 25 2008, 12:17 PM']Yeah, I remember yours being very speedy. Mine's been about 2 weeks now and I'm chomping at the bit. I shall try and remain patient and not bother the mighty Jorg.[/quote] Two weeks? Blige mate, don't ever get a custom made bass, you'd die waiting

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='289565' date='Sep 22 2008, 11:17 PM']Feel free to come and take the piss [/quote] Can you video the whole thing so we can enjoy in on the "p155take again" feature on Ferret-Vison TV?

[quote name='The Funk' post='290023' date='Sep 23 2008, 02:54 PM']As the guys in the band, it should come from you, not people outside the band.[/quote] Yeah you don't want your myspace covered in " you have a crap singer" hardly likely to get you better gigs or a following ... Have a band meeting and get everything out on the table .. there's probably other things to talk about ike where you are going, gigs you'd liek to play, material to learn over the next few months etc. Oh and go prepared to leave if they gang up on you as the relative newcomer and non-brother ...

[quote name='stylonpilson' post='289899' date='Sep 23 2008, 12:52 PM']With the exception of electric guitars and electric basses, what other musical instruments have significant stylistic variation within the species? You never hear a trumpet player complaining about the fact that all trumpets look the same. S.P.[/quote] Actually ... Saxes and trumpets do have different models and shapes and subtle differences in style and mechanisms .. a little less obvious than bass body shapes, and loads of brass and woodwind instruments come in colours, zebra stripes etc etc these days. Pink baritone anyone? And, of course, there's this

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='289729' date='Sep 23 2008, 10:40 AM']I know somebody is going to say something about Shuker 5 strings Ps, JJ Burnel etc)[/quote] My lips are sealed Actually they aren't There are shapes I like the look of but just can't get on with - Thumbs, Warwicks with that phallic top horn (snigger) T birds, Flying Vs, Les Pauls, Steinberger cricket bats, and then there are the body shapes that work for me: P bass, jazz bass, and my Shuker modern but I'm not a traditionalist, as I also like playing Dood's singlecut 7 string, the Wood n Tronics Zoid and the Smiths ... It's largely down to the individual characteristics feel and balance of the instrument but I know that, when I strap on a P bass, things are going to feel more or less right, straight off. There is a very good reason why the Jazz and P bass shapes have survived whereas the big semi-acoustics and things like the Burns Bison that were around at the same time have been sidelined into niches, and that's because they work pretty well for most people.

" Just held on to my B string and played. I played half the song like that. My strap fell off but you know what they say; the show must go on." [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='289688' date='Sep 23 2008, 09:23 AM']At last! A practical use for a bass with more than 4 strings![/quote] Off to the Famous Quotes thread for that one .... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=571&view=findpost&p=289778"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...st&p=289778[/url]

Video the gig then all sit round and watch it togther for "anyalysis". If he doesn't say "oh my God I'm all out of tune and missing my ques" you probably have to ask him to leave.

ooooh the antic..........................pation!

[quote name='EccentricRichard' post='288488' date='Sep 21 2008, 12:45 PM']Not being rude, merely making objective criticism...[/quote] "Cracking P p'up? That's an oxymoron, like 'military intelligence', or 'Microsoft Works' - the pickup is what makes the P so awful" I think you'll find that is a [i]subjective [/i]criticism .....

[quote name='fumps' post='289647' date='Sep 23 2008, 07:55 AM']Thanks for all the pointers people. It's really apreciated[/quote] Soooooooooooooooooo What are you going to get?

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='289225' date='Sep 22 2008, 03:25 PM']We had a good gig on Sat and an interesting one on friday. Friday should have been easy. It was only 1min walk form my house in my 4 year olds new school (he starts in Jan). My girlfriend was doing the disco for the younger ones and we were in the main hall (canteen) playing between 6 and 8. Get in was a pain as they shut the car park 5 before we could load in but it was all pretty easy. As we were setting up we noticed a few of the the kids (i guess 6-8 year olds) hanging around us and trying to sing in to the mic's. We had to keep asking them nicely to move away but a few of the little gits just wouldn't budge. It seemed like as soon as we set the mic's and stand up to our liking they would bend them right down to their hight. At first it was funny but as more of them came over they were running all over the place. After the first set two of the band went out for a smoke, leaving me and the singer to look after the gear. Now, we all know how society has gone and we felt we could only ask them to leave things along. we daren't touch them or shout at them. At one point there were 9 kids all around the drum kit, all banging it and trying to dismantle it. all the guitars we de tuned other than mine as i put the fear of god in to a couple of kids and they left it alone (as im the only parent in the band i had a bit more experience telling small people what to do;-). What got us though was how ignorant ALL the parents were. They were all sat at tables in the canteen in front of us, drinking the free beer and eating the free food chatting away without a thought that their kids were 1. spoiling the night for everyone and 2. the kids could have injured themselves. when we saw two boys looking directly in to our Alligator light from about 2 inches (that was full on) i was tempted to move them on but by this time we couldn't be bothered. We had turned the music off and told the headmistress we were going home etc. She managed to clear them away and the second set went down well but never again. Kids are one thing but ignorant parents letting them run Wilde and pull away at expensive equipment is another and next year they can go F@@K themselves. The Staff were wonderful though and its a shame the parents couldn't have helped a bit more.[/quote] Oh I hate that. Parents will assign responsibility to anyone else given half a chance. We see this at gigs too but we've adopted a routine. Some kind of physical barrier between the gear and the dance floor - a stage is best but a line of chairs or some-such if the band is on the floor, a stern look and refusal to allow them near, right from the start. use your strict teacher /professional voice. most kids and some parents will respond to that. Then, if they persist, a PA announcement about how sorry you are but "Elfin Safety/local by laws/Public Liability Insurance (or some other external to the band and generally despised authority figure) does not allow kids in our working area. Please help us to comply by asking your children to stay away from the stage area or we will be unable to play." Saxophones, mics and drum kits are just magnets for all sorts of idiots of all ages, especially drunk young men at posh weddings where they think that because the B&G have hired you, the band can therefore considered "staff" and they can do what they like....

[quote name='anthomp' post='289472' date='Sep 22 2008, 08:50 PM']Fender 65 keeping me poor anthomp[/quote] You are in cardiff?? Oh! may I stroke it?

[quote name='metaltime' post='289606' date='Sep 23 2008, 12:33 AM']zjus held on to my B string and played. I played half the song like that my strap fell off but you no what they say the show must go on.[/quote]

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='289571' date='Sep 22 2008, 11:26 PM']It could be Will Power. He's hiding just out of shot, holding the bass up [/quote] ..... and kissing with confidence? [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dp-4o0IodsE"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dp-4o0IodsE[/url]

Is it the Otway trick of a strap peg in the bottom of the bass hung fronm a piece of string attached to your jeans button? Or it it held up by will power?

[quote name='farmer61' post='289461' date='Sep 22 2008, 08:25 PM']Covers band Uncle Jack - www.unclejackweb.co.uk or www.myspace.com/unclejackweb. [b]Prepare to be underwhelmed[/b] [/quote] Hey another Human Jukebox band! Excellent!

[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='289221' date='Sep 22 2008, 03:18 PM'] keeping it simple then[/quote] Ha ha varied and interesting

[quote name='Prosebass' post='289481' date='Sep 22 2008, 09:04 PM']And the winners are......... [post="280573"]Old Git[/post] I know some of us think its mint but its the best / worst entry...should of posted my FAL then I could of won... and [post="283004"]Bassassin[/post] It was a close one but his Punk Bass is the worst. PM me your addresses chaps and your prizes will be in the post..... Thanks to all who took part, keep posting, no more prizes though....sorry [/quote] Oh gosh! I'd like to thank my mother, my agent, that bloke Peavey, the guy who kept the combo in a damp cellar for 10 years ..... Oh gosh! did he mean it when he said it looked mint? I thought that was irony ... (it's not mint by any stretch of teh imagination .. I'll take a few more pictures if you like Shame it's not smell-o-vision ... the dank musty smell of wood eating spores is only just masked by the two (count 'em) bottles of Febreze I had to squirt inside the thing

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='251083' date='Jul 30 2008, 10:25 AM']thats genius that is! *makes note* [/quote] How about an Otway bass?

Jellied Reels Rocky Ceilidh band for the last 15 years or so .. [url="http://www.jellied-reels.co.uk/"]http://www.jellied-reels.co.uk/[/url] The booking book has a partners and family induced limiter fitted - one Friday and one Saturday per month, unless the families can come too - festivals and fun days etc.. Loads of fun and loads of work .. and we're more or less fully booked through to October next year Currently between bands for my Sax side. Do the occasional session: There's some of my baritone on the Carole Mountain tune on the [url="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=36208246"]Modesty Blaise Myspace[/url] but as that's the single edit my solo's missing Then regular Dep on upright stick for Pluck and Squeeze Twmpath band (that's Welsh for humping, and Barn Dancing ) [url="http://www.pluckandsqueeze.com/"]http://www.pluckandsqueeze.com/[/url] Dep for a few other rock/folk outfits Various other things that have no web presence and a possible bass + guitar duo thing ...