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[quote name='spike' post='915764' date='Aug 5 2010, 11:46 AM']Brown Eyed Valerie & The Mustangs[/quote] We have a winner!

Someone I know has just bought the AD200B and an 8x10. He plays in a pub covers band and is a beginner (with loads of money to spend I guess). Us old dogs are aghast, not only at his disposable cash but also at whet we imagine will be a stadium setup in smallish pubs where an unmiked drum kit is way too loud. Will he be able to get a decent sound out of it at those levels?

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[quote name='RhysP' post='915425' date='Aug 4 2010, 10:11 PM']Not a great idea if the bride is a bit of a bloater. [/quote] or pregnant .... Welsh valleys joke: Mrs Jones "I hear Mrs Lloyd's youngest girl's getting married" Mrs Harris "Really? Is she pregnant?" Mrs Jones "No" Mrs Harris "Oooh! There's posh!"

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='915414' date='Aug 4 2010, 09:51 PM']2 names I've always wanted to use are: Tipping Point Elephant in the Room[/quote] [url="http://tippingpointband.com/"]http://tippingpointband.com/[/url] [url="http://www.myspace.com/elephantintheroomau"]http://www.myspace.com/elephantintheroomau[/url]

I doubt anyone would bother to fake a Japanese one. I suspect a faker would make US ones. Pictures will help, of course.

[quote name='chrisd24' post='915478' date='Aug 4 2010, 11:05 PM']dont have pics im afraid, it has the old style logo on it,nut is fitted, no machine heads, or bushes,but has a strap button on the back of the headstock if thats any help?[/quote] Sounds like a 62RI neck (strap button on the back) There's two types of machine heads fitted to these, Japanese and US made. They have different sized shaft holes. If it has the smaller holes you may find it hard to get machineheads to fit and have to bore the holes out. I've not done that but I can't imagine that will be easy with hand tools... Japanese machineheads have 11mm posts and US ones have 14mm posts The back plates are different sizes too and so the screws holes will be spaced differently Measure the distance between the screw holes at the very top of the neck, the G machinehead position. If the top pair are 35mm apart then it had US winders, 24mm and it had Japanese winders.

Most of ours would probably book a band called Second Time Lucky

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No real sillyness yet? oh well .. After The Naming Of Cats by T. S. Eliot [b]The Naming of Bands[/b] The Naming of Bands is a difficult matter, It isn't just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a band must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. First of all, there's the name that the fans will use daily, Such as Rockers, Blockers, 'heads or The Games, Such as Wallies or That Lot, Trouble or Bill Bailey-- All of them sensible everyday names. There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter, Some for the Rock band, some for the blues: Such as Deathstar, Armageddon, Howling Chicken, Demeter-- But all of them sensible everyday names. But I tell you, a band needs a name that's particular, A name that's peculiar, and more dignified, Else how can it keep up its singer perpendicular, Or spread out its flyers, or cherish its pride? Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum, Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat, Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum- Names that never belong to more than one band. But above and beyond there's still one name left over, And that is the name that you never will guess; The name that no common research can discover-- But THE BAND ITSELF KNOWS, and will never confess. When you notice a band in profound meditation, The reason, I tell you, is always the same: Their minds are engaged in a rapt contemplation Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of its name: Its ineffable effable Effanineffable Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

[quote name='bigd1' post='914928' date='Aug 4 2010, 01:47 PM']my old band name "Last Train Home" I know it's more than 2 words but I think it was a great band name. Ta very glad BIGd[/quote] [url="http://www.myspace.com/lasttrainhome"]http://www.myspace.com/lasttrainhome[/url] Tough game isn't it

[quote name='zero9' post='914871' date='Aug 4 2010, 01:15 PM']How about theband4all (theband4u already exists)?[/quote] Speaking as an older person, and quite possibly the age of the potential mother in law paying for the wedding, anything that has a number representing a word in a text-speak styleeee would instantly get the thunbs down from me. Same as Toys R us gr8s and produces 4boding and sounds like yoofspeak 2 me ..

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='914868' date='Aug 4 2010, 01:13 PM']Using that logic just call yourselves 'the Function Band' then.[/quote] [url="http://www.thefunctionband.net/"]http://www.thefunctionband.net/[/url]

Part of me (the marketing part) says you should have a name that says what you do, or hints at it. and part of me says just grab two random words that don't normally go together. ie the Sibob approach. The former way may get you slightly more clicks in a list of band names, as the clicking person will have some idea of what you do.. But... it will almost certainly have been thought of for another band or some other activity that's all over the internet already, thus negating the benefit. The latter will probably mean your website comes up first when they google your name, if they know your name. Either way you have to work hard to get the top slot in a casual search for a function band for a wedding ... On balance I'd go for the latter approach as it's easier to be the only "Puce Pavlova" than one of the many "Soul Providers" ...

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It's August. He's probably sunning himself on a beach somewhere just itching to get back and play ...

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Hi Welcome to Basschat. I assume this is for playing when travelling? That's an interesting idea. There's a number of "travel" guitars that have built in amps but a Steinberger body is tiny so I'd imagine that woud be a step too far (expect luthier quotes way in excess of the value of the bass to put you off) It will probably sound awful anyway so why not just get a little awful sounding portable amp for a lot less money? [url="http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/marshall-ms2-portable-battery-amplifier-new-8531327.htm?from=googlebase"]Marshall MS2[/url] £20 [url="http://www.firebox.com/product/5/Smokey-Amp"]Smokey[/url] £25

Radio three series.. [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n6vks"]Nice short essay[/url] on one man's relationship with a double bass, and Mingus "The historian Niall Ferguson confesses that he stole a double bass to later join a local jazz quartet, who were beguiled by Charles Mingus."

[quote name='3V17C' post='912579' date='Aug 2 2010, 10:33 AM']Harry Shearer isn't Homer Simpson!![/quote] Ah so true, sorry! As he seems to play just about every grown up male in the show I got confused there for a bit ... I've edited the OP to reflect the truth and the title so that people don't think it refers to "tapping" on an upright...