OldGit

[quote name='acidbass' post='13742' date='Jun 7 2007, 06:56 PM']Lol, good luck getting one, I've made a few seperate enquiries to be told the same each time - "I no longer make basses to order, and have none in the production pipeline for at least 6 months" Gutted[/quote] Well I'm sure you know that my mate Jon Shuker will knock you one up if you ask him nicely ...

[quote name='Davemarks' post='15357' date='Jun 10 2007, 11:46 PM']Can't believe I forgot to mention this - the term 'one drop' actually refers to the fact that there is one kick drum played in each bar. That would be the kick which falls each time on beat 3.[/quote] Yeah, I know

[quote name='BassBod' post='14775' date='Jun 9 2007, 07:57 PM']Ahhhh....Druidstone. Done a couple of gigs there over the years. Lovely bar. Enjoy...man. BB[/quote] Yeah We have a band weekend there each year .. that's good but I have to drive there and back on the same day tomorrow So little chance for much bar or food enjoyment, sadly Atmosphere and beach will be good though OG

[quote name='mr_russ' post='14564' date='Jun 9 2007, 11:32 AM']ps- Bernie Goodfellow's workmanship is fantastic- he lent me a spitfire 5 for a week, I couldn't fault the build quality but it wasn't the sound in my head[/quote] Ah well at least you know what you [i]don't[/i] want ..

[quote name='mr_russ' post='14562' date='Jun 9 2007, 11:29 AM']Nice ;D I'm really only after a nice light piece of swamp ash for this one- so hopefully I'm safe! The hardest part is working out how I want the neck- I live in Brighton so a trek up to sheffield is quite a slog- I can't really afford to take the time off work to go up either, this is the main thing holding me back.[/quote] "Nice ;D I'm really only after a nice light piece of swamp ash for this one- so hopefully I'm safe!" yeah they all say that ... then the enter the Wood Store ... and suddenly things get a whole lot more complicated "I can't really afford to take the time off work to go up either," No problem, He will meet you there on a Saturday, Sunday too I think .. You see there's no escape. Best thing to do is to call him up in teh week and have a chat. He really is nice and there's no hard sell or anything, just good, helpful advice

Wonderbrass community jazz outfit, "The biggest, boldest funky jazz band in Wales" Druidston magic hippy hotel place, near Haverfordwest, West Wales [url="http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=187120&Y=216800&A=Y&Z=3"]Map[/url] Sunday 10th June 4PM - 7 PM I'm depping on bass with the band I usually play baritone sax with My [url="http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/pbassgal.htm"]Jon Shuker 5 String Precision[/url] will be there too if you want to have a look and a go .. Websites [url="http://www.wonderbrass.org.uk/"]Wonderbrass[/url] [url="http://www.druidstone.co.uk/"]Druidstone[/url] (worth the click just to experience a seriously hippy website)

[quote name='ZPQ' post='14354' date='Jun 8 2007, 07:54 PM']It's out of order not telling people about the insurance limits - especially when they always make a big deal of it when I go to the counter. It'll be interesting to see if you get anywhere with your claim against them - good luck! John[/quote] Well I think the Post office Official Management View of this is "it's in the leaflet so RTFL or tough"

[quote name='Sibob' post='14329' date='Jun 8 2007, 06:52 PM']I knew i was right to! Si[/quote] ha if I was playing a band with people who coudl feel it I'd not need to count it for them

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='14323' date='Jun 8 2007, 06:37 PM']Let's keep things in perspective guys (and gals). Remind me why Interparcel is great and PF is cr*p? I've sent or received a few basses and more than one or 2 amps and cabs via PF (senditnow) and not had a single complaint, as have various other through this thread. All courier services are going to have the odd idiots who will get a kick (no pun intended) out of knocking a box or parcel about, but before the whole Royal Mail / Parcel Force / Sendit now company is tarred as being totally unreliable and generally sh*tty, do you know the alternatives are so great? You also have to consider what is the percentage of parcels handled to those damaged? Yes there may be one or two more examples of damaged packages with PF but what percentage of the total volume of parcels sent do they handle. Until someone posts (sic) an alternative, reliable courier who will stand up and be counted as carrying fragile/valuable instruments, then do not declare any one courier better or worse than the rest. No I do not work for PF, nor does anyone I know but it's a bit knee jerk to slate one courier above all others.[/quote] Er well minus one for parcel force because: The maximum amount of insurance is £150 for musical instruments (no matter what amount you buy at the counter) Other than that I've sent loads of stuff with them before, and I'll continue to but I will not now send a bass. They've had their chance and anwyay I don't tend to send basses worth less than £150 - the bloody CASE is usually worth that much - oh and "the case, when used as outer packing is not covered" either ... Many things have got through OK so my opinion is based soley on what they did to this bass and the way they are handling my polite request for them to take responsibility for smashing it in the first place and then pay out under the terms of the insurance I thought I had bought. A company is measured by the way it handles the problems, not the easy stuff. And yes there is a clear opportunity for someone to start a company that undertakes to ship basses safely and for reasonable money.

[quote name='paul, the' post='14306' date='Jun 8 2007, 05:41 PM']And what about us as buyers. How do we persuade sellers on eg. Ebay to not use Parcelforce?[/quote] +1 for Interparcel (only one experience though) That shouln't be hard. Make it a condition of payment that it's not sent parcel force because of the limit on the insurance. Negative ebay feedback is pretty powerful stuff.

[quote name='Davemarks' post='14129' date='Jun 8 2007, 12:32 PM']Hey guys - I have taught reggae as a style at TVU/ drumtech / The ICMP and I've played for a few bands doing reggae stuff - the standard is to count it in 4/4. Skank on 2 and 4. Kick and cross stick on beat 3. That way, if the drums move to 4 on the floor, they are on all 4 beats, as opposed to on 8th notes. It feels like quite a fast way to count, but it is the standard. I'll post a little video clip on youtube at some point soon to accompany my Bass Guitar Magazine Reggae Style File. It'll have some detail on the drum parts...[/quote] Dave thanks for that .. I knew I was right ha ha well I knew I was thinking about it in the easiest way to communicate it anyway. I feel a lot better now ))))))

[quote name='chris_b' post='14133' date='Jun 8 2007, 12:40 PM']I also gig in a Reggae band, with a couple of Jamaican drummers. Their take on this question is: Why are you counting? Feel it![/quote] Ah you'd have to read the top of the thread for the answer to that

Oh yeah I'm well versed in the "knock out ginger" method of delivering parcels .. parcelforce carded me today, even though I was in waiting for the delivery ... and don't get me started on to the stupid hours, never answered phones and methods you have to use to get your parcel from the depot ... Hummmmmmmmm

[quote name='Tinman' post='14286' date='Jun 8 2007, 05:16 PM']You may joke my friend but it's got me well and truly, I've already been talking about it with Mrs T![/quote] Mr Russ, take heed and remember DON'T GO IN THE WOOD STORE or the same thing will happen to you ....

[quote name='Tinman' post='14279' date='Jun 8 2007, 05:08 PM']I just couldn't get out! I could hear 5's and 6's calling to me from the shelves. *The voices, the voices, they're in my head and won't go away*[/quote] Hey Tinman! Welcome to the other side of the Shuker tractor beam

[quote name='mr_russ' post='14208' date='Jun 8 2007, 02:25 PM']Nice one cheers ;D I'm seriously considering asking him to build this bass for me- It's basically going to be a sunburst marcus miller 5 with a few refinements and customisations[/quote] Well the sunburst looks even better in real life I'm afraid I go all Harmony Central Review about Jon cos he did such a brilliant job on my Bass and Doods Doodle 7 string and Rich's Jazz V These are the three I've had personal experience of and the standard of workmanship is just exemplary Other Luthiers are available - just to stop the fans of the others jumping on me again. Talk to JHFerret about his GB's Anyway Jon's a fab guy as well and will bend over backwards to make the bass you want and exactly how you want it. I made him go through some pretty tough hoops but he stuck with it and put up with me and we are still mates. I'd say that was a very importnt part of it 'cos it's a very long process and if you didn't get on it could be quite a fraught experience ... Anyway, the best thing is to go and see him and The Wood Store (Ask tinman, he's just got back Where are you located? OG

[quote name='Shaggy' post='14078' date='Jun 8 2007, 11:13 AM']Can only speak from my own experience, but when I bought my Listerud 7-string from a fellow BWorlder last Xmas shipped from Norway, TNT wanted £300 and wouldn't insure instruments, the Post Office wanted £40 and insured up to £1000. So went with the PO - bass arrived safe and sound woithout even a dent in the cardboard outer box, but bizarrely with a bust top string. Also could track the package the whole way via the Norwegian PO and then Parcelforce web-sites. Haven't stressed so much waiting for it to arrive since the last time the wife was in labour though![/quote] Ah yes .. had it got broken though you may have found that the apparent £1000 insurance cover was actually £150, just as I did ... unless that was the Norwegian Post Offices insurance policy .. I expect my argument with Parcelforce will be further delayed by industrial action now ...

[quote name='mr_russ' post='13770' date='Jun 7 2007, 07:44 PM']Hi - I'm thinking about having a traditional looking 5 string jazz built by John- would you be able to take a big straight on photo of the headstock for me? cheers ;D r[/quote] Hum got one here somewhere ... meanwhile here's the whole thing Ah here it is

[quote name='ashevans09' post='13302' date='Jun 6 2007, 09:13 PM']I'll be honest when I read the title I was thinking of that "Spinal Tap" moment at the army base...I'm now slightly disappointed Yeah I'd just say try throwing some tin foil on it...[/quote] Yeah that did dull the effect a bit, as does me crouching down in front of the amp (maybe that's what the modern amps expect... ) Rotating the head on the top of the cab makes it much worse .. and No reply from Mark Bass yet ... I tred my wireless syetm and it's fine so I'm not really worrying about it.

[quote name='ShaunB' post='13098' date='Jun 6 2007, 04:06 PM']OK - time for me to help out! This requires reading Chapter 9 from the end rather than the beginning... (seriously!) If you have the same manual as me you need to read page 61, Setting the Timing Used for Switching Patches (Patch Change Mode) - this will tell you how to change the Parameter from "SYS:Patch Select" (rather than "Patch Change" they have in the damn book): "UP/DOWN" to "BANK/NUMBER" (roatry dial) - this'll allow you to select Banks and numbers rather than Patches... The actual method is in the previous section "Switching the Bank and Number" - but doesn't tell ya how to do it!!! *phew* ...and now to SOS...[/quote] Ha fun I love that when they don't use the same term on the machine and the manual ...

[quote name='ShaunB' post='12821' date='Jun 6 2007, 07:38 AM']Hey MB1, how goes? Thanks to OG there is light at the end of the tunnel - used the box last night and all is now well. Got the basic effects I need in one package (although I have to say a somewhat over-complex package for my small brain). OG... I think the "on" button is the one on the back, but I can't get it to slide - any luck? [/quote] Use a bigger hammer ... Found out how to go up a bank at a time rather than a patch at a time with the up-down pedals? Foxing me ...

Not unrelated.... and funny 2001 Frestyle Spam poetry Winner: I Answered All My Spam by Alex Silbajoris, Columbus, Ohio I never know what I might find, on any day I go online. I used to get in quite a huff, while wading through unwanted stuff. But then I changed the man I am, the day I answered all my spam. Now every time I check my box, I load up on fantastic stocks. I'll gladly say I felt no loss, when, with a smile, I fired my boss. With just one click, the best thing yet, I freed myself of all my debt. I have, paying a few small fees, ten university degrees. Now that I'm losing all this weight, I'm sure, someday, I'll get a date. Instead of going to a show, I spy on everyone I know. (That's easy, since I have in hand, this nifty wireless video cam.) I spend my evenings viewing screens, of barely legal horny teens. And with a little credit charge, Whoopee! My penis was enlarged! Meanwhile these shots of Britney Spears should be enough to last for years. And so I lead this online life, my monitor is now my wife. It has become my greatest dream, to launch my own get-rich-quick scheme. And if you think you might get missed, relax, you're on my e-mail list.

[quote name='MB1' post='12768' date='Jun 5 2007, 11:44 PM']MB1. Shame you werent about when i had mine........................that was an expensive stage tuner.............................with chorus!.must admit........... miss the nice double chorus............. accurate tuner ..................really wicked lightshow........................................ when in tune.....................hey jimmy gimme the gimmix!.....................................what do you reckon to the amp modeling? MB1.[/quote] Ask us in a few months, we've only just foun the on button

[quote name='ShaunB' post='12552' date='Jun 5 2007, 03:27 PM']Like you, I just happened upon it adding some flanger accidently hitting *doh* - now what button was that...? :-)[/quote] It's a challenge

[quote name='ShaunB' post='12525' date='Jun 5 2007, 02:35 PM']OG! You da man! ...I have reset the to the factory presets and all has become way easier... Followed your instructions and set the Bare Bass (removed all the presets), copied the patch to my UL1 and voilá! I can now add any of the pedals live as a base set. *phew* ...adding patches up from there now. OK - first to sort the SOS... cheers Shaun[/quote] hey cool let me know about that SOS OG