Hobbayne

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1401916480' post='2468372'] Or you could play keyboards with your feet... [/quote]

Yes but I think I have another lot lurking about somewhere. If you like I can have a rummage in my bag. ...COMPLETED...

I guess the different woods used in the JV may also make a difference. Is it basswood? Maybe that affects the tone more with these strings?

Nice! If its not a refin this might give you an idea [url="http://www.vintageandrare.com/product/Fender-Precision-P-bass-1978-Natural-34785"]http://www.vintageandrare.com/product/Fender-Precision-P-bass-1978-Natural-34785[/url]

My name is Hobbayne and I have an unhealthy fascination for Fender Precisions I saw a lovely 78 model in the window of Wunjos yesterday and I,m sorry to say I went inside. However, I am happy to say I overcame temptation and came out with a Zoom effects pedal instead.

[quote name='waz23' timestamp='1401572226' post='2464952'] Gents. Just found these on my old phone. They`ll do as a taster. Do better ones tomorrow. DSC_0387.jpgDSC_0388.jpgDSC_0389 (1).jpg [/quote] They dont appear to have appeared

I have been given the task of organising a band Calender. Basically, I am to get the dates from band members where they are not available for rehearsals, gigs etc and mark them in a calender. I then want to email this to all the members of the band to add their own dates to it. What is the best software for this? I am computer braindead!

Another vote for the Fender Rumble. I have used it in my rock covers band and deffo plenty punch in it!

Get it setup nicely and have the frets checked over for wear. As you have only been at it five months I wouldnt bother with a Pick up upgrade this early in the game. Just enjoy it and have fun with it.

Chunes help you breathe more easily.

All the oldies are turning in to covers bands, as indeed are The Eagles. Having stumped up enough wadge to keep Joe Walsh etc off the breadline, I am taking Mrs H to see them at the o2 next month. No one is interested in any new stuff, they just want to hear Hotel California and One Of These Nights and go home happy.

I didnt know BF used them? You live and learn eh?

I used to play original stuff and although it wasnt too bad IMHO, People just weren't interested. A few weeks ago I played All Right Now in a pub and everyone one went wild! Go figure. I think I'll stick to the pubs for pocket money definition. I have no intention of been a [i]serious musican[/i] anyhoo.

Well, I use Seymour Duncan SPB1 pickups on my bitsa P Bass. I get close to a vintage tone with these, but a lot of it is in your fingers and amp settings. [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/bass-pickups/pbass/passive/spb1_vintage_fo/"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/bass-pickups/pbass/passive/spb1_vintage_fo/[/url]

She is quiet a multi instrumentalist too. An excellent bassist and guitarist. I saw her on the long defunct TFI Friday playing a P bass which practically dwarfed her tiny frame. That twat Chris Evans made some sarky comment about women shouldnt play the bass.

I saw an AC/DC tribute called AB/CD a few months back. They were quite good.

One of the best tribute bands I have ever seen were the Bootleg Beatles. They had it all down to a T. Even the costume changes from the Please Please Me period up to the Abbey Road era.

Pedant Alert! - 14.35 is E flat not B flat. OK, as you were. Good lesson I was following it without a bass to hand and still understood what was going on.

Rather ashamed to admit it, but The Land Of Make Believe by Bucks Fizz always reminds me of my adolescent fumbles in my then girlfriends bedroom as a teenager.

Hmm! Good points all round. I will leave them alone then. No point in chucking money down the pan. I have a P bass with an SD PB1 pup so weedyness not a prob. Still, I wonder why he suggested it though? Maybe I,m a heavy plucker!

I have been using Ernie Ball Super Slnkies for a few years now and am quite happy with them. But since I have been with my new band which plays loud classic rock, I noticed that I am having my amp a lot louder than I used to. Its not a problem as I have loads of headroom left on my amp, however, my guitar tech suggested that I use a heavier gauge string to "Put more meat over the pickup" I think were his words. Suggestions gratefully wanted.

I stopped using rotosounds years ago for the same thing. I use Ernie Ball strings now.

I suffer really bad with wax. Last year I went to the F1 grand prix in Melbourne and made the mistake of putting ear plugs in for the noise. They compressed the wax right down hard inside and I spent the next 2 weeks practically deaf. I got some otex from the chemist but it was so compacted it didnt help. I ended up getting them irrigated in an outpatients clinic in Canberra. The nurse had to call for a senior doctor to come and check my ears as she thought I had a perforated eardrum. Total misery.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1399639911' post='2446165'] Does anyone know if he could actually play ? [/quote] Yes. He played the bass intro (and maybe the rest of the song too) on Your So Square Baby I dont Care, asfter Bill Black couldnt do it and walked off in a huff. Elvis picked up Bills 57 p bass and the rest is history.

Are they famous then?