KK Jale

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1415275000' post='2598613']
I keep getting this email:

[i]"Brown haired bassist wanted for hard rock band. Long hair. Over 22."[/i]

That's it, the entire message

I wonder if they get many replies. . .
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This is hilarious...

I know of this ad, as this person has been posting the very same thing to a music facebook page I'm associated with for nearly a year now.

Blonde hair, brown hair... rhythm, lead, bass... it varies, but always the same.

The advertiser is from Miami, Florida and I can't be arsed to find their real ID but IMO they're on some fetish vibe, deeply deluded, or very sad indeed.

Weird world...

Nice bass!

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1415383893' post='2599861']
Watch using the original screws tho, the Gotoh base plate is thicker than the original and the new screws are longer to compensate.
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[color=#232323]Now that's a very good point, and thanks.[/color]

[color=#232323]I measure the new screws as 3.0mm longer which (if ever wanting to go back to original) means Gotoh is kinda overcooking it IMO as old baseplate seems to be 1.6mm and the new one 2.5mm.[/color]

[color=#232323]*decides to get out more* [/color]

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[color=#282828]It's been a long while since I treated my Squier JV 62 to anything much, but I've had a touch of backache on long sets lately, so I had a think. Some of it is probably posture and tension and I'll work on that, but since the Squier is fairly light it does have a fair bit of neck-dive, so I thought we could sort that, for fun. [/color]

[color=#282828]Standard RI tuners weigh around 110g each, Gotoh Resolites claim 66g, and that adds up to a pretty significant six ounces off the headstock. [/color]

[color=#282828]Before ordering, I just took the original G tuner off, to see how much difference that made on the strap. Mmm… definitely getting there. [/color]

[color=#282828]So I ordered a reverse-wind nickel-plated set from Philadelphia Luthier Supplies (seems to be cheapest at the mo, they do eBay but going direct saves a few quid) and after customs stepped out from behind a bush, as usual, the damage ended up at around £90 (Allparts UK charge a very silly £168). [/color]

[color=#282828]These things are top-flight. Perfect fit, great finish, and the adjustable tension is a real bonus. Amazing how shonky the old original ones felt when I'd got them off the bass. Chose to reuse the old screws… and the ferrules too, as there doesn't seem to be much, if any, weight difference in the hand. [/color]

[color=#282828]Was planning on lightly ageing the Gotohs, but having seen how nice they are I'll leave them be. [/color]

[color=#282828]Balance is now eerily perfect. Really a huge improvement, and I think the whole bass is now about 8lbs dead. [/color][color=#282828]Recommended [color=#282828] [/color][/color]

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Fender did offer P's with this option from roughly late 60s through to late 70s. They are much less common than the standard, but not exactly rare either.

They are not "Jazz necks" strictly speaking but simply Jazz WIDTH necks (1.5" at the nut). This was known as the A series neck: the standard width for Js, an option on Ps in this period, which normally had B necks ( 1 5/8" at the nut).

Value-wise I would say not much difference, if any at all: some players love them and seek them out, while others don't.

Happy to be corrected on any of the above by those more in the know...

Join http://www.thebritishsteeliessociety.co.uk/index.php and post with some pics. Top side, and undercarriage. You don't need to bother to put the legs on, people will be able to tell exactly what they are and what shape they're in if the pics are clear.

John Davis over there may offer to help. He's buys/sells quite a lot, he's in Cambridgeshire.

Also, Ken Byng might have some advice, he's in Southampton.

If you don't want to join over there then PM me and I can get you some contacts.

Amazing stories, wow.

Mine: town square festival in France. Big soul band from London, under-rehearsed, massive 40-song set. Made the journey by the skin of our teeth. 15 mins before showtime, baritone sax player (female) verbally attacks one of the lead singers (female) for smoking dope. Dope? She didn't know the half of it. The singer was way worse than that and she had now locked herself in the bathroom. You can guess why. I had to sweat bullets to coax her out and onstage.

After all that, I was shot. One song had a bass intro. I blanked it. Nothing. No clue. Appealed for help, but nobody could even hum the tune to me. Tumbleweed tumbled, aeons passed. 2000 people looked at me. I looked at them. Eventually the keyboard player busked an intro and got us in. Probably only twenty seconds of horror that makes me shudder even now…

No expert moi, but you are correct. Made in Japan on the transfer on the front of the head; no Made In Japan on the heel.

The Mk2 JVs (Squier big, Fender small) followed the same format.

As did the SQ series... as far as I know.

I only remember MIJ on the heel coming in around 1985 with the Fender-branded Japanese line... 62 Tele Custom, Mk1 Thinline Tele, etc. Maybe someone else will confirm that.

*made a cup of tea mid-post and Mr Chiliwailer beat me...

I had bad tennis elbow - the same pain on the upper outside of the elbow, an inch or two down the forearm - and a friend gave me some exercises which helped over a period of time… quite a few weeks. I still do them now and again.

I'll share them with you but they are NOT a substitute for the advice of a qualified physiotherapist…

Ex 1. Kneel in front of a low coffee table with arms slightly extended and wrists hanging over the far edge. Ball your hands lightly into fists (it's important to do both arms as it gives you a better judgement of how hard you're pushing yourself).

From a horizontal position, curl your fists downwards, then lift back up. It should take between 1 and 2 seconds. Do NOT go above horizontal: level to downwards only. You need to do lots of reps; try several groups of 50 spread over a day to begin with.

Ex 2. Similar to above, but using a weight in the problem arm's hand: about the weight of a can of beans is good, but preferably something smaller which allows a compact fist. Very very very very slowly, drop your hand from horizontal to fully downwards. DO NOT lift it back up; instead, reach over with your FREE hand and use that to lift your hand and the weight back up to horizontal. Do not go above horizontal. Many less reps with this one. Do not continue past a slight tiredness. If in doubt, stop. Like, now.

Did I mention these exercises are not a substitute for the advice of a qualified physiotherapist?

For what it's worth, a mate tried a borrowed TH500 tonight through my BF Midget at a small gig, no PA support. The TH seems indeed very good. Some tweaking needed - pushing gain, adding a bit of bass and removing some upper mids for a more old-school sound - but only mild. Articulate, controlled, well voiced. Seemed loud enough. If my current amp went pop, I'd buy one.

Not eggzactly mariachi, but a very entertaining acquaintance of mine called Guillermo Monroy in S London might be able to rustle up a trumpet to make a duo.

Very eclectic, sings corridos, son, cumbias, plays guitar and tres.

http://www.musicos.co.uk/Home.html .

Tell him the bass player from Shedload says hola.

Must admit to being unfamiliar with Lee... though if he worked at Rock Bottom in the mid/late 90s, I probably met him...

Thought this was a nice informative little interview...

http://www.performing-musician.com/pm/may08/articles/leepomeroy.htm

Actually, looking at that pic, I think a tugbar might improve it...

The '58 (?) and the blonde '82 are both...

Here's my gap-toothed peasant's edition... a mid-'82 JV Squier with an AVRI guard I added about 15 years ago. Just love this bass.

Apologies for the leafy reflections.


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^Ha!

The U2 album ("like a rail replacement bus service, it lasts f*cking forever and goes nowhere" - NME ) is actually not on your iPhone, it's in the cloud.

As far as I can tell this means you can't even simply swipe on the songs and delete them, you need to re-sync to iTunes to make it vanish.

Tosspots...

I'd simply buy a Switchcraft socket, and pop it in.

Actually I've gone over to stereo jacks in my P basses.

Even though I always loop the cable back through the strap, I think the extra contact helps support the plug.

They take another few seconds to solder up, but make for a very satisfying ker-chunk when you plug in

@guinness...

This thread is good IMO on a couple of your contenders.

[url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/gk-mb-fusion-500-vs-aguilar-th-500.957602/"]http://www.talkbass....-th-500.957602/[/url]

I personally "aim" for Portaflexy sounds with a passive P and yet a borrowed Ampeg PF left me slightly less than ecstatic.

Interesting you ruled out the TC, I agree, I gigged one at an outdoor show and it's superficially impressive but deeply synthetic to my ears.

The GK has too much top end gank for me but you're a MM player with maybe different goals, I dunno.

No experience with the Markbass but I have an Aguilar TH500 coming to me on loan - next gig is a whole month away, alas. The more I read, the more I like. I'll report back if you can wait that long.

Ain't no mandolin, that's an electro uke. Eeek!

Always liked the old mandolins. I remember reading a thing with Suzi Quatro where she said she was given a matching one for free when she bought a custom colour Jazz Bass...

[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1409695260' post='2542447']
If it started with a Thunderbird with a reverse body, how do we know it was reverse?
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They didn't call the MK 1 Thunderbird/Firebird "reverse" at the time of course. But people do now, because it's pretty much a flipped-over Fender Jazzmaster, which came out four years earlier.

But the OP is basically right, the whole "reverse" terminology originates in geeky early '80s vintage dealer hindsightism that crumbles, biscuit-like, under the mildest scrutiny.

I'd stay out of it personally.

My rig, half the power of yours and probably a lot less speakers, hasn't struggled with a pub gig yet. We get a nice sound to work with and leave plenty of headroom on the PA to cope with vocal, BV's, DI'd acoustic, saxes, etc.

Faversham Hop Festival, Anchor pub garden stage, on at lunchtime (eek) which meant it was too early to do any serious damage to the barrel of free!!!! beer, nice rig, cool sound guy, good other bands too.

Best moment:

Singer: (warming up the crowd) "Great to see so many faces, thanks for coming. I can't see anybody I know out there, which is great, because there's less chance I owe somebody money."

Drummer: "You're looking in the wrong direction…"

Real throwback gig on Sunday: a dep for a mate in a familiar (and deeply vortex-like) local pub, with two singer/guitarists doing very good harmony vocals, my fave drummer, and about a million ancient great songs from Everlys to Beatles to Monkees... luckily I squeezed a partial set list out of them beforehand 'cos some of those songs can bite you.

Plenty of people pissed and dancing even at 6pm, plus doing handclaps and hilarious backing vocals. I used to do this kind of gig in about, ooh, 1983. Actually a pleasure, and home by 9 to watch a rerun of the new Dr Who with, I'm pleased to say, a welcome touch of darkness and gravitas from Capaldi. Silly plot, though.

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1407413663' post='2520231']
Speaking of thin-on-the-ground Fenders... anyone ever seen a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Performer_Bass"]1980s Performer bass[/url]? I love the body shape, not sure about the headstock.


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I saw one of these, sunburst, mint, tags, for sale in a shop in Berlin a while ago. Half of the guy's stock seemed to be stuff he'd personally bought in the 80s. Can't remember the exact asking price, but it was somewhere between 'pfff' and 'ouch'.

Bassiest acoustic in your budget that I ever used was a Norman... solid cedar/mahogany, Canadian, same family as Godin/Simon & Patrick. Superb utilitarian gig guitar. Chuck a Fishman Neo D in the soundhole and you're good to go.

Oh and they’re VERY cheap. There's one on Gumtree in Stevenage for fifty quid. No affiliation.

I get this, especially on those (sadly rare) three-gig weekends…

Tried the surgical spirit long ago… didn't work for me.

These days I carry Fast Fret, and if my plucking hand fingertips are beginning to play up I'll give the strings a generous swoosh right over the pickup. Reduces the amount of string grab and friction massively. Not my favourite feel on the strings, but it'll get me through and keep the soreness and blisters at bay.

Last resort is a pick and channelling Carol Kaye.

Little live vid from a lovely band of mates I've done a few with lately.

Particularly like it because you can't see me

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