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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. [/quote] 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 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTBMDZd1SiU[/media]

[size=4]Just came across this song by a Boston band I'd never heard of… love the vocal, the arrangement, the nods to Jackson Browne/Aretha, and the bass by Bridget Kearney who also wrote the tune… [/size] [size=4]Be warned, it's as hooky as fook! [/size] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRrjDhQLw9s

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[quote name='merello' timestamp='1403989119' post='2488392'] Who is the bearded hippy in the woolly bunnet? Singing Mars? [/quote] John Grant. Sweet song. Been out a while. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzWQSabtWLs

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1403704548' post='2485472'] If it's not good enough for Pino anymore it's not good enough for me. [/quote] [size=4]Fair point... the drummer I play with isn't good enough for Pino anymore, mind, and[i] ​[/i]he's more than good enough for me [/size] [size=4] [/size]

Funny, I watched the movie just two nights ago at my local pub's film night. Some pretty funky bass stuff on there. Much better songs than Rocky Horror IMO. Suddenly Seymour is a corker. Ellen Greene had a heckuva voice...

Well it's up on the site, just not in the best place http://www.guitar-bass.net/page/gb-25-10/

[quote name='PierBea' timestamp='1402010847' post='2469297'] Can you post a link to info on Ken Parker's archtop basses, please? [/quote] I cannot, as Parker has not made an archtop bass, to my knowledge. That paragraph was on the subject of guitars, not basses. Apologies.

Interesting. I once played a Halfling model six-string by Tom at the Montreal guitar show. It was beautiful, but Ken Parker's archtops left a far greater impression on me. High-end is right, I bet this bass will cost north of $30,000...

^Very very wise (and even better coming from a drummer) [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?&app=forums&module=extras&section=legends#"][/url] Thanks!

Watching a video of a recent (and very enjoyable) dep I did - acoustic country-soully-rocky band with a good drummer, never played with him before - I noticed that I do have a tendency at times to play towards the front of the beat. Pushing a touch, if you like. It's a bit of a surprise as I always thought I was a middlish-of-the-pocket kind of player. If I'm right in what I hear (and maybe I'm not), I suspect it's the kind of deep-set thing that would take quite a lot of work to correct, and I'm not sure if I should. Nobody's ever complained, but I'm wondering if it would be good to recognise it and try to keep an eye on it. On the other hand... are such things the meat of what makes a rhythm section individual? For instance, I've heard Booker T and the MGs tunes which had Duck Dunn (personal hero) as a fairly on-it bassist, and Al Jackson (total genius) who was sometimes so far behind the beat that he was still outside in the street. Any thoughts?

Re. Casino: see if you can find an Elitist model to try. They're made by Terada in Japan and the quality’s way up on the Chinese ones. Otherwise, a secondhand P- or R- serial prefix Casino will have come from the Peerless factory, they're the best of the Korean bunch IMO. I'm down to just a Tele and a Gibson 330 (same thing as the Casino, as you know). Totally different, but so complementary. An ideal pair.

^Arr! Me too moi luvver. Come to think of it, if Rob Green reluctantly changed the name as little as possible from the original 'Strata' having been threatened with toenail-removal, pliers-wise, by the ever-charming and relaxed Fender company, allegedly, then it's possible it was, originally, pronounced 'Stah-tus'. Which would make the Americans right, and me cross.

^That's lovely. Here's my Epiphone Texan. It's a 1958. [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/transalp1998/media/EpiTex1web.jpg.html"][/url]

I tried that Starfire the other day. Very good indeed IMO. (I went in to try the M-85 but the ergonomics, neck dive, string spacing and bridge were all hopeless.) While I was there a swearing ranter came on the phone with what sounded like a minor set-up problem on a Squier he'd bought, and the guys were incredibly patient. Props to them.

Super enjoyable dep at the weekend with old mates. I don't half look grim when I'm having fun [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?&app=forums&module=extras&section=legends#"] [/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv3ZfUg1gP4&feature=share[/media]

Hmm. Watching it. Lukather yes, Frampton with the red 335, no? Painfully Hollywood but that's I guess the way they do it. Sincerity overload. Still, give the guys yet more props while they're still here. Nothing wrong with that... Ok, just googled the band... Kenny Aronoff (drums), Lenny Castro (percussion), Chris Caswell (keyboard), Peter Frampton (guitar), Rami Jaffe (organ), Steve Lukather (guitar), Greg Phillinganes (keyboard), and Don Was (MD & bass)...

Looks like a bitsa... a maple Telecaster Bass neck jammed onto some kind of 80s body with P/J pickups, one of the old high-mass bridges and a 51-style control plate.

Santa Monica is a nice (and safe) trip out and easy to get to. In fact it's a good place to base yourself for a day or two. Hotel Carmel is the one I use. There's a bunch of mainstream shops, plenty restaurants, a blues club I never found. A beer with nachos on the end of the pier is cool. Truetone Music is a particularly visitable guitar store. From Santa Monica I like walking down to Venice Beach along the front, looking round there, maybe checking out the old canal area, then walking back on Pacific Avenue, two streets back from the sea... nice cafes on there, couple of thrift stores. Long day but a good one. Stay away from Venice Beach at dusk though. Inland, maybe do Sunset Blvd, get out to Guitar Center, oggle all the overpriced vintage stuff, buy cheap accessories. There's another music store just nearby as I recall. I quite like LA and have even gone around by local buses - you do meet the freaks though.

i think it's "The road is shiny, the wheels slide, four turkeys on a dangerous ride" - the wonderful Eno and King's Lead Hat. Thinking of which... "I got some groceries, some peanut butter,[font="Verdana, Arial"] [/font]to last a couple of days...."

It'll be as bonkers and theatrical as you'd expect. I heard it’s being directed by her son... who's about 15 as I recall No tix for me, but I would if I could.