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Hmm. An Alembic might be the ultimate statement of 1977 but probably too astronomical... Tobias? I think they started in '77. There's Hamer. Also Guild, but if you don't like Gibsons… Or think much closer to home… not just Shergold/Burns but Dick Knight, Geoff Gale, Gordon-Smith, Chris Larkin, Pete Back… possible serious bargains in those areas…

Lovely! Precisely the kind of thing I've been looking for I'll chuck my twopence worth into the "don't refinish yet" side of the argument... cos I really like it. Stripped-body Fenders can be rather cool when they've got a bit of age on them. And there's something so nice about 'honest' non-originality, to my mind...

^Not necessarily... old Martin ukes had markers at fret 5, 7 and 10, the expensive ones 3, 5, 7, 10, 12. It's a bit of a uke tradition. Pre-'30s Larson Bros guitars were 10th fret too. When I was apprenticed as a luthier I once put an octave marker at the 11th. In my defence, I was terribly hungover. New fingerboard. Ouch.

That's pretty bad. 20 mins is getting long, 25 mins people start to notice, 30 mins they're rightly pissed off. Breaks should be about 15 minutes tops... just long enough to get to the bar, get served, a quick fag for those who do, pile back in. Like the nine minutes for the snooze button on your alarm clock, 15 min band breaks are a scientific fact.

Way, way more EQ control I imagine (wouldn't be difficult). No gain, but you could outboard that. I would LOVE one of these.

Apologies - rock context, so not what you seek, but a favourite of mine. With the Cowdenbeath Brass Band. Give it a couple of minutes. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhtvhxbb40s[/media]

Oooh, oooh, I've got a good one. David Gilmour. *allegedly* *controversy alert*

Nice mentions for Bruce Thomas and Colin Moulding from my formative years. I'd offer up Graham Maby of the Joe Jackson band (plus, later, They Might Be Giants, Natalie Merchant, Marshall Crenshaw, Dar Williams etc etc etc). The kind of player that invented a ton of basslines that zillions of people know without realising that they do.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1392248110' post='2366560'] With this line up, the best thing you can do to help the overall sound of the band is to forget about bass and learn another melody instrument such as tenor banjo, accordion or mandola. Bodhran and guitar is more than enough accompaniment. [/quote] You're a brave man, I wouldn't personally offer that advice to someone ALREADY happily playing bass AND making money in an Irish band I think I know what you mean about bass in trad music. I made half my living playing guitar in a ceilidh band for several years and must have played 500 sessions, but I did use bass on occasion, and it can work well

I'm no Shads fan but I just watched the Everly Brothers' reunion concert currently on BBC iPlayer, googled Mark Griffiths, and spookily enough ended up here on this BC thread. So lovely to hear a straight, for-the-song bass player, doing cool and correct stuff even in 1983, when all bands made mistakes (keyboard sounds.. ouch). No bass histrionics, just the tunes, but what a huge seat of the pants gig… Royal Albert Hall, fervent crowd, classic tunes. Have a listen… if Don and Phil's voices don't kill you, ya need to get in touch with your spiritual side... http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03txrsz/Arena_The_Everly_Brothers_Reunion_Concert/

Probably. I just looked at some other listings on there and found four or five London Craigslist-style* stinkers. *link here. Be aware, this is 98% scams. http://london.craigslist.co.uk/msg/

I do like a woody handmade look in folky situations. Something like this Mo Clifton would be cool. [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/transalp1998/media/aaamobass_zps6ba3e56e.jpg.html"][/url]

It does "look" clean. Didn't black scratchplates come back around 1975 and bass-side thumbrests in 1976?

Hmm. Jermaine?

I really love the look of these. Nice score! Thanks for the Sweetwater tip - www.wildwoodguitars.com shows individual weights and plenty of photos too.

Nice for display, maybe, but doesn't look quick-grab enough for me. By the way, re. your title... Is there REALLY any 'stress' on the neck from a conventional hanger? The string tension on a bass is doing its best to compress the entire instrument with a force of 140lbs, or more. Doesn't hanging from the headstock simply decrease that compression by the (far lesser) amount that the bass weighs? Dunno, but I've always felt that 'stress' to be pretty insignificant

Haven't tried one, but if you have an iOS device, the Digitech iStomp pedal is now just £45... and all the e-pedals are free. Plate, ambient and spring reverbs to try, and if they don't work out, ODs, fuzzes, delays, comps, flangers... loads and loads.

Oooh, a Barefaced thread, that's new, can I join in? I worried about spending my hard-earned but after two years with the non-T Midget this thing has never failed to sock it out. Almost the only times I've ever DI'd have been outdoors. About 200+ gigs with soul bands, rockabilly four-pieces, hardcore bluesers, folky rockers. Waft up looking casual, plonk weeny box in a corner, fire up the TB500, accept a drink, plug in, boom. Punch, clarity, all the shizzle. Uh, I may have been more than a little too loud on occasion. WTF do you lot with the big cabs sound like? Jeez. Nice one Alex and crew.

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1388497296' post='2322648'] They are a lot appearing, they were a £129 brand new in the box bass sold at most music shops. They were the beginers Christmas bass of the day and they certainly sold in quite large numbers at the time,[/quote] Way off! For starters, they were £195-£225 in the shops; back then I was making £70 a week! Lucky beginner to get one for Xmas. There were many cheaper options. Also, they were widely recognised as pretty special at the time. Many, many pros and semi-pros put aside their old Fenders and started using JV Squiers (and Tokais) on regular gigs. This hadn't ever happened before. I quite like the look of the eBay one but it's already within £50 of what I'd pay in that condition.

I'm thinking about ordering a polypropylene lightweight flightcase. I've been using a soft cover for my little bass cab but I feel like I need better protection for when my clobber gets carried around by others (which quite often it does, due to unavoidable logistics). Something like this… though a bit different, obviously. [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/transalp1998/media/Mobile%20Uploads/aaacase_zps17ff8eb8.jpg.html"][/url] Searching on the web, lots of people do this kind of stuff, all made to measure: TriFibre, JP Leisure, Pottertons, and so on. Any thoughts or recommendations?

Looks like something in the Ibanez Roadster family. RS824? RS924?

^Laughable horsecrap couched in fake sang-froid. Just a bit of banter

Nope, it's a horrible knock-off. There have been various Les Pauls with single-sided headstocks but this isn't one...

I've got a Squier JV '57 which weighs bang on 8lbs. Very comfy for longer shows...