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Chops Makes me wince Unless lamb or pork and accompanied with veg and some gravy of course. When depping in covers bands: "we play our own version". Translates as can't play/haven't learned the song properly

I have a Wizard Thumper in my SX precision and it sounds great. Loads of midtone if you wind up the tone control and loads of bottom if you don't. Of course now I'm wondering how it'd sound with a trad or the Di mrzio mentioned above or stock fender pickup.

I should be there.

I'd be up for this if the date works. Great fun last time Cheers for the PM Charic. I haven't voted as happy to go with the flow. I'm not sure that my either of my bands (Covers/function yadda yadda yadda) would be up for it but happy to play with anyone who fancies getting a scratch band together, either on bass or g**tar at a push. Nothing very exciting to bring I'm afraid; same as last year: US Jazz US Peavey Tim Landers signature 5 SX Precision Mark bass cmd210 combo

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1330382833' post='1556721'] Good Luck, I started playing bass from scratch at 55 and was playing in public within months. I'm now in two gigging bands. The only thing you can do to keep the nerves under control is practice,boring but it helps. Once you get to the end of the first song you'll find it easier. Make sure you enjoy it, it is over so quickly. [/quote] Couldn't agree more If you've learned the material and are well rehearsed with the band you can't go wrong. If not go for it anyway and have fun !

Having previously owned a Cornford Harlequin if I had £425 I'd buy a Roadhouse 30 without even trying it ! The Fender blues jr s great. Our Guitard has a small Vox Night train which is good too.

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+1 all the positive stuff here. It's great Jake.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1326155937' post='1493228'] Is this the one with the webbed basses? Sorry [/quote] Yo give me six! also sorry

Happy New Year to all Anyone have or know of a good tab for Haitian Divorce ?

Yes I'm pretty sure that it is. and I think that Wilton Felder (Crusaders trumpet player) played bass on some of this album but not necessarily on this track. He also played the lovely part on Jackson 5's I want you back but I digress.

Very nice. It's a great song for bass isn't it ? I lovet Jaco's stuff on Hejira

Jack bruce's or Tony visconti's Autobigraphy are both really good

I've always taken 2 basses to gigs especially when I've had an active bass but never needed to swap for technical fault reasons I used to think that I was being silly until having only one bass at a rehearsal a couple of weeks ago the nut on my SX p bass just snapped off for no apparent reason on the 1st string. I managed to carry on with the bottom 3 strings but was really relieved that it wasn't at a gig.

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1322940707' post='1457619'] "Bollox!' Joe Strummer [/quote] on re-reading this you know your dead right ! The man needs more fibre in his diet. or as Zappa said "Talking about music is like fishing about architecture".

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1322928117' post='1457416'] I have unfortunately! Fripp is painted as rather a malevolent, unpleasant sort of a fellow and Bruford comes across as possibly the dullest man alive! [/quote] Yep that sounds a pretty good summing up of the book to me Pete. I always like the idea of listening to very avant garde, technically brilliant, out there music as practised by both of these two but when I listen to solo Fripp projects and Bill Bruford's later output I find myself asking what it is that people actually find to like in such "challenging" music.

I'd suggest reading Bill Bruford's biography if you want the reall measure of 'The Owl" as Bill refers to him; not altogether affectionately.