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[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1365621496' post='2042034'] Tuesdays is our local jam night and last night we had a Blues Brothers theme, it went great a bunch of us dressed up (I went as Duck Dunn, obviously) and The guy who runs it went to a lot of effort with his pall who between the two of them look the spit of Jake and Ellwood. I got to play Everybody Needs Somebody, Gimme Some Lovin, Peter Gunn Shake Your Tailfeather, I've been wanting to play Everybody... for years so was grinning after that. Best bit is, the fellow who organised it has a taste for it now and is making noises about doing a proper tribute night at the venue. [/quote] have a word with your mate to check out Brothers Grimm if he is thinking of booking a tribute band they are north kent based so not a million miles from east grimstead

went really well until i picked up my fretless for a couple of tunes i spent last ten days or so setting it up thinking it sounded ok and when i plugged it in and started playing live it sounded dreadful all thin and weak so i ditched it and went back to the trusty yamaha good turnout for a thursday night - the venue managers were well pleased so i guess that means further invites back and we even snagged a booking for a private party

[quote name='Stan_da_man' timestamp='1366407357' post='2052367'] Parkinson theme tune. Because most metal is comedy nowadays. [/quote] snigger

i just bought a set of rotosounds the guage is much thicker but strangley not that noticeable under your fingers as the tension is lower - the guage being thicker you might have to attack your nut with a file to make sure the strings sit right down in the nut properly as it was most likely factory cut to fit snugly to 40-100 or 45-105 ish set i have also found there is quite a bit of setting up to do - which to all intents and purposes is not easily or quickly reversible - saddle heights, truss rod, nut slots pup height etc etc - i thought after ten days of faffing about with it that i had mine set up nicely so i took it out and gigged it last night without trying it at volume at rehearsal - big mistake - the biggest thing i forgot to compensate for was the output level - i am assuming this is much lower because of less metal and more nylon the sound from them is very dsitinctive and is worth perservering with - im still deciding whether i have the pickup heights set correctly and fiddling with them and also wondering if the thin sound is anything to do with the duncan designed pups on the vmJ [quote name='ead' timestamp='1363041508' post='2007604'] I thought I might try a set out. Do any of you fine people have good/bad experiences that are noteworthy? The ones that immediately spring to mind are the Rotos, D'Addriao and Picato offerings, but I presume there are others out there. [/quote] are you planning on putting them on a fretless or fretted? ive not used them on a fretted but have seen them used on fretteds - im guessing that the frets will win out over time and knacker the strings?

dont assume that they might be happy with you reading from charts during the gig - there are bands who have a 'no charts' policy for fear they give their punters the impression that they havent learnt the material properly (ie committed to memory) price your fee according to the market - you wouldnt expect to go and dep at a real high end (semi)pro function gig and only ask the cost of an average pub gig and vice versa if its an average pub gig i would say it would be a fair ask for equal cut of the fee (ie what the regular bassist would have got from it) plus expenses if its a big fat monster of a gig then nominate your fee accordingly as long as you feel happy you can deliver the goods to their required standard ed- going back to OP comments you said you had been recommended for it - in this case you need to ask yourself who recommended you and for what reason? is it expected to be done at mates rates? is it local muso acquaintances who know of your capability and recommend you accordingly in which case you got more chance of asking your fee above the mates rates scale? will it likely provide good exposure or networking opportunites for future work? apologies if any points covered in previous posts i have only skimmed the whole thread

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[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1365941965' post='2046215'] lots of guitarists just don't think like that though. [/quote] thats because they spend 99% of their mental effort focussing on how they can crank their volume so they can get [i][b]their[/b][/i] tone

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1365695036' post='2043096'] Thanks 2pods It's a Warwick Corvette $$ into a POD X3 LIVE into a Tascam 2488 MkII and flown in as a WAV. 51m0n mixed and mastered it and did his magic with the bass track. [/quote] s'ok innit

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after the 1200 grade i then used a microfibre cloth wrapped around the rubber sanding block to polish out the fine scratches with T-Cut the end result - no greying or visible scratches - the satin finish is gone and it looks more polished it is not as glossy as the ebonol is when new from the factory, however the amount of gloss and shine it now has is more comparable to a piece of real ebony, and because it has a less 'lacquered' appearance now compared to new, there is also wood grain pattern showing through the ebonol -very pleased with the end result as it looks much more organic than the original high gloss finish - now to find some black nylon wounds and see if the gotoh bridge will set up without the need for shimming the neck (will post pic of the finished result when i get some sunshine here to take a decent pic!)

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as mrtcat says above some can take ages - unlike muscles the tendons have no blood(nutrient) supply so take much longer to repair - achilles tendon injuries can take a very long time to repair

[quote name='Kevin Glasgow' timestamp='1365107702' post='2035562'] Hi folks, Here's our new video. This one has a wee bass solo too! Cheers, Kev [/quote] vnice

this is how it is looking after the 1200 grade - still a bit grey out in bright sunlight - not glossy at all very satin matt at the moment but perfectly usable and functional if you werent fussy - the small scratches at the bottom left (and a couple of other small spots) of pic are all thats left of the deepst roundwound scratches - i only sanded as far as getting rid of as much as possible without removing too much material and im sure once polished and strung up they will be barely noticeable - its certainly a massive improvement on how it was before

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1365244087' post='2037095'] This is where you need the micro-mesh. Steadily work up through the grits and the polish will come back. [/quote] just doing it now with some 1200 grade - the greying is much less now so that it doesnt look so much grey more like a nice sort of satin matt finish

ok progress report - stage 1 complete removed nut and removed neck from body attacked it with some 600 grade wet&dry using it wrapped around rubber sanding block with soapy water to stop the dust i expected to take quite a bit of rubbing to get down enough to even out the grooves from the strings but as the grooves were not all that deep AND the ebonol is actually much softer than i anticipated only needed about 3-4 dozen strokes and it was done the finish is now very smooth to the touch and if you werent bothered about comsetics, would be playable as it is now - however the 600 grade doesnt leave any scratches visible to the naked eye but the abrasive marks being very fine does still produce a significant amount of greying to the surface - if the body was an old dog i would just use it as it is, but as the vmJ is rather a fine looking specimen i will make the extra effort to get some micromesh or maybe try some cutting/polishing paste to reduce the greying effect and gloss up the finish a bit more

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1364905823' post='2032375'] Although Paul Jackson jnr and Louis Johnson on the early Michael Jackson albums [70//80's] were pretty special as well, playing on millions of $'s worth of tracks. That was a good BBC4 Doc the other night. I did manage to see Chic many moon's ago - And BE's playing was real Bass in your face stuff. Garry [/quote] indeed - not too distract from nile rodgers but i agree with Garry that PJJ is about the only other rhythm guitarist that can do what nile does as well as nile [media]http://youtu.be/gevqAwGOwyA[/media] scanning back through all th e old live concert footage on youtube, to go back to Pete's original point, it would have been good to have seen them live in their original format, ive seen some great bands and line-ups over the years and even as a teenager i was into everything from abba to zappa but my live gig preferences always seemed to gravitate more towards hte prog end of the musical spectrum - just wish id got around to seeing a wider range of bands in the 70s and 80s

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1364125382' post='2022069'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Emery-Cloth-Polishing-Kit-Micro-Mesh-Sanding-Sheet-MicroMesh-Abrasive-Finishing-/221078302349"]http://www.ebay.co.u...g-/221078302349[/url] I've used this micro-mesh finishing paper set on an ebanol board with good results (1500 to 12000 grit). Ebanol shows every little mark and you need to steadily work your way up through the finer grades to get a polished finish. Wear a face mask as the ebanol dust gets everywhere. The white plastic fret lines on the VMJ ebanol boards can also cause isolated buzzing if their not perfectly flush. Before you tackle finishing the whole board it may be worth checking the 'fret' where you're getting the buzz. [/quote] thanks for this - i did spend a bit of time looking at it again and noticed that the fret lines can be felt but it really is very minimal but might be enough to cause the buzzing im liking the sound of the micro mesh apologies for late repy - too much time spent loitering in off topic