steve-bbb

not heard her on the beeb this year but did enjoy here shows on bbc2 previously [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs8br"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs8br[/url]

find a good shop with a good selection of both fender and squier and compare the two unless money is not significant factor in your final choice, id wager a tenner i can guess which one you will end up buying

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1319878651' post='1419523'] Hi Steve, I do indeed. Do you think this could be part of the problem? [/quote] well if youre heavy handed like i am then the weight of your thumb/hand combined with the slight rocking motion against the pickup is going to pull against the screw maybe - youre basically pulling against the strings so there will be an approximately equal opposite force going through the pickup/body where the tip of your thumb connects with it and unless you play with your hand absolutley still then there is going to be 'some' leverage against those screws maybe a combination of that and what nugget says above - sounds like you might need to plug the screw holes with some slithers of wood to pack the screw in tighter

do you (like me) use the top edge of the pickup cover as a thumbrest?

saw them at knebworth 79 jimmy page was stoned out of his tree (sloppy) JPJ and JB still the tighest most powerful bass/drum combo ive ever seen live

made it to 48 seconds ... can i have them back please?

[quote name='retroman' timestamp='1319543304' post='1415409'] Last time my early Tonebender packed up, it was down to a dry joint on one of the battery wires. Fantastic vintage fuzz pedal [/quote] does yours still have the original wiring? that stuff is so thin and brittle im worried it will break just looking at it ! im still at a loss to comprehend hw something so jawdroppingly basic and tacky can produce such a unique sound - guess it must be down to the specific charateristics of the components used

***pokes with sharp stick***

[quote name='retroman' timestamp='1319543304' post='1415409'] Last time my early Tonebender packed up, it was down to a dry joint on one of the battery wires. Fantastic vintage fuzz pedal [/quote] thanks will make that the first point of checking as mentioned on my previous for sale thread i did leave the 9v battery inside but it stayed clean and didnt leak - i cant think that a 9v battery slowly discharging over time would have caused any problems - the only other working parts inside it are the pots themselves and from what i recall it was fairly clean with no crackles - theyd be a bugger to replace authentically anyway too but a wee bit of re-soldering on dry joints should be ok to sell it

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1319535856' post='1415216'] Could be a bad solder joint(s). It looks to be a very basic circuit design and a fault could be easily traced by someone with minimal skill. But then that puts you in a quandary, does it lose it's "silly money" value if you start re-soldering the joints? [/quote] well personally if i was going to keep it and gig it the first thing to happen woul be a complete overhaul of the wiring - its dreadful ! dont know how they had the nerve to charge £26.00 or whatever it was back in the 70s for this

been sat in the attic since it was last gigged in about 1982 - dug it out at the weekend placed new battery in and not working anybody any ideas at all what can go wrong with these when they are sat doing nothing at all for 27 years? ive checked the footswitch and give it a clean but apart from the three pots there are no other working parts and in its life between new in 1976 and me last gigging it in about 1982 it had very minimal use ta muchly (previous thread was started on the effects for sale board but going to have to get it repaired/serviced now before sale) [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/158129-colorsound-tonebender/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/158129-colorsound-tonebender/[/url]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1319461035' post='1414297'] Being a hawker of the rootsier end of things, I [i]dream[/i] of the day when a drummer turns up with no more than a snare, a hi-hat and a couple of sticks. [/quote] our drummer often only turns up with a snare bass hihat and crash (despite the fact that he owns six complete kits)

i can do better than £300 ... squier affinity J - i just picked one up this afternoon from my local music emporium (Sound & Image in Chatham ) for 149 (Used) but apparently you can get them for 200-220 ish new - quite frankly im chuffed to pieces it luvverly and spend the £100 you would have saved towards a hartke and you cant really go wrong

looks like a potential NYJO candidate in a few years already playing well now ! how good is he going to be when the auto-pilot kicks in! definite pro drummer potentia

[quote name='thunderbird13' timestamp='1319202380' post='1411225'] I hate to say it and - yes they do look like bellends and the performance is totally OTT- but I think they have something. [/quote] yes they have something and lets hope its not catching because theres already too many sh1te indie bands around

[quote name='funky_numba' timestamp='1319156267' post='1410755'] Well done for nailing down a fav of mine 'Chameleon'. I had never heard of this song until I went to a 'chill-out' bar in Glasgow. The 4 piece band that played this were truly superb!! I was at the bar getting the drinks and when I heard this song I had to ask the band leader what they were playing. A seemingly straightforward bassline but still sounds amazing!! Still need to have a go at it myself!! How did you learn to play it? By reading music or just working it out yourself? [/quote] [url="http://www.all-events-music.com/pdf/af/chameleon-bass.PDF"]http://www.all-events-music.com/pdf/af/chameleon-bass.PDF[/url]

drooool [url="http://www.samsontech.com/hartke/products/amplifiers/kilo-amplifiers/kilo/"]http://www.samsontech.com/hartke/products/amplifiers/kilo-amplifiers/kilo/[/url]

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1319104412' post='1409856'] Nice to have a detuned bass handy [/quote] nice to have more than one bass!

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1319100772' post='1409794'] [url="http://youtu.be/dBkoxR6eSQU"]http://youtu.be/dBkoxR6eSQU[/url] [/quote] edit did anybody else start to watch this and think 'that drummer just isnt in the groove' ... and then notice that its vinnie colauita!!! further edit [url="http://youtu.be/y27pTveV2QE"]http://youtu.be/y27pTveV2QE[/url]

[url="http://youtu.be/dBkoxR6eSQU"]http://youtu.be/dBkoxR6eSQU[/url]

well done JM - not many people could paint such a picture of somebody