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Saturday night's gig with the rock/blues covers band was at the Black Horse, a pub in Birmingham with a mixed clientele of goths and bikers. It happened to be the Outlaws MC Christmas party too. Got there nice and early, set up, and part way through the soundcheck the mixer amp blew up. I suspect an iffy mains socket which had resulted in it going on and off several times in rapid succession, combined with it being a Behringer. Fortunately the gaffer intends to make the pub a general all-round music venue and consequently has a couple of powered mixers knocking around, so we were soon back underway. While it was our last gig with our powered mixer, it was our first gig with new vocalist Mrs Zero, and it was Mrs Zero's debut as a vocalist with a rock band. All went well - she acquitted herself very well and we're getting a few more bookings there, which is nice. And Mrs Zero was able to tick one last thing off her list of things to do before she was 50, as we finished playing about half an hour before her birthday. I took my #2 5-string Tsai out for a change - needs some sorting out on the fretting front (fret ends are a bit sticky-out and rough, and there's one or two slightly high frets) but it did the job. Oh yes, and I need a new power amp or powered mixer, anyone got anything cheap that'll do around 300-500W per side?

[quote name='icastle' post='1051645' date='Dec 8 2010, 01:38 PM']I remember one done back in the 80's that was a cut down version and far shorter than the original, but I think they were a 'one hit wonder' whose name escapes me.-[/quote] Far Corporation. An un-named bunch of Machiavellian chancers, they played their cover version down the phone to Robert Plant and asked him what he thought of the song and what they should call the band. They thought he replied "Far Corp". This may not be entirely historically accurate.

[quote name='chaypup' post='1053793' date='Dec 10 2010, 10:18 AM']I like this [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Quantum-bass-X850-black-/330506572418?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4cf3ba1282#ht_500wt_951"][b]Westone[/b][/url] - little too pricey for me, people seem to be asking a lot for westones recently. [/quote] I had one of those, bought and sold it for about £75. It was the one I took when I travelled to a party by motorcycle complete with bass, amp (GK 200MB), leads, effects, and sleeping bag. Not bad, not worth £250.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1052522' date='Dec 9 2010, 10:39 AM']Watch the weight on those Thor basses ...[/quote] At least they should take a bit of hammering...

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1050381' date='Dec 7 2010, 12:00 PM']He spelt "origional" wrong - sorry - rong.[/quote] And "Acceptional".

My first bass, a Hayman 40/40, put together from parts when Hayman went bust and the Fender Soundhouse had a fire at similar times. The Soundhouse flogged off the Hayman bits they had knocking around for not too much money and I built my own. I was rather fond of it.

[quote name='chrismuzz' post='1041912' date='Nov 30 2010, 06:01 AM']Colour is TOO important for me! I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for the new Peavey Grind 6ers to come out JUST because they will be in black [/quote] Thankfully, the old Peavey Grind 6ers are in natural...

It seems to have lost a string. According to the potted spec box, it's a 5-string.

Shill Debt Us Do Part?

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The ultimate Wishbass!

[quote name='tazza1' post='1045842' date='Dec 3 2010, 12:01 AM']Pick up only (although i might be able to send it email if you need to do this and i will try and find cost). Bloody hell that would be one large attachment!![/quote] It's a new MIME class. Not too much of a problem, people have been emailing their friends and family for years.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1045742' date='Dec 2 2010, 10:18 PM']With the eBay name "tinkpinkemma" I suspect that we may be dealing with someone of the female persuasion.[/quote] She might be a lizard woman. Her feedback as a buyer includes "Multibuy Live worms reptile food Mix n match livefood (#200539485238)".

Of course, you could always get a cheap multieffects that does pitch shifting and use that to bring your bass into tune with the record. Or a cheap Zoom RFX or 1201 1U effects thing - they track well. I'm posh and I use a Tascam bass trainer so I don't need to.

Bought a speaker cable from Dave - arrived quickly, all jiffy bagged up.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1044424' date='Dec 1 2010, 10:23 PM']Putting a Gibson logo on a bass that looks nothing like a Gibson is a good idea. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Matsumoku-Westone-Spectrum-bass-guitar-Japan-85-Black_W0QQitemZ320621800322QQcategoryZ4713QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSL%252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D120654289830%252B120654289830%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5338709543184181872"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Matsumoku-Westone-Sp...709543184181872[/url][/quote] That's a dreadful listing. Reasonable quality pictures, evidence from the neck plate that this is a genuine Matsumoku, attributed excerpt from magazine giving history, and mentioning of the incorrect Gibson decal - there's buggerall to take the piss out of. Incidentally, harking back a few posts, I often go looking for fretlesses. My search term is (fretl*,frettl*) which probably doesn't get them all as there's bound to be some fretelesses and some fecklesses, but it does pick up the ones with random numbers of tees and esses.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1042233' date='Nov 30 2010, 12:34 PM']My camera phone has been used by a professional bass player, and he says it's better than any Hasselblad ...[/quote] That's quite true, have you ever tried making a phone call with a Hasselblad?

Hofner violin bass. I turned one down because it played like sh*t and the controls were all gummed up. If I'd known then what I know now...

Four-string or five-string fretless with the ceilidh band, five-string fretless with the originals band. five-string fretted with one covers band, six-string fretted with the other covers band, and occasional excursions for the 7-string fretted. I started on 4s and started flirting with 5s after I'd been playing about 15 years, but it took me a long time to find one which I felt anything like as comfortable playing as my 4s. I'd say I am a default 5-string player these days, the 6 is so I can familiarise myself with it as I may move on to 6-strings on a more widespread basis.

I like natural, not at all keen on painted finishes.