pete.young

OK all you JBJ lovers, time for a quick straw poll. If you were looking for a Bon Jovi number to cover, would Sleep When I'm Dead be on the list? Someone in the band suggested we have a crack at it, but I think it's one of the more obscure songs and less likely to get a reaction from non-JBJ fans than some of the more well known songs.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='796024' date='Apr 4 2010, 09:19 PM']LOL, which site is that?[/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=83165"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=83165[/url]

Eilert Pilarm, the Swedish Elvis. Unbelievable for all the wrong reasons. And the Bassballs. Brilliant.

Hot and Cold. Dire.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='793942' date='Apr 2 2010, 12:43 AM']Gregg just emailed me today out of the blue which thrilled me to bits. I hope my reply wasn't too waffly but I was more than a bit star struck.[/quote] Apologising for the permanent sound track on the new website?

[quote name='joegarcia' post='789893' date='Mar 29 2010, 08:40 PM']Thinking of selling the above GPA preamp and one of the SL100's. PM me if anybody's interested.[/quote] Dunno about that Joe, but if you're interested in trading your Pro 501 for my Pro 2000 drop me a PM!

[quote name='The Burpster' post='788903' date='Mar 28 2010, 09:30 PM']When out of curiosity I wiki'd Radle to find out what he was doing now, I discovered he died in 1980 at 38 from drugs and booze abuse...... What an absolute waste and a crying shame.[/quote] +1, a sad loss at a young age. His playing on 461 Ocean Boulevard is immaculate.

If I was gonna spend a reasonably large sum of money for something thats going to last me for a number of years, the last think I'd do is offer to share it with a bunch of people I didn't know. By all means upgrade your stuff but hang onto the Laney precisely for jobs like this. If the other bands hear 'yes there's backline but it's a POS 165W Laney' they might be more inclined to offer to bring their own gear!

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='787786' date='Mar 27 2010, 12:38 PM']Give Crikey on here a shout, he is the bass player for T Alan so he can get you one mate.[/quote] Cheers Wayne, Ive sent him a PM.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='787748' date='Mar 27 2010, 11:48 AM']So it all kicked off around 8PM while the first band were on the merch guys from Tyrannosaurus Alan were being threatened by a bunch of racists for selling 'Bollocks to the BNP' shirts, fair dues to the lads they stood up to them and security had to come over and escort the racist m*****f***ers away.[/quote] Where can I get one of those shirts from, Wayne? We had a great gig in The Bull in Colchester last night - top local venue packed with happy dancing punters, got to use my SB460 for the first time and it felt so right.

And the sergeant came along and said: Ooooh! Snap!! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SGC-Nanyo-Bass-Collection_W0QQitemZ260575178215QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3cab7dade7"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SGC-Nanyo-Bass-Colle...=item3cab7dade7[/url]

A very tidy-looking Columbus Jazz, for what seems to me to be a realistic price. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/70s-Columbus-Jazz-Bass-Vintage-MIJ_W0QQitemZ320507989597QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4a9fc3ce5d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/70s-Columbus-Jazz-Ba...=item4a9fc3ce5d[/url] I had one like this in the late '70s and it was OK And a short-scale EB0 Columbus copy too. The woods are full of 'em! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ270550169100QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3efe0bf60c"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitem...=item3efe0bf60c[/url]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='783811' date='Mar 23 2010, 06:50 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-Antoria-Les-Paul-Bass-Guitar-Japan-Fuji-Gen-Relic_W0QQitemZ260574013293QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3cab6be76d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-Antoria-Les-Pau...=item3cab6be76d[/url] Antoria Les Paul-ish bass.[/quote] Wow. One of these sold before Xmas for £215, and I thought that was a lot.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='786012' date='Mar 25 2010, 04:36 PM']Yamaha BB1200. A quick google suggests that this is MIJ, while the BB1000 is made in Taiwan. But, a quick google does not always reveal the truth![/quote] No, indeed it doesn't. I have a BB800 from 1979 ish which is definitely made in Japan. AFAIK BB800 and BB1000 were made in Japan between 1977 and 1981, and I thought that they were then discontinued. Could be wrong about that.

It looks to me to be the twin brother of BassBunny's 405. I guess you didn't find the 'Obscure Musical Backwaters' thread, which has photos and other interesting details. I wish the mods would re-sticky the thread, but obviously they've stopped listening to my pleas (despite it being the most informative Bass Collection resource on the entire Internet, and something that continues to attract visitors to Basschat). But I'm not bitter. Value's a tough one. Everything is on the floor at the moment, but I'd hope it would be worth £250 on a good day.

[quote name='slazman' post='759578' date='Feb 28 2010, 07:48 AM']However browsing around, 2x12 isn't anywhere near as common as 2x10 ..... SO ... the next question is any recommendations what I should be looking at. I want around 300w. If it is going to be a challenge I would be OK with a separate amp into a 2x12 cab.[/quote] Most 12" Neo drivers seem to be 300W 8Ohms, which means that most Neo 2x12 cabs are 600W 4 Ohm. There are exceptions but I cant name one at the moment. I have an EBS which I bought second-hand on this forum. I think a 2x12 will give a better sound than a pair of 1x12s - the drivers seem to work better in a bigger box. The other factor in all of this is your budget, of course!

[quote name='uzzell' post='758436' date='Feb 26 2010, 05:37 PM']Can anyone point me in the direction of the smallest 8ohm, 300w cab you can think of. Consider that this is regardless of music style and volume as its just for bedroom playing along with my LMII. Any ideas?[/quote] Tecamp 1x10 or EA VL110 are close enough at 250 W. For less than the price of either one of those Roland Combos with 4x5" drivers. Why on earth do you need a 300W cab for bedroom playing? 100W is plenty, just back the gain off!

[quote name='wolldav' post='757106' date='Feb 25 2010, 02:26 PM']He plays a Bass Collection and i play a Ken Smith, hence the nervousness.[/quote] I've got 3 Bass Collections. One of them is the finest bass I've ever played. Straight swap for a Ken Smith? No way.

[quote name='PauBass' post='758654' date='Feb 26 2010, 09:32 PM'] I agree that location needs to be known but, as someone mentioned in a similar post a while ago, why not stick it in your profile too?...That way you know straight away where the person is based.[/quote] It seems reasonable - mine is. Trouble is that a lot of people just come here to sell stuff and don't give a sh*t about forum etiquette.

[quote name='neepheid' post='756754' date='Feb 25 2010, 09:11 AM']I will master that G&L though, damn it![/quote] Whatever it is , it ain't the G&L. davec came to see my band once when I was playing my G&L, and he said " I don't know what you did but the bass really cut through", and what I did was bridge pickup, 'active with added treble boost' and hiked the mids a bit.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='756859' date='Feb 25 2010, 10:47 AM']Where's Sting when you really need him. [/quote] Nobody knows. The situation has never, and will never, arisen.

I think it's time for the "x posts before you're allowed to sell anything" debate again.