chaypup

Bump cos it's still taking up room in my house!

Go down the 'Japcrap' route and you can get a great bass for very little money. I bought a lovely Ibanez roadster fretless for under £100 and currently have a Westone Thunder II Fretless - the through-neck and ebony finger give it great tone! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Westone-fretless-bass-/290610357725?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43a9ba25dd#ht_500wt_951"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Westone-fretless...dd#ht_500wt_951[/url] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-BB3000AF-fretless-bass-1980s-thru-neck-active-rare-no-reserve-/170697392873?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27be5b82e9#ht_500wt_951"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-BB3000AF-...e9#ht_500wt_951[/url] here's a couple, although the Yammy will prob go for a few quid more than it's at at the moment!

Did I mention it's free, gratis, caso pro bono?

Adam bought a floor Pod from me, great communication and prompt payment - top chap!

I have a Maddarozzo (which I think are the same people as Ritter) acoustic guitar gig bag going spare. It actually fits short and medium scale basses - I used it to carry my Westone Thunder 1A for a while. PM me and then come and pick it up!

Picked up an RS212 cab today from Bob, got a good deal from him and had a nice natter when I picked it up too. Great guy!

[quote name='bobpalt' post='1369574' date='Sep 11 2011, 04:56 PM']Chay bought a cab off me today, and met me half way for collection, but came on the train!!! I didnt envy him carrying the cab back to Cardiff, and hope the train wasnt packed! Great transaction, fun negotiating, and a super friendly guy. Cheers, Bob[/quote] Cheers Bob! The train WAS packed but I simply used it as a seat!

We played a festival last week and the organisers asked if they could use my rig despite us being first on the bill. I said yes because: a) The other bands on the bill were funk bands so I know their bass players know how to play nice with my gear and because my rig is insured for what I would have to pay to get the equivalent today sadly, nothing went wrong on the day....

Why not get 2 2x10's? gives you big and little options then.

the link - [url="http://soundcloud.com/mentazoids/01-hard-times"]http://soundcloud.com/mentazoids/01-hard-times[/url] [url="http://soundcloud.com/mentazoids/02-what-do-i-have-to-do"]http://soundcloud.com/mentazoids/02-what-do-i-have-to-do[/url]

That's a no then! When I try to upload the tracks from my itunes it says I'm not permitted to do so - How do I upload? Cheers!

First tracks from my band The Mentazoids, gains a bit low so TURRRN It UP (and tear the roof off that sucker!) <object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F23082204"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F23082204" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/mentazoids/01-hard-times">01 Hard Times</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mentazoids">The Mentazoids</a></span> using an embed code from Soundcloud - will it work I wonder?

Can't remember if I've contributed here, but anyway here I am from the weekend.... [attachment=89159:IMG_2562.jpg]

[quote name='silddx' post='1368498' date='Sep 10 2011, 12:50 PM']There are a couple of Washburn Statii for sale on here around £400. Not played one but I hear very good things. An excellent condition Hohner probably £250ish Spirits go for £150 - £200[/quote] I've been out-bargained!

I'm going to stick my oar in and recommend you get a Westone Superheadless. They look amazing, whichever model you get and are amazing basses for the money. The variety of tones you can get is fantastic - I had flatwounds on mine and it had a great P-Bass sound. When they come up for sale you can probably get one for C.£300 - bargainous!

The Mentazoids (formerly JD & The Trams) setlist looks like this: 1. Bobby Byrd - I know you got soul 2. Detroit Spinners - It's a shame 3. Marva Whitney - What do I have to do to prove my love to you 4. Lyn Collins - we want to party 5. Lyn Collins - Rock me again & again 6. Rocksteady - Aretha Franklin 7. Hard times - Baby Huey 8. Message from the Soul Sisters - Vicki Anderson 9. On & On - Erykah Badu 10. What so Never the Dance - Houseguests 11. Cissy Strut - The Meters 12. Woman of the Ghetto - Marlena Shaw 13. Move on Up - Curis Mayfield 14. Give me your love - Sisters love 15. I believe in Miracles - Jackson Sisters 16. All this love that I'm giving - Gwen McRae 17. Nina Simone & Groovefinder - Ain't got no 18. King Curtis - Memphis Soul stew 19. Funky Nassau - beginning of the end 20. James Brown - Superbad 21. Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten up FUNK! (and soul ) EDIT: NB: We're a 7piece outfit.

Our drummer knows Pino quite well and has played with him a few times. He told me that recently Pino couldn't make a rehearsal due to a gig commitment (I can't remember what bands were involved sorry!) and they got MARCUS MILLER to cover for him IN A REHEARSAL!

I heard that Adam Clayton played bass - anyone able to find any evidence to back this up?

Played at Watusi festival in South Wales. Pretty tricky as there were no monitors working on our stage and we didn't have the sense to all just turn down to a more acoustic level, however funked on through with a couple of f*ck ups due to not hearing each other and we covered them up nicely. The audience loved us and a lot of the other bands who we really admire checked out our set and had good things to say. After that, it was 2 days of band carnage!