Graham

Pigs, Three Different Ones by Pink Floyd; I never really rated Roger Waters as a bassist - great song writer but nothing special on bass - but this track is a wonderful baseline to play

Do you already stock G&L? I reckon a lot more people would play these if they were more widely available to try

I've recently traded my old EBS Fafner and Proline 4x10 for a Genz Streamliner 900 and a Barefaced Compact, I was very trepidatious about changing my amp as I loved the tone the Fafner produced and I'd had it long enough that I could get my tone very quickly from it in most situations. Also, it was the first "pro" rig I'd bought after upgrading from a Hartke model 1000 head and Pro 4200 cab; so some emotional attachment there too. However, I've recently moved house and just don't have have the space for a 4x10 and rack mount head so I've gone down the micro / light-weigh route. I'd played through the head mostly on headphones at home and really liked the sound, but after a couple of minutes through the cab there was a crying baby, so to get it up to gig volume, I took the it up to my local jam nigh / open mic last night and it turns out my worries were un-founded - what a tone! Deep, punchy, articulate everything I want in a bass tone, if anything there was too much bottom end and I ended up cutting the bass and boosting the mids in the highest (2.5K? I forget) setting but the sound was fantastic. Taking it to the jam night was a good move too as I could stand out front and hear other people playing through it and I'm really happy with it. And to make matters better, I could carry the head, cab, bass in a hardcase and hardcase with all my pedals, leads etc in one trip from the car. Colour me chuffed.

If weight and size aren't an issue the Hartke Pro 4200 is a lot of cab for the money; it is a beast though.

Before the project got de-railed by my housemove, the custom Precision Jon Shuker was going to build for me was going to have a Bareknuckle P/J set, he spoke very highly of them saying they were some of the closest copies of the vintage pickups he'd heard.

I normally enjoy playing Mustang Sally as the punters love it and in a covers band situation I'd rather play something simple and classic that has people up and dancing than something technical, like Hysteria for instance, that empties the dance floor.

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1352307716' post='1861424'] mark tremonti uses some interesting ones for his guitar which work with drop tuned bass. i think he tunes his guitar something like CGCGCC (i could be wrong check it out on google)..... i copied it once and christ it didn't half make for an epic guitar sound [/quote] I think Devin Townsend does that - makes the open strings one massive power chord. I remember reading Byron Stroud who play bass for him saying it made life interesting sometimes for the bass

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1347444597' post='1800785'] Here's my bass + rig. All from early 1952, the original 'bass rig'. 1952 Fender Precision, original plastileather bag and strap. 1952 Fender TV Bassman, 1x15, tweed. [/quote] My goodness Though I'm guessing you get that a lot

Not great, had to punch through rush-hour, central London traffic from East Grinstead up to Charring Cross for a private function so got there a bit late; fortunately it didn't take too long to un-load and set-up in a room above a pub, I was very thankful I was using my new BF Compact last night - so much lighter than my old EBS. However the line-up last night wasn't the band's A team, I'm the dep bassist, but know the material well and can pass for the main player, the regular bassist had moved to guitar for the night as their regular guitarist is having some "issues"; the drummer is their main dep, but he's not played loads with the band and still doesn't know all the material / arrangements. So we dind't play amazingly and working the set-list around what the drummer and guitarist knew was a bit tricky; also the guitarist had changed his strings and kept going out of tune, so I really was carrying the band a few times. The gig was a private function - a fairly small retirement party for a policeman and all the punters seemed to be polis, mostly all really nice except one hammered bird who kept trying to speak to the singer during the set because she'd seen us a few times before and wanted us to "play it more upbeat" and "play what we normally play" - we were playing the regular set-list....... She then hassled him on the break and he was close to walking away from the whole thing, having been up since 6 and doing a driving job all day before driving up to London for this. To add to the fun, the pub management kept coming over and asking us to turn down, I'm not convinced anyone but me could hear the bass, which is a shame as this was most likely my last gig with my Fafner head before I trade it with Shep for his Streamliner and was looking forward to giving it a good send-off. All that said though, we were (strangely) really well recived and got a lot of compliments from happy punters, I think the liberal amount of drink being consumed helped with that a fair bit - good money too.

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I think they did a newer one with a reverse P pickup, I'd be interested in trying that.

Played at a fireworks event this evening as a last minute dep gig - got the call 75 minutes before I had to be on stage. Whoever thought an outside gig in November was a good idea was wrong.

Not sure on your musical tastes but Cochise by Audioslave might be a good one as Tim C played it on a 4 string tuned BEAD - the mid section has a nice open B on it. And for Summer Of 69 - D on the 5th fret of the A string for the verse, 3rd fret of the B for the chorus sounds best to me.

[quote name='popoctave' timestamp='1351863288' post='1856322'] Unless you're Sid Vicious! [/quote] I'd have said bassist was a bit of a generous term for Sid.

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1344175039' post='1760679'] Ok then, here's my beloved bass. 2011 Fender American Standard Precision, all stock except the pickguard (genuine Fender replacement), the strap buttons (Dunlop Dual Design) and the strings (Elixir). Currently saving for another of the same in black/maple. [/quote] I love this, just stunning

[quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1351270510' post='1849580'] You can get them here for about that. Try this guy http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DR-Nickel-Lo-Riders-Bass-Strings-45-105-Medium-NMH-45-/251165639820?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3a7aa3848c Ive bought stuff from him before and he's very good [/quote] Thanks, basically the same price after shipping.

Thanks guys, I'll be recording soon and the strings on my G&L are embarrassingly dead.

Anyone done this? These look like a bargain, but I don't know if I'm going to get hit with import duty, even still might be cheaper. http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=110298339791&index=5&nav=SEARCH&nid=75030606121

No-one selling the amp you want on here? Might be a way of getting it quicker and saving some pennies.

Had a great time last night, just started working on a recording project with a local guitarist and I brought in a tool-esque riff I'd come up with ages ago and he loved it. We then started writing a new song around it, I've been in a few originals bands over the years but this is the first time soneone's really liked something I've brought in (as opposed to my lines over their chords). It made me feel really good and he seems to want a truly collaborative approach to writing, which is refreshing.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1350840765' post='1844111'] If ever you are in London get in touch, I don't have a Prima Artist, but you can try an ABZ 5 maple f/board, and ABII 5 with roasted maple neck and f/board, and finally the Super J/P similar to the one you saw at the gig as you can see in the pic below. [IMG]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/xt660/reducedsize_zps789448a4.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] Stunning, I might have to take you up in that sometime, particularly as I think you can point me in the direction of more good Zappa too.