Mickeyboro

Well, there's at least one arm that's not chewed off yet! Oh, and the bass ain't bad...

I've just bought a Kasim Sulton signature bass by Archer that's 6.5lbs. Active pickups give it as much punch as my precision which is half as heavy again.

According to Watt in Dec 2004 'The Minuteman bass got stolen in Charlottesville, Virginia. 'I’m using a Gibson EB3 1965 again because it’s got a smaller scale. That’s what I usually play at Banyan gigs. I‘ve modified it put Lane Poor MM pickup (middle) and ZBS400 humbucker (bridge) pickup in it 'I use two four by tens with that live, and I play it with the Stooges too. It’s made out of mahogany. 'The bass I use now is made by Mark Garza who’s a one-man operation, Garza Guitars. This cat called Frank Wilson, another bass player, had it made for me! The thing about music people, I know there’s a lot of competition, jealousy and that but on the other side there’s people you’ve never met are so generous: this cat had this bass made for me. It‘s kinda like a Jazz Bass but it’s been downsized to three-quarter scale because when you get older it’s harder to do the big stretches. I use this Garza bass, it’s yellow, on the Banyan record. 'For amps I use an Aguilar pre-amp DB680 and usually use an Navigator pre-amp then I put it through a QSC PLX3002 power amp and Eden D-410XLT 4x10 don’t use any effects.' Mickeyboro note: All this of course could have changed by now!!

[quote name='beerdragon' post='41693' date='Aug 5 2007, 08:10 PM']He says he had a tele bass stolen, maybe that was the one.[/quote] I interviewed him a couple of years ago, I will have a look at the transcript!

What are your best/worst onstage disasters? Playing Johnny B Goode in the wrong key and not being able to hear it as the 5-stringer I was playing would not cut through the rest of band...!

I had the guitar version once, and never got to grips with the finicky controls. Are the bass ones as difficult?

I really never thought I'd hear my son singing Supertramp!

Fingers only. Old school!

I just changed my Pre's strings for the first time ever - and I bought it in 1981. Decided I like the zingy sound, actually.

Hello from north east Hampshire - save the Brook!

Sorry, mate, I'll be reading the Mail on Sunday...

Not on the way to the gig but still First time I met my new bandmates at a pub miles from my home we discussed me joining and a potential date to rehearse together. I then retired to let them talk about me...only to find I'd locked my keys in my car. Had to come back in and interrupt the conversation. Fortunately my son arrived before closing time with another set, but only after they'd all tried and failed to break into my scruffy old Cavalier.

I've got the identical fretless. I wish I could make it sound as good as it looks! -_-

Nice one Mike - bassists stick together! Whe I saw Cream at the Albert Hall I wondered why people were snapping me on their phone. Sitting behind me were Macca and H Mills, Ringo and his missus and...Tom Hanks! Didn't know whether to look at the stage or them. They whizzed off during the encore too!

I'm impressed! How many toilet roll middles went into that?

Courtesy of Beedster and an exploration of the suburbs of Walsall (wife unamused!) I am now the proud owner of a Thunderbird of the Epiphone variety. It survived a journey home on the back seat (strapped in, I hasten to add!) but this is clearly not a long term option. It has already acquired a headsccok scrape before I got it due to poking out of previous owner's gig bag. What's the best/most cost effective gigbag or case, Thunderbird users? Ta.

Can we ban 'David'?

We've switched to shoes now, Shockwave - do keep up.mate!

+1 Good idea - and I appreciate your tip, Chris, even if the wife didn't! Many thanks. Thanks to someone else's tip I picked up a Sub a few months ago which I sold on to Mark of this parish at the same price I paid, so if nothing else it's broadening my horizons at little cost to me.

Cheers Rayman. Being a Bass(World)Chatter has given me the chance to play on more basses than I ever thought posisble - in last 2 yrs a Precision 51, Warwick, MM Sub and now this. Even if I don't keep it, it will be a bit of fun. I aim to keep my 73 Precision forever. It was born the year I left school, so we have something in common. What did you like about the Thunderbird and why did you let it go?

Curse you, Beedster, that's another week's housekeeping the Missus ain't gonna get!

Under the stairs!

Thanks, fellas!

The cover of my Trace 1215 combo got incinerated when someone left it on one of our light arrays. (Mind you, it was funny seeing them in the toilets try to scrape the black plastic off the bulbs!) Where can I get a recommended replacement? And yes, the band fund is paying!