rushbo

Hair Metal. These are really easy - they're not trick questions are they?

Glam. To sum up: Glam.

Has no one mentioned this little gem yet? http://youtu.be/rIAZ8unRm2c ....oh yeah. Second post in the thread. Still, just in case you missed it first time around.....

I'm evangelical about this band...even now. Those first five albums are pretty much perfect and Gouldman plays some Godlike bass throughout. I saw them earlier this year at the RAH and they were excellent-as ever. As for a reunion...don't hold your breath.

John Wetton was a member too, for a while.

I've got one of those odd Squier 5 string P basses with the twin jazz type pups. The neck is quite shallow, but very wide which I find is fine for me to get around, in spite of having small hands. I had the entry level Yamaha Attitude 5er which was very similar.

I used to have a nice Spector SSD NS 95. It sounded great, but was just too much of a handful for my dainty little hands. They're great basses and they go for sensible money second hand.

When I was working at A Very Big Record Shop in Brum, Simple Minds did an in store for us, plugging their live double album. This was at the height of their pomp and every time I saw Jim Kerr on TV, my opinion of him dropped to an almost subterranean level. The band arrived and were whisked to the managers office for champagne and nibbles...Mr Kerr however, joined us in the staff room and had a cup of tea. No star trip, no ego. A lovely affable chap. I may never be a huge fan (although their first two or three records are ace), but my preconceptions were totally depth charged by 10 minutes in the man's company.

Lovely. Restores your faith in human nature, doesn't it? Now it's your job to pass it forward...

I took out the pups from my active Mexican Fender PJ special and replaced them with Entwistles. I love them. The P pup sounds...like a P Bass pup. Big without being mushy. The J pup adds some detail to the overall sound. And they're so cheap. There are a couple of threads on here already about them and they're generally very positive. Try them.

I love gigging. It's by far my favourite part of being a Bassist. I love it because, although I'm generally a humble and modest man, performing gives me a chance to show off. I also get to hang out with my bandmates (who are fortunately, very cool) and provides me with a small but significant revenue stream. Significant because it makes my hobby seem "legitimate". Without gigging, i'd still play, but I'd think twice about spending £50 on flatwound strings... I love the experience of playing live and i don't let the occasional crappy gig put me off, but for some people, the whole thought of playing in front of a potentially hostile audience makes them actually unwell -one of those people is the legendary Andy Partridge from XTC. His stagefright became so chronic that he walked off stage at the start of a live, French TV broadcast, never to return to the gig scene. Most of us on this forum play for fun. If that fun is in front of people or alone in the bedroom (hyuck, hyuck...), then as long as it's fun - no harm, no foul. Some of the best musos I know wouldn't even think of gigging and put considerable effort into home recording projects. A LOT of effort. Often for the fruit of their labours to be heard by just a handful of people. But they love it. It wouldn't work for me, but for them it's a creative outlet that's second to none. As the French say - "Vive la difference!"

Bonkers. But quite tempting at £30...

To be fair to the man, I've seen a couple of his "modifications" recently and they've been pretty decent. This one however, looks like he's popped on a blindfold, pulled some random stuff from his parts drawer and plumbed them in to an unwiling instrument. I get the feeling that if he'd pulled out a packet of Werthers Originals, he'd have whacked it into the pickup cavity...

You can't improve on perfection.

I really like it. I've seen worse repairs! You'll need a tetanus jab after touching those strings tho'.

I love the Bass. I love the Cabs. The hat is ok and the facial furniture, I can cope with. But socks and sandals....for Petes sake man, what are you thinking about!

The bridge! The bridge! Oh my God, the bridge!

Gorgeous. I played in a Paul Rodgers tribute band a few years back and had to sit down a learn a bunch of Andy Fraser's lines. What an education. Taste, restraint, space, funk and a tone to die for.

I can't offer a solution or explanation, but it's not unique...Mrs Rushbo has a DAB radio in her car and when we pass through an area of poor reception, the signal seems to slow down and then return to pitch after a few seconds. Very odd.

sssshhhh...we could pretend it's Birmingham, Alabama....

Following on from Mykesbass, it's always worth checking your volume off the stage as well, as a "quiet" onstage signal to your ears could sound deafening to the punters. Physics is a funny thing, especially those pesky sound waves...

Ahhh, the Number 11 Bus. How many young Brummies, stuck for entertainment, would pile on that shining example of public transport with a packet of crisps, a can of Pop (or cider if you were feeling saucy) and a cheese sarnie, and spend a day on the never-ending jaunt around the suburbs of Birmingham? Local buses scare me now, but if I ever want to gain insight into current trends in Drum 'n' Bass or Grime, an hour on the Number 11 will give you all the info you'll ever need.