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I put off going wireless for years, thinking that as my bands rarely played on big stages, there was no need. Ironically, it's the smaller stages where having less clutter on the floor is the biggest help. I'm another Line 6 G30 user and I've had no problems at all with it, I've popped the receiver in one of those Maplins silver mini flight case dealios with my Zoom single pedal multi fx and that's my set up for many of my gigs. A kettle lead, instrument lead and an amp and I'm good to go. I also use rechargeable batteries too...I shelled out for Duracell ones and a super rapid (15 minute) charger. I'll get a three hour rehearsal and a two hour gig from one charge. They paid for themselves in about two months. The clips on the G30 aren't the best tho,so I bought a cheapo camera case from Amazon (£3?) which sits on my strap and can be moved easily from Bass to Bass. Thomann do a pouch for it for about the same money, but it will only fit straps which taper to a thin end.

Happy Jack, you win the internet.

I saw him do a promo gig for his first album at Ronnie Scotts in Brum. I was working in a local record shop and got a free ticket, not really knowing what to expect. He was on time, coherent and played and sang beautifully. I had a chat with him afterwards and although he seemed a little "relaxed", he was pleasant company. Time has not been kind.

For a lot of 80's tunes, you need to separate the songs from the production. I have no problem at all with the Pop songs from that era -they don't interest me very much, but a lot of them were really well written. Nik Kershaw did some really cool things. I started the decade as a diehard Metal/Glam fan and ended it as a Paisley Underground nerd...Rain Parade, REM, Let's Active, Church...happy days.

A truly unique voice and a massive inspiration. "The Yes Album" is one of the reasons I play the Bass. Godspeed Chris Squire.

Very cool. But...it may just be the angle of the photographs but the action looks hand cripplingly high and the G string looks very close to the outer edge of the neck...

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1425685954' post='2709850'] Nobody should be in Birmingham. Ever. [/quote] Watch it, buster.

I was in a Floyd tribute which had Chris Evans ex-wife as lead vocalist! We used to rehearse just outside Lenny Henry's house - the one he shared with Miss French. We were called Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. I didn't bother taking my coat off.

Yep, it's an Ibanez Roadstar II from the mid 80's. I've got one of these in sparkly burgundy. I picked it up from Musical Exchanges in Brum in 1987. I went in for a [email="R*ckenb@cker"]R*ckenb@cker[/email] as I was in a major REM phase, but this little beauty blew me away. These are fantastic, versatile Basses and I gigged mine solidly for the best part of 20 years. Never let me down once and it got some real abuse on the road. My 850 is the only Bass I own which I would never think of selling.

In my shady past as a Bassie in a functions band, I remember that "Go Your Own Way" was a regular request at wedding receptions...as was "Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldnt've)" by the Buzzcocks...

No.

Copy.com is excellent. Loads of free storage and you can get more by recommending friends.

Hello from equally sunny Halesowen....I can see your house from here! (almost...)

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10CC were the first band I ever saw - in 1978, with "Dreadlock Holiday" in the charts. They are still a fantastic live band and I'm off to see them for the 20th(?) time at the Royal Albert Hall later this month. GG is rightly renowned for his incredible songwriting, but his Bass playing ain't too shabby, neither. All of the "classic" era material was recorded using his trusty R!ckenb*cker which sounds glorious. If you only know 10CC for the hits, check out the albums - the best Pop/Rock album of the 70's IMHO was "Sheet Music", but all of the first five albums are essential. Here's the band getting all Proggy with an ace little Bass solo around 9.15... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xlqS3X-TUo"]<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5xlqS3X-TUo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>[/url]

Japanese Fenders are gorgeous. I bought one from here a while back and loved it, apart from the wider neck. My dainty, girlish hands are more suited to Jazz necks, it seems. I've got a superb Mexi P Bass special (the Cowpoke model) which I picked up for just over £200. Amazing instrument. Really versatile. I swapped out the actives for a set of Entwistle pups (the actives were great, by the way, but I LOVE Entwistle pups...) and I've got a beautiful, well made instrument with a Jazz width neck, a striking appearance and a whole range of tones. You can't go wrong.

As much as I like showing off, I'm with Steve Kilbey of The Church on this..."Any guy who takes more than two instruments to a gig is just showing you his Bass collection". As Bassists, we agonise over nuances of tone, but we're the only people who really notice. As long as the tone suits the song, punters don't mind. I've seen guys play Jamerson lines with a pick and Stranglers tunes with their fingers and it's sounded good. Maybe I'm blessed, as my main Bass for that sort of cover work is an amazingly versatile Mexican P Bass, modded with superb (and cheap!) Entwistle pups and a pup selector switch in place of the blend pot. I have a couple of settings on my Zoom B9.1 for fingers and pick playing with slightly different E.Q settings, too. Get yourself a good, solid Bass sound, don't screw up the groove and the adoring millions (and your bandmates) will love you forever. Possibly.

...am I seeing this right - there's cowhide in the pick-up routing?

Mine is a bit of a giveaway...

If the guy had stopped relicing this a third of the way into the process, this would be a nice instrument. I like basses with character, but this looks more like "fire salvage" than "mojo".