rushbo

"My other Guitar is a Bass" "Bassists do it lower" "Guitarists are failed Bassists" "Honk if you can spell Pastorius"

This is good. Seems even handed and very fair. Now, if only BassChat were to make some stickers.....

....Just to be on the safe side, I'm posting this everywhere... The Bass Baton will be at The New Talbot in West Bromwich on Saturday March 9th - my band are called Heartbreaker and we're a Paul Rodgers tribute, so if you like Classic Rawk, come on over. It would be lovely (and slightly intimidating for a Bassist...) to see a few of you there. Rushbo Here's a lovely poster with some more details... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/uploads/monthly_03_2013/post-21673-0-58067800-1362422146.ipb"][/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/uploads/monthly_03_2013/post-21673-0-58067800-1362422146.ipb"]monthly_03_2013/post-21673-0-58067800-1362422146.ipb[/url] [b][size="2"][color="#777777"](446.15K)[/color][/size][/b]

....Just to be on the safe side, I'm posting this everywhere... The Bass Baton will be at The New Talbot in West Bromwich on Saturday March 9th - my band are called Heartbreaker and we're a Paul Rodgers tribute, so if you like Classic Rawk, come on over. It would be lovely (and slightly intimidating for a Bassist...) to see a few of you there. Rushbo Here's a lovely poster with some more details... [attachment=129087:heartbreaker poster.1.pdf]

Erm....I'm pretty sure its Saturday the 9th, unless I'm very mistaken...which I am a lot of the time. If Yoricks real name is Nigel, then he's da man.I remember that their outgoing Bassist placed the ad on here, which I thought was rather sweet.

Heyhey...my gig is in sunny West Bromwich on Saturday, March 9.Its with Heartbreaker, who are a Paul Rodgers tribute, so if classic rawk is yer thing, come on over. We're playing at The New Talbot. It would be lovely to see a Basschatter or two there. Rest assured, ill be spamming the site mercilessly between now and the gig...

Well here's my pre-decimal tuppenceworth: I went on Saturday and had a great time. From comments on previous events, I was expecting it to sound like an explosion in a spoon factory, but it wasn't bad at all. Far worse was the rumbling from the TC Electronics stand which made my fillings vibrate on a number of occasions. You need to bear in mind that I am a Music Teacher and routinely spend time in a class full of students all banging away on whatever they can get their hands on, so maybe I'm just desensitised. The masterclasses and shows were ace. I enjoyed Dave Ellefson's way more than I thought I would. The thought of him playing on a Sunday morning at his local church is an image which will sustain me for days. Jah Wobble was great even though his Bass sounded a bit farty every time he played an 'A'... Lee Rocker err, 'Rocked'. I missed Nate Watts due to lack of foresight on the transport front and had to get a train back to Brum. Please tell me he was terrible... I came away with The Baton - the hard case came in useful when I had to fight my way onto the 17.50 to Watford Junction. For a small fee or donation to BassChat, I will corroborate any stories along the lines of 'No Darling, THIS is that Bass which is going around the country and I haven't spent the children’s trust fund/mortgage/wedding and honeymoon savings on another Bass'. Yes, I am a prince. Well worth the trip and it was lovely to see BassChat in person (sort of).

[quote name='WhoNeedsYou' timestamp='1362016188' post='1994659'] Quick update, just found out tonight I didn't get it. They haven't actually told me yet, but they've just announced the new member on Facebook. Nice. Anyone want to by a behringer rig & 2 sh*t basses? [/quote] THIS is the mark of a grade A, 100%, gold plated, 24 carat, fully paid up, lifetime guaranteed, all singing, all dancing, as seen on TV, ABTA bonded, satisfaction or your money back, buy one, get one free bunch of Olympic Standard Toss Pots. Keep your basses. Practice like a mofo Get Pastorius level good Form a band Get Olympic Standard Toss Pots to support you Crush them like the bugs they are Remain smiling and humble at all times Watch them squirm like apprehended teenage shoplifters.

These are great little instruments, but they tale a lot of navigation due to the teeny-tiny neck. I love mine, but I think you'd be better off learning on a full scale instrument. You'll also save a fortune on talcum powder as if you don't liberally sprinkle that stuff on hands, your fingers will stick to the strings!

Train tickets organised, event ticket printed off and credit card shredded, burned and buried. I pronounce myself ready to go...

Prog Rock Karaoke Nite featuring Tom Waits.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1360924023' post='1978320'] Is this one of the early models where the guys in the factory were washing their hands with bars of soap, or one of the later models where they'd moved to liquid soap? [/quote] Which soap is best for metal?

The fact that this exists and there's a fitted case for it, makes me happy.

Love mine! Got 'em my 89 Jap Precision and my mid 90's Mexi Jazz. Great, thumpy Bassnoise. I did have an issue tho' - but I love a story with a happy ending.... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/198450-great-customer-service-sounds-live-and-fender/page__hl__fender+flatwounds__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url]

Sold Craig a Pick-Up cover which he paid for in almost indecent haste. Great comms and a straight up guy to deal with - buy and sell with confidence.

This thread is both disturbing and confusing.

When geeks meet geeks its a beautiful thing. I always have a crafty peep especially is tghe noise coming off the Bass is a. amazing or b. utter bobbins. The last band I was in, I doubled up on EUB (one of those rather nice, cheapo Stagg jobs) and Mandolin. I could understand the occasional bemused look by punters at the Bass, but often people would stare at the Mando as if they'd caught sight of Lord Lucan riding Shergar.

Do it.

Relisted due to tim waster

Ah memories....here's my Jaydee story. About 1988, I found myself in a band with two of John Diggins' sons - a very useful guitarist and drummer. We used to rehearse at his workshop in Brum after hours - a bench got moved to the side and a PA flung up and off we went. This meant we practically had the run of the place and I had a number of delicious Jaydees to twang on. My favourite was a Supernatural which apparently was a "second" - the bridge was slightly askew if I remember correctly. I saw some amazing stuff - instruments belonging to Tony Iommi, Dave Hill and of course, Mark King. One of Mr Level 42s basses was in for a post tour service and I was very impressed that thanks to his powerful slappage, he had managed to wear grooves in the pick up covers. That and the fact that they weighed A TON raises Mr King in my estimation. I got to have a good ol' prowl around the facility and see some beautiful instruments being made, including the legendary Jaco Jaydee. I even had a chat with the Bassie from Cutting Crew (remember them...?) when he picked up his instrument after a service. What a nice man. I only managed one gig with the Diggins boys - I was sacked because the singer didn't like me. Hey ho. Ironically, I used the Supernatural at the show with my custard yellow BC Rich as the back-up. The BC Rich had a case. The Supernatural didn't. I remember having a post gig curry with the Jaydee leaning against the table, caseless, with numerous waiters nearly falling over it. Then, slightly tipsy, I wandered through Brum with it over my shoulder as if it was a hobos backpack. Even though I'm a Fender man nowerdays, if I had the cash, I'd grab one of these beauties in a hot minute. I wonder what happened to that shop soiled Supernatural?