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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?

I saw a cheaper one on Gumtree.

Bought a dropdeadgorgeous Precision off the equally lovely Pete. He put up with numerous shenanigans and was as easy to deal with as an incredibly easy to deal with person. Buy and sell with confidence.

Lovely performance all round. Great to see a Drummer rocking the incredibly stylish "Dungarees and Tie" look....

The Bass line to "This Charming man" always makes me think of Bach. No, seriously.... (and no, not Sebastian.....)

Not an instrument shop, but Cambridge boasts an excellent branch of Fopp records. Bargains abound.

What's the best crate for metal?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1360010582' post='1963589'] Ah yes, that's the bit of foam isn't it..? I don't know about laboratory conditions. I just turned over the crate and stuck my amp and cab on top. No change since that happened at 10:49 this morning. I may need to try a more practical experiment in the field. That is, at a gig - with a load of arseholes milling around like drunken skittles and bumping into things. [/quote] ...it's a glamorous life we lead, isn't it?

I come for the Bass related information. I stay for the cut and thrust of intellectual discourse. ...but seriously, those things are well useful. I hope the experiment is taking place under laboratory conditions...?

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1359991620' post='1963088'] The singer/guitarist then proceeded to turn up with his new pedal board in a bin bag? [/quote] I wouldn't have minded him bringing the thing in a My Little Pony lunchbox as long as it cut his faffaround time to single figures....

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1359987525' post='1962980'] My old bassist always carried his leads, fx etc around in a plastic carrier bag. Used to make the drummer soooo mad 'I see you've got your little carrier bag with you. Get yourself a f***in rucksack. Loser!' is what he would say from time to time. [/quote] My old singer/guitarist used to do that. He would then go through all the mathematically possible permutations of assembling his three pedals in a working order. This could take 30 minutes. It got so bad, at the end of one rehearsal, I grabbed his plastic bag (or "the flightcase" as we dubbed it) told him I was making him a board for him and he could have them back nect week. One piece of MDF, a few cable clips, half an hours work and three cable ties later -problem sorted. I have a Hiscox case which houses my lovely Mexi Jazz bass, old spare strings, a crappy 'emergency' lead and pen and paper. My strap stays on. In my effects flight case (slightly bigger than one of those Maplins photograpy cases) are my FX , 'decent' leads and my power cable. Always be ready to boogie, that's my motto.

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