police squad

it doesn't bother me at all, weird isn't it. I've got two Adam Clayton basses (for my U2 tribute) a Slash Les Paul, JMJ mustang and recently added a John Taylor Dingwall to the arsenal. But the Adam Clayton jazz bass looks lovely

what's the problem with the signature on the headstock?

I'd buy the Adam Clayton signature jazz, if I wanted a jazz I did have a Flea jazz and it sounded awesome

I used to think £1500 was expensive In my Police tribute I would take my Bravewood £1500 and maybe the Steinberger £2000. That's £3500 worth of basses in a pub. This was a few years ago I now use a Harley Benton! This year I bought a Harry White 4003 at £1500, which considering a genuine Ric is much more money I don't see it as expensive But I've just paid £2600 for a Dingwall JT4. Now I do consider this purchase expensive, yes it's tax deductable but it won't ever be my main bass, so in terms of income over expenditure it's expensive (but as a life long JT fan, worth every penny) I have guitars that were £2000 new in 2010 and they are worth north of £4000 now but I gigged them for 3-4 years when i bought them and didn't really think about their value. My main U2 tribute basses are 2nd hand, coming in at about £500 each with the relic P bass build coming in at about £250, that's a total of £1250. These basses earn good money. Like all things, expensive is subjective. My £450 1973 P bass that I've gigged since 1990 was cheap at the time (no one wanted a P bass in 1990), I was doing 100 gigs a year then at £30 a gig, £3000 for the year, not bad in 1990 for a pub band

and they made it left handed for him, which was unusual. He also started playing bass in Germany I think, when Stuart left

I've seen her using a Status and a JayDee in the past

As a life long John Taylor fan I simply had to get myself one of these Dingwalls. I don't really do more than one pickup and volume, tone knob. This was b stock from Thomann. It had been used in their photos and has a slight ding on the back An amazing set up, action as low as Ive ever played and the pre-amp is amazing too. If only I had some gigs booked that weren't tribute gigs. Fanned frets. My word, just don't look at them. It does sound quite P bass like on the neck pickup I'll bring the Ampeg into my music room over the christmas break and see how it really sounds

how does it sound thru an amp, neck pickup turned all the way up and bridge pickup turned all the way down?

I paid 600 quid for mine, when I auditioned for The Fizz. Sang live, they edited it and I was very happy It got me my audition I'm thinking about doing one for my Police tribute too but that would be more money as it's a band set up I've lost a bit of weight since that was filmed, crikey

I've recently had 2 violin basses, a contemporary union jack bass and a 1964 bass. both are marvellous instruments but the '64 is just amazing. recently sold the union jack bass but the '64 is going nowhere. It is so easy to play

I've recently rediscovered 'Trouser Flapping' with my V4B 'tis a wonderful thing even with IEMs A mate of mine gigs (in pubs) with an Ampeg SVT 300 and 8x10 It's not just trouser flapping, it's insane looks great and if was was younger I'd be doing it, like I did 35 years ago

those fret ends must be finished like that before installaion, otherwise how could it be done I think I'd be tempted to roll the fingerboard edges too

sad news indeed. hopefully someone will step in and save them

@BigRedX did a version of I believe in father christmass with his old band that is superb, hopefully he'll post a link to it

nice score

makes me laugh every year

I had a WHUFC one. It had its own sound maple body. Massive difference in sound to alder or ash I prefer alder to ash. It's worth a listen.........................but too heavy for me now

yep in my diary too.

IIRC the black one is still the one he has in WHUFC colours now this new black one does have a maple body though, so it should sound right (and weigh the Queen Mary 2 down quite nicely) I sold my hammers one because it was just too heavy for me )

Probably my best ever purchase was the 3 day Crimson guitars course to refret and fret level (and set up but I was already ok with set ups) so good in fact, that I'm going back next year for the 2 week (10 days) build a guitar course My HW 4003 and Ampeg V4B are also up there with very good Haven't really bought anything else (IIRC)

Having been on BC for a while now (and also being a bit older and wiser) I don't understand when someone says something is rubbish or someone is rubbish when they / it aren't. You just don't like it. Is Morrisey a rubbish singer, just because I don't like him (as a singer and as a person)? He does what he does and I do quite like some smiths songs Are all P basses rubbish just because they don't work for you. I don't really like super ornate single cut basses where the top bit goes right down the fingerboard but I'm sure they're very good The food in Wetherspoons. Actually I think it's ok for the money, very good value but it's not gormet and that's not expected at that price point your thoughts please

I've been sacked once and replaced once I knew I was getting sacked (18 years ago now) because the bassist wasn't speaking to me at gigs. We had a rehearsal that turned into a band meeting in the pub (bass player didn't come, he was on holiday, the spinless w@n***) To be honest, I wanted to leave because I thought the bass player was a tw@t anyway and I'm still mates with the other guys. It was a great band, originals, good following, punters always singing along to the originals. I'm ok with it Now as for being replaced............ Underhand at best by the band leader and the singer We needed a new drummer, so the singer gets the drummer from another band he's in Great, I thought but the drummer wanted to bring his bass player with him If the band leader had been honest with me I could have booked other gigs to fill my diary. But he wasn't. He told me after they'd done some low key gigs (which I was asked about by mates, 'how did it go the other night at X?' I've actually met the replacement, by chance, very recently. Nice chap, great player and he apologised, he knew nothing about it. I don't want anything to do with underhand stuff, we're human beings and can be quite sensitive at times Be honest and be fair I would walk on this occasion as I won't be part of this kind of thing

the canadian rock singer?

This Friday I'm appearing with both bands in Southend at Chinnerys The Policed and U2 Tribe Love this venue