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Does anyone here own or play a Fodera bass? I always thought that they just way overpriced but I played one at a jam night a couple of nights ago and I'm converted - totally rigid necks with a superb action and generally great to play with the most powerful (and best) active electronics I've ever heard on a bass! Still don't think that I would pay £4K for one, but I'm beginning to understand why someone might!

[quote name='silddx' post='727965' date='Jan 28 2010, 06:58 PM']None of us is "sensitive little flowers or easily offended" mate. Some of the chat that goes on in some of my bands would probably make [u][i]you [/i][/u]wince or puke. The point is if you want to talk about sex, you can do it without sounding like On The f***ing Buses. Circulating titillating pictures of women with decent cleavage on a bass forum [u][b]without a sense of irony[/b][/u] is about as 14 years old in the 1970s as I can think of. It's also interesting to note that those who say their MILF, FILF, BILF, etc. threads display a great sense of humour appear to lose that sense of humour at the first sign of criticism. To be perfectly honest, you and BlameLouis come across like you grew up in a Catholic Convent. Stop just talking about [b]it [/b]and bloody do [b]it[/b], and do [b]it [/b]well, or she'll leave you like the last one did.[/quote] To be honest that does sound a little like a personal attack, but like Louis, I forgive you. It’s just the way that we were brought up. I actually agree with you about some of the ‘humour’ about sex sounding like that a 14 year old boy, but my point was that the reaction to PeteAcademy was heavy handed and that the thread was no where near offensive enough to warrant that. Sorry about, the delay in replying – no computer for a few days!

[quote name='oldslapper' post='727232' date='Jan 28 2010, 08:21 AM']What?? So I'm likely to get kicked out of 2 bands I play in because I don't make comments to the female singers about the size of their t**ts, because that's what a proper musician does?? Next time I get a session playing for a female artsist I'll remember that because I'm a musician I must get a Bernard Manning joke book out and be sure to tell a few. Glad I'm not "most musicians" mate, otherwise I might as well go back to scaffolding.......where no one cared if you didn't read the sun actually. As for the site not having good debate, what this.....?? Personally, I like this site, it's a good community and pretty well managed. There are plenty of other sites that sell gear, and plenty of forums that offer technical advice pertaining to specific manufacturers.... Anyway rant and brain fart over...but I just hate being told that I have to conform.....[/quote] WTF - the point that I was trying to make is that most musicians tend not to be sensitive little flowers or easily offended - not that you have to turn into Bernard Manning to be in a band! Strangely enough this does not seem to be an issue with the female singer in one of my bands and any risque humour is just as likely to come from her as anyone other band member..... The fema

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='727102' date='Jan 27 2010, 11:31 PM']Good point. I think the written word is much misconstrued. I was just trying to convey my (often wicked) sense of humour, but it was totally misunderstood.[/quote] I understand it alright - can't see why there was a problem in the first place! Anyway, everyone seems to have kissed & made up so no harm, eh.....

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='727068' date='Jan 27 2010, 11:07 PM']OK, I was trying to make a point. Personally, I think the MILF deletion was a bit OTT. IMO. The BILF thread was a complete and utter pisstake. It's my sense of humour. OK?[/quote] Nothing wrong with your sense of humour mate (or Sarah’s or Rich’s), it’s just that there are too many here who are just too PC for words. How they ever manage to hack it in a band, I have no idea! I think that you have to accept Basschat for what it is – a great place to find & sell gear or to get info and technical advice (if you can distinguish between those who know what they’re talking about and those who really don’t), but not necessarily a great place for debate or what you’ve come to recognise as the knockabout humour that you tend to associate with most musicians……

[quote name='Hot Tub' post='725609' date='Jan 26 2010, 07:19 PM']Is my CMD103H gonna be "big" enough for a small pub? It'll be up against one electric guitar, one acoustic guitar, drums, and a singer. The band isn't "deafening" loud, but you have to shout a bit to hold a conversation. Subjective I know, but what do you think? [/quote] yea - it will be fine I've got one and it's louder than you would imagine - seems to have just as much volune as my mesa mpulse & two 4x10s

Except he is isn't actually (hardly) slapping! More a feat of memory than particularly difficult if you are going to play Flea's part note for note.... [url="http://www.bassmasta.net/a/alanis_morissette/133456.html"]http://www.bassmasta.net/a/alanis_morissette/133456.html[/url]

[quote name='silddx' post='718204' date='Jan 19 2010, 06:33 PM']Not sparkle green is it?[/quote] Yep, that's the one on ebay that everyone seems to have seen! Can anyone have an educated guess what he has used to spray it?

I've been offered a Lakland 44-02 for, what must be said, a very low price However, there is a reason that it's so cheap - the owner has re-sprayed it and made a complete dog's breakfast of it, not just on the body of the bass but also the pick up covers! I'm guessing that he has just sprayed over the original finish, but as I haven't actually seen it so I'm not sure. I am a bit tempted but don't think that I could live with it in it's present state - any ideas for restoring it to it's former glories??

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='692796' date='Dec 24 2009, 09:22 AM']Its a small world you live in, Danny - I can pretty much say, unequivocally, that the percetnage of the musicians I regularly play with that will have owned or heard BSSM is tiny.[/quote] TBH - I think that illustrates how small your musical world is rather than the other way around

What are they like and are they worth the money?

I think that RHCP did have the right place / right time thing going on after the other bands had helped to create a market! Also, RHCP had a hit album / single with BSSM & 'Under The Bridge' and followed it with a great album chock full of hits (Californication). Living Color had a hit with 'Love Rears It's Ugly Head' and followed it with a 'challenging' album with no hits (and wasn't very good) and so missed their chance to go to the next level......

Does anyone know where I can get a decent replacement pickguard for my 70s Precision and how much it would be likely to cost?

[quote name='Sibob' post='677045' date='Dec 7 2009, 07:27 PM']James Crofts (Shuker Endorsee last I checked) used to play for Bon Giovi. They've done loads of Euro tours and big gigs in the UK etc. Not sure if he's on here, met him a while ago, but didn't stay in contact! Si[/quote] He still was last summer - was speaking to him after they played the Farmyard Party (big bike rally)! Nice guy and a really good band.......

I've got a 70s P that I fitted with an EMG many years ago - as everyone so far has said, a quality upgrade

[quote name='bassman2790' post='674706' date='Dec 5 2009, 07:17 AM']How do you get a gig doing Pantomimes / theatre?[/quote] you just gotta be in the wrong place at the wrong time...........

Could be worse – I play in what is basically a very loud heavy rock covers band (with a bit of nonsense thrown in) and we were asked to play at quite a large corporate gig. We tried explaining that we were the wrong type of band but they said that they wanted something different and offered us a fair amount of money, so we did it. After we won them over (by getting a few of the audience up to jam Hendrix tunes, etc) we ended up storming it and getting booked for several more! As a result we got to play a few interesting gigs (including the Café Royale, the Hilton and the Belfry among others), had a few good nights and made a few quid I would just go for it and let then worry about it not working out. If it goes well you’ve had a good night / been paid more than normal and if it doesn’t, you haven’t lost anything and it’s their fault for booking the wrong band!

The Fender Precision is undoubtedly a design classic and is THE reference electric bass sound to which all others are compared (I always think of the intro to Money from Dark Side Of The Moon as the definitive P bass sound) much beloved by record producers, guitarists and apparently many bassists who just think that is what a bass guitar should sound like! I’ve owned a few in my time and indeed still have one, thru I’ve only gigged it once over the past 12 years or so However the do have faults that many here seem to celebrate for some reason: crap bridge that needs replacing, missing fret, poor access to upper register and not to mention those ridiculous ash tray things that get in the way of your right hand and make changing a string a major chore! For some strange reason there are still some people who insist on keeping these – why??

Great looking bass!

I think that the problem is that the bass doesn't particularly lend itself to solo playing, so when bass players find themselves playing unaccompanied (especially when their peers are looking on) they tend to trot out their best slapping show piece (or tapping or whatever). I don’t of course, but if I could slap better I’m sure that I would! You can’t help but think that a lot of people here do not have a great deal of confidence in their own playing and have a massive chip on their shoulders about others ‘showing off’ – get over it boys………