Jean-Luc Pickguard

Don't know why, but this thread reminded me of this

[quote name='pietruszka' post='977363' date='Oct 4 2010, 04:54 PM']Really? I didnt know, Ive seen pics of him playing double bass and he's standing. Oh well, shows what I know!! Dan[/quote] Um... The story was that he couldn't stand or sit for that particular session due to the amount of alcohol/substances consumed prior to being called in. He didn't have a problem standing otherwise

Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin-look-alike contest: [url="http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/chaplin2.asp"]http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/chaplin2.asp[/url]

I love his effortless way of playing - he's hardly moving at all on that video

Aren't those picture frames things for people who can't play to display an instrument which cost a lot of money and is for looking at not playing?

Brandoni probably might a neck to fit [url="http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/necks.asp"]http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/necks.asp[/url] give 'em a shout

O5B once did a gig where we did the first set as a three piece. The singer did the usual 'introduce the members of the band' bit & introduced me & the drummer, then ten indicating the empty space normally occupied by the second guitarist said "The other member of the band would have been the Late Nick Guitarist" then a pause followed by "He's not dead, just running a bit late late"

Willie Weeks played bass on 'its only Rock n Roll' - kind of obvious it isn't Bill as that song has a proper bassline rather than a typical Wyman rumbly mumble.

Not sure where I heard this, but I recall hearing a tip to use a soldering iron to heatup each fret & it should come out cleaner - or is this BS anyone?

Most double bass pickups are based on piezos as well as the pickup in my ashborys. Also of course acoustic bass guitars and things like godin & rob allen basses which look acoustic, but are more like solid bodies. I made a cheap & cheerful banjo pickup for Pete, o5b's guitarist using a lid from a colman's mustard jar, a cheapo piezo disk element from Maplins, double sided car-trim tape, a chunk of mousemat, a few inches of mic cable and an inline 1/4" jack. It also Sounded Pretty good mounted on my precision when I tried it out at home. Here a live recording of it on it's first tryout - click the MP3 thingy: [url="http://www.o5b.co.uk/petes-banjo/"]http://www.o5b.co.uk/petes-banjo/[/url] I was pretty chuffed that it sounded OK and didn't feedback - I don't think we even used a preamp - it went straight into the guitar amp if I recall correctly.

Its been so long since I've bought anything bass-related, that I have no idea what it would have been.

I came out after playing a multi-band charity gig at the Grove in South Wimbledon on a Sunday evening to find my car had been broken into. A bass rig for all bands to use was setup onstage before I got there and no storage area in the venue meant I had to reluctantly leave my Ashdown rig in the car. I originally though I'd lost my rig but it was still in the car. There are still scratch marks around the CD player though where the daft b'stards tried to nick it - why anyone would want that old piece of junk is beyond me but they didn't get it as its bolted in from the back. Blummin' nuisance to get the glass cleaned up & replaced.

I prefer guitar amps raised as the bass frequencies often can mush into the bass region otherwise - especially with humbucker guitars. Anywhere you play is likely to have beercrates and failing that a spare chair/stool which do a perfectly good job though. One more thing to carry - no thanks. Saying that, an idea I had once (which I didn't do anything about as I though it was a daft idea on reflection) was for a gear box to hold cables, mics, pedals / bits & bobs about the same size as a speaker cab and styled to look like one in tolex with a fabric panel to suggest a speaker/baffle. Even though this is a daft idea, some guitarists would probably love this as it could. [list=1] [*]raise their amp up [*]Give a home to loads of bits & bobs they probably carry around in asda 'bags for life' [*]look like they have a bigger rig (& therefore a bigger c**k) [/list]

My '81 Precision has a few bits of birdseye in the neck, but nowhere near as much as that. Does it disprove the myth (at least I think its a myth) that birdseye necks are less stable? Before this, the nicest 'bonus' figuring on a standard model guitar/bass I've seen is on the neck of my mid-80s casio midi guitar which is much like a MIJ fender strat but has an extraordinary amount & depth of flame in the neck.

Mr Fagina

Precision in the traditional place with a passive tone/volume.

[quote name='bluesparky' post='965958' date='Sep 23 2010, 06:51 PM']...literally a bed sheet with the band's name written on it with a sharpie minutes before the went on stage.[/quote] Yep - been there done that when I was much younger! My mum wasn't happy - I didn't think she'd miss a sheet. Last one I did I used a dustsheet from B&Q & carpaint, but the ebay link above looks worth a look 6" x 2" for under £30 - bargain.

[quote name='bumnote' post='965256' date='Sep 23 2010, 08:37 AM']is it the dressing up that bothers you.[/quote] Surely that's the best bit?

[quote name='Johnston' post='964882' date='Sep 22 2010, 08:21 PM']Don't have them problems with tab. 4th fret on the A is always 4th fret on the A. [/quote] Which string's the A again ?

He only THINKS he plays through all that gear. The soundman really takes a DI straight from the bass into the desk where its processed via a £100 multiFX pedal. Of course the tech couldn't say that on the video or Chris W would find out.

If there is a difference between being in a tribute band or backing a tribute singer, no one cares. Playing originals in a pub to the staff, four punters and a dog but with your credibility intact is much better.

[quote name='Beedster' post='963881' date='Sep 21 2010, 10:25 PM']Badass bridges, good on Jazzes, crap on Precisions. Simples [/quote] That has been my experience - The precision with a BBOT has a punch to the attack which seems to get lost with a high mass bridge. I prefer the jazz with a badass II don't know why though maybe there less low end punch in the attack to start with. That could be bullhsit though

I before you ditch the EMG hook it up to 18v by using 2 batteries. I was going to get rid of mine as I though it was a bit characterless, but it sounds huge with this simple upgrade. The batteries last ages as well so its not as if you're always going to be changing them. The easiest way to get 2 9v batteries to supply 18v (as long as they actually fit in the space available) is to buy three 9v battery clips from maplin & solder them together like this: from: [url="http://home.comcast.net/~mgollihur/emgmod.html"]http://home.comcast.net/~mgollihur/emgmod.html[/url]