Jean-Luc Pickguard

As far as Denmark Street goes, The bass Cellar make you feel as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit, and last time I went there their policy was to have no prices marked on anything. Vintage & rare usually has some cool stuff. Wunjo have some good stuff and some that look like they came straight out of a US pawnshop and went straight on display - so would probably be OK after a setup/new strings/refret. No real bargains in either though ( Its worth the trip to Camden to check out the gallery. Al & Martin are always welcoming and have great gear - and everything seems to be well set up. Don't worry if the shop looks closed when you get there, just ring the doorbell and you'll be buzzed in.

[url="http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/[/url] should have the bits you need, or something very similar. They have a bridge listed as a "Violin bass tune-a-matic, Eko, chrome" @ £10.00 that might do the job.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='258470' date='Aug 8 2008, 08:18 PM']Ok here's some we do: Do It Again - Steely Dan Up on Cripple Creek - the Band Tumbling Dice - Stones The Weight - the Band Big Yellow Taxi - joni Mitchell Heart of Gold -Neil Young Long Black Veil - the band Waterloo Sunset - kinks Money - pink Floyd Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers The Shape I’m In - the Band We’ve Got To Get Out Of This Place - Animals Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan Six Days on the Road - Taj Mahal Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young Under My Thumb -Stones Stir It Up - Bob Marley Mr Tambourine Man - Byrds I Fought the Law - bobby fuller 4 California Dreaming - mamas & paps Brown Eyed Girl - van the man Take It Easy - eagles Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash It’s All Over Now -Stones Route 66 - Chuck Berry Guitar Man / Whole Lotta Shakin’ - Elvis[/quote] Here are some more we've done and may do again: Big River - Johnny cash Promised Land - Chuck Berry / Elvis The Joker - Steve Miller band Paint It Black - Rolling Stones Key To The Highway - Big Bill broonzy All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan Almost Grown - Chuck Berry Further on up the Road - eric Clapton Get Out of Denver - Bob Seger I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan Knocking On Heaven’s Door - Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan Love in Vain - Robert Johnson Money (That’s What I Want) - Barratt Strong Move it on Over - Hank williams Obviously 5 Believers - Bob Dylan On a Night Like This - Bob dylan Afterglow - Small faces Boom Boom - john lee Hooker Catfish Blues - Robert Petway Cocaine - Eric Clapton Cocaine Blues - johnny Cash Come Together - Beatles Crossroads - Cream Don’t Look Down - Irma thomas For What Its Worth - Buffalo Springfield From Small Things Big Things Come - Bruce Springsteen Get Off My Cloud - Rolling Stones Hard To Handle - Otis Redding I am a Man of Constant Sorrow - O Brother Soundtrack I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better - byrds Itchycoo park - Small Faces Killing Floor - Howling Wolf Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd Leopardskin Pillbox Hat - Bob dylan Lets Work Together - Canned heat New Pony - Bob Dylan Ohio - neil Young Positively 4th Street - bob Dylan Psycho Killer - Talking Heads Rocking In The Free World - neil Young Señor - bob Dylan Shakin’ All Over - Pirates She Belongs To Me - bob dylan Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf Stand by Me - Ben E King Substitute - who Taxman - Beatles Tell Me Momma - bob Dylan The Dark End of the Street - Clarence Carter Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Elvis Wha’cha Gonna Do About It - Small Faces

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Ok here's some we do: Do It Again - Steely Dan Up on Cripple Creek - the Band Tumbling Dice - Stones The Weight - the Band Big Yellow Taxi - joni Mitchell Heart of Gold -Neil Young Long Black Veil - the band Waterloo Sunset - kinks Money - pink Floyd Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers The Shape I’m In - the Band We’ve Got To Get Out Of This Place - Animals Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan Six Days on the Road - Taj Mahal Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young Under My Thumb -Stones Stir It Up - Bob Marley Mr Tambourine Man - Byrds I Fought the Law - bobby fuller 4 California Dreaming - mamas & paps Brown Eyed Girl - van the man Take It Easy - eagles Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash It’s All Over Now -Stones Route 66 - Chuck Berry Guitar Man / Whole Lotta Shakin’ - Elvis

Reminds me of the time I went up to town to buy a bass & came home with nothing but six new pairs of socks.

When people hear must hang sally done by a wedding band they're hearing the band playing a cover of the commitments version, which was a cover of the Wilson Pickett version which was a cover of the Mack Rice original. My band refuses to even try it, but I like it and have never had the chance to play it in public.

I suspect that some of his stock may come directly out of skips round the back of proper music shops.

I use WordPress for all the sites I make now. For the [url="http://www.o5b.co.uk"]obviously 5 believers[/url] site: I used WordPress with various plugins for things like audio players, Gig Listings, Google maps, contact form & paypal payments.

I like the styling. I bet the neck dive would be fixed by moving the front strap button to the neck heel area. Its crying out for a great big mudbucker right up by the end of the fingerboard.

[quote name='Viajero' post='256313' date='Aug 6 2008, 02:32 PM']The Gallery. There is no shop in the country quite as wondrous as that for bass. But their prices can be a bit high.[/quote] Like any other shop, they're open to a bit of haggling and in my experience will price match if they can.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='256668' date='Aug 6 2008, 07:46 PM']Isn't there one in 'Space Oddity' - 'Ground control to Major Tom' etc[/quote] Yep - Also used on pocket calculator by Kraftwerk Reconditioned original ones are available [url="http://www.stylophone.com/"]here[/url]

They had a pile of them in my local zavvi priced at a tenner. I was almost tempted, but I still have my original one from the 70s, which has been personally signed by Rolf with a Rolfaroo on the back.

Definitely a Hondo. A chap brought one round to try out a zoom pedal I was selling. It had action like a longbow. This chap likes his though: [url="http://www.giacopazzi.com/index.php?p=studio"]Some Bloke web site with a Hondo Bass[/url]

I have the stentor 1950 - solid top ply back & sides. A set of thomastik spirocore improved it a lot. It came with the strings set a bit high and I haven't bothered to adjust the bridge. It sounds good with a K&B Big Twin pickup, but I don't use it live as it can't cut through the band as well as my NS eub and feeds back like a bastard when amplified loud. Normans had the best price when I got mine - its currently £463.45 there: [url="http://www.normans.co.uk/Items/Item.aspx?SKU=1950/c&caSKU=1950/c&caTitle=Stentor%20Student%201950/C%20Double%20Bass%20Outfit%20(3/4%20Size)"]Stentor 1950 at Normans.co.uk[/url] I particularly like the sloping shoulders on the Stentor (sorry the pic's a bit big)

600W RMS I wonder how "loud" it goes with an LMII.

Write the keys next to the song names on everyone's copy of the set list.

I've always been a bit disappointed with the autowahs I've tried previously. The wah in my boss gt6b is OK, but nothing special and they synth sounds are good, but I've not been able to get it to track well. I recently bought a Yamaha Magicstomp and the wah in that is very funky and usable - it doesn't do synth sounds though.

I still have one, I think its back in my loft now after I found it a while ago - I think it cost about £50 late 80s/early 90s. It used to live in my 19" midi synth/fx/mixer rack to add punch/eq to synth bass sounds. After I got bored with machine music & got back into playing bass it was very useful for headphone practice it has a stereo line-in for Walkman etc that can be mixed in with the bass. This would be more useful if it could be powered from rechargeable batteries rather than a psu though. The compressor & limiter are on preset on/off buttons, so aren't very flexible, but it was a pretty good piece of kit for its time.

The green limiter/enhancer pedal gets my vote for transparancy, but it doesn't do squishy.

Looks like theres a vista driver for the magicstomp that should work => [url="http://www.global.yamaha.com/download/usb_midi/"]here[/url] <= I'm not going to bother trying to put it on my big vista laptop though as I have grown to hate vista with a passion and my lovely new Advent 4211 (rebadged MSI Wind) Netbook came with XP. It works great on that. If only there was an Ubuntu driver & editing app as I have it dual booting and only use XP for a select few jobs. It would also be nice if it could be used as a sound interface for the PC over usb, but its basically a midi interface acting as a transport for sending the patch data. Regarding the pedal itself, the build quality seems to be good & sturdy, the case is plastic, but it seems to be very chunky and the sockets appear to be much more heavy duty than most other pedals I've used. I'll probably baby it & keep it in the original box, or make a case for it.

When I was in Brum at the weekend I checked out a few music shops including Fair Deal. In the window they had a slightly dusty and unloved looking Magicstomp bass pedal. I tried it, liked it & adopted it for £69.99. I only ever use a bit of compression/limiting & slight distortion, which this seems to do very well, but the other fx are pretty good as well in particular the autowah seems to be a bit better than the few stand-alone pedals I've tried and the feedback busting facility could be useful with double bass. The software to edit patches on a laptop via usb is a good idea. Also the fact that you have access to all the guitar and acoustic patches in the one pedal and some serious reverbs is a bonus. I like the idea of just using this single pedal for gigs rather than separates or my big boss GT6B. Anyone have any experience of the magicstomp? Any tips?

[quote name='Mr Fudge' post='244361' date='Jul 21 2008, 12:14 PM']I change my pants every day and my strings probably every 2 months thats almost 15% if my calculations are right. I am also planning on changing my Gas provider (real Gas) that should get it down to a modest 12.5% if interest rates hold again next month.[/quote] You can usually get another day out of your pants if you turn them inside. ...I'm not sure if this also works for steinberger double-ball strings though

If it just needs new strings & the standard neck, bridge & pickup adjustments you could do the setup yourself and spend the money on beer. There's loads of easy to follow guides around. eg: [url="http://www.fender.com/support/basses.php"]http://www.fender.com/support/basses.php[/url] [url="http://www.garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/setupmanual.html"]http://www.garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassm...etupmanual.html[/url] I owned my USA Precision for 20 years before I had enough courage to turn the truss rod, but I find it usually needs a few tweaks every year when the seasons change. My jazz often needs a bit of a tweak right before a gig to keep playing consistently.