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Our 70s disco band, complete with Saturday Night Fever costumes and Afros got booked to play a Harley Davidson Club night. 1 or 2 of the girls danced. The several hundred men stayed outside in the bar. But hey, they didn‘t trash the place ☺️

If you and the other bass-player get on well and can trust each other it‘s great. It means the band have two worked in bass-players rather than one regular guy and a (potentially) rusty sub.

I daren‘t ask what it‘d cost.

Nice one WoT, sounds like a great experience all round.

Do you learn the material by heart then, or do you write scratch-charts for yourself?

The slot in the nut will probably be cut for the width of a typical B-string. You may find an E-string lying a bit low and vibrating in the slot. I‘m sure someone here can suggest a way to alleviate this if it does happen.

That image is now lodged in my head. Thanks for that....

There was a thread here some time back from someone who was running a youth-club (do we even say that anymore?) looking for stuff. I‘ll try and find it....

This one, despite evidence to the contrary on this “live“ TV appearance... Here, the bassline-proper doesn‘t kick in until about 00:54 Oberheim I think?

Frankly what it needs most is the Klingon cloaking device.

Hi, have you tried looking at the “Deko“ stuff from Thomann? Here‘s one example https://m.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_custom_line_clr_resoba_deko.htm This isn‘t specifically what you‘re after but new stuff, including J and P basses, does come along quite often. They‘re supposedly damaged and not playable but numerous reports on BC say that this is often not the case. Inexpensive and possibly ideal for project stuff. It pays to check regularly.

Welcome Fulkram. The subtlety element gets increasingly fun and intriguing as you go along. What others in a band often don‘t realise is just how much you‘re running the show. As for better basses, these days really usable kit does not have to be expensive, so there‘s plenty to look forward to there too. enjoy the ride, Paul.

Yeah, I think it is.

Cringe? My sphincter felt so tight it threatened to rectally invert me.

Is that, by any chance, the one Marc S sold? If so, “I hate you” (said in a petulant, Kenneth Williams voice). I’m so jealous 😛

Last week I decided to finally put the Labella flat wound strings that I had bought almost 2 years ago on to my Yamaha BB 1200. You can imagine just how gutted I was when the A-string broke as I was putting the strings on. Finding a single replacement string was clearly highly unlikely so this would render the whole set as useless or at least mean that I would have to buy a new set and have three spares. On the off-chance that they might be able to help me I wrote an email to Thomann.I heard nothing back for several days and thought, “oh well tough luck”. Imagine my surprise when, four working days later, I received a single replacement A-string in the post and that during the Christmas rush. Many thanks to those nice people at customer service at thomann. Merry Christmas XXX.

Much as its irks me to say it (bah humbug!) you make a very good point there.

Clearly he is either: a.) the reincarnation of a Mesopatamian king b.) hiding his identity for fear of reprisals (understandable really) c.) just a bit if a bell-end d.) all of the above

Thanks ikay, that is very generous and super useful. I‘ve run band rehearsals where I needed to keep an eye on horn entries or “where‘s that double chorus again?“ and such like while “reading“ myself. A normal chart tends to demand too much of my attention and just wouldn‘t leave room for that extra info. I improvised something similar, but not nearly so clear and concise. Good on yah!

Angeldust guitars http://angeldust-guitars.com/about_me/ This is an interesting concept. As far as I can understand he works in cooperation with other dealers across Europe and beyond. Simplest would be if you were to read his “About me“ in this link. He has an extensive range of vintage and none vintage.

It‘s a struggle but I maple through.