SICbass

...or this http://youtu.be/QQCSg8p8bbM

I like this guys openness to try out something new. http://youtu.be/ZbCMUCnL-IY

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1481118495' post='3189839'] (As an aside though my attitude to Panto is a pound earned doing that gig is the same as a pound earned playing jazz or a session or whatever and deserves as much attention. Buys my Christmas presents for another year.) [/quote] I work abroad where they don't have the Panto tradition and I'd love to do one. Panto rocks!

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1481066837' post='3189519'] He gives good bassface [/quote] Frankly he scares the bajeezus out of me.

Maybe try posting in the Items Wanted section here. Maybe someone's got one they didn't choose to use?

[quote name='Grassie' timestamp='1480936773' post='3188127'] Anyone know if replacement pickguards are available for the Sire MM V7 jazz bass? Fancy replacing my tort with a black one. Fanx [/quote] Not sure, but I do know that when I needed a replacement pot for my V7, all they could do was replace the whole control plate (including all pots) taken from another bass as they didn't have any spares/replacements. This was last Feb, so that may have changed by now. Good luck.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1480961065' post='3188457'] Let me just say that not all of you can be me... I'm sorry but thanks for the sentiment. [/quote] Yeah, but you're bound to say that now aren't you?.....all of you. 'sa dead giveaway innit?

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1480868343' post='3187664'] No i plugged bass straight into the monitor via 1/4 inch jack. I'm an idiot. [/quote] With the best will in the world, I find it hard to dispute that 😜😘

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1480849995' post='3187483'] Indeed. Although, it doesn't really say much about the Musicians who congregate around them on a gig. [/quote] Oh very gooood. Chapeau Sir!

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1480797554' post='3187255'] I think that drums are the main idiot magnets. [/quote] Let's hope Dad isn't reading this

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1480733005' post='3186829'] Of course, sometimes there is no room for doubt.. http://youtu.be/XAJ62IG3gBo [/quote] Oh my giddy aunt!

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1480614248' post='3185897'] Sorry, I thought the problem was obvious, it could knock my bass out of tune, of course [/quote] [slaps forehead] aaah, of course. A foolish oversight on my part.

That reply is just plain rude. He could, with little effort, politely decline without the rant. If I'm about to invest three and a half grand, I don't think it's too much to ask to see both sides of an instrument I'm considering buying.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1480585761' post='3185570'] Anything more ambitious and I ............whack the guitarist round the head with my bass. [/quote] I'm sorry...and the problem is?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1480585641' post='3185566'] . . . . I did tap my right foot once. [/quote] We need to see the proof!

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1480180911' post='3182342'] Cricket box. [/quote] Thankyou. That gave me a proper belly-laugh.

Oh that is so on the money guys.....guys?guyyys?hello!

I haven't heard about this, but it's certainly piqued my interest. Love SRV, can't abide the Shakin' Stevens stuff of my youth. I'll have to try and youtube that.

I stretch new strings a lot, by pulling on them several times along their length, when I put them on. I also press down just before the bridge. Maybe it's only psychological on my part, but I hardly have to re-tune after that. I change strings every 4-6 weeks, depending on how busy I am and I generally put on the new strings directly before a gig. It would be very unwise of me not to stretch them before going under stage-lighting and those kinds of temperetaure changes.

[quote name='CrackerJackLee' timestamp='1479677895' post='3178429'] Bob Babbitt spoke a lot on this subject. It's a rats nest. Slutsky slanted his entire thesis against Carol Kaye to create controversy to sell his book.. and maligned her until a bunch of MT headed rumor parrots picked up the Slutsky Torch and tried to illuminate the bass world with their new-found cache of net guana... and then start threads to weave a web of lowdown delusion. Due Diligence, EZ... Research what Babbitt experienced about the music biz... [url="http://bobbabbitt.com/Bob_Babbitts_Site/Whos_Playing_Bass.html"]http://bobbabbitt.co...aying_Bass.html[/url] ... [/quote] That was a really interesting article. Thanks for posting.

Plantation Lullabies is also an excellent album

Some P-bass (if the video is to be believed) action here on Cars and Girls. One of those tunes that has such lovely bass movement in relation to the melody. http://youtu.be/jEJdfDD4dVg

That is sad news indeed. RIP. http://youtu.be/T5fHpC4Wux8

Aaaaah, this feels like unexpectedly running into an old friend. Welcome back this thread!

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1479124316' post='3174059'] Not if your technique is good enough. [/quote] That's me knackered then 😘