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[quote name='richieclare' post='347100' date='Dec 6 2008, 11:34 AM']100% Blue and looking forward to January :-) I stupidly live near old trafford though Bring a hat and gloves Deaver cos it's pretty cold at the mo. Visiting any where nice?[/quote] Welcome to Bass chat from a fellow Manc and more importantly a fellow Blue

Iv'e had it once or twice in the past, I usually just ask for their guitar give them a quick rendition of Eruption and Flight of the bumble bee, smile sarcastically and walk away

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='341388' date='Nov 30 2008, 08:44 PM']Spend £2000 on a car and a few years later it's probably worthless. Spend £2000 on a bass and a few years later it's may still be worth £1500 or even more if you wait long enough.[/quote] Problem with that is often boutique Basses are difficult to sell as most people tend to plump for well known names. I mean look at Warwick's, you pay £1100 for one and its worth £450 the week after, what's the point of that? The only names that really seem to hold their price are Fender, Gibson, Rickenbacker and Gretch. The rest are down to finding a buyer who actually wants a particular instrument. You also seem to get trends where certain boutique makes are popular and then 2 years down the line no one wants them

[quote name='Huggy and the Bears' post='332410' date='Nov 19 2008, 04:20 PM']I've ditched all our lights that we collected over time and have got a pair of iColour4's. These are compact, cheap and do anything! Most times we just gig with one of them sat on the floor at the front of the stage - no need for cables, controllers or stands. They are the new garlic bread and ony £130. Trust me, I'm a Doctor![/quote] The only problem find with these is that while they are ok for lighting the band, they give no real visual effect whatsoever. When I go and see a good band I like the lights to be part of the show not just something that lights up the room. You don't really get that without using narrow spots

You just missed this beauty that was on here toward the end of last week. I'm now in possession of it and its mighty indeed, I have never really been a fan of Fender Jazzes but after playing this one I was hooked, and of course it was half what you have to spend Its fitted with SD basslines and 3 band active EQ and an absolutely gorgeous maple board

You can get the [b]Par 56 LED par cans from Thomann for just £23 quid each[/b] or the [b]Par 64 LED cans for 35 quid[/b]. Very cheap indeed and if you buy enough the postage is free too. As for proper par cans, they do throw a lot more light out than the LED versions but they are also less stable and much hotter As stated in previous posts the lamps a bit expensive although not all that bad at £11.50 for 500w Par 64s sealed beam inc vat & and about 7 quid for the par 56s They get very hot and the maintenance is quite high on them and it would cost you about the same amount if not more for one can with a lamp as it would for an LED. Then you have to buy the GELs It depends on the type of gigs you are doing to how many lights you need. We do weddings and big corporate functions a lot so we need quite an extensive rig including effects for the dance floor if there is no DJ booked. In a pub you can get away with 4 par 56s and that is big enough for most small to medium sized pubs.

I bought a few bits from these if its the music outlet shop, they never arrived, everytime I emailed him to ask about them he just said the English posties were thieves and it was tough. In the end I had to get my money back through paypal. He refused to provide proof of postage and just basically told me to F off. the guy is a joker

[quote name='Lemuel Beam' post='328551' date='Nov 13 2008, 06:16 PM']indeed ..but I've heard sh*t versions by wedding/cover bands who don't know how (or can't be bothered) to reproduce the groove properly.. M[/quote] Yeah but to be fair how many garbage versions of Jazz standards have you heard by poor bands too. That doesn't make the original a bad song. And as for hearing it so much that its annoying, the same could be said for a million jazz standards. It doesn't detract from the fact that the original may have been a great piece of music. There are more things to the song than the music, for example Picket was a great vocalist and his voice fitted the song like a glove. I like anything from Chic to Iron Maiden, the style of music doesn't really matter to me. What matters is that to thing is well crafted and well performed.

Great to deal with, lovely family and a really nice guy all round. I'm chuffed to bits with the Jazz, I hope you enjoy the streamer as much as I did. Cheers Paddy