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I've never seen a vintage Kustom tuck & roll head with matching cab for sale here. Some them look so cool - especially in blue sparkle 😁

I once had to strip to my underwear behind a curtain with about 5 people the other side but that's as close as I've got. It was a charity show based on a Stars in Their Eyes theme. I had to walk on stage wearing Emma Bunton's clothes and say I was going to perform as her. I then had to go behind the curtain to get ready for my performance. Emma was waiting for me there wearing some of my clothes and we both had to strip quickly and swap clothes. She was lovely and great fun to work with - plus she got to see me in my boxers which I'm sure was a great thrill for her . . . 😂

Sounds like that's generated by a browser 'helper' toolbar rather than anything to do with BC. Maybe check your plugins to see if there's anything strange in there.

That should keep you busy for a few hours 😉

How about Superstition and Play That Funky Music White Boy? Are these on the BC massive blacklist?

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1495795022' post='3306646'] Yes, alright. It was me. A girl got up to do some singing, had a nice soulful kind of voice and had called out Chain Of Fools. To me it was a natural progression to move on to Mustang. In my defence, it was the ONLY time the whole night that any of the few punters present got up to dance. I've always said that on the rare occasions i play it I always enjoy doing it and last night was no exeption. Rather that than another rendition of Stormy Monday etc. The day I'm ashamed of trying to get a bit of atmos going and entertain folks is probaby the day I hang up the bass for good. [/quote] Sounds like a good choice. It always kills me when people here on BC complain about songs that people in an everyday audience actually like enough to sing along to and get up and dance. Maybe we should all play really obscure jazz that people hate so we can go off and smirk at how much cleverer and musically hip we are. Of course, our audience would end up being just us playing to/with ourselves . . . 😂

Grosvenor House, Park Lane. Paid lots of money but we had to be there stupidly early, they treated us like sh*t, the house sound man barely spoke to us and had no interest in how we were hearing us on stage (we were the only band so it's not like we were support), the 'food' provided consisted of tiny stale sandwiches even though there were loads of uneaten main courses from the event, the pre-show ran over massively, the post show disco went on for ages and then we had to wait for the very last person to stagger out before we could start breaking down any of our gear. It really, really wasn't worth the money and we all said we wouldn't do another Park Lane hotel

Quite a lot of Lakland basses seem to have the John East Pre fitted. It's not my personal favourite but it does seem a popular mod for these.

Have to be very careful with heavily chambered bodies. Especially on 5's. they can be really neck heavy and dive the floor as soon as you strap them on

We never had a 212 in the shop but sold a few 112 and 210 versions. I really liked them personally but the weight was too much for my poor old back Lots of low end and punchier than the new versions whilst still retaining that great Bergantino tone Build quality is, of course, exemplary!

Be sure to check warranties are valid on all the sale stuff. Especially the heads. . .

I gigged with an AE210 for quite a while. They really are so well built and survive knocks without a mark (unlike a lot of other brands out there). How they achieve this level of build quality but at such light weights is beyond me! That rear porting can cause some issues in tight spaces but I found a Gramma pad often helped on a wooden floor. I only sold mine to get a CN series which is another 25% lighter. Doesn't quite have the same depth as the AE but the lighter weight, and front porting, made the difference worthwhile for me. Pairs really well with a nice valve pre like my Jule and Demeter heads.

Which Berg did you get Mark? Have you gigged it yet? I always find Bergs to be one of those manufacturers that really come alive in a gigging band situation (as opposed to sounding great solo'd in a shop or at home). Some of the older ones can be a bit picky on stage positioning - mostly the rear ported ones. Jim Bergantino listened to user opinions and moved ports to the front on most of the newer models. This doesn't mean the rear ported ones are bad, you just have to think about more about where you angle them to any rear walls. Sorry to anyone else reading this - I know it's off topic to the main thread here.

I must admit that I really don't 'get' most solo bass playing. So much of it seems to be technique for the sake of it and duller than dull to listen to. There seems to be an increasing number of videos appearing of guys playing solo stuff that just lacks any feel / groove / emotion etc. I remember seeing Victor Bailey once who was discussing the rise of the bass player who never played with any other musicians. He was pretty damning of the way they had developed and the 'music' they were playing and how potentially limiting it was for them in terms of musical development. Of course, this is just my view as someone who loves to play with other musicians far more than 'playing with myself' (an analogy Victor B also used - but in a more graphic way, lol). If people are happy playing technical solo stuff then that's great for them and I'm sure there are some people out there that want to watch it on YouTube and maybe even listen to solo bass albums - just bores me to tears I'm afraid

Change of UK distributor I think. Knocking out all their old stock at cheap prices to clear the shelves.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1494936295' post='3299709'] Depends what you want...we have Andy Needham, D'addarioUK, as a member here who can offer lots of great advice if you're not sure. [/quote]. I agree - Price can vary a lot from brand to brand so it would help if you name the brand and string gauge/type

If in doubt then I'd always stick the compressor at the front (after the tuner).

We always, always have every instrument in the foh mix. Levels obviously vary from room to room but our start point is always to try & provide a balanced mix. Some of this is a 'necessity' because our drummer has a Roland electronic kit. This in itself is a huge advantage for smaller venues because we can 'turn the drummer down', lol. I'm aware that at some venues a lot of the bass tone being heard out front is from my cab but we will eq for certain frequencies and add more foh where required. This allows me to set my on-stage volume at a very similar level for every gig so I'm not screwing around with settings all the time. I think I'd miss the 'physical' volume from a cab onstage but I'm certainly not averse to the idea of going completely in-ear at some stage.

I saw a pro pedal board recently (can't remember who it was now though) who had both a tuner and a compressor at both the start and end of his signal chain! Each compressor and tuner were different brands. Apparently he liked to swap the compressor position depending on the song and other effects used. Not entirely sure why there were two tuners as well - at first I thought maybe he wanted to retune if using particularly heavy tone shaping, like an octaver, but that seems a bit excessive so maybe it's just paranoia in case one failed, lol

Bass Collection Portrait is a decent bass. I hardly ever play fretless but I also wanted something just to noodle around on and chose one of these.

I really must dig my '63J out more often. It has a nice pale seafoam green finish and a gorgeous tort guard. Don't think I've played it this year