Maude

This is another long term band I'm currently in. All acoustic instruments doing wide ranging covers in our own style. Great fun and a total change from the Mod band I'm in. We haven't gigged for about a month now but I'll start this thread with older pics and update with new ones in the future. This was from a gig at The Eden Project, ooh la de daa . Are you ready for your close up? This one is a regular gig at The Blue Anchor, Helston. Brilliant pub and if you're down that way well worth a visit. This is our singer and guitar/mandolinist grabbing a selfie at a private event. We may be acoustic but we get the crowd going And a couple from local pub gigs.

Didn't know this sub group existed This is the Mod/Northern Soul/Ska band that I'm in. Mainly covers but throw in a handful of originals as well. This photo is from our last gig, a private event at HMS Drake in Plymouth two weeks ago. As it's my first post here I'll indulge myself and post a couple of older piccies as well. A superb charity weekend (Rockfest) with around 50 bands over two days. March Of The Mods in Torquay. Wheelers nightclub, Torpoint. And an arty fatty cartooney one Sadly tonight's gig in Exmouth went down the pan as we rang to see if they were OK with the use of a hazer, and after not being able to contact them, did a little digging and found out the venue has shut down. Thanks for letting us know! It would have been a 150 mile round trip to discover they were closed. Nevermind, onwards and and upwards

I bought some confectionary described as mint, every single one had a bloody hole in it!

I'm not familiar with the band or Caleb but have just seen a report on the circumstances. What a terrible thing to happen.

I love my Variax though an X3 Live as I can get pretty much any sound for any situation I could ever need. It plays well and looks amazing, since I reworked it, and it's a one off now. Amp wise I don't really care about my sound as long as I can hear myself. I always go through the PA with a floor monitor. No point taking an amp just for my own pleasure, the sound out front is what matters.

With one band yes, no problem. With the other band, no I couldn't. I play doublebass in that band. Too be fair I could play the set on a Squier but it just wouldn't sound right, especially when sliding.

You don't work for HMRC do you?

See, if he's rectified any issues and given them a set up then it's fair enough to make an honest profit. His answer to your question is an outright lie though and is deceitful, which doesn't sit well with me.

When was after a Yamaha Bex4 it seemed all anyone had bought were the trans orange or blue. I'm so glad I hung on until a tobacco burst one came up for sale. I've seen plenty of blue and orange but you don't see the burst one very often. Isn't it a beaut!

Too true! Good job I've only spent fifty quid on gear so far.

About 20 years ago

I used a BBG5s exclusively for years. It was my only bass, bought from new from Mansons in Plymouth, and I didn't feel I needed anything else. Loved it. I'm back on four strings again now and it's been in its case for years but I can't bring myself to sell it. Mad really.

Oh maybe then. I have the wood one and it's a vinyl wrap.

There is an earlier version with a different input/output side panel. The different coloured fronts are just vinyl covered MDF.

Although you have a hole in the cone, the displaced cone material will still be attached, just pushed out the back, rather than an actual piece punched out, if you see what I mean. Push these pieces back into place with a finger on either side of the cone, hopefully the hole will virtually dissappear. You can then reinforce with the above method.

Whizz all the lacquer off, give it a good rub down with beeswax and mineral oil, stick some little rubber pads on front and chop yer cheese uo on the back. Works best with a slab body.

Have to agree, the band are always great. Slightly OT, but on one episode a couple of weeks ago, between singers the camera slowly panned up a bass guitar on a stand to reveal a Gear4Music logo. Very sly advertising, or was the bassist using it? You decide

One of his 4005's is still for sale at Reverb. At last look they'd knocked four grand off the price and it was down to eight grand. Maybe worth a punt to see if it helps with the tone

My feeling re hanging a bass by the neck is that the force acting on a neck is string tension. If a bass is stood on a stand then the string tension is trying to pull the head towards the body as the body is supported, gravity will also be helping the neck move towards the body, only fractionally but still helping. If the bass is hung then the string tension is trying to pull the body towards the head as the head is supported, gravity will be trying to prevent the heavy body being pulled towards the head, only fractionally again, but still resisting. So with that in mind, surely it's better to hang a bass by the neck, no?

I'm not wasting my time with a shrink when I could be running through the streets with ten mini capes flowing in the breeze behind me.

I've just ordered ten. With a five pound saving on each one I've just saved fifty quid in a matter of minutes. I can now get a 'free' set of flats with the money I've saved, and still have some left over.

I use a Variax and while the 8 and 12 strings are decent approximations, and will do the job in their own way rather than take another bass to a gig, that is all they are, approximations. As is that pedal above. None of these will ever have the sound of real multiple courses, that slight delay between courses, the characteristics you get from actually striking more than one string. This can't be replicated by modulating the sound of a single string.

I'm with The Greek. Although I do rather like the wooden ones on my Bex4. I absolutely can't stand the Gibson/Epiphone speed knobs, the black ones on my Dot (yeah yeah, I needed to slice some cheese) look like cheap toy ones.

Shop - Need any help? Me - Yes, what flatwounds do you stock? Shop - No one uses flatwounds. (Then shows me all the rounds) Me - I wanted flats to see what they'd sound like on my Precision. Shop - They'll sound like stinky poo. I'm more than happy to do all my dealings via the Internet. The Internet always has what I need in stock and is usually delivered before I get the chance to drive the 150 mile round trip to the nearest decent shop. Re missing the shops when they're gone. You don't miss what you haven't got.

Guitar, the player just looks like a c0ck