Roger2611

I took a big fat Gretsch 6210 on holiday to Cornwall with me a few years back as the day we came back I was booked to play a festival in front of 6000 people, so I wanted to just run through the songs whilst away, Mrs2611 took some lovely photos of me sitting in the sunshine on the veranda of our chalet strumming away, it gave Mrs2611 time to do her writing so we were both happy. Take the bass with you, there's bound to be a little down time available where you can put in a bit of practice whilst she drinks Pina Colada's?

Based purely on aesthetics I prefer the maple board bass, to me it just looks more expensive than the sunburst bass IMHO

The ultimate short scale!

My trouble is that I would have ordered one and by the time it arrived I would have traded the amp head, sold the bass, changed to a different stomp box and the new stuff would not fit... That's GAS for you! The case looks great BTW

On the other side I put an East pre-amp into a Sterling Ray34 and was unimpressed with it, probably better than the original but not the improvement I hoped it would be! Surely a good pre-amp will happily cope with with all styles of playing? I put a Glockenlang into my Bass Collection 802 and it sounds ace, however the original didn't work at all so anything was going to be an improvement!

It's funny, I was talking to friend of mine this morning who had just come back from the Coventry gig, it was the first time she had seen them despite being a fan as a kid, she was waxing lyrical about the whole experience!

I had messaged him much the same as others, but couldn't remember what the brand was, Musima is not a name I recall but I remember having a cheapy copy with the big wheel truss rod adjuster.

I found it on Ebay and emailed the guy pretty much exactly what Bassislife 16 said, he came back to me with much the same as above to which I replied £200 tops! Boy, we are good on here!

On first glance the sunburst finish on the body looks correct for a genuine Fender finish of that era, looking at the guys description and feedback he looks like he knows what he is doing and reading through the spec for the rest of the bass it is probably a decent price, I am not sure he will get that for, what is, a bitsa bass but I bet it makes a really nice instrument.

Theatre of Hate on May 18th Chameleons Vox on May 22nd Stiff Little Fingers tonight in Leamington.........I have been a good boy!!

The Napalm Death collaborative album with George Michael had it's place in history but made for difficult listening especially as George did the music and the Napalm's provided the vocal harmonies

I really like the cut and growl of the Nate Mendel pickup which I think is basically a Seymour Duncan SPB3 pickup with a bit of ageing to the slugs, I have a Nate Mendel in a red Precision and an SPB3 in an old Squier Mike Dirnt bass, I have had good comments whenever I have gigged either of the basses.

Mrs2611 and I went to the Roadmender in Northampton last night to see Theatre of Hate again, as I was playing a charity do in the early evening we didn't book tickets in advance as we weren't certain we would get done in time to make the gig, anyway we ended up playing earlier than expected and were finished earlier than inspected which meant we got to the Roadmender in time to catch the support band....whoever they were.....well it turned out to be none other than Derek Forbes (he of Simple Minds fame) what a cracking bassist he is! We ended up stood right at the front watching him play.....in my books I call that a right result.....Theatre of Hate were excellent as we expected

I keep telling our singer to F off every time he starts a four four song with one, two, three, two, two, three, much to the enjoyment of our drummer!

I agree with all of the above but would like to add one suggestion: Agree on a set list asap and a running order, then ensure you stick to it on the night and rehearse to it in advance it's surprising just how well the brain remembering the end of one song then triggers the recall of the next song. I have always insisted on a set list in advance especially when working with unfamiliar material and the above has always made me more confident. Good luck, enjoy the gig...it will be fine

I have properly run out of room for anymore music gear of any form in the house, but has anyone ever considered just how many snooker cues take up the space of one bass......thought not

Hooky is a huge influence of mine and an inspiration in many of the basslines I write, he has a big history playing Yamaha basses, from memory his chosen weapon was a Yamaha BB1200 bass, I know he appears using a Rickenbacker (or copy of) in the Love Will Tear Us Apart video, just to save you a world of pain, in my honest opinion that style of bass looks far better than they play (yes I know some will disagree) if you are tempted you have to try one sitting down AND standing up with it on a strap! Enjoy playing up the dusty end, it brings very different dynamics to a band especially if you have a keyboard player to hand who is happy to fill in the low end duties whilst you play the lead bass parts! As Hooky is a big influence to you, can I also suggest a listen to Stuart Morrow on the first New Model Army album (Vengeance) it is full of hooky type riffs and runs which he played on a Westone Thunder Jet (very similar to a Thunder 1A mentioned in other comments above)

Work out what kind of bass you want, modern smaller bodied "rock" or the more classic shapes of Fender and Musicman (amongst others) If you fancy the more traditional then as mr4stingz has suggested the Vintage brand offers a lot of guitar for the money, if you fancy the smaller bodied bass then I have to add the original Japanese built Bass Collection SB basses to the list, they are a stupidly good bass for so little money, you will not go wrong with one of those! If you are around the Northampton area you are more than welcome to pop around and try a few different basses out

Nice job!

Yeah, but that lovely UV up lighter, it was worth a lifetime of back pain just for the lovely up lighter......that's it I am going to build me a UV up lighter for my class D heads!

I tried one of the Peterson strobostomp tuners, I put my bass in tune by it and then referenced it again my Boss TU3 the readings were identical, however, the Boss was far easier to use so I sold the Peterson to a music shop for £10.00 more than I paid for it, GAS for an expensive super accurate tuner instantly and permanently cured ...happy days!

Chameleons: Script of the Bridge, Lords Of The New Church: Killer Lords Stiff Little Fingers: Inflammable Material Would be my big three I guess and, with the exception of Lords Of The New Church (because they are long since defunct) the two bands I still see live more than any other!

I have always tended to be stage right, I can't remember a reason why it started like that but on an empty stage I will always set up on that side. When Sack The Drummer played together in December 2017 (first time in twenty years) I ended up on stage left which although it felt a little strange on set up, was fine once we started playing and did offer better contact with the drummer.

I miss my Trace gear!