Roger2611

Try Paul Collins at Wake Up Promotions Leicester (search Wake Up Promotions of Facebook), he promotes a lot of the gigs we have been playing in Leicester, he does some decent small to medium sized acts at the better venues in Leicester.

I had a quick listen, sadly on my laptop I can't really pick out the bass, I couldn't find a bass TAB for it but there is a guy on Youtube doing a guitar cover, but helpfully he doesn't tell you what the tuning is, so, in a nutshell, that pretty much knackers up my way of doing things, yes, I can normally work things out by ear in the end but it is far easier to have a look at TAB for a general idea of where it goes and even better if there is a decent learn to play tutorial on Youtube you can see pretty much exactly how it is played. You could try emailing the bands site and asking if there is a bass TAB available?

Yodaclub have a couple of festivals lined up over the next few weeks, the only thing I want out of them is dry and warm anything else is a bonus, there is nothing better than a big stage with a good crowd out front on a hot summer evening, but nothing worse than a big stage with a couple of die hard locals out front sheltering under a golf umbrella while it tips it down again!

I use a couple of old camera cases, LM3 and leads in one, all other leads, mics, tuner, David Eden bass pre amp (as a back up rather than carrying a spare head) in the other. If I am just using the 2x10 traveller cab I can usually load in and out in two trips, if I am using the 4x10 or 1x15 as well then three trips will do it

I think the weight of it will be having a big impact on its value, that along with the damage in the first fret area and the swapped controls doesn't make a very desireable example of what is recognised as being Fender's worst period

I got a comment after soundcheck for a recent gig from one of the other bands members "that was amazing you are more like a lead guitarist than a bass player" I am not sure how much of a compliment that was but I turned my amp up until everything else was drowned out an widdled away throughout the gaps between songs before stomping off in a huff when I failed to pull after the gig!

Ok, a couple of years back I had a hankering for a Gibson 335, I brought one brand new for £1700.00, everytime I played it I hated the sticky feeling from the Nitrocellulose neck, I never felt at home with it, after 3 months I traded it for a brand new Strat which was £995.00 at the time....so I make that £234.00 a month depreciation costs for it! I also brought a really really nice 79 Precision a few years back for £1500.00 with the market as it is I doubt it would see £800.00 at present but I have no intention of selling it so I guess that does count as a loss at this point, call it a banked loss if you will. I do tend to find that if I own it, it is currently only worth 50% of what I paid for it

hijacking the thread slightly but I checked through our set list the other year to see what basses the bass player was using and whether they played finger style or pick live, I was quite surprised at how many players used a Precision played with a pick live whereas on the original record it was another type of bass played finger style My most surprising example was Golden Touch by Razorlight, the live video I found was from Glastonbury where the bassist was rocking out with a Black on Black Precision played with a pick, the other end of the scale was a classic Buzzcocks track played finger style on a Jazz bass!

Back to the top for this one I am afraid, I brought a 1/4 box spanner which would fit the nut but it is too long to go in the channel, if I cut it down I would have to cut 90% of the socket area away meaning it wouldn't even reach the nut! I can get a 1/4 socket on the nut but can't get anything on the back of it to make an adjustment, I have my doubts a ring spanner will get in there, so it seems to be a case on elongating the channel which seems a little extreme....unless anyone has anything else that might do the trick? Rog

I enjoyed New Order, I thought the white Precision sounded pretty mighty, I know Bernard's voice isn't the strongest but I thought they delivered, The Foals on Friday sounded good but I have not seen much else that would make me want to go.....Thinking about it, I am 50 this year and have never been, short of a live set from the original Ramones I doubt there is a single thing on the planet that would persuade me to spend 3 days getting there, 3 days wallowing in mud, and 3 weeks recovering from the experience! Old and grumpy but not covered in mud

Aswad, New Chapter Clint Eastwood and General Saint, Two Bad DJ Yellowman, Yellowman Rides again Eek A Mouse, Wa-Do-Dem Or if you fancy something truly off the wall and if you can find it: Dr Pablo and the Dub Syndicate, South of the River Thames, sort of Jean Michelle Jarre meets heavy dub if you will

Excellent, thank you

I am not sure about the neck, my 79 Precision definitely has more of a shine to the headstock, this one looks like it is almost a satin finish, could be down to crap images but the neck with the question over the burst finish as well would make me want to have a lot closer look before I would consider bidding for it

I wonder if the promoter was testing you out, our first gigs in and around Leicester were similar situations, small PA's with no monitors, a seeming total lack of organisation with the promoter only turning up ten minutes from the end of the night, I have to say my first thoughts were "what a waste of time" and "this promoter is just small fry" A couple of weeks later we start getting offered decent supports with known acts at Leicester's "proper" music venues. Promoters like to see that bands turn up on time, with reliable kit, play with an air of professionalism and stay until the end of the night to support the other acts. As a 4th gig I would have stayed and played but would still have been a little peed off with the apparent lack of organsiation

I play guitar and keys and do a bit of vocals but I tend to write around a bassline more than anything else

My only real criteria for not playing a song was if the band didn't do it justice, we came close to a song I really hated when the band said they wanted to play "Moves Like Jagger" unsurpringly for a guitar band of 40+ year olds we couldn't do it "justice" we rehearsed it about 4 or 5 times and threw it out without ever inflicting it on our audience.

The Voldermort of guitar improvements, a true legend

That's the way, think about it, talk yourself out of it, logical approach, you don't need it, you can't justify it, it will be gone before long and you won't have to worry about it.......I should stop now shouldn't I?

I hate to inflate your gas but.....that's a beauty, when are you going to see another one come up for sale? sorry

Go to one of their gigs, suss out if they are bigger than you and could beat you in a fist fight, if you would win, beat them up, if they would win.....change you bands name!...........I must add this is meant in jest, I won't condone mindless violence unless you capture it on video and post it on YouTube as a warning to anyone else trying to steal your name! On a serious note, I don't know what you should do other than be annoyed about it, have you checked out the type of music they are playing, if it is the same genre then I guess it's more of an issue

I tried listening to both but ended up punching myself in the face to relieve the audio assault! Whiny male vocal with acoustic guitar...how different can it get in the bed wetter genre (as it was described on radio 5 today)

Is there a specific tool for these? All my other basses are allen key adjusters or screw driver on a couple of Fenders

I love gigging with cheap basses, once set up and maintained properly they are perfectly up to the job...... if you stick a dodgy decal on the end of the neck you can fool everyone, including yourself into believing it's a more expensive bass

Hi guys and gals, I have recently picked up an old CMI bass, it needs a tweak of the truss rod to take out some of the forward bow however behind the truss rod cover I found this, what tool do I need to adjust the rod?[attachment=221068:070 Truss Rod.jpg][attachment=221069:069 Truss Rod.jpg] Thanks in advance Rog