Roger2611

Best gig, probably The Ramones at Hammersmith Palais but Sisters of Mercy 1st tour at Nottingham Rock City was right up there, and on the flip side Sisters of Mercy again at Rock City many years later was definitely the worst gig, so bad we left after about 20 minutes!

I have to admit I saw The Smiths on their first proper tour and only lasted 3 songs before leaving for the pub!

The 2nd solo section of Stevie Wonder's Masterblaster the final run down bit, I know exactly what it is doing but I keep missing a note out which throws the rest of the run out!

Possibly a little bit of Slayer or Anthrax but far happier in the Thin Lizzy area but even then I seem to get board quite quickly, never really got in to rock or metal...not sure why!

Jazz basses, I love the looks, I love the neck, I love how it sounds out front but I just cannot hear them in the mix on stage, it's there for some notes but then gone at other points so I just have no confidence in them.....nice Jazz out for sale then!

I would like to suggest a "Consideration of bassists" after all we are normally the voice of reason in any band?

Seeing as my current favourite is an Indonesian built Spector then I will offer this up

I seem to recall there was an Irish rapper who went out under the name Duff Paddy! That one still makes me chuckle!

The rock band I have been playing with a for couple of years is in turmoil yet again! We have management, we have a stunning vocalist, we have an album, we have some good gigs and festivals lined up but no drummer and no lead guitarist now.....here's a brief summary of recent events (last 3 years)

I join band at the same time as the now departed guitarist

We write and record our album, I have to write and record the drum parts as the incumbent drummer was far more enthusiastic than he was talented.

Guitarist decides drummer needs to go if the band is ever going to move forward

Drummer is asked to resign and guitarist  brings in his drummer from the other band

Band gets back up to speed however drummer bails out of rehearsals at short notice and finally bails out of a video shoot 2 days before we were due to do it

Band sacks said drummer and I recruit a pal of mine to try out

Wednesday night we rehearse, it goes really well...after the rehearsal guitarist says "he's not a rock drummer" and goes home

Friday, guitarist says the band is not going where he wants so is leaving, half an hour later, drummer comes back and says he can't commit to 2 bands so won't be joining us!

What do we have to do to get a settled line up!

Bands, who needs em!

Rant over!

I am slightly confused, I have a bitsa Precision with a genuine Fender neck on it, should I now sand the genuine decal and serial number off just because it might not be a Fender body? (I do actually have a MIM body which wears a Squier Matt Freeman neck so really confused as to what I should do with that one!) I suppose I could swap the two over and have a bitsa bass which was all Fender....it all seems a bit futile really!

23 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said:

That's a lovely theatre - which is it, please?

The Deco theatre in Northampton

Somewhat hard to spot in the distance but a Markbass 102 cab a LM3 head and a Status bass......and a bloody good FOH pa to play to absolutely no one!

Pino....the end!

It's surprising just how many errors do make it to release, with a good quality amp and speakers there are an awful lot of minor mistakes to be heard that are buried in the general noise stage created by lower quality HiFi, earbuds and blue tooth speakers!

I would like to offer up the often forgotten Stuart Morrow as having delivered some awesome bass lines, all done with a Westone Thunder Jet as a weapon of choice!

I picked up a Japanese Fender Jazz in 3TS a few weeks back, it came with a Red Tort guard which I immediately swapped out for a black one!

The Smiths, I hated them when they first came out, went to see them on their first tour (only because we had guest tickets) and only stayed for about 5 songs, ignored them for 10 years or more, mellowed slightly, quite liked a few songs for a bit......didn't listen to them again for a while, played a few songs recently and decided young me was correct and they are pants!

Did a trade with Russ for some Spector tuners, all I can say is, a top fella to deal with

Thanks again Russ and hope you enjoy the new pedal!

Rog

11 hours ago, ubit said:

There would be no Basschat!

Yes but Asschat would have a free run at things!

4 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

Which piece of gear would you run a mile rather than buy?

 

 

Each channel has seven knobs, nine switches, two LED meters, and five LED indicators.

And there are eight channels.

And all of it to do something I never understood in the first place.

Where is @51m0n anyway?

 

Wow, lots of lovely buttons and switches, a real geek can never have too many dials and buttons and lights....Lights that come on when you push buttons....heaven, I am sure most of walk into a recording studio and think "perfect thousands of buttons and switches, I could spend days in here making lights come on and off without having a single Scooby of what I am doing and if I am really clever I could probably make smoke come out of something!"

8 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

In order : Bad, Worse, Awful.

Over to you, @Leonard Smalls 

Edit : Overdrive = 'Too Loud', Distortion = 'Amp/cab needs repair',  Fuzz = 'Swarm of Killer Bees Nearby'.

TBH is difficult to argue or add anything to Dad's description.....if I had to choose, I think I "prefer" Overdrive, and dislike Fuzz the most  but usually go back to a clean sound within seconds of thinking "I am sure Overdrive / Distortion / Fuzz will sound good in this song!"

We spend a fortune on high quality amps and cabs and top notch pickups only to make t all sound flabby and crappy by adding something that sounds like your gear is broken!

And gone! Sorry folks

Anyone want a pair of EMG-HZ soapbar pickups removed from a Spector Legend Custom 4 string? I upgraded both the faulty preamp and the pickups to Glockenlang and Delano respectively, I have junked the preamp as it kept cutting out but the pickups were fine.

You cover the postage which I think will be about £5.00 for standard UK postage and they are yours unless of course you want to collect them from me in Northampton

Rog

Just seem starting to appear on line that Jim has passed away

Bat Out Of Hell was possibly the greatest ever rock opera RIP Jim

As @PaulThePlug suggested, cocktail stick cut flush and use the same screw, I have lost count of how many cocktail sticks have been used in my basses!

Fortunately it says price negotiable, I offered 67 pence but for some reason he refused it, I still reckon it's the best offer he is going to get!