Roger2611

Having experienced a few of these late 70's Japanese P copies my feeling is that it is a Hohner bass purely down to the smaller than normal neck plate all of the others (Maya, Columbus and Kay) have all had a standard Fender sized neck plate. Hope this helps

The morning before heading off to headline a decent sized festival the band decided we had time to do some carpentry on our new transit van (building a bulkhead with a seat in front) anyway part way through the exercise I managed to land a direct hit on my thumb with the largest hammer I owned, cue lots of blood and howls of pain and anguish, I plunged it into ice cold water and kept doing it until we left for the gig fully expecting to be completely unable to play.....I still can't undertand to this day but I went on stage played without any pain through the whole set and other than a bit of blood loss no ill effects......about a week later the nail fell off. Managed to do very similar last year, 2 days before supporting Midge Ure I shut my right thumb in a car door but again managed to play the gig without any problems I must be well hard!

I hear so much differing opinion regarding bass compression, I use a digital amp (as in the Mark Bass head) which, I am advised does not compress the output in the way either a transistor amp or valve amp does, I use a Stageclix wireless system (thanks to Basschat recommendations) so as avoiding the natural compression that I am told these systems normally bring, yet on the other hand I so often hear how much a compressor can improve the tightness of your bass sound.....if I put in a compressor now am I only going to introduce the compression that to date I have been buying out of my set up? I have owned a Tech 21 Bass Compactor which just sounded noisy to me so it was sold on. Any advice on bass compression would be greatfully received

I fully agree but it's nice being able to work during the day get paid and all the time being able to concentrate on what really matters, when I get home and actually pick up the bass I have had a full days mental rehearsal easing me into the physical side

It's a pleasing feeling, it feels like I have advanced again as a player, I like that it motivates me to play more

I join a band playing guitar, 4 years later I realise I hate playing the guitar and should still be playing the bass so fire current bass player and take on bass duties. I now realise I can play better than ever before and the circle of life continues

Having been playing bass for a good many years now I have noticed recently that I seem to have developed the ability to visulize a bassline, I don't actually need the song playing to visulize the bassline I can hear that in my head and just close my eyes and see my hand playing the bass. I learnt Going Underground last night, been listening to it since it came out but had never played it before, now today I can close my eyes and see note for note the bass part. Am I weird or should I consult a doctor?

My 78 Precision has been unplayed for a couple of years but as my stupid back has been pretty well behaved recently it's currently out of its case and reminding me of just why I brought it in the first place. If I applied common sense and sold it because it's too heavy I know I would regret it

If I take the bass out to play it and forget to shut the case I tend to find a cat asleep in there (will post proof when my wife finds the picture)

Two quite different styles for me which probably wouldn't work well together but: Setting Sons by the Jam I, Assassin by Gary Numan for the fantastic early Pino stuff

I have the guitar version, brilliant bit of kit, really good build quality but the weight of a small grand piano!

The first proper band I played with back in the early eighties, we only ever did 3 gigs but we had recorded some stuff which seemed to have generated real interest, anyway gig number 3 was Aston university supporting a band aptly named Stress, we played in front of a packed crowd with a bunch of record company execs there just to see us.....before we went on we were kindly informed that said execs were there to see us and wanted to speak to us after the show....now as I said at the beginning this was very early eighties and the punk ethos was still strong at that point anyway 2 minutes before going on stage the singer and guitarist announced that it was uncool to have a record deal so they were leaving the band! We didn't have time to have a fully fledged punch up, went onstage where the opening words from the singer were " we are Subtafuge and this is our last gig" I still listen to the songs from time to time and they are still the best stuff I ever played on... and the rest of the band... I was told the drummer took his own life some years later, the guitarist died in Austrailia about 10 years ago, never seem the singer since and last saw the rythym guitarist at a Pistols gig in London, long since retired from playing

Speaking as a proper newbie, I come here everyday, I really enjoy the site, I read with interest (and have contributed to some of) the new topics and whilst there is a certain amount of friendly banter in most threads, genuine answers seem to be there and I feel that if I need help or advice I will find it on here. I have brought 1 bass since I joined the site and found it to be 100% better than the evilbay experience, to me this is a comunity that I am happy to be part of

I am sure I read in a punk book that he died suddenly shortly after that quote, now that irony for you, it was quotes like that that got me into punk

[color=#A9A9A9]Let the music speak for itself. If you feel the need to get a bazillion views on your vid then maybe you're missing the whole point of playing music.[/color] I genuinely thought you had put "if you need to get a brazillian" and thought yeah that oughta get you a few more views! Sorry must pay more attention when reading

Has anybody got experience of the current range of wireless guitar transmitters, I have an antique Samson VR-1 system that I have had for probably 15 years or more and still works fine, I have a feeling that mine is somewhat illegal nowdays and at one point I was told it was on the same frequencies that the RAF used! As I am trying to be a good citizen these days I thought I may look at going all legal I know they used to be renowned for over compressing the sound but there seems to be good reviews on some of the recent models I have been looking at. Do I need to look at a specific bass transmitter or will the standard one be fine, do I need to look at one that will hunt between channels (if it senses interference) I am looking to spend a couple of hundred pounds max, can anybody recommend one or should I just stick to my trusty leads Thanks Rog

My brain is melting

Been after that exact model for ages but never expected to see it in my perfect colour as well!!

I have found good drummers and reliable drummers but never found one that is both!

In my main covers band, we fight like cat and dog over song choices we can never agree, being the most experienced musician in the band and the biggest prima donna if we can't do the song justice or the song doesn't do us justice I dig my heels in and refuse to learn it (we are a bunch of 45+ year olds playing rock, indie covers and I am afraid Moves Like Jagger just feels like peadophillia to me!) In my second covers band either the guitarist or singer come up with an obscure suggestion from a successful band, usually a song no ones ever heard of but they seem to work pretty well when we gig them

I auditioned for a pretty impressive local rock band doing original material, I learnt all the songs turned up and played them perfectly but I didn't get the gig because "I didn't like Guns N Roses enough!" Got a call from them a few weeks later asking if I would be interested in depping every other week because their new bass player works shifts.....my answer started with sod and finished with off! shame really because I still think the songs were actually pretty good The other upside was that they insited on rehearsing at maximum Marshall stack volume which was stupidly loud, I couldn't hear properly for a couple of days after the audition!

I have resisted the temptation to bid just incase the moron is cleverer than he appears, he seems to be able to hijack accounts at will so I don't want to give him any chance of getting my details, I have to admit I have been tempted to send him a message saying hey it's me again, you keep listing em and i'll keep reporting them

Total scam, just keep reporting it as a fraudulent listing and ebay will pull them off again, he's been doing this under different accounts for a week or so now

This moron has been listing shed loads of expenive gear every other day, dead easy to spot as they are all either free postage or £6 odd, all pictures have a different background, it's clearly a scam, I am not sure whether he is hijacking other accounts but if you look at the other items for sale from the same seller it looks like there are genuine items in there as well, everytime he lists them I pick the first 4 report them all to ebay as fruadulent listings and ebay pull all the listings it just seems a shame they can't close the moron down alltogether