Roger2611

I always try to buy through my local shops, I will look for the best price online and if my local shop can get close I will order through them (I will happily pay a bit more just to be sure the local dealer survives) I am sure most of the online guys do a sterling job but if I don't use the local shops they will just vanish and I won't get the chance to walk into the local shop, have a sudden attack of GAS and leave a good few hundred quid lighter than I went in with! I have brought used guitars online from both private and trade sellers usuallu via evilbay and except for an "immaculate" Epiphone SG with a cracked neck and both pickups disconnected my experiences have always been good

I had a Milan bass for a while and absolutely hated it, infact as it was the only bass I had at the time I actually stopped playing, I brought it quite cheap and the only redeeming thing about it was when I traded it in (for my 50's Classic Precision) I got far more that I paid for it back, it then hung on the wall of the music shop until the day it closed down

I had a Silver Series Jazz some years back and found it totally un-inspiring only kept it for a month or so, from what I can remember about it I didn't like the neck profile and it was way too heavy

Much the same as above, I have actually run out of things to desire partly because I have run out of room to store anything else, but I have got to the point where I am genuinely happy with the gear I have got, all my guitars and basses are fully gigable all my amps are light, portable and currently as good as I need. I find myself in the previously unheard of position of looking at any additional gear as, quite frankly, clutter and I can't justify more clutter.

For me the lead bassline styles of Bruce Foxton and Peter Hook have been the biggest influences on the bass parts I wrote especially in my early days but having been playing rythym guitar for the last 5 years that is probably the biggest influence on the bass at the moment as in picturing an interesting rythym guitar part and creating it on bass

Many years ago a band I played with was once offered a showcase gig in Soho along with a couple of other upcoming bands, we were told to be at the venue for 11 oclock sharp....not being very experienced in such matters we duly arrived at 11am prompt, after much banging on the door we were kindly informed by someone (no idea who) that 11 oclock sharp actually meant 11pm with the first band on at midnight! At that point we had 2 options either go home and forget about it (never going to happen) or hang around until 11pm....where else could 4 up and coming rockstars possibly spend the day other than in the pub...we all agreed to drink sensibly and as we didn't have a lot of money for extras (such as food) 2 pints an hour seemed a sensible approach.....anyone wanting to put an exact date on this it was the night England beat San Marino 6-0 in a world cup qualifier...anyway as excitement in the match grew so did the pace of drinking....after the match finished somehow we made it back to the venue somehow managed to set up the gear to the point that it worked our drummer was in the best place as he had the back wall to lean on to stop him falling off his stool I was playing fretless (unlined) bass via a radio link so was free to stagger around as the mood took me...I cant remember for some reason exactly what the guitarist and singer were actually doing but somehow we managed to lauch into our 5 song set....all I can remember from there was walking out into the audience and giving my bass to a young lady to play because I was far to drunk to play it anymore this was about the same time the guitarist stepped too far from his amp and pulled the lead out....assuming that the amp had broken he turned round and drop kicked it off the stage!! which as you can imagine meant end of gig. We woke up the following morning in the car in a car park near the venue and groggily made our way back to Northampton, amazingly we were called by the record company we had "showcased" for a couple of days later and were asked to send them any other material we had as for some reason they were actually impressed with our performance....sadly it never came to anything but I learnt not to drink at gigs and still gig happily sober now, the drummer went on to be a TV stars house drummer, the singer emigrated to the Czech Republic and the guitarist (with new amp) went on to perform more legendary drunken gigs over the years. It's been many years since I last recounted that night and I have to say....no regrets

Thanks everyone, I probably should have added that we are a fairly sucessful covers band (in the scheme of local covers bands that is!) with songs all chosen and played over the last five years as a five piece band so radically changing the basslines is probably not an option, with more experience the lead guitarist should really being adapting his guitar parts to cover the holes where the rythym guitar has been but he just doesn't hear it at the moment, but I think there are areas I can double up the timing of the bassline and I still have an old Octave pedal which may work elsewhere, I like the idea of a 2nd overdriven amp and may look at that option if nothing else is working. Thank you again

Hi people, I need a little advice if possible, our current bass player has decided to leave the band which will result in me going back from rythym guitar to bass (which I am quite happy to do) Our lead guitarist is ok but I wouldn't class him as a strong guitarist and to me he really needs the help of a rythym guitarist to hold things together, the band doesn't want to bring another guitarist in and basically just wants to go out as a 4 piece which means I am going to have to cover both bass and rythym at the same time..my thoughts are to buy a bass overdrive or something along those lines so I can kick it in in the parts where the rythym guitar is missing but I don't want to lose the clean bass sound that most of the songs we do already have so I need to be able to keep the clean sound whilst being able to kick in the overdrive as well when needed I am using a Mini Mark Bass amp and the matching 102 cab and using my HS Stingray bass but I am not sure how or what I need to make this work (I have never been one for bass effects before so it's a bit of a new area for me) Is anybody doing the same kind of thing that can suggest how I can make this work Thanks Rog

Musicman Stingray Trace Elliot Twin Valve amp Mesa Boogie 1516E Cab Chiropractor as part of entourage

Stuart Morrow

You can never have too much gear it's impossible, build extension if need be

Don't let any guitarists see this, they always think themselves superior to bass players and I notice on the videos the guitar has no strings on it so I assume programing a guitarist is harder than programing a bass player........oh the shame of it.......still it goes to prove we actually are half way between a drummer and a musician!

Roger Arterton Northampton

HI, Below is a link with the details of all the stolen gear [url="http://s1311.beta.photobucket.com/user/thejets1/library/STOLEN%20VAN%20AND%20EQUIPMENT"]http://s1311.beta.photobucket.com/user/thejets1/library/STOLEN%20VAN%20AND%20EQUIPMENT[/url]

Spotted this tonight, the photo appears to be the Rockbass Doublebuck, new £600ish this one little used for £1400 [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/warwick-corvette-/160952875855?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item257989fb4f"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/warwick-corvette-/160952875855?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item257989fb4f[/url]

[color=#333333]Hi,[/color] [color=#333333]As requested the following is from their facebook page, unfortunately no specific detail on the guitars.[/color] [color=#333333]The Jets wrote: "THE JETS have their van and all equipment stolen. The well known top Rockin' band The Jets, have had a terrible end to 2012. Their Sprinter 313 lwb panel van was stolen on 21st December 2012 between 23.15 hrs and 00.15 hrs on the 22nd December. From Northampton UK. It was fully locked, alarmed, immobilised and steering wheel crook locked with flashing light (the size of a dustbin lid). The van was pulled onto a breakdown lorry, White with red lettering on the front ( possibly says something or other ; RETRIEVAL SERVICES) One of the culprits was, a white male approx 6 feet tall stocky build with cropped or shaven black hair. The Sprinter van is white with Black privacy windows fitted into the sliding door and the panel behind the driver. The rest of the window recess along each side of the van has been wrapped with black sticker, to look like the appearance of windows all along the side. It has rear mudflaps. The two back door window recesses are also blacked to look like windows. There is also a chrome security bolt cropper proof clasp and padlock just below the central sprinter badge. The three Cotton brothers had all of their equipment inside the rear compartment, which is totally separate to the front of the van which was fitted with reclining seats, none of the kit was on show to the public.The brothers would like to make other bands and businesses aware of this type of crime and the impact that it has on the lives of the victims. As most of the readers know, The Jets have been playing Rock 'n' Roll music for 37years and have had numerous hit records around the world, but this is the first time in their long career that anything like this has happened. They are devastated, as I'm sure most people will realise. This is the brothers full time profession, so this now means that until the lads get another van and the tools of their trade replaced,they are going to find it extremely hard to work and earn their living. Lights Out, who are the sons of The Jets have been able to let their dads' use their van and equipment to get them through the christmas period, but they obviously have their own shows to perform. This is a list of some of the missing equipment: 2400 watt active HK pa system in covers, Peavey 24fx mixing desk with multicore connection in flight case, 16/4 studiospares multicore and stagebox, rack mount compressors and limiters enclosed in a moulded flight box, 2 x wharfedale 15” monitors, Peavey t-max bass combo and speaker, Double bass with magnetic pick ups in a green bass bag, spare set of pick ups and strings for the bass, Fender telecaster custom made guitar in flight case, Peavey classic 50 fitted with G12 celestion speakers in a flight case, Premier 5 piece black drum kit with sabian and zildjian cymbals, various effects pedals and guitar tuners, 12 LED dmx stage lights on bars, 4 lighting stands, light controller and foot pedals etc, lighting leads, speaker connecting leads, microphones and stands, mains boards, the list goes on and on...... The Jets would like to put out a request to any ex Bass players, drummers and guitarists who may have kit that they no longer use, or have spare and may wish to sell, please contact The Jets on 01604 752800 or email them at [email protected] If the kidney transplants that all three brothers went through a few years back didn't stop them from Rockin' then nothing will, even if they have to start again from the bottom !!! Even though the van was secured, alarmed and immobilised, they never dreamed that the whole lot would be dragged onto the back of a recovery/retrieval truck. ….................THIS IS A WARNING TO ALL BANDS..................BEWARE OF THIEVES !!!!!"[/color]

Hi guys, I read in the local paper today that The Jets had their van stolen from Northampton on Dec 23rd with all their gear inside, I have messaged them for a list of exactly what was stolen (I will repost with a list if I get one) but in the meantime please keep your ears to the ground for anyone selling rockabilly type musical gear that appears to know little or nothing about it. Cheers

I knew I would be back...... Hit Me with your Rythym Stick, Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, What a Waste, Reasons to be Cheerful how can I have missed Mr Watt-Roy off my list.....!

Wow only 4 to choose from...... I guess it would probably be: Sir Duke.....Stevie Wonder White Boys and Heros.......Pino for Gary Numan Notice Me....Stuart Morrow for New Model Army Wonderland.....Pino for Paul Young. Ask me tomorrow I and Iwould probably choose 4 different ones......I mean how can there be no early Heaven 17, no Jam, Stranglers etc....i'll not sleep tonight for worrying about this now!

Brought a lovely Tokai Jazz from Gary, my first experience on Bass Chat, really nice guy to deal with, thank you sir

I still miss the stripey 3 piece suite!

As promised 3 photo's of the previously unknown SB801, I wonder what happened to it?

Found the pics today will get them uploaded as soon as I can, it was a real beauty

An interesting thread but missing 1 guitar, back in the very late 80's I owned a Bass Collection SB602 (the fretless version) which was my main gigging and recording bass I wore the fretboard out quite badly and ended up having an Ebony fretboard fitted by Pete Davis of Goddfellow fame, so if you've got that one I would like it back :-) Shortly after buying the 602 I was offered it's "sister" bass from the same source my 602 came from, I became the proud owner of the only SB801 that I have ever come across, it had a quilted maple top, through neck with a standard ebony board...it was a stunning guitar. Unfortunately I found that I tended to kick the G string off the side of the fretboard (poor technique me thinks now!) so it was sold on pretty quickly and replaced with a Tune Wood Bass that I also failed to get on with. I still have some photo's of it somewhere (just to prove it really did exist) if I can find them I will get them uploaded

Played The Cardigan Arms in Stanion last night (tiny village just outside Corby) tipical village pub with the band playing in one room and the crowd? stood in the other and neither band nor crowd should ever cross the others threshold!! Probably the hottest pub I have ever played in (not helped by the 3 par cans I used to cook the drummer (well you just have too don't you!!)) Landlord said we were the best band he had ever had in the pub (I have a feeling we are only the second band to play there) and has booked us again for next year, weird sound as half way through the second set everytime I played F# it felt like the building was going to crumble, by the time we had finished it had returned to normallity.....I have never been able to work out why that happens...any ideas? ! more gig to come this year depping on bass for the band I used to play guitar in...should be fun