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Up in Leeds, landlords can not get enough bands, except rock and blues, people do not turn out for rock and blues unless they are really good.
General good atmosphere covers bands are packing the pubs, tills are full of cash and the beer flows as fast as they can pull pints.
For every band type pub they are 50 you can sit in a corner and talk quietly in an empty room to your mates.

The pubs with the good bands are packed, they must be doing something right.

They are an old idea re-heated to get the "vintage" sound... LOL
Modern drivers and higher power rating of drivers have made such ideas obsolete, similar with horn loaded cabs.

All good, great to deal with, until you make a claim.

The definition of a locked boot is where they get you on that.
Only old jags and some saloons still have a locked boot, if the seats can be lowered from inside the car or it can be accessed by breaking the glass and removing a luggage cover or parcel shelf its not a locked boot.

Been there, been through the FSA bondsman and they just said, read the small print next time.

Who often tuned the guitar a tone flat when recording, so things like My generation were played in A but came out in G on the record, the guitar riff is an open A with the G added the same chord.
Yet JE, just adapted what he played to suit, as players went he was not bothered what others did, he did his own thing and his way.

That scoop between the low end and mid- high is what defines, hence why I do not like soap bar pickup basses like thunderbirds, they fill the sound but just never cut through the mix.
Agree its a Precision, warwick or Rickenbacker for tone

They are all brilliant to deal with, until you want to claim, then it gets serious.
Have you got all master keys for the van / car
A hatchback is not a locked boot as it is accessible from the back seats.
The van insurance states it is normally parked over night on a driveway with locked gates, not outside a hotel in Manchester.

These days, my cash stays in my pocket and I buy a new bass with it.
Insurance and bookmakers are one of the same with different suits.
They work on odds and gamble so statically, you will lose money over the long run.

A musician is a profession, if I were to book a musician I would fully expect them to turn up dot read whats put in front of them and get it perfect.
Hence why I am a "bass player" if anyone asks.

These days I say stay at home and learn a set if its covers and the band should be able to bash out a full set at the first rehearsal if everyone has done home work.
Then second rehearsal the next set followed by the first.

I have often found those that can not accomplish this simple basic task are best avoided and turn up having learned nothing, pressure gets results and gets rid of timewasters before it gets expensive.

Depends at what level you are looking to play, but I gave up funding peoples hobbies and ego trips out of my wages long ago.
These days, its do the work at home and get it 90% right or we are all wasting our time and money.

Position filled, those that ooed and arrd, hard luck, you snooze you lose.

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Apart from the big break in the neck that is...

Quick take the strings off and strip and sell it ...

Always set some basic contract terms, cancellation is by phone 24 hrs notice or the fee will be required.

Mates band looking for bass player playing Mod, Ska, pop punk, 60's stuff, lots of jam as well.
Busy band and all paid gigs which will pay you an average £100 - £140 a gig usually 5-6 a month many more available with a good bass player, the band has a waiting list for people wanting to book them.
[b]Backing vocals are essential [/b]and ability to [b]dress smartly[/b] as are [b]transport and gear [/b]to gig with !
Rehearsals Based Pontefract / Barnsley areas, band plays West / South Yorks, mainly high end music pubs with odd club but not bingo type clubs.
Strictly no time wasters [b]must be in for the long hau[/b]l.
fantastic set of lads, no arguing, always a good laugh to be had.
Immediate start available.

07835 901940 to audition please read the add thoroughly at least 3 times to see if you meet the criteria, so if your sick of big ideas and tribute non starter projects and looking for a band you can hit the ground running and start earning the same weekend you are ready, then this is it, do not delay and miss out..

If they were the Chinese Mackies the horns might have blown.
They dont take much stick.

She might have a point.
You ever watched a band where the guitarists tunes his guitar every song with a floor tuner whilst the band stand around waiting ?
Buy a guitar that stays in tune dude !

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Surely all the bad feeling Mr.Hall has generated on this site has got to have affected UK sales?
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Dont know ?
They are running at 24 Month waiting list on up from 18 on some basses.
They are in profit, unlike Fender ?
They pay living wages to American workers and not outsource jobs to China.
Who's daft ?

You start selling Fake Nike trainers, fake CD's, fake any big brand and see what happens.

I don't think he gives a sh*t to be honest, you either want one or you don't.
But you are not copying them and thats that.

Welcome to the club, now, you own one, you will see why they protect the brand and trademark, a lot of hours of paying living wages to USA workers went in to that instrument.

One in my shed, needs fretting (unless you like fretless) as its defretted and actives were bypassed in to passive, stripped back to wood and buffed.
£50 Leeds

If you need a dep for any gigs give me a shout.

Old school and very heavy stuff, costs about twice the others, unreliable with failing regulator boards a common trait.
Buy an old one.

I wonder if Joiners have a "the best ten doors I ever hung" page ?

It's a Job when you are paid as a session player.

They should have an old Peavey 410tx as a reference point, they knew how to make bass cabs....

Had a cracked Trussrod plate on a Rick about ten years back and a bit got lost, they said send the old one back first , so I did, awaiting a price.....
New one arrived by return post.
E-mailed, you haven't sent a bill, got a reply, we apologise the cover name plate cracked and was not as robust as we would have liked, we have sent replacement free of charge.
Felt quite humbled.

Unless it is to restore an existing instrument that fitting them to fool other bass players you have a real bass never really works, joe public in the pub don't know a musicman from a vintage copy and any music man bass playing experts will spot a fake a mile off.
So just my opinion but unless its to restore a existing bass then they are a waste of money, time and effort.
That said, it is a good idiot's cash extraction tool as sticking a Decal on and even telling everyone its fake does rack the value up for a £5 decal.

Hmm...

Latest fashion fad is for the bass amp to look like you have cannibalised your dads Hi-fi amp ?
Square metal box, no handles (to make it easy to drop) with all the controls and knobs sticking out the front and sockets proud on the back.
You must have to carry them and store them like a bottle of nitro.

I can not help thinking even one sudden breaking in the car and the bass case will decapitate the controls, or even worse how do they manage on the road.
They do come with a 2mm plastic pvc bag.
A very backwards step in design, a metal box with exposed controls ?

Must be getting old.