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nice one! film looks quite amusing too!! c

Jimmy Nail - 'Ain't no doubt' - sooo cheesy but quality bass work c

Once, many moons ago in my youth, I was well into the weed in a big way and was in a trip rock, Hawkwindy style band that got booked to headline a bike show - we got there nice and early in the afternoon, lovely sunny day and as the band were all serious stoners proceeded to get well wasted - weed, beer and maybe other substances too - who knows!! By the time we're meant to go on i am soooo caned after about 8 hours of solid substance abuse that I can barely stand and after strapping my bass on have to straight away sit on my amp as my legs had stopped working. I then remember (vaguely) playing the first note of the first song...and then looking up and it was the end of the gig. but that is it! - absolutely no memory of anything inbetween, despite the fact that we (apparently!) played a full two hour set!! no one ever said what my playing was like but hey, there were no complaints as i guess everyone else was in the same state!! not good though, and since then (approx 20 years ago) i never drink or smok weed before or during a gig. kids eh!! peace c

don't know anything about it other than that it looks way nice!! c

i did read somewhere that a European release was on the cards... October sometime i think, but no doubt won't come with all the bells and whistles of the import. cheers c

cool! is on my shopping list when i have some readies!! c

Well I've only ever been interested in doing original material and for years fought against going the covers band route but being in the arse end of nowhere and now the wrong end of my thirties I did finally succumb to forming a covers band. All in all we're pretty good at what we do (classic rock/metal covers - Maiden, Whitesnake, Ozzy, Saxon etc) and its all stuff I grew up listening to so quite fun but I am constantly annoyed by the singer's lack of 'frontman' skills and occasional sloppiness on the part of the guitarists. Also not a big fan of playing pub gigs with no stage etc and the poor pay from most venues though we do always seem to go down well. Still need to be doing something original alongside it really but nothing mch about at the moment and I've got bigger things to worry about at present, though have been working on some solo bass bits n bobs lately... peace c

yep! good work all round, nice one! peace c

peanuts and monkeys! i guess it depends on your personal preference - i've played cheaper basses and these days alot of budget basses are of a reasonable quality but to me at least there is a difference - I've had high end basses and admittedly all of mine these days are kinda 'midrange' but as you get to be a more experienced player you know more what you want from an instrument and for most (funds permitting) that means spending a bit. Its the same with many things - a few years ago I thought i'd take up mountain biking as a hobby and to start with bought myself a cheapo Raliegh from Halfords, but after a while I upgraded to a much nicer, more specialist bike. Same thing really. I am a bit of a brand snob though whether its basses or bikes or whatever! I also think that in certain professional situations you'll not be taken as seriously if you turn up with cheap and cheerful gear, regardless of what you can do with it. Having said that after giving my beaten up old MIM Jazz a set up etc recently my other basses haven't been touched! peace c

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='594840' date='Sep 10 2009, 04:06 PM']DiMarzio Model J. G.[/quote] ah yep! they're the ones - i looked on dimarzio site the other day but clearly didn't have my eyeballs switched on! c

Just lately I've been getting back into Jazz Bass mode and using my trusty old MIM relic for most things. I have noticed however that, particularly in a full band scenario, the E string comes out a lot louder than the other strings. I've done what i can with the pickups by lowering them on the E side and also raised the action of the E string a little but its still noticable. Any thoughts on this? I'm guessing pole pieces on stock Jazz pups aren't adjustable in anyway - I do remember some replacement pups you used to be able to get that had allen key type adjustable pole pieces but can't seem to find anything about them - dimarzios/duncans were they? not that i have any money for new pups at the mo really :-( peace c

...you're quite excited about the first rehearsal for a new project with existing band members, you put in alot of time learning the songs to get them right and then everyone else has only kinda half learnt the stuff!! aaaargh! i think its because being widdly, widdly guitarists they assumed this particular material would be easy and just skimmed over it rather than knuckling down and learning it properly. bah. lousy amateurs!! c

for some reason i'm watching MTV Dance Classics (!) but they just played this: forgot about this song really, but nice groovy little bassline i thought (and nice bint singing..!) how bored am i? oh well!! c

ooooh!!!

just back from the Colchester clinic - pretty good to see/hear him up close, though as others have said sound wasn't all that, especially from the hydrive combo he used for a bit - seemed to be breaking up a little?! Always prefered his old Kubickis over the Urge basses but did like the gold sparkly paint!! as an aside, was my first visit to the bass merchant - lots of nice stuff in there - think i may need a Spector now! D'oh! Will have to pay another visit when i've got some funds!!! peace c

[quote name='YouMa' post='562473' date='Aug 7 2009, 02:33 AM']Not being nasty,but i would rather see JPJ with players who were good as him,this man really could have obtained better musicians.[/quote] i'd agree on Josh Homme, but Grohl is a very good rock drummer. This project has been rumoured for some time now though so guess time will tell if its for real or not. peace c