danthevan

Because for many bassists it's the only female thing they have got there fingers round the g-string on

Yamaha RBX as the bass. Great quality, sensible price, and go on for ever

My first bass was a borrowed rbx200 (still borrowing it 15 years later) and probably my favorite to play. Bridge is rusty, knobs are missing, paint is chipped, jack socket was replaced a few times and has a rather large aluminium billet covering the hole that has grown over the years, and gaffer tape as a back cover.

Well done fella!

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1358984767' post='1948276'] There used to be a British brand called Alligator in the late seventies/early eighties, and they were covered in green tolex. Sounds like you might have one of those. [/quote] That'll be it then, it's certainly that old. Edit: just found a pic of one of their combo's on here, porting and grilles are identical so think you're right! Cheers for the info!

well, we seem to have scotland, hastings and my part of surrey covered!

Yep, an old torque head i bought years ago as my first head, and an old green 4 x 10 cab. Dragged it out of storage yesterday and still sounds as sweet as ever. Would have been 6 years ago i last used it! Will be a behringer blx3000 going up for sale soon by the looks of it :-)

Welcome from a fellow lazy pnut

keep it simple

well, 2 of us think so anyway lol

They should give you a loan amp while yours is being checked over.

Drinking doesn't really bother me now. I may have a bottle of bud or something but thats all i want.

That's how i started playing bass. I was the "roadie" (only one they knew with a van who didn't drink) for one of my local bands. Then became their sound man, before borrowing a bass as I wanted to learn an instrument. Couple of years later, the bassist didn't turn up for a gig after going on one of his manic depressive smack binges, so I had to jump in a do the gig. Luckilly the set was your basic beatles style covers so was pretty easy to sit down with the guitarist and a bit of paper writing down the chords, and as i'd been doing the sound for a couple of years I knew the songs by ear inside out. They dumped the bass player, and I took over. The latest band, 3 of us live within 300 yards of each other so it's pretty easy and doesn't really put me out. Only problem is getting all the gear into a scenic which is why i dont have to do it that often!

I have a pack of planet waves ones that i sometimes use on bass. Wouldn't fancy doing a whole gig with them though as they are tight

Wow! That looks perfect! Didn't fancy trying to glue vinyl over it.........

Hi guys, what would you recommend to recover a 4x10 with? Dunno what make it is, but it's damn big and heavy, covered in a horrible dark green plastic. Always used to get called the Aligator, but dunno if thats the make or what?

I had 5 years of not playing a damn thing, and i was useless when i picked it up again (not that I was much better when i put it down lol) Best way i found is not to try and play stuff you used to know and think you 'should' be able to play, but try something new

Doesn't look the hardest thing to open up and check the tightness of all the nuts yourself

Try singing without playing, if it sounds ok then its just practice putting the 2 together. If it sounds shocking, get a singer!

That's a real head f***! Good though!

Well, not a directory as such but more of a 'places local to you that do music' sort of thing. Reckon it could work on here? Maybe a forum chopped into south east, south west, midlands etc sub forums. Just a thought

Trouble is, there are plenty of bands that will do it still. 5 bands, 20 people per band, 100 people through the door, 600 quid. Say tenner a head for drinks, venue gets 1600 quid, bungs the 'promoter' 200 quid an its win win. Do that 5 nights a week and your sh*tty little pub that didn't used to have a weekday trade is now a music venue. Also notice that the 'promoting company' is also part of another company.

I liked that !

Did someone forget the Loctite?!