Clarky

I have got myself on the mailing list for BassGear, Phil Nixon's (aka BC'er Born 2B Mild) high-end bass retail venture, as I am awaiting the arrival of an Aguilar TH 500 (Tonehammer) amp. I'm not sure if other BassChatters are aware that Phil is relocating darn sarf (currently he's in Harrogate) and that he has a big relocation sale on. There's some very useful discounts, for example, on BagEnd cabs (£100+ off) and some whopping reductions on the higher end basses he stocks (eg, a grand off a rather pretty Alleva Coppolo two-tone sunburst Precision that Chuck Rainey has had his paws on and £250 off a Zon 5'er). Worth a look IMHO, if only for a bit of porn gazing [url="http://www.bassgear.co.uk/"]http://www.bassgear.co.uk/[/url]

Hello and welcome to BassChat ... it is the Introductions sub-forum after all

Hello and welcome to BassChat ... it is the Introductions sub-forum after all

[quote name='Machines' post='1272541' date='Jun 17 2011, 11:10 AM']Sure - since the original issue was reported we have collectively feed up 4.5GB of data (over 10% of attachment size) and at least 3000 files have been removed.[/quote] Does that remove any near-term threat of BC running out of space or is there a lot more still needed to be cut?

After the fab Paul Simonon video posted earlier, Rock the Casbah (with video showing Paul playing the exact same Precision he is still using nearly 20 years later)

[quote name='Jigster' post='1271993' date='Jun 16 2011, 07:09 PM']...altho what the hell he saw in Gorillaz I'll never know!![/quote] True but at least it has got him gigging again - I went to see The Good, The Bad and The Queen live in Bethnal Green a couple of years ago purely to watch him on stage as I never got to see the Clash live!

Hey Mr Machines, how about a status update (not the graphite necked new model from Rob Green) on how much space has been freed up?

I would love my DB to sound like the woody, buzzy rich tone that Danny Thompson or the guy from the Wood Brothers gets. But its a ply back/sides Zeller student model, so it will never get near that. Amplified, however, it really sounds very good through my AI/EA rig and especially in a band context. I am guessing that were I to have a very expensive carved 19th century bass it would approximate to the acoustic sound I love but be no better than my Zeller when amplified and in fact more problematic with feedback. Horses for courses and depends on context, in short.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1271419' date='Jun 16 2011, 01:29 PM']I'm very close to being down to 3 from 14.[/quote] 2 are obviously your blue Fender Jazz and the Sterling, whats the third? The SX P?

I have too many and am aiming to end up with 4: Fretless (Wal Mk1) Precision (YOB '63) Jazz ('Herbie Flowers' replica) 5-string P or J Am trying to sell my fretted Wal (which I haven't gelled with, unlike my fretless Wal) and will try to sell my seafoam green Bacchus '62 Jazz when I can persuade Mrs C that "a lovely colour" is not a good enough reason to hang on to a bass! Of course this list doesn't include my acoustic instruments (Eko bass, Zeller DB, Eminence EUB)!!!!

[quote name='Jigster' post='1270763' date='Jun 15 2011, 10:22 PM']got a reply from the Tristan guy[/quote] me too, asking me to call him ... but after Michael's post I'm in no hurry to reply

He may not have played on all the album tracks but he played all the well-known bass lines pretty well on the 'Live at Shea Stadium' album (apart from Guns of Brixton where he always swapped instruments with Joe Strummer)

I love his description of re-fretting a fretless neck as "putting back these bits" whilst pointing at the frets Legend and one of my favourite bassists

whereas I am always on Jizz.com at work

Want an opening act?

Sounds cool, Mike! I really like playing the Dublin Castle - the stage is a good size (unlike the 12 Bar!) and the sound was really good last time I was there

Normally mag pickups, unless they have some kind of screw or clamp arangement, are affixed with strong velcro or gaffer tape. I have a US-made equivalent (by Krivo). It has heavy duty velcro on the top edge and I have put 3M velcro tape at the end of the fingerboard to hold it in place.

Our next gigs in the diary are: 1. Upton Blues Festival - we are on the main stage on Sunday 17th July (6.20-7.35pm) - I will also be doing a half-hour acoustic set shortly before hand (3.15-3.45pm) with RB's singer Wily Bo, the lady singer who also plays sax, and our main tombonist 2. Arundel Festival - we are playing on Friday 19th August, onstage at 8pm

So thats why I keep getting ads for Jizz.com