Clarky

[quote name='Clarky' post='340145' date='Nov 28 2008, 11:39 PM']Try on-line tab sites like BassMasta - not always spot on but at least they're free and you get to choose the songs you want to learn[/quote]
link [url="http://www.bassmasta.net/c/clash,_the/"]http://www.bassmasta.net/c/clash,_the/[/url]

[quote name='Pissman' post='340144' date='Nov 28 2008, 11:37 PM']Places down town don't have anything

Anyone know a good songbook for Clash music? Early stuff through to later.

Thanks,[/quote]
Try on-line tab sites like BassMasta - not always spot on but at least they're free and you get to choose the songs you want to learn

Such a big back catalogue and a fantastic light/video show ... and Mani* is the man!

Really great evening - seriously, catch them if you can on this tour

Highlights: Rocks Off, Swastika Eyes, Exterminator

* nerdy bass comments: played his Rick 3000 shortscale and an Epi gold Jack Casady

I've lobbed in a tenner too via PayPal

Good work to all who have resolved this. I would like to think that Jake will donate £100 to something BassChat-related when he has funds because until that happens noone will believe that he is even slightly remorseful

Its increasingly apparent I need a lightweight combo for practices and for backline at gigs where they have in-house soundsystems (applies to nearly all of our gigs). I can use my Markbass R500 amp plus the 6x10 for anything requiring serious power.

Although I don't want to get rid of my UL310 (weighs nothing and is so much more portable than the 6x10), I am not allowed to spend any more moolah on bass gear

So is anyone potentially interested in a trade for their Markbass combo with my UL310 (in great nick, bought from Nick! [oldhorsemurphy] and worth £500-550)?

PS, no other combos/makes please as I have a glass back, plus this will occasionally be carried on the London Underground ... and anyway I like Markbass gear!

'Failed to sell on eBay' bump

[quote name='LWTAIT' post='337815' date='Nov 26 2008, 10:32 PM']i don't know about it being for the older basschatters, i was born 3 years after graham chapman died, but the monty python movies are all in my top 10 movies. and most of my male friends love monty python, too (for some reason i don't know any females that find it funny). if you quoted my hovercraft is full of eels to all of the boys in my year at school, i'd be willing to bet at least a third of em would know what you're on about.[/quote]
Drop your panties, Sir William; I cannot wait until lunchtime!

[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Hungarian_Phrasebook"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Hungarian_Phrasebook[/url]

OK, I've now downed a bottle of red wine and reminiscing ..... old fart that I am

[quote name='Clarky' post='337666' date='Nov 26 2008, 08:19 PM']"My hovercraft is full of eels"*[/quote]
For those interested cunning linguists who wish to pursue the topic further [url="http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hovercraft.htm"]http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hovercraft.htm[/url]

I'm sure what the man meant was that we should not all be soured by the experience of IncX and that we risk turning into suspicious cynics with anyone new joining the Forum, especially if they want to sell

Alternatively:

"My hovercraft is full of eels"*


* For the older BCers

[quote name='larrikin' post='337138' date='Nov 26 2008, 12:13 PM']Yep, right hand cramp exactly!! I use the dunlop tortex green picks and have d'addario mediums on my bass.

Would one of those grip masters help or has anyone got some exercise techniques, i've tried gripping losely but it falls out my hand.[/quote]
Try a really thin, flexible pick (thats what I now use) - it means that you don't have to strike the string as hard (less resistance) and I can play a lot faster with a thinner pick (useful in my punk band!)

I have tried tortex greens but found I have to play harder

These are what I use - Alien glow in the dark picks [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/299-alien_ebe_glow_in_the_dark"]http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/29...low_in_the_dark[/url]

+1 for red tort (per hamster's piccies)

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='335382' date='Nov 24 2008, 12:11 PM']PS I might try and get along to see you at the Peel. Last time I was there when we weren't playing I was mistaken for one of the Doormen...[/quote]


Would be great if you could make it - I think the WitchDoktors are pretty entertaining too

Not too many Rick owners on BassChat (as I discovered) so have you tried posting on RickResource, which does have a fair few UK members?

OP updated for new gig details

Hi Nick, what have I started! There's a nice Montezuma Brown 4003 FS somewhere on the Forum (thebeat's I think)

I put a set on a double bass in an attempt to learn slap bass - the D and G are good (flexible, easy on hands) but the E and A are dull thuds with no resonance whatsoever - and keep stretching for weeks! If you check the DB thread on here you will find alternative string recommendations

Now there's mojo ... and there's sh*te

Edit: the most contrived "relic'ing" I 've ever seen

I am so nerdy I have a thrash/heavy metal bass pick collection (all acquired on eBay) including picks from Lemmy, Jason Newsted (Metallica), Tom Araya (Slayer), Dave Ellefson (Megadeth) and Paul Gray (Slipknot).

Even if I'm rubbish at bass, with one of these in my hand I feel like a true rock god

Well, sort of

Bullet Bar in Kentish Town - we were OK but not at best (me having flu didn't help), but thankfully audience didn't seem to notice and jumped round a lot - here's a few pics of me playing newest bass, MIA Jazz (gotta be honest, looks the biz but didn't get on as well with it as with my P basses)

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[quote name='bremen' post='333370' date='Nov 20 2008, 07:58 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRACE-ELLIOT-SMX-DUAL-COMPRESSOR_W0QQitemZ200277958098QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Access_RL?hash=item200277958098&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRACE-ELLIOT-SMX-DUA...A1%7C240%3A1318[/url][/quote]
Thanks for heads up but its for someone else to buy as I sold my Aphex and bought a Boss CS-3 with Monte Allum mod which works well for me!

classic! very nice .... hope you have a roadie or slave to help with the cab though

Here's the link - BIN a cool £1980 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-VINTAGE-FENDER-PRECISION-BASS-USA-OHSC-A-NECK-RARE_W0QQitemZ250317565378QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item250317565378&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-VINTAGE-FENDER-...A1%7C240%3A1318[/url]

Gorgeous bass

"been a week" bump

Any aspiring stadium rock gods out there? Actually I know there are but any want a bigger rig?

[quote name='Beedster' post='331853' date='Nov 18 2008, 09:47 PM']OK, not strictly on topic, but I had a Marshall 115 cab and so regret selling it. My Precision sounded sooooo sweet with a TE driving that cab. No other cab I tried came close to the tone. Sold it for £50 to 'upgrade' to a better cab......
Chris[/quote]
Hey Beedster, how bout this then - a 1980s Marshall 300W 1x15 for <£100? ... only trouble is its in pimp colour scheme (white) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marshall-vintage-300W-1-x-15-bass-cab-celestion-speaker_W0QQitemZ280285417098QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item280285417098&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1298%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marshall-vintage-300...A1%7C240%3A1318[/url]

Sorry to go off topic.

Re: Marshall combos, there is something about them that just looks cheap ... but I would like a go through a VBA400 on the other hand

[quote name='bassjamm' post='331806' date='Nov 18 2008, 09:00 PM']Does anyone know what body wood this has?[/quote]
Should be alder

[quote name='Sean.Robinson' post='331199' date='Nov 18 2008, 01:23 AM']Hi, ive just bought a rickenbacker from ebay today and absolutely cant wait for it to get here. The bass is in absolute mint condition apart from what i suspect to be a transfer from the stand to the bottom of the bass. I find similar issues tend to just rub off however i dont know if this will be the case until it gets here but to be honest i dont really care if it cant be removed as other than it th bass is spotless and ive being wanting a rickenbacker in this colour for so long now yet alone one in this condition. So in short im just wondering if anyone has any preliminary ideas of whether this will come off and if so how they would go about tackling it, obviously im not looking for any ideas that could be destructive in any way, just rub off, or solutions that might work.

Here is the bass and the area im talking about:

As you can see the marks on the bottom line up with how the bass sits on the stand which lead me to believe this is a transfer and should come off easily but as i say id love some input. Pardon the first picture, its purely to show off the bass [/quote]
Some light Rick finishes discolour easily (eg the creamy white finish on the Chris Squire 4001 is notorious) - this definitely looks to me that the paint has taken colour from the rubber feet of the guitar stand. As its unlikely to be just the very surface affected I'm guessing there's probably little you can do about it (a re-fin is not an option I assume, and anyway its not worth it for such a small area when the rest of the paint is in such nice nick). You could check the RickResource forum as there are loads of Rick fanatics on there who know every trick in the book - but I do recall CS owners moaning about discoloration, suggesting its not fixable.

If it were mine I wouldn't let it bother me as you don't see that part of the bass when playing or when its displayed.

BTW, damn fine looking bass!