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    On display in Denmark Street

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='Shaggy' post='311272' date='Oct 21 2008, 01:17 PM']White with black p/g and maple neck?
    There’s an iconic pic (in fact so iconic I can’t find it!) from the American tour of him on stage after some member of the audience had decked him right on the nose. Blood all down his front, all over the bass, but he’s still sneering that defiant “Sid” sneer.
    Rather like Hendrix’s flambéed Strat, it would probably be worth ten times as much with the bloodstains.[/quote]
    like this?

    [attachment=15052:sid_vicious.jpg]

    Sansamp VT Bass character pedal

    in Effects

    Posted

    I got a Sansamp VT Bass pedal last week from a Proaudioland in the US (eBay listing). I used it at a gig on Saturday and it added a great grittiness to my tone when playing through a fairly rubbish house-supplied Peavey combo but the overall volume of the gig was so loud that it was hard to truly assess it.

    Then used it at a band practice this evening at lower volume levels (!) It really is a great pedal for emulating a gently overdriven, warm-sounding Ampeg SVT stack using the left side of the 'character' knob and some 'drive'. Crank up the 'character' and 'drive' knobs and you have the nearest emulation of Lemmy's Marshall sound that I have ever heard with a pedal - so much so that my guitarist and I had an extended blast through 'Motorhead' while waiting for our drummer. Fantastic! Unlike the Sansamp BDDI it has a Mid control so there's a bit more tweakable tone on offer although its probably not as useful an all-round tool. For a plug-in overdrive pedal which truly sounds valve-like and has a real variety of tones, though, its the mutt's nuts :)

    How was your gig last night?

    in General Discussion

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    [quote name='OldGit' post='310126' date='Oct 19 2008, 11:11 PM']I used to go to The Bridge House in Cannin' Taaahn in the 70's .. I don't suppose it's the same place :)[/quote]
    According to the website, "the [original] Bridgehouse shut its doors to live music in 1982 and was bulldozed into the ground a couple of years ago".

    The BridgeHouse 2 is a pre-fab warehouse-type building on an industrial estate about 5 minutes from Canning Town tube and the idea was to recreate the vibe of the original, at least as far as the music goes (its not as attractive a building, thats for sure!). It has dedicated blues, rock, metal and punk nights.

    How was your gig last night?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Bridge House 2, Canning Town last night at the 'Daggers Punk' evening. Realised it was going to be a tough ask when the audience was largely comprised the mohicans-piercings-studs-and-leather crowd and even tougher after the very tight and rabble-rousing opening act 'Short Bus Window Lickers' whipped them up into a mosh-pit frenzy. What a surprise, we were on second and our slightly quirky blend of melodic surf-and psychobilly-laced punk had them all outside puffing on fags and we played to a half-empty room. I tried out my new Sansamp VT Bass pedal and got a great gritty sound out of it.

    Still, good venue (once you know how to find it; its in an industrial estate), nice promoter (his wife made us cracking sausage rolls and baguettes), and we got good feedback from those who did stay to watch us. We may be playing again there in a month's time and I look forward to it.

    PS, after us on the bill, Guns On The Roof, were promoting their second album and were as tight as a badger's a*** - I think they could go on to be quite big, a mix between 70s punk and American contemporary punk

    Custom Fit Earplugs

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted · Edited by Clarky

    [quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='309790' date='Oct 19 2008, 01:02 PM']No, but if you ever get them, please do us a review![/quote]
    After a very loud gig last night (punk evening) my ears are ringing and I have decided to order some to prevent further damage. I will put up a review when they arrive, once I have had a band rehearsal (guess in about 2-3 weeks time)

    PS, £99 excludes VAT and p&P, so all-in cost £122. Still seems tiny versus the cost of real hearing damage and given how much we all spend on gear

    Rubbish string winding

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='307591' date='Oct 16 2008, 08:43 AM']I get a string cut it down put it on the bass then tune it.

    Am I the only one who doesn't measure or count?[/quote]
    No, I don't measure or count ... or cut it down either!

    My basses generally have 2cm thick balls of red fluff (TI Flats have red endings) around the string posts!

    Japan Re-issue P Bass

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Clarky

    [quote name='Raggy' post='305370' date='Oct 13 2008, 12:03 PM']A rough camera phone pic of my new bass. Will post some better quality ones soon.

    [attachment=14716:70__s_P_Bass.JPG][/quote]
    I bet you will love the neck (its more like a Jazz profile than a P*)

    Edit: * of course you already know this as you have the bass. Doh

    Thunderbird alternatives

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Clarky

    [quote name='markdavid' post='304519' date='Oct 11 2008, 06:53 PM']Hi,

    Ive got real bad gas at the moment for a Thunderbird, however theres no way that I can afford a grand for a Gibson Thunderbird , Ive been considering the Epiphone Thunderbird but am wondering whether I could do better with what I have available to spend ( £400 budget ) , is there any other Thunderbird clones/copies around as I haven't seen any

    btw it would be cool if it sounded kinda similar to a Thunderbird (Strong lows and low mids)[/quote]
    Try this [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tokai-TB48-Thunderbird-Bass-Guitar-Vintage-Sunburst_W0QQitemZ250306057234QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250306057234&_trkparms=72%3A1298%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tokai-TB48-Thunderbi...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url]

    Tokai are reknowned for being good quality (better than Epiphone) although I have not personally played this model

    £279 + £15 for a gigbag

    A letter to a headliner - it's London gigging, all right...

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Clarky

    We did a hilarious gig in July at the Bullet Bar in Kentish Town with a varied set of bands - 2 x punk, 1 folksy acoustic dude, 1 grungey Neil Young-alike ... and a guy who had been in the X Factor!

    About 20 years old, Johnny Starfinger (or similar) turned up with Mum, Dad and Grandad. Didn't talk to any other band. Did his slot to a backing tape, loads of swoopy ballads and fantastic line in cheese ("this goes out to all the laydeeez, yeah!") - the latter was especially funny as the audience mainly comprised the other bands and a few punks, almost all male.

    Here's a surprise, disappeared straight after his set and didn't watch the rest of us.

    Man we were upset. At least he didn't need to borrow my amp

    Why pay £500 on a Fender when you can buy a Cheetah at a fraction of the price?

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted

    [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='303542' date='Oct 10 2008, 08:25 AM']"In what looks like young offspring enjoying a mixed playgroup session together, is in reality a harsh life lesson. The Impala fawn is serving as target practice for the cheetah cubs in a hunting lesson organized by their mother. The cubs eventually killed the fawn"

    :) :huh: :huh:[/quote]
    Cheetahs - always hated the bastards

    Why pay £500 on a Fender when you can buy a Cheetah at a fraction of the price?

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted

    [quote name='Waldo' post='303530' date='Oct 10 2008, 08:09 AM']Funny thing is, I'll be a few seconds later they'd just ripped the throat out of that antelope or whatever it is :huh:[/quote]
    Cynic, I like to think that the baby antelope had been abandoned at birth and adopted by the cheetah family who named it something like 'Bonny', fed it milk, led it to green pastures and generally had a cool time on the veldt with it, scampering around and such like

    WTF was in my coffee this morning? :)

    Why pay £500 on a Fender when you can buy a Cheetah at a fraction of the price?

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted

    [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='303517' date='Oct 10 2008, 07:44 AM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-STRAT-TYPE-BASS-GUITAR-WITH-STRAP-STRINGS-CASE_W0QQitemZ260298030573QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260298030573&_trkparms=72%3A1298|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-STRAT-TYPE-BA...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url]

    Anyone wanna buy a strat type bass?[/quote]
    Shame, I was hoping this was a feelgood piece with pictures of cute Cheetah cubs to cheer us all up on this grim Friday

    '62 Fender P bass for £800???

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted

    [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='303012' date='Oct 9 2008, 02:01 PM']"The bass comes in a suitcase bass."

    Classic[/quote]
    "I do not want to continue on an exclusive piece so to speak, each of such a fender acquire wants to know what is meant here."

    Ever seen the Monty Python classic phoney-translation-book scene? "My hovercraft is full of eels" :)

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