Junkyard Rocket

As mentioned above all they have to do is replace the singer and rebrand by changing the band name. Otherwise a change of career - McDonalds are always looking for staff.

gramma pad? http://www.thomann.de/gb/auralex_acoustics_gramma.htm

It was. I kind of wish I'd hung on to the dean as the NS is too nice for pub gigs

yep. With my previous band I had a dean pace first & then upgraded to an NS CR5M. We had a rock/americana sound & the electric upright fitted in well. The pace was a lot easier to play than the NS.

do you currently have something hassle-free to record your gigs & rehearsals? if not add 30 quid and get a zoom h1

Pots = potentiometers & are the business bits you can't see attached to the knobs on the other side of the control plate. The ones in squiers tend to be piddly little cheapos, so it would be an improvement to get a set of CTS pots - might as well chuck in a new capacitor & a switchcraft jack at the same time. btw: Instead of attacking the body with a chisel, putting a shim in the neck pocket would have given your the adjustment you need.

Isn't the 'offset contour body' part of the decal in the wrong place? Also wouldn't a real '66 have lollipop/oval tuners?

Don't Markbass amps already have a built-in low pass filter that does the same job as a thumpinator? I'm almost certain I heard that somewhere.

I practice at home, but the band gets together to rehearse once a week in a little studio in Croydon. Anyone using rehearsal time to practice gets a Paddington Bear hard stare from one or more of the other band members.

Martin Petersen once told me that its best not to and you shouldn't need to cut strings to length. But what does he know! I bet he's not tried string an ashbory recently.

I sold a white 4 string epiphone thunderbird and a peavey 5-string to buy a natural epi thunderbird pro-v with some cash left over for bits & bobs. I explained to the missus carefully that I was selling two basses to get one with some of the attributes of the two I was offloading. When the new t-bird turned up I still got the usual 'new bass' hassle from her, so I don't know what the answer is.

Any top tips for bass players? I have one: A neoprene 13" laptop slipcase from poundland is just right for a Zoom B3 so it doesn't get knocked & scratched when carried in a gigbag.

I have Thomastik TI JF324s on my CIJ mustang. It sounds more like my precisons than any of my other no P-pickuped basses probably due to the split pickup. Lots of punch, maybe slightly darker in its tone than my 1990 MIJ precision with JF344s. If you like light low tension flexible flatwounds that feel and sound wonderful, JF324s are ideal for the mustang.

Anyone near Newark, Nottinghamshire? Junkyard Rocket are making the trip up from London to play the festival next Sunday at 4pm (8/9/13) at the Roaring Meg pub (117 Barnby Gate NG24 1QZ) at the unusual time of 4pm. Its free entry even if you don't have a festival ticket, so if you're in the area, why not come along & say hello.

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1377612597' post='2189373'] maybe the Affinity Jazz is the worlds second best selling bass and that may fit your needs [/quote] Nope - I have a Squier CV Jaguar short scale which is now one of my regular gigging basses, but I've never felt the need to get an affinity.