petebassist

If I was doing three nights I'd definitely take the big guy or at least hire one, especially in a 10 piece band. Hope you have a great time! If you're driving, I'd recommend a stock car and some horse blinkers ;-)

Big fan, let me know where you're playing. The Faces were a super-group before the term was invented, awesome musicians.

I've been a member of a WMC in my home village for years up in the NE, but unfortunately I live down south now, but it's handy to call in when I'm visiting. Being a members-only club, you get to avoid the trouble & aggro that you sometimes get in the local pubs, the beers cheap & it's a very friendly atmosphere. Agreed these places are in decline, though as a lot of the village pubs have closed the private clubs are becoming some of the few places left to socialize. And yes punk, mod and ska bands are very popular up there.

Would love to visit Ed's emporium if he's still got it. I learnt my upright bass technique from Ed's Jazz Upright Bass book & CD. I'd recommend it for beginners wanting practical advice about the basics of playing technique. Great bloke !!

As Scotty purportedly said, "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it" ;-)

Hey there's nowt wrong with a good meat-draw in the middle of set! Had to laugh at @Happy Jack's post. The last club band I saw were The Kill in the Belvedere in Bishop Auckland, County Durham a couple of years back, amazing band, since gone on to better things I heard.

Annoying... I had a similar issue with my old bass on one string on one or two notes up the neck - after trying to damp various bits of the tailpiece, felt at the ball ends of the strings etc, I found that the tailpiece itself had a hollow cavity, so I stuffed a piece of black cloth up there and it stopped the buzz on mine.

I know zilch about luthery but I think they use animal glue that can be melted & maintained down the line.

If it were me I'd loosen the strings down a tone or two and move the bridge to the horizontal and centered between the inner nicks as others have said. Be careful to keep enough tension in the strings to maintain a downward pressure on the bridge to keep the sound bar in place inside the bass, which is positioned somewhere underneath the bridge. Once in position, if you think any of the strings are pulling the bridge out of place, detune the strings one by one just enough so that you can pull the string to one side out of the groove, and drop in some powered pencil graphite into the grooves to enable the strings to slide in the groove when being tightened or loosened.

Gorgeous looking bass, haven't tried one for sound though. Here's mine ;-)

Is anyone else doing Adam's signature sounds course? I signed up over the weekend so I've done a couple of the introductory lessons and reviewed some of the other sections. It's early days yet, but so far, so awesome... I'd be interested to hear what other people think, because it seems to be changing the whole way I look at and approach my DB. BTW This is the first course I've done here and I'm finding the course website well laid out and easy to use and navigate too. Nice work Geoff.

Second hand's a smart move. I don't know much about these Archers except what's on the G4M site, so I couldn't comment on them specifically. Age doesn't really matter with uprights, as good ones age gracefully and just sound better, providing they're good quality wood and parts. I guess if it was me I'd find out whether it's had a setup (i.e. bridge has been set, sound post checked, neck sometimes smoothed out) or is it just straight from the factory/workshop, any upgraded parts, e.g. bridge, string upgrade? If it doesn't play well it might need money spent on a setup. If you could get an existing upright player to try it out that would be ideal if you're not sure yourself. Hope that helps.

Saturday night at the Old Bookshop, Bedminster, Bristol - lovely venue and very cool crowd.

I'd argue that we live in a liberal and open minded country, and we just keep becoming more liberal and open minded. Comparatively of course. I also think it's more to do with culture than age, and some cultures are more traditional than others regardless of age. Oh and it's not that new is it? In 1977 when I was a would-be young punk, transgender Wayne Country and the Electric chairs had their famous single out called 'F#ck Off'.

Agree. If I stopped playing bass, would I be able to pay my bills? Yes, so that rules out any professional category at the moment, but you've gotta be in it to win it... So I keep on truckin, and who knows where it's gonna lead.

Nowt wrong with that, looks neat. These a great little pick-ups, I used one for six years and it never let me down. I used to keep mine secure with just a couple of bits of masking tape, just in case the amp lead was accidentally yanked and pulled it out of place.

The genius that was Roy Budd. Some great movies on this thread.

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I don't know how much these are new with a proper setup (2000 + setup ?), but I do rate Stentors and if I was looking for a new bass and the repair was solid and sound good etc etc I might offer around 1000 to 1200 if it's a 3/4 size. Don't know whether that's any help to you?

If I remember correctly this photo is from the Kings Pub in old Nice, which a few years ago had great local rock bands playing on weekends, and me & my mate used to go there. Can't remember when 'Slash' turned up ;-)

Sounds like you've got a great front person there, hang on to her!!

Growly & bright just about sums up the Spiros. I have the weichs/lights and they're friggin awesome, definitely worth considering if you can try some.

Of course if the crowd's getting a little bored you can always set fire to your instrument.