petebassist

I've never understood why they tacked the Top Gear theme music onto the end of the chain !! Ruined the song for me...

Just out of interest, what kind of string height/action can you get up to with an NS wav/nxt/cr? I tried a CR at the London bass show a few years back and the action was set crazy low so I couldn't play it like a double bass and didn't have time to ask the guy to raise the bridge so I could try it, and I've never been able to find on the Web out what you can set it to?

Jackie still rocks!

Most of the YT clips make them sound like fretless guitars, but this one's got a nice tone diallled in, using pirastro solos and a GR Bass Pure Amp 800.

Yes small world, I'm from Coundon, I used to drink in the Sportsman a lot as well - I left the NE in the late 80s. I should put a vid on here for Prefab Sprout, another local band, but they weren't very metal...

Yes mate Penetration were from Ferryhill, a little town a couple of miles from Bishop Auckland. Great band, still going strong I believe.

That's a blast from the past. I never saw the Tygers but in the early 80s Fred Purser the guitarist used to hang out in the King Arms in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, where I used to drink every weekend. He went on to be a successful music producer. Thanks for sharing 🙂

Hey if it's good enough for Sir Paul...

Love this. Anyone happen to know what semi-acoustic bass is used on the studio version? Nice tone.

You'll have to get a blue Jazz as well and a pick 😉

Awesome song - it was the first punk song I ever saw on TV, a program called Revolver in the late 70s, I knew it was different to anything I'd ever heard or seen. Let us know how you get on 😎

It's difficult to be optimistic - the pandemic seems to act as a smoke screen for Brexit and vice versa. I suspect that only when the dust settles on Covid19 and people start travelling & working in the EU will they start to understand the repercussions, and then there's gonna be a sh!tstorm. We should be marching and protesting right outside the House Of Commons. So I think this will get sorted, but not for a while and not without a massive effort, maybe under a new government.

A lot publicity all round for the original band and the tribute - pity no one seems to be booking at the mo...

Salut bien venue!

I have the similarly spec'd SRH500F - incredible bass. The neck, pickup, stock strings and build quality are all superb. Hope you find it's worth waiting for.

Was reading Tim Burgess' article about this in the Independent, along with this comment:

As @MJJS suggests, you could try this yourself. Put a sheet of sandpaper over the position of the feet and rub each foot over where it should sit. I'd never tried this myself LOL but have heard it mentioned on luthier threads. A string shouldn't get too tight when it's tuned. Drop some graphite dust from a pencil into the groove on the bridge so that the string can move more freely in the slot, and hold the tip of the bridge when you tighten with the tuner, this might help.

£90 is the cheapest set of DB strings I’ve bought, Presto Jazzicatos, but as has been said here, strings can last for years, especially for pizzicato playing, and the cheaper the bass the better worn in or old strings sound IMO. I’d agree with buying a used set of quality strings, anything with up to three or four years of use.

Thanks for sharing, will watch over the weekend with a couple of beers, my old dad was a huge fan.😎

There is a petition that aims to get this debated in Parliament. I don't expect that the over-privileged toffs in power give two hoots about this issue, but at least this might put some pressure on. Seek Europe-wide Visa-free work permit for Touring professionals and Artists We would like the UK Govt to negotiate a free cultural work permit that gives us visa free travel throughout the 27 EU states for music touring professionals, bands, musicians, artists, TV and sports celebrities that tour the EU to perform shows and events & Carnet exception for touring equipment. More details The UK has a huge music / event touring industry which has suffered immensely due to Covid. After the end of the transition period, we face further hardship when trying to tour the EU on a professional basis, with potentially each country asking for its own visa, that would be valid only for one trip, As a freelancer I and many like me travel through the EU countless times a year on different tours and events, this will become impossible due to cost and time if we do not have visa free travel. To sign up, you can go here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563294

Sounds epic!!

What’s his son got to do with it? The guy’s helping people out here. Respect.

You'd think they'd add more detail to the ad if they want to sell this instrument, I know they said ask, but ...

I do the same as you mate, garage band then straight up to SC to share stuff (love it) but I haven't been offered a music deal yet !!! Your stuff must be much better than mine... I do get the likes & reposts from random people followed up with photo viewing opps usually from 'females'/robots though.