chriswareham

Theme from World At War. Walked on stage to this at one gig and proceeeded to play the most agressive set I've ever done. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAvt8AewEBs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAvt8AewEBs[/url]

Their videos seem to be by and for people who principally play finger style or slap. Nothing wrong with that, but it means someone like me who plays solely with a pick doesn't get any idea of the sound of a particular bass. Same goes for the only bass guitar show I've ever been to - i came away with a headache after half an hour as everyone seemed to be playing Level 42 basslines.

What I don't understand about the waiting list, is surely they wouldn't be in stock anywhere if customers are waiting for them, but I see them in stock all over the place. My local shop in High Barnet had one last year, and when I asked about it the owner said he'd ordered it in on a whim to see if it would sell. No waiting, it came straight from the distributor. It sat there unsold for months, as it was a dog to play.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1434402665' post='2799312'] That it does... if you use one of the output sockets you get all four strings in mono. You get the split if you use both sockets. I'm not sure why you'd want to bi-amp E+A and D+G strings separately though, it doesn't make much sense to me. [/quote] The only application I could think of was to apply chorus to just the D and G strings. That way I could play Peter Hook style high bass parts on those strings, but still get a clear bassy sound out of the E and A.

Had a white one of these as a loaner for a while. Great to play. I seem to recall that the "stereo" was different to the Rickenbacker kind in that it split the outputs into one for the E and A strings and the other one for the D and G strings.

The contract thing reminds me of some local pubs I played as a teenager. These pubs would provide a contract that required you to basically sell the place out in advance to stand a chance of getting paid, and had rules on behaviour so draconian that they could always wriggle out of paying on even the most busy nights. What that hadn't considered was that our entourage was a bunch of students and ne'er do wells who promptly occupied one pub until we were paid. A local copper arrived at one point and actually sided with us since we were causing no trouble (and I doubt he fancied taking on 50 odd punks, crusties and goths).

discreet - modern Ampeg SVTs are made in the far East. My SVT CL was made in Vietnam, and didn't have the fit and finish I've seen on the older US made ones.

The notion of tonewoods has been comprehensively proven to be bollocks in the violin world, where we're talking about an acoustic instrument so these threads about electrically amplified bass guitars amuse me no end.

That poor old Aria is going to take some serious work to bring back into shape. If you want a cheap option for the tuners, there is a Chinese brand call "Ping" that make a set of two-a-side closed machine heads that look very close to the ones found on lots of Japanese fakers. If you search on eBay, they're normally available. For a truss rod cover I'd recommend joining the Rickenfakers Facebook group (link available on my website here http://www.rickenfaker.info/). There is a member of that group who makes truss rod covers, and a bunch of people who can help out with good advice (including Mr Bassassin from this neck of the woods).

Doesn't selling growlers break the law on soliciting?

It's quite cool, but not up there with the Duesenberg Outlaw

Every time I see Jools' show I'm reminded of this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClcwKgxu2wk[/media]

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1432150547' post='2778721'] Double thumbing [/quote] That's my preferred technique for getting the last few drops out after a Gypsy's Kiss. Much more hygienic than giving him a shake.

I forgot to post pics of my Greco when I got it last year. It currently alternates with a Jolana D-Bass as my preferred bass - the Jolana is slightly nicer to play, but the Greco wins the beauty contest.

Seriously underrated gear Peavey. Had a Mk III head and 1820 cabinet for most of the 1990s, and it was a great sounding, ultra reliable rig. When my SVT was in for repair, the Bass Gallery gave me a Mk IV as a loaner on the basis they'd buy it back off me for the same I paid them as long as it was in the same condition. I considered hanging onto it as a back up. Now you can pick up utter bargains such as an 1810 cab (older version of the 1820) for £50 on eBay!

It's one of those annoying phrases the permeate eBay listings. My pet hate is "minty", which seems to originate with [url="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Septic"]Septics[/url] that don't know why it's supposed to be "mint" and assume it's a contraction of "minty fresh".

He's open to offers. So I offered him 10c.

I think I may have posted about my irrational dislike of all things Yamaha having suffered the horrible sounds and lack of a decent interface on their FM synthesisers. Unfortunate really, as I tried a BB series bass recently and it was a wonderful instrument.

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1431272327' post='2769481'] Spandau Ballet [/quote] It's from the spasms of a man during hanging - from the Spandau prison in Berlin. I think Tony Hadley is something of a history buff, which shows in the lyrics of "To Cut A Long Story Short" which describe a soldier losing his mind in the first world war. (Edited to admit their debut album is something of a guilty pleasure - once they started wearing sensible clothes they went totally mince though).

The case for the prosecution: Lives in Enfield. Drives a beat up Mitsubishi FTO Works, but attire is jeans, T-shirt, trainers and stubble Preferred drink is lager Plays a second hand Jap copy through a junk shop amp and speakers The case for the defence: Enfield's actually nice west of the A10 where I live The FTO was a gift from my brother I'm a computer programmer so scruffiness is obligatory I only drink lager made to the Purity Law (German, Czech or Polish) The copy is a high end Greco Rickenfaker and the amp has been rebuilt from the chassis up

B-side to New Order's first single is one of my favourite songs of all time. The A-side is Ceremony, a track they wrote as Joy Division with Ian Curtis shortly before his suicide. The B-side is an almost suffocatingly dense and dark track called In A Lonely Place: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFteKByG5Q4[/media] Some of the Sisters of Mercy B-sides where on a par with the A-sides, or in the case of the two singles from their first album actually classics in their own right: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fpySqQSu_o[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXuy-rqZVfY[/media] Then there was "Eat Me Drink Me Love Me" by Pop Will Eat Itself, B-side of "Karmadrome", complete with Ofra Haza samples (see also the second release of the Sisters of Mercy "Temple Of Love"): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6TiimsgX80[/media] Brilliant lyrics as well: Escaping the twilight, drinking till sunrise I never thought a head like this would persist I could be dead at 33 like [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi"]Belushi[/url] Drain myself away like [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hancock"]Hancock[/url] in Sydney Who knows? Who cares? Who'll remember anyway? Welcome to hell Spend your time in hell I could try to change it but it suits me too well A not so private hell You feed my hunger but drown all my senses In the satisfaction stakes, it's like sitting on the number nine bus I can't stop me, you can't stop me, I can't stop me, you can't stop me One's too many, ten's not enough Welcome to hell Spend your time in hell I could try to change it but it suits me too well A not so private hell, welcome to hell Feels good to be back with [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey_%28actor_born_1914%29"]Charlie[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Jacques"]Hattie[/url] and my memory lapse Welcome to hell, welcome to hell, welcome to hell...

I always assumed Led Zeppelin was a name inspired by Iron Butterfly - in other words a deliberately nonsensical name since neither would be able to fly.

Crispy Ambulance Bogshed Rudimentary Peni Beady Eye ...

While we're on the subject of possible Mat made basses, does anyone know if these were made by them: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Bass-Guitar-Hondo-70s-80s-/121638951728 I see them quite often, and they look like an earlier incarnation of the Westone Thunder and Aria SB style basses.

Reminds me of the "gristle gun" from Cronenburg's Existenz: