jezzaboy

Easy. Get the drummer to start then once he has sorted out the beat (can take a while) bass and guitar come in together. Simpiles! You can slag the song off all ya like, I don`t even like it myself but the punters love it in the 2nd set when they are all rat@rsed!. It`s the entertainment biz. Jez

Schaller straplocks every time, on every bass I use. The thing to do is use the screw supplied with the lock and stuff a couple of cocktail sticks in the hole and there you go , dinky doo! If you are spending £500 on a bass, what`s £12 spent on locks. Jez

I dont understand music, I dont understand theory, I dont listen to much music and I do not have any sence of rythem Perfect! We are looking for a new drummer and you have all the qualifications! You need to find some other dudes to play with and inspire you. Stick an ad in your local rag or ad trader and look for someone to start a covers band with. You shouldn`t run down your abilities or lack of. I am the most basic bass player, okay at playing roots etc but as for fancy bass runs, forget it! I play in a covers band that is booked up till the new year and beyond up here in Glesga. So it can be done. Don`t sell all your gear, you will regret it. You need someone to make you want to play again, so get out there and go for it! Jez

Went to one in Airdrie a few years ago, me and my drummer mate. It was like a private club full of to**ers who all knew each other playing 12 bar blues for an hour. As we weren`t know, they didn`t really bother with us, so, we legged it and haven`t been to one since. Having said that, I think that this was the crap end of the jam nights and you will find quite a lot of people who enjoy jamming and the people are nice and friendly. If you go to one just bluff it. I get away with it most weekends! Jez

We should persecute the credit card. Credit card + large credit limit enables gas. Anyone got the number of Ocean Finance?

I too am a fellow sufferer. This year I have bought... Fender US P, Fender MIM Classic Jazz, Fender MIM sunburst Jazz, [color="#FF0000"]Ibanez SRX700, SR700[/color], ARTB 100, SR300M, [color="#FF0000"]EBM Stingray[/color], Epi Thunderbird, Epi Ebo, Squire Affinity P, [color="#FF0000"]Squire Modified P[/color], G&L L2000. The ones in red I still have. The rest I have bought and sold again at a large loss as I am cr*p at selling things. And a rather large credit card bill. It would be justifiable if I was a decent player but I am mediocre multiplied. Help! Jez (Currently residing in ward 3 of the happy hoose)

Our drummer tries to overplay sometimes adding double kicks, fills, knocking the cr*p out of the cymbals and genrally adding bits in wher there shouldn`t be bits added! The biggest problem is he`s no very good at it!. The photo below is me and the singer giving him dogs abuse for some of the above. [attachment=32652:DSC00190.JPG] But at the end of the day he`s a top bloke and if he wasn`t there, who could we give dogs abuse to. As for Neil Peart, one word, God! Jez

Played the Village Inn in East Kilbride last night and had the place rockin. The cut off time iis 12.30ish so, we are about to start the last song, pretty vacant for a bit of pogoing, and the singer says "Thanks very much. Youve been a great audience. This is the last number tonight from Fused.... No sooner had the words left his lips when everthing went dark. No power. Agghhh! Shouts of "what the fluck". Turned out that there was a power cut. The crowd then broke into Flower of Scotland caused by some miracle, Scotland wining at the football. Some drunk tw*t even grabbed the singer`s mic and tried to sing into it and got a bit peaved when he was told to leg it. The next 15 mins were a case of people fallin into people, us trying to break down the gear with the aid of a mini maglite, people touching things they shouldn`t (ooeerrr missus). All in all a good gig! Jez

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='589724' date='Sep 4 2009, 02:49 PM']Last I heard, gigging and recording with John McCoy while both of 'em endorsing Vintage-brand guitars / basses.[/quote] Do you think that the guys in the Vintage ads really use them as their main gigging axe? Not knocking Vintage guitars by the way, just curious. Overheard in dressing room before gig... Bernie Torme: Will I play my 64 strat tonight? Nah! I `ll use this £250 Vintage! Jez

Youve made a really good job of the paintwork and all for £20! I can see the sandpaper heading for my old squire bodied P bass as I`ve got one too many sunburst finished basses. Your cat looks as if it`s got "mind control eyes" in that photo. Jez

It was my Ibby SR700 but having played the stingray bass I got from Dub Junkie on a few gigs it`s now the one. Jez

[quote name='steve-soar' post='582781' date='Aug 27 2009, 07:12 PM']Get a soldering iron and resolder all the connections that look iffy, if that doesn't work, set fire to it. [/quote] Yep. Setting fire to it is definatley the thing to do. Jimi

Ordered a Ebony thumbrest from the guy below on monday, it arrived today (wednesday) and is a really nice part. Time to junk those nasty plastic ones and be good to your bass! [url="http://www.bassguitarthumbrests.com/"]http://www.bassguitarthumbrests.com/[/url] Jez

That reminds me of that little know Chinese Jazz/fusion guitarist Wan Lang Solo. Jez

Thanks for all the replies. Intresting. It seems that Ashdown is no more un-reliable than anything else. I think I will get something else, possibly second hand and see if I prefer the sound to the Ashdown. Jez

Question for ya. Do Ashdown sound like sh*t? The reason I ask is, the only decent? amp I have ever owned is a Ashdown mag300. Before that it was all practice amp, small stuff. It`s a few years old and one of the british ones. I took the head out of it and stuck it in a case for ease of transportation. I was in a local shop the other day and heard a guy playing through a Eden ENX260 head and a 6 x 10 Apeg cab and it sounded fantastic! But at 499 it was a bit steep, but on Thoman it`s only 395. Told the guy that I had an Ashdown and he instantly replied Crashdown as they keep breaking down apparently. I keep spending money on guitars but I think that I should spend some cash (not a lot though) on a new head. What about Gk or Hartke? Any tips? Jez

I wish you all the best and hope it works out for you. I would come down and check it out. Just watch those East coast punters though. You know what they say about them..... Jez

Tell you something, I`d rather listen to Flea than all that musical masturbation crap of Jaco (no not Micheal) and guys like that. Personally I liked the "let`s all dress up as a lightbulb period". If any man (or woman: copyright Monty Python) can play bass dressed as a lightbulb, he gets my vote! Jez

[quote name='RhysP' post='572166' date='Aug 17 2009, 09:39 PM']I don't think you'll find much of a market for knitted woollen plectra. [/quote] Damm!!! Tin Foiled Again!

Really nice Clarky. I had a H1 Jazz with the same finish a couple of years ago and it looks cool with the tort gaurd. Gas for highway bass, must resist, skint. Jez

Re losing picks. Remember when you were a kid and your auntie used to knit you woolly mittens with a big bit of wool sewn to each glove and then you fed it through your sleeves? Well, you know where I`m going with this...Save you a bloomin fortune. Think I`ll get onto the patent office right noo. Jez

It`s a early G&L. What model I dont know. They started in 1979 or thereabouts. Guitar guitar has one almost the same as this one in red and with a single pickup for £1500 due to the fact that it`s a vintage guitar, so they say. Looking at the picture it doesn`t have the familiar headstock so I can only assume it`s an early one or a prototype. Jez