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  1. Very sad to hear this news. Best wishes to all family and friends.
  2. in the old days you could have got an Arts Council grant for making a movie like that.
  3. Fat fingers are useless and look stupid clamped on the headstock. The only way to get rid of a dead spot is to get rid of the bass.
  4. thanks for the tips - the fitting has been successfully Araldited along with an internal reinforcement patch and it stood up to being gigged at the weekend. The tilt lock knob was removed and replaced with a standard bolt, to take stress off the joint (the led has tilt locks on both sides of the yoke, so it now runs on just one which is entirely adequate). Happy days!🤩
  5. 1. Why you don't have any gigs? - we do about 25-30 a year, but sometimes that's three in a week and then nothing for 6 weeks! 2.Do you rely on an agent ? no 3.Who finds coordinates and confirms gigs? - we are a four piece and we all have good contacts. We each take a lead on allotted venue/area of the county, so once an offer comes in the lead person take it through to payment, inc. publicity materials, all liaisoning etc. 4. Are you or any band members in this for the money? - no, it's a hobby band, albeit at a reasonable standard (he says modestly). 5.How much do you want to gig? - I'd like to play 50 gigs a year, but I'm retired from full time work now whereas the others aren't , so a gig a fortnight on average isn't too demanding for them. 6 BONUS QUESTION: How often do you rehearse?: Weekly when we are adding new material and when there is more than two weeks between gigs.
  6. yes, we've got the insert. I too was thinking Araldite, just wondered whether anyone had experience with this type of hard plastic before I try something that might be hard to remove if it doesn't work.
  7. The plastic case on one of our band's LED lights has broken, the area immediately around one of the tilt locks has come away from the body. Can anyone recommend a glue that will bond onto this sort of plastic? The light is worth repairing as it is a really good piece of kit, even though it was an inexpensive Chinese import. Pictures below. Any advice will be gratefully appreciated. (It looks as though it has already been repaired, in a former life) good side bad side
  8. We use a Zoom H1 for recording gigs. The quality is really good, especially if you experiment a bit with the manual gain to get a good level and avoid using the auto level. Uses 2xAA batteries too so handy for popping on a shelf on the back of the bar etc.
  9. A Peavey (Mk 3) and matching 4x10 - so much guts to the sound, just right!
  10. Here's my Junior Jet, heavily sanded on the back to take about 1cm off the thickness so it now weighs about a feather, and I've finished the wood with a black water-based stain that gives it a plum colouring. Fitted with a TV Jones Thunderblade and a Schaller bridge, a coil-split switch and with my custom tort plates, it looks and sounds great. I use it as a back up, but really it should be a front line bass as it plays so well; occasionally I take pity on it and give it a front line gig.
  11. I've learned so much about bass playing, gear, and etiquette/performance from reading this forum that I count it as part of my day's practice time!🙂 Thanks everyone.
  12. I think I've only been asked once about which bass players I like / influenced me. But being asked what bands I'm into is a regular topic of conversation, so perhaps this is a more useful line of discussion. To be honest, other than the really big names I don't know the names of many guitarists, keys or drummers so I wouldn't be equipped to ask the reverse question in a meaningful way.
  13. Dunlop 'Big Stubby' 2mm for me. No flexing, great for fast rhythms. Sort of teardrop shape with a pointy bottom🤪.
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