Happy Jack

Double bass on a train? http://youtu.be/jhisIT_CuQ8

Playing in a pub band isn't about making money ... it's about offsetting the cost of your hobby.

The only way I know to make a drummer quiet. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/Sniper%20Ape_zpsqlf95fk2.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/Sniper%20Ape_zpsqlf95fk2.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

It's OK Mark, their Restraining Order only applies to Michael ...

Thanks guys.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1509539599' post='3399718'] ... and recordings made with it nearly got the band I was playing in signed to CBS Records! [/quote] Had it been a Westone you might have been nearly signed by Parlophone instead!

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Where did you get enough balsa wood to build a sub-8lb Jazz? I did have one that light, a Gherson: [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20SOLD/Gherson%20Jazz%201970s%20SOLD/CIMG0536.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20SOLD/Gherson%20Jazz%201970s%20SOLD/CIMG0536.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Neckdive to make a Thunderbird blush ...

I have a lovely Fishman SA220 Performer, used it for years and love it to bits. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fishman-SA220-Solo-Performance-System/dp/B001E96UMS At rehearsal last night it started making a fairly constant hissing/crackling sound, loud enough to be bloody irritating when not playing but inaudible when in use. The sound was completely unaffected by whether or not an instrument or mic or both was plugged in, and none of the controls (gain, EQ, etc.) made any difference to the sound. I realise that this is damned near an impossible question to answer without hearing it, but does this sound like a capacitor or similar? My problem is that, in perfect condition, this unit is currently worth perhaps £400, maybe a bit less. If I send it off to be serviced and repaired, it's hard to believe that the bill will be a great deal less than that ...

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' timestamp='1509379369' post='3398451'] That's basically what this site looks like - they're trying to be the Uber for the music industry. S.P. [/quote] Your analysis would be all the more persuasive if we could actually see "what this site looks like".

Yup, PJB kit is the way to go if you can afford it. As a simple headphone amp the Bighead is superb. If you want more of a Swiss-Army-knife for bass playing then the Bass Buddy is quite simply unbeatable iMHO.

[quote name='Hellzero' timestamp='1509365218' post='3398307'] Final price including all customs taxes will be close to 2000-2200 GBP and you'll get a bass with a reglued broken head. Sorry, but you better wait for Sander De Gier to make its 5 strings Lowlander or ask him to make you the first one... [/quote] [quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1509366323' post='3398322'] Touche [/quote] Oh you guys! Realistically, as the very happy owner of a T5 for the last couple of years, even with the reglued headstock this is still a great deal. In another reality, where I don't already own FAR too many basses, I have already pulled the trigger to buy this as a back-up bass ...

Amazing how big you can make yourself sound on the Internet, ain't it? We have lots of money to give away, you don't need to be any good because we have so many opportunities, in fact far too many to bother actually listing any, and our f***ing enormous super-duper high-quality website is ... erm ... under development just now so you can't see it, but trust us, it'll be massive. I'm sure that 11-year-olds all over the country have been taken in by this tosh ...

Very sad to relate, I am of the age that means that Strawbs = [i][b]Part Of The Union[/b][/i]. Oh dear. Incidentally, when did they become THE Strawbs? http://youtu.be/KdOCWUgwiWs A very young Rick Wakeman had enough sense to be gone by then!

Well I hope you gave him both barrels then ...

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1509180601' post='3397140'] Never mind what it was, is this a good band now, with good players? I'd stick around. [/quote] Yup, I'd go with this. Is there a limit with the number of bands you can play with? I routinely belong to at least two, sometimes as many as four. That way I never feel 'trapped' in any one band, and some of the more f***ed-up musicians I play with do an excellent job of reminding me when I'm well off with another band ...

My experience is that decent PA cabs are heavy enough already without putting a power amp in each of them too! I run Mixer --> Feedback Suppressor --> Power Amp --> Passive PA tops. The first three all live in a 6U rack case, permanently wired together, so set-up at the pub is really very simple ... plug in the XLRs for the three mics, plug in the speaker leads for the two tops, game over. I used a 4-channel power amp with bridging options down to two channels most of the time. This approach also allows me to add foldback monitors if I want them, and also means that a bass amp fail isn't a problem since I can divert one of the power amp channels to drive my bass cab.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1509096890' post='3396548'] Are the pasties available for a Right Handed eater as well as lefties??? [/quote] If you have enough dough ...

Pah! Next thing you know, he'll be telling us that Jake and Elmore are fictional characters ...

In all fairness, the Warwick Jack Bruce shares the EB-3 shape but ... erm ... not a lot else. I spent half an hour playing one in the sadly-now-gone Warwick Custom Shop in New York, and it was one of the nicest things I've ever played. Completely unlike the EB-3, it was a very flexible and responsive bass with a wide range of tones available, and the neck was a delight in the hand. I'd have bought it on the spot had it not been for the eye-watering price.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/drummer-wanted/bass-player-wanted-for-garage-rnb-punk-british-beat-type-band/1272489092 I absolutely loved the line, "[color=#3C3241][font=Castledown, Arial, sans-serif][size=4][i][b]This is a new project, none of us have met yet[/b][/i]."[/size][/font][/color]

That's because they're Limited Expedition.

It's always weird when someone who is clearly an experienced musician posts up a blind spot like this. I probably have more than most, since I dropped completely out of music (playing, listening, anything) for nearly 20 years. You would all be amazed by the artists I've never heard of. It was only through my then 14-year-old daughter getting into Foo Fighters that I discovered a guy called Dave Grohl who apparently used to play for some strange outfit called "Nirvana". Bet they never got anywhere with a name like that. I've been a mahoosive Taj Mahal fan for (on & off) 40 years though ... Just buy a copy of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Progress_%26_in_Motion:_1965%E2%80%931998

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1508581372' post='3393054'] 29 September for us please! And the blog from this year will be ready once we're back from holiday. [/quote] +1 22nd would be a nightmare for Happy Jack, Bluejay, MacDaddy and Paul the Drums ... we're gigging that night in Leighton Buzzard!

Solo bass and stomping? Try Some Kind Of Wonderful. I've sung it at jam nights as a drum'n'bass duo, though it unarguably benefits from the arrival of power chords near the end ("can I get a witness?"). And yes, that's four punctuation marks in sequence and it's grammatically bang on the money.