Happy Jack

Y'know, I almost prefer the days when Eden manuals used to talk about the "magic smoke". It was easier to understand, and more consistent.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1507146592' post='3383641'] Someone who says they've got to check with their Mrs first, [s]should have checked with their Mrs first before calling you[/s]. is looking for a cheap excuse to back out of the deal. [/quote] Fixed.

Has it got fanny'd frets?

Damn! If that had more cutouts I'd be all over it. Too bland for my tastes ...

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1507051390' post='3383043'] Not without wasting power. [/quote] Luckily enough, modern bass amplification is simply [i][b]awash [/b][/i]with surplus power.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1507123466' post='3383466'] Hmm, sounds like an expensive accidental knock of a switch waiting to happen...hopefully that has been thought through! [/quote] No, to reach the switch first you have to pull off the handle.

Have you considered organising a BassBash Bake-Off? I'm up for this event anyway, but if I were havering then the presence of enormous amounts of sweetened wheat would probably swing it ...

[quote name='phil.c60' timestamp='1507112113' post='3383336'] Have I missed something? There seems to be no indication from the prospective purchaser that he is intending to buy it. He has asked for the location, has asked for the best price, and has said he will need to check before he commits to buying it. Your friend has volunteered a lot of useful information that was not requested, in order it would seem to try and progress a sale. If he has someone else interested and they make a firm offer, it's sold to them. The first one, to me, seems like simply a casual enquiry. First come, with a firm offer and commitment to purchase, is first served. [/quote] Exactly this. No offer to buy was ever made - your friend had only a potential buyer who asked a couple of questions. If I asked for the exact weight of the bass you were selling, I wouldn't consider you to be under an obligation to keep the bass for me.

I'm a hip, cool-looking young guy who plays music in London: https://soundcloud.com/jack-nicole-music Actually, that's not a bad match ... except for the "young" bit of course. I tried contacting him through Soundcloud years ago. He never replied. Definitely not my sort of music, mind.

What is this thing called, love? [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1506944687' post='3382126'] [/quote]

There are a few 'home conversions' into fivers out there, too. Can't comment on quality or playability though.

As would pics you can actually see. If legit, it looks like a hippy refin. Luckily enough, I don't get on with Jazz basses and I bloody hate hippy refins.

Not much point in being a Member of an exclusive club like Basschat if you're going to let just anyone come. Hang on. What's that you say Sooty? Really? Since when? Oh well, I'm sure it'll be fine.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1506719028' post='3380735'] I've joined you, double basses! [/quote] But Shirley, that's a 4-string fretless?

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1506715095' post='3380692'] I'm probably going to be the only person to vote 'other' . [/quote] Nah ... I'm bang alongside you. Us bass uke players have to stick together, right?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1506687635' post='3380431'] I played to 5 people once and we got fired. [/quote] Pah! That's nothing! I've played to zero people. Literally. There were no punters at all, so both the bar staff went outside for a fag. There was no one at all in the entire pub except the band. We just kept playing ...

What else have you got lying around, Rabbie? If you have a Class D head knocking about, or a small power amp, you can save yourself the cost of a powered speaker and focus just on the speaker itself. it's not clear from your post where your dissatisfaction lies, but I've been well impressed with the DB reproduction of my recently acquired Crazy 8.

I'm lucky on two counts. I live in West London, with plenty of venues either nearby or at least reachable, and I retire next year so I don't need an alarm clock. My plan is to play every gig I get. My main band isn't up for playing 8 - 10 gigs a month (I'd struggle to get them to play four!) so I'll just play in as many bands as I have to in order to get the gigs I want.

Really sorry to hear about your health - hope you get better soon.

Gig-getting? Silvia and I hunt as a team, we're both organised to the point of OCD, and despite it being very time-consuming and (occasionally) frustrating we actually enjoy it a lot. No wild boar or roe deer get harmed but it's still the thrill of the chase. Other band members chip in with some gigs, which is nice, but if Silvie and I don't hit the road then the diary tends to get pretty empty.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1506528659' post='3379385'] I tell people when I'm not available, wouldn't that generally be easier? I should think there are fewer un-free days than free. [/quote] If you look at the link I supplied, you'll probably understand.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1506525109' post='3379347'] Band before that I set up a Google shared calendar for them because their comms were so sh*t, only to realise that lat least 2 of the other 3 pretty much never bothered looking at it. [/quote] Bin there, dun that.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1506516050' post='3379266'] We use www.wheresthegig.com to try and avoid situations like this. [/quote] Looks interesting Pete. What level of IT ability is required for a drummer to operate this?

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1506458998' post='3378957'] I'd be interested in attending another bash and don't mind travelling a bit so Bicester would be fine with me, might give me inspiration to practice more!? [/quote] Ahhhhh ... Bicester. [size=2](You need to be a certain age to get that.)[/size]