Happy Jack

[quote name='Gottastopbuyinggear' timestamp='1510060108' post='3403599'] It takes "me" about 5 minutes to set up - one speaker on top of the other, amp on top, pedal board (battery powered) on the floor, plug everything in... It then takes me anything up to an hour to set the PA up, because most of the rest of the band "don't understand that technical stuff", so I've volunteered to do it. The PA is spread among the band for storage, so we usually have a mixture of band members arriving late with their designated bits of kit, and one or more of "I've forgotten my mic stand", "Have you got a spare mic cable?", "Have you got a spare mic?", "Has anyone got a mains extension"... ***************************************************************** And don't get me started on the lights - I move on to setting them up when the PA's done... [/quote] +1 to all the above EXCEPT that Mrs Happy (aka Bluejay) does the lights.

It's all very well saying you can make your own cables, but how do you extract all the oxygen, eh?

Try a Crazy 8, ideally on an old speaker stand set really low so that it's level with the drummer's ears. Added bonus, you can use the rest of that pole to attach an LED flood or PAR can to illuminate the (otherwise invisible) drummer.

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https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-musicians-wanted/in-need-of-a-violin-player-or-and-bass-guitar/1273779430

If you can find someone driving from London to the frozen North ... in a van. Believe me, I'd far rather give 'em to you than bin them.

Just bought a Viano with seven seats, which is two too many. For reasons, I have to get rid of these two seats sharpish, like within the next 72 hours. According to eBay, they're probably worth about £300. If they're not gone by Wednesday, they go to the tip. Dreadful shame, and all that, but what can you do? Collection only from HA1 3RG. I don't have an envelope big enough to post them in.

[quote name='Cosmonaut' timestamp='1509905793' post='3402518'] A quick look for those on reverb and ebay...but all of them are between 700-1000...out of my budget. [/quote] [size=4] [/size] The last Hofner 185 to sell on Basschat (earlier this year) went for £200. I bought a Hagstrom in near showroom condition off eBay a few months ago for £500. You may be looking in the wrong places!

You've all missed the point. T[size=4]h[/size][size=4]ose aren't control knobs, each represents one note in a scale and you play them by tapping the knobs with your right hand while tapping (in a slightly different way) the strings with your left hand.[/size] What appears to be a pickup selector is actually a rotary knob which allows you to choose which key the 'knobs' play in.

If coolness matters to you, check out the Hofner 182, Hofner 185, Hagstrom and Futurama from the early/mid 60s. I've had several examples of each of those, all have played and sounded fine, they have stories to tell, and they tend to go up in value rather than down. There's also little wrong with most Eko, Kent and Gherson basses that a decent set-up won't deal with.

Looked at the title and the tags, and thought this would be a thread about architecture ...

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WEM-Dominator-25-MK-II-Guitar-Amplifer-brand-used-by-Pink-Floyd-Led-Zeppelin/232525754913?hash=item36239d7221:g:KEcAAOSwlzlZ5MIB Nowt to do with me, but I'd love to see this go to a Basschatter. The Dommie 25 was the bass version of the normal Dommie, and had a 15" Celestion instead of the standard 12". This is a simply gorgeous-sounding old-school valve combo, easily loud enough for most pub gigs and also great when mic'd up in the studio. They normally sell for £500 or more.

It's probably just a trick of the light, but I could swear that bass carries a hint of green.

Feel free to 'demand' whatever you like. Just don't expect to play (m)any gigs.

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.

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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 ...