Happy Jack

Snap! I don't 'do' Musicman basses but I tried the Sterling as a random pick in a guitar shop (PMT in Newcastle) last week and was genuinely impressed. They had the 5 hanging next to it, but I didn't try it (even though I usually play fivers) because the string spacing was too narrow for my taste.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1500960360' post='3341267'] ... I couldn't quite pick out the run at 2:42 until I saw this guy play it.... [media]http://youtu.be/jf-eKtvZfUU[/media] [/quote] Bizarrely, I can't hear that run at all on this version. http://youtu.be/J9wV2NiKllg

I've bought the amp ...

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1500904999' post='3340964'] Got to hear it! [/quote] Sad to relate, logistic problems mean that I won't be playing my DB but will instead be using my Takamine TB10. I'm still hoping to get it right, mind ... [quote name='Staggering on' timestamp='1500909984' post='3341009'] And I will be playing it at The Raven and Republic (restaurant/music venue) in North Bay Ontario Canada on Wednesday as part of their jazz night.I'll be using my Yamaha SLB200 EUB but will not be changing keys(singer's choice).Great song for bass and the Peggy Lee version has a simpler bass line than some(a lesson here?) and is at a faster tempo than most people expect, she keeps it moving. I'll be watching for that video bluejay. [/quote] And I hope you'll post some of your own ... it's so easy to do acceptable video these days that it would be a shame not to.

And, by a weird coincidence, I shall be playing Fever (complete with key changes) at the Ealing Jazz Festival on Saturday.

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/308818-shiny/

In fairness, for £3750 I'd be disappointed if it was dirty.

Is that Nigel's old one? (Xlddx for those who remember him.)

[quote name='Buzzy' timestamp='1499777129' post='3333514'] We're mainly in Kent and South East London, but if you know of any venues in your manor let me know. Here's a couple of clips : [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1WL_f834DY&feature=youtu.be"]https://www.youtube....eature=youtu.be[/url] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijba_0_muLg&feature=youtu.be"]https://www.youtube....eature=youtu.be[/url] [/quote] More to the point, how do you get your strings to follow the curve in the neck of of your bass? Is this a variant on fanned frets?

What are these "mistakes" of which you speak? Just play it that way twice. Then it's deliberate. Or blame the drummer. Whatever. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/post-25599-0-34843200-1381005057_th_zpsc004aaac.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/post-25599-0-34843200-1381005057_th_zpsc004aaac.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

That guy really, [i][b]really [/b][/i]needs to steer clear of cocaine ...

[quote name='anzoid' timestamp='1499721223' post='3333193'] I admit I did wonder whether I would see Happy Jack there, but as I have no idea what he looks like without the Spiderman costume, I wouldn't have known anyway... [/quote] I only get in there about once a month these days ... working much further away than I used to. I'm 6'6" tall with a full head of hair, built like a tank and scarily handsome, charming, witty, an awesomely talented bass player, and a compulsive liar. Plus I always wear my Spiderman costume when I'm in the West End. I feel it helps me to blend in.

https://www.proguarduk.co.uk/ Featuring the immortal paragraph: [color=#616161]Now available from ProGuard an increasing selection of generic earplugs including our extremely popular Noizezz range, the Lin-Ear and Ultra Lin-Ear products designed for musicians, DJs, concertgoers and now available our new BikerPlugz and ShooterPlugz[/color] Don't you just love crap marketing-speak when it's obsessed with the letter Z?

At that price, it's hardly surprising.

Confucius, he say, there are two types of fool. One says: This is old, so it's good. The other says: This is new, so it's better.

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Bwahahahahaha!!! It's in Japan. And they want $886 for it? What's Japanese for "you're taking the piss, mate"?

I picked up a bass for the first time on my 49th birthday. Then I settled down with a copy of http://stuartclayton.com/books/crash-course-bass/ Stuart is also a Basschatter, and this book assumes that you are starting from no knowledge at all. After a couple of months, I thought it made sense to start spending money on lessons to build on what I'd learned from the book. Six months in, I started jamming with a guitarist. Nine months and I was attending local jam sessions. I joined my first band 18 months after starting. I now play 40/50 gigs a year with several different bands, on both electric bass and double bass. I am not 'special', I didn't already play guitar, I have never studied music. I wish I had started as young as 40!

No use to me ... I already have three of those.

https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/302-0631-A/bass-amp-heads/gallien-krueger-mb-200-bass-head?LGWCODE=3020631A;56375;6335&gclid=CjwKEAjw4vzKBRCt9Zmg8f2blgESJADN5fDggZCWqRkpV0hEOiO0AVAq7fdWSQhlPqr4GV7KePNqaxoCTtbw_wcB About the size of a large paperback, and weighs about the same. If you're planning to carry a backup to all of your gigs, then you want it light ...

As a well-known [i]fanboi [/i]of these basses here on Basschat, I have to say that the 5-string was the only one that just didn't do it for me. Maybe it was a string selection issue, but I found the low B strangely flabby.

You do realise that it's not actually a bass from the 1950s?

I had an identical bass 7/8 years ago (the one that Nick Beggs played on Too Shy, though I didn't know it at the time) which I bought from Silverfoxnik in need of a major restoration job. I sold it a year later (to Clarky) for £2000 IIRC which just about covered the purchase price and the restoration. Maybe I should have kept it ... [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20SOLD/Wal%20Pro%20IIe%201978%20SOLD/100_0171.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20SOLD/Wal%20Pro%20IIe%201978%20SOLD/100_0171.jpg[/IMG][/URL]