Happy Jack

Hot on the heels of discovering that the latest round of security leaks in the USA was by a lady named [color=#404040][font=Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Reality Leigh Winner, it now seems that one of Cardinal Pell's sex-abuse accusers is Lyndon Monument.[/font][/color] [color=#404040][font=Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Presumably his older brother is named 'Washington'?[/font][/color]

Fair enough Raj, but it looks like a pretty non-reversible mod!

Really? How weird is that? I thought that being Plek'd was a pretty high-end thing to do to a bass.

Yup. Ultimately it was the weight that ended my love affair with Wals. I've had four and would dearly love to still have them all ... but I just never gigged them. The Mk.III 5-string weighed 5Kg!

I came across this lovely old thing (c. 1927) at Hobgoblin in the West End. [attachment=248004:2017-06-27 12.41.16.jpg] [attachment=248005:2017-06-27 12.41.29.jpg] That bizarre crosspiece is designed to allow you to support your forearm whilst picking. Not quite as shiny as the ashtray on a Precision, but you get the general drift.

You've been Plek'd ...

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]01. Hamster -[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]02. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Squier P Bass, Ander Vanderend JB5, Eden Traveller WT400 amp & Genz 2x12 cab[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]03. Steve Browning - some Precisions, Boogie M-Pulse 600 and Boogie Subway 15 cabs, Mesa Walkabout 15.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]04. obbm - 2 x Spector Short scales.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]05. Pawel G - Squier JV Precision and maybe others[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]06. Stingray5 - MusicMan and Tune basses; Trace Elliot and/or Eden amplification; Boss GT-6B.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]07. Markstuk - Dingwall Z3, Lakland BG 5, BF Big Twin, Thunderfunk TF750a. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]08. Cetera - Spector NS2, Spector Euro, Hamer Impact, Wal fretless, one or two more to be decided, big Pedalboard (!), GK800RB, GenzBenz Neox 212T[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]09. Johnthebassist - '69 Jazz Bass, GenzBenz Shuttle 9, Barefaced S12T, gang of smelly pedals[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]10.Timmo[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]11. Barneyg42 [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]12.Walman - FPPR Status S1 - well it wouldn't be a SEBB without Barney's old bass now mine, however this year for the first time it won't have a for sale sticker on it [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]13.Rumblefish- Reverend Rumblefish,Wal Bass,Mesa M600,Berg CN212. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]14. Happy Jack }[/font][/color] .........................} with a love that'll see you through [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]15. Bluejay........}[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]16.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]17.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]18.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]19.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]20. [/font][/color]

Don't let Norman borrow your lead! He finishes every gig by unplugging and then dropping his lead into a large puddle of sweat ... Jealous? Me? Have a great gig.

I'd want to know why the speaker is suspicious. Have you been up to something?

The band was the two brothers plus the drummer. Everyone else was hired in. Note that you can't see the orchestra either ...

I've spent 40 years singing along to this song, so busy with the singing that I never really thought to listen to the bass line being played. http://youtu.be/7kf3Hyxl67g Strewth! Who is that guy and what's he on? From the busy-ness of it, and a vague similarity to [i]Burning Love[/i] (Elvis version) I guessed that it might be Emory Gordy Jr. According to a very limited Wikipaedia entry about the album, the bass player in question is Daryl Runswick. According to Google, he's an English musician/composer whose own Wiki entry doesn't mention this song or the album it's from. Anyone know anything about it?

Last time I looked, it was the Washington Post that was dying slowly ...

What would make the knobs from a Jazz easy to distinguish from those on the Mesa ... which look an awful lot like the knobs from a Jazz?

That's absolutely barking - he lives in Bolton and he wants someone to give him £200k? That's enough to buy a nice, detached 3-bed house: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67040012.html He'd be much more likely to get a buyer at £100k ...

http://youtu.be/W3ToNZSkmRg

Yup, I can go back up any time I like ...

"People who viewed this item also viewed" http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Steinway-Billy-Joel-Yamaha-Elton-John-SIGNED-by-both-of-them-only-1-in-world/201955685980?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D43783%26meid%3D4aaebbe1f2fe4851842fa6e351220a3c%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D292151449345 But it's free P&P so that's OK.

I'm now picturing your next gig ... http://youtu.be/vWT0Fi01DPA

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1496350954' post='3310816'] [media]http://youtu.be/P3iCeBAmmbo[/media] [/quote] I have a lot of time for Marlowe DK, but someone should tell him that two pairs of wet socks stuffed into a Coke can is [i][b]not [/b][/i]an effects pedal. That's about the crappest tone I've heard in a month of Sundays.

About 10. The 320 is simply nicer ... better made, higher-quality wood (body and fretboard, don't know about the neck), more interesting colours (incl. gold hardware rather than black). The whole thing just oozes quality. For some reason (and IMHO of course) the 320 responds remarkably well to flats.

If you like the 310, then you'll LOVE the 320.

Dunno. They're lovely basses, but I think his advert is remarkably straight about this - if you're comfortable playing that bass [u][b]without [/b][/u]adjusting the trussrod then it's probably a bargain. If you need to 'fix' the trussrod, for whatever reason, then you're tap-dancing through a minefield. By the time you've separated the fingerboard from the neck, found the cause of the problem, fixed it professionally, and put everything back together, chances are you'd have been better off just buying a fully functional example.

Only just stumbled across this thread, and deeply puzzled at the enthusiasm for foot controllers, midi, and DMX. All these things will eat up your time like you wouldn't believe, cause endless frustration when they don't operate as planned, add to the complexity of your set-up and break-down, and distract you at critical moments when you're trying to play. For anything up to a large social club, you can put on a "light show" with five carefully-placed lights, or even fewer. You almost certainly have to have a couple of pole-mounted PA tops anyway, so mount a single LED flood on each of these firing across the band. Put an LED lightbar on the floor behind the drummer's throne shining straight up the wall. Put two more LED floods on the floor according to taste and thr requirements of the room, firing up into the dark places around the band. Don't try to connect the lights, don't try to control or synchronise them. Just set them to flash, either randomly or in a set repeating pattern. You really don't need any more than that. Job done. I've bought most of the band's lighting from Thomann and I'm very happy with their stuff. My favourite units are https://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_led_flood_panel_150_40.htm (€38 each) https://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_led_bar_2408_rgb_dmx_30.htm (€66 each) So buy four of the flood panels (€152) plus one of the bars (€66) and you've spent €218. You'll need a couple of clamp/brackets for the PA polemounts, which will take you over the limit for free delivery. I've also experimented with cheap lasers for pub bands. Surprisingly effective BUT only when used in conjunction with smoke ... and the smoke will set off the pub's fire alarm. If you think the landlord gets pissed off when you trip the noise limiter, wait until you see his response when the Fire Brigade turns up.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALEMBIC-SERIES-2-OMEGA-CUT-5-STRING-CUSTOM-BASS-13-PIECE-NECK-HARDSHELL-CASE-/391718626915?hash=item5b343fe663:g:8c8AAOSw4A5YuAlY

Those Status P-bass necks are simply amazing. The punch and clarity are hard to beat.