Happy Jack

You don't get many Americans trying to buy vintage Fenders from Britain. Trying to buy vintage Wals from the USA is equally pointless, I'm afraid.

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1441194272' post='2856793'] What's the aim of the shootout? [/quote] The tweeter. It would make it too easy if they were to aim at the woofer. Happy to help.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1441190850' post='2856738'] [/quote] Ye Gods And Little Fishes! What is wrong with you people? If I had hair that colour, do you seriously imagine I'd be wearing that T-shirt?

BC Rich Mockingbird, NJ Series, 1983 [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20body%201_zpsq1qswwwu.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20body%201_zpsq1qswwwu.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I've lusted after one of these Rich NJ basses since trying Silverfoxnik's BC Rich Eagle a year ago ... all those lovely Bernard Edwards tones on tap. Eventually this Mockingbird cropped up on eBay (owned by an Italian pro player in Spain) and I realised that it was the same bass but with a different body shape. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20full%202_zpswgabtmwq.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20full%202_zpswgabtmwq.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This is a really early model and they clearly hadn't got the build quality completely sorted. The bass plays and sounds amazing, but there are oddities like the mis-aligned tuners, which appear to be as they left the factory. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20headstock%202_zpsn1o0tzwj.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20headstock%202_zpsn1o0tzwj.jpg[/IMG][/URL] It weighs dead on 8lbs which fits in beautifully with my obsession with lightweight gear. The colour is almost impossible to photograph properly. Bluejay tried a variety of locations, backgrounds and lighting and the bass comes out variously white, grey, a bit greenish, maybe a bit brownish ... in the flesh it's a glorious Shoreline Gold trending towards Green, with a lovely metal-flake finish. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20full%203_zpswtru6ac1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20full%203_zpswtru6ac1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] After years of Precisions, Precisions, and more Precisions, my most recent purchases come as a bit of a surprise. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/Some%20Beauties%202_zpsfa66pw38.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/Some%20Beauties%202_zpsfa66pw38.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Incidentally, we all know that BC Rich are based in New Jersey, so obviously the BC Rich NJ Series is some sort of homage to their home base, right? Not so much. It's a piss-take. BC Rich wanted to do a Fender/Squier thing and make their own cheap copies of their own instruments, so they opened up a production facility in Japan in the city of Nagoya. NJ? Nagoya Japan series. http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/B-C_Rich_Beginnings

So they are now looking for a backing vocalist?

I bought the Samson years ago as a cheap emergency back-up. Works absolutely fine, does exactly what it says on the box. Like Ed_S (above) I now have various high-quality units (Radial, Fishman, etc.) so I never use the Samson myself, but it has come in handy for helping out other band members and at live recordings on quite a few occasions. Sound? I've had no compliments about it, but then I've had no complaints either.

Paul say we can has drummer.

Bass ... that's the one with four strings, right?

Sad to relate, I suspect that you may be embarking on a (possibly) fruitless quest but one that will (probably) be very expensive. In my admittedly limited experience, things that sound really good when loud hardly ever sound really good when quiet, no matter how many electronic thingies you chuck at them. I'd suggest you concentrate on simply finding something that sounds really good when quiet.

Spotted in Heraklion, Crete: [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/Lightweight%20cab%2002_zpslicgfjf2.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/Lightweight%20cab%2002_zpslicgfjf2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Combining the best in miniaturised speaker construction with all the advantages of an old beer crate, this one will really give the Gen 2 Barefaced range a run for their money. The enclosure is fully ported for maximum output, and itself comprises a large number of possible handles. The finish is hard-wearing and gig-proof, while the design requires no feet. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/Lightweight%20cab%2001_zpsx8qjy86r.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/Lightweight%20cab%2001_zpsx8qjy86r.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Not sure about these. I find a hammer works best.

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1440897343' post='2854652'] It matters not that everyone might not have an epiphany in a musical sense , as long as some do. [/quote] Send not to see for whom the Tubular Bells toll ... they toll for thee.

The last time West Ham beat Liverpool at Anfield the top of the Hit Parade (ask your Mum) was She Loves You. Until today. It's a sign, I tells ye, a sign!

You're setting the bar pretty low ...

Oops! No, that was the Keef / Beatles thread. Maybe we should merge 'em. Then lock the whole thing. Next up - Frank Sinatra, Magical Influential Voice or Probably A Paedo (And We Don't Want Any Of That Do We?).

Didn't this topic get locked and banned a while ago? If nor, why not?

Bloody hell! Are you going to do both Brighton and London? Now that's commitment ...

It was my daughter got me into playing bass ...

£500 is hardly ideal.

I'm going to stand outside on the pavement and make faces through the window ...

1. Shockwave 2. such 3. Ordep 4. toneknob 5. Left foot 6. Sibob 7. Bluejay 8. Happy Jack

Agreed with a lot posted here. I sing lots of BVs, but I only sing lead if it doesn't interfere with the bass line. Practice is the key, and especially practising the bass line and the vocal separately before trying to bring them together. Also worth noting that some people have voices that a PA loves. Unfortunately that means that some don't. If, like me, you're in the 'wrong' camp then there's no need for despair. There are some very useful (if expensive) toys out there. I've been very impressed by the Mic Mechanic.

I'm planning to try this as soon as I migrate from bass to mouse on stage.

Almost.