Happy Jack

[b]Attending:[/b] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]TheGreek[/font][/color] - [i]Ritter Cora/ GB Rumour/ Mesa Walkabout[/i] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Grangur[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Lozz196[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Sibob [/font][/color]- [i]My '71 P-Bass has a Rosewood fingerboard/My P/J has a Pau Ferro fingerboard / My MGS has a Kingwood fingerboard[/i] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Seashell[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Bassface2k10[/font][/color] - [i]MM Ray with Maple board[/i] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Ratman(?)[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Bottle[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Happy Jack - [i]Mike Lull Thunderbird + 1965 Mosrite 'The Ventures'[/i][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Bluejay[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Jazzneck[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Gary Mac[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Sharkfinger[/font][/color] theyellowcar such - [i]Marcus jazz with Sadowsky preamp. Maple fretboard [/i](and friend with 5-string Maruszczyk jazz) Bikenbass -[i] Ibanez fretless and Dingwall Combustion[/i] Barkin (?) Ordep - [i]zon sonus 5, and possibly a modulus VJ.[/i] (and a couple of bassist friends [?]) timhiggins (?) hertsbass - [i]maple neck Fender P[/i] Bassace - [i]Double Bass[/i] EliasMooseblaster - [i]Hagstrom 8-string[/i] Macdaddy - [i]Iceni custom 4 string[/i]

I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't conduct a 'blind' audio comparison of 15 different P-basses and pick the one that sounded best. Oh no ... wait a minute ...

Hiring? Nah - I'm with TheRev on this one. Don't dip your toe in the water, just take a deep breath and jump in. DB is about the most rewarding form of music I've ever tried. You won't regret it.

Kinsman Guitar Stool. Takes any shape of bass, very difficult to knock over, and you can sit on it when your back/legs/shoulders trouble you. Or for Coldplay songs.

Punk was there, but it was The Ramones and the whole CBGB crowd rather than the Sex Pistols.

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1431359265' post='2770451'] The ones on the Ashbory were thicker, white in colour and felt far more "rubbery" Whereas the ones on the Kala were not quite so thick, and stayed in tune better and felt less rubbery and easier to play [/quote] The Kala almost certainly had Aquila Thunderguts fitted ... much better than the silicone jobbies.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1431359600' post='2770456'] "We show that, although pop music has evolved continuously, it did so with particular rapidity during three stylistic ‘revolutions’ around 1964, 1983 and 1991." Err...did they miss the Punk revolution in 1977?? and what happened in 1983 that was so "revolutionary"?? [/quote] Their point is that Punk was not actually revolutionary in musical terms ... it was broadly the same as what was there before only played much faster and badly. 1983 was pretty much the point at which all my friends stopped playing real instruments and started buying sequencers and Apple computers.

According to the neckplate on the OP's model, apparently it was "Hand Crafted in Korea". So, no CNC then. And no mass-produced parts. Hmmmm.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1431353813' post='2770352'] From the back it looks like a frog swallowing a fence post. [/quote] I hate it when that happens.

[quote name='stuckinthepod' timestamp='1431344158' post='2770144'] Have already emailed Parcel Force and will email Thomann tonight after I check the contents. [/quote] I'm guessing that Thomann do a LOT of business with Parcelforce, and will be better-placed than you to put pressure on them. Thomann generally get a very good press here on Basschat (including from me) so you might want to send them a link to this thread. [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1431344304' post='2770148'] If you had signed for it personally, why did he feel the need to leave the package behind the side gate? [/quote] I read the OP as that he had NOT signed for it at all.

http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/2/5/150081 Ladies and gentlemen, the floor is open ...

IMHO of course.

The best of the lot is the Mike Lull.

Oh lovely! Someone's already ruined the finish, so you don't need to. How kind.

The last few SE bashes have been organised by Silverfoxnik and Hamster, with a fair bit of help from Bluejay and OBBM. Silverfoxnik set up the South Coast bash on his own, I believe. There is absolutely NO book of rules IMHO. If you want to do it, then do it. Bear in mind though that the organiser of one of these things is taking a significant financial risk. The recent SE bashes have been held at a school where Hamster has a strong personal presence, which makes things much easier, and it's now an established event so it's pretty much guaranteed a decent attendance. I'd suggest that you contact Silverfoxnik to start with. He'll probably appreciate some more help!

Maybe so, but a pair of sticks usually costs more than £2.79!

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1431139646' post='2768214'] Interesting comment regarding the SVT. [/quote] It wasn't the SVT he was talking about, Blue, it was a Catalinbread pedal called the SFT.

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1431150521' post='2768226'] I've tried hard to get various functions bands I've played in to do a jazz standard ... [/quote] Serious question: Does [i][b]Stormy Monday[/b][/i] count? The line between blues and jazz is sometimes smudged at best.

That doesn't know if it's coming or going.

I think you have now redefined "[i][b]A solution in search of a problem[/b][/i].".

Tour Paedo

Back when I used to run (i.e. 60s & 70s) this would have been perfect for the 440 ...