Happy Jack

[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1424257695' post='2694383'] ... promptly forgetting that I was left-handed ... [/quote] Far canal, Ralph, you play like that and you're doing it the wrong way round too? Respect!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1969-Precision-bass-with-twin-Dimarzios-/231458861931?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item35e405f36b

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/scarce-Vester-5-string-Bass-Guitar-excellent-condition-/291380500551?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43d7a19847 Mind you, Scarce Vester would make an excellent name for a bad guy in a Victorian drama ...

It was the voices in my head ...

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1424142364' post='2693155'] My generation ... [/quote] Yes, but My Generation wasn't available on CD until 15 years later.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1424002050' post='2691322'] I don't get that at all - both of those songs are in our setlist, I have never noticed a similarity, still don't. I enjoy playing Dani California, not keen on mary jane. [/quote] Can you sing the verse of Dani California to the tune of Mary Jane? Without needing to make even the slightest allowance for the fact that Dani is supposedly a completely different song, written by somebody else, years afterwards? Of course you can. That's because ... erm ... they're the same song. If that seems a bit glib, try doing the same thing with any two other songs chosen at random ...

[quote name='andytoad' timestamp='1423865195' post='2689997'] ... saw them last year at the royal arbert hall [/quote] The venue was named in honour of the husband of Queen Victolia.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-NED-CALLAN-CUSTOM-BASS-GUITAR-1970-S-JOHN-ENTWISTLE-OWNED-BRITISH-MADE-/161599663196?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item25a0172c5c

Do endorsements have handles?

I have a 1748 copy of [i][b]Harpsichord Now![/b][/i] magazine, addressed to someone called Johnny Bach.

[quote name='BassAgent' timestamp='1423233261' post='2682568'] [size=4]...[font=helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif] a man for who the term ‘experimental FX guru’ could well have been invented. [/font][/size] [/quote] Perhaps naively, I hadn't even realised that the term 'experimental FX guru' actually HAD been invented. I must try to find ways to drop that into my conversation ...

Damn! It's fretless ...

[quote name='cybertect' timestamp='1423745362' post='2688499'] My wife has always said that bass players know how to use their fingers [/quote] She didn't mention slapping then?

I run my GT120 through a 69er. The word you seek is "righteous".

Dood knew there was something wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it ... [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/Valve_zps329a2c58.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/Valve_zps329a2c58.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

As always, tell us more ... What venues do you play? What sort of band is it? How loud do you like to be? Do you expect to have PA support?

If you were putting it on eBay, then I'd guess that it would be a prototype, or possibly a rare transitional version ...

Bought one of Neil's pedals. He kept me properly informed as to posting etc. and it arrived very securely packaged and working fine. No worries.

Partly driven by idle curiosity, but also by my experiences over the last 10 years. And this is multiple choice, i.e. you can tick more than one box if you want.

[quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1423577035' post='2686526'] I would try and get your sets up to 2 hours total if possible. Anything less is a bit risky. Even if you tell the landlord you can only do 2 x 45 he will quickly forget when he tells you on the night to play from 9pm till 12am [/quote] [quote name='lojo' timestamp='1423581846' post='2686598'] 2x45 should be ok, don't play too much fillers that aren't up to your best standard [/quote] Sorry Lojo, I'm with Bonzodog on this one. JTUK is also spot on with the 'bring a crowd' bit, which begs the question ... can you? And not just for the very firstest gig ever, but also for repeat gigs? Never oversell yourself to a pub; they have long memories. Be as straight as you can, and when some pubs then shaft you don't react. On the charging thing, never perform for nowt if it's at all avoidable (or if it's liderally for charidee), but don't expect to start at £250 a night. Offer a LL a package of three gigs, charging (say) £50 for the first, £150 for the second, and then £250 for the third and following gigs. You can tell him that, if you're crap at the first gig, he'll just cancel the remainder anyway. And no, I'm not trying to be funny.

http://www.gear4music.com/Woodwind-Brass-Strings/Student-4-4-Full-Size-Double-Bass-by-Gear4music/1O5 Yup, why pay £500 for a brand new one when you could pay £600 for a broken, second-hand one?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1423517998' post='2685909'] Well I think it does no harm to get out there regardless. You might embarrass yourself but nobody's going to die and it is by far the quickest way to improve. Isn't that what punk was all about? Anyone can pick up an instrument and have a go? [/quote] And that's how we got Sid Vicious!

[quote name='Froggy' timestamp='1423429191' post='2684701'] Thanks for all the replies guys, I guess I'm about to embark on a search for a band. I'll have to learn how to go about that now too Unfortunately jam/open mic nights are out for me, they all seem to be midweek and as I said before, my job keeps me away. [/quote] I may have got hold of the wrong end of the stick, but I got the impression that you're a long-distance driver? In that case, your job may keep you away from any regular jams near home, but it takes you close to loads of regular jams in other places. The internet is your friend. At many/most jams, you don't even necessarily have to bring a bass. It's pretty much the tradition that the house band will lend an instrument to anyone who needs it. Incidentally, I started playing nine years ago, which is recent enough that I can remember the timescales.[list] [*]3 months in, starting to jam with CDs designed for the novice bass player to play along with [*]6 months in, starting to jam with individual guitarists, most at the same stage of development as me [*]8 months in, attending a local jam session and just starting to get up [*]11 months in, joined my first band [*]16 months in, played my first gig in front of a genuine audience [/list]

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1423501806' post='2685598'] Well, that certainly beats hanging about outside an infants school trying to befriend a young stranger. [/quote] With a ball end.