Happy Jack

Are we talking about http://www.djanddiscostuff.com/lighting-c1/band-stage-and-uplighting-c9/led-pars-c48/7q5-led-uplighter-7-x-5watt-rgba-led-p1419/s1460?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=ledj-7q5-led-uplighter-7-x-5watt-rgba-led&utm_campaign=product%2Blisting%2Bads&gclid=Cj0KEQiAs6GjBRCy2My09an6uNIBEiQANfY4zNbGo0-kd45KiBSAZtJPSW74pmjAtN4Tod3DgQYONF4aApSz8P8HAQ

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1415980752' post='2605836'] Silv, there were 5 rigs in the hall [/quote] That's the trouble with running an MB500 through a Midget ... the rig is so small that people can't even see it.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1415885911' post='2604825'] My experience is that you need to go to 36" scale and beyond before the scale length makes enough difference to be worthwhile. [/quote] The weight difference between a Mike Lull and an Overwater pretty much kills that argument for me.

For those Basschatters who attended either the SouthCoast BassBash (in August) or the SouthEast BassBash earlier this month, why not play "Spot The A-Frame"?

Don't worry Highfox, playing DB doesn't automatically turn you into a jazz fan.

My experience is that a well-made 35"-scale 5-string (Mike Lull, Lakland, etc.) will probably have a better B-string than an equally well-made 34"-scale 5-string (Alleva Coppolo, Status, etc.) YMM indeed V.

What you do next is you take all four speakers out of the lower cab, and remove three of the four speakers from the upper cab. Simples.

I don't have a BadAss.

I'm waiting for an offended Argentinian to jump in now ...

Keep an eye on Gumtree too.

All this reminds me of buying the very first production Big One. It was delivered to my office in Bedford Square, where one of my colleagues watched the courier actually drop the cab (in a cardboard carton) four feet off the back of the lorry onto the tarmac. One of the bottom corners was crushed, but the cab worked perfectly. Alex, of course, paid for the cab to be returned to him, fixed it and even strengthened it further, and sent it back to me.

Have you tried turning Japanese?

That wasn't a cab Silvie, that was Mike's portable nuclear fallout shelter.

Apparently it was too heavy for his uncle to get it up into the loft ...

I'll see you, and raise you a contrabass balalaika ... http://youtu.be/HV66fWWzs2c

Yup!

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1415352837' post='2599435'] I see you went for the quintessential "Englishman on holiday" combo of vest, shorts and sandals... good stuff... [/quote] Be grateful I was wearing that much ...

I should probably leave this alone, but it so happens that I was lucky enough to visit Fodera in NYC, meet the makers, see the workshops. No, I wasn't buying one! Essentially you're buying into a pretty exclusive club, and like any other such club they're a really nice bunch of people who make you feel right at home. They're still a family firm, everyone there is absolutely into what they are doing, and demand permanently outstrips supply. In that environment, you can charge pretty much what you want. How much you'd pay for a Fender or a Yamaha is simply irrelevant. They don't compete in that market. And of course I played one. I am in no way a great bass player (and that's not false modesty) but I own and have owned some lovely instruments, so I can make some sort of comparison. The Foderas I played were simply wonderful basses. Better than Alleva Coppolo or Status or Goodfellow or Dingwall? No, of course not, at this level "better" becomes meaningless - it's simply a matter of what you enjoy playing. If I'd had the money available, I would have had no problem at all with paying Fodera prices. I didn't so I didn't.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1415297806' post='2598986'] At the bar level, for me it's [i]"never look like the patrons , look like your in a rock band"[/i]. ... However, if I go see the Stones, I want to see some cool threads. [/quote] Interesting. For pub rock I tend to agree, and I try to stand out from the punters without being in any way extreme. For "cool" DB gigs I prefer to dress up a bit more and look like a performer. At the higher levels though, there are plenty of bands who've made it big at least partly by dressing like their audience. Status Quo from about '71 onwards are possibly the perfect example, but then so was pretty much all of UK punk.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Fender-Precision-P-Bass-62-75-Reissue-Early-Eighties-Awesome-/291262262368?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43d0956c60"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item43d0956c60[/url] So that's a '62/'75 Re-Issue from the '80s. OK, no possible confusion there.

[quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1415289844' post='2598857'] I posted in another thread that I'm in the market for a 6 string at the moment and while looking around online, the prices of Fodera basses has really struck a chord. They seem to be upwards or, in some circumstances, in excess of double the cost of any other "equivalent" basses out there. I know taste, what people like, etc. is extremely personal and very subjective indeed but are they really that much better in people's opinions? [/quote] I suppose it depends on the chord that was struck.

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1415288551' post='2598830'] Interesting concept. I hate Coronation Street, but I can't say I've never gone out of my way to watch another episode just to remind myself how much I despise it. Perhaps I should? [/quote] Hmmmm ... the trouble is that you don't have to go out of your way to have all hell irritated out of you by bass-slapping.

http://youtu.be/xR8CyK1mZOg

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1415275000' post='2598613'] [i] Long hair. Over 22."[/i] [/quote] It's been a very long time since my hair was over 22" long.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1415275017' post='2598614'] Did we? I missed that. What did they say, good things I hope? [/quote] Apparently the handles have fallen off.