Happy Jack

If you do more than one set, just play different basses in different sets. I always take two basses to every gig but it's vanishingly rare for one to be needed as "a spare" so I have one strung with flats which I use for all bar the last set (whether that's #2 or #3) and then one strung with rounds which I use for the rather rockier final set. That way I get two different sounds and can justify carting around two basses to every gig.

When you say you're "available for fuctions" ...

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1389829111' post='2338532'] And don't forget Guinness at 30p a pint! [/quote] People always remember how cheap beer (or petrol, or a packet of fags) was, but somehow forget to mention that their weekly wage packet was £13.50 and a packet of Luncheon Vouchers (worth 75p). Well, that's what I was earning in 1974 anyway. And I didn't drink Guinness anyway, my local served some appalling muck called Worthington E, and the one round the corner sold Double Diamond. The closest I could get to a decent pint in those pre-CAMRA days was Courage Directors in the West End. Ah yes, I remember when all this were cloth caps ...

Presumably he's selling it to fund a photography course?

Start walkin' boys ... http://basschat.co.uk/topic/203610-youre-doing-it-wrong-captions/page__view__findpost__p__2025952

[quote name='ubassman' timestamp='1376783171' post='2179183'] CAPTION? [/quote] Angus knew it was only a matter of time before he found the right place to wear that damned condom ...

[quote name='12stringbassist' timestamp='1389826429' post='2338489'] Dean Rhapsody 8 string. Lovely bass - I should use it more often. [/quote] Yes, but then you'd need to change your user name ...

So his wife murdered him. Hey - I've had worse ...

[quote name='Hats Off' timestamp='1389796327' post='2337995'] Reviving this old thread, hope this helps ! [/quote] You are Felix Pappalardi and I claim my five drachmas ...

[quote name='CHW' timestamp='1389785958' post='2337802'] I remember going to watch a country band at a function several years ago, the bass player sat there all night playing root-fifth. At the end of the night they did a little intro to all of the players in the band and all of them played a little solo. The bass player then proceeded to show off some serious chops for about 15 seconds before going back to the old Root-Fifth routine. [/quote] Since stumbling across Bill Kirchen last year, I've become a fan of Maurice Cridlin - a classic exponent of that sort of casual chuck-it-in-once-in-the-entire-gig brilliance. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uruKAmkNhtg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uruKAmkNhtg[/url] Also a genuinely lovely guy.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1389778057' post='2337696'] All my bandmates have to say is, 'Oi, Jaco... what the f*ck??' [/quote] Or maybe, "[i]That all went a bit Weather Report, didn't it?[/i]".

But then you get told that you have to play [i][b]2-4-6-8 Motorway[/b][/i] ...

[quote name='timbo1978' timestamp='1389212344' post='2331523'] Wow, apart from the Guinness one I don't really warm up at all. Does it make a big difference? [/quote] It certainly makes a big difference if, like me, you're ... ahem ... no longer as young as you once were, and especially if you have any sort of pre-existing condition. I've suffered occasional lumbar collapses in recent years (not slipped disks or similar, just my lower back deciding to act as if there's a trapped nerve and going into spasm) so I always do 20 minutes of stretches before I even touch the DB if I'm rehearsing or gigging. The stretches have surprisingly little [i][b]obvious [/b][/i]connection with my lumbar region. They tend to be mainly on the shoulder joints, the forearms, and the fingers. The connection with my lumbar region is still there of course ... it's just not obvious unless you do yoga or Pilates or something.

A number of pubs I play in have instruments hanging on the wall, usually a Strat and a P-bass, maybe an old trumpet, etc. They're not there to be played, it's more "look, look, this is a music pub". I can't be the only person who checks to see if any of them are actually cool and valuable vintage instruments that have been hanging there since before they were cool and valuable ...

[size=4][i][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"This bass was purchased for collectors purpose only."[/font][/color][/i] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If he bought it for £1800 in 2004 and manages to sell it 10 years later for £5000, then he might as well have purchased it for investment purposes only.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Remind me, what is a collector's purpose?[/font][/color][/size]

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1389552652' post='2335467'] ad200b snagged on ebay for a pretty penny, should arrive tuesday when I conveniently have the day off [/quote] [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/70kg-folding-trolley-n48jq"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/70kg-folding-trolley-n48jq[/url]

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1389555750' post='2335518'] There hasn't been a bass bash in the East Midlands since I've been a member :-( [/quote] [Blindingly Obvious] So organise one. [/Blindingly Obvious]

No problem. It's the other way around that's a problem, i.e. running an 8-Ohm head into a 4-Ohm cab. Running a 4-Ohm head into an 8-Ohm cab simply means that your head won't be putting out all the power it's capable of. If (like me) you're fond of headroom, you won't even notice.

Actually quite surprised at how many regulars have met only a few other Basschatters face to face. You're missing out, guys. I must have met at least 50 other regulars here, plenty of them on many occasions, and it has always, without exception, been a complete pleasure. If you have access to some sort of rehearsal space, you could do a lot worse than to PM half a dozen who are local to you and invite them round for a mini-BassBash.

Hagstrom were making a well-regarded 8-string back in the late 60s.

[quote name='bengreen49' timestamp='1389352920' post='2333106'] I can't imagine I'd ever have the balls to get up in front of a crowd. [/quote] You don't start by playing the O2. You don't even start by playing the Dog & Duck. You start by playing a simple 12-bar blues at a jam session where nobody is even vaguely interested in your technique. Little steps. Lots of little steps.

[url="http://www.gumtree.com/search?q=bass+player&search_location=london&category=all"]http://www.gumtree.com/search?q=bass+player&search_location=london&category=all[/url] Nothing to do with me, and too far outside my comfort zone to put myself forward, but that's not bad money for a Thursday night in Central London ...

That looks quite cunning. I'll see if they do a non-Apple version for normal people ...

http://www.gumtree.com/p/community/female-double-bass-players-sought-for-photography-and-interview/1044165568