Happy Jack

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1379934621' post='2218330'] Excellent idea, but the real question is - did the shirt fit?! [/quote] Haven't had a chance to wear it yet! I was really tempted to put it on for our gig that night, but we were running so late (and I was so sweaty & knackered) that I ended up staying in my t-shirt. Many thanks for bringing it along, and for the loan. Pics will follow, I promise ...

[quote name='dougal' timestamp='1379931249' post='2218266'] * Surprising amount of machine gun slap in the noisy room. next time I'm bringing a headphone amp and some in ear monitors (occlusive). At NAMM and the other music shows they have 'quiet' periods, which I would have appreciated. [/quote] The first time we did the BassBash at that school, I brought along four varieties of in-ear or headphone rigs for people to compare and set them all up in the Quiet Room. That also allowed people to bring basses to those rigs and hear what the basses actually sounded like. Think I might re-visit that idea next year ...

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1379920346' post='2218108'] ... so I then considered another neck but shied away from that because it seemed a step to far to change something major on a bass that is sonically correct. [/quote] Swopping necks is fun & easy. That bass is made of interchangeable parts ... they're designed for mix'n'match! Also, put flatwounds on it.

[quote name='TheButler' timestamp='1379883493' post='2217897'] Tone Hammer and VT Bass DI are on the 'to google' list. [/quote] And jolly good they are too, but don't forget all the toys. Fuzz & distortion, chorus & tremolo, synth & envelope filters, blah blah blah ...

OK Mark, I'm blaming the really late night last night and the vintage rum this evening ...

+1 for the SGC Nanyo Bass Collection. You'll struggle to find an SB310 or (even better) an SB320 for less than £200 these days but you'll be blown away by the quality and playability.

Hope I'm not going OT here, but why not leave the bass alone and just add pedals?

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1379850999' post='2217366'] Pub gig last night in Barnes SW London. Not too many there at the start .... [/quote] He's not joking you know. When we kicked off set #1, apart from the handful of people the band had brought the audience really did comprise one man and a dog. Then the dog left.

For me, yesterday's lesson was that less is more. Next year, I will bring no basses and no amps/cabinets. In fact, I will just bring myself and I will spend the entire day listening to fascinating talks by people I respect, and playing fabulous instruments that I will never own, and talking to people I don't get to spend enough time with. And I will drink more tea. Maybe I'll eat more pastries too.

You'll never get Jools to sit still for that long ...

I do like reading about the work of people who can use their hands and actually make things. That's a really nice-looking result you've got there.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1379669307' post='2215415'] What is the deal with claiming things are prototypes? Has one ever genuinely been one? I've seen prototypes, they don't tend to be things that you'd want in favour of a proper thing. Pre production model, maybe. [/quote] Bizarrely, I was recently involved in a transaction where (unexpectedly) the instrument that changed hands [i][b]did [/b][/i]actually turn out to be the prototype ... in the process causing immense angst and confusion!

Carpets laid direct on concrete = serious wick effect ... the carpet will literally suck moisture up through the concrete. I'll bet the lower layer of carpet is wringing wet and stinking. Check out the thread from two years ago on my garage conversion - I revived it just a couple of weeks back. You need to lay a false floor on top of the concrete, probably a wooden framework with sheets of marine ply over. That will prevent any wicking and allow some air circulation beneath the floor.

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]1. Hamster - Tea, coffee & biscuits, Barefaced Compact, Ampeg PF500, SFX Thumpinator, Fender P/J + possible Marmite bass 2. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Schecter Diamond P5, Levinson Blade B15, amp & cab tbc 3. Happy Jack - Matamp GT120 with Barefaced 69er, plus KK Baby Bass & PJB Briefcase, plus [/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Paul the drummer and kit[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]4. Bluejay - Godman acoustic lefty and BC Relay Baton, righty 5. OBBM - Bergantino CN212, Aguilar TH500, A couple of old Fenders, perhaps a Sadowsky UV70. 6. chris_b 7. Clarky - I will be bringing a 3/4 double bass, a MarkBass Mini CMD 121P amp, and possibly also my Ampeg Baby Bass 8. Russ - Sei 5-string, Spector 5-string, Markbass 6x10"/Ampeg SVT-7 9. Irvined - Retrovide RV4 and home brew bass pedals 10. xilddx - 1983 USA Fender Jazz / 2010 USA Fender Stratocaster Deluxe V-Neck / POD X3 LIVE 11. Sibob 12. Barneyg42-Status S2 Classic five, Ibanez BTB 6-string fretess,TC BH500, TC BC 2x10, Barefaced Compact and various pedalage! 13. Walman - TC BH250, & will probably bring the Wal, synth & bass pedals, plus the L2500s (definitely the fretted one) and Streamliner 6 & Barefaced Super12T 14. Paul S - some stuff. BF rig, maybe a Westone Pantera X790 in case anyone wants a look? 15. BetaFunk - I will bring a selection of British 60s basses (Vox, Burns, WEM) plus my Shergold Marathon. 16. Billy Apple. Matamp GT200 Rig. Ruttmoth P Bass, TBird too maybe. Some Pedals. 17. Jazzneck (gig and her highness permitting) - Ampeg AEB and my £60 OLP MM alike. 18. Simonedward (with blessing of authorities) - Jaydees (Series II, GA24 custom and fretless), a Trace amp (probably), lots of TC toneprint pedals. 19. Walbassist - Veillette Archtop fretless 5, Sandberg VT5 and BSX Allegro 5. Aguilar Tonehammer 500 and Bergantino CN212 20. Phil Adams - my ESP 5 string fretless, and probably my Stagg fretless 21. Fat Rich - Fenders, Status 22. Molan - Ritters, Celinders, Alleva Coppolo etc. 23. 51m0n 24. Dropzone 25. ped - Vigier passion 4, Buscanti Jazz, Vbass 26. Urban Bassman - Shuker JB5 Custom, US Masters EP53 Fretless, Ashdown Kylstron 500 and 4x10 27. PTB - MTD 535, Reverend 5L, 28. StephenYork - Alpher Custom 5 String, Markbass LM3, Markbass 2x15 (and maybe the missus) 29. hen barn - Status kingbass, status energy 5 string(ebs loaded); Genz Benz streamliner; Vanderklays 2x10 1x12; Lots of pedals! 30. bigbeatnut - lots of teeny pedals and a themed selection of basses Probably Status Eclipse LTD 5, Status shark 5, Status S1 5 (last two fretless); for sale: Jackson C5, and maybe Enigma Q-balls and Boss AW3 31. Shockwave - Warmoth P-J Antigua bass, 6 String Letts bass (If built) otherwise my Gibson Grabber tuned Drop C. 32. Kiwi - Shuker 6 and custom strat 33. Bassmanady 34. pete.young 35. Marcus Bell - Jaydee supernatural roadie 2 active; Status series 2000 36. dave.c - 1985 Vigier Passion II and a 2008 Passion IV possibly a Vigier Excess 37. The Greek 38. Bassface2k10 39. Lozz196 40. Truckstop 41. urb 42. SpaceChick [tbc] 43. Throwoff - new bass and/or Genz Benz 410 44. TomKent [tbc] - Jazz Bass, P Bass, half my Krampera stack 45. Wolverinebass - either the Alembic or the Buzzard 46. iD Entity - Zon Sonus 5, and maybe my Ampeg Micro VRs, and some pedals 47. JapanAxe - G&L L1505 an Yamaha BB400S fretless - plus TC Classic, Orange Valve Tester, and Barefaced Midget (non-tweeter version) 48. Grand Wazoo - One Dingwall ABII Roasted Maple Neck and one Vintage PRS Bass with a small amp (Ibanez promethean) to allow them to be played and heard. 49. Bikenbass - Fender Roscoe Beck V, GK MB200, Barefaced Compact. 50. Dougal - Xotic Precision, ACG Super J, Rickenbacker 4004 51. MacDaddy - a pair of Kiwis 52. Oopsdabassist - [/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]my old Yam with the bright green strings; my Reidmar[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]53. Chriswareham - Ampeg SVT CL with 1x15 and 4x10 cabs; Stingray Stealth in drop Bb; pedalboard with Compulator, Darkglass B3K, EH Clone Theory and EH Electric Mistress 54. Timmo - brand new Clover Avenger 4 left handed 55. Noisyjon - Bravewood 50's P, Gibson LP Bass, Purple Chili Phatt Bass 750W, MarkBass SA450, Barefaced Compact, Pedal board 56. Bloodaxe [tbc] - SB-900 & Ibanez Promethean 57. JamesFlashG - with a bass or two 58. Chimike - Acoustic 320 rig, plus Roger Giffin bass 59. Captain Rumble - Barefaced S12 T, Tec amp Puma, Sandberg basic, mex Jazz plus a Barefaced Compact and Eden Highwayman to sell 60. smaz [tbc] - Fender A/E Fretless MIJ Precision 61. Jcater 62. Stickman 63. sockdeluxe_mikey 64. alexclaber - some Barefaced thingies, a RIM Custom 5 36", and some amps and maybe some T-shirts![/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]65. davedabass - I have 2 x Epifani UL112's and a Shuttle 6.0. Also have a Precision I got new around 1977 and a Wal.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]66. andyonbass - probably with my EAD Foundation 212 and Markbass TT500[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]67. Jimryan - my white P/MM[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Further amended to reflect that I am no longer bringing my Barefaced stack (i.e. Compact + Midget) but my new 69er instead. Just as well really. We will still have 5 x Compacts in one room, and I'm not sure the world is ready for that yet ...[/size][/font][/color]

Why block up all the holes? Surely what's needed is better ventilation? Agreed to keeping a greenhouse heater (or similar) going to help dry out the air, but unless the damp is an actual leak or seepage of moisture from somewhere (in which case, block that bit up) reducing the ventilation will make the problem worse.

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]1. Hamster - Tea, coffee & biscuits, Barefaced Compact, Ampeg PF500, SFX Thumpinator, Fender P/J + possible Marmite bass 2. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Schecter Diamond P5, Levinson Blade B15, amp & cab tbc 3. Happy Jack - Matamp GT120 with Barefaced stack, plus KK Baby Bass & PJB Briefcase, [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Paul the drummer and kit[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]4. Bluejay - Godman acoustic lefty and BC Relay Baton, righty 5. OBBM - Bergantino CN212, Aguilar TH500, A couple of old Fenders, perhaps a Sadowsky UV70. 6. chris_b 7. Clarky - I will be bringing a 3/4 double bass, a MarkBass Mini CMD 121P amp, and possibly also my Ampeg Baby Bass 8. Russ - Sei 5-string, Spector 5-string, Markbass 6x10"/Ampeg SVT-7 9. Irvined - Retrovide RV4 and home brew bass pedals 10. xilddx - 1983 USA Fender Jazz / 2010 USA Fender Stratocaster Deluxe V-Neck / POD X3 LIVE 11. Sibob 12. Barneyg42-Status S2 Classic five, Ibanez BTB 6-string fretess,TC BH500, TC BC 2x10, Barefaced Compact and various pedalage! 13. Walman - TC BH250, & will probably bring the Wal, synth & bass pedals, plus the L2500s (definitely the fretted one) and Streamliner 6 & Barefaced Super12T 14. Paul S - some stuff. BF rig, maybe a Westone Pantera X790 in case anyone wants a look? 15. BetaFunk - I will bring a selection of British 60s basses (Vox, Burns, WEM) plus my Shergold Marathon. 16. Billy Apple. Matamp GT200 Rig. Ruttmoth P Bass, TBird too maybe. Some Pedals. 17. Jazzneck (gig and her highness permitting) - Ampeg AEB and my £60 OLP MM alike. 18. Simonedward (with blessing of authorities) - Jaydees (Series II, GA24 custom and fretless), a Trace amp (probably), lots of TC toneprint pedals. 19. Walbassist - Veillette Archtop fretless 5, Sandberg VT5 and BSX Allegro 5. Aguilar Tonehammer 500 and Bergantino CN212 20. Phil Adams - my ESP 5 string fretless, and probably my Stagg fretless 21. Fat Rich - Fenders, Status 22. Molan - Ritters, Celinders, Alleva Coppolo etc. 23. 51m0n 24. Dropzone 25. ped - Vigier passion 4, Buscanti Jazz, Vbass 26. Urban Bassman - Shuker JB5 Custom, US Masters EP53 Fretless, Ashdown Kylstron 500 and 4x10 27. PTB - MTD 535, Reverend 5L, 28. StephenYork - Alpher Custom 5 String, Markbass LM3, Markbass 2x15 (and maybe the missus) 29. hen barn - Status kingbass, status energy 5 string(ebs loaded); Genz Benz streamliner; Vanderklays 2x10 1x12; Lots of pedals! 30. bigbeatnut - lots of teeny pedals and a themed selection of basses Probably Status Eclipse LTD 5, Status shark 5, Status S1 5 (last two fretless); for sale: Jackson C5, and maybe Enigma Q-balls and Boss AW3 31. Shockwave - Warmoth P-J Antigua bass, 6 String Letts bass (If built) otherwise my Gibson Grabber tuned Drop C. 32. Kiwi - Shuker 6 and custom strat 33. Bassmanady 34. pete.young 35. Marcus Bell - Jaydee supernatural roadie 2 active; Status series 2000 36. dave.c - 1985 Vigier Passion II and a 2008 Passion IV possibly a Vigier Excess 37. The Greek 38. Bassface2k10 39. Lozz196 40. Truckstop 41. urb 42. SpaceChick [tbc] 43. Throwoff - new bass and/or Genz Benz 410 44. TomKent [tbc] - Jazz Bass, P Bass, half my Krampera stack 45. Wolverinebass - either the Alembic or the Buzzard 46. iD Entity - Zon Sonus 5, and maybe my Ampeg Micro VRs, and some pedals 47. JapanAxe - G&L L1505 an Yamaha BB400S fretless - plus TC Classic, Orange Valve Tester, and Barefaced Midget (non-tweeter version) 48. Grand Wazoo - One Dingwall ABII Roasted Maple Neck and one Vintage PRS Bass with a small amp (Ibanez promethean) to allow them to be played and heard. 49. Bikenbass - Fender Roscoe Beck V, GK MB200, Barefaced Compact. 50. Dougal - Xotic Precision, ACG Super J, Rickenbacker 4004 51. MacDaddy - a pair of Kiwis 52. Oopsdabassist - [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]my old Yam with the bright green strings; my Reidmar[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]53. Chriswareham - Ampeg SVT CL with 1x15 and 4x10 cabs; Stingray Stealth in drop Bb; pedalboard with Compulator, Darkglass B3K, EH Clone Theory and EH Electric Mistress 54. Timmo - brand new Clover Avenger 4 left handed 55. Noisyjon 56. Bloodaxe [tbc] - SB-900 & Ibanez Promethean 57. JamesFlashG - with a bass or two 58. Chimike - Acoustic 320 rig, plus Roger Giffin bass 59. Captain Rumble - Barefaced S12 T, Tec amp Puma, Sandberg basic, mex Jazz plus a Barefaced Compact and Eden Highwayman to sell 60. smaz [tbc] - Fender A/E Fretless MIJ Precision 61. Jcater 62. Stickman 63. sockdeluxe_mikey 64. alexclaber - some Barefaced thingies, a RIM Custom 5 36", and some amps and maybe some T-shirts![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]65. davedabass - I have 2 x Epifani UL112's and a Shuttle 6.0. Also have a Precision I got new around 1977 and a Wal.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]66. andyonbass - probably with my EAD Foundation 212 and Markbass TT500[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]67. Jimryan - my white P/MM[/font][/color]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1379671835' post='2215466'] I have wide hands and long fingers ... [/quote] Hey There! Got Big Hands? You need a [i][b]Mark D. Phillips Special,[/b][/i] preferably a 5-stringer with one string removed to give wider spacing, and a Jazz pickup shoe-horned diagonally into the split-P socket.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1379670114' post='2215427'] Also Darren the drums is sidelined with a very bad bout of the flu. [/quote] Fret not Pavel, MacDaddy and I will between us be supplying a drummer, so the jam room will still be fully functional ...

Tend to agree with chris_b on this, but as it happens I rather like P/J basses for the [i]option[/i] to do something different sonically, even if I don't often take advantage of that option. Before buying a P-bass and modifying it, surely it has to make more sense (and will be cheaper) to buy one that someone else has already modded? I see that funkle is thinking along the same lines.

[quote name='andyonbass' timestamp='1379607558' post='2214794'] If I can fit it in, I'll bring my EAD Foundation 212 and Markbass TT500 [/quote] [quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1379667500' post='2215381'] Oooh yes, now then, now then, that would be lurrrvely <RUBS THIGHS> [/quote] If I can fit it in, will you rub my thighs too?

It's all personal, of course, but I really hate that black headstock. In that context, that colour is heavy enough to induce neck dive.

Ah ... so ... no Nigella Lawson content then?

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1379591981' post='2214524'] Updated list as we'll be unfortunatley losing Discreet to his band duties. [/quote] Bit disappointing Mark. Ah well, have a good one ...

I survived [i][b]The Great 2013 Barefaced Handle Scandal[/b][/i]