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    Relative values - the Gilmour auction

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    On 30/01/2019 at 14:01, Steve Browning said:

    He is quite shy with people he doesn't know (certainly was when we first met) and so I wouldn't think any the less of him for it.

    I've probably told this on here before but it's the coolest guitar story I know. When we were recording Pretty Things album, DG loaned Richard Taylor a lovely Gibson J200. The story went that Gibson had made 90 for their top players and dealers. For some reason DG didn't get one and so Phil Taylor (his tech) made contact with Gibson, who made a 91st. That's when you know you've arrived!!

    Last night at rehearsal i mentioned that these wee all coming up for sale and the drummer reckons that when Guy Pratt first went to audition for Pink Floyd, Dave Gilmour was noodling on the black Strat. Guy, waning to break the ice a bit said "Is that an old one?" to which Dave Gilmour replied " Well they don't get any older, old boy". I'd like to think it happened.

    No Longer Comfortable to Play Jazz Basses

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    3 hours ago, NJE said:

    Y

    I would love a Jazz as they always appealed to me visually, but I would have to build a bitsa or a custom order with a precision neck to make it playable for me. I also keep my eyes peeled for the elusive 2001 Fender PJ Hotrod which I would love.

    I have a 199 Fender Hot Rod Precision which  is my usual gigging bass and I love it. It's also left handed so it would probably be very hard (impossible?) to replace. I've had it ten years or so and I wouldn't part with it. I never leave it in the car (ever) or out of sight.  I hope you find one of your own to love!

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    Tina Weymouth BBC bass programme in Jan

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    I enjoyed it. I think some people appear to have missed the point - the programme was about "bass" not bass players, bass guitars, bass guitarists, bass playing icons, just bass. Hence Dizzee Rascal talking about "drum and bass". And The Marcels. And other things "bass". I thought it was an entertaining hour for a mainstream audience, not a 23 part series for purists, professionals, specialists and nerds. And I like Tina too.

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    My love hate relationship with acoustic basses

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    I bought a Warwick StarBass a little while ago, and it works for me with TI flats. Not expensive (a Chinese one) and no quality issues that I can find. I use it when we do the acoustic guitar/Cahon thing .

     

    And I do have a Tanglewood acoustic bass but I find the body to awkward unless I'm sitting down so I only use it for noodling at home.

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    Finding a permanent band. Advice?

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    6 hours ago, Al Krow said:

    What do you think it actually takes in terms of time, ability, patience etc. to start a band?

     

    A lot of time and a lot of patience. And some money.  And if you're not into social media the chances of you having any success starting and running a band are minimal if not zero. Running a band that works takes a fair amount of time and effort. It's like having a part time job. We have 20 + gigs for next year already, and that didn't happen by chance or luck but by a lot of hard work from me and the Harmonica player over the last four years. Some (most?) people do not have the appetite for the commitment necessary to make a band successful. That's not a criticism, it's just reality. Some people run bands, some people are band members the same as some people work for themselves, some people have jobs.

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    Thomann "The Box" MA150 Monitors - Sold!

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    Two of these self powered monitors for sale, £85 each. Both in good nick, no rips or tears in the carpet covering or dented or rusty grilles, no knobs missing.

    Both work as they should. No crackly pots etc. One very good, one almost new condition. 

    Collect from West Sussex and try before you buy or happy to deliver locally (Horsham /Brighton area) for free or meet up/deliver for fuel cost.

    No pics but specs here......

    https://www.thomann.de/gb/the_box_ma150.htm?glp=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6JjgBRDbARIsANfu58EVYzsqtz8WPKCzb4MoXdEeSNcp7dThnh3fGY7oY5fcgBYezDbP9jMaAg-oEALw_wcB

    Active cab link out as a DI?

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    why the DI? Surely the mixer should have a "line" or "mic" setting on the input, and if the XLR out from the cab link is line level and the desk is set appropriately it should be fine? Our guitarist uses a Line 6 Helix and the matching Line 6 FRFR powered monitor as a cab and we take a line level XLR out from the cab into our Yamaha PA to round out the sound a bit. Works for us.

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    ACS Pro 17

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    I had exactly the same issue. 17's were too much for me, so I had them changed for 15's  and they are fine at our normal gig volumes however when we have to drop the levels for the more "intimate" (!) venues they are still a bit much. I would leave them out but I'm extremely sensitive to cymbal "crash", so I have used only one nearest the drummer which is OK but I am thinking about getting some spare 10dB inserts. I'd have them swapped for 15's if I were you.

    Does it really matter what gear you have??

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    21 hours ago, discreet said:

    .....an American wife who insists on buying expensive shoes and clothes, even though they make her look like a badger wrapped in a curtain. 

    But she's still your Honey.....

    I'll get my coat.

    But seriously - I've done all this too. And every time I keep coming back to my '99 Hot Rod P as it's light, reliable, looks good (to me) and plays well. I may buy/try other things (I'v currently got a USA G&L L2000 and an 80's P too) but I'll never sell it. Having said that, I've just bought an inexpensive Warwick Star bass and I love the sound of that with TI flats. It's great for semi-acoustic gigs we do but for all electric the P wins every time.  A second hand LM3 and a second hand Gen 2 Barefaced compact and that's me done.  For now. Or would a tube 500 be better? And a 2x10? Here we go......

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    Awful rehearsal/Jam.

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    ^ This. And auditions where someone says "let's just jam" have never gone well for me. It simply means that there aren't any songs that everyone knows so it just disintegrates into endless widdling. Did they not tell you beforehand what they wanted you to prepare? 

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