NancyJohnson

[quote name='Bankai' timestamp='1297725817' post='1127808'] [b]First Bass Owned: 'Go To' Bass: 'Your/Signature' Bass:[/b] [/quote] CBS/Arbiter EB3 copy Gibson Thunderbird Lakland DJ5 (it sounds great, but I rarely take it out) P

Cheers for the reply. Much appreciated. Best P

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1325464746' post='1483470'] My fave bass, new pic taken today. [attachment=96198:Basschat Pic.jpg] [/quote] A quick question as you appear to have the basses to answer it! You have the three Precisions that represent the full transition from the original '52/slab to the '58 that we know now recognise as the standard P-Bass. I'm assuming the '52 has a slab body, the '56 a tummy/forearm contour and the '58 it pretty much the P-Bass that [i]everyone [/i]knows. Headstock shape and stomach/forearm routing aside, are the body shapes all identical? It's been something that I've wanted to know for a while, but felt stupid asking...the shapes of the scratchplate(s)/control plates kind of mask what's going on with the body shape. Cheers P

Here's my 2012 shopping list: Reverend Thundergun (black) [i]Another [/i]Gibson Thunderbird (black) I also have a desire for a Rickenbacker 400* as well...I'd like to try one out for a rehearsal to see whether it's viable/worth it before shelling out. Anyone close to Reading got a loaner? P

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1325191941' post='1480849'] Jocelyn Brown at the Jazz Cafe [/quote] Blimey, Jocelyn Brown. Years ago I owned a half-share in a studio...it came with loads of 1" masters. One of the masters was full of vocal takes Jocelyn Brown recorded for some road safety thing. It was hours of her singing, 'OK kids, watch out!' or 'Oooh, look left!' or 'Oooh, look right', 'Walk, don't run!' and so on. The raw vocal ability knocked me out. We gave them to this guy who had a studio elsewhere and amazingly he sampled everything and did a dance track with the samples. There were a few 12" pressed. I'm sure I have it in the attic. P

I bought a Sunn Mustang (essentially an Indian made Precision copy) on here for under £30 about six months ago. I threw on a new bridge, scratchplate and Wilkinson pickup and it's quite wonderful...it's never gone into the rack and I play it daily. Total outlay around £110.00. P

My good lady got me a ukelele. She also weighed in with a black Schaller bridge and machines for my Hamer FBIV. P

...apparently it will street in the US for a spit under $4K. P

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1325156451' post='1480276'] The Jeff Ament sig sounds interesting! [/quote] There's a lengthy piece in the current Bass Player magazine. JA wanted an over-sized Thunderbird shape (body is larger than standard 'bird), upsidedown headstock. P

Reznor/Ross Dragon Tattoo soundtrack. P

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1324665007' post='1476906'] Yes. I really love Lakland, but their stuff can be pretty uninspiring and the 55-94 shape has now most certainly aged. Their website isn't particularly awe-inspiring either, dare I say it might be worth looking at Sadowsky's website which I happen to think is very good indeed. They sound brilliant, but they need something a bit daring to bring them back up to speed. [/quote] I don't want to keep bumping this thread, but I took a look at the Sadowsky site...it's OK, but again, product-wise, the models are just rehashed/overpriced Jazz/Precision basses. For something a little more compelling, look at the Reverend site; [url="http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/guitars.html"]http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/guitars.html[/url]. The basses are really very happening. The black set-neck Thundergun made me go a little wobbly. Stick a chrome armrest kit on that...beautiful. P

[sup]I know it's another copy, but anyone here remember Laklands take on the Thunderbird/Fenderbird? I don't know how many they made...maybe just a couple of prototypes, but that was pretty yummy.[/sup] [sup]P[/sup]

I saw this on the Lakland Owners Group earlier. I own a DJ5, really nice bass, not particularly a first choice for gigging (a bit heavy, wide string spacing), but great for recording. If the build quality stands up to the one I have, I'd encourage anyone to give it a try, I really do. Now moving swiftly along, anyone else find they're tiring somewhat of Lakland products? I mean by this that while yes, there's a vast choice of finish/electronics combinations, it's worth pointing out that more than half their models remain firm-rooted in suped-up Precision/Jazz basses clones and the spec on the 44-94/55-94 models has barely changed in five plus years. The two other models (Decade and Hollowbody) are just plain bland; I played both in the US last year and they really weren't so great. When Hanson took over a year or so ago, there was a bit of spring-cleaning going on; the old signature names went, replaced by nondescript model numbers and (horror) the DJ was discontinued (or moreover, suffering a redesign, renaming and then discontinuation). But now, after a bit of a backlash the DJ is back. It's a pity that their efforts weren't directed towards producing something a little more radical and dare I say, exciting. P

My first gig was at a party at a mate's house. Local boy Steve Lillywhite was there and bought along Gerry Cott of the Boomtown Rats. P

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1318192202' post='1399111'] One time the drummer asked, 'Can I bring in my keyboard, I got it after our last jam?' I think I'd still be playing with him if he'd left it in the car. P [/quote] Once in a while, old threads shuffle to the top of my 'My content' area and I saw this thread and found my comment above. Over a year later, the keyboard thing above came up again in conversation just a couple of days ago. I still shake my head and wonder where my drummer's head was at when he bought that keyboard in. I have to say I was pissing myself inside when he actually started playing it. P

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1323623517' post='1465131'] I stand corrected. Would love to check out your FBIV, maybe the next Bassbash? [/quote] Sure, no problem. P

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1323426532' post='1463159'] Before his T's he used to play some lovely strippey Blitz's, after he moved on from spikey BC Rich's. [/quote] Nope! Sixx [i]always [/i]favoured solid finish (dark coloured) Hamer Blitz basses. The striped (and polka-dotted!) ones were Hamer FBIVs (check my sig). Sadly, most of these are firewood now. P

I loved The Sweet as a kid...great singles/b-sides band and in my opinion peaked with Sweet Fanny Adams and Desolation Boulevard. Sadly the only time I saw 'them' live was on a horrific double-bill of Les Gray's Mud and Brian Connoly's Sweet at Guildford Civic Hall about twenty years ago. Connolly was a gibbering wreck at that time and barely moved two feet from his mic-stand; he had to be led on and off stage. His voice had gone and the drink had obviously wrecked his system. He was being heckled horribly by some blokes in the audience (someone shouted, 'You fat bastard!' and he stammered through response of, 'I've lost forty pounds actually.'). Awful. It's an image I just can't shake, even after all these years. P

I own a classic white Gibson and I've owned a Geddy Lee Jazz as well and for me at least, the Thunderbird just wins hands down...there's a very long thread about Thunderbirds here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/94914-thunderbirds-why-no-basschat-love/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/94914-thunderbirds-why-no-basschat-love/[/url] ...have a read and you'll know why. P