James Nada

I bought a copy in early December but give it to my wife to wrap for me a Christmas prezzie. Having spent the last few days dipping into it, I must say this is a quality book and one I highly recommend.

Great song, and the production of that recording is perfect. One of few the claims to fame my town (Ulverston, Cumbria) has, is that Bill Haley's mother was born and grew up here before emigrating to the USA.

The vocals in the chorus of Beyonce's Crazy In Love. Some would call it "feel", I call it off the beat.

Ordered! I'm looking forward to receiving it.

The bassist out of Teleman played a white model of these on Jools Holland last Friday. It looks like he had it selected on P pickup only. Sounded good.

Thanks for all the responses so far, keep them coming. 😃 [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1476999775' post='3159237'] Well, the two instrumental bands I was in never really set out to make any money, so I can't offer much advice really. I did see a superb surf instrumental band once who had a theremin in a pineapple ice caddy, which was a great stage prop, and acted as a focus for some on-stage fun, so maybe something to act as a focus might help. [/quote] We're not setting out to make any money either, it's just a fun side project with (probably) a high concept. Funnily enough, we do have a theremin on hand!

Hi I'm on the process of putting together a side project of an instrumental only band. Line up will consist of bass, drums, guitar (and occasional organ) and possibly a second guitar. We're thinking of doing tracks like Miserlou, Green Onions, Rumble, Cissy Strut, and stuff that's Shadowy and Surfish. First question - does anyone have any experience of gigging this type of thing in pub and small venue environments? I have concerns that punters won't be too keen on a set full of vocal-free tracks. Any advice or general comments are welcomed. Second question - any setlist suggestions? Cheers, James

Hi Does anyone know where I can order a single La Bella string (it's a .056 flatwound for Hofner Beatle Bass). I've, rather frustratingly, just snapped one off a fairly new set. It's only my second snapped bass string in almost 27 years though! James

I think I like it. It's looks bit like a 70s catalogue bass, especially the headstock.

Squierrels cam be as good as Fenderels these day.

Got mine today. £2 well spent.

[quote name='Rob MacKillop' timestamp='1474401067' post='3137779'] Is that fretless? [/quote] That one is. Most of them aren't 😃

A good compromise between getting the violin bass sound and not looking like a tribute act is the Hofner Club (500/2). [URL=http://s712.photobucket.com/user/badgerpigdog/media/hofner_full.jpg.html][IMG]http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww127/badgerpigdog/hofner_full.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I have one of the HCT models and it a good bass. They are fully hollow body, with no "tone block" so you do get the more vintage Hofner thud.

Has anyone tried an Ammoon bass? They seem to be available new at ridiculously low prices (I've seen a Jazz-style on evil bay for under £50, inc post!).

Ordered. Good shout - thanks

[quote name='Basvarken' timestamp='1473011496' post='3126036'] page size: 225 x 300 mm [/quote] If it's possible to resize you might get more competitive printing the more common 210 x 297 mm size?

[quote name='Basvarken' timestamp='1473005073' post='3125957'] The price is based on 500 book printed. Although I am not sure how on earth I am going to sell 500 copies ;-) Printing costs are still quite high. Even with my vast network of good offset printers that I've gathered over the past 20 years as a professional graphic designer... I do appreciate the input guys! [/quote] Good luck with this, however you choose to proceed. It deserves to be a success. Out of interest, what's the page size?

I'd buy one. Though I agree with many of the previous comments that £25 seems a little high. Why not take a punt and get a larger first print run? The total cost for 500 probably isn't much more than 250.

Once in 27 years (and the break was about 23 years ago). I recall that I was picking aggressively and close to the bridge. D string.

My wife is in a folk band and plays bass on 50% of there set plus my eldest daughter is learning bass. So, no bass haters at casa Nada. The only problem is that they can only play the short scale basses.

My very first combo did this. It still does it 26 years later but otherwise works just fine.

[quote name='darkandrew' timestamp='1468100721' post='3088651'] One more than the Beatles 😉 [/quote] The Stones had three great drummers? 😉

I have one those plastic boxes security firms use to carry cash around. It's super strong, spacious and the envy of many. I've been using it for over 20 years. I found it in the back of an abandoned shop (sadly with no cash in it).