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Ha.....i got John Entwistle

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1472468548' post='3121278'] I played a pub last year where I tucked in to the free samosas offered at the break. They turned out to be very expensive as I forgot to wash my hands and then covered a nice new set of strings with stinky grease! [/quote] Most of my basses have been covered in beer and kebab grease at some point.....i see it as a form of bass initiation

Take the money do the gig and go home.....

I always take a small hand towel to gigs to dry my hands and neck if needbe.

My honest view is that it's their party they can book who they want. If a dj played music would you be offended by that? The sound person will know all your settings so not an issue but it is courtesy to ask if they want to use your PA rather than just to assume it's okay. Ultimately you are a service provider and you have agreed to you slot / fee. The PA use should be discussed.

[quote name='Michael J' timestamp='1472219442' post='3119576'] Not what you are looking for? [/quote] 👍

[quote name='funkgod' timestamp='1472206491' post='3119404'] Been reading this with intrest, looks like you have all been down the try and test road, while I have not tried most of what you have suggested I have tried a number of jazz pick ups and still have them all. I have a number of jazz basses which all have there own sound, so have tried swapping and changing in them all, what I found was that a pickup that sounds great in one bass sounds pants in another, so I'm taking it that the pick up can only reproduce what the bass is giving it, you know when your in a shop and you try a few jazz basses without plugging them in, one might feel dead and one might feel snappy and alive, that with your own playing tec will as you know have an effect on what the pickup will reproduce, So it's a suck it and see thing you might have to try a few to get what your after, What I ended up with is this, the best jazz I have is a jap fotoflame 62 reissue When I got it I thought the pups were weak (Which were not its original pickups) , tried about 5 pairs, nothing over £50, the best one I found for the rear was one from a highway one I had, which sounded far better than in the highway one, (no matter what I put in the highway one it never sounded any good) in the fotoflame it's alive and sort of gritty biting sound. the neck pick up I have not a clue what it is, but matched with bridge one it adds warmth to the sound, and mellow when soloed, I use this bass a lot now it does what I want it to do, but would like to try some of the top end ones y'all have mentioned just to see, interesting, [/quote] Excellent read and really useful

I have been looking at those Delano's with the big pole pieces. Anybody tried those?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1472167713' post='3119149'] You might want to buy another bass with active eq or pre-amp for high and low end. Blue [/quote] Blue, My gigging bass is a Precision and i tend to use the Jazz for home recording. My wife bought me the Jazz so i need to persevere with it

Thanks for giving me food for thought folks.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1472057737' post='3118108'] If I'm teaching you to suck eggs, please excuse me, but having the strings too far from the pup can lose you a lot of umph. When the strings are fretted at the bottom of the neck, what is the distance between the bottom of the string and each of the pups? You should find this is no more than about 4mm. I set mine at about 2.5mm, but each to their own - some folk need more space to fret high and dig in. [/quote] No worries. I do most of my own tech stuff so this is one of the things i adjusted first. I just don't seem to get the oomph that qtr pounders should give.

[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1472036816' post='3117853'] Well, only until they've worn out after I've bought the bass. Then they all receive a baptism of cheese graters (or "Roto 66s," as they're technically known) [/quote] I use 66 Nickels for my delicate pinkies

What atrings do Yamaha use? I know i still have the originals on my Yam 424x because they sounded and played really well.

Hi folks, I want to replace the SD Quarter Pounders in my jazz bass. I find the SDs pretty flat with little punch. I just wonder what is a good replacement for them? There are such an array of pups out there that i don't really want to go through try and swap try and swap. So any suggestions good citizens of BC?

Wow that's a big mark up..... You must find it very frustrating.....i would

Looking again the headstock is more Washburn than Aria as it's not symetrical.

Lol.....feels like that sometime although to be fair my local delivery people tend to be pretty good. We seem to have the same people making the deliveries in the area so i imagine that improves how they look after the load.

The headstock has a bit of an Aria look to it.

Storm Studios in Holloway Road may have a piano room. Good kit there anyway. May be worth a call.

That has to be up there on the cool wall. Nice one 👍

[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1471790460' post='3115872'] It may be worth mentioning that this should be fresh, unused cat litter as used litter may actually exacerbate the original problem. [/quote] Also close the case to prevent cat(s) from using the aforementioned case as a convenience.

I'm a bassist that aspires to be a musician. Perhaps one day i will sense when i've crossed that threshold

I can imagine that Lemmy always did the shake n vac with his bass case maybe adding a dab of Febreze for good measure.....lol

I maintain my kit as well as i can and i take with me what i can carry on the Tube or Bus.....which is usually a gig bag and an effects board bag, sometimes a trolley and amp.

I usually travel to rehearsal/gigs on public transport so rarely have any back up. I do thoroughly check over all the gear prior to a gig. I tend to gig one bass my Mex Precision.....and so far touch wood it's all been good