jonno1981

I love zero 7, didn’t realise he was the guy. So much thought in his bass lines that are just enough for the song.

Spanking new round wounds, huge attack with right hand to push the pre-amp into the red as well. It’s a great bass line with loads of energy, I’m surprised how sloppy some of the bits are. Did they really decide to go for this as “the take”. Lots of string noise and undampened strings around 1.10. Some timing issues and inconsistent attack later on. Flea is great, but this isn’t perfect!

Buy for you! You do you! Your first bass is less about tonal characteristics and more about feeling right in your hands. What is going to inspire you most to pick up, practice, improve and have fun? No one here can answer that for you. It sounds like you’re leaning on the Ibanez based on these factors.

Remarkable! I had no idea! He’s one of the least metal people I can think of.

I always really liked zero frets on sandbergs for this reason. Open strings sound the same as any other note.

I laughed at Nige working in a cheesemongers with the guitars hanging up behind him. Elton on keys and vox was a bit odd, will reserve judgement until release.

Tone wise, this only makes a difference on open strings doesn’t it? Other obvious factors are ease of working with the material on initial fitting, aesthetics and ongoing adjustments.

I’d adjust the pickups, test it, then swap the string, test it.

Well I ordered a “used very good” condition model from Amazon for £90 and it’s arrived missing the box, manual and all the cables. Grrrrr. I’m thankful their returns are so easy! I’ll get it back then look around for another one.

It’s in the calendar! Thanks Paul.

What’s weirder is why Mr JHS (RIP) didn’t want his family to continue running the profit making business, forcing it to be sold. 🙁 All a bit odd.

Blimey. They were distributing so many brands, all of which will be looking for new UK distributors. When I was in the trade they offered really long credit terms to retailers, it was a proper lifeline to keeping product on the shelves. This really isn’t good news for the small independents out there.

That’s looks great. I miss my 410l 🙁 I’m never selling anything again that sounds good. Even if I go off it for a bit it’s got to go in the loft for another day.

Maybe get a sh Chinese sadowsky metro pj? They were blowing out the old models really cheap and there are some secondhand bargains around. You keep your instrument as is and can always sell the metro on without a loss.

I’m going to try one of these as well. Thanks for the advice.

I think you might have to pick a date and go for it. Exception being avoiding school holiday weekends- that makes sense. It’s going to be impossible to find a date that works for everyone.

Go on then! Yes, depending on final date, family commitments etc. Thanks for starting this up Paul.

A few things to unpick. 3 tour managers? Separate sound guy for the vox and band? Joey W on drums! Bonehead in the touring band!

Top stuff!

Enjoyed Weezer (big warm p bass tone!), Rae, prodigy, Ezra collective, Nile playing greatest hits though he’s really getting on. Didn’t enjoy charlixcx, 1975, Rod (despite seeing my aunt on front row on bbc!), each to their own and plenty liked it. Some of these older acts fall into function band territory where the cheese takes over. It’s like they’re pretending to be their former self. Usual mix of good sound/bad sound and occasionally inaudible bass but it’s a festival! I’ll catch up on some others other the next few days.

I’ve done this many times over the years. As long as you can place it in the overhead luggage rack if it gets busy you’ll be fine. Most of the time I’ve put it on an empty seat and no one batters an eyelid. Ive seen plenty of weird things that other people have brought onto a train. Some guy pushing a petrol driven lawnmower, someone with an old style apple iMac in a box they plugged in and worked from!

I think a lot of it is mental, make a rehearsal as much like a gig as you can. Standing during rehearsal before a gig helps. Don’t face each other, throw a coat in the corner and say that’s your audience. If you’ve never done it, you’ll cut down on gaps between the songs, play with more energy, carry more confidence into the gig.

GAK only had overheads of one retail store rather than many up and down the country.

Yikes. I really hope the smaller manufacturers don’t get shafted, but they probably will. Tough time to be in big store retail isn’t it.

I’d love to have an update. All gone quiet and I hope he’s ok.