MacDaddy

wasn't h Bb? Something to do with composing tunes based on the surname of J S Bach, so the notes/chords/harmony were based around B, A, C, Bb.

I never have, but being a bloke I would have to give them female names. Considering a bass male wouldn't feel right - to me - due to the physical closeness and intimacy of how they are held and played. I remember someone on here who has a pair of 'Rays and calls them Ashley and Marie-Kate So, do you name your basses and is there a story behind the name?

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='809858' date='Apr 17 2010, 09:13 PM']Westone Thunder 1A & the heaviest H/H 1X15 combo in the world. Ever. Both belonged to the college. The first time I owned a bass and amp together for the first time - 70's Guild B301 and Traynor 60w valve combo. Sound = beautiful, unfortunately not loud enough. Would love to have kept them, but had to sell to buy.[/quote] Actually that is a complete lie. about 15 years earlier I had a Fender P with added J and bass-boost switch, and a Marshall 100w guitar and bass head with a Peavey Black Widdow cab. The head was pants.

Westone Thunder 1A & the heaviest H/H 1X15 combo in the world. Ever. Both belonged to the college. The first time I owned a bass and amp together for the first time - 70's Guild B301 and Traynor 60w valve combo. Sound = beautiful, unfortunately not loud enough. Would love to have kept them, but had to sell to buy.

did swapsies with Ped a while ago with some of guitar stands. He gave the option of swapping back if I wasn't happy - which was nice

Rob very kindly did me a huge favour and converted an old tape of mine to mp3

I've played through Jack's too and got to crank it up. Very loud, very impressive. I'm old school metal so absolutely loved the sound.

yeah, Marty Friedman's Exotic Metal Lead Guitar tuition video, is pretty much applying jazz theory to metal without calling it jazz

[quote name='jonny-lad' post='797406' date='Apr 6 2010, 12:16 PM']Mine's through the MU, with Hencilla Canworth - you get £2000 of insurance free, and then 'top up' to include extra that goes over that...Lot's of other similar benefits aswell when you join the MU.[/quote] same as.

finding a bunch of people with the same musical vision, and drive to do it, can be very difficult. Regardless of talent, any band that has 'made it' has had a lot of luck. Partysounds, Musofinder and joinmyband, seem to be highly regarded for lookng for bands.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='803839' date='Apr 12 2010, 03:41 PM']Just seeing your name, MacD, reminded me of another 'discovery' (I had this one ages ago but hadn't listened to it for a long time until last week when it caught my ear big time). Dave Murray's Latin Big Band: Now Is Another Time. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-Another-Time-David-Murray/dp/B00007MB80/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1271083209&sr=1-1-fkmr0"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-Another-Time-D...mp;sr=1-1-fkmr0[/url] Really, really strong playing. Loads of energy. Not a smooth big band like teh Viallge Vanguard or Bob Mintzer's unit. More like the Mingus Big Band, looser, more edgy. Very Latin based.[/quote] what with Laurence Cottle's involvement in Black Sabbath, I wondered if that was going to be Iron Maiden's Dave Murray There is precedence, Alex Skolnick from thrash band Testament originally left them to play jazz, and formed The Alex Skolnick Trio.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='806697' date='Apr 14 2010, 11:21 PM']2 minutes in and I realise this is not jazz covers of Sex pistols songs.[/quote] is what i thought it was gonna be

[quote name='thunderbird13' post='808073' date='Apr 16 2010, 10:04 AM']Its funny how frequently these posts appear and I have been guilty of making them in the past .The way it works is that everyone gives the standard advice which is take a break, keep your most important gear, sell the rest and come back to it when you want to ,that’s sensible advice. Without knowing you there’s not much else to add except that when I’ve been in your situation I also feel a bit of quilt or anger that I’ve invested so much money and time in something only to stop it which when you think about it is silly as its supposed to be fun and if its not fun then do something which is ![/quote] this.

okay, my turn! I'm currently bandless so these are from a previous band. In pic 1 I'm 2nd left, pic 2 top left, and pic 3 bottom right.

[quote name='chris_b' post='807722' date='Apr 15 2010, 10:09 PM']Better intonation and tuning.[/quote] didn't the Warwick Just Intonation bass try to do that. Wasn't fanned though. 1st and 3rd basses to the left - they are meant to look like that! [attachment=47442:MG_3968_760x390.jpg]

[quote name='stonecoldbass' post='804888' date='Apr 13 2010, 02:07 PM']All gear except ur bass is provided. Just turn up, plug in and go! The onboard techs are great and u rarely have to soundcheck as it's pretty much the same gigs every week![/quote] on board techs? Like the sound of that!

Over the tears I've aquired so many leads - all different types. When gigging I'm wireless, so the only ones I actually use are my OBBM guitar leads to connect my multi fx and a XLR for the cabs. If I don't take 2 basses, I'll take a spare set of strings (played in for the same reasons mentioned by ezbass) a spare strap, my batwing guitar stand and a spare of each cable type. I always have spare 9v batteries, but will be screwed if the multi fx packs up. It's a ME50B and I've no reason to expect it will, but I might invest in a cheap DI - just in case.

How did the gear thing work? What did you have to supply? I assume gear maintenance was down to yourselves?

[quote name='Pkomor' post='768263' date='Mar 8 2010, 06:41 PM'][url="http://www.swanseajazzland.co.uk/"]A must for any south wales jazzers![/url] Laurence Cottle Big Band at swansea jazzland, insanly tight bigband! Theres some great stuff at [url="http://laurencecottle.com/listen/"]http://laurencecottle.com/listen/[/url][/quote] Laurence Cottle rules! Black Sabbath on a thread about Jazz?

I mean things like leads, XLR cables, 4 way plug extentions etc. Is the rule 'one of everything and a spare' good enough? Or do you take more, for example if you use 3 guitar leads do you need to take 3 spares?

woof-woof!

When I was younger and my reading was up to speed, I'd see the adverts for basses players wanted on the cruise liners. I considered it but never did it. What did I miss? Has anyone here done it?

What are the Axe basses like to play? I mean in terms of weight and balance?

[quote name='cetera' post='796805' date='Apr 5 2010, 06:27 PM']Sorry Rhys, the Hamer Impact is a VERY rare model & it took me years to find one at a good price. It won't be leaving me anytime soon [/quote] plus i've already got dibs!

If I might make a suggestion for an event? How about a set up master class. The idea being someone (who knows what they are doing ) stands at the front with a bass and goes through a set up, and teaches everyone else who all have their own bass in front of them. Everyone could bring there own tools to suit their bass, if the same someone could let it be known beforehand what would be needed?