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[quote name='Clarky' post='565465' date='Aug 10 2009, 10:04 PM']...I learned that the dep from the Birmingham gig hadn't learned our songs and missed most of his cues so that it was genuinely a mess. The other two complimented me on my playing tonight [/quote] The deep, chocolate-y taste of satisfaction.

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='565596' date='Aug 11 2009, 12:43 AM']It's not called Andy's anymore. Andrew John Preston went bankrupt owing lots of people money - including me for an amp he sold and never gave me the money for. He managed to keep his vintage Rolls Royce though [/quote] Pulled a similar flanker on a mate of mine with a Guild. Months of "Oh, it's not sold yet". So one day, my mate phones them from round the corner. Same answer as usual. So he walks straight in and asks for it back. No guitar, it was clearly sold months before. Big stink. He never actually ripped me off, but I found him to be a patronising little weasel. Now we know where he is, let's hire a minibus, go round and beat his arse like a gong.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='565673' date='Aug 11 2009, 09:34 AM']If he had learnt how to play maybe he'd have created a better instrument, or at least understood how it need to develop as the music that it was being used for developed and progressed. I'm thankful that nowadays there are an abundance of bass guitar manufacturers and luthiers who have developed the instrument so those of us who require something more now have access to suitable instruments.[/quote] Over 25 years or so, Leo was responsible for the development of the fretted electric bass, the 5-string bass, the 6-string bass / baritone, the idea of dedicated bass amplifiers, individual bass, mid and treble EQ for amps, the 'presence' control, the 'amp stack', individually intonate-able bridge saddles, the popularisation of active electronics, the in-line headstock, the 3 over 1 headstock, and custom colours. He also established a scale length from which few have deviated. It was his ultimate decision to tune his electric bass EADG. Much of this was achieved when Fender was a small, 'family' business, rather than the behemoth we know today. Finally, he designed all the plant machinery that enabled him to mass-produce the instruments and amps. A good example is the multi-bladed machine that cuts all the fret slots in one pass. I'm genuinely a bit stuck to think of anything more significant that modern mfrs and luthiers have brought to the table, other than possibly debatable design enhancements (such as the hi-mass bridge) and cosmetic embellishments. Happy to be corrected As for Leo being a 'control freak' - everything I've read suggests the opposite. If anything, he was a disorganised, mad inventor, never happier than when tinkering with his products and coming up with new - saleable - ideas. He was logistically unstructured. Leo recognised his limitations and surrounded himself with a team of complementary individuals such as Doc Kaufman, Freddie Tavares, George Fullerton, Forrest White and Don Randall, all of whom acknowledged that he gave them full credit for their efforts. It was successful teamwork, and Leo led the team. As the company got bigger and more succesfull, Leo became progressively less happy. After a health scare, he sold out to CBS. Though he could simply have retired on a sizeable stash, he left Fender and went diligently to work at his bench, first at Musicman, then at G&L, until the week before he died. He was, by all accounts, a modest, quiet likeable man. He was in it for the manufacturing and selling of ideas, and it's for that we're saluting him. Sadly, the date seems to have passed Fender by. Couldn't find a mention on their web site

Until you're established, very few promoters will ever call you back. Once they've got your details, they'll mostly just sit on them. Unfortunately, the only way to kick them over the edge is to keep chiselling away at them. If you've got a phone number, you just have to keep calling. If the only means of contact is a myspace page or a mail address, things become a bit more difficult, but not totally impossible. Repeated contact is the only way you're going to break through and register on their radar.

RIP Clarence Leonidas Fender. Now building amps for God.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='564776' date='Aug 10 2009, 10:59 AM']...we're stricly only doing gigs where we know for a fact we will play to more than 20 odd people, where we know we'll get paid (even just for petrol) and where we know we can have a good night (IE stay over or leave the gear over night or basically not have to drive)[/quote] Crikey! We could all do with some of those. Any chance of a list?

Welcome Matt - hope you enjoy the forum BTW - Don't worry - Speling erros and pore gramma are very commun on this froum.

This needs merging with the other Bass Cellar thread - or putting out of its misery

[quote name='Gust0o' post='564887' date='Aug 10 2009, 12:55 PM']Which is why this is so disappointing. I would be inclined to aim Bass Cellar at this thread. Someone there needs to see it.[/quote] By strange coincidence, I think they did, recently... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=25829&view=findpost&p=563866"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...st&p=563866[/url]

+1 on the course. A dodgy guitar won't kill you, but a dodgy amp might

Brilliant! Glad you had such a good time. Norwegian, eh? We've got one of those in our village. BTW, in the pix, you look the [i]absolute epitome [/i]of the grizzled, road-warrior bass player - "Well, it's like Gene Vincent said to me one time..." Clearly, you were born to gig.

Welcome Gerry!

[quote name='TATTOODEVIL' post='563990' date='Aug 9 2009, 08:34 AM'][i]Mine's[/i] scary? LOL. It's just my fight face, I'm a pussy cat really I'll get one of my kids to take a nice one later, just for you! [/quote] Either way, good to have a drummer here. Should improve our timekeeping

Welcome indeed That's one scary avatar you got there.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='563423' date='Aug 8 2009, 12:38 PM']Both[/quote] Just wondered. Maybe you could try leaving the Elixirs in a bowl of pineapple juice to 'sticky' them up. No need to thank me.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='563392' date='Aug 8 2009, 11:39 AM']I just hate the slippery feel.[/quote] Which hand - fretting or plucking - or both?

Elixirs. 3 x 2 hrs per wk x 52 wks x 2 years = about 600 hours. OK, I'm a low-end thud merchant. But, hey....

[quote name='fatgoogle' post='563070' date='Aug 7 2009, 09:05 PM']Well i suppose i could pick up a packet of strings or a nice shiny eh pick......[/quote] Coupla picks - that's what I do. No point in splashing £15.00 a shop.

[quote name='fatgoogle' post='563041' date='Aug 7 2009, 08:35 PM']Then ill be in London for the rest of the time, so any good ones there, Mind ill be playing and then walking away, so maybe music shops that dont mind if you dont have a penny on you.[/quote] 1. London - Denmark St, then the Bass Gallery 2. Kent? Dunno. See above. 3. Inadvisable to begin proceedings by openly stating you are penniless. 4. Expect a long, hard stare in at least one establishment, if not more

Wenge

Ah, but is it a hoax? Some seem to think so. If true, curtains for the Plant-less Zep re-union. Which wouldn't have been much of a re-union.

Oh, there's some yummy stuff on there.

I've got to get something white and tort-y. They look gorgeous. Glad you all had a good time

I'm so sorry to hear about someone trying to scam you. It must have been very upsetting, and I know how you must feel. Five years ago, my father was Finance Minister in the Republic of Gabon and was entrusted with $15,000,000 by the the then President. As you may know, the entire cabinet perished in an air crash when the pilot was poisoned by his wife's enemies. If you send me your bank details and a cheque for $2,000, I will open an account for you and transfer the larger sum. Then you send me $7,500,000 and we have split the money, yes? In the name of the Lord, I am begging you to do this for my 10 fatherless children. Happy is the man who sends me money and will wait several weeks before realising he has been done up like a kipper. Hosannah! The Reverend Mrs Anna Christensen Remobopse

...Or just hire a keys player into the band - who can handle a brass patch with one hand and a keys patch with the other. On the occasions when I've done stuff with keys, it makes the songs sound so [i]"expensive"[/i]. Replicating covers becomes much easier as there's another lead instrument to carry the accuracy-critical bits of the 'choon - e.g. "Gimme Some Loving" intro. They also have a useful tendency to side with the rtm section