Doctor J

I like it but it ain't that big a deal either way. Please don't dislike me.

Guitarist has to go, first. Been in this position in my last band, when you've got a guy who just isn't learning the songs or bothering his hole it just sucks the fun out of it. No matter how talented he might be, if he's not making and effort, he's not worth the trouble. Second, are you guys covers or originals? If originals I'd say stick to the three piece and use the singer's idiosyncracies on guitar as part of your sound. You do the rest. If covers, you've got to make an effort to replicate the original so if he can't play and sing at the same time to to a sufficient standard you're looking at another guitarist.

Alanbass1's white BB2024x. I've lusted after one of these since they came out and I'm still no closer to owning one. Jaysus.

Dammit. I need to buy more.

A scratchplate and any blade type of pickup (Bartolini, EMG, for example, tend to use blade magnets instead of poles) should sort it out. With a blade setup you can use any string spacing or number of strings provided the total width of the strings doesn't exceed the width of the blade. Check their websites for models and sizes.

On topic, then, I think the crappy amp is factored into the price he's looking for and, when you see higher end models aren't priced too high above £260, I'd bide my time and wait for something else.

I was hunting for a good SR800 for years without luck, til I finally caved in and picked up a SR1300 instead last year. Even still, I keep going back to look at that one but he's not keen to post so that saved Christmas in our house I quite like the colour but I could understand why someone wouldn't dig it

I wouldn't when there's a mega [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/157909-fs-today-only-l280-mint-1987-ibanez-sr800-japanese-4-string-bass/page__p__1435460__hl__sr800__fromsearch__1#entry1435460"]SR800 in the FS section[/url] for peanuts and you're not paying for the crap amp, too. The SRs are classic basses, every home should have one.

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1321312720' post='1437819'] Here is my new Warwick, traded from Warwickhunt just a couple of days ago. It's an absolute beauty. It plays brilliantly, it looks fantastic but the real joy is the tone. I plan to get some new photos taken of it tomorrow. I've never been so excited about a bass since I got my ACG, which bodes well! [/quote] That is friggin' beautiful.

If you can afford it, I say do it. You can try the world of Wal and see if it's for you and, even if you pay for a refret, you're likely to make money on it if you decide to sell it on. Win win as far as I can see,

He's a very, very accomplished lead guitarist too but seldom gets the credit he deserves as a guitarist, purely because he can keep his ego in check and play for the tune. Every interview I've ever read he had a funny tale to tell, I'll be picking up his book for sure.

I'm delighted to hear he has recovered! Nile is a bassist's guitarist, if you know what I mean

Good call. I last played one of those about 18 years ago and I'm finally starting to GAS over them. There's something oh so wrong but still so right about them.

James Lomenzo's Yamaha is pretty nice - you could move a lot of air with that, I reckon.

Don't get me wrong, it was one of the best gigs I've been to in years but, yeah, his pants aren't as tight as they used to be

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1320916448' post='1432989'] not being a studio tech expert but...does anybody else get the same impression as me that the fluctuations in the voice (especially the SOR clip) sound like auto-tune struggling to track correctly ? [/quote]He sounded pretty much the same at the Dublin gig a few months ago.

I had the new album on in the car for a few weeks and still can't remember a single riff off it. I like that they're moving on but the new album is crap, frankly.

That looks like a winner. Well done.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1320658059' post='1429368'] I know of a bloke who, whilst adopting a similar pose, put the headstock of his Les Paul into a ceiling fan... [/quote] That reminded me of a guitarist of mine who was having trouble with his cheapo Washburn all gig, it kept cutting in and out. Eventually it cut out and wouldn't come back so he half-heartedly tried to break it against the stage. After two limp efforts at smashing it failed he lobbed it, intact, towards the crowd but it they were back a bit and it slammed onto the empty floor in front of them and then, as he copped on to what he had just done, leapt off the front of the stage to get it back

Slow, eh? Got to be Jesusalem by Sleep - Al Cisneros delivering the low stuff, just wait until it kicks in... and I do mean wait. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WDyBB6REwQ[/media] And for all you nit-pickers, I'll take the Jerusalem mix over Dopesmoker any day, it's a much thicker sound, used to shake the sh*t out of my car when I'd drive aound with it blasting. Dopesmoker was a bit of a let down when it was finally released, just didn't have that bear growl sound to it.

Has Warwick become like MacBeth, we're not allowed say the name? Nice bass, by the way

Why not? Why do you have to justify it?

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1320657878' post='1429365'] Sounds entertaining to me [/quote] Where I was, it was quite an uncomfortable experience, I suppose it's all about perspective, really

I played in a band called Old Scratch in the early '90s and I think I could find something from every gig we did but I'll filter to the highlights. At our third gig we were greeted by a nutjob in the dressing room who was damp form head to toe, claiming he had been in the Liffey earlier on. He kindly offered to play harmonica with us, which he had in one pocket and, in another, a foot long iron bar which he told us "anyone who f***s with me gets this" and started whacking it off the dressing room wall. The bouncers got him out but it spooked our vocalist (calling him a singer wouldn't be fair, he was probably more of a narrator). Anyway, he went off to calm his nerves, probably a little too much. We were going down like a lead baloon, our brand of improvised doom-jazz-metal thing not going down well with the punters at all, especially the gong solo. The singer from the headline band, who dressed up as a Vegas style crooner with wig and bushy 'tache, came on stage to try and help us out, but our singer wasn't aware that the guy took on a character. He just saw another loon come on stage and try to take the mic from him, at which point he rammed his elbow into the guy's throat screaming "You're mad! You're mad!" and this descended into a full on brawl which, once again, required the bouncers to resolve... on stage... in front of the punters. While rocking out at another gig I slipped in a puddle of water kindly left on stage by the support band and smashed backwards into the amp, which was a hefty Trace 4x10 combo teetering back and forth on a tea chest while I waited below to be squished. Thankfully, it steadied itself long enough for me to roll out of its shadow and stop it crashing down. The most embarassing one, though, was when we put on our first headlining show and, to celebrate, all got somewhat... let's say... "sedated" prior to playing. Each of us has a wildly different account of the night but my take on it is that I was experiencing severe paranoia, especially between songs which seemed to be taking bleeding ages to start the next tune. Before the gig the guitarist told me he couldn't feel his hands and had to play sitting on a chair. It's safe to say it wasn't going well, so I kept telling the singer to hurry up and start the next song, wanting to get it all over with as quickly as possible. What I wasn't aware of was that he and a couple of mates in the crowd had fallen out spectacularly badly during the course of the set, banter turning quickly into genuine insults and into threats and this is why it was taking so long to get the next tune going. After what seemed to be a life time waiting for him start while we were playing a tune I called him over and told him to "start singing or just f*** off"... and he walked off the stage and straight out the door. It's not really something you can prepare for and, because of my severe paranoia and being oblivious to everything else which had been going on, I thought it was all my fault. In fact, he didn't even remember me saying it the next day. But after a quick consultation with the drummer, the guitar player was still draped limply on a chair, we decided to carry on. As it was all improvised, we could just get one of our mates to step in and regale the punters. I called out for a chap called Swag. No answer. Turns out he had followed our singer out looking to beat the crap out of him. So another fella, who shall remain nameless, came up. He was a nice guy but the kind of fella who was the butt of every joke, you know that kind of person. As we started rocking out another riff he used the opportunity to lash into all the people who had been putting him down, from his family to his friends, some of whom were in the venue. I still go red even thinking about it now, almost 20 years later. It was shameful, but a learning experience nonetheless.

I think it was 1990.