bazzbass

16 hours ago, steantval said:

Readily available from the Australian cricket team 😀

touche, but do we go on about your lollies still?

it would have made sense if they were Dean COPIES of Gibsons hehe

I find they lack real bottom end. I tried D'Addario Half Rounds and they sound much fuller and are just as easy on the fingers as flats.They will last years I suspect.

top service that

Hipshot sent me five teensy allen keys for their saddle screws free from the USA to Australia, and I told them I bought the bridge used two years before installing it. I only asked what size allen key to buy as it was really tiny, like a millimetre

it's no coincidence that "jazz jams" sounds a bit like "jisms" lol

On ‎29‎/‎07‎/‎2019 at 22:40, Nicko said:

* No booze or illicit substances consumed.

there ya go

5 minutes ago, bartelby said:

You are correct!

 

I can't tell you what I ate yesterday yet my brain remembers minutia like this hehe

On ‎10‎/‎07‎/‎2015 at 04:41, Woodinblack said:

Correction. The Hipshot XTenders (which is what we are talking about) generally detune to d (if put on an E - although it could detune to anything really). They do a double detuner option which lets you tune to either D or C, ie, it has two stops and you can pick either.

Strangely I can't see that product on their page any more.

iirc it's an option available when you select your D tuner on their site

our photographer is a spitting image of Eric Clapton, I'll take a phone pic next time I see him

I'm SO glad that Australia's two bass shops are thousands of miles away from me, and my car won't make it that far

and to think lawyers got involved in the music biz to help stop artists from being ripped off......

my GAS knows no bounds hehe

I have 5 basses, 3 amps, 5 cabs, thousands of dollars worth of recording gear, fart oo many pedals, two wireless systems, especially as I now go cable into amp lol

shame it is necessary but it's a fact of life innit, great idea, not that I'll be of any use to all of you over "there"

On ‎28‎/‎07‎/‎2019 at 05:05, Roger2611 said:

But you are the bass player.....you should be arriving long before the rest of the band setting up where you want and rest of em will have to fit in around you!

THIS x1000

well done and be happy knowing it only gets easier and more fun

my current original band's first ever gig was at an outdoor music festival.

OK,it was a tent on the footpath outside a CD shop, but it WAS an outdoor festival, we just weren't on the main stage, they reserved that for Uke bands............

my money is on the Behringer

I use their headphone amps and they are great, but still, I think it's the Behringer

10 hours ago, Bluewine said:

We have a boat cruze gig on Lake Michigan tonight.

Join Maple Road aboard The Vista King

Saturday Night

7/27/2019 
9pm - 11pm 
Milwaukee Boat Line 101 W Michigan St, Milwaukee

 

Blue

 

sounds like an ideal gig,Blue.

Hope it went well mate. 

My drummer's other band was opening for us. Their bassist didn't own an amp as he is a guitarer normally. I opined that our drummer doesn't suffer fools and if he is in a band with this guy, that's good enough for me.I let him use my brand new Elf amp with Elf 10" cab.

Not only was the band awesome, they were super friendly and we had a great time. We have a fellow originals only band to share gigs with. And I made another friend who was so grateful for my generosity. 

get a headless bass, and start clearing room with it without going out of tune

I needed it for survival when my very very smelly guitarer would stand in front of me, trapping me between the drums and wall, and drop the foulest filthiest farts I've ever encountered.

Then one day I bought the headless, and I shoved him outa my way with a prod in his back lol,sent him over the monitors lol.

take an empty bass case out the door announcing "just taking it to the shop to make sure the new part fits , luv"

return with new bass, keep it in the case, always.

if you have a former bandmate who has passed away, you can try the ol "this bass? THIS one? ummm this was Bruce's,his widow wanted me to have it" 

This one works, sometimes " I work for my money. I bought it coz I want it"

I would never have bought no-name strings , you really do get what you pay for with strings

I bought Hartke strings once......once.

funniest caper I read about was the guy that took his wife with him to the shop and bought a $300 red Squier

Which he returned next day for a Fender red bass lol

to counteract digging in too hard, turn your amp UP so you have to play softly to not be too loud.

my girlfriend's deadbeat older brother rang me at an inopportune moment to ask me to pick him up from a pub across town. Mumble grumble I get there and he's in the beer garden with another man drinking, they were both a fair bit older than I.

Anyway,over a beer we chat, his mate Peter and I got around to football (Aussie Rules) when my girlfriend's brother said "you know Peter played SANFL in the 60s?" (SANFL is our state based feeder league to AFL)

Me "really? who for?"

Peter "Sturt"

Me "Get OUT,I barracked for Sturt in the 60s,what's your surname?"

Peter "Endersby"

Me"................OMFG your number was 3 and it was the first number I put on my guernsey (jersey)" 

I was having a beer with my first childhood sporting hero, all because of my girlfriend's useless, dropbeat older brother hehe

here is an idea, take it to a tech for a setup, but stay around to watch what he does, offer to buy him a six pack or something extra. Pay attention coz next time you will be doing it yourself, with help from youtube