nick

Bought some Wilkinson tuners from Chris. Excellent condition, good price & fast despatch. Top guy to deal with.

[quote name='silddx' post='861099' date='Jun 8 2010, 03:29 PM']The HR16 was ace! I had mine chipped which made it even better. The sounds were superb.[/quote] HR16 is a classic - wish I still had mine! I like my Zoom MRT-3, though think the SR-16 is equally good.

[quote name='thunderbird13' post='859727' date='Jun 7 2010, 12:10 PM']So perhaps I should try and form a Creme Brulee tribute band ![/quote] Definitely. Go for it!

Labella do short-scale Deep Talkin' Flats 760FMS (49-69-89-109)

They're nice guitars & basses, I think comparable to good Fenders, but not cheap. Unless you're really set on having a JV, would recommend trying a few Tokais, Grecos, MIJ Fenders etc... too though.

[quote name='mike f' post='851883' date='May 30 2010, 03:57 PM']Nick - did you see your Ibanez make an appearance on the last show?[/quote] Hi Mike, Yeah... in that Mondays clip at the beginning - sorted!

I like the best of both worlds, depends who I'm playing with. Always have my EQ fairly flat @ 12 o'clock. With one outfit I use flats strung P-Basses, tone rolled off a tad, with occaisional bit of compression. However with another set-up, I go for a Quarter Pounder loaded Franken-Jazz bass, fresh roundwounds, through a load of effects & quite often playing with a pick. Guess I've got the bass playing equivalent of dual personality disorder.

[quote name='walbassist' post='851343' date='May 29 2010, 06:47 PM']I believe the much vaunted original series Squier basses from the mid to late 80s had this. Really good basses.[/quote] A mate of mine has just got his '82 Fender Logo JV Squier strat back after 20 years. It's a lovely guitar & worth a bit.

[quote name='karma' post='850050' date='May 28 2010, 08:55 AM']......They were probably right to sack him or their whole future from Live Aid onwards would have been at risk.[/quote] And look like at what they became after he was gone! There are various differing rumours & reasons on why he was sacked on the internet....

[quote name='dlloyd' post='849495' date='May 27 2010, 03:36 PM']If you want to be really annoyed, how about their poll for the "greatest bass player": [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/rocknrollband/bassists/"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/rocknrollband/bassists/[/url] Shortlist: John Entwistle Flea Peter Hook Alex James John Paul Jones Lemmy Mani Paul McCartney Paul Simonon Tina Weymouth[/quote] Thought the programme was [i]alright[/i] myself. Personally don't have a problem with that list either. All of them, bar two, have had some impact in one way or another on myself & I'm sure many other bassists, with regards to bass playing & approach to it. They have all, in their own way ; projected the bass to the forefront of their genre too. There are obvious ommissions like Jamerson,Jaco,Bootsy,Graham,Vicious etc... but this programme was aimed at the typical non-muso type person who probably never even thinks of what goes on in the lower register. If this programme goes in some way to make those people think about what we do & some recognition, then that's no bad thing surely? Myself, I'm looking forward to the release of this film, if/when the makers finish it. This is more like a proper bass documentary!

[quote name='Clarky' post='845254' date='May 22 2010, 06:20 PM']Lemmy's main replacement, Alan Davy (was in band 1984-96 and 2000-07) is no slouch either. He is very similar in style to the Space Ritual-era Lammy and is at his best on the album 'Electric Tepee' (check out 'Sputnik Sam'). Well worth checking out too IMHO. He now fronts a hard rock trio called Gunslinger who are in the same genre as Motorhead[/quote] +1 Great album is Electric Tepee. 'Right to Decide' is another corker off that albam, Alan Davey really drives it along. My favourite Hawkwind bass player was Harvey Bainbridge though.