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Bump for price drop.

More P Bass pics required?

My '63


My heavily customised Road Worn

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='672011' date='Dec 2 2009, 12:25 PM']One thing we like to do is finish the last set with a nice loud, 10 sec burst of rock ending. The not only cuts the power but also makes it impossible to do an encore ;-)[/quote]


Genius!

Sound limiters are a pain and we have turned down a gig where the venue had them, the threshold was set at 60 or 72db IIRC, which is ridiculous as you can shout that loud! Running a power supply to a different ring main is a way around it (kitchens are good), but some venues are not so accomodating as to let you use this solution. If people stop booking venues due to these contraptions, then the venues will soon stop having them installed or bypass them.

Weekend flu ridden bump

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='666058' date='Nov 26 2009, 11:38 AM']They only come in sunburst, black and natural?[/quote]

The SB (the offshore Sterling) comes in CAR, so it may have been one of them.

[quote name='Beedster' post='662283' date='Nov 23 2009, 12:00 AM']Hey mate
Drop me the details anyway. Pre CBS is the main issue
Chris[/quote]

PMed

Ooh mine's a '63, might have considered parting with it for the right money, but a year too old.

Good Boy by the Bare Naked Ladies (made the groom cry!)

Have I Told You Lately by Van/Rod Stewart

Last Dance by Paulo Nutini

A great shop for guitarists with some very tasty stock. The bass section is much smaller, but often have some gems. Good knowledgeable staff and the mail order was good the one time I used it. Definitely worth a visit if you're out that way.

You can buy replacements (or different levels of attenuation) bloody expensive though [url="http://www.audiorelief.co.uk/shop/product_info.php?products_id=70&%24%24tid=oKkBGbrWA-8o66Re8aXxP3SafkbO4zhdaQBfo4-lpr4PO3b1jCzVViaMcdmc_J07"]http://www.audiorelief.co.uk/shop/product_...CzVViaMcdmc_J07[/url] or you could go to the manufacturer [url="http://www.elacin.com/hearing-protection/elacin-er-flexcomfort/"]http://www.elacin.com/hearing-protection/e...er-flexcomfort/[/url]

Ooh that mock up looks super sexy. I can't offer any advice but I look forward to seeing the results. Have you though about a matching headstock?

This.
[quote name='steve' post='596920' date='Sep 12 2009, 10:13 PM']have a listen to the bass in some of your favourite tracks and see if you can work out what they're playing[/quote]


When I moved over from guitar I suddenly discovered that my CD collection was twice the size it was previously because I was listening to it with bass player's ears.

Not the best Classic Album program, but when the producer is dead it's going to be tough to really say how the album was made, I really like it when they strip back the tracks and would have enjoyed more of that. Enjoyed both programs even though the DD history prog was well out of date. I love Rio as an album, some really good work by everyone in the band.

[quote name='martthebass' post='653780' date='Nov 13 2009, 04:33 PM']M,

I think balance is also a contributing factor. I had a Ray5 at 10.5lb that balanced great so didn't feel too bad for a little un like me. On the other hand I had a DJ5 at the same weight that sempt neck heavy and I couldn't get on with it.[/quote]


Balance is soooo the key. My SUB clocks in at around 11lbs and you can really feel it when you pick it up, but on the strap it just sits perfectly. Conversely both my P basses are super light, but have neck dive which makes them uncomfortable on my shoulder after a while. Also a nice wide strap padded strap will help with heavier basses.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='654099' date='Nov 13 2009, 10:43 PM']Can I just say, I would love to see Clarke and Wooten do this, don't ever dis the Kingster.
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63je71U9Jns&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63je71U9Jns...feature=related[/url][/quote]


Playing that line and singing at the same time is just sick!

[quote name='chardbass' post='654153' date='Nov 13 2009, 11:50 PM']I remember buying Guaranteed on cassette (1991ish?) and realising that they were no longer fashionable.
So much good [i]proper[/i] muso-friendly music around then- Level 42, Hue and Cry, Go West (getting a bit more programmed leading me on to..) Scritti Politti (studio genius)[/quote]


I think the 80s gets way too much stick, having been around since the 60s and listening to music all that time, I can honestly say that the 80s were the best for me by far. OK the fashions were strange, but in retrospect what fashions aren't strange? H&C's Labour Of Love, great song, thanks for reminding me of them.

Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young
Bassist - Pino Palladino
Bass - Musicman Stingray Fretless
Using Octaver and Chorus effects

About 18 months ago the average investment growth for a vintage Fender was about 10% annually (apparently). What it is now is anyone's guess, but given that interest rates are so low and that the stock market is up and down like a whore's drawers (short term) it's still probably not a bad place to spend your money if you can find one at a good price, after all you can't play an investment bond . The down side of an investment vintage instrument is that you might fall in love with it and not be able to bear to sell it.

[size=6]TOWER OF POWER[/size]

Pretty much anything by them.

[quote name='Jamesemt' post='647991' date='Nov 7 2009, 12:09 PM']I think the problem is that it can't be safely shipped. I could have gone to about £400 but once I factor in my fuel (500 mile round trip) I could only offer £350

James[/quote]


Bugger I'm in Manchester this weekend! We could've met up somewhere along the M? (whatever it is). Doh !

[quote name='Floyd Pepper' post='647870' date='Nov 7 2009, 09:17 AM']Sorry to possibly disappoint but personally, I thought it was a sad state of affairs. I hadn't been for a couple of years and it was very visible to see how this show is dying. The hall could not be filled, empty stands from late pull outs, no appreance from advertised companies ( Bass Merchant and Bass Direct - I'm not blaming these guys as they probably had the foresight to see what was coming and held on to their hard earned cash).
I spoke with a couple of the people on the stands who also pointed out the increased width of the aisles to spread the stands out but also stopped passing trade.
Apart from a couple of good drum clinics, we walked away from it feeling quite jaded about the whole thing. I assume the London Excel show is better?
FP[/quote]

Phew! Glad I'm not going as these guys were the only reason I was going to make the trip. Last year was terrible and I vowed I wouldn't go this year, but I was starting to waver. Only reason I finally didn't go was that none of my regular exhibition posse were going. Glad I stuck to my original intention.

No problems with the lead I made up with Neutriks either in my MB head or my Schro cab.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='646821' date='Nov 5 2009, 11:11 PM']Use a washer?[/quote]

+1

There is precedent for this in the guitar world. Blues/jazz genius Robben Ford had his signature Fender guitar p/ups wired straight from the selector switch to the output jack. Tone was altered via the amp and vol was controlled via a vol pedal. His guitar tone was and is to die for. I'm not saying that one way is better than the other (I wouldn't be without my passive tone control) but just that there is precedent among the great and the good.

Sold already!

Some years back I was playing guitar (yeah I know) in a rockabilly band. We had an outdoor gig at The Crystal Palace Bowl as part of their summer festival. While on stage I got filled with the enormity of it and went for the classic rock guitar run across the stage, cheesy but brilliant at the same time.

Hang on there's more. This was probably also my worst moment on stage too. I'd never played a stage that big before (hence the histrionics) and as great as the stage run felt, this was nothing to the embarassment of pulling your lead out mid run. Pride before a fall and all that.

By way of contrast my best moment on bass was in a tiny, nasty pub with ablues band I used to play in. We used to do a version of that old chestnut Walking The Dog and I had shoe horned in a bassline derived from Tower Of Power's Squib Cakes. We hadn't really rehearsed an ending, but when it came around the drummer (another TOP fan) and I just looked at each other and used the ending from TOP's Down At The Nightclub in perfect unison. It felt great and the cheesy high fives just seemed appropriate.