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On 03/01/2019 at 02:35, Ricky 4000 said:

Mr Foxton's 1970s Ibanez 4001 was the 'Fireglow' colour, apparently... his black one, red one, white one, cream one, probably other ones - were real. 😁 

I thought that his Ibby Rick was black. Did he have an FG one, too?

Apparently sold for nearly £2k at auction back in 2016. Wow.

 

Tried it back in my teens, didn't work for me.  Being a fingerpicker acoustic player, I sometimes use that technique on certain bass parts.

'We made the decision in your absence.'  - Those words resulted in my voluntary permanent absence from one particular band.

Never had a problem in the past. Bought a 4001CS, Tom Petty 12 and other expensive stuff from Germany. All good. 

7 minutes ago, Monkey Steve said:

exactly - that's the whole point of practices, to work on the songs, not to refuse to try because they haven't "had a chance to work on it".  I've had a guitarist where that was code for "I don't like the song so I'm not going to learn it".  For a singer, even if they've only heard the song a couple of times - the bare minimum you should expect if they've had a few days warning - then they just need the lyric sheet and they're away.

For auditions I'm quite forgiving if the person trying out hasn't got the exact structure of any originals - I'd rather have them sing over the guitar solo than refuse to sing at all, because at least it shows if they've got a good voice, the rest can be fixed later

A tenor sax player I once played in a band with would sometimes just stop playing his part, letting the alto carry on. He made it look like he didn't have a part to play yet to us, and maybe to the audience, it was obvious that the tenor part was missing. It was the same at rehearsals with him and he put it down to 'drawing a blank'. He's still in the game, very much so, but as a singer and not as a tenor sax player. And, get this: he doesn't forget his words!

21 hours ago, musicbassman said:

Sometimes, the flakey vocalist is the reason the band is a draw - unpredictable, outrageous, entertaining, etc.

But they are always 100% difficult to work with - unreliable, no concept of time or logistics,  won't learn lyrics, insist on bringing equally flakey partner to rehearsals etc.

It's a balancing act.

Along time ago, a new band i was in got a support slot at a local theatre with a semi name band as headliners. The show was running very late due to PA problems so there was only time to play five songs, and this had been made perfectly clear to us before we started,. So after five songs the band left the stage but singer refused, and proceeded to give the stunned and silent sit down audience a five minute lecture about how he was going to be the biggest star in the whole world, ever, and no one would tell him when the show was over.

He was eventually physically 'removed' from the stage by two roadies from the headline band. It was just about the most embarrassing five minutes of my life, and of course, the end of the band.

Who the eff was this guy? What an impressive musical Messiah complex! Do you still hear word of him?

Vocalists AND guitarists.

8 piece Funk band, two female singers. One would shriek every time she made a fluff/mistake, even when gigging; that drove me insane! Guitarist in same band was a massive Prima Donna who (annoyingly) cultivated a faux-gay persona and went in the huff every ten minutes. Those two quickly became an item and then started travelling separately to out-of-town gigs. Division ensued, becoming an 'Us and Them' camp. They eventually left the band and drifted off into musical oblivion.

Then there was the male vocalist who was obsessed with Elvis and used to pull crap, Elvis-style karate moves on stage, often losing his balance when doing so.  Totally cringeworthy.  At times I was thankful for both my position near the drum riser and the fogger that occasionally hid my disapproving countenance from the punters.

Two guitarists in another band became hooked on heroin and consorted with the (serious) underworld figures they were buying it from. They became completely unreliable fast, and were two of the most accomplished fabulists I have ever met! One time, they rocked up hours late for a rehearsal. Their excuse? They had gotten us a gig! In a brothel! I shid you not!! Both eventually succumbed to the demi-monde they had been sucked into and did time; they were also rumoured to be police informants. A shame, for they wrote some good tunes!

Female vocalist channeling Janis Joplin. Good Blues shouter who would, out of the blue, make random, disparaging comments onstage about some of our original numbers. Go figure.

Female vocalist channeling Stevie Nicks, complete with wardrobe but, thankfully, sans private off-stage tent and substances. A lovely girl with stars in her eyes who couldn't sing for her supper and assured us that 'RCA/Arista/Polydor/Sony are at this gig tonight!' at every gig!

Then there are the drummers. But I'm not going there. Yet!

1 hour ago, Jus Lukin said:

Hard to see what's going on there! Seems like a widely spaced P-bass type arrangement, doesn't seem to be sending the coils to separate outputs, unless there's another cable just out of shot.

The pickups actually look like a Joe Barden jazz which has been chopped in half, although I doubt they were made then, and wouldn't work sawn in half anyway!

That bass has grabbed my attention for some reason, tried a bit of googling, but come up with nothing.

They do look like a set of blades, don't they? The only one I recall making them around that time was Bill Lawrence.

2 minutes ago, Hobbayne said:

Jennings himself was the bass player in Buddy Holly's band. He gave up his seat on the plane exactly 60 years and three days ago. 😞

Wow...... never knew either of those things!

Was having a gander at The  Fender Telecaster Book this morning and spotted the attached. The photo is of Waylon Jennings' band, circa 1973, and the bassist appears to be sporting a modded stack-pot Jazz. Check the pups......

It's very reminiscent of the Zon Hyperbass which also had extended range 'board. Sure, only a virtuoso would fly over all that range but if that bass up there had 4 strings and didn't have that issue on the neck I'd make the seller an offer. 

10 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Oh loving the back of that

Yeh. And shame about that fail in the wood. I know it's been repaired but it would still bother me.

Found it. Case closed. :-)

Yeh, intrigued. Had a gander on NoTreble basses of the week (going back years) but to no avail.

Was having  a skite on the 'net for Devon basses when I spotted the attached photo.  Given my 'Devon basses' search criteria, It had, I suppose,  once appeared on Preloved in the Devonshire area but I couldn't manage to find the actual page on Google Cache. Anyone know who built this bass?

2 hours ago, BreadBin said:

My mum sent me this... 

Late 60s AFAIK 

Couple of early Orange amps and a slave up there.....

I am sure he just posts his wrecks up for a laugh!

Back in the mid '80s I had borrowed one of those fretless basses with the slap plates. Pretty good idea.

9 hours ago, casapete said:

My tech guy said that when you get asked for your test certificates, always ask the venue  for their certificate proving the electric supply to the stage is tested and safe. You may be surprised at the outcome I think....😉

Most councils will demand PAT certs and can be pretty heavy about it. This request that Casapete suggests is something I'll have to remember!

51 minutes ago, visog said:

Chatters,

Whilst the edited interview clips has been around for a while, I've just encountered the full episode of the Old Grey Whistle Stop when Yes were on a sabbatical and the band members were promoting their individual solo albums... So here in the full episode are Chris Squire and Steve Howe starting at just over 15m. As ever in an interview situation, Mr Squire is stoned but he promoting his monumental solo album... Kaftans at the ready everyone! Hold out your hands and enjoy some killer prog. Side-note, where's Chris' classic Rick? Seems to be sunburst??

 

That bass was given to him by Donovan, IIRC. Dunno what became of it.

First time I've seen that bridge and pups. Saddles full forward, too.

Can you imagine showing this idea to John Hall five years back?

8 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

I'm no exxpert but i was always told with solid state or class D it was ok to do that with master volume completely OFF.

You can't do it with a valve power stage but i have no idea why that would be different.

Best to wait until one of the BC experts comes along with definitive answer.

Dave

A SS amp can stand an open circuit at the output but a valve amp has to see a load equivalent to the minimum Ohmage of the amp head. If not, the output transformer can fry.

3 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Not sure what you mean ?

 

I know it's tv playback but it looks daft with the empty drumkit. And, wasn't one of them a drummer, too?

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