PaulWarning

just google the word you want to know, I found out what IBTL and other annoying acronyms mean by doing this.

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1390392452' post='2344795'] Girlfriend Or if you're really good,Roadie. [/quote] lol, Roadie? we can only dream, my roadie is a sack trolley, we actually did a gig once where my girlfriend was the only one there.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1390384237' post='2344664'] You get [i][b]crowds[/b][/i]?!?! [/quote] perhaps I should have said audience, is there a singular for audience?

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1390378032' post='2344569'] I'm ordering a load of custom picks (BC logos) to give away as gifts at the next Herts Bash - I was hoping for a consensus - I'll see if they'll mix and match... [/quote] Our guitarist once had the wonderful idea of getting picks with the band name on them, we had to order 144 of them, they'd last about half a song before snapping, finished up chucking them into the crowd

there's loads of options on this one, and none of them are wrong it's all down to personnel preference and the type of sound you want, I play in a punk band so like a tone with a bit of bite to it, I use a 1mm nylon Dunlops

same thing happened to me with a stingray, before I got my MIA P (I'm a happy boy now), trouble is being a lefty I can't try before I buy, but even if you can it takes time, and playing in a band situation, to decide whether you like a particular bass or not, Best thing is to buy second hand, that way it doesn't cost much

[quote name='Jacqueslemac' timestamp='1390053724' post='2340938'] It's winging its way to PaulWarning now. [/quote] cheers, looking forward to reading it

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Thanks very much for you detective work, guess it might be worth more than I thought if I ever sold it , although it is a bit battered (reliced lol), it was my first bass, it's got sentimental value, so I'll be hanging on to it.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1389744246' post='2337580'] I suppose unless it says "Matsumoku" on the neckplate (and a few Hondos do) it's hard to be 100% sure. It seems MIJ Hondos were either Mat or Tokai, the examples of these I've seen have features in common with a number of late 70s/early 80s Mat basses including Westburys, Vantages, Washburns and even some early Aria Pro models. Matsumoku made several different basses with double cut bodies, 3-part quarter-sawn necks, DiMarzio pickups & 3-point bridges - the Hondo strikes me as a variation on a particular type they were making at the time. J. [/quote] no Matsumoku on the neck plate,

We use a similar set up to you and I've found the singer needs the vocals louder than the rest of the band would have them because when you're singing you can't hear yourself as well, sound stupid but that's what I've found, and if the singer can't hear himself very well he or she will start to shout so they don't sound as good and they knacker there voices up as well

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1388100081' post='2318606'] £75 Matsumoku-built Hondo Pro: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hondo-Bass-Guitar-Made-in-Japan-70s-80s-Low-action-/321283739270 Original DiMarzio Model P is long-gone but still a damn good price. J. [/quote] I've got one of these, with the original pickups, there seems to be some doubt whether it is a Matsumoku

thanks for your comments guys, don't think I'll bother

anybody got any thoughts on this [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Left-Handed-Jazz-bass-Japan-Made-/331102633541?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4d17413e45"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d17413e45[/url] wondered if it was a Matsumoku

we've been doing Fight for your Right to Party for a while, me just copying the guitar riff,( A C D) then I started just playing just the open A string on the verse, and everyone agrees it sounds better

as the bouncer once said to the Beatles in Hamburg, make show, make show, so Lennon went on stage with a toilet seat round his neck, so I'm told

[quote name='Sammers' timestamp='1389349589' post='2333065'] I'm pretty sure that he is a 'true' lefty, see link below. [url="http://www.beatlesagain.com/breflib/lefthand.html"]http://www.beatlesag...b/lefthand.html[/url] Though I think my bass tutor mentioned that he's actually right-handed but plays lefty. [/quote] Read somewhere, maybe have been on here, that Philip Norman started it off the 'Paul is right handed story' in one of his none too accurate books about the Beatles, and as with a lot of things it gets repeated until everybody believes it

a few weeks ago I started getting a very mild electric shock when my lips touched the mic, the PAT tested totally sealed, visually undamaged kettle lead was replaced on the PA amp, end of problem, not sure what this proves tbh, apart from stuff is only safe when it's tested

I've had several, I've still got my MIJ professional II made in 1981, it's still my backup bass used to think it was really good till I compared it to a MIA P, bit unfair I know, the later manifactured ones I had weren't very good, I soon moved them on, basically if it's a MIJ one it should be ok, if not

first thing I do is google the tab, then slow the song down and move it up an octive to bring out the bass line on audacity, then work out how accurate the tab is, they vary from utterly hopeless to nearly there to spot on, if there's no tab available I use music mentor, it's not entirely accurate but it points you in the right direction. I'm not very good at doing it by ear without having something to get me started

used to gig with A Hondo professional MIJ, use a MIA P now, cuts through loads better, most punters haven't got a clue what a bass does, or why a band sounds crap when it's not there

don't know whether all amps are the same but the effects send and return on my old Carlsboro bass beasty by passes the preamp, which is handy in this case cause the preamp is knackered, so in an emergency I can use my effects pedal (zoom 506II) as the preamp, plug into the effects return, and still use the combo

cheers guys, since I posted this I did a google search, perhaps should have done that first, there's a thread about it on talk bass, it's not as unusual as I first thought, in fact some people say it's a sign of a very good neck

[quote name='Mark_Bass' timestamp='1388829290' post='2326451'] Taking a cue from the posts here I brought two sets of light elixirs from the US fleabay. All in with shipping it was £63 so assuming I don't get stung on import it works out as a decent saving. [/quote] I've been getting DR neons from the states for a while now, never had any trouble with extra charges

just been setting up my MIA P which I'd noticed was getting fret buzz higher up the neck with relief of 8 thou ( my feeler gauge is imperial), so I starting tightening the truss rod, I've stopped the fret buzz with a string height of 2mm at the 12 fret ( and I play pretty hard with a 1mm pick) but I've now got next to no neck relief, is there anything to worry about?