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leschirons

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  1. [quote name='YouMa' post='453795' date='Apr 4 2009, 01:03 AM']Would love to have a beer sometime and hear some stuff,my dad saw earth in carlisle,im off to bed now,it wasnt that long ago when you think about it,time does fly doesnt it,bit of a bugger really.[/quote]

    Jeez, I'm talking to a guy who's dad was probably at the same gigs as me. I'll get me Phylosan.

  2. [quote name='YouMa' post='453715' date='Apr 3 2009, 10:18 PM']Im just turned 34 mate but i have a lot of time for you guys,what a fantastic explosive time,my last bird nearly dumped me because i spent so much time with her mother talking about 60s london,what a time,you lucky man. Cmon over and ill get the stash out.[/quote]

    Lucky? Certainly. Because I happened to be growing up at the right time and in the right place. You couldn't buy that now. Was fortunate enough to see Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher, John Mayall, Jethro Tull, The Birds (as in Ronnie Wood) Free, Peter Green, early Genesis, Spencer Davis, Peace (Paul Rodgers, after Free and before Bad Company) Black Sabbath when they were called Earth, Black Widow, Spookey Tooth, First Supertramp gig (sorry) Mott the Hoople, East of Eden, Argent etc. They were great days but I did start young. I was at the Marquee every week since the age of 15. Also saw some great bands at the Cooks Ferry inn at Edmonton. Great that you're into such a great period of music. Next time I'm over, I'll bring Harpic and my old copy of Fill your head with Rock.

  3. [quote name='Linus27' post='453206' date='Apr 3 2009, 11:06 AM']Tomorrow afternoon I have my first ever audition. In the 20 years of playing I have never had one before. Always been in bands with friends. So as you can imagine, I am a little nervous especially as for the last year I have been learning to play with fingers and I really want to play with fingers in this audition. 20 years of pick player is a hard habit to change.

    All the songs are original and I feel fairly comfortable with what I have learnt so far despite some of the bass being hard to hear in the mix.

    Can anyone offer me some pointers, tips or advice for my audition. Thanks. :)[/quote]

    20 years of playing? you only look about 22 in your pic. You must be the "Peter Pan" of bass players. Hope it went well for you and you got the gig.

  4. [quote name='YouMa' post='452964' date='Apr 3 2009, 08:01 AM']You look a bit like the early pink fairies,cool photos.[/quote]


    Whoa YouMa, you're either my age or a rock historian. The Pink Faries. What a band. Twink was one of my heroes. I never saw them with the first drummer (Russell someone) I think Martin Stone joined then later on from possibly, Savoy Brown Blues band? Don't quote me on that, I partook of far too many dubious substances in those days. Never tried Harpic though!

  5. [quote name='YouMa' post='452851' date='Apr 2 2009, 11:29 PM']Awesome more please lads,anyone support barrett era floyd,or anything like that. Peter greens something to be very proud of though,better than clapton in my opinion.[/quote]

    You'll be sorry you asked. Here's a few. Surrounded by Marshalls at a dingy club in Brighton. Seem to remember our PA was Fender. Bassisit then had really nice early Gibson (big Jack Bruce fan) Also, one of us three trying to look cool. Me on the left trying to look like Mitch Mitchell. Bro in the middle was a big Luther Grosvenor fan. (Spooky Tooth) One of me after buying the secondhand marching drum to add to the kit, and the invoice for my bro's first fuzz box. Club pic depicts us in full throw doing our version of Sky Pilot (Animals I think) in which we used to stick a chunk of Rhapsody in Blue in the middle. We thought we were going to change the world by inventing prog rock. Bro's guitar was a chopped Strat as he is lefthanded so the horns came off.

  6. [quote name='Stingray5' post='452080' date='Apr 1 2009, 10:47 PM']My ironing board rarely sees the light of day, basically 'cos I'm crap at ironing!
    I think it will at least get that bit more use now - especially when it comes to the ol' 'steam' bass...!! :)[/quote]


    Your the first person I've come across that's got a Tune 6 string. I had been looking for one up until 6 months ago. Fabulous bit of kit. Nice one.

  7. First gig 1968 but on drums (sorry) Had a John Grey kit. Brother (guitarist had a Gibson Melodymaker and our bassplayer had a sunburst Fender jazz (bought new from Freedmans in Leytonstone High road) He later bought the first ever 200 watt Marshall bass stack I'd ever seen with 2 4x12s. I heard Ginger Baker for the first time and bought a secondhand, second bass drum. Moved on to Premier drums and ended up in the 70's supporting East of Eden, Mighty Baby, Genesis and other proggy rockers. Saw the light 20 years ago and took up bass. Had a Ford Thames van and being the youngest, had to sit on the engine cover in the middle and get my arse burnt after 5 minutes of driving. Good times. We all thought we were going to be Gods.

  8. [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='449745' date='Mar 30 2009, 06:26 PM']I don't doubt they're great instruments, but I'm not sure they've been"fashionable" for many, many years!

    Mark King is hardly the epitome of cool![/quote]

    Maybe he isn't the epitome of "cool" but was probably responsible for 20% of the Brit bass playing population being in existence.

  9. When I bought my first 5, I tended to just use the low B as a thumb anchor but then really got into it. There's something about that low D when no-one's expecting it. Now, I do tend to play my E's on the fifth fret. It certainly opens up more opportunities. Biggest killer for 4 string players is vocalists deciding they want to do stuff in Eb

  10. You could buy a set of 5 strings and use the lower 4 but you'd have to file out the nut so maybe a cheapy fiver would be the answer. Must be loads on here for sale, or ebay.

  11. Used to use Hi-beams but they are a bit restrictive due to price. They last and stay pretty bright but it's still all down to cleaning right after playing and not leaving your bass out of the case at home or in the studio. You can kill a set of strings by leaving the bass out for a month even if you don't play it. I now use Elites on the 4 (good value for money IMO) and exposed core F bass on the 5.

  12. Any £12 metronome comes with an ear piece "out" nowadays. Just plug your iPod phones into it. A drummer I knew way back recorded me some drum grooves for me to practice to. He said he'd given it a "live" feel. Hmm, thin line between "live feel" and out of f***ing time.

  13. Hi Dave,

    Thanks for the info earlier. Took out the two power tubes and turned it on after fitting another new 1.5 fuse. Lights up and, stays lit up after turning standby to play position. Thanks again, hopefully, it will be a pair of tubes.

    Regards,
    Keith

  14. Makes you wonder if Foderas would be the price they are if they did not have some of the best names in bassplaying endorsing them. Now, there's two sides to every coin so....

    If you saw a Fodera in a shop window having never seen or heard one before, would you rush in to try it out? There was a time in all of our bassplaying lives when none of us had ever seen one in the flesh or heard one. What probably draws us into looking at them in the first place is hearing, seeing, or reading that someone like the big Vic or Anthony Jackson uses one. It sounds great, 50% because of what it is, and 50% because of how good the player is.

    You're all probably thinking at this point that if those artists use them, then they must be great. True, however, they don't pay for them and the builders at Fodera are building it to their exact spec. Therfore, it's perfect for that player. Buying a Vic Wootten Ying Tong Yiddle I Po is always going to be a compromise of some sort if it wasn't built for you, to your spec.

    I recently bought a BN5. A fabulous bass that I'd always wanted. It's superb but it wasn't perfect. I don't mean the construction, quality or sound, the quality is second to none. I mean the feel. No way could I afford a personal build. I mailed George Furlanetto and asked if it would void my warranty if I took the back of the neck down by 1mm. He being the guy he is, mailed back with instructions on what, and what not to do the achieve what I wanted without a warranty problem and understood why I wanted to do this. So, I did, and now it's perfect for me.

    Bottom Fodera line is, if you love it and have the money, then it's worth it. To you.

  15. [quote name='john_the_bass' post='447154' date='Mar 27 2009, 01:43 PM']I know this is Dave's place to reply, but...
    Is it possible that the detached speaker cable shorted and then blew the fuse and is it the mains fuse or the HT fuse?

    I had a short in my Laney LC30 which blew the mains fuse, which I subsequently replaced with a quick-blow fuse - which blew, as did the next, and the next and the next. Turns out it needed a slow blow fuse, presumably because there is some kind of surge when you turn the power on and I would assume that slow blow fuses are used in most amps.

    Actually, just checked the mains fuse in my Minimat and that has a 'T' (presumably for [b]T[/b]ime-delay) fuse fitted. I daresay my Mesa is exactly the same. Check the replacement fuse in your Deville and see if it's T marked.[/quote]

    Thanks for the advice, I'll check it tomorrow morning. (Too late now as I just got in from a gig)

    Thanks again,
    Keith

  16. [quote name='DHA' post='447631' date='Mar 27 2009, 08:23 PM']If the speaker wire was shorted out then it will not be good news I am sorry to say. Try taking the output valves out and then see if it blows the fuse when powered up. If it does not then it might just be the valves that are dead, if it does then I expect the output transformer is toast.

    Good luck

    Dave[/quote]

    Thanks for the advice. I'll try that first thing tomorrow morning. I only assumed that the speaker wires had toched the chassis as the little mounting board had become detached. I tried another fuse today and that blew immediately the standby was turned off. All the valves did appear to light up and glow although one power tube was noticably brighter at the bottom end. I'll give your test a go in the morning. I assume if the output transformer has gone it's ahefty bill coming my way.

    Thanks for all your help.

    Keith

  17. Hi,

    I have a Fender 60 watt 2x12 Blues Deville in my studio that I let our guitarist use for rehersals. Last week, he forgot to turn it off and I discovered this 3 days later. (Standby was also off, ie, amp would have produced sound)

    Now, it fires up on the power switch but when the standby is turned off, ie, ready to play, it blows the 2.5 fuse. There was no smell of burning but I did notice that the speaker connection plate on one driver was floating and had become detatched. If the speaker wires (copper ones to the coil) had inadvertedly touch the chassis of the speaker, could this be tripping it out? or, is it a repair shop job?

    Thanks in advance for any advice offered.

  18. [quote name='crez5150' post='445645' date='Mar 26 2009, 08:25 AM']yes indeed but that Eden sound........... maybe I can stay with Eden heads and get lightweight cabs[/quote]

    I know exactly where you're coming from. I love my Markbass, but it's not like my old Eden rig. Unfortunately like you, backs and knees give up eventually.

    Whereabouts in Essex are you from? I was in Billericay before here and used to play loads in South Woodham.

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