Paul S

8 minutes ago, Richard R said:

 

But presumably custom moulded buds only fit certain drivers? The KZ-ZS10 is good enough as a driver for £40, what price a custom bud and would it fit?

I had a set of custom mould earplugs which I'd stopped using.  I had a pair of KZ-ZS10s but was never happy with any of the ear buds I had fitted.  So I popped out the attenuators from the earplugs and, using clear silicon mastic, stuck the KZs in them  Making sure I didn't gum up the ends by sticking some tubing over them, which I later pulled out.  Worked a treat. 

You snooze, you looze   

43 minutes ago, ped said:

Every time I see this thread title I think it says "Which compressors are dead to you"

 

I've been on Basschat too long.

if you think that is bad, every time I see the thread 'playing in church' my mind says 'farting in church'.  

Yes please!  My favourite strap.  PM incoming.

Click on your messages, panel down the left hand side shows messages.  Just scroll down until you find the ones you are looking for.  Mine go back to 2017, just.

Another way would be to track it through yoyr feedback, assuming you both left it, or a search of old threads.  

7 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

I hope you're talking about Wetherspoons, and not The Inevitable Teaspoons!

 

(we often get shortened to 'Spoons - it caught my eye)

That's bad luck!

Historically I had only ever played 4 stringers.  Then I joined a Bon Jovi tribute band and found I needed a 5er, as many of their songs have notes below E as recorded.  After trying a few I discovered what I liked about 5 stringers, put all my 4 stringers in their cases and just played 5ers.  After a while I found I favoured the 5ers and sold all my 4 stringers (apart from a JV Precision I was particularly fond of), including some that were irrreplacable, thinking I wouldn't ever go back. 

Stayed exclusively on 5ers for quite a while, then joined a blues rock trio.  Thought I'd dust off the Precision and that set me off looking for 4 stringers that suited the blues rock band.  Towards the end of the lockdowns I decided to step down from the Bon Jovi band, my need for 5ers had gone so I sold them all and investigated more 4 strings.

Then I got a shorty.  Found it SO much easier to play so have now sold all my long scale basses and have a rolling population of shorties.

My current band. 

I've listened to blues/rock music all my life, it communicates with me in a way most other music doesn't.  The rockier stuff like Hendrix, SRV, Jeff Healey.  As long as the guitar playing has 'that' edge.  The reason I play bass is because I'd never managed to play blues guitar as well as I aspired to, which was frustrating on the one hand but opened up a whole new world of bass on the other. 

Anyhoo, I've always been on the lookout for a blues rock band but never, ever discovered a guitarist who could cut it.  December 2018 I answered an ad in Join My Band - an Ipswich based guitarist with a drummer looking for a bassist for a blues rock trio.  Own rehearsal space in Braintree - drummer is a farmer and has a huge old barn available.  I was sent a video of him playing at a jam night and a few songs to learn from a longish established set list - I knew most of the tunes in the set anyway.  Turned up for a 4 song audition in the March and we just all clicked - jammed the whole set over 2 hours.  Over the ensuing months we tightened up, my first time in a trio and I absolutely love it.  Alan hadn't been gigging for a long while, kids and Life etc, and the more we played the more he relaxed with the band and the more he started to let loose with his playing! 

We came to the attention of one of Suffolk's prominent guys on the music scene - Stephen 'Foz' Foster, who at the time was a DJ on BBC Radio Suffolk, now Radio Caroline.  He kind of adopted us - puts some nice gigs our way and plays tracks from our live CD on his radio show.  He has described us as 'one of the best bands to come from the region' which puts a warm glow inside.

It is everything I have ever wanted from a band and worth the hassle of travelling to gigs.  I am 66 now and some mornings feeling my age - got a growing portfolio of back issues and a spot of arthritis in my hands.  All things considered I reckon it is my last hurrah and, however long this lasts, I intend to enjoy every bit of it.   

9 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

What am I missing?

Tact and empathy, generally.

I'll add my Scottish Power veto to the growing list.   Long story short, we bought a house which was demolished and all the services notified, final meter readings done etc.  4 months later we got a gas bill from them and despite numerous phone calls, live chat exchanges, photograph of disconnected meter sitting on a heap of rubble, plus a complaint, it took a letter to the CEO to stop the demands for payment.  And someone still called round to do a reading about a year on.  Could have done without the hassle.

Oh, while I am here - another 'Spoons veto.  Not because of the way they treated staff but because the food was absolute sh!te on the single occasion I ate in one.  Thought I'd play it safe with burger and chips but they still managed to ruin it.  Worst food I have ever eaten out, I'd hesitate before feeding it to foxes.

On hold 😊

OK, I'll email you. Meanwhile, take a look at the top right corner of the Basschat screen - you'll see a picture of an envelope.  Yours should have a red dot by it to show you have a Private Message (PM)  

4 minutes ago, Aran Pitter said:

Thanks. I won’t see my emails until Monday but I’ll get it sorted then [email protected]

7 hours ago, Rich said:

I was *this* close to being a household name. 🙁

Rich and famous, eh?

33 minutes ago, Aran Pitter said:

Sorry for the late reply. Yes I’m still interested. I could send a courier as long as you’re happy to pack it well!  How do you want paying? I can do bank transfer. 

Really sorry, only just seen this.  I will send you a PM  

On 13/02/2024 at 14:40, Paul S said:

  However, if you are mainland UK and want to sort out your own courier with your own insurance at your own risk I will box it up nicely.

 

More than happy to box it up if you want to make the arrangements.

15 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

, and has done plenty since.

Largely, it could be argued, by dint of remaining alive  

TBF he has always been my favourite Beatle.  By all accounts he is pretty grounded, a remarkable achievement considering.  Unlike the Fab One, who constantly reminds us all he is a Living Legend.

One of our residency gigs.  What better than some rockin' RnB on a cold, wet Friday night.  

These make me giggle, I must say.  And what the actual name is once unravelled - stuff like 'Zombie Slime' or 'Decomposing Foetus' that bubble up from the rancid depths of pubescent brain.  I suppose The Colin Jones Quartet doesn't quite cut it, but still  

F.  You were abducted by Aliens, who strongly resembled large woodlice, on the way home from your rehearsal.  They carried out non-invasive procedures upon you and your bass but the small mark managed to slip by un-noticed.  They then wiped your memory of the incident, leaving nothing but a nagging half-recollection of seeing a bright light and a tendancy to curl into a tight ball on the floor when startled.  If you were to get the mark analysed it would be shown to have traces of elements not found on Earth.  Remember, the truth is out there...

Well, I wasn't in, as such.  But, had I been in, I'd now be out as I've just left a deposit with David Konig who is going to put something together for me.  Could be the bass of my dreams - a short scale, lightweight Faker... 😍  3 weeks to go....

if I need anything like this I always find something appropriate after a trawl through the local charity shops.  Which is a decent enough hobby, anyway.   Got some great old lap top bags that sling over my shoulder - usually packed with pockets and compartments.

2 minutes ago, lowregisterhead said:

 

Some sayings can be useful, others less so. Years ago I had an issue that was eventually pinned down to an interaction between two medications I was on. I would wake up in the middle of the night feeling really nauseous, jump out of bed in fear of being sick, then black out on the floor. Not pleasant, and it scared the Bejeesus out of the missus. I was given all sorts of blood tests, a 24-hour blood pressure monitor, and a ride strapped to a thing called a 'tilt table' to check for variations in blood pressure and the function my inner ear in different orientations, all to no avail initially.

 

On seeing the Consultant to assess the results, he said,

"So, you wake up in the middle of the night feeling sick, jump out of bed, and pass out?"

"Yes" I replied.

"Well, if you wake up in the middle of the night and feel sick, don't jump out of bed!"

 

Monty Python came to mind...

That sounds like the old Tommy Cooper joke

Doctor, my arm hurts in two places.

Well, don't go to those places then.

22 minutes ago, Crusoe said:

Could you use the ladle to play some sort of slap bass style?

As a kind of evolution of Tony Levin's chopsticks?  Why not - can only be an improvement over what I do at the moment!   I'll have a rummage in the kitchen utensil drawer see what else I can come up with.  Off the top of my head I remember seeing an old apple corer or maybe a vintage runner bean slicer.

I have  the onset of OA in the fingers of both hands and have found fingerless compression gloves help when it starts to flare up.  Can still play with them on.  I do find the ladle gets in the way sometimes.