Count Bassy

How long have you been playing, and/or how often do you play? You refer to gigging, so I assume you're not a beginner. Different strings will help, but it sounds like you need to toughen your finger tips up. This only really comes from perseverance BUT the trick is (IMHO) to stop when your fingers start to feel sore (easy when practising, not in a gig), i.e. before they blister or shred.Give it a day and repeat. If you let the skin blister/shred then you're back to square one.

[quote name='skb558' timestamp='1485117623' post='3221317'] Steve Upton, Wishbone Ash drummer went to run a chateau in France. [/quote] And what a great drummer he was!

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1484848259' post='3219094'] Holding out for a Hero written by Jim Steinman Total Eclipse of the Heart also written by Steinman [/quote] Oh well, that's made me look twat hasn't it! Actually I've got to admit that having posted that last post I heard "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on the radio and I did think (without knowing who'd written it) "Actually that could easily be a Meatloaf song" I still think that Meatloaf had a good voice for the songs, obviously not a classic 'good voice' but very suitable for the songs in the same way that Joe Cocker or Tom Waits (or indeed Bonnie Tyler) could be said to have good voices. (still loving that "Twat" gets through the filter)

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1484772992' post='3218389'] Nah. Meatloaf has an awful voice, strained and tuneless. Bonnie Tyler would have done those songs so much better. [/quote] I think Meatloaf had a great voice for those songs at the time. Bonnie Tyler had a great voice for her songs, but I couldn't see it in many Meatloaf/Jim Steinman songs.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1484777586' post='3218449'] Do they still do Bert Weedon's Play in a Day? Edit; Oh yeah. They do! [url="http://www.bertweedon.com/playinaday.htm"]http://www.bertweedo.../playinaday.htm[/url] [/quote] We are normal and we love Bert Weedon!

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1484758125' post='3218191'] Ok I'm gonna say it - he's been dead long enough now... Ace of Spades. Forty-ish minutes of melody-free garbage. [/quote] Loved the short acoustic bit he did in that advert though.

[quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1484665702' post='3217296'] My guitarist loves come together by the Beatles and wants to open shows with it. [/quote] Great song, but I wouldn't class it as an opener.

[quote name='Harryburke14' timestamp='1484591539' post='3216616'] The weight is the main thing putting me off, my HB Jazz was far too heavy, so just interested in weight... [/quote] Just think of weight being 'Heft', and then it becomes a good thing.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1484598383' post='3216726'] Anything by the Eagles. [/quote] Except "Get Over It", which is a cracker.

All the above!

I've always ha d a soft spot for Lazy. Used to cover it in a long gone band.

And it's "The Weavers Answer" by Family, goose bumps and shivers every time. This should be classed as one of the all time great songs, up there with Bohemian Rhapsody etc, except hardly anyone knows it.

[quote name='SICbass' timestamp='1484055787' post='3212251'] Was that by any chance in 81/82? [/quote] The original possibly, but I've always played it in straight 4/4. Bdum Tish.

I don't mind if people hold different opinions to myself. It's a free country and they're perfectly within their rights to be wrong.

WTF was she wearing? - & I thought I had poor taste in clothes!!

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1482513829' post='3201244'] Stu Hamm Urge Bass [/quote] I've got one of these (in black). It's a beautifully built bass and lovely to play, but I must say that the difference between the P pickup and a particular blend of the the two J pickups sound almost identical to my ear. Perhaps I am cloth eared, or just doing something wrong.

If you need them, fine. They look sh*t though.

God, that's Fugly.

I've certainly seen Dave Pegg playing an Ibanez SR505.

Family next weekend - penultimate show before they call it a day (again).

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1481145752' post='3190098'] But cars are probably an improvement, can't say the same for streaming or downloads [/quote] Digital in itself is an improvement, what recording engineers do with it re compression etc. is not.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1454081087' post='2966282'] I play in an orchestra! When there is a solo woodwind part the last thing anyone tolerates is a whirring fan! [/quote] Just tell them to blow harder!

I have always thought that making the headstock a miniature version of the body shape could look quite 'cool'.

I have a Roland Basscube 100, which is probably bigger than you'd want, but if the 60 & 20 are anything like it then try one/get one.

Seems fine to me. People who like Cliff will love it. Good to see him out performing at 75, especially after the debacle over the last year or so.