Count Bassy

What's with the moving bit of foam in the background?

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1357679413' post='1926740'] I also have an Ibanez SRX500. I was quite thrilled with it when I got it, but I keep going back to the Fender now. The Ibanez just sounds too twangy. That could be the strings of course. I really should try changing them, [/quote]\ I had this with a SR505 - changed the strings to Status Hotwire ground wound and it transformed it.

Do you enjoy what you're doing? Do others enjoy it? If so, who cares what you call yourself?

[quote name='Panamonte' timestamp='1357246430' post='1919915'] If that had four strings I'd be all over it [/quote] But with 3 strings it's got to be easier than 4, right?

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1356691329' post='1912386'] See, what makes a superband..?? I wouldn't call them a super band as they were unknown before... ditto U2 That is not to say they aren't worthwhile etc etc ... but they aren't a super band by definition.. IMO Superbands, to me, is a band made up of already well respected players. Cream..?? Derek and the Dominos..?? CSNY. In that regard, I'd say Stuff... Gordon Edwards wasn't in the same league as the rest, altho I thought he did ok. [/quote] That's the difference between a "super band" and "super-band/superband", or indeed a "supergroup" as the used to be called, in which case I'd agree with your definition. "Blind faith" & CSNY being ones that spring to mind.

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1356647276' post='1912106'] And about 10 minutes in someone will start questioning whether U2 are actually a "super" band or not. As you were ... [/quote] Sprang to my mind instantly, except in my mind there is no question. (just to clarify, I do not think they are a super band)

Going on the thread Title only I was going to say.. .. Sounds like a fair swap!

Personally I find that, for pub type gigs, the practicality and portability of LED systems makes them far preferable to traditional lamps. [list] [*]Light weight -for transport and erection, and allows light weight stands to be used [*]Compact - for transport and stage space [*]Low power consumption - everything can be run off one socket [*]Robust - LEDs practically never fail, no cooling time required [*]Run cool - keeps the stage and your head cool. [/list] and some of the newer ones give really good output.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1356264744' post='1908488'] Sondek's fine 2nd hand - though decks at £600+ will give it a serious run for its money... New it's a rip-off I'm afraid! As for weapons of mass destruction, check out the Clearaudio Statement at 350kgs. [/quote] Actually quite physically attractive,in a Heath Robinson sort of way, but totally pointless.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1338735712' post='1678610'] My Gibson has the jack at the side. That said, when it arrived (Ishibashi), the previous owner had wired it with two volume controls and used the tone hole for the input jack! P [/quote] Output Jack !!!!!!!

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1356021689' post='1905892'] Then it all goes in circles. [/quote] Well yes, hopefully we can all agree that both Vinyl and CDs go round in circles! Waiting for someone to contradict that now.....

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1355921520' post='1904471'] Why not? It's what Hitler would have done (probably ) [/quote] Ah, but he would have considered it a compliment! Also, not read the whole thread, but while some buyers make very low offers, some sellers try it on by knowingly asking ridiculously high prices (perhaps not on BC, but in the wider world).

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3][b] chaypup, on 18 December 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:[/b][/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3] +1 I'm afraid. Also, [b] Quote[/b] "Jimmy Page was 21 when he wrote 'Stairway to Heaven', I could play it when I was 18 - I think that says a lot..."Is lifted from somewhere- possibly Spinal Tap [/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The Comic Strip's wonderful 'Bad News' actually.[/font][/color] You may well be right, but I first heard it from Neil in "The Young Ones", (around 1982/3)

[quote name='Fionn' timestamp='1336728970' post='1649995'] Thanks for those links, gents. It's definately the split shaft that I'm after though. The old SB knob wont fit otherwise. I'll contact Mr East. Thanks for the suggestion. Bests [/quote] Solid shaft and a hack saw = Split shaft!

Any sort of contact adhesive - Evostick, Thixofix etc. Personally I would avoid PVA for this. Not really what it's designed for. Obviously others have used it successfully.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1355006692' post='1892993'] I've used Dunlop and Schallers but prefer the Grolsch solution above all. [/quote] But rubber washers are so fiddly. You have to put the strap on, then find the washer in your case, and put that on as well. Proper straplocks are so much easier. I like the Dunlop ones. Never actually tried the Schaller variety, but the Dunlop ones somehow look neater, and have never failed me. If putting them in a case is a problem then Dunlop do ones that actually fit flush into the body of the guitar. However - needs a big holes making in the guitar (which I'd be reluctant to do), and it means that you can no longer use standard (non straplock) straps.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1355830019' post='1903196'] You missed out tapping, which is definitely another way to play. Not done well by many IMO, but you can certainly get sequencer like arpeggios out with it, and done right it can even be rather funky too... Plus there is Bootsy's octave slapping, whereby you hold octaves with the left hand (muting the middle string) and slap all three strings with the curved fingers of the left hand (slapping as in like you might slap a pert bottom, i.e not with a thumb ). That can sound immense if you do it right, which is to say far gentler than you may think you need to. [/quote] So what does he do with his right hand?

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1355829852' post='1903191'] Then he starts telling me how I had been playing certain lines in some songs wrongly that night. [/quote] No such thing as a wrong bass line (or any line) - just different to someone else's version.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1355663462' post='1901034'] Yes. Not sure if I have a fave song to play but it would be up there. It's right at the end of our set - which means I have that great feeling of another gig done without any of us dropping dead and a pint waiting for me. We have folk - usually young , curvy , types of folk in short skirts (and , hopefully , with a 'Daddy' complex) ! - on stage with us as backing singers - place is gong nuts , as it always does when we play Mustang Sally ....... what's not to enjoy about that. [/quote] +1

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1355768692' post='1902539'] We had the same thing happen in Staines a couple of years ago, ended up repairing the drum head with a cardboard drinks menu, made the kick drum sound triggered which wasn't such a terrible thing for a metal gig I suppose; killed the momentum of the gig though. [/quote] What, no gaffa tape at all?

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1354884974' post='1891587'] +1 to that. Its better than the original. A [/quote] I actually quite like Dylan's original, but I also like Hendrix's version despite it being a cover (thus making Hendrix a worthless second rate musician ).

You can make your own fairy dust, and it's pretty easy once you've caught the fairy

And definitely avoid "head-lining" at such events. All it means is that it will be you and a few die-hard supporters left when you go on

A legend and an inspiration. Literally been with me all my life - The first SAN was 10 days before I was born! Don't care about his political views, a great astronomer and presenter! RIP.

With my current band rehearsals are great fun and productive, so I really look forward to them. No ego issues, not even from the guitarist, who is one of the best guitarists I've heard live, let alone played with (ex pro). We're all busy trying to earn livings etc., and trying to[b][i] arrange[/i][/b] the practices is a nightmare, but once we're there they are great. However, I have been in bands where practices have been tense and unproductive, and with personality clashes, which, to me, signals that it's time to move on.