WHUFC BASS

Me on guitar with the London Diehards, Friday night, great gig in London.

I'd be wairy of booking any gigs with an orgainisation the words "consulting" or "soloutions" in their speil. Avoid 'em like the plague, they're not a charity - they're gonna take a whack out of it before you make a bean.

I love it and don't care if its cheesey or not - its simply a brilliant song.

Bit moot really as you can tune a 4-string B| E | A | D which for a lot of styles is perfectly adequate. Just play and enjoy, don't worry about standards or what the "norm" is.

DR Hi-Beam strings and a Sansamp VT. Honestly, even if you eventually sell the Schecter, you'll want to keep the Sansamp. I've got one and use it all the time. Will easily get the sound you've described without a minimal amount of tweaking... here's an example of its versatility... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr8kdWpB3U4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr8kdWpB3U4[/url]

[quote name='Musicman20' post='598434' date='Sep 14 2009, 05:28 PM']+1 I like this idea. I am also going to be bandless when I move to London. I DO NOT want a similar type of band now. Im getting a little tired of DIY hardcore punk. It may well be really fun, but it is disorganised, full of rip of promoters, and no one appreciates a good musician of their instruments / setup. Eg small hardcore band bassist asks me 'mate can I use your amp setup?' To which I reply, 'what the Bergantino HS410 and Orange AD200b Mk3?' 'Yeah'. 'You do realise its worth about £2300 in total?' 'Is it, can I use it?' I usually just alow them to use the cab...but to be fair, they usually just take the piss. If I dont take an amp/cab, I take sansamp and DI. Its different with more pro bands and good musicians, they usually offer to pay if a tube goes, etc etc, or we organise to bring a part of the setup each. So....Im outta this now as of December. I also need a new project.[/quote] I would disagree there mate. I'm in two punk bands at the moment and don't experience this at all. I wouldn't totally give up on punk to be honest, in London its different. The promoters we use are top drawer and don't rip us off at all. You need to get to know who the rip off merchants are and avoid them. Also, can I make a suggestion? If you don't want people using your expensive set-up then buy a cheaper set up that you won't mind people using.

Almost did it with a US Peavey Wolfgang guitar. Managed to see reason before the deal was done.

Bought a P-bass from Steve and he's a top bloke. Really easy to deal with. sh*t taste in football but nobodys perfect LOL!

What about the one that goes over troubled water...of if you're feeling daring how about the one too far?

[quote name='Doddy' post='593067' date='Sep 8 2009, 05:09 PM']He's even got Justin Meldal Johnson's hair do!!![/quote] I thought it was Rob Tyner out of MC5...

John McCoy was a character indeed. Used to be in a bad called Mammoth who had their instruments made smaller to make them look bigger! Heard a story that John McCoy went to Ashley Pangborne and got a P bass made with a custom paint job him himself on the front. When it came to paying for it, he told Ashley Pangborne that he should give him it for nothing as he was a famous bass player and that it would be a good advertisment for his business. AP told him to take a run and jump! LOL! Was also the first bloke to model the bald head / goatee beard look in Metal.

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Sansamp VT for me. Brilliant bit of kit.

[quote name='Metalmoore' post='563922' date='Aug 9 2009, 12:41 AM']How much did it cost you and where. Been tyin to get info on this bass for AGES[/quote] Got a really good deal on this one. Shipped from the U.S. with customs charges it cost me £250 which I believe in the ancient words of the virgin Mary "is a f***ing bargain my son".

Hold your head up is a quality song...

They're horrible things. I wouldn't even give a fiver for it.

If it stays at that price it'll be a good price. The singer from my band has got Dee Dee Ramone's 1974 Precision bass in his house doing nothing. There's actual footage kicking about of Dee Dee throwing it in the crowd at a gig in London and my mate grabbing it. Never played it though, I might ask him to bring it to the next rehearsal and give it a bash.

Thanks fellas much appreciated.

As per the title, does anyone know where you can buy single strings rather than having to buy a whole set? I've got some 4 string sets kicking around but as I've only got 5-string basses, they ain't much good without the low B. Anybody got any ideas?

Thanks fellas. Looks like I'll be going down the EMG pickup route with the possibility of an Aguilar pre-amp (all depends on price). When its done, I'll post up "before and after" tone comparisons.