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[quote name='Hamster' post='469659' date='Apr 22 2009, 03:08 PM']Hi 7. Go to jam nights in your local pub and get involved. 8. Don't give up! - just making music with some mates in a rented out scout hut might be enough to sate your musical expression as long as the chemistry is right. Hope this helps - not all of it might apply to you![/quote] 'Networking', as it's called these days, is not to be underestimated. Jam sessions are a brill way of playing with others without the pressure of 'being in a band' If someone says nice things about your playing, don't be afraid to tell them you're available even for odd stand-in gigs.

[quote name='Clarky' post='469621' date='Apr 22 2009, 02:20 PM']TBH band chemistry is WAY more important than skills.[/quote] + another.. some of the bands I dep with that get the most re-bookings are not the ones with tecnical prowess. Hey.. look at Oasis! [quote name='dlloyd' post='469623' date='Apr 22 2009, 02:24 PM']It might be an idea to put your own advert up, saying you're looking for musicians for a new project. Be fairly specific, but realistic about what you can expect. If you put up an advert asking for blues guitarists aged between 30 and 50 (or beyond), you should get loads of responses... some will be from people who can actually play.[/quote] Fine idea.. Carpe Diem! Don't be downhearted; as someone said years ago - if you're a bassist and can play in time you'll always find a gig.

Double has a right old rep for hurting the unwary, so I'd stick with the tried and tested 1st, 2nd, 4th backed up by 3rd in the lower positions at least to start with. I do find myself going to that on electric sometimes. Similarly I sometimes use all 4 in the middle positions on the double. Above 12 forget the 4th finger.. the angle goes all wrong and you can damage yourself!

[quote name='bassman2790' post='467086' date='Apr 19 2009, 11:06 PM']My dilemma is that I don't have any spare cash at the moment. The guitarist in our band has got his sound well and truly sorted. He runs his Gibson Explorer through a Hughes and Kettner Switchblade amp into a matching 4 x 12 H&K cabinet. The sound he gets is incredible. By comparison, my poor Trace 2x10 combo pales into insignificance. It's not like we're into a volume war as we have known each other for a long time and work well together for the good of the band. I often have to tell him to turn it up . I just feel that my tone lets the side down a bit at the moment. I've only just got back into work after being made redundant in October. I can't even afford a car and travel everywhere by bus so the chances of me taking home an Ampeg SVT and 8x10 cabinet are zero. Maybe I should just keep puttin my gig money to one side until I can afford a big valve head and quality cabinet.[/quote] I run a 15-ish years old Trace 250w head into a 210.. used to carry two but don't seem to need the volume tbh. Never had a complaint about tone, although did get raised eyebrows when, at a festival, following a Rock Band with an 810 bass cab. Huh.. carry that yourself, thought I! Tone is personal.. between the gear and my own playing, it took me years to get to where I was happy, and after many changes I decided that simple just sounded better for me.

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='467829' date='Apr 20 2009, 08:42 PM']An old-school bassist friend once said he thought a Precision sounded 'woody' and a Jazz sounded 'fruity' - however you have to have owned them to get the idea.[/quote] [attachment=24173:jillygoolden.jpg] Give me intense fruit! [quote name='LukeFRC' post='467856' date='Apr 20 2009, 09:14 PM']Like a status is a M16 and the P bass is a flintlock. They both do the same thing, just differently.[/quote] You can kill at half a mile with a Status but will likely lose your eyebrows or nose with a Precision?

British Racing or else Oak Leaf Green!

Nice one! Or two!

[quote name='sgt-pluck' post='457776' date='Apr 8 2009, 08:18 PM']Ibanez in that era put their name to some genuinely great basses. Pluck[/quote] +1.. I have what used to be one! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673&hl=[/url] [quote name='The Burpster' post='457801' date='Apr 8 2009, 08:45 PM']...... and guitars......! It was an era when they were trying Sooooo hard to be accepted as luthiers in their own right as opposed to 'copiers'...... they used some stonking bits of wood and were (and still are!) very good at what they do..... Their QC is loads better than the big 2 US makers.....[/quote] It was those stonking bits of wood that kept me going all this time. Keep hold of that bass, JMS, and enjoy it.. That's my ha'penn'orth.

Nice bit of ebony and a boatload of sandpaper should see it right.

[quote name='elom' post='454921' date='Apr 5 2009, 09:17 PM']Please tell me that you are going to re-apply the "Ideal with Custard" sticker.[/quote] Best advice yet - I was wondering about that and the 'Keep Mucus Vile' one. Live and loud wind doesn't bother me so much these days.. Had to destroy them to strip down.. I'll have to see what I can find! The truss rod is the right length to be unaffected and is now accessed through a hole in the string anchor. I'll try to photograph that. More pics asap. Got it fully playable now, so in for a practice tonight!

Dammit! I was hoping you all meant Valerie by Richard Thompson!

Some may agree! But just look at the latest pic on my project.. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673&st=20"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673&st=20[/url] plus the balance is just waaay better!

Brilliant diary! I particularly like the pics at the start. Interesting to follow this one; shame we're 200 miles apart - I'd love to see this close up. I would have voted A, but there again I would have gone for headless myself. HUGH

[quote name='harryharold' post='451255' date='Apr 1 2009, 10:34 AM']oooo that top is pretty, want to see it with the bridge and neck on - more pictures!!!![/quote] Here's a taster, shot late last night.. not wired up yet and had to use fast ISO speed so grainy as you like, but it gives the overall effect. Better pics soon when finished. [attachment=23186:roadster...ont_assy.jpg]

[quote name='Musky' post='450331' date='Mar 31 2009, 10:34 AM']It's all a matter of taste though, isn't it. I'm not a fan of headless basses or figured tops,[/quote] Heh heh! You'll [u]hate[/u] my rebuild then! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673[/url]

[quote name='MB1' post='451509' date='Apr 1 2009, 02:13 PM']MB1. Indeed!...Please feel free to contact me with your Unfashionable! Status,Alembic,and Jaydee Basses,i'll be more than happy to collect them from you....For the mere price of the petrol to your door! Dont be Unfashionable!...P.M me Today! Collections U.K only![/quote] Or if you're East of the Pennines, I'll be MB1's Yorkshire franchisee in his new disposal venture.

[quote name='TPJ' post='451266' date='Apr 1 2009, 10:49 AM'] ...and it's great fun[/quote] And people actually seem pleased to see you!

[quote name='clauster' post='450659' date='Mar 31 2009, 04:38 PM']You'll need to factor in some time too.... I've had a collection of ply, drivers, tweeters, wire and hardware all ready to be turned into an Omni10 for almost 8 months now [/quote] Only 8 months? Plenty of time yet! Took me a good couple of years to get round to this: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673&hl=[/url] from getting the maple to even [u]starting[/u] to dismantle.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='450577' date='Mar 31 2009, 03:06 PM']Very nice Colin... I sold this as I was having trouble hearing the P Bass thump. I replaced it with a (guess what?)..............another P bass that I used to own. One day I'll learn I'm currently running a 1 x 10 powered foldback monitor out of the back on my Shuttle 6 and guess what? It works; I can hear!!! This has one of the nicest necks I've played and I'm glad it's gone to a good home. And here's a money shot of it being played by some thug (not Colin I hasten to add)[/quote] Nice blue tinge there!

[quote name='ARGH' post='449742' date='Mar 30 2009, 06:20 PM']I still think Headless itself is on the way back,because its SOOOOO much easier on the spine...[/quote] Back sufferers unite! I always liked the idea of headless.. so much easier balance and less injuries to other band members. Stuff fashion.. I play folky! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673&hl=[/url]