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Yup deffo talk to Wizard.. I've messed with p/ups loads, and different makers stock items don't neccessarily match up. If you send them your existing j-pup they'll prob be able to either alter the P-pup you got, or else make one, to match.

I recently fitted the 40 P5 and J into my Crafter fretless 5, to much acclaim from bands in which I use it! If you get Up North, you're welcome to try it, but basically it gives the sounds you'd expect plus that extra range afforded by EMGs. On my main bass - [u]heavily[/u] modded Ibanez Roadster - I have the 35DC and J. I'd suppose you'd say the P5 just gives that bit more P-bass tone while the DC is maybe a tad more MM. Both very usable combos anyway.. best of luck! HUGH

[quote name='RayFW' post='418015' date='Feb 23 2009, 11:16 PM']Bought from a Flea market perhaps?[/quote] Top!

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='417908' date='Feb 23 2009, 09:46 PM']yes yes yes yes yes *mumbles under breath* Blimmin' Folk mafia.. worse than Jazzers... Anyway... as for what it's called... no doubt it's got a name. Probably nine or ten of 'em...[/quote] jig.. reel.. all sound the same, innit? Diddly-eye-doh! BANISH MISFORTUNE!! possibly I (and another mate who was also really into Jack The Lad) sometimes get to play with Ian Fairbairn. Saw him at the weekend.. pleased to report he's still brilliant!

Hi Keith, You still on with this? I think I still have the B2V body somewhere.. used most of the hardware on my main bass(!) The split looks pretty fixable though.. I've seen worse. Strings are easy, we probably have some in the shop - Cleckheaton - or I may have a spare new set at home. Shipley/Bingley border! HUGH

Merchandissimo!

[quote name='wotnwhy' post='417798' date='Feb 23 2009, 08:17 PM']fretless (especially un-lined) can take a while to get used to, so i'd give a while before making a final decision.[/quote] ..so play nothing else for a while! Once you have it, you can do everything (even metal, believe it or not) on a fretless. It's a state of being.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='417817' date='Feb 23 2009, 08:31 PM']It's the reel tagged on the end 'Oakey Strike Evictions' by Jack the Lad. Marvellous![/quote] Actually, that's a jig! The name'll come back to me.. useless with names. Cracker all the same. Anyway, Dave, I found one of the live CDs so far.. RT + DT Live at Crawley (Jazz Festival) 1993. D'Oh! No VBL1953! Still well worth finding; sometimes crops up on Ebay - think that's how I came by this one. I have RT Live From Austin TX.. also with DT on bass. Contains VBL1953.. RT solo! What can you do?

[quote name='YouMa' post='417643' date='Feb 23 2009, 06:04 PM']Danny thompson also has no frets[/quote] [quote]I would reccomend getting hold of any pentangle albums basket of light is brilliant and taught me a lot about folk playing.[/quote] Absolutely.. Basket Of Light was the album that got me into folk music. [quote]Hope this helps mate, folk music is an exciting music and i think it is a genre which is often overlooked by bassists.[/quote] All the more fun for the enlightened among us!

I've not watched it enough yet, but I recently got this Francois Rabbath masterclass as a download: [url="http://www.mikesmasterclasses.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=116&category_id=1&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=39"]http://www.mikesmasterclasses.com/index.ph...t&Itemid=39[/url] and even at first glance it seems like an inspiring class. Affordable, too!

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='417645' date='Feb 23 2009, 06:06 PM']Which album(s) did you have in mind?[/quote] Hi Dave, just leaving work at the mo.. I've a couple at home; I'll find the titles. I think both are from the mid-90s.. saw them in Leeds on one of those tours, and it's still one of those gigs of a lifetime for me! HUGH

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='417136' date='Feb 23 2009, 08:12 AM']'what would Danny Thompson do?'[/quote] Exactly! Listen to the RT + DT live albums.. inspiration for both instruments!

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='417494' date='Feb 23 2009, 03:07 PM']Couldn't you just beat the f*** out of him?[/quote] Ah.. Tonbridge just outside Castleford, then

Total pisser! Any of your chaps in MU? [url="http://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=1"]http://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/site/cms/...w.asp?chapter=1[/url] Sometimes the threat of involving a 'bigger brother' can help, but for future use MU let you download various standard contracts. As a couple of folks here have said - get it in writing! We've probably all been stuffed like this at some point. One renowned tight-fisted landlord in Bradford was known to relent after our 17 stone, son-of-a-pro-wrestler drummer (going back many years now ) mentioned his windows. This is, obviously, not a generally recommended course of action! If you quite like the place and the manager, sounds like a job for a serious talk with him to let him know just how pissed off you are. He'll probably see the finincial incentive of promoting a longer term relationship.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='416669' date='Feb 22 2009, 03:34 PM']I think I've seen you and your self modded Roadster. Did you have 2 and dragged them along to O D's in Wakefield about 5 years back - one covered in newspaper clippings??[/quote] Hi Dr.D.. I thought I recognised your pic in another thread; as you say it's been a few years! Hope all's well with you.. obviously we're both still doing the bass thing. Much cheer HUGH

If replacing the fuse (that one should be fine) didn't do the trick, sounds like something internal which caused the fuse to blow.. you need an amp repairer to check it over asap. Where are you? Someone here will probably know of such a person in your area. Poss also look at borrowing an amp. Hope this helps, HUGH

[quote name='Faithless' post='410544' date='Feb 15 2009, 10:23 PM']Why? i've tried watching it, but couldn't be arsed, don't know if I ended up somewhere in the middle of it... But I'll try it for second time, as I'm going to see Motown tribute band next weekend... I'll get my coat now.[/quote] Watch this 6 times instead of thinking about the tribute band! It's not a techno-fest, but groove, groove, groove!

I was once refused a S/H Jazz Bass purchase in Denmark Street after I let slip that I was planning to do the same! But seriously, go for it.. I started off with an Ibanez Roadster which I suppose started life like this: [attachment=20707:normal_Ibby_023.jpg] only in mahogany stain. By the time I got it, it was fretless (one piece ebony) and still 4 string. I now play in a ceilidh band with the guy who did the conversion It's now 5-string and headless - did it myself with a junior hacksaw in my hand and hope in my heart. [attachment=20709:before_wb.jpg] Now off the road for some long deserved tidying up and a reface. I'm planning a build diary on a budget! Over the years it's had so many different holes made and pickups fitted, but it's done every electric bass gig with me. I'm glad I did it; the balance is perfect and it sounds and plays so well! Ok, so the Fender Jazz is an icon, but why does that mean it can't be tweaked for the individual player? Best of luck, HUGH

Years ago I changed rom combo-mode and got into separates.. I now have one head, Trace AH250SMX and a couple of cabs. 1x10 for small/acoustic, 2x10 for almost everything (great to see the face of Rock Players lugging the 8x10 at a festival gig and a 2nd 2x10 if I need to shake ornaments of the rack above the pub door. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39309"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39309[/url] .. Mr.T. is selling a whole rig powered by one of these.

Go for it! One band I'm in has (me included) been pussyfooting around trying to come up with a suitable date for over a year now. Just get in there. If studio choice#1 reeks of smoke to that extent it needs to be one very special studio if you're still planning on going there.

[quote name='Eight' post='414639' date='Feb 19 2009, 07:23 PM']She's a) cheating on you or used to be a man.[/quote] ..or c) used to ba a bass player.

[quote name='edstraker123' post='414601' date='Feb 19 2009, 06:51 PM']Just debating the merits of buying another bass with my wife[/quote] I work in a music shop. We don't accept wives as part ex.