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[quote name='essexbasscat' post='1318173' date='Jul 27 2011, 12:56 PM']Heard through a friend the same situation exists in Brighton[/quote] [url="http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/downloads/bhcc/environmental_protection/Busking_front_and_back.pdf"]Here's the council rules for busking in Brighton & Hove.[/url] It includes 'no drummers' and 'no amplification' but I've often seen both.

[quote name='Count Bassy' post='1315845' date='Jul 25 2011, 03:41 PM']...Mr Wyman himself. Not flash, possibly not even adventurous...[/quote] I always wondered where I got it from.

[quote name='keeponehandloose' post='1308198' date='Jul 18 2011, 06:26 PM']I would be surprised if its 8 ohm,theyre special order. The standard is 4 ohm[/quote] But there has been a few 8 ohm models around recently both here and on ebay.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1303241' date='Jul 14 2011, 09:50 AM']Fretless bass is just like fretted bass but without the stabilisers.[/quote] Fretted: Lined fretless: Unlined fretless with side dots: Unlined and no side dots fretless: I'd like to see Berlin on the last one.

... and so does the headstock.

I'd say Eko too but pickguard looks wrong for a Florentine.

So ... the SE Bass Bash is turning into a slap fest before it even happens.

If you practice you'll be better than if you didn't practice but that's about it.

[quote name='stoker' post='1301386' date='Jul 12 2011, 05:58 PM']I thought the P-bass split coil was humbucking?[/quote] Yes, the P bass pickup is humcancelling (or humbucking if you prefer)

[quote name='witterth' post='1301378' date='Jul 12 2011, 05:53 PM']Bob Carolgees isnt dead he has a candle shop in frodsham cheshire.[/quote] I got that wrong then. Sorry Bob.

[quote name='silddx' post='1301269' date='Jul 12 2011, 04:43 PM']I do generally agree with this however [i]"They are all out of tune ..."[/i][/quote] You've been to one of my gigs then.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1301293' date='Jul 12 2011, 04:56 PM']Jeff Berlin... is that the fella that's got Spit the Dog?[/quote] I knew Bob Carolgees was dead... ...but I didn't realise Jeff Berlin had taken over the dog...

[quote name='SteveK' post='1301250' date='Jul 12 2011, 04:34 PM']Oh, how I wish I sounded like Jaco when I pick up my fretless [/quote] I don't sound like Jaco but I was never wishing to - not that I could if I did want to.

[quote name='cytania' post='1300608' date='Jul 12 2011, 08:18 AM']Thinking again, maybe next rehearsal I'll suggest doing it slower with the riff double time, maybe our drummer will pick up on the proper feel and it'll mesh more.[/quote] Your band's tempo versus the Beatles tempo might well be the issue. If you've upped the tempo then there may not be time for McCartney's line.

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='1300267' date='Jul 11 2011, 08:24 PM']I bought some Pyramid Golds from someone here. The sleeves they came in had 'Made in West Germany' printed on them. They worked just fine [/quote] Yes, I store my flats on the bass for years.

[quote name='brick' post='1299227' date='Jul 10 2011, 08:00 PM']cheers guys used the line out at both gigs this weekend and worked great, i had tried using the line out in the house before i posted but the signal was peaking the amp even with the gain on the amp nearly at 0 but figured out this was happening because i didnt realise that the master vol on the pre amp affected the output level of the line out and had been up fairly high[/quote] Ah yes, forgot to mention adjusting the output level.

Well done.

[quote name='skidder652003' post='1298705' date='Jul 10 2011, 01:53 AM']So there we were, in the middle of "just got paid" / "American woman" by ZZ Top/ The guess Who - in the pub tonight when the guitarist busts a string, goes out of tune and stops playing. What would you guys do in that situatiion? Me and the drummer improvised into a dodgy jazz funk thing for a couple of minutes whilst said guitarist fumbles for new strings, restrings and retunes. We discussed it after the gig, and as its happened before and likely to happen again we think we should have a standby "question and answer" thing going on between myself and the drummer to cover the guitarists ass. Its really panicky when it happens in a room full of punters! Any ideas, experiences? Dont suggest he gets a standby axe cos he hasnt got a pot to piss in [/quote] I'd expect the guitarist to make it to the end of the song with a missing string and then change strings in about one minute between songs.

There was a thread about this at the Last Bass Outpost: [url="http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=4632.0"]http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=4632.0[/url] Apparently, when asked, Hillman said that it was a bass that was loaned to him for the filming, and he never did know what it was. He assumed it was a Fender body with a custom or home made neck. He never used it again.

[quote name='bode' post='1297813' date='Jul 8 2011, 11:11 PM']Any guitarists who need to use capos simply don't know enough chords. My old band tuned down to D because it sounded heavier. We learnt any covers by ear using D tuning and that was that, no capos, no moving up frets.[/quote] Capos aren't only for guitarists who don't know their chords. Just as some people tune down to D because it sounds heavier, some people will use a capo to make it sound crisper/janglier or whatever. Also, slide players and others using open tunings will sometimes use a capo to give them different open strings without retuning.

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1297570' date='Jul 8 2011, 07:40 PM']Rolling off the neck pick-up a smidge should do the trick. I nearly always have the bridge volume higher- YMMV, of course..[/quote] Other way round for me - when I had a Jazz - neck 100%, bridge 70%.

Rule 1: Tune your instrument how you want to tune it. Don't let other people dictate that to you. Rule 2: Establish the key signature and play the song where you want to play it. Rule 3: Rules 1 & 2 may be broken in special cases.