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[quote name='alexclaber' post='522512' date='Jun 24 2009, 12:34 PM']I'd have thought the lottery comment is more relevant to the chance of becoming a rockstar. I can't see why with talent and hard work you couldn't make a career as a pro musician. Alex[/quote] Yeah, I was thinking of a life of excess in a large band. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Here's my advice: Stay in school Don't take drugs Get lots of practice in Play lots of gigs Eat lots of cheese Realise that you have a better chance of winning the lottery then 'making it' as a pro musician.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='518240' date='Jun 19 2009, 11:45 AM']Is it wound to the bottom of the peg?[/quote] This solves all my A string buzzing.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gibson-1989-Thunderbird-Bass_W0QQitemZ160342205020QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item255523e25c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1688|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gibson-1989-Thunderbird-Bass[/url] Got to be worth £850 to someone in Staffordshire.

[quote name='guzzibass' post='516934' date='Jun 17 2009, 09:43 PM']Just wondered if anyone can recommend any sure-fire Motown stuff?[/quote] Anything that charted. Have a look back through this thread, there are quite a few Motown / Stax / Atlantic suggestions.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='516562' date='Jun 17 2009, 04:19 PM']Do people really get on the floor for KOL? I thought people would just get depressed and leave.[/quote] I was as surprised as you. Give it a shot, all their songs are ridiculously simple.

Got to give MusicMan Credit for producing basses that are a little out of the ordinary and a bit radical. This and the Bongo are very different from anything else being produced at the moment. I would hate to see them start doing P-bass and J-bass style basses. It kind of reminds me of when Gibson brought out the Explorer and Flying-V in the late 50's.

I've never heard or played a Bongo but I've warmed to the look of them quite a lot. I'm sure if I ever did play one I'd end up buying it. Lovely looking bass.

Just wanted to bump this thread back to the top and see what songs are doing it for people at the moment. Here's my contribution....... Use Somebody - Kings of Leon.

It's horses for courses. With the covers band I play in I take my tuner, sans amp BDDI and sometimes a distortion/dirt box (but I can get away without it). For my originals band I have 6 or 7 pedals I use, we're a 3 peice so there's a lot more space to fill and effects can do that. I think bass effects get a bit lost in most covers bands anyway. Especially if you're playing in a small pub and there's 5 or 6 people playing. I saw a mowtown / stax band last night called T-Slammers and there was about 8 people on stage... The style of music doesn't call for any effects on bass and there's not a lot of room for them to be included anyway. They're a bloody good band as well. It's like Finbar said: It depends if you're doing originals or covers. You have a lot more space to shoehorn a particular effect in if you are writing the song yourself!

[quote name='Finbar' post='508294' date='Jun 8 2009, 04:18 PM']I think my ER15s got lost at a gig on Saturday night I'm fuming :/[/quote] I almost lost my left one at a gig on Friday. I spent the best part of an hour crawling around on the floor looking for the bugger before I found it..... Time well spent.

[quote name='iamapirate' post='508999' date='Jun 9 2009, 01:20 PM']hmm, I think the general internet consensus is 69 russian muffs, a roland synth, an akai deep impact and a clean trak mixed in. OR 79 amps: 3 overclocking in a fridge to stop them exploding 30 tube amps mod'd to produce more gain than is possible 34 russian muffs running into a seperate amp each 2 clean amps 9 roland synthesizers running in parallel 1 akai deep impact going into an unknown amp Or something like that....[/quote] I always love it when someone brings up the number of big muffs thing. So funny.

He uses a few pedals. It's well documented on the internet what he uses so I won't go into it but generally any decent fuzz will do it.

Does anyone know of a shop in the South stock ASAT basses?

Three American and one Japanese for me.

That's lovely, I keep meaning to get an old Gibson. There's been so much variety in Gibsons past as well.

Don't sell it on ebay.... sell it on here

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='500265' date='May 28 2009, 08:58 PM']Last time I was sacked, it was for being too good - The band said they all felt musically incompetent against me - Sorry![/quote] That's amazing!

I'd add a phaser. Maybe a DI pedal of some description but I'm not sure if the Sansamp VT bass you already have would cover it.

How are you guys powering the pedal? The power adaptor Sadowsky sell, battery, diago power supply or other power bank type unit?

Can anyone tell me if the only place to get the Sadowsky preamp/DI pedal is direct from Sadowsky or is there a company in the UK that imports them?

[quote name='Finbar' post='496171' date='May 23 2009, 05:41 PM']Am I the only person who has this point of view? [/quote] Absolutely not, I've tried a few compressors myself and have had much the same experience as yourself. I sold all of mine. Don't regret it.

[quote name='Finbar' post='496173' date='May 23 2009, 05:42 PM']I do quite like the sound of that Animato, but not enough to spend £200 on it I don't think.[/quote] On the strength of that sound clip I would have passed on buying it as well. Through the amp it's completely different.