Cat Burrito

Well done Chris. I did my first one only last year myself & no doubt felt a similar sense of achievement to what you feel now. I think the sound engineer can often be a barrier in that they don't fully understand the instrument, especially those used to normally doing rock gigs. Art Centre gigs I always get good monitoring & a great sound, it's the pubs where I struggle more as a rule

A couple of camera phone shots of my current set up which I very much seem to have settled into for a while now

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I'm more surprised you have so many people in the audience who 1) know what the bassist does & 2) notice the difference in the tones! Ultimately if the difference is slight I'd go for what feels comfortable as personally I play better on what feels right

A rare local gig so a friendly faced crowd & we played well / were well received. I took my newly flight cased Fender Bassman head (1978) out & had a great night. One of my more favourite nights

It's dawning on me that I have done all my electric gigs over the last 6 months on the same bass. (must be worth a prize! ) Some of you have over 10 basses and most Basschatters seem to own more than 1. Just wondered whether you chop & change to match your shoes or whether you have certain basses for certain bands... or how you arrive on the decision to play what you are playing? Personally I'm settled into my bitsa 70s P-bass right now as it doesn't matter if it gets knocked about, it's set up beautifully, has a great tone and I spent so many hours stripping and sanding it that I built a bigger bond with it than at the height of my GAS when I'd almost sport a different instrument to match the shirt. I'm sure the other 4 will get a look in one day Over to you...

Definitely G-eddy not Jeddy... We used to struggle with Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley at school - is it Fray lee or Free lee. We decided it was Fray lee

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Completely agree, it's quite bizarre... although I hasten to add I think it's very much the instrument not the playerwith me! First time I took one down to the local Open Mic I suddenly had loads of people I'd seen month in month out suddenly come up and talk to me. I was inexplicably promoted to "one of those clever b**tards that can play anything" (my previous performances on other instruments hadn't warranted such an observation) and I suddenly find that despite playing similar lines the perception of the bass player goes from "crap guitarist" to "musician". FYI it also seems to work for mandolin, although in a slightly less dramatic way Around here everybody also seems to default to a Carry On Film status and remark on it's size too

I've always said those Jags will be future classics, like the JV series in a few years. Ultimately if it's not happening for you, it's not happening. But I do agree don't rush a decision.

Sometimes if the string is cut too short you can get a rattle. If you rewind between the nut & peg so there is more of an angle it can sound better. I had the same problem this week with my A string

2x instrument cables 2x speaker cables 2x vintage guitar straps Kettle lead Folding Hercules Guitar stand Spare Capo (not for me, for the boys - there's always one!) Spare Strings (never use them) Electronic tuner Blank Postcards with chord patterns written on them Jim Beam bar towel

It does look good. Reminds me of 70s Glam

I'm still concerned some folk thought my avatar was John Peel!?! I can't say it bothers me massively what people use & the images mentioned aren't pornographic or offensive. An avatar is a personal choice & something that reflects you. If the thing you want to say with yours is "I like this girl", so be it. Perhaps it isn't the most inspired choice? I can try to intellectualise why I've used mine but ultimately it's just a picture of a bass playing hero / influence. It's your choice to go on a site when you should be working (I occasionally do it too so just an observation, not a criticism) so equally it should be a question of choice for which avatar an individual selects.

Bumping for Newbury's gig Saturday 18th at the Lock, Stock & Barrel

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D'oh! It's late

And now withdrawn. Sold elsewhere possibly?

Yes you can. It might be worth having a look at some other brands too but yes a Fender replacement will be fine

Welcome to Basschat Ed, looks like you joined a while back but held back on posting?

EBay always has a few. I picked up a black original 62RI Fender one recently

Our band use a lot of rods & brushes. Failing that you just bang them on the nose with a spoon. They soon get the idea

I think they are a great band in general. I didn't realise they were over

The band I'm in at the moment seem to pretty much hate covers. We jammed some great versions of a couple of tunes by The Eagles in rehearsal early on & I got dagger looks when I suggested we might do one live. It wasn't even Hotel California. As far as I am concerned anything is fair game, it just depends how it is done etc