Grassie

By the end of this year I shall be done with my current band, no more "classic" rock (or rock in general) for me. My next band will be something like Vulfpeck, or The Meters, that kind of vibe. Originals, instrumentals, just some funky s**t all the way.

A Fender Herbie Flowers jazz bass would be cool.

If the question is "Which band would you most like to be in?" then the answer must be "Vulfpeck". Their track "Beastly" is my favourite. Class.

I see Mark D Phillips has started making video adverts......

The worst gig I've done with this band this year. Drums too loud, certain drums clashing and cancelling out my bass, vocals feeding back, songs played in wrong keys, and an ignored setlist. Horrible. New years eve better be an improvement or I'm off...

[quote name='12stringbassist' timestamp='1388277478' post='2320444'] [/quote]I now have 12 string GAS.

Didn't Hamer go under not long ago?

I have a precision and an ATK (which is very similar sounding to a Stingray). The P-bass works very well in some venues, while it can also sound a bit boomy in others. The ATK also sounds good when the P doesn't, so for me, it's all dependent on the venue I'm playing in.

Sounds OK (apart from that odd ringing, similar to the sound you get when you tap a scaffold pole), but looks like a gardening implement. Terrible aesthetics. Not for me I'm afraid. Daft Punk might be interested though...

That is very nice. I've always liked the look of Schecter's - well spec'd for the money. Nearly bought a Model-T a few years back, have fun with your new purchase!

Phil Gould, Reni, Alex Van Halen.

Subscribed. Love your work.

I don't mind some of these widdly-widdly guys - EVH and Satch in particular, because they have TUNES. Vai tends to get a bit otherworldly for my taste, and as for Mr Malmsteen - I couldn't get past the frilly shirts and gut. Or the total lack of soul, the pomposity and the scalloped fingerboard. WTF is that all about? Knobend.

Come 4th January next year I'll have been playing for 20 years, and I've never broken a string. Not once.

Guy Pratt's "My Bass And Other Animals" is a must, but steer clear of John Taylor's one - hardly any insight at all apart from drugs and groupies.

One of their former drummers (Stu Fisher) lives near me. He runs a recording studio down here with a friend of mine.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1385381698' post='2287486'] Try pointing the extension cab [i]away[/i] from the window next time? [/quote] It was...

Saturday night at one of our usual venues, landlady's birthday so the place is packed out, good night had by all. Incidentally, new extension cab arrived Saturday morning so perfect timing to try it out. I'm set up by the window, bass sounds great, really clear and I can actually be heard over our two guitarists. End of the evening, the drummer's missus comes to pick him up and says "I've been sat in the car down the road and I can hear the pub's windows vibrating". That'll be me then... They might get some complaints.....

Chuck us an 'at over 'ere!

I've just noticed that if I touch the pole pieces on the pick up on my P bass, there is a very noticeable buzzing noise coming through the amp. A less noticeable buzzing occurs when I touch the bridge or the metal jack sleeve on my lead. I have recently replaced my pickups and my soldering isn't briliiant but everything is connected as it should be. Any ideas before I electrocute myself?

Status Kingbass Artist Mk1, four string, rosewood top, white LED's.

Rotosound swing bass sets - every pack I've bought have died after the first gig, Warwick yellow label nickel wounds - dead straight out of the pack (their red label stainless strings are marvellous by the way), flatwounds - not for me I'm afraid, tried them, couldn't get on with them, Elites stainless roundwounds - haven't bought any for years but always used to fade really quickly too. I once bought a set of Trace Elliott Mark King signature strings - beyond rubbish. It's Warwick Reds for me now, all the way.

I would sell my left nut for a KingBass. Your dad's one has the kind of wood I'd go for, but I'd have to have white LED's. That's a great photo, if you have a twitter account you should tweet it to MK himself, I reckon he'd be well impressed with that.

Hey guys, thanks for the info. I've sent the graphite one back and a replacement is imminent!

I've bought a new nut for my VM Squier P-bass - a Graphtech PT1204 slotted which is supposed to be a replacement for precision bass nuts. Having compared it to the old one however, they are noticeably different - the original is sloped toward the G slot, has a flat bottom edge and is thicker. Excuse the camera phone pic, old nut is the white one. [attachment=148322:WP_000071.jpg] There are so many variations available on the net that I'm finding it near impossible to find a exact replacement. It's obvious that I've wasted £9 on the new nut (unless there's someone on here that wants to buy it from me), but is there someone in BCland that makes nuts? I'm sure I've seen a thread on it... Please help!