Gust0o

f*** it, am adding more... love these threads. Get to share all the cool stuff [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzGL4GA9adc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzGL4GA9adc[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLMPA4xPFpg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLMPA4xPFpg[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR57m7FWcbU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR57m7FWcbU[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKj6Y-0E3Zg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKj6Y-0E3Zg[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZoIrJN_uv0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZoIrJN_uv0[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmvFmV9ZqsM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmvFmV9ZqsM[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvU1YpuXyf8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvU1YpuXyf8[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k0aiI1_m14"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k0aiI1_m14[/url]

Haha, not all of this is stoner/desert - we've got some doom slipping in, but it's all good. Rick, the bassist from Iron Witch, is a member on here. My own band have changed tack to be a bit more conventional hard rock, a la Viking Skull/The Devil Rides Out - but absolutely love this stuff. How about some of the following: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuaeGmR52Lc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuaeGmR52Lc[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA9xv6m5goU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA9xv6m5goU[/url]

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1335973431' post='1638871'] The name MIGHT be different I suppose [/quote] And the headstock?

Why don't you just save yourself some dollar, and go and get one of those Rickenfa... oh, hang on a minute

Download for me. Got some hotel time, but then we're out in the fields - though, as we're all knocking on / hoping to be middle class - we're in the family camping, I think.

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1335880538' post='1637445'] I shall ignore the derogatory snipe at my earlier post When charging good money for a band its important that you are working with people who you can count on. Organisation and reliability are as important as musical ability. An audition is the opportunity for the new guy to show that they are up to the job. I would say the same for a band who are charging £200. So, when you get someone who appears not to want to make the effort then you move on to the next applicant. [/quote] Haha, it wasn't that derogatory, chief - no more so than the seeming consensus in some circles that, when playing someone else's music and charging for it, that you must be somehow more professional or serious I would think that, as you note, the common rule of thumb should be to be find someone who is willing to make the effort, and is able to boot - and applies to all circumstances, where you have even the vaguest of ambitions. I just think we've had some examples, in this thread, of people overengineering the process.

Quite a cool little bit of street music, which is surely the purpose.

[quote name='gub' timestamp='1335860159' post='1636917'] It's gone quite ! Maybe this one was so good he can't put it down to write about it ! [/quote] Either that, or Avid Merion has him in the cupboard with the Craig from Big Brother. Mmm... tuna.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1335812131' post='1636473'] Goes to my point that there are some 'bands' out there who take their little hobby far too seriously. [/quote] That's where I was going when I upset the cover band gang. As noted by a poster above, there's more at stake when you're getting paid £200.

Haha, I f***ing love that!

Still, bloody nice bass.

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1335714291' post='1634888'] Actually Gus, in my experience quite the opposite - less egos involved in covers bands generally! [/quote] Anyway, f*** off about cover bands you - that looks like a wedding picture! Congratulations!

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1335723922' post='1635071'] If someone fancies a white/maple one, I am sooooo prepared to get a black one and swap necks... P [/quote] Would ruin my Black/Maple vibe, but tempting. Sounds like these might well be fine for those situations a real 'Ray might stay at home.

I'm miles away, but would have happily have offered you the loan of my gear. I've always wanted to own someone's soul, so I think it would have been a good deal Glad you got sorted. You joined the Heathrow band, or something?

Or, if not fake... maybe a [i]bitsa?[/i] As in, "bits of" various Fenders/Squiers, etc. I've only owned the one Fender - a Mexican Precision - and some bits of the above tally. I'm sure someone more knowledgable will be along to discuss the serial, etc.

What I'm drawing for this entire thread, is that there's a lot more [i]crap[/i] - for want of a better term - associated with joining a covers band, than there has ever been, from my experience, in joining an originals band.

Great stuff - as noted, it's definitely of it's vintage. Way busier than I would ever have made it, but such were the times.

Definitely wazzers.

Will keep an eye out up here, if it moves about Yorkshire some.

[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1335634598' post='1634106'] Doubt it will translate as well when it gets a UK price [/quote] Probably not. But hopefully they'll be cheap enough to use as a live bass.

Sean nailed it. Am equally confused - but a great price!