BigAlonBass

Seconded, Mr. Decision Maker!

Back in the Olden Days...................... [attachment=16099:My_Pictu...date_063.jpg] You can see to the right of the picture what I had to use for Live work. I had the Peavey Amp powering the 2x15" Cab, with a 'slave output' to the Marshall Amp, which in turn powered the pair of 4x12" Cabs. It was the only way (at the time) that I could be heard at more or less the same volume as the Guitarist. Give it a bash, it could be the answer to all your problems. (edit for stupid typo)

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='330834' date='Nov 17 2008, 05:29 PM']Community Centre is fine with me. I wouldn't see anyone carry their gear in by themselves... I'd go and hide in the toilet till they were loaded in. [/quote] Hmmm. So they WERE right about you?

O.K. I'm in. I'll bring a (very battered) Trace Rig, if anybody wants to try the old, second hand route to getting 'on the road.'

[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='328167' date='Nov 13 2008, 09:48 AM']well thats kind of the tac that i have gone down. "its a bit old and knackered, probably doesn't even work but i don't mind that would do as a nice little project and i need something that it doesnt matter if it takes a beating..." kind of thing still waiting to get a response back on it at the mo though, i can't get there till the weekend.[/quote] It's the weekend. Are we there yet? are we there yet? are we the..........

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='329292' date='Nov 14 2008, 05:35 PM']Warwickhunt and I might be sorting something out if y'all are interested...?[/quote] Nobody would want to play my crap!

It is indeed a Vester Bass, with a Bubinga Body and a Wenge neck, the same as mine........but the front of the headstock looks funny.

Issue with the headstock? Mine's a "Custom Shop" as well, but it isn't that horrid "badly painted" colour, and it's got a mother-of-pearl "V" sunk into it.

[quote name='Musky' post='322524' date='Nov 5 2008, 10:55 AM']Someone once recommended one of [url="http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001151&langId=-1&searchTerms=0743831&Submit=GO+%3E"]these[/url] on here (or one of the earlier incarnations). Though looking at it I'm not 100% sure the platform is completely horizontal.[/quote] My ex-Bands guitard bought one. Two minutes with a hacksaw on the front legs, and it stood perfectly horizontal. (The rubber stoppers remove and re-fit easily) Two bungee cords later, he could wheel it in and out of gigs, just taking the bungees off whilst playing. It carried a 2x12" (upright) and a 2u rack case.

P.M.'d

Sounded like Jazz to me. Ducks for cover, pulling coat on, runs out the door!

The obligatory "Atmospheric Shot" checking for dust... [attachment=15433:My_Pictu...date_566.jpg] and the " 0.25 seconds after attempting a 'Rock Pose' and the Bass rebounds off your gonads" shot. [attachment=15434:My_Pictu...date_583.jpg]

Just bought a Wharfedale Active P.A. from Jake. It was stacked beside the door, ready to load up when we arrived. He even helped us to load it, but didn't warn me about how loud it was. Tested it in my conservatory when I got home, and now need new windows. Great lad to deal with.

We shared a bill with Glyder last year, and it was understood that we would supply the Backline. (P.A. was hired in) They turned up, socialised, had a laugh (and the odd bevvy) and when it was time for their soundcheck, I started to tell the Bassist about the controls, in case he needed to alter them at all. His reply-"Ahhhh, you use a Precision, the same as me, and you've got a f*cking brilliant sound. I ain't touching a thing." The response from ALL the guys in the Band was in a similair vein, and we would happily share a stage with them anytime. Now that's the kind of people you don't mind sharing with. I wish they were all like that.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='310975' date='Oct 21 2008, 07:48 AM']He published mine [/quote] but mine was the polite one.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='309053' date='Oct 18 2008, 08:10 AM']warwick headstock shape would make a far better one for a seat....[/quote] but that would be sensible. Nobody ever said that Musicians were sensible................

Practise?

I stepped up to the mic to do some backing vocals 31 years ago this week, (how old do I feel now?) saw a bright flash, and woke up in the Ambulance on the way to Hospital. I'm a fully paid-up Member of the "Back From The Dead" fraternity, because apparently my heart stopped, and it was only the prompt action of a Doctor in the audience that got it started again. If he hadn't been talked into 'slumming it' with his relatives, I wouldn't be here to annoy everyone with my rambling. Guess who uses a tester and an RCD EVERY TIME he plugs anything into a socket?

[quote name='farmer61' post='303914' date='Oct 10 2008, 02:48 PM']I also saw a geordie 'DC covers band at one of the "Music Live" events demonstrating Marshall gear and they were excellent, can't for the life of me remember their name though.[/quote] We were called "Back In Black" but we've since gone our separate ways. The "Angus" in that Band is now the "Angus" for Livewire.

Sold me a rack case, and even included photographs of it "before" posting, so that I could check the condition of it "after" it arrived. Excellent service, and a great BassChatter.