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[quote name='Stan_da_man' post='764897' date='Mar 5 2010, 10:57 AM']If you are headlining, expect to provide the backline.[/quote] If I am headlining, I will expect to provide the backline if it's arranged in advance. Otherwise, unless I know you personally or you are a good friend of a good friend, forget it. This has been my policy ever since the last time I lent my rig to a support on the spur of the moment... went in to watch them halfway into their set, only to see the EQ clip and output limit lights on my Eden head pretty much permanently illuminated.

Note to all: I'm going to knock the 'MY NEW' off the title, so the thread appears alphabetically under Y. Hope nobody minds.

[quote name='Linus27' post='764402' date='Mar 4 2010, 08:12 PM']Thats Talkbass, you can tell by the American flag. Now this is Basschat HQ, [/quote] That's the best laff I've had in days. Thank you

[quote name='dumelow' post='764214' date='Mar 4 2010, 05:42 PM']he won a gibson sg signed by someone from evanescence, daft bastard actually wiped the signature off[/quote] Thus reducing its value by about £0.00

Bands who don't bring any backline... ...should immediately return to their cars and bugger off home, unless they have agreed well in advance to use another act's gear. That's it.

Given your lack of available practice time, I reckon the best thing to do is to get hold of those mp3s and listen to them over and over and over and over and over and over again. Best of luck for tonight, we expect a full status report!

There's no such thing. 'Best' is in the eye of either the beholder or the ego, depending on whether you are bestowing the title or claiming it. Jaco often claimed to be the best and reckoned it wasn't bragging if you could back it up... a lot of people would argue that he never did.

Great, well I now have simply [i]massive[/i] GAS for a custom 5-string Jazzer in Candy Apple Red etc. and it's all the fault of this thread. Thanks a bunch.

Well I'd go straight to Jon Shuker, but then again I'm biased From your list: [quote name='Musicman20' post='760644' date='Mar 1 2010, 12:42 PM']So, my options so far are: Overwater Sei (if I can afford it) Roscoe Fender Custom Shop (again if I can afford it and if they actually make high end 5 stringers) Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 5 H or HS (yep, these are well within budget....around £1300-£1400 new) Lakland US (again if its within budget...Im guessing these are more)[/quote] ...there's no question, it's gotta be Sei or Overwater. Bearing in mind your geographical whereabouts, definitely Overwater. Their J basses are lovely.

I don't like plain white plates much, but white pearl on the right bass (such as the aforementioned CAR/LPB) is sex on a stick. Ashtray-wise, I'd only want the neck one.

[quote name='largo' post='760668' date='Mar 1 2010, 01:00 PM']Jon Shuker is a different kettle of fish. He will help design and build a custom bass with any body shape[/quote] I believe the same is true of ACG, RIM, Jim Fleeting, etc. All low-volume one-man-band operations. Gawd bless 'em every one

[quote name='Marvin' post='760786' date='Mar 1 2010, 02:38 PM']my cousin lives in Bridgwater and gets very upset when it's spelt wrong [/quote] Ah, well at least it doesn't have That Smell any more. I still drive through there with the doors locked and windows up though

Candy apple red, matching headstock, white pearly scratchplate, neck ashtray, bound rosewood board with MOP blocks. As a close second, the same as the above only in Lake Placid Blue. Too cool for words.

Cool! I like Yamaha basses a lot, I have an RBX765A which was my main fretted bass for years (and is now fretless). It is still the most comfortable 5-string neck I have ever clamped my left hand around, so much so that I got Jon Shuker to copy the Yam's neck profile for my custom build. I think Yamaha basses offer near-unbeatable value for money, certainly with their lower-budget instruments.

Ahhh, gotcha. I see what you're getting at now.

For comedy value we could also have Chew Magna, Curry Rivel, and Nimlet

I think most of their designs look amazing. I'd love to get my hands on one, just to give it a whirl.

[quote name='E sharp' post='759457' date='Feb 27 2010, 09:42 PM']I wouldn't call Shuker , Status , Fodera , Ritter , Sei , or any of them 'custom builders' , cause they're not . IMO , a custom buider , is a one man operation , in a shed or garage .[/quote] Shuker = one-man operation in a small Derbyshire workshop. Sei = two-man operation in a basement in North London. Fodera = two-man operation in NYC workshop. Jon Shuker built me a bass to the design I wanted, from the woods I selected, with a neck profile I dictated, with the electronics and pickups and hardware I chose and the finshed I desired. How, exactly, is that not a 'custom' build?

I haven't voted for Chepstow as we've already had a South Wales bash (for which, many thanks to Si), and it adds another £5.30 to the travel costs of everyone in the SW unless they fancy a huge detour.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='756267' date='Feb 24 2010, 05:23 PM'][/quote] Ooh look! Stealth saveloys! Cracking set of basses you have there.

I have no problem with Bashes, because a} we're all bassists, b} we're all sober, c} we're all on here, and d} I know where you live and therefore so does my mate Big Jon (remember him??) But seriously... yeah bashes are fine, the more the merrier in fact. But generally, the answer to the question "Can I have a go on your bass, mate?" would be "Do I know you? No? Feck off."

So that'll be mid-June then... I'm looking forward to seeing this almost as much as you are.

I do BVs in my 2nd band. I used to do some lead in a blues/rock trio many years ago, that was fun but I actually prefer singing backup. When I'm in the car, if I start singing along with the radio/CD, more often than not I start harmonizing with the lead vocal rather than going along with it. It's quite fun making up harmony parts as you go along! Good practice too.

Hah! Yes you could be right