Rich

[quote name='Delberthot' post='616194' date='Oct 4 2009, 05:12 AM']These kind of rants rarely go anywhere as its down to personal preference.... One man's Pamela anderson is another man's Hattie Jaques etc[/quote] He speak truth.

[quote name='Raggy' post='615582' date='Oct 3 2009, 11:09 AM']No I think half of the original band are in thet States and the other over here.[/quote] Which members are in the one over here? I'm guessing Dave Wakeling might be stateside..? EDIT: yes I know I could google it, but TBH I am in Saturday afternoon can't-be-arsed mode

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='615263' date='Oct 2 2009, 09:33 PM']doesn't understand the difference between practicing and rehearsing.[/quote] +100000000000000000000000

[quote name='Linus27' post='614686' date='Oct 2 2009, 12:21 PM']Got a gig tonight which thankfully, is only a 30 minute set. Been feeling ill all week and was actually off work Tuesday. Feel a little better not but still have chest cough, sort through, runny nose, aches and pain, headache, feel sick and no energy at all. Been drinking lots of water and energy drinks, plus ibuprofen, lemsips and strepsils. Any other suggestions for a quick fix to make me feel better and get me through tonights gig??[/quote] When manflu strikes, I always reach for my DIY lemsip... 2 tsp of runny honey, 2 tsp lemon juice, 3 disprin, boiling water, and a good slug of whisky. Not overly convenient for a gig, true, but it always makes me feel a bit better.

[quote name='chris_b' post='489054' date='May 15 2009, 04:43 PM']I saw Cass Lewis several times hanging around in the Bass Centre trying gear. He used Peavey at the time and was moving to Trace. He was [i]seriously[/i] good. I used to pretend to check out the basses and listen to him. This was just before TTD.[/quote] I saw him at the BC around that time too. Was he using that outrageous pink fretless Jazz when you saw him?

[quote name='OldGit' post='613705' date='Oct 1 2009, 11:49 AM']A programme on BBC Radio 4 about doing encores .. [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mw5nc"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mw5nc[/url][/quote] Yes, I listened to that too... the Jesus & Mary Chain playing 30 minute sets and then refusing to do encores

[quote name='tischbein' post='613048' date='Sep 30 2009, 03:45 PM']Anyone ever have one of their basses defretted... I mean a good job, no home-made crap.[/quote] Yup. I pulled all the frets form the neck of my Yamaha RBX765A, and Jon Shuker was kind enough to finish it all off when he built my bass. He did a beautiful job, as you'd expect from a good luthier. The bass has worked out very nicely, plenty of mwah. It has a rosewood board, so I've tried to avoid too much wear by putting some nice slippery Elixirs on. I can't stand the feel of flats.

[quote name='OldGit' post='612158' date='Sep 29 2009, 04:32 PM']Two people have complained about the noise[/quote] Yeah... a retired vicar and a civil servant. Says it all really.

WHAT?? Why? When?

I had Barts in my old Sei Flamboyant 5. They sounded awful. Really woolly. The eq was a nice 18v Schack, so there was no problem there. If I'd kept the bass, the Barts would have definitely been replaced.

Chill out ladies, it's only a volume pedal. I use the Boss FV-50, I like it a lot. Silent operation, nice taper, stereo, and it's got a handy tuner output too.

I'll put up some pics of my DIY effort too, just for the sake of completeness

Bassist got absorbed by its big brother Guitarist mag. It soldiered on as a token section of that mag for a while, and Roger Newell even carried the title 'Bass Editor' for a while -- it must have been the easiest job in the world, as the average bass content was around 5 pages of Squier reviews. This slowly became 4 and then 3 pages, and then disappeared completely.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='607615' date='Sep 24 2009, 12:49 PM']Actually this guy just gets better.... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/yamaha-bex4-semi-electric-bass-guitar-with-3-band-EQ_W0QQitemZ200386946650"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/yamaha-bex4-semi-ele...emZ200386946650[/url] "This bass is a star in its own right, it has been on 4 UK tours and has been on the stage where the likes of The Beatles and Nirvana have once stood. ". Pure Gold [/quote] £450 BIN on a well-used bass that's £500 brand new, what a cracker. I like the bit that says: "[i]Due to this being a special bass we only want serious buyers, so we have decided to have collection only, that way we know that whatever home it goes to, the person is obviously very passionate about music to have travelled to pick it up and we hope it gets to continue touring.[/i]" Roughly translates as: "[i]We can't be arsed to arrange a courier.[/i]"

It Bites James Taylor Quartet

I'm also a Rich W though, so it could still get confusing! [quote name='OldGit' post='600799' date='Sep 16 2009, 10:06 PM']Cheers .. If you bring your Grandma, er, GRAMMA then I don't have to bring mine [/quote] If I can make it, I'll bring my home-made platform along too. Perhaps we could A/B test 'em?

[quote name='Golchen' post='607390' date='Sep 24 2009, 09:02 AM']That would be easy to get rid of. You just need a guitarist to weigh it down.[/quote] Fixed again.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='607347' date='Sep 24 2009, 06:49 AM']There's a lot of it about.... here's one I noticed yesterday: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-electric-bass-TRB-1005_W0QQitemZ200386945757QQ"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-electric-bass...Z200386945757QQ[/url] How much are/were TRB1005s new?[/quote] GAK have them for £519. But apparently this bass "has supported major artists such as 90's rock band Thunder, pop singer Lucie Silvas and x factor duo journey south". So that makes it worth [i]loads[/i] more.

[quote name='largo' post='605737' date='Sep 22 2009, 04:08 PM']Well folks, not long to Christmas (!) and our party run means playing gigs on a boomy, wooden floor for 7 or 8 gigs this December. Rather than shell out £70+ on a Gramma pad big enough for a 4x10 I wondered if I should try to make my own. I reckon I could do it for at least half that price. Here's my shopping list... - Auralex Platfoam - one strip - £11'ish - MDF board, or chipboard - £3'ish - Carpet covering - £3'ish - EVO Stick £3'ish - 2 x 1ft acoustic wedges - £10'ish A little bit of time & effort and hey presto! I think I'd have some sort of Gramma Pad style thingy .... So, before I begin can anyone think of why this won't work ? Happy to make a build diary to see how it all goes, although not promising miracles.[/quote] I built something just like this a few years back. It works a treat and is well worth the effort. As regards the board -- [u][b]don't use MDF or chip[/b][/u], they weigh a ton. Get some good marine ply, it's half the weight of MDF and is completely stiff. For a carpet covering, I recommend carpet tiles. I was going to make another platform but never got round to it -- bloody lazy, that's my problem. But I still have the Platfoam that I bought for it, and some leftover ply that's about the right size, and some more carpet tiles that I [s]pinched[/s] borrowed from work. Anybody want one made? EDIT: and Monz is right, the Auralex foam is miles harder than 'any old' foam. Don't try using strips of ordinary stuff, the cab will squash them flat and be very unsteady.

Who's got it now?

Islington at 9.30pm on a Wednesday. For me, it might as well be on Venus. Dammit.

[quote name='Telebass' post='604759' date='Sep 21 2009, 05:33 PM']Nope. Double bass > electric bass. The family resemblance is only that. Only the playing position is guitar-like. Even frets were on upright basses once, y'know... Look at the old Jazz headstock, it specifically says "electric bass"; look at a Fender VI, and it specifically states "electric bass guitar". The Musicman Silhouette is similarly titled. The VI is also erroneously called a baritone guitar - they're tuned to A or B, not EADGBE and are usually 27.5" scale or similar. Not to say you can't mess with different strings, of course... At the time, remember, if you played bass, it was either an upright or a tuba... A bass that can easily be played by a guitarist, yes. A bass guitar, no. However, I realise that this particular bit of pedantry is considered old-fashioned. So be it. I am too! [/quote] If you told an orchestral player that you played "electric bass", his answer would be exactly the same as that suggested by bassassin... "Bass what?". Bass is the [i]pitch[/i], not the instrument. It'd be like a soprano sax player arguing that his horn's proper full name is just 'soprano'. Exhibit A... if it was a good enough name for Leo, it's good enough for us... [attachment=33244:Fender_B...r_Patent.jpg]

[quote name='Stan_da_man' post='603225' date='Sep 19 2009, 11:41 PM']So only expensive basses have good necks now?![/quote] Of course not. Where did anyone say that, exactly? Or even suggest it?

I play 5s pretty much exclusively now. My 4s don't get a look in, except for noodling around at home. Even my 6 sees more action than the 4s. But for me, the 'standard' bass guitar will always have 4 strings tuned E-G.