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[quote name='dood' post='310610' date='Oct 20 2008, 05:03 PM']*fingers in ears, singing* LA LA LA LA i'm not listening LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!!!!!!!! [size=1][color="#808080"]de dah[/color][/size][/quote] Yup, looks like it Brown-Eyed Sally it is, then.

EBSf is right... [quote name='dood' post='310481' date='Oct 20 2008, 02:53 PM']We [b][size=4]S[/size][/b]pent a while doing [b][size=4]all[/size][/b] the customisations. I'm prett[b][size=4]y[/size][/b] chuffed to see that a few of those customisations have found their way on to Jon's standard design![/quote] See? On a subliminal level, you've already acknowledged her true name Face it Dan, you know it's stuck

[quote name='dood' post='310482' date='Oct 20 2008, 02:55 PM']You could go for a ramp like on Doodle, between the pups and leave the neck portion free of wood? [url="http://www.danveall.co.uk/Shuker7Page.htm"]http://www.danveall.co.uk/Shuker7Page.htm[/url] Pictures right at the bottom of the build diary.[/quote] Or indeed you could have both a ramp [i]and[/i] a satin finish, like my bass

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='304481' date='Oct 11 2008, 05:27 PM']Well if I don't get a permenant job before Christmas or I do get a permanent job but have to relocate overseas then I'm going to be facing a sell off of one kind or another just to reduce the storage or shipping costs and maybe raise some cash. If the Shuker headless 6 works out, the Smiths would be relatively easy to replace so I'd consider selling both and the Spector for the right price, perhaps also the Pentabuzz and the V8 too but the Alembic, Celinders and Stingray would be staying as workhorse instruments. Not sure about the Cutlasses yet, I keep vascillating over them whenever I think about options.[/quote]Well I'd be quite happy to offer, errm, storage for any of them for you mate

'Tried one'? Not even seen one mate [quote name='Dr.Dave' post='306214' date='Oct 14 2008, 01:42 PM']It's silence from an Ashdown following a bang and a puff of smoke that worries me !!![/quote] coffee->screen :lol:

Mike R has used double-necked Shergold, Status and Ibanez instruments in his time... I cannot imagine for the life of me that he would have chosen this crude and fugly piece of firewood over that lot! [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='309908' date='Oct 19 2008, 04:55 PM']Like everything else Mike Rutherford has done Didn't appear on Crimewatch a few years back saying o load of his guitars were stolen? I remember it distinctly because of my huge dislike for him.[/quote]Ah, he speaks very highly of you though

A drummer I played with a few years back had some custom moulded ones made, he said it was the best investment he'd made since buying his house. I'm thinking seriously about these ProGuard ones. I've got some ER20s and while they're very good they make my ears itch too after a while.

[quote name='BigBadBassman' post='307830' date='Oct 16 2008, 12:58 PM']Glad you are OK Wolleydick and here to tell the tale, but sorry you had to go through such an experience. But it does raise a number of questions: [i]etc.[/i][/quote] This is all good advice from Tim. [list] [*][i]How many times have you turned up to gig or rehearsal room to find mains sockets cracked or hanging off the wall and you've still plugged in and played? [/i]Yup, I suspect we're all guilty of this at some time or another. [*][i]Are you sure that the socket where the PA is plugged into is on the same phase as your amp? [/i]How can this be established? Is there a reliable way to test for this? [*][i]How many times have you removed the earth on your amps mains lead to get rid of an annoying mains hum?[/i] God, the very idea... I can't believe that people still do this. NEVER EVER EVER do it, if your amp doesn't have an earth lift switch then either find another way to lose the hum or just live with it! [*][i]When was the last time you checked the condition of you plugs, that they have the correct fuse rating and that all connections are secure?[/i] Personally, I do this religiously. SO many people leave 13A fuses in all their mains leads... trying to protect an amplifier with a 13 amp fuse is like trying to protect a kettle by using a nail. It'll catch fire before it blows! Make sure that you carry the right size fuses in your spares box, but also remember that if the fuse blows in a plug, it's not because it just felt suicidal... it mean that more than likely there is a fault somewhere which needs checking out. Don't 'cure' it by just fitting a bigger fuse... [*][i]Looking after mains leads and extension cables is something a lot of people seem to over look. Don't skrimp on cheap extension cables or mains leads... [/i] Yup! Crappy mains leads are a false economy. You wouldn't plug your £2k bass into your £2k rig using a £3 curly lead, right? [*][i]Another thing to consider is that if you are using an extension lead on on reel, unless you unroll all the cable they do heat up when being used. This can cause the insulation to melt leading to a short circuit - it smells awful as well.[/i] And yup! again. Get the biggest power-handling extension you can... many of the little windup ones will only deliver 5A even when fully unrolled. Get a nice big one with chunky cable rated at 10A or more. The less stressed the cable is, the better. Might cost a few quid more, but see 5 above. [*][i]As OTPJ suggests get your gear PAT tested once a year for your own peace of mind - that includes all mains leads.[/i] This is where I personally slip up, and I'm sure most of us here do. How do I go about doing this? Can I just set up my rig at home and call an electrician round to test it and slap on the stickers? [*][i]Also carry an RCD to all gigs and use it.[/i] NEVER leave home without it! [/list]

[quote name='alexclaber' post='307686' date='Oct 16 2008, 10:15 AM']Sorry Jim, I wasn't suggesting it was your opinion, it was Carl Thompson that I was referring to. Read this interview to see where ARGH's combative yet illogical stance originates: [url="http://www.ctbasses.com/CTinterview.html"]http://www.ctbasses.com/CTinterview.html[/url] Alex[/quote] Ah yes, the Carl Thompson Rainbow bass... the Sound Of Glue [sub]Please don't rip my throat out, that was just a joke[/sub]

Yamaha. You can pick up an RBX765A for next to nothing and they are superb. Nice skinny Jazzish neck, comfortable, sound good, great basses. Yams in general are almost unbeatable VFM in my 'umble 'pinion.

Our English sockets don't make a blind bit of difference in cases like these, unfortunately... no amount of fused plugs or switches will stop an earth fault. Doesn't matter if the sockets are Libyan, Greek, English, Mongolian or Vietnamese, we're all in the same boat.

RCDs have been a permanent fixture on my kit for donkey's years now, and this is why. Thank god you survived it mate, history is littered with people who didn't. [url="http://www.blue-room.org.uk/wiki/Residual_Current_Device"]Good info here[/url].

[quote name='chris_b' post='307735' date='Oct 16 2008, 11:13 AM']Me too, and don't you dare put my leads away either!![/quote] +1 for 3 winds, and yes I am a bit particular about my leads too... GOT to be curled up using the cable's natural twist. If I see anyone winding a lead round their elbow, I get very uneasy. That Bassday pic is a great example of how not to do [i]everything[/i] on a Fender headstock

[quote name='Finbar' post='305864' date='Oct 13 2008, 11:04 PM']I hope the surprise is an inlay of your face spanning from the 9th to the 15th fret [/quote] I hope it's [b]M U S T A N G S A L L Y[/b] inlaid in [color="#800080"]purple[/color] LEDs along the fingerboard Well if nothing else Dood, this thread has given your new bass a name... whether you like it or not

Also...[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='305746' date='Oct 13 2008, 07:58 PM']Obviously over time , and considering it's popularity , bass guitars became known as 'basses'. It's slang. If you say to me 'I play bass' I can reply 'Bass what? Bass trombone , bass clarinet? What?[/quote]Absolutely +1. It's a [b]bass guitar[/b], folks. Hyphenate it if you want, do anything with it, but it's not just called a 'bass'. That's just our friendly colloquial name for it

Friday night at the Point in Cardiff. Good crowd, not full to busting but more than enough to make it worthwhile. Excellent support from "Ponty's ugliest band", fabbo skameisters Tattsyrup... took me right back to my yoof. Listening to 'Ghost Town', it was strange to reflect on how topical it is all over again! The FOH sound was pretty good apparently, the in-house engineer certainly knows his onions. Sound on stage wasn't great though. Ah well. The new Jackson tunes went down an absolute storm, and are a blast to play. Alarmingly, I completely blanked in the last tune...just going into the 1st bridge, I suddenly realised that I had completely forgotten how it went... fumbled around for a couple of bars until I reached a bit I could remember. Then the 2nd bridge came along and nope, still can't remember it. [color="#FF0000"]Embarrassed[/color]? You have [i]no[/i] idea... Of course, I can do it now...

A couple of years ago we played a music fest on the same bill as, ahem, a well-known Eurovision-winning guy-girl quartet who are not called Buck's Fizz. The girls were really nice, chatty, friendly, watched some of our set and complimented us afterwards. The blokes however were a different kettle of fish... didn't say a word to us all night, appeared to go out of their way to avoid even looking in our general direction. Miserable pair of feckers. So far up themselves, they must need torches. And having heard their soundcheck, I know just how much is on their backing tape... let's just say it's an [i]awful[/i] lot more than just a drum track...

Definitely deep into 'phwoarr' territory, that. Me likey.

It might be the tight string spacing (16.5mm, yuck) that's making the body look big.

How dare you, I am a fishmonger with kids to support etc etc etc

[quote name='lowdown' post='302893' date='Oct 9 2008, 12:15 PM']Woody....[/quote]Could be either a} a character in Cheers b} a cartoon woodpecker c} a toy cowboy d} a film director who thinks he's a lot funnier than he actually is e} one of these

"Oh What a night (Late December back in '63)", yup that's on our to-do list somewhere too I'd [i]love[/i] to get some Tower Of Power stuff in the set, but it's nowhere near a} cheesy or b} well-known enough.

Cool, can only be a good thing. We're playing The Point tomorrow night, it's a great venue but they've got real neighbour problems... I hope this new place fares a bit better. [quote name='The Funk' post='302925' date='Oct 9 2008, 12:48 PM'][b]Michelle Shocked, Dreadzone [/b].... Not really heard of any of them before.[/quote]What?? Go to the bottom of the class