Mykesbass

Just sold my Yamaha RBX4 to Benebass - great communication and quick payment, pleasure to do business with. Mike

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1422440646' post='2672563'] Check out Ed Friedland, the bass whisperer, on YouTube. He does sensible and relevant product demos and reviews. [/quote] +1 And Dan Veall (Dood on here) is also very good at giving proper gear demos.

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1422436269' post='2672494'] , but it's major third A#, is nasty. How can the two go together?! [/quote] Think of it as Bb - much more mellow, well grounded sort of note!

I'd be sorely tempted to throw Kooks in to the set.

[quote name='dub' timestamp='1422267443' post='2670382'] I just had a really good gig at celtic connections with Shooglenifty and the Dohl drummers from Rajasthan. A good recording by the BBC on iplayer [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02hf46d/celtic-connections-shooglenifty-live-at-celtic-connections-2015"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...onnections-2015[/url] [/quote] Watching now - love it!

[quote name='theyellowcar' timestamp='1422258170' post='2670279'] The Talman looks awesome!!! EDIT: finishes! [url="http://www.sweetwater.com/insync/ibanez-talman-basses/"]http://www.sweetwate...-talman-basses/[/url] [/quote] And at those prices what a brilliant starter bass!!

There are four of five tracks there all completely different from each other but all loudly vying for my vote - shame it won't be like this in May [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1422129950' post='2669099'] Extract from Wikipedia (... and so not [i]guaranteed [/i]accurate, but...) ... [attachment=181934:BMW_i8_Engi.jpg] [/quote] Which, strictly speaking is a range extending generator which charges the electric motor - but yes, even BMW call it an engine so I'll shut up!

[quote name='alembic1989' timestamp='1422121590' post='2668964'] Not quite my friend. Putting a Bmw i8 engine, running gear, instrumentation, etc into a different car would be a better analogy. [/quote] Pedant alert - the i8 doesn't have an engine [size=4] [/size]

Great work - but yes, a Spector isn't really going to look the part is it!!

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1421435167' post='2661281'] Former Wichita resident Glen Campbell was the first guy in town to own a cell phone. [/quote] He's now also officially "an assistant referee for the county".

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1421745315' post='2664424'] Seems like Marcus has got a deal to create his own line authorised line of basses. [url="http://marcusmillerbysire.com/marcusmiller/page/about.html"]http://marcusmillerbysire.com/marcusmiller/page/product.html[/url] [/quote] Wonder if they're anything like these ones: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/252854-new-cheap-marcus-miller-endorsed-range-of-basses-sire/page__st__30__p__2659067__hl__marcus%20miller__fromsearch__1#entry2659067"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/252854-new-cheap-marcus-miller-endorsed-range-of-basses-sire/page__st__30__p__2659067__hl__marcus%20miller__fromsearch__1#entry2659067[/url] [size=4] [/size]

Fretless all the way for me both in Dylan covers band and soulful blues band. There are a couple of songs where I sometimes think fretted might be better but a) I'm sure nobody in our audiences would ever notice and it's probably just GAS!

Ha, I'm in the same boat - I have the one PCB112NT (one of the badly finished ones that got sold off cheaply - all the vinyl fell off within minutes of owning it but I love it and it sounds great) and want to add another and am putting some bits up here to raise the funds if one ever comes up (hint) [size=4] [/size] [size=4]Personally, I wouldn't go the non-matching route, and will wait until I can add another cab. I don't think there is anything else out there at the price that will be as good as the PC.[/size]

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1421575236' post='2662740'] I don't see anything wrong with jam nights. No-one would complain if, instead of a band, the owner put on a Bingo night or a darts tournament. The landlords are under no obligation to provide us with paid gigs. He's doing the same as you, trying to earn a living. People go on about it being a closed shop for mates of the house band or the fact that they might have to listen to a load of deluded crap players all night but not giving others a chance to get up there and have a go is also promoting a clic situation. [/quote] I have no problem with jam nights/open mics per-se but this is a situation where one is directly replacing a gig night in a gig venue. The one I used to help run in Ipswich was great - getting youngsters and new players up and playing with the more experienced ones, people finding band mates and getting gigs - all very positive stuff. Most importantly, it was held on Wednesday nights.

[quote name='taunton-hobbit' timestamp='1421509262' post='2662103'] Ahem - might it just be that the pub, for whatever reason, didn't want you? I've told bookers that I didn't want to work for, that I was booked up for the next twelve months...... [/quote] [size=4] Naughty!! No, pretty sure it wasn't the case as the landlord was very friendly and as soon as I said I was looking for gigs he laughed and said "not this year I hope?"[/size]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1421495270' post='2661938'] Just being Devil's Avocado for a moment... does it really matter? Isn't it better to have some kind of live music than none at all? [/quote] In some cases yes, but in this one they are replacing bands that they have to pay for with a jam night that they don't. As I said, they don't have any more spots available for bands for the whole year, so if it wasn't a jam night there would be live music.

Now I know we've been over the whole playing for money debate many times, and I've tended to sit on the fence as I can see the value of open mic and jam nights - in fact was involved in running a jam night for a few years. However, I have just seen on Facebook a pub that I approached a couple of weeks ago for a gig to be told that they are fully booked for 2015 advertising a Blues Jam TONIGHT!! They even have a set list that you can put your name against two songs to play. To me this has really overstepped the mark, blatantly using a jam in place of a live band, not as a midweek spot where they wouldn't be paying for a band anyway. Just glad I've got a gig elsewhere tonight. Rant over [size=4] [/size]

Local Facebook groups - didn't realise before how many of these, and how active they are!