Mykesbass

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!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1421444539' post='2661460'] I'd have no problem with these if they were in addition to stuff people have been asking for for years. A better selection of colours, more PJs, P's with blocks.. But they just keep coming out with nowt-nor-summink doggerel that no-one is going to buy. [/quote] [quote name='deaky' timestamp='1421445372' post='2661467'] Is that what the majority of people want or what you would personally like and how do you know no one will buy them? [/quote] Having sold Fenders for a couple of years a few years back I tend to agree with WoT - Fender buyers are relatively conservative. They want the classics. Now Fender are lucky in that they have a great catalogue of classics which they really don't exploit well - all those lovely colours, binding, blocks, the different period shapes. Use those but then throw in some updates - a few more 5 strings looking like the old classics, different active options, do limited runs of the great old colours (could re-do this every couple of years, keeping people's interest. I'm sorry but that highlighted sandblasted bass looked like someone's DT project, and yes, clueless does seem to sum it up nicely (as backed up by their current financial woes).

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1421349643' post='2660294'] *Sigh* I promise not to tire of saying this: it's not that simple - people are not simply Right- or Left-Handed. It's a continuous spectrum with most people nearer one end than the other. Any attempt to provide definitive statistics is likely to prove very difficult. Handedness can manifest in a whole bunch of different ways with different activities (and sometimes even in the same activity - there's at least one case of a professional cricketer who bowls with one hand and throws with the other). This is complicated by the numbers of musicians who are Left-handed in many areas of their lives but have chosen to play their instruments Right-handed. You're right about one thing though - it is very unusual! [/quote] Sorry, was trying to give a concise answer in a lighthearted manner. But this did lead to some quick research (always been interested in lefties as my old mum had a torrid time of being one, and my youngest is very ambidextrous) & thought this piece was particularly fascinating: [url="http://www.livescience.com/19968-study-reveals-lefties-rare.html"]http://www.livescience.com/19968-study-reveals-lefties-rare.html[/url] The piece on left handed musicians did very much centre around what you are saying: [url="http://www.rightleftrightwrong.com/issues_music.html"]http://www.rightleftrightwrong.com/issues_music.html[/url]

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1421334426' post='2660031'] Information is thin on the ground at what particular benefits this particular African hardwood offers..... Cheaper to source and more profitable? [/quote] [size=5][b]Uses[/b] [color=#000000][b]Okoumé is one of the best timber species for plywood[/b]. It is a major commercial timber in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, representing more than 60% of timber production, while it is of lesser importance in Congo. It is made into blockboard, particle board and veneer, and is widely used in boat building for decorative interior panelling and for exterior applications. The wood is also suitable for light interior construction, carpentry, furniture, sports equipment, cigar boxes and packing cases. Logs are traditionally used to make canoes. The wood can be used as firewood and is suitable for the production of pulp for papermaking.[/color] [color=#000000]Bark resin is used for torches and oil lamps in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, and also for cosmetic applications in skin care products and nail polish. It is also applied to treat superficial wounds and abscesses, and as a water disinfectant. [b]The astringent bark is used to treat diarrhoea[/b].[/color][/size] [size=5][color=#000000]So Fender are back to making Japcrap?![/color][/size]

10% of population are left handers, rising among musicians to 13% so chances are pretty slim (unless they're all related, but you're not posting from East Anglia so let's presume not) [size=4] [/size] [size=4]Interestingly, the group where there is a disproportionate number of lefties is in athletics.[/size] [size=4]Oh, and I think the answer is 1 in 2401, but my probability days are long behind me.[/size]

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1421314319' post='2659635'] O Brother, Where Art Thou? [FULL] (soundtrack): [/quote] Hope to be doing Man of Constant Sorrow soon [size=4] [/size]

Added brilliantly to the feel and tension of the film: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpqDW1XbGpU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpqDW1XbGpU[/url]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1421180434' post='2658200'] ...but so right! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ZPzgPTmho[/media] [/quote] Fabulous, and what a distinct sound!

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1421156483' post='2657722'] It's a pre owned black 5 string jazz, seemed cheap? Oh, gone...hmm [/quote] The listing had it as trans red - another mistake possibly [size=4] [/size]

Transparent red.....

A few years back I had a Cort GB75 made into a fretless and somebody on here very sensibly pointed out that I would get some horrible tones when stopping strings on the block inlays, so I had the board replaced. I would imagine the same problem happening with the sharkfin inlays too.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1420888491' post='2654545'] Ooh, Don't Stop Believin might work if we can somehow get past the piano intro. My brother suggested 'I wanna know what love is'. Cracking song, but might be a bit too ballad-y? Thanks for the suggestions, keep them coming in! Alex [/quote] Wouldn't worry too much about ending on a ballad - in my Dylan based covers band we often finish on I Shall Be Released - always goes down really well, including in regular pub gigs.

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1420828527' post='2654031'] Where the mark up prices are made to look bad is when you look to trade something in and the dealer starts quoting "I only pay this much for a new one so can only offer you a quarter of that" Perfect example, I recently wanted out of my (totally mint) Hiwatt High Gain 100w head (current sale price between £900 and £1100) I wanted to trade for an Ampeg Pro 7 SVT (current sale price around £699) I was expecting to chuck £200 at the deal.....not a chance, PMT offered me £300 for the Hiwatt against an ex demo incomplete head, Richtone could only manage £200 against an ex demo, both shops quoting "it's what we can get them for and recent sale prices on Ebay" so exactly what mark up had they got in a £1000 head that only allows them to offer £250 as a trade in? Neither shop got my business, I sold the Hiwatt for £400.00 and brought a mint used, fight cased Pro 7 for £350.00, not been back to either shop since and now have no plans to, a big loser for PMT as I have spent close to £10.000 in there over the past five years (I know that because the guy inadvertently showed me my account screen!) [/quote] I must admit, even when I was on the other side of the counter I couldn't understand how other shops thought they could get away with earning full whack twice out of a trade-in deal - OK, a little margin on the traded in item to cover overheads, but if you don't think you can move it easily turn it down! I did take a couple of pieces that I wasn't too confident of shifting and made a good price on them, but both times the sellers were very keen to offload.