Mykesbass

Love Flamenco, ever since seeing Paco De Lucia with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin at the Albert Hall. This is really odd - Flamenco/Rock/Leonard Cohen hybrid but I love it: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOUL80lm0dw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOUL80lm0dw[/url]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1335771785' post='1635567'] Thanks for everyone's advice. The gay bit isn't important; the killer for me is that I just don't see any musical worth in any version of this song. Of course teeth will be gritted. It's only 3 mins of toe curling pain. I'm a professional; I can deal with this! [/quote] You don't see any musical worth in it but the Gloria Jones version is a great dance song - I know a full dance floor is always a massive buzz to me.

OK, promise to post some better pics tomorrow but picked this up today on my way home from Hexham (to Sussex and the roads/weather were appalling, hence no time for a nice photo session). 5 String old school P Bass style with amarello fingerboard - should be a lot tougher than maple and been dyed to give vintage look. Body colour is somewhere between cream ant butterscotch blond - a bit like a thin mushroom soup - sounds terrible but looks great, and a Nordstrand pick-up. Sounds huge - gigging it on Saturday, will post a full review afterwards. I am one very happy man!!

Picked mine up today - on route from Hexham to Sussex so knackered - will post with picks tomorrow

I'm a big fan of pressure wound Roto's - a nice flats/rounds compromise that really works for me. p.s. pedant alert - "which strings"

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1334393662' post='1615495'] I'm still waiting for my Fender custom shop pickups to be delivered after waiting almost a month. The shop has to order them from Fender and, supposedly, they are taking their time to deliver, although I suspect that cash flow problems may be the issue. [/quote] Hmm, wouldn't judge the shop too quickly - when I had a shop (a Fender dealer) it took me 4 months to get some US Jaguar saddles for a customer. Good job he had been in direct contact with Fender as to start with he thought it was me messing him around.

Can see this coming up as a plot line for Silent Witness!

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1333913975' post='1608228'] Anything with the word 'CAT' in it does it for me... [/quote] IIRC 29 makes it even worse!

Jon Anderson - poisened dwarf

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1333464044' post='1602060'] I think the new 10 year plan has just been approved and the emphasis is on using brown field sites. I think Kent has a target of 3000 homes, so that makes the Sussex total very high. [/quote] The figures for Mid Sussex alone is now 10,600, down from 17,000 - that's just Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead plus the surrounding countryside and villages!

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1333316217' post='1600078'] Yes! Love his solo stuff. Not such a big fan of what his daughter has said about him since his death [/quote] Some very odd stuff in that family - if you ever get to find an affordable copy of his out of print autobiography - that'll make your toes curl!

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1333309608' post='1599919'] For me it's this [/quote] Beat me to it - have you heard this version - recorded just before his death with all the melancholy of the lyrics coming through: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDcaydHVliM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDcaydHVliM[/url]

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1333299303' post='1599714'] How do they get change of use..??? [/quote] I guess it is down to the council being under pressure to supply new homes - I know mid sussex has quite a high target (set by governmnet) something like 9,000 new homes over the next few years. Not sure how the Hailsham pub got permission but it was one of teh Greene King cull.

Kings Head in Burgess Hill, West Sussex had its last band night last night and is closing to become a block of flats Never played there but went as a punter a couple of times. Real shame as they had music every Friday and Saturday and nowhere else has full bands - a couple of others do acoustic/duos etc. Will be playing the last gig at the Terminus in Hailsham in a couple of weeks before that closes to become a furniture showroom!!

Shouldn't be a problem - B Stock should usually only be cosmetic or stock used at a show or gone out and been returned under the distance selling regs, not faulty. As they have said, full warranty.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1332763928' post='1592657'] Can't wait for that! This has got me trying to think of songs about hideous industrial accidents. The only one I can come up with is 'Big Bad John' ...I suppose there are several others about mining disasters as well. But they might all be a bit too PC for this thread. [/quote] "John Henry" - silly bugg3r blew his heart out trying to compete with a steam driven machine laying railway tracks.

[quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1332368946' post='1587504'] Link doesn't seem to be working for me? It just says "The content is unavailable". [/quote] Sorry, didn't give Facebook settings a thought![attachment=103175:535074_10150605939156205_718426204_9571768_246792715_n.jpg]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1332443822' post='1588558'] To be fair, the only thing that suggests it is a bass is the stock picture. Everything else SCREAMS guitar! [/quote] Yes, but that is the most extraordinary Union Jack finish I've ever seen

Mate of mine is putting this on, thought it may be of interest for anyone in the area. [url="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150605939156205&set=a.67190976204.85489.718426204&type=1&theater"]http://www.facebook....&type=1[/url]

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1332160466' post='1583998'] He's a bodger so why should we think his set ups are any better? [/quote] Nooooo! He's a botcher. Bodgers are skilled, creative individuals - or were you sticking up for him!

Flame finishes - hate 'em especially blue, green or purple!

Had the best gig so far with current band - Crowborough Constitutional Club - loads of people had been in and drinking all afternoon watching the rugby. Plenty of banter but once we got going they loved us. Great to get so much response from a non-dancing audience - probably 70% male and no room to dance although plenty of room to set up. If anyone gets offered a gig there, as long as you're doing older stuff and can cope with a bit of drunken banter it's a great gig to do!

That, also, is all!

Another great find Clarky, hope this one works out!

If you can't switch the pub date you should do it. A mate of mine was looking at becoming Jamie Cullum's agent just as he was breaking big time. He had three gigs in the book, one paying £80 which he insisted on honouring!