Mykesbass

This post's at the wrong gig!!

Any of our Devon Basschatters gigging on Wednesday night or any Plymouth jam sessions? Got a boring night in a Travelodge so could do with a distraction!

Cowabunga! Great stuff, well done!

Here's the link to the online version: [url="http://www.music3sixtymagazine.com/index.php/2012/02/inner-voice/"]http://www.music3sixtymagazine.com/index.php/2012/02/inner-voice/[/url]

Not from music but I start a new job on Monday having had to give up my gardening business due to ill health and it was transferable skills from being a school Governor and helping to run a rugby club that got me the job. Having said that, this employer was the first one to look at the skills rather than the direct previous experience.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1329916512' post='1549605'] We seem to have a regular procession of BC'ers dropping by Jon's workshop - could one of them not oblige? [/quote] If anyone is up there this week I would be thrilled if they could/would.

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1329908432' post='1549343'] we obviously need to see pictures as a matter of urgency... [/quote] Think it will be once I get my hands on it - Jon's so flat out it doesn't sound like he has the time to take photo's!!

So, despite a complete lack of pictures, this should be ready for collection next week!!! Nothing like a huge element of surprise, bit I'm still very excited

Well done you old trooper!!

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1329666105' post='1545520'] I think it's quite sad that Norman finds it necessary to sell this. I know for some a bass is just a bass, but there must be a lot of fond memories there. I wonder if it was used to record Hit Me...? [/quote] Ad says he used the bass from the 80's - Hit Me was '78 so PTB is probably right.

So, did you survive?!

[quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1329877772' post='1549085'] I bought one new I was using as an expression pedal (it was meant for that usage as well as volume) and the toe down position would 'decalibrate' mid-use... So say you'd rock it forward and it would go to max value, than back and forward again, it would only go to 90-something percent. Then back and forth again, it would top on a different value. Rubbish. Also, it would cause no change to the effect for a bit in the beginning of the sweep, and then suddenly move very fast to say a third - it didn't sense movement for about the initial third of the sweep. And the range of movement was so short it was very hard to control it with any precision. None such problems with the Ernie Ball. [/quote] Fair enough - shame, they used to be a reliable budget option. Looks like, as with everything, as the price gets driven further and further down and the raw materials get more expensive something's got to give

[quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1329840891' post='1548312'] Yeah, Ernie Ball user here too. The new Dunlop seems to be good as well, but it's MASSIVE... Bespeco are a bit sh*t but I guess if you want to spend as little as possible they'd probably be good enough... [/quote] Unless they've gone way down hill in the last 5/6 years I'd have to disagree, they used to be very good budget kit.

Apparently it all goes downhill from 25 - I just tried noiseaddicts and could hear 14khz but not 15khz. I'm 47. [url="http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/"]http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/[/url]

The Show Must Go On!! I'd have thought it was far less likely getting sacked if you show that level of commitment no matter what you make of the gig. Remember, roll all the tone off so you are just making a dull thud in the background - then you can blame the room's acoustics

Bespeco is a cheap and cheerful brand and pretty good value for money.

If you are using Wordpress PM Jean-Luc Pickguard - he's a Mod over on there and very knowledgeable.

That's a huge shame Clarky, really liked what the band was doing and it [i]should[/i] have been a fun gig. Apart from politics it did seem that the band had major geographical issues as well from your previous posts! Hope you find something good soon. Mike

[quote name='keving' timestamp='1329472116' post='1542865'] That would probably be at the time my wife's Uncle Kenny (Bradley) was the drummer. [/quote] Some time between 75 and 79 I would have thought. I started that school (Walworth) in 76 and they had already left but were still Stan's and the teacher was still singing with them.

My old drummer pal from school Gary Wallis went on to work with Nik Kershaw and then ended up touring as percussionist with Pink Floyd. He's now Tom Jones' MD - saw him on the BAFTAs the other night. Nine Below Zero were there a couple of years before me - my brother's teacher had to make the decision whether to stick with them as lead singer (Stan's Blues Band at the time) or stay as a teacher. He stayed. Also, any boxing fans may know of Mickey Cantwell and Billy Knight.

For me, being a right old commercial tart, it's the bits that when you hear the song on the radio you are waiting for: Commodores "Easy" guitar solo cheesey yes, but not as cheesey as: Gladys Knight & The Pips the "Whoo Whoo's" in "Midnight Train to Georgia", and just to restore credibility a tiny bit, the trombone solo in "I've Got You Under My Skin" plus all those little motifs within arrangements (brass stabs in Son of a Preacher is the most immediate example). I'll go and tune into Smooth FM now

I was an ESP stockist for a couple of years and must say I was very impressed with the cheaper and the upper end of the LTD range but thought the mid range stuff was neither one thing or the other. The handful of actual ESP's I had through the shop were very much in a different class - had the chance to A/B the top LTD Surveyor with the ESP version, and although subtle, there was enough feel in your hands to warrant the extra £400 for the ESP version. The only strange thing about this is that most people tend to associate ESP witth the EMG pick-ups and this has Seymour Duncans which could detract from the overall ESP-ness of it.

Stone The Crows Guitarist was probably the most famous casualty: [url="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2106/is-playing-the-electric-guitar-dangerous"]http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2106/is-playing-the-electric-guitar-dangerous[/url] I had been under the impression that equipment was manufactured to safer standards and it wasn't an issue these days but obviously not!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1329383900' post='1541449'] Nope..don't get this at all. Sometimes I can't wait to get into a warm bed. [/quote] [quote name='pietruszka' timestamp='1329385982' post='1541498'] For me that's the wonder of it. You've finished a gig, it's late, you're lucky enough to not have to drive anyone home, low or no music to cool you're ears down, empty roads and then bed! I love the bit of getting home to my bed, it's almost like a reward for a long, late night. "Here you are sire! Come and rest your music invincibility!" Dan [/quote] Really envious - I usually have about 30/40 minutes drive as most of the gigs are local to the rest of the band. I find that I need at least an hour, sometimes two before I can go to sleep - I think it may be the drive more than anything else making sure I'm fully awake.

[quote name='Prunesquallor' timestamp='1329295492' post='1540058'] Ah, but take a listen to their first release, Spiral Scratch. Punk. With knobs on. [/quote] I thought their first release was the German album with Tony Sheridan! Seriously though, yes, Punk was a huge influence, but I still maintain that there was a lot less of it in the public conciousness at the time than people like to remember. Which really adds to the movement's importance, how something relatively small gave birth to the whole independent record business and a huge mass of great post-Punk music.