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[quote name='blinddrew' timestamp='1365194656' post='2036727'] Serious question, has anyone tried this? I play in a pub on monday nights and that's an easy 15 minute walk but I also play in another pub that's a couple of miles away (and finishes later) so I was wondering about cycling down and thus being able to have a couple of cheeky shandies. Anyone been as foolish as I'm thinking of trying to be? ;¬) [/quote] Check out the first video on the whisky riverboat bands facebook page. Hope this answers your question. [url="https://www.facebook.com/whiskyriverboatband?ref=ts&fref=ts"]https://www.facebook.com/whiskyriverboatband?ref=ts&fref=ts[/url]

The Highway ones are nitro. You can usually pick one up for about £450 secondhand. Made in USA (supposedly). Link to specs [url="http://www.proaudioland.com/fender-highway-one-precision-bass-5302.html"]http://www.proaudiol...-bass-5302.html[/url]

The Mag is the standard range and is all solid state. The ABM range has a valve pre amp which can dirty things up a bit if you like that sort of thing. The MiBass range are their lightweight digital amps. All of the amps come as combos (amp and speakers contained in one cabinet) or separate amp heads and cabs. They are all good in their own way. Having owned an ABM head and now a MiBass head I can recommend them both. The MiBass is a lot lighter of course. Best buy used as you get more for your money. I'm not a big fan of Ashdown cabs though as they can be a bit muffled.

Check out Ed Freidlands (The Bass Whisperer) videos on youtube to find out how to do a really good video review.

Ever thought of visiting China? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/203815-bassist-with-good-vocals-needed-for-china-contract-changed-dates/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/203815-bassist-with-good-vocals-needed-for-china-contract-changed-dates/[/url]

I found my old Geddy Lee neck (which are the slimmest Jazz necks Fender make) very easy to get around on. It also was very easy to get a low action on as well. In fact, weirdly, I almost felt it was a bit too easy to play and tempted me to be a bit too busy on it.

Badass bridges are a direct replacement for Stock (bits of tin) Fender ones that have 5 screws. I think the newer USA ones have 3 screws. So you can get a stock 5 screw bridge and it will fit exactly where the badass used to be.

One of the bands I play in just forked out for leopard skin bowling shirts (shudder). It's all showbiz and people have paid for a bit of a show. If you're playing to a paying audience you need to make a bit of an effort.

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1364901275' post='2032294'] What's going on here? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-1966-FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-J-BASS-ELECTRIC-GUITAR-/200911935973?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2ec748d9e5#ht_409wt_1399"]http://www.ebay.co.u...5#ht_409wt_1399[/url] [/quote] Keeps on being posted. Ebay keep on taking it down. Eventually some idiot will be taken in by it. At least that's what the fraudsters are hoping.

Morning numbness can be a sign of carpal tunnel. I had carpal tunnel and had to have an operation. You don't want that. So first thing to do make sure your wrists are as straight as possible when you play. Make sure you strap is not too high. Good posture prevents possible future wrist problems. Below is link to carpal tunnel symptoms. You can wear wrist splints at night which will help keep your wrists straight when you sleep. [url="http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Carpal-tunnel-syndrome/Pages/Symptoms.aspx"]http://www.nhs.uk/Co...s/Symptoms.aspx[/url]

In 2012 I experimented with fitting a few pickups; dimarzio model Js, wizard 64s, Fender Mex Standard into my bass. Of all of them the 64s sounded most specifically Jazz Bass like. They made my Japanese Squier growl like an early 60s Jazz Bass and I liked them a lot. ultimately, I ended up going back to the original Squier pickups because they had a bit more bottom end. But if I ever bought another Jazz I'd have no problem fitting it with a set of 64s as they are very classy sounding pickups for not a lot of cash.

I love the simplicity of Klauss Voormann's basslines on many John Lennon tracks. He is the master of holding back. I also love the way John Lennon puts Klaus's bass to the front of the mix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELwfVR7yKCg

Phil Jones amplification gets a lot of love from DB players.

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1364115469' post='2021947'] OK I'll bite... for some controversy. I think he's bland. I initially enjoyed his chorus fretless in the '80s (which was a pretty strong 'Jaco for masses' cloning) but it became over-worked. And I recall some Tube performances where he was sitting in - perhaps with Jools and was terrible. So what am I missing here with Pino - who does seem like a nice humble bloke when interviewed? (Admitting a personal bias for bass lines that jump-out in some way - tone, notes, form... don't do meek bass.) [/quote] Remember he is a session player and is doing a job for a paycheck at the end of the day. So, on many gigs, he'll err on the side of conservative playing because there just isn't the time to think up some weird, mind blowing bassline (the client probably wants just root notes anyway). I read Mike Scott's, from the Waterboys, autobiography recently and Pino and Jim Keltner played on his album 'Still Burning'. Mike describes how he had 10 days to record the whole album. So he had 2 or three hours to show the session guys the chords of a song in the morning and 6 or 7 hrs to actually record the song in the afternoon. If you listen to the album it's not bad but the bass (which has been mixed very muddy and low in the mix) and drums sound like they've been played by a couple of guys who play in a decent cover band on a Saturday night. Not two of the most accomplished session guys in the western world. With The John Mayer Trio, and the stuff he does with Simon Phillips, Pino has the chance to spread his wings a bit more..

19 year old genius eh? That boys gonna go far. Dunno about the basses you mention. Gibson don't sell a lot of SGs for a reason and even 70s Mustangs don't sell for much on ebay. You can get medium scale Fender Jazzes and Precisions which would be more versatile.

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1364152197' post='2022593'] Badly. I used an olive woodstain that still looked brown. And then the wife suggested I used a thin acrylic paint wash over it. That worked, so after it dried I slathered the whole thing in Danish Oil, and voila. Comes off with my big sweaty paws all over it, and looks like it was done 20 years ago rather than 5 now. Lovely wear on it. [/quote] It looks very..........organic.

This version is possibly even better? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-YDNXggCYQ

You could get somebody to make a torzal twist neck like this and fit it to your precision. I doubt it would cost more than the cost of a new medium range bass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLi8pOa6zYk

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1363902565' post='2019348'] no, the shaft that the pot is attached to has snapped off, so the shaft that is glued into the knob (no pun intended he he) has come away from the pot, so if placed back is just spinning around with no tone control.. i can actually pull the knob out with the rest of the shaft attached.. i hope that makes sense... [/quote] Well you could try and superglue it back together for a temporary fix. Failing that ask KiOan's advice. I'm sure he can sort something out for you, inexpensively, without buying a whole control plate plus pots attached (although this could be good excuse to buy a John East J-Retro!).

Are you saying the knob won't come off the pot because it doesn't have a grubscrew? Usually a bit of force will do the trick with those types (mine are the same).But if you can't budge it, I reckon that if you popped the control plate, with knobs attached, in a box and posted it to [size=4][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]KiOgan he would be able to replace the pot and get it back to you by early next week. He was very accomodating when I got my wiring loom from him. And his prices are very reasonable.[/font][/color][/size]

I believe they are al the same shape but I found out the hard way that the holes in the control plate, that the pots go through, are not always the same size. On some Japanese/fareastern ones the holes are slightly smaller. KiOgan will be the expert as he is probably asked this question 10 times a day when people buy his wiring looms for Jazz basses (as I did when I bought one and the full size cts pots didn't fit my MIJ control plate).

Yes as others have said. Unless you're looking for a tubey, gritty, Geddy Lee tone with your bossa nova band don't worry about it just keep it at 1.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1363778272' post='2017345'] Have you never listened to a song and wished you were there playing it? [/quote] Yes. I've been in very few covers bands (I've depped occasionally for wedding bands but they were usually thrown together and the players weren't up to much). I've played mostly in bands writing original stuff and blues and rock 'n' roll bands. Original bands are great but can sometimes allow me to be lazy and play within my comfort zone (I've written some great basslines - if I do say so myself) but have had to tone them down because the song needed something simpler. I don't feel I've ever been really stretched and would love to play some Blockheads stuff or Jamiroquai or even Muse where the songs were picked for their bass awesomeness and not because they're only 3 chords and easy for the bridesmaids to dance around their handbags to.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1363545911' post='2013939'] Haha Well, he would normally set up, then ask, just so they had some security and could trust to pay him and still get what they paid for. I think it's reasonable, and he swears by it. He wouldn't do a gig unless he got paid before. [/quote] Chuck Berry always asks for his fee, in cash, in a brown paper bag, before he goes on stage. He was ripped off so many times in the past,he now refuses to play without the cash up front.