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    P Bass - Which Brand?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    On 26/08/2018 at 10:13, Sibob said:

    If you can find a used Skyline Lakland Precision (Bob Glaub, Duck Dunn, 44-64), that’s about as good as you’ll find for that £750 IMO.

    Si

    This all day long - I've been playing P basses for 35 years and have had loads, copies, squiers, jap, mexican US you name it (and still have a few) - the best one by a long way is my Lakland Skyline Duck Dunn special edition

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    Rotosound Broken String!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Yes - pick, music stand (well iPad on my mic stand) and 16 year old strings. The perfect combination. :)

    they don't even give you a Rotosound sticker in the packet anymore, and it's plastic! What the hell has happened? You turn your back for a little time and the world goes mad.

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    Rotosound Broken String!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi

    I just had to vent my disappointment and frustration at the obvious lack of quality and care that occurred in 2002 when Rotosound produced the batch of RS66 strings that have been on my bass for the last 16 years. The A string broke on new year's eve!!! You can imagine how shocked I was at the obvious lack of longevity of the things these days. Its also meant I've had to clean the fret board eradicating a small but very important ecosystem that showed promising signs of world domination.

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    How was your gig last night?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Great laugh last night, played a social club  in Coulsdon, 3 1/2 hour set with two breaks. 5 songs in the lead vocalist/guitarists voice packs up entirely due to his cold. We manage to make it through another half hour with me singing some of the songs I do. Then in the fifteen minute break I transposed the entire rest of the set into my best guess keys for me (thanks on song!) and I sang and played the rest by sight - pretty nerve wracking especially as I'm so used to doing harmonies on auto pilot in almost of them.

    Then to add insult to injury about 45 minutes before the end I have my first string break in 30 years so I had to play the rest on just the E string. Went down really well though- everyone loved it, everyone on their feet dancing and they paid us a bonus as they liked it so much. Bit pleased with myself today :)

    Singing bassists, what's your set list?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    No we haven't got anything on you tube and our websites is about 4 years out of date - I really must update it as its a bit crap not to really - we should get some decent recordings and videos as well - but we're already booked out until this time next year so it's hard to convince the other two that we need to when we haven't got any spare slots if it generates any new business.

    Singing bassists, what's your set list?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by BobVbass

    [quote]Agreed, but some very dodgy decade allocations there ...[/quote] well yeah (blush) it's something I need to sort out on the website :)

    We normally do 2x 1.5 hour sets or an hour first set and 2 hour second - lots of the fifties songs are actually really short 2-2.5 minutes and we try to go straight from one to another, few medleys etc. But normally 3 hours plus a couple of encore songs. Sometimes we play shorter sets if a club wants us to play for a shorter time. I share lead and backing with the guitarist so we both sing all night. Fine when you haven't got a cold :D

    I love it as it lets you run some themes through the set as well, rock and roll phase, 80s phase, everyone's drunk and wants to sings along phase etc - we like doing a juke box every so often as well where we put a menu on each table and people can tell us what they'd like us to play (2nd set) - we also do on the fly requests which are a lot of fun - on song is awesome for this, real seat of your pants stuff, but you have to be bloody careful :) we're all old farts that have played most songs people request anyway.

    Singing bassists, what's your set list?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by BobVbass

    Here's our current set list I either sing lead or backing on -

    its a bit out of date but we normally do 70 or so a night

    [color=#000000][b][u]2010's[/u][/b]

    GET LUCKY - DAFT PUNK

    HAPPY - PHARRELL WILLIAMS

    PRICE TAG - JESSIE J

    [b][u]2000’s[/u][/b]

    EVERYBODYS CHANGING - KEANE

    MR BRIGHTSIDE - THE KILLERS

    RAISE YOUR GLASS - PINK

    SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON

    VALERIE - AMY WHITEHOUSE

    WHISTLE FOR THE CHOIR – FRATELLIS

    [b][u]1990’s[/u][/b]

    BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S - DEEP BLUE SOMETHING

    I’M GONNA BE (500 MILES) - PROCLAIMERS

    LOSING MY RELIGION – REM

    [b][u]1980’s[/u][/b]

    BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON

    DANCING IN THE STREET - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS

    HEROES - DAVID BOWIE

    I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR - U2

    SHARP DRESSED MAN - ZZ TOP

    SUMMER OF 69 - BRYAN ADAMS

    TOWN CALLED MALICE - PAUL WELLER

    WALK OF LIFE - DIRE STRAITS

    YOUR SONG - ELTON JOHN

    [b][u]1970’s[/u][/b]

    BLACK IS BLACK - LOS BRAVOS

    BORN TO BE WILD - STEPPENWOLF

    BROWN EYED GIRL - VAN MORRISON

    CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE - QUEEN

    CROCODILE ROCK - ELTON JOHN

    DAYDREAM BELIEVER - MONKEES

    DECEMBER 1963 - FOUR SEASONS

    DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW? - ABBA

    DON'T STOP - FLEETWOOD MAC

    GET IT ON - T-REX

    I HEAR YOU KNOCKING - DAVE EDMUNDS

    LAY DOWN SALLY - ERIC CLAPTON

    LETS STICK TOGETHER - ROXY MUSIC

    LOVE IS IN THE AIR - JOHN PAUL YOUNG

    MAGGIE MAY - ROD STEWART

    PROUD MARY - CCR

    ROCKING ALL OVER THE WORLD - STATUS QUO

    SHANG A LANG - BAY CITY ROLLERS

    STUCK IN THE MIDDLE -STEALERS WHEEL

    SWEET CAROLINE - NEIL DIAMOND

    SWEET HOME ALABAMA - LYNYRD SKYNYRD

    SWEET HOME CHICAGO - BLUES BROTHERS

    TIGER FEET - MUD

    WATERLOO SUNSET – KINKS

    [b][u]1960’s[/u][/b]

    ALL OVER NOW - ROLLING STONES

    BROWN SUGAR - ROLLING STONES

    CAN'T BUY ME LOVE - BEATLES

    DREAM LOVER - BOBBY DARIN

    HANG ON SLOOPY - THE MCCOYS

    HONKY TONK WOMEN - ROLLING STONES

    I SAW HER STANDING THERE - BEATLES

    JUMPING JACK FLASH - ROLLING STONES

    KANSAS CITY -BEATLES

    MARY LOU - RICKY NELSON

    MUSTANG SALLY - WILSON PICKETT/COMMITMENTS

    SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME - DRIFTERS

    SINGING THE BLUES - GUY MITCHELL/DAVE EDMUNDS

    STAND BY ME - BEN E KING

    SURFING USA - BEACH BOYS

    WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM – SEARCHERS

    [b][u]1950’s[/u][/b]

    ALL SHOOK UP - ELVIS

    AT THE HOP - DANNY AND THE JUNIORS

    GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND - ELVIS

    GREAT BALLS OF FIRE - JERRY LEE LEWIS

    GUESS IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - BUDDY HOLLY

    HALFWAY TO PARADISE - BILLY FURY

    HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS - ELVIS

    HOUND DOG / WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN - ELVIS/JERRY LEE LEWIS

    JOHNNY B GOODE - CHUCK BERRY

    LET'S TWIST AGAIN - CHUBBY CHECKER

    LETS DANCE - CHRIS MONTEZ

    MESS OF THE BLUES - ELVIS

    MOVE IT - CLIFF RICHARD

    MYSTERY TRAIN - ELVIS

    ROUTE 66 - ROLLING STONES

    RUN AROUND SUE - DION

    SUMMERTIME BLUES - EDDIE COCHRAN

    THAT'LL BE THE DAY - BUDDY HOLLY

    THE WANDERER - DION[/color]

    Most overrated bands

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by BobVbass

    Guns and Roses - I like Slash, -Good Guitarist -and Velvet Revolver, Snake Pit was ok as well but GNR just churned out a load of bland contrived songs and covers. There were far better bands in the day that were overlooked just because GNR were "cool" and seem to still be.

    Oh and any band that features dragons*, simpering maidens or long meandering faffy songs. And flute solos. Or mention Osiris and the Serengeti, or making it to the shore and throwing away paddling implements for extended periods of time.

    Edit - *Except Dio. I like Dio. I think Iron Maiden mentioned dragons a few times but I think they got away with it.

    Fender P bass MM 2005

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    It was, as with all fender basses, a typical fender year with some great basses and some complete m***ers. Most of the MiM P basses have been fine, a couple have been outstanding - one of the outstanding ones was a 2004/5 that I wish I'd held onto. Usual rule applies either take a punt and flog it on if you don't click with it or try it first

    Great TV Theme tunes and Credit to them Bass players.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]and of course without question the greatest TV theme tune of all time...[/font][/color]
    [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] .[/font][/color]

    [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Not all necessarily great basslines, but wonderful pieces of music.[/font][/color]

    [/quote]

    The amazing Danny Thompson on bass - apparently written and recorded in an afternoon in Gerry Anderson's front room

    NCD - new cable day!

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    Yeah I know it's just a cable but....

    I'm keen IEMs - especially as I now have a dedicated monitor mix form our new XR16 desk.

    I tried the LD 1000 wireless system and frankly while it worked the bass sound especially was awful so I asked our resident expert OBBM (aka Dave of Rock Wire) to make me a cable and it works brilliantly.

    It's a guitar lead (neutrik silent jack to standard jack) for my bass but also has a 3mm headphone jack for my monitor amp and the bass amp end and a 3mm headphone socket at the guitar end - crystal clear sound, no extra leads tangling and even better as the cable is slightly thicker than a guitar lead it doesn't twist up when I wander about. £900 cheaper than a shure wireless system!

    Anyway there you go - today's exciting cable news!

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