Big_Stu

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1359479317' post='1955379'] Tw@* if we are going to be truly pedantic. [/quote] Or indeed "Tw@*" if we're going to quote someone while being "truly pedantic"[sup]2[/sup].

[quote name='Rainbass' timestamp='1359214831' post='1951711'] Hi I've managed to lose one of the tiny screws that hold the battery covery on to my Fender Deluxe Jazz, and I can't seem to find a replacement anywhere - any suggestions? Also, has anyone put a screw-less battery box in a Deluxe Jazz? Is there one that fits without having to change the shape of the compartment at all? thanks Dave [/quote] Not a Jazz but my bass has similar to this in it, it clips in rather than screws but tbh the clips if pressed against can let the edges rise up slightly ........ GuitarPartsResource do a range of them, some screw-less. If you have a control cavity cover on the back you could have an alternative one made rather than cut up the original.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1359483375' post='1955465'] No! Leave waynepunkdude as is ,) [/quote] Can't do that; double-barrelled names are SO last year, and the Punk-Dude Estate is trying to maintain it's credibility to get down wiv da kids.

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1359479743' post='1955390']Our new singer has resigned today. I'm very conscious that this is a public forum[/quote] That reads like it was the recently resigned that made you "very conscious"?

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1359394894' post='1954113'] ................. some psychologists would say he called it the fatherland because of something in his upbringing. Can't remember exactly what they said. [/quote] ........ as did those from the vast majority of Eurpean countries; I can only think of the UK and Russia that doesn't. It may be connected with countries that were colonised to various extents by the Danes/Vikings, (which I'm currently reading about) though - I'm fairly sure that Jews called their lands their Fathersland, from Abraham's days?

[quote name='Chrismanbass' timestamp='1359407458' post='1954395'] Thanks stu funnily enough i have one as it is due to some teaching that i do i'll make sure i put it down [/quote] Me too, for a major free-lancing job I'm due to start soon. It seemed to start with if you were working with kids, but it's getting a lot more common these days - I would guess that with families on the ship it would come up. (I don't know how often they're supposed to be renewed; in theory you could get one & rob a bank the next day.)

Many places will do shorter runs, but you'd pay a higher unit cost for them. If it's just a straight 4pp BF (bog standard cover) just get your nearest digital printer to run out some sheets & cut them down yourself. (A knackered ball-point pen is perfect for the crease down the middle) If you're handy witha scalpel & stapler you could even knock up an 8pp if it is just "a few", it's when you add pages and folding that a printers' hands start rubbing..

It may also be an idea, true of many CV applics these days, to get a CRB check done. It's getting more common to be asked for one - either up front or at a 2nd i'view stage. Could help to have one if you're up against others.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1359396355' post='1954143'] *Hides in the current mrs discreet's knicker cupboard to avoid tirade about why Mustang Sally is punter's favourite and should be played because that's what the public wants, etc.*[/quote] Have you forgotten what she said she'd do if she caught you wearing them again?

Removed by user? that didn't take long!

Is it at all relevant why the last singer was sacked?? and why it took a few months to get a replacement, lack of available applicants in your area or lack of suitability?

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1359385309' post='1953882'] Get it on - T Rex Inhaler - Miles Kane Bohemian like you - Dandy Warhols * [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Valerie - Zutons Lonely Boy - Black Keys * [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Mustang Sally * Dakota - Stereophonics * [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Importance of being idle - Oasis [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones * She does it right - Dr Feelgood * [color=#ff0000]*[/color]She sells sanctuary - The Cult Mollys Chambers - Kings of Leon Blues hand me down - Vintage Trouble [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Louie Louie - The Kinsmen [color=#ff0000]*[/color]20th Century Boy - T Rex [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis * [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Hard to handle - Black Crowes * Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Losing my religion - REM Are you gonna be my girl - Jet Times like these - Foo Fighters [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Jean Genie - David Bowie [color=#ff0000]*[/color][color=#ff0000]*[/color][color=#ff0000]*[/color]Teenage kicks - The Undertones [color=#ff0000]*[/color]I can't explain - The Who [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Ever fallen in love - The Buzzcocks Creep - The Pretenders version Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers Stupid Girl - Garbage Your heart is as black - Hart/Bonamassa Singer's suggestions: Stuck in the middle Don't stop [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Long train running [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Johnny B Goode Superstition [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Maggie May [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Saw her standing there [color=#ff0000]*[/color]You really got me [color=#ff0000]*[/color]Come up and see me Great balls of fire [color=#ff0000]*[/color][color=#ff0000]*[/color][color=#ff0000]*[/color][color=#ff0000]*[/color]Message in a bottle [/quote] [color=#ff0000]* [/color]are the ones which would kinda make me want to drink up, sorry. (though to be fair, it's about half n half between your call and his.)

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1359371798' post='1953564'] You stick the jack plug in the socket on yer bass. Also you stick the strings in through holes. AFAIK there are no bits of the bass that you then stick into other things. Thus it is a she. [/quote] Plus some can be high maintenance, some aren't, some take ages to get ready before you take them out and too much of one and you get a head-ache. edit: apart fromall of the ladies on BC of course, stating the obvious really, erm erm, and they look good with a minimum of scrubbing up.

[quote name='mckendrick' timestamp='1359317636' post='1953058'] Sadly, I believe Dave passed on a couple of months ago. His site is locked and his phone's off so I guess it must be so. [/quote] It is unfortunately. As you say - a couple of months ago. Lung cancer very shortly after being diagnosed, which is a blessing I suppose, it can be a nasty way to go. Only had dealings with him once; very knowledgable about vintage valve amps & all things "Who".

[quote name='lazzer' timestamp='1358093649' post='1932947']I nearly chopped me fingers off when I jumped up on a bass bin & put my hand up in the air feeling the whisk of air from a ceiling fan! [/quote] I knew a guy with a 7 inch long scar across his forehead from doing simlar. Oh how they screamed as blood and snot drew a circle around the room off the spinning blades. He was out cold & a bit of a mess but is fine now, & looks not a little unlike Boris Karloff when he's just had a haircut.

[quote name='BassPimp66' timestamp='1359243325' post='1952161'] I also call her my "hoe" because she likes being slapped by her mac-daddy pimp. [/quote] Not because it digs weeds?

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' timestamp='1359232018' post='1952045']Are we not European? [/quote] Apparently many are Dancer. Though on here some are 'kin [i]Highland[/i] Dancers.

After owning a few guitars and basses I broke with tradition & named my custom bass "Mr Noisy" due to it's onboard overdrive. Then found a "Mr Noisy" Mr. Man enamel badge & stuck it in the strap for it. First time I put it away I wasn't thinking (no change there then!) and next time I picked it up the neck had a chunk out of the finish where it had rested against the badge. No more names from then on. Tony Iommi's JD has been "Old Boy" for a very long time, so it's not all "she". In the gospel according to Simon Mayo's radio show last week, ships are called "she" because they carry people inside them, like a mother.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1359071419' post='1949632'] Must be a regional thing? Possibly derived from the scientific measurement of "a gnats cock". [/quote] In Lancashire = "A midge's nellie" In Scotland "A baw hair"

I got a cracking case made in Edinburgh by [url="http://www.warehousesound.co.uk/maps.php#glasgow"]http://www.warehouse...aps.php#glasgow[/url] years ago, They now have a place in Glasgow too, might be worth a punt. The foam lining is FBO.

Edinburgh legend had it that it was Simple Minds which closed the Usher Hall for years. Their gig there was so loud that it brought down priceless antique stucco decoration from the ceiling whch cost a fortune to replace..

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1359015996' post='1948408'] ............................my guitarist picks me and my gear up for practice and gigs. I always buy him a Red Bull (his favourite) as he won't accept petrol money.[/quote] Always very commendable - and as much as you can do in the circumstances ........ or [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1359028358' post='1948610']I know a drummer who insists on petrol money if he's taxi-ing band members, could be considered a bit petty but its ok as those he ferries are clear and understand.[/quote] ^this. either is better than religiously offering petrol money, always having it refused but find yourself being slagged behind your back.

It might be stating the obvious to many; but don't forget that "the blues" isn't necessarily down music, a lot of it is fun, about joking, a celebration of living, a guy strutting his stuff, think "Little Red Rooster", "I'm A Man", much of my all time favourite, Albert Collins' stuff is in a light hearted vein - but your guitarist would have to be better than red hot to carry one of his well.

[quote name='morsefull' timestamp='1358975636' post='1948086'] I'm bald, fat , 52, [/quote] A curly wig & a silver corset & who'd know?

SAD syndrome? Serious, not piss-take.