Bassnut62

almost anything with Herbie Hancock and/or The Headhunters...especially good album is Flood...check out killer live version of Chameleon Here's their rhythm section (and my fave drummer and bass player) getting up to some funky fun more recently. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1i1RJeUw70[/media]

Saw them recently in Brum and they are great musicians; but a bit too pleased with themselves for my liking, particularly the bass player. Saw Prince recently too and the Puppies could learn a lot about humility from the Purple One. Still they are a good band and well worth seeing I reckon

Mornin', chaps and chapesses! Does anyone know where in UK to get a Burman XP5012 reconed to original spec? Or does anyone know where I can get hold of a mint XP5012? Thanks for any help. Rupert

Ah, all systems are malfunctioning perfectly in Dingusworld then!! Splendid! Carry on......!!

What!!! Oliver Cheatham is married to Vanessa Feltz....that is WAY TOO funky for me!!

Another fave from the past here.....Get Down Saturday Night all you groovers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2UZ7BGRkE4

Finally got the work done on the early Korean Peerless Epi Dot....swapped pups for covered Seymour Duncan 59s and JB and swapped the wiring, pots, switch, tuners, bridge, etc for USA spec in nickel to match the pup covers. Got the pups tapped and the plastic nut swapped for bone too, plus a fret-hone and set up. It now plays and sounds SO much better than stock hardware that comes on those Epi Dots. So far I really like these pups; they can roll-off to be mellow or be dimed to drive an amp with just the right amount of heat. I particularly like that (when tapped) the pups sound just as tonefull and strong in single coil mode, like they were always meant to be single coil. Whereas some tapped humbuckers just sound to me like weak versions of the untapped tone. There seems to be much less difference in volume between tapped and untapped too, which makes them much easier to live with. Haven't gigged with it at full volume yet though. That will be the ultimate test. Still wish I had another with P90s though!....GAS again!!

Two very nice compressors are the Keeley 4-knob and the HBE CPR Both very similar and based on the classic Ross design. Both do exactly what all tone-hounds want without getting in the way. I marginally prefer the tone and control options of the Keeley, plus it has smaller footprint; but the signal comes through the HBE slightly cleaner. There is a smaller HBE CPR without the Attack control too; but I like that control too much to be without it.

I love Sly Stone.....nobody did it better!

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1402048082' post='2469468'] [b][font=Verdana][size=2].[/size][/font][/b] [/quote] nice dot!....any more thoughts?

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1401404625' post='2463439'] I do hope guitarists read this [/quote] Always found it easy to get bass tone in minutes with trusty Bassman 135 head and assorted cabs. Now playing guitar and while I basically stick with same approach of a simple Fender-type valve amp, I am finding getting good guitar tone a fair bit harder to do. This may be because of need for different gain settings and need to place sound in different parts of band mix....not sure; but maybe we should cut guitarists some slack re getting right level, tone, gain, etc

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1401439386' post='2463545'] Hhaha! They are a bit beyond my needs...as much as it would be cool to own, I don't even listen to DT but massive respect to them as monster players. The Majesty is beautiful but the Albert Lee has that retro thing going on which is more my taste. My guitar talent would be wasted on a Majesty! I'd do it no justice. [/quote] I saw Albert Lee live the other day at a village hall near Mansfield, Notts. He was on fire and playing his MusicMan through a Fender Tone Master amp....wow, what a sound and what a great player and singer too.

[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1401377698' post='2463005'] Have you thought about the Musicman Axis Supersport? Tele-ish shape... I bought one from Dubjunkie here on Basschat when I was after a tele... wish I still had it. [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/dlloydbass/media/ass.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] I bought my Tele-ish guitar from DubJunkie too - he has great taste! Mine is a G&L Asat Special and thankfully I still own it and am unlikely ever to part with it. USA G&L guitars and basses are among the very best IMO.

So do you find that it is the bass player in the band who usually organises everything?

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1401355012' post='2462667'] I've got an excel spreadsheet shared in Dropbox. Again, it works perfectly if everyone uses it. [/quote] +1 to this; but I don't bother even asking the band to fill it in. I just insist they tell me their non-available dates in anyway they like as soon as they know them and then I fill in the spreadsheet. All dates not marked as not available are then fair game for band activities. And everyone has to pay share of studios etc whether they show or not; they soon get used to the system and everything starts to run smooth. I also use Dropbox to deposit other band resources, such as chord charts, photos, mp3s, set lists, etc

i recently sold my '70s Fender 2x15 Bassman cab to a guitarist. He's sticking his 70s Fender 2x12 Twin on top of it.......that thing must be able to tear your face off!! He says it is v sweet, clear and full with big rich bass tones for his guitar. His band doesn't use a bass player.