Bassnut62

Probably....just get a Custom Audio Wah and you won't need to think about that Behringer ever again

4th in Brum too......

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1396821557' post='2417773'] ...or is there a flaw in 'free market' economics..? [/quote] Surely not!!!! [i](said with ironic tone)[/i].................this may be a whole different thread though and one that might get us into even deeper water.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1396771934' post='2417076'] .....Money is...the driving force behind pubs and small venues employing bands. They want to make money. End of. I consider it right , proper , and fair to take my share as their employee. I don't mind what anyone else does - certainly not what you do - so if you thought my use of the word 'YOU' was directed at you alone , it wasn't. I was addressing everyone as to my opinion. It's the only way to make a businessman - which landlords and promoters are - to see that there's actually some value in what musicians do. If a musician doesn't want money - maybe he or she might consider taking it anyway for all the reasons I've listed and giving it discreetly to a favoured charity , or maybe sponsoring a young player to have lessons or buy decent kit. [/quote] + another 1 re Dr Dave's point I think it is almost always true, at least with businesses, that people only value what they pay for.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1396791814' post='2417344'] Next time I help my elderly neighbour by mowing his lawn or fixing his guttering, I'll be sure to charge him the going rate and donate the proceeds to the local care home for retired gardners & builders, who I'm putting out of business. [/quote] The difference here is that your neighbour isn't running a business that requires the services of gardners or builders....

fair points I would say, Dad nice to keep balanced perspective always and not object to views of others

Just to clarify....the extract I posted up seemed to me to be about venues or restaurants exploiting musicians. It seemed like they want to improve the atmosphere with a bit of live music; but don't want to pay for it. Clearly the restaurant is open for business; I don't suppose they are giving the food away free. So they seem in effect to be proposing to improve their offer and trade, but do not appear to be prepared to pay the musicians who are adding a significant part of that offer. I think it is a totally different situation if it's for charity or for a mate or indeed if it's a genuine promotional opportunity likely to bring tangible audience growth or paying bookings; but this did not seem to be the case. In fact my disco band would always insist on at least expenses for any situation. Try asking 9 plumbers to come and work for free in a restaurant on the off chance that it might bring them some business! I don't believe it makes much difference whether you are in a band professionally or for fun either; the costs of instruments, amps, travel, promotion, etc are still the same either way.

seems there are lots of pics of non-Fenders in this Fender post.... here's a proper collection of nearly all Fender amps! The only ones I own are the Blues Junior, the MusicMan and the Bassman head & cab. I reckon the MusicMan is allowed as it is a Fender design and Leo did own the company at the time

Hi all I have a nice Epiphone Dot from the Peerless factory; it plays great and is a far better guitar than ti should be for the cost. However the pups, electronics and hardware are clearly how they keep the price so low. I am going to change the electrics, pots and some of the hardware; and I am going to upgrade the pups. If I go for humbuckers it will be Seymour Duncan 59s and JB with covers, i.e. sweet and powerful old school PAF sound. the other option is to go for some P90s. I play mostly funk and disco at moment; but love a bit of country, rock, soul and jazz. which would you recommend P90s or HBs and why? thanks for help

How many times has a venue tried it on with you like this? And what a great reply!

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1396531587' post='2414728'] Best recorded sound I`ve ever had was through one, really like Fender bass amps. [/quote] Me too and the engineer felt it was best bass sound he'd ever got too....Bassman135...and I nearly sold it recently; thankfully I didn't sell it.

+1 for Hip Hop and it's early godfathers too, like Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, Leon Thomas, Andy Bey, etc....

Hope she's feeling the BC love!

No he didn't do that either.....Damn! And I was going to do that at my next gig! Now I'll have to think of something else......(Bassnut exits stage left and back into dreamland!)

I like GPJ's voice too and of course his bass playing was so inventive.....reckon that band could have played anything they felt like anytime and still made it funky as hell

no Just Kissed in Nottm either (used to play that in my old band tho!) I thought drummer was awesome too.....guitarist was great on rhythm too tho and some nice lead and a bit of slide. thought the keyboard player was a bit invisible most of the time, but that could just have been the poor sound in Nottm.......he did look like they'd just picked him up in a swamp in Louisiana though...!

Saw him on Sat in Nottingham.....agreed re great set/band....I have now seen all three of my fave bass players live...Bootsy Collins, Paul Jackson (Headhunters) and George Porter Jnr......what a hat trick!!!

Went to see GPJ last night. Great gig; but almost no audience.......people of Nottm missed something special; tho the sound was quite poor unfortunately. However v good band, drums/bass.....guitar was pretty hot too. Good to be reminded how much of a gumbo of styles make up the New Orleans sound.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1396105521' post='2409998'] I got the impression that the OP wasn't really trying to make a political point. It's just an amusing clip of someone making a fool of themselves discussing their musical tastes with a group of kids. I think everyone who regularly has to communicate with teenagers has had moments like this - you can never look cool, it's just not possible! [/quote] Yup, just enjoying another fool making a fool of himself in public......tho I would love to hear Chuck D or Flavour Flav's view on their most surprising fan. I also love the fact that Gove is 'rapping' on Wham Rap, which was all about living the good life while on the dole and avoiding work! But seriously how could anyone be into PE and not be switched onto some very real truths about the world and become a Tory politician?...not wishing to push any more party politics tho, if poss....

Hey Bubinga, seems we have v similar tastes.....Chaka is probably my fave female vocalist and a goddess in every way I can imagine. I fall in love with her every time I open the gatefold sleeve of Rufusized! Don't know this album tho. Is it from period after she left Rufus and before she made it big as solo artist? What's album called too, pls?

Powerall do these.....call Hot Rox in Nottingham

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1396020327' post='2409127'] Without wishing to get involved in a political discussion, I think Michael Gove is doing a fantastic job, as are the rest of the current Coalition . When all is said and done, his policies and those of the Government as a whole are designed to keep children from less privileged backgrounds in their right and proper place and keep the best opportunities for those from better-off families that really deserve them .I am happy about that state of affairs because the long-term effect of such a policy will inevitably be a class-based revolution, in which the kids excluded from opportunity will overthrow their oppressors by violent means, and, significantly, also by using rap. Yes, that's right, rap. The kids are going to rap their way to freedom , and there is nothing that Michael Gove and the rest of his kind can do to stop it. The seeds have already been sewn. It will be like Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, but with some Hip Hop grooves thrown into the mix . [/quote] Holy Sh1t, I did think rap could bring about a revolution; but in the words of PE or NWA, not a rap by Michael Gove.......This day is getting more strange!

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/1979-music-man-sabre-factory-fretless-bass/1054123545#photo-content £1450

Surely not? Is somebody messing with our universe today?...... [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/26774451"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...report/26774451[/url]

Can't wait....going to see George Porter play tomorrow night at Rescue Rooms in Nottingham.... http://www.rescuerooms.com/gig-guide/1271/george-porter-jr-a-the-runnin-partners http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K42ef6B4KEU#t=25 Sorry, I don't know how to embed the clip itself in this post; so you'll need to copy/paste lines above.....