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[color=#000000][font=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif][size=4] Drummer needed asap.....to jump on board with established gigging mod covers band. If you can rock The WHO and jam THE JAM please get in touch soon as poss. This is an excellent opportunity for the right person, the ability to learn setlists quick and have an input is what's needed. Backing vocals would be good but not essential.. Own kit essential as well as own transport.[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif][size=4] Phone Gaz-07807012076.[/size][/font][/color]

The code to start the revoloution? Toddler at the keyboard? Having a fit or stroke and trying to summon help? Or...he's as mad as a box of frogs.

Thanks for posting the extra tracks Syed, there's not much stuff that gets me into full on head bobbing mode, but the grooves you lads are laying down there certainly does. I'll be shaking my ass next (not a pretty sight I assure you )

I play as much as I can but some days not at all due to shift work. I don't structure anything and usually play in shorts bursts, 20 minutes or so, then go and do something else and come back to it later. I'm learning some Disco/Funk stuff at the moment and working on my slap & pop, Mr MarloweDk is proving very helpful with that, so I just learn what I feel like learning at that moment rather than forcing myself to do anything. I'm not in a band at the moment so I don't have the pressure of deadlines to meet when learning stuff. I reckon I play a lot better than I did when I was younger purely because of the learning resources that are available now via the internet, mainly the good folk on here sharing techniques and ideas and also Youtube.

Brilliant, loved it. 'When' is obviously getting the public vote, 1,776 plays!! Is 'Open Your Eyes And See' one of the tracks that has been mixed? Would love to hear that alongside the others.

[quote name='simon1964' post='385359' date='Jan 19 2009, 08:35 PM']Another that's just occured to me is the bass player for Elvis Costello early on in his career. Some great bass lines on tracks like Oliver's Army. No idea who he is though (and before someone says it - I did quickly google it!)[/quote] That would be Bruce Thomas ,I think.

Prompted by The Admirals thread on underated bass players I'm listening to Hatful Of Rain-The best of Del Amitri. Some happy memories from the 90's, Mrs Z's wondering what I'm grinning at

Just seen this B302 on ebay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Guild-B302-70s-American-Classic-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ180320469109QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item180320469109&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1298%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Guild-B302-70s-Ameri...A1%7C240%3A1318[/url] Don't know if that helps at all.

That does sound like a useful piece of kit. I wish I had the talent and brains to be able to knock something up from bits. It would be a brave person indeed that ever plugged anything into the mains that I'd been tinkering with

My first bass was a 60's Epiphone semi-acoustic that I had swapped a 1974 , ash bodied, Fender Strat for around about 1989. I went on to swap the Epiphone for a solid body no-name plank. No idea how much the Epiphone would be worth now but I saw a similar Strat on an Australian collector's web site last year valued at £3,500 GBP (after conversion from$Aus) I had bought the Strat for £80 as it needed a re-fret. Bought a second-hand Columbus P copy after that for £40- £68.40 today

Would have loved to come but will be working on the 15th. I've used all my holidays up for this financial year unfortunately

Hello from a far from sunny Rotherham.

[quote name='stoo' post='376738' date='Jan 11 2009, 01:05 PM']But what about the break angle? If the string anchor point is a further behind the saddle length-wise, or further from the body height-wise, then the saddle itself will get less downward force from the string to hold it in place. Also - how well are the saddles held in place before the string is put on? On the stock bridge on my MIM Jazz, the spring wasn't long enough to hold the saddle firmly in place and that used to cause some weird noises... probably just vibrations from the spring itself, but it went away once I replaced it with a Hipshot B.... I've seen some bridges have an extra screw that goes through the side of the bridge, and then presses against the end of the saddle for either the top or bottom string... this clamps the saddles in place once you've set the intonation and helps prevent any unwanted vibrations from the bridge. Is it possible to simulate something like this by wedging something between the saddles to try and lock the saddles more firmly in place... it might at least confirm that it's definitely the bridge that the noise is coming from???[/quote] I've just done some checking on this. The angle of the string as it comes out of the back of the bridge and onto the saddle seems about the same, 5mm as it comes out and 1cm as it reaches the saddle. The saddles are also set to the same distance on both bridges, ie both are set to the intonation, E saddle closest to back of ther bridge and each saddle slightly further forward after that. The Gotoh is chunkier but less than 1mm taller than the stock bridge. Would such a small increment have an effect? The Gotoh also has grooves for the saddle's grub screws while the stock bridge does not so the saddles are pretty stable where the stock ones slide a little when you restring. The springs and screws on the Gotoh are more substantial than the stock and the spring on the G string is not at full stretch so it's all held together very well and nothing is at one extreme or the other on either bridge. Thanks for the advice so far guys, it's much appreciated.

My local Tesco sells this [attachment=18481:bernard_dark.jpg] Bernard dark lager. Same sort of bottle as Grolsch but tastes more like a fizzy stout. Very nice and straplocks to boot!