WalMan

Mine do. Well the handful of tablets daily and fortnightly injections 😁

My guitarists Jeff Beck story by association from when he worked at National Trust and was chatting with one of the gardeners day. Gardener says "Oh you play a bit of guitar don't you? I was at a do at the weekend and got chatting to a guy who apparently plays a bit... I didn't know him ... have you ever heard of Jeff Beck?" 🤣

…or get an sfx Microthumpinator and put it last in line either on your board or sat on top of the amp as last link so you save a slot on the Stomp or don’t need to remember to add to every patch?

Still seriously thinking of moving my two One10’s on to get  Three10 😁

My son used my mid 60’s version jumped as his guitar amp for a few years 🙂
 

Joan, Win and Mary involved in testing but no date on the faded, sepia test sticker 🙁

TwoNotes BassRevolt and headphones with whichever bass comes to hand and a feed from my iPad to play along.

On 27/11/2024 at 20:13, Beedster said:

 

And I'm so sorry to have had so little time Al, would have loved to have shared a bite and a beer mate, perhaps next time. Hope you enjoy that bass and that especially lovely neck 👍

Chris 

Been so busy I’ve only just seen this. Yes would have been great to have more time and a chinwag.

I have to say I ruddy love the bass and neck. Added a Hipshot and it’s all good. Plenty of range, nice neck and just the right amount of zing for me. So glad we managed to get the deal done eventually with all the problems arranging a meet after the op on my ankle in September 😁

Last gig for the year and at a venue that has tried but just not been able to break through for a while now and is closing down - another one bites the dust.

Quietish night but those that were there were enjoying themselves so that was ok.

Swapping between the Status S2 5er that I have been using as go to for a few years now, and the new FrankenJazz 4 with a Status neck and Hipshot that I am currently loving. Only problem with the latter is the missing string I have been used too and getting back to the mindset of the D-tuner so there were a number of moments where I ended up in the wrong place, either because I normally play in a different position higher up the neck, or I was switched down and hadn’t rethought position 🤦‍♂️

Both basses sounded great in my IEM’s. Crowd video I saw this morning had little bass on it but I am consoling myself that it was shot the wrong side of a pillar to me and right in front of the guitars that were definitely there.

First gig out of the Aircast boot since the operation on my ankle in September but I should probably still wear it to stand that long. One of the painkillers I take regularly dropped off my repeat scrip and I didn’t notice and ran out. By the end of last night I was crippled and could barely move. Managed the hour drive home but was virtually immobile by the time I got home so straight to bed with no wind down. Picked up some more this morning so hopefully they will kick in soon 😢

On 03/12/2024 at 19:01, neepheid said:

 

I wasn't aware you were playing...

It was certainly my intention at the start of the year

Had I fallen? If not I fell hard in the last couple of weeks with an EBS chorus from TheDaivisch followed quickly by the Geddy/Jazz from Beedster. Oops 😬 

GUN with Collateral and Kira Mac at The Brook.

Good fun as always singing along though as ever the sound ther was patchy.
 

Collateral had amps onstage so the guitar cut through but was very boomy for me, though a good show and crowd response.

Kira Mac looked to be modellers/no amps and the sound tightened up but the guitar wasn’t there. Otherwise good.

GUN - cabs but no obvious amps. Sound came and went a bit but I was sat at the back under the balcony (by the desk) so that probably didn’t help. Still a fun evening all in all 🙂

4 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

I am sure it is easy enough if you have practiced it, but to be honest, I doubt I have ever listened to it all the way through and frankly we can mess up songs we have practiced so it wouldn't be an option. I just love the way random members of the public always say 'can you play this, its really easy', and they are always people who don't play anything and almost never can remember all the words anyway. 

3 hours ago, casapete said:

Indeed - it also makes me laugh when someone asks for a request, and when told the band don’t know it

they start singing it to you as if that will help, usually whilst you’re playing another tune as well. 😆

3 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

It's the ones who stand in front of the drummer with either the lyrics or a video on their phone during a different song and expect the band to absorb it by some magical process.

3 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

Ooh, not seen that one before!

Had a bunch of bladdered lads at one gig who really wanted their mate who was “really good” to get up and do a Suede song in the break. Not our style, no we don’t know it, and no you can’t borrow our instruments or plug you phone into the PA 🤬Maybe you should form your own band.

Best one recently was the girl who came up asking if we did any Bon Jovi (at least the right genre) just as our singist belted out “SHOT THROUGH THE HEART…” 🤣

6 hours ago, casapete said:

I don’t know if anyone has attempted busking this tune, but from my experience it ain’t that easy!

Written by Nik Kershaw, it’s fairly straightforward until the middle / solo section where it modulates

up and then back down again - quite a clever song which always seems to go down well.

I have a video of my son playing along to another Nik song and getting to the end shouting “stop changing key!!!” 🤣

5 hours ago, Richard R said:

 

And that was your downfall. 😁

 

Indeed it was 🤣🤦‍♂️

For many years before joining here I only played 4’s and having had a fretted, fretless and my original converted to 8 string for a while was down to just the one 4 (Wal) with a d-tuner.

Then I joined BassChat and the first of a number of 5’s arrived. In the last 15-20 years I have pretty much exclusively used 5’s and only had the Wal, which has been used mainly for recording projects and hasn’t really come out to gigs.

I love 5’s for the extended range and availability of different positions across the neck.

Still enjoying 4’s and have just picked up a second to which another d-tuner was added and I used that for a few songs at the gig on Saturday. The d-tuner covers a lot of the extended range I have got used to in recent years once I got back into the swing of switching down and up during songs, and I think it will be getting more outings 🙂

Better shot from beforehand last night when I was happier. Soundcheck and slight hissy fit over FOH annoyances to come. 🙄 

Having seen a crowd video today with me using the S1 5 string there seems to be a huge amount of bass through FOH, which I often feel is not the case, so I really don’t know. Felt like it may have been an outlier as I wasn’t getting the level where I was behind the PA 🤷‍♂️

A gig out in the wilds. Having been up to Victoria on Tuesday to meet Beedster and relieve him of his Geddy/Status Jazz and have a bit of a chinwag I got a Hipshot BT2 from Bassdirect on Friday - a fettle even I could manage as a straight replacement for the Hipshot already fitted - and managed to find a spar set of strap lock buttons that fit what I have on the strap at the last minute, so casting caution to the wind I took it along. I spent probably 20 years with just my Wal and a d-tuner before joining here and getting my first 5. Since then I have pretty much exclusively used 5ers live so much the same as that first night all those years ago when I got the 5 and took it to a gig that night despite the muscle memory of the 4 and d-tuner there were some lost moments tonight but no one except the rest of the band noticed I should think. The Frankenjazz sounds great 🥰

Gigwise it went ok. Crowd were good as was the sound generally I think after a shaky start at soundcheck when there was booming and feedback. I am getting a bit peed off that this is a regular occurrence that is embarrassing. 🤬

Still otherwise all went well. New songs came and went well. Crowd singing and dancing so I shouldn’t complain. New bass sounded lovely so there’s a silver lining 😁

Had a meet up with Chris on the concourse at Victoria to finally conclude the saga of the Status/Geddy Jazz. And to be clear it was only a saga as the the listing started while I was laid up with a leg in plaster for 6 weeks after an operation so couldn't travel.

Anyway after some tooing & froing I was mobile again in an Aircast and we managed to complete the deal yesterday. A train journey up to Victoria to meet Chris, collect the bass, have a chat and then head back to our respective trains. All easy with good comms. Thanks to Chris for a lovely bass and for travelling down to meet roughly in the middle.

3 hours ago, itu said:

I have heard that people take a case, and maybe even a £50 bass along, and come back with a case - and a bass. Just heard...

2 hours ago, Hellzero said:

I know some people who did it.

...and I used to read Excise Duty cases, mainly to laugh at the dreadful excuses put forward by people bringing a Transit full of assorted fags and booze saying it was for 'personal use' when it could be easily shown that they would need to be drinking a gallon of spirits and smoking a kilo of rolling tobacco a day to do so.

People have done it and got away with it. but they are not fools at points of entry and you run the risk of having your purchase confiscated and losing everything. Similar to trying to get the seller to under declare on the import declaration, or just doing it thinking they are 'helping' you. Parcel gets pulled & Customs see your '63 Precision declared as a £150 Squier. Bye bye Precision & outlay 

6 hours ago, itu said:

A ferry, or train... an option?

Not that that makes any difference other than the courier cost, except 🤦🏼‍♂️

1 minute ago, Grooverjr said:

Probably not the forum, but I have no problem with tax people. If everyone paid their taxes properly, especially those who can well afford it, there would be enough money in the pot to allow for easier access to support for people that need it. It's lovely and heartwarming that this whole thing has showcased  generosity of spirit and community like it has but it also only came about because the support systems are not adequate. I know it's not a direct correlation but still, I think making sure people pay what is fair is far from something that should be looked down on. And, before you ask, I am not a traffic warden or an estate agent 🤣 

Indeed. I still have good dealings with some that I have direct contact with, but I also know of a few from back in the day who were utter b'stards. It must also be said that the system nowadays is a joke, but again that's a different thread. I only come here for a warm happy glow  

3 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said:

Not to take anything away from your fantastic generosity, but your not an accountant are you?

Tax for my sins (gamekeeper many many years ago turned poacher) 

1 hour ago, ezbass said:

Even worse! 😧

1 hour ago, AndyTravis said:

This guy is a family member 😟

 

Done giving his number out…that has to be said

That's why I never do private work for family, well except helping mum & dad out with the paperwork in the past, but otherwise no formal engagement. I might say 'this is what you need to do based on what you've told me' but not get involved in the minutiae. 

Rounded up. The amount was annoying me 🤣

6 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

He measured Iris, the stairs, saw how Iris can get on a chair…then said “so, stairlifts”

Gah I saw 'stairlift' and thought "I've got one I'm trying to get removed/sold"...then I read on. Ah well