stingrayPete1977

That's the most important factor for me, we played you really got me by the kinks on Saturday and the audience loved it, do you play interesting and different to an appreciative audience mainly sat or stood watching maybe with a foot tapping or do you watch them go bonkers for monkey man by the specials?

I've done a set of obscure numbers or originals in pubs, it's fine if the audience are in there for that, if it's just a group of random drunks out for a good night it can be harder work than the typical wedding slog. My band does town/city centre pubs without playing any classic rock, we sometimes put hard to handle in but that's about it.

What was that slim lady with short hair doing?, I could barely hear her but I think that may have been for the best?! The band mainly girated on one song.

You definitely need a bit of room for the string to move around for magnetic pickups to sound their best. Also I've never seen a tickler that can rock out very well, bit of action, plectrum and giving both barrels is the only way sometimes

I'd second cake by the ocean, fits in with the other stuff and keeps the younger crowd interested, check out some live versions with the shred guitar, that will rock a pub out of your guitarist has the skills!

I've never bothered with gumtree or shpock, wherever I've searched for something I've found the same item listed all over the place with the same pictures, I doubt any of them are real!

Compared to classical instruments electric basses and guitars have not been around long, with modern music becoming less and less 'band' orientated will they be popular at all in twenty years time?

I saw Larry Graham at KOKO in London around the time that clip was from, he had that same band with him, man it was funky! All the best music is MOBO, I doubt I own an album that could say it has no influence from a music first heard in black communities

[quote name='Cuzzie' timestamp='1492847245' post='3283568'] Don't feel guilty about this for being white, instead concentrate on awful dancing and being slow sprinters. I am mixed race (Scots and Caribbean) as I used to love the guaranteed sports day win, until someone who was fully black joined my school. Only time I ever cursed one half of my heritage when I stopped winning..... [/quote] But I bet you looked cooler than him sprinting in a kilt!

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1492843945' post='3283552'] Are you sure it was HER that was bonkers ? [/quote] They both were to be honest, I think they had both messed around with other people but her more than him, she also liked a drop of wine.......for breakfast, dinner and tea!

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1492799545' post='3283382'] Two things come into my mind. Firstly, wanting to avoid the things needing discussion he's invited her to try and scupper it. Alternatively, partners of either sex can get jealous and suspicious. Because it's a non-musical social event maybe he wasn't allowed to come without her. [/quote] A bassist in a band I replaced years ago was not trusted by his wife, he had to set up then wait in the car with her, then play the first set, wait in the car during the break, second set, pack up and go home at every gig! She didn't come in and watch them and some gigs would be private functions anyway, bonkers she was!

I've settled on the fact I'm a ham fisted fret clanker, anyone with a light touch would struggle to get a note out of my double bass.

[quote name='Shambo' timestamp='1492612222' post='3281635'] I don't think that's the issue. Nobody has said they expect mates rates just because it's basschat, it's more of a problem when somebody wants to buy and sell basses on here like a tout sells tickets. [/quote] If a tout can sell them at that price there's nothing stopping you doing the same but it takes more effort or you could end up with a pocket full of tickets you can't sell on. (Warwicks )

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1492613237' post='3281647'] So if you ran a car only in reverse would the wheels eventually come off? [/quote] If driven hard or if they had been left slightly loose yes. The left hand side ones are left hand thread and the right hand are normal right hand thread.

A tuner is a worm drive, nothing like using a single nut. Why do cars have left hand threaded hub nuts do you think?

I hope the people that are upset about people selling basses previously owned by them for more than they sold them for are forwarding cheques on to other sellers to make up the short fall to any sellers selling them on for less? No? thought not, back in your box

Proper setup ain't it!?

I've never felt the need to declare what I'm going to do with something, it's advertised as £x s, I offer a price or even the full asking price and they either take it or leave it, if there's a load of money to be made and a queue of buyers waiting so this huge profit can be made then they must have offered too cheap or I was the only person in the world to see the advert.

On double bass most people learn using a 'method' which helps create a repeatable fingering pattern and movement around the fingerboard, I doubt many fretless elec bassists start with an equivalent which leaves them wanting for the lines?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1492434720' post='3280183'] If you are thinking about another 4 ohm 210 I'd also get a second amp, (you're using an LM3 I believe) and daisy chain both amps using the send/return. You can run each as a linked 4 ohm systems. [/quote] There's a member here that plays some serious gigs using that setup, it's basically a 4x12 stack but with the top two as the Markbass combos and the bottom two as the matching ext speakers, he can cover anything from a little pub with a single combo right upto a symphony hall using all four,and he has done!

Is it even the same person selling it, could have been traded already? Could they have done a trade with that shop? Is it anyone else's business?

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1492411157' post='3279908'] That's a 55-94 rather than a 55-76, as such, much less rare! You'd be better off keeping your eye on this perhaps: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272625668289 Si [/quote] Your eyes are better than mine, I can see the neck pickup now!

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1492431199' post='3280152'] Morris dancing is one of those activities that from a cultural point of view I am glad someone keeps it alive, but with the proviso that I do not have to be involved in any way shape or form, including watching, listening or partaking. [/quote] I find it odd that I totally understand and agree with you

Pretty rare bass though, great colour too. I can't see the saddles being an issue new strings and a proper setup should sort it I'd say, the nut and frets are in the right place so it can't be an issue.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1492347444' post='3279550'] I wrote a guide many moons ago that spells it out so even the most anti DIY guy knows what to do - http://basschat.co.uk/topic/70420-schaller-strap-locks-and-how-to-fit-them-properly/ [/quote] That's a great guide Russ but I've just written a new guide to get over all those issues, no extra tools to buy, no leather work skills, no drilling your bass or cocktail sticks; Fit Dunlops!