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Everything posted by Highfox
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Motorhead- Ace of Spades
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I'd say you'd get one off here for a fair bit less..
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They certainly did get it right. Imitation is the sincerest form of [i]flattery[/i] Recorded or live they just sound the bizz. You can keep all your tapping and 8 string stuff..
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Looks a nice cab I guess those are the newer made in the USA type? I'm all over 12's in a 2x12 and I also have 2 single 12's. A 112 will do me for almost any bar/cafe gig and the 2x12 does me for anything larger or outdoors.
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[quote name='John Cellario' timestamp='1372016076' post='2120718'] I wonder how much some of Jaco's original basses are worth...found this but can't figure out if Jaco actually owned it. [url="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6336208"]http://www.liveaucti...om/item/6336208[/url] I read that Jon Bon Jovi or someone like him owned the original 'Bass of Doom'.... wonder what that's worth? I know Norman Roy Watts 'Rhythm Stick' J. bass was on sale for around £9,000. [/quote] No idea. I think it was Norms shoreline gold Jazz that was on sale not the P with the Jazz pick-up that is the Rhythm stick. (you can see it in here) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb5KHXW48uI
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We were booked to play in a small pub over the Midsummer weekend (not good as most folks usually try to get out of town!) No surprise the venue was fairly empty and we were booked to play 4 sets! On the plus side it was a good practice session, a few people got up to dance and seemed to like us. Lesson learned we have to start to be a bit more selective over our choice of venues! [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/8374568@N07/9105412813/][/url]
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Ok, So sometime after letting my 1977 P bass go, I started lusting for a bit more old P bass action. I wanted a player and not something on the pre CBS price scale, thanks to Basschat's very own Bram I managed to seal a deal on a 69-70 P. It is nice and light weight- 3.6 kg on my scales (that was a major factor in getting rid of my 77 it weighed a bomb and I'd suffer if we had to do a couple of sets a night). It's almost a jazz width neck at the nut maybe an A? So far so good, strung with a new set of flat rotos, off to practice with it today and a gig tomorrow to see how it sounds in the mix. btw, anyone got any tips, the tuners take a good bit of effort to turn and wonder what's best to help loosen them up a bit? [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/8374568@N07/9089375389/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/8374568@N07/9089375389/]Fender P 1970[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/8374568@N07/]Don Wright[/url], on Flickr
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[quote name='D.I. Joe' timestamp='1371682307' post='2117061'] Fender Stainless Steel Flatwounds are very bright for flats. [/quote] +1 to that and pretty cheap
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Woke up wanting to listen to this today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU6AJNgP_mk I'm getting right back into pub rock lol.
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One of the bands I play in want to do a version of this, I know it's been covered a lot and not exactly fresh! Looking for some inspiration, I came across this, an eye opener on what you can do if you have the chops Think I read somewhere on this forum about someone saying the Ox wasn't that much cop lol. Enjoy, I did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWgxjc7kv3Q
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We had a Pub gig last night. Not too many in, but those that were in seemed to really enjoy it, lots up dancing and asking where we were playing next. Only 4 gigs I've done with this band, but this was the best so far. I finally learned all the songs and can relax and let rip. I only took a 1x12 and the TH500, sounded sweet slightly over driven
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[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1370694152' post='2104469'] Read [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Englands-Dreaming-Jon-Savage/dp/0571227201/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370694110&sr=8-1&keywords=england%27s+dreaming"]this[/url]. Nuff said [/quote] It was better living thru it lol.
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[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1370680104' post='2104237'] Punk is an attitude. Why people focus entirely on London circa 1976 is beyond me when it was very much prevalent in bands from New York beforehand (NY Dolls), the 60s garage scene and rockabilly. What a lot of punk hating musicians are objecting to is the cartoon version in mainstream culture. Like any genre there are some amazing recordings and great musicians linked with punk [/quote] [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1370684703' post='2104305'] It was just another way of a generation of disaffected yoof to say saying 'F*** you'! We all did it one way or another. [/quote] Put those two together and add fashion and it pretty much sums it up for me. It' still the attitude to me, you can still be a punk playing Jazz
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Must of been posted a million times, but this one does it for me.. keep chasing it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmmD53vMyJU
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Yes, that looks nice. The finish does look a bit different to the US standards. Is the pup spacing the same? You wouldn't maybe want to be back here now, about 25+ here today
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[quote name='DanEly' timestamp='1370351754' post='2099511'] What have you done about tax/duty etc!? [/quote] No extra tax and duty between EU member states, if that's what you are worried about. (there can be on some things such as cars and in some cases buying from a storefront you may have to pay your local vat rate if it's applicable or higher) I've never had to pay anything on secondhand goods.
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[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1370261393' post='2098174'] So are these Pino basses as good as the Squier CVP's that they are modelled on ;-) [/quote] Yes, you can get the Squier for about 100th of the price of a Pino I tried one of those CVP's not bad.. never tried a Pino but would love to.
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[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1369403293' post='2088838'] I've decided that I want flats on my Jazz as I have the Aria for the round wound sounds and it is super versatile given the electronics. I've got Labella deep talking on my Precision and like the tension, to the point that when I play the Jazz with rounds I end up playing down by the bridge in order to get a similar feel. I was thinking about putting a set of Fender 9050M on but have read they are very high tension. Are they similar to the LaBella? I'm not sure I'd like anything more rod like than those. Any other recommendations? Cost is not an issue, blues is what I play. [/quote] I'd say they'd be close. I went from the LaBella 760FL (43/104) to the Fender 9050L (45/100) on my P and they are pretty close in feel imo. Nowt wrong with the LaBella's.. just wanted a change.
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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1369039153' post='2084062'] Oh apologies, I didn't quite get it. [/quote] No Problem. Reading my post again it wasn't really very clear.. It was in my head at the time of writing tho. Hopefully you'll find a shop or owner near Liverpool that has new or used Ricks you can try.