Gareth Hughes

But that's easy - you just hold your falsies like they're a pick.

Lightweight

Bought a Wren&Cuff Phat Phuk B from Theo - arrived quickly and in mint condition as described. Good man to deal with. And a Genuine Fiend too!!!

Just to add that I ran my EBS Multidrive into my Barge Concepts VB-jr blend pedal last night for the first time and LOVED it. Was a great way to vary the ratio of overdrive/clarity/high-end without altering the Multidrive pedal itself. As the VB-jr only has the one blend knob this was easy to do with my foot mid-song. Me likeeeee a lot.

What about putting the EBS in a blendable loop to bring back some of your high end?

[quote name='Ross' post='1287353' date='Jun 30 2011, 09:42 AM']My jap ones are fixed units, like the peg was fixed to the plate by two bands which went through the plate, I couldn't see any way to remove the pegs and turn them round when I had them off for polishing.[/quote] +1 to this. I have a set that haven't been installed. From looking at them the only way to reverse the tuner part is to open the two band and then reclose them. I'd imagine this would take a fair bit of effort and you might not get them closed as tight as you'd like.

Bought an EBS Multidrive from Paul that arrived today, packaged well and just as described - mint. Excellent bloke to do business with.

Have a look at Italia straps: [url="http://www.italiastraps.com/guitar-straps-uk.html"]http://www.italiastraps.com/guitar-straps-uk.html[/url] They do a 4-inch wide one that is VERY comfortable and really helps take the weight off your shoulder. With the adjustable bit in the highest slot and a new hole punched into the top of it, you'd have your chin resting on the bass. And they have a two for one offer on. Bigwan here bought two, one of which is now mine. All in it cost him $85 delivered to his front door.

Nice one. Good to read a little bit of bass history. A mate of mine has a Skunkworks Ampeg, bout in LA many years ago when he lived there. Now residing in sunny Belfast, it needs a little bit of TLC too.

Sold an ACG Preamp to Spree - all went well. Lovely guy to do business with.

Screw it - DON"T BURST THEM!!!!!! I hate being the odd one out. [b]ESPECIALLY[/b] amongst bass players. How ironic.

I think Barge stopped. I met Geoff Bryant of Barge Concepts a few years ago when he very kindly delivered a few pedals to my hotel in New York. Really nice guy. He was in the middle of some very trying times with family members on their way out. This was in the summer of 2008 and they were just about to relocate to Long Island. I get the feeling they were sadly another victim of the recession. BUT - they sure did make some amazing pedals. I have a VB-jr Blender, a GLZ boost/variable impedance buffer and an RC-2 Compressor. All great and very useful pedals.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1283316' date='Jun 26 2011, 08:28 PM']...so the longer the blister fluid is in contact with the skin underneath...[/quote] I do agree with this wholeheartedly - BUT (prepare to block) - that's the crux of the issue here: if one wants to play the bass in any kind of normal fashion then those blisters are gonna burst and leave such a nasty mess on the fingerboard, so my suggestion is more a 'just get it over and done with' approach. (oooooo - straight to the ribs) HOWEVER - I did gloss over the fact that Clarky's next rehearsal isn't for a full weekend, thus giving his blisters ample time to keep that fluid in contact with the ever forming callous' beneath (Ladies and Gentlemen - did you see that!?!?!?!, a boxing own goal, Gareth has knocked himself out!!!!!.....10....9...8....7......)

Bust the blisters, superglue the skin and smile. If the skin needs ripping off, you can still go down the superglue route, but that will require more smiling. If it all gets too much, you can try playing with the area between your finger tip and second knuckle, with your fingers pointing towards the ground (look at Ron Carter for this). I literally have a callous that runs from my fingertip to my main knuckle. All fun and games.

[quote name='TomKent' post='1282257' date='Jun 25 2011, 04:43 PM']If I chop my ding-dong off, does that make me a girl?[/quote] Well, you wouldn't quite be a girl, but you would be f**ked like you've never been before. Thanks for the messages folks - the little more info I've been able to extract is that the gig is for a well known band in Australia who are keeping their new bassist situation a little hush-hush, which is why I haven't even been told who the band is. I'm guessing they want to have someone lined up before they make any announcements. Just to clarify - the band isn't my mate Ciaran, who goes under the name Joe Echo, it's for a different band that he's been co-writing with. Ciaran's been gigging there a lot recently, having signed a record deal there. But I'm assuming that the band in question isn't a million miles away from Joe Echo's music. I think that's about as much info as I'm likely to get - it seems to be a case of 'pass your number along and they'll get in touch'.

Hey Folks - I got this email yesterday from an old friend/bandmate of mine: [b]Hey Boss. hope you and the gang are doing well do you know of any great female bassists? a friend of mine in OZ is after a girl bassist for an OZ tour... she can be from anywhere in the world... they will pay for her flight down and fee etc. Cheers C[/b] That's literally all I know about it. I've emailed him back to ask who it's for, what the music's like, any links, dates, if they'll accept me for my moobs, etc; so when I get that info back I'll add it here. Here's my mate's website: [url="http://www.joeecho.com/"]http://www.joeecho.com/[/url] As vague as these details are I'll vouch that it's a legit offer - I know he wouldn't be asking me to recommend someone who'll fly halfway round the world for a few beers. If you're interested, PM me and I'll pass on any details. I'm away gigging until the wee hours tonight so I'll reply then.

You just know that's a signature bass waiting to happen - you've unwittingly taken your first steps to immortality!!!!

Egads - I haven't even had time to chime in yet and I've already been quoted. Well, all I have to add is everything I've already said And that I'm using an Apt-Flex pickup as a replacement for the David Gage Realist and find it to be a better suit for the Eminence all round. I did buy a Kent Armstrong magnetic pickup for my Eminence but I've to get around to installing it. I do know that Trevor Hutchinson from Lunasa prefers a Fishman Full Circle to the Realist for his one, and he has toured the world and elsewhere with that thing - and he does get a truly righteous sound from it. I did have mine strung with D'Addario Helicores for several years and liked those a lot. Not really sure why I changed. Must have been a Tuesday.

Thanks Garry - I'll check this out. Orchestration always seems like something of a black art to me, so I think I need this to dis-spell a few myths!!