Ou7shined

Argh my eyes!

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='303711' date='Oct 10 2008, 11:19 AM']His disappointingly vague ebay description would lead me to believe that this would be nothing more than a waste of time [/quote] Yes unfortunately I fear that might be the case. It's fairly safe to say though that it is probably not alder.

Someone should email the seller and ask.

Ha ha good one Matt.

I've had a set lying around for months waiting to go into my project bass. If you can get Neepheid to hurry up with my body re-rout I'll be able to fit them and tell ya. All I can tell you for now is that they certainly look good.

How come it sounds like he played on at the end even though he stopped?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280275534547&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123"]Hello[/url] old friend. :ph34r:

Ooh you di'n't!

Yeah somebody's fingers need a knock with a sledgehammer. It took me too long to work out that for a 'ray I might be able to juggle the finances and come up with the readies. I'll totally kick myself if it's one of us who nabbed it after I went and put it up on here. On the other hand somehow I'd rather it went to a BC'er. It's not you is it? :ph34r:

Looks nice. Any idea what it's made of?

I decided that £550 although would leave me utterly utterly skint was too much of an opportunity to miss. Sadly.... [quote]Hi rich Unfortunatly someone has just been round to view the bass and has said they'l buy it. If however this falls through for any reason ill get back in touch within a few days, Thanks for your interest. alfie[/quote]

I just saw this 1 click from your link Wayne. > [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/38/29245338.html"]link[/url] Helluva lot of kit for the £££ Someone here should buy it!

Wot he said ^

YAMAHA BB1600 1 day left. I don't know much about it (although I think we know a man that does ) but I feel it's worthy of a mention here. > [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-YAMAHA-BB1600-BASS-GUITAR-1980-s-MADE-IN-JAPAN-BB_W0QQitemZ260296233083QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260296233083&_trkparms=72%3A1348%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]link[/url]

It's been re-listed and a bit cheaper too. > [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Music-Man-StingRay-electric-bass-guitar-ca-1982_W0QQitemZ270283858547QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270283858547&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14"]link[/url] I'm guessing though when I say that I think the ray tone would be compromised by this bridge also any trem bar I've ever used (guitars only) has always resulted in it going out of tune every time you touch it (maybe that's just because I've only mucked about with relative cheapos). I'm guessing again in that to fit this trem there would have had to of been a cavity installed to accommodate it, so unless you access to and the funds for a luthier to refill the cavity properly, I'd say this bass is stuck with this bridge for life and can't be returned to original if the sound was found to be compromised. Personally I would only buy this if you needed tremolo. IMHO. edit for sp

[quote name='bnt' post='300840' date='Oct 6 2008, 09:41 PM']I don't believe you guys. Short hair = "bean flicker"? A cursory look at Suzanne's web journal would have told you that she used to be married to producer Mitchell Froom, and is now married to a bloke named Paul Mills, a poet. Her hair's quite long, these days. [/quote] Yeah I knew that (and she has kids). That's why there's a smiley after what I said. I was just refering to the silly comment above.

bridges, pups, tuners, knobs, plates yadda yadda yadda > [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180295245956&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting"]link[/url] (scroll up) I'd go for this myself had I not just had a mass clear out.

[quote name='OldGit' post='300602' date='Oct 6 2008, 04:28 PM']Ska-Tissues Sounds like you triumphed! Might be an idea toplan your encore (or learn one step beyond ) for next time [/quote] Yeah we deserve medals. Ska-Tissues - like it. Thing is the set we ended up doing was vastly cut down from what we had learned (25 down to 17) so we had a fair few finished tunes in our back pocket. It wasn't as bad as Matt made out it just started to fall apart in the last few seconds of the song - The horns got a bit carried away with their solos, I was able to follow them and the other guitar took his cues from me (Matt's glare was firmly fixed to his fretboard) and we all finished roughly together. Admittedly I couldn't hear the bass too well (bass definition isn't the best in a long granite tunnel ) but the song is only Cm G Fm so you're never too far from the tune at any one point. The dance floor was heaving (quite literally) and no one batted an eye so it couldn't have been that bad.

[quote name='neepheid' post='300300' date='Oct 6 2008, 09:46 AM']I had my first gig with a full band on Saturday night. We were playing ska covers for a 40th birthday party, so I guess I was quite lucky we had a captive audience who actually wanted to hear the songs we were playing. We arrived at the venue (The Tunnels in Aberdeen - nice little place, you should check it out if you're ever up this way) about 3pm for our third and final practice session. Yes - third. We had terrible trouble finding a drummer, and we only got that sorted a couple of weeks before the gig. Not only that, but Rich (Ou7shined on here) moved from bass to guitar having not played it for years. Yes, I was bricking it. Rehearsal went OK, but it was becoming clear that being recording perfect was out of the question, and I was still simplifying songs over dinner (!) Anyway, we got back to the venue just in time to see the first band (who we borrowed the drummer from ) play - they were really good, mostly originals and they did a Specials song which wasn't on our set - fortunate as they did a right good job of it. Can't really tell you much about the gig. As you can imagine, I spent a lot of it head down looking at my fingerboard, but I did manage to look up/move around a bit during the songs I knew best. I did have some "cheat sheets" on a music stand just off to the side, which I perused feverishly while the singer was having some banter with the crowd in between songs. I think it went well, a few fruity moments for sure but I blustered through it and it was over real quick in the end - one of the quickest hours of my life! The adrenaline certainly kicked in and I found that the songs I most worried about seemed to melt away. We tried to play One Step Beyond as an encore, but we hadn't really practiced it and made a right pig's ear of it I was trying to play as per the recording (as I remembered it), but I'm not sure everyone else was. Or maybe I got it wrong too. Anyway, it was a jumble of sounds that vaguely resembled One Step Beyond, lots of people were dancing, maybe they were all pissed by then and didn't care. I guess I was lucky to have a favourable crowd, a captive audience if you will for my first outing on the big stage. All in all, given the limited preparation time and the rapid transition from talking the talk to walking the walk I think I did quite well. Folk were up dancing, we got cheers, we got applause, we didn't get rotten vegetable matter. Then I got drunk [/quote] Wot he said ^ All I can add is that what we pulled off was nothing short of a miracle and Matt (Neepheid) more so as this really was a baptism of fire for him. I myself had it relatively easy (I'd forgotten how much of a caker it is to play guitar than bass) and despite the stage being a bit cramped still managed to stay true to my metal credentials jump about like a fool. Brilliant night (and the wages weren't exactly a poke in the eye either ) and I hope it's not too long before we do it again but next time can I choose a name? SoundSystem is pure Cheese-fest. I'd prefer something more like "Skatallica" or "I am Skartacus". Got drunk too.

[quote name='lonestar' post='299945' date='Oct 5 2008, 03:42 PM']...Plus I've always had a soft spot for her.[/quote] Me too. A waste of time if she turns out to ba a "bean flicker" all this time though.