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[quote name='Jobiebass' post='163577' date='Mar 26 2008, 09:28 AM']Im after 2 sets myself, I want to upgrade my Jazz and ive got a bass im working on which I want to fit them to. where did you find them from the US??? I could get them off ebay in the UK for £90 inc postage for 2 and I thought it wasnt a bad deal, am I being ripped off?[/quote] At £90 for 2 including UK postage, you are indeed being ripped off [b]BIG TIME[/b]!!! I am talking about bridge [b]SADDLES[/b] though, not complete bridges. I got mine from here: [url="http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/bass_saddles.htm"]http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/bass_saddles.htm[/url] $13.99 each plus P&P which equates to just under £12.50 inclusive. A bargain I think. Good luck. Regards Neil

BBE OptoStomp. Great value for money, bombproof and ideal for live work. No contest IMHO.

Double your standard fee is the industry norm.

[quote name='David Nimrod' post='159542' date='Mar 18 2008, 12:58 PM']Aaah, that explains why I saw him in the 'Runner the other night [/quote] Indeed. I think he has left The Runner, only to return, on a number of occasions, not least because, in his absence, the place always tends to go downhill very rapidly live music-wise.

Just by way of clarification, I understand that Barry[b] IS [/b], once again,responsible for booking the Running Horse gigs [b]AND[/b] the Brittania Boat Club shows.

Queens Hall Nuneaton last night. Great house PA and lights. Decent size stage. A Sound Engineer on FOH sound who knows his onions and a seperate onstage Monitor Engineer who did a sterling job taming a particularly unpleasant onstage boom resulting, I think, from the drums creating a feedback loop through the drummers vocal mic. Marvelous!! The only thing which could have improved the evening would have been to promote the gig and fiil the place but, as always, that'll be what we should expect "next time".

Queens Hall Nuneaton last night. Great house PA and lights. Decent size stage. A Sound Engineer on FOH sound who knows his onions and a seperate onstage Monitor Engineer who did a sterling job taming a particularly unpleasant onstage boom resulting, I think, from the drums creating a feedback loop through the drummers vocal mic. Marvelous!! The only thing which could have improved the evening would have been to promote the gig and fiil the place but, as always, that'll be what we should expect "next time".

The Limelight last night (Friday 14 March) and, as always, the good folk of Crewe were out to party!! Sublime monitor and FOH mix as per usual - a real pleasure to play this gig. Queens Hall Nuneaton tomorrow night for much more of the same.

[quote name='pete.young' post='153877' date='Mar 9 2008, 12:47 PM']My '70 CIJ not-for-export Pbass sounds great, though it's thump rather than growl. If he wants growly, wouldn't he be better off looking at a Jazz?[/quote] +1. Never heard the word "growl" used for the Precision sound before.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='153128' date='Mar 7 2008, 03:11 PM']Corporate do pay the best (someone else's money), followed by weddings (there is something about weddings that makes people forget what money is worth - a four piece that can get £160 in a pub can get a £800 at a wedding). People arranging parties can be similarly irrational. Pub gigs are generally the worst paid. Clubs tend to be a little bit better but are choosier. Madness.[/quote] Can't argue with ANY of that.

[b]pete.young[/b][u][/u]: Thanks very much for that. My brain hurts, but I [b]think[/b] I do understand a little more now. I note your comments regarding the Railway Inn, but I still find it a [b]remarkable[/b] coincidence that these mlaicious emails purporting to cancel our gigs should suddenly have arisen [b]within 3 days [/b]of our heated dispute with them - particularly as there is nobody else, as far as I'm aware, who has any reason to attempt to "wee on our cornflakes". The feedback on the venue I have had since, both here and elsewhere, has been all negative so, until I'll able to prove otherwise, I remain fairly confident I know the guilty party.

Ouch is right!! They opened a free email account with ***@mail.com who have, very helpfully, explained that they are unable to relase any information unless under court order. Having said that, I do appreciate that they have to be in a position to offer their clients a certain level of privacy, but it does seem wrong that this should enable them to use the account for such scurrilous purposes. God forbid that we should encroach on the scumbag's civil liberties eh?

If I get forwarded to me one of the malicious "cancelling" emails I suspect the Railway Inn may have been resposible for sending, has anyone any idea how I can reveal the IP address of the PC from which the email was sent? I havve some software avaiable to me which will enable me to trace the IP address to a Posal Code, which will suffice for our purposes, but I still need some advice on how to get the actual IP info. Any and all help gratefully received as always.

[quote name='tombboy' post='151235' date='Mar 4 2008, 06:50 PM']+1 on that.... IP addresses left all over the place which shouldn't be too difficult to trace![/quote] I do understand and appreciate the sense and logic of that, but the band have very much come to the conclusion that the most satisfactory (and satisfying ) approach to take is to "spread the word" as widely as possible and leave the rest to karmic forces. I'm entirely confident that [b]she will [/b]get [b]more[/b] than her come uppance and I just hope I'm around to see it / hear about it. I do very much appreciate the support I/we have received here too. It goes a long way to restoring my faith in human nature.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='150988' date='Mar 4 2008, 12:13 PM']Had a dispute with a venue of this basis and got the MU involved - they baiscally said that a clause like this in a contract that is unsigned is meaningless. I may as well say I have a contract in front of me that says 'Dood will give me his Shuker 7-string if it rains on a Tuesday in March' even if he doesn't sign the contract. T'ain't worth the paper its written on. Sorry peeps. As a past regular at the Railway (under previous management), (as a jazzer and with Swagger) I am appalled at their reported treatment of musicians. Your only option is a boycott. [/quote] A lot of the bands on the Railway Gig List are now sending out written contracts on the basis that if they come back signed, they'll do the gig and if they don't, they'll cancel. The trouble is that she'll just pick up the phone and get any one of the n umerous band who are queueing up to play there to cover the gig which will achieve nothing except to put more money in her pocket. Hopefully, though, word will get around and if she consitently puts on substandard bands, the punters will stop going to the venue at all. I was doubly angered on the night to discover that she and her partner had just returned from 5 weeks holiday in Thailand, presumably at the expense of all the bands she has been systematically ripping off. Boycott seems like a plan to me.. I'll [b]certainly[/b] never set foot in the place again.

[quote name='originalfunster' post='150753' date='Mar 3 2008, 11:33 PM']PM'd[/quote] Received and understood.

[quote name='originalfunster' post='150611' date='Mar 3 2008, 07:43 PM']Did you really see Rats in the kitchen? And how big did you say they were? If I had seen them I would have phoned the environmental health dept straight away! Incidentally the Ipswich environmental number is 01449 727685[/quote] WTF?!?

Precisely my point.

[quote name='3V17C' post='148488' date='Feb 28 2008, 04:31 PM']sorry to hear about that. the Railway in Ipswich USED to be a good venue a few years back but unfortunately the current owners do have a bit of a reputation for pulling stunts like this (and worse) - personally we played there once and won't be going back. Was quite funny though when we did play there, because being forwarned about what they were like we went in on the defence and because it was obvious from the outset we wouldn't be taking any cr@p from them they were ok to us. the old landlady now has another pub in Ipswich called the Black Horse which, although small, is a good, friendly venue. peace c[/quote] I'd love to hear what "[b]worse[/b]" stunts they've pulled!! That's pretty mind-boggling!!

Yep, definitely a Streamer Standard. I owned one for a couple of years and it was a great bass. I think I paid £300 for mine new in 2000. It was the exact same 2 pickup model as this one. The ONLY issue I ever had with it was the fact that the MEC soapbars were incredibly low output, so if you're considering going for it, I would recommend that you factor into the equation the fact that you'll need to upgrade them.

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='147923' date='Feb 27 2008, 04:14 PM']I'd leave the cab on the floor and boost the mids a bit James. You can always angle it back a bit with some timber or a dead rabbit.[/quote] +1000,000!!! Remember: [b]"The smiley face EQ is your enemy"[/b]

[quote name='Sibob' post='142324' date='Feb 18 2008, 10:27 AM']Man, If my covers band travelled that far for a gig, not only would be be charging double what we normally do for local (london) shows, we'd be asking for a deposit of at least half! Certainly if we had to stay over we'd charge more then double. We've done Weddings in Manchester though and missioned it back to Bucks. Sometimes it is worth dealing in E-Mails so that you have that as written proof as well!. Hope the gig was a good one at least, that's your consolation Si[/quote] Ironically, yes, it was an excellent gig (3 encores etc) and the audience, who we kept full inofrmed, were as angry as we were that we had been so grossly underpaid. It wasn't that she couldn't afford to pay us - she had taken ample money on the door to enable her to do so and was charging £3 for a pint of Bitter!!. She merely [b]chose not to[/b] which, in my book, made it infitinitely worse.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='142361' date='Feb 18 2008, 11:30 AM']You [u]do not [/u]require a written contract, it is, however, helpful if you can prove to any degree that you are being truthful in the event of any claim being made (Iknow most wouldn't bother) in the small claims court. The most effective way of doing this is to use a diary as a day book to record what was agreed at the time of the bookng, just make a note of the main points when the deal is agreed. It is admissable. In my view we should all come down hard on these sheisters for that sake of all of us. Don't be messed around, it makes them think they can take the piss.[/quote] I was involved in the legal profession for over 20 years and I could count on one hand the number of [b]successful [/b]actions I saw based on verbal contract so, although you are certainly technically correct (it is the verbal contract which is the agreement - what is written down is merely evidence of that agreement), in practical terms it is a "no brainer" and definitely not worth pursuing - leastways, not down the legal route anyway.LOL Revenge is, of course, a dish best eaten cold and I fully intend to have a veritable feast in due course. Since this happened, someone has set up an email account in the name of our manager and has emailed every venue confirmed on our 2008 Gig List and told them that. as the band has split up, we will be honouring none of the dates. Coincidence? I think bloody not.