OldGit

[quote name='paul h' post='56304' date='Sep 6 2007, 01:00 AM']this thread was playing up for me too! all better now. well, i have taken OG's advice to heart and i have changed a couple of my sites. my own site [url="http://www.paulharckham.com"]www.paulharckham.com [/url]is now all on one page, with a nifty sliding scroll script. talk about search engine friendly, i am getting a lot more relevant traffic from search engines now, which is very cool. i have dumped the flash from [url="http://www.nightdragon.co.uk"]www.nightdragon.co.uk[/url] and gone for text links, i haven't really done anything else to help that one yet. i haven't got access to site stats so it's hard to tell what's happening traffic wise. i have also just taken over this one [url="http://www.eotpfilmfestival.com"]www.eotpfilmfestival.com[/url] which is completely dead as far as search engines are concerned. i am pretty sure that it's the php "include" statement for the header and a lot of the content that's killing that one. so i am going to add a site map when i do the next update. so a big thanks to OG, i am almost enjoying this SEO lark. i said almost. [/quote] You are welcome. I'm glad it helped. With the EOTP you might consider putting your geographical location into the <title> tags .. Just to make it bleedin' obvious it's not Cannes, San Francisco or Brooklyn ... (It's in Bognor, if anyone was wondering) Meanwhile check to see if you have a long leather coat and engineer boots on and think Matrix is the best film ever ... You me be turing seriously webbie ...

Number Two Shuker's on the way. The brief was about playability and sounds rather than the tech spec. One of Jon's Super Powers is to take a list of sound and playability requirements and to convert that into exactly the right bass. I told Jon I was so happy with the feel and pure enjoyment I get from playing the P5 that I wanted it to be just like that. As we had gone through the very difficult defining process for the Precision build, Jon and I have a very good idea of what that entails for me. However I don't want a Precision body for this one so that adds some fun challenges. So I just said "I want one that feels the same but sounds totally different - modern, Marcus, with loads of possible tonal variety. It also has to have a whole lot more visual [size=4][b][color="#8B0000"]WOW![/color][/b][/size] factor for the general public" Call me shallow but the public (and even bass players) don't look at the P5 and go "wow" .. Not surprising as the brief was to make it look like James Jamerson's '62 Precision. So to most people it just looks like another Fender or Squier or Jim Deacon. That was the plan and that was what we achieved. I just didn't realise I wanted people to notice it as much as I do .. See, get a custom bass made and discover unknown bits of your personality. Will the benefits never cease? So ... what will it have? 5 strings, 21 frets, same profile neck as the P5 - That's very wide and very slim. Figured maple fingerboard on a maple neck with no dots but orange sidelights. (thanks to Rich for the example ) White Ash body with an as yet undecided upon purdy top (That's purdy as in "hey you got a purdy mouth, boy" rather than a picture of Joanna Lumley, though I have still to rule that out as an option ...) Still considering headstock facing in the same wood .. or maybe a picture of Emma Peel in that leather cat suit ... hum now there's an idea ... Plain back with plastic cavity covers. 3 over 2 "Shuker Shape" headstock with lightweight tuners probably Gotoh's. Straplocks of course... Monorail bridge with 19mm spacing. Electronics will be a pair of Nordstrand DC5 pickups with the Serial option (switchable), Jon's 3 band EQ and Active/Passive switching. The knobs will be around the outside of the body to avoid colliding with them during pick play. I notice I'm not alone in that one eh Mr Russ? The hardware will be black but I may be tempted to emulate Rich further (he is my hero!) and get some wooden knobs... However as I like minimal knobs and switches I may see if we can use stacks so I may not be able to use woodies ... The light switch will be hidden on the back as per my P5 .. This bass has actually been on Jon's order book for a while and the neck is already well progressed but as I have the delightful P5 already, and Jon is busy with lots of orders, being flooded, summer vacs etc I said there's no rush. So .. My dilemma now is to choose a front wood from the virtual version of THE WOOD STORE Jon has sent me .. That chewing gum front on EntropicLQD's left-handed bass is truly stunning - loads of WOW there .... Tricky ...

[quote name='EntropicLqd' post='56103' date='Sep 5 2007, 05:50 PM']Well, as far as I know Jon only had the single piece of Bimblebox ..[/quote] Yeah he mentiond something about something called Beeblebrox ..

[quote name='steve-soar' post='56197' date='Sep 5 2007, 07:35 PM']She said, there's something in the wood shed....[/quote] Yeah, The Jon Shuker Tractor Beam Generator

"bimble box bookmatched top and coolibah bookmatched rear face" Waaaaaaaah! Damn damn damn damn! Damn you Mr Shuker and your gorgeous way with wood .. Well I thought I had my next one all specced out but having seen that I'm changing my mind again ...

[quote name='Rich' post='55903' date='Sep 5 2007, 01:05 PM']And there's the feminist version "Your Husband Loves His Jon Shuker Bass More Than He Loves You (Which Makes Him An Even Bigger Bastard Than The Rest Of The Men, All Of Whom Are Of Course Bastards Anyway)" by Germaine Gruesome and Fem Braburner.[/quote] Maybe there's scope for a self help group, blog and meetings for all the Shuker Widows and Widowers .. (are there any Shuker Widowers?)

As yes a common problem. may I suggest you buy her a copy of [url="http://www.mikelull.com/images/Lull_jackson.jpg"]"My Wife Thinks I Love My Jon Shuker Bass More Than Her (and I think she may be right)"[/url] by Sheila Kitsinger and Anna Raeburn Published by Relate ISBN 1-040-130

[quote name='OldGit' post='55399' date='Sep 4 2007, 05:06 PM']Explains the hairstyle ... [/quote] For Moondance you really need to sit down with the record (and chord chart) and get that swing walking bass feel it has. It's one of those tunes where you almost have to do a karaoke version or the feel goes out the window .. Sorry mate but there's not really an easy way to do it...

[quote name='dood' post='55351' date='Sep 4 2007, 03:59 PM']but strangely nice smelling too![/quote] Explains the hairstyle ...

Good Game!

[quote name='The Funk' post='50437' date='Aug 24 2007, 10:54 PM']Could you give our myspace page a follow-up inspection please? Link is in the logo in my signature. Thanks![/quote] PM sent

Yeeeeeeeeeha PhatAdmin fixed the thread so I can see all of it again Thanks matey So if I owe you a reply, please accept my apologies , twas Bill Gates demon software playing up and not me ... OG

[quote name='andyonbass' post='54890' date='Sep 3 2007, 07:02 PM']Welcome, Seymour, I dunno how you manage it - I'd be rolling around the floor most of the time. What a great gig to get. If anyone on here is unfamiliar with Otway, do a search on you tube, theres quite a bit on there[/quote] Ha ha yeah I doubt he has the same rules as Ken Dodd .. Someone I know used to bass for Ken's show band and the rules were "laugh at all of the jokes or you are fired" even after 100 repitions ...

[quote name='seymourfluid' post='54669' date='Sep 3 2007, 12:03 PM']Yep. No 9 in the charts, Top of the Pops, Party and gig at the Palladium…………..It was a blast! Got pissed at TOTP’s in the “Star Bar” with Badly Drawn Boy. The bar staff where really happy to see us because in the last few years of the show, most of the artists where too young to drink in there. We kept them busy. :-)[/quote] Wow a star in our midst! Well I hope you can share your experiences with us ~

Welcome! Now that is a very special gig I've seen you a few times and always enjoy Otway in all his guises. So did you play on the second Hit? OG

[quote name='EskimoBassist' post='53931' date='Sep 1 2007, 06:05 PM']ofcourse the neckdiove and its' shear weight is something to think about, but i believe these are only minor set backs. IT SOUNDS FANTASTIC![/quote] Tbird neck dive fix is here [url="http://www.lysator.liu.se/~wizkid/music/thunderbird_mod/"]http://www.lysator.liu.se/~wizkid/music/thunderbird_mod/[/url] Cant help you with the weight though

For some reason I can't see the messages on this thread beyond teh first one (the one I copied over from BW) If you've posted to it you'd better send me a PM if you want me to look at your site. OG

Hi I've seen a few basses have magnetic cover fixings to avoid having screws .. What are your experiences with these? Any problems? Any big advantages? Assuming your batteries are elsewhere and there's not much to do under the cover is it worth it? if they stay on securely, how do you get them off if you need to? Thanks OG

[quote name='Beedster' post='46253' date='Aug 16 2007, 10:16 AM']Clearly there's a long tradition of Precisions called 'Carol' [/quote] Well she looks as "experienced" as Carol Kaye

[quote name='m0reilly' post='46171' date='Aug 16 2007, 03:49 AM']that's what i did to my '72...may god rest it's soul... [/quote] What? Called it Carol?

[quote name='Tengu' post='45993' date='Aug 15 2007, 07:02 PM']I like the insurance idea. Maybe you could mark out the stage area with striped tape like they do in factories and put health & safety warning signs up everywhere.[/quote] We have 4 rope lights that we lay out across the floor infront of teh band whenever we don't have a real stage. That helps delimit the "band's" area from the punters' area It works most of the time Not with posh drunks, of course