Hobbayne

[quote name='tarcher' post='1071845' date='Dec 29 2010, 03:46 PM']I've just come back from Peter Cook's having just purchased for myself a Fender gig bag for my Jazz and without doubt certainly the nicest of people to deal with. I'm lucky theyre quite local to me. They have a really good tech comes to the shop on Saturdays as well.[/quote] Yes thats Stuart, he does all my basses and the guitarists in my bands Fender Stat too

Youre very welcome

Oh yes, I remember Rock School Deidre Cartwright on guitar, Henry Thomas on bass.... [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockschool"]Rock School[/url]

Was never a Smiths fan the first time around Their sort of music went a bit above my head. However, I have a Best Of Jools Holland DVD where Morrisey and a great backing band are doing a song called "You have Killed me" Which I think is a great song! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b47llkqZzuY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b47llkqZzuY[/url]

I have the Behringer 1800A, and while its a bit on the weighty side, I have used it nearly every week for over a year. The Ultrabass thingumy is a bit of a gimmick really! Some strange chorusy/octaver effect, but the compessor is punchy enough!

I,m a bit of a beatles fan, so my missus got me a nice leather guitar strap featuring the album revolver and some guitar picks

I remember when I first started playing in the early 80's, I used Rotosound R66 roundwounds. They had red silk wraps, in fact most bass strings did in those days! Theres a lot more choice of colours now. Having said that, I prefer to have no windings at all like the Elites I recently put on the old Fender, they look much better dont you think?

I thought the Black Sea album was brilliant! Some great tracks "Generals and Major" and "Respectable Street" to name a couple. I had this album on vinyl and recently found it on itunes for a fiver!. I think Andy Partridge had a nervous breakdown and doesnt play anymore!

I tend to listen to the whole band, not just the bass. I,m a reasonable enough guitar player too, so I can listen the way the guitar is linking to the drums via the bass. Having said that, I was watching a band do a number that we also do, in the same key as well. I saw he was doing a nice lttle run to connect the G and D chords which I wish I had thought of! I have now pinched it and now do the same thing as him

My OLP MM2 is so light when compared to my 1977 Fender Precision, but recently a friend let me use his 1975 Jazz, and it was even heavier than the Precision (which comes in at 9 pounds) so there are heavy and [b][u]heavy [/u][/b]70,s Fenders out there!

Didnt he produce Creams first two albums Felix Papalardi? I,m sorry, I dont get out much

Do they have a bar there?

I think Jools Hollands bass player uses one of those!

I remember reading somewhere when Sade first appeared that she was related to Michael Caine somewhere along. I think it was 1983 but I could be wrong. There was a big surge in bassists playing Stingrays back then, Pino's fretless on Whereever I Lay My hat, this fella on Smooth Operator and Mikey Craig from culture club all played one. Me? I had a Westone Thunder 1

I,m afraid that Guy Berrymans bass playing does nothing for me

I think Carole Kaye played on the record, I think the playing on the live version is a bit OTT and doesnt suit the song

On my two basses I have roundwounds on the P Bass and flats on the OLP. Doing the circuit that I do its nice to try and simulate the original songs bassline with near enough the right sound. Frinstance, you cant do [i]No Woman No Cry[/i] on rounds, or [i]Going Underground[/i] on flats.

I think that is a 1977 neck you got there, IRC they changed the lettering in early 77 from the heavier font used previously.

For me it would be John Mc Vie from Fleetwood Mac. A guy who just happened to be in the right place at the right time! While not being able to sing backing vocals or any notable solo ventures, he is now living a life of luxury in Hawaii! Although not a brilliantly techical bassist, his lines are always able to complement the song "Go Your Own Way and Rhiannon" spring to mind. Oh! and he's from just down the road from me in Ealing, West London!