Hobbayne

Yea, i sing lead on about 12 numbers and backing vox on everything else. Funny thing is, i can only seem to sing uptempo numbers ballads send me completely off key!!

An Agathis body? sounds like an elderly crime author! I thought basswood was the choice for the lower end market these days??

His name is "Rusty" something or other, he,s been playing with Macca for a few years now! I saw them at Earls Court back in 2005 with the same lineup. The drummer is the son of Abe Loriel the great bass player, although he looks like a nightclub bouncer who would knock seven bells out of you, he is in fact a nice guy!!

According to the book [url="http://www.recordingthebeatles.com/"]Recording The Beatles[/url] Chris Thomas miked up a piano and sent it through a Vox guitar amp and twiddled the knobs to get that sound, it was done live not in the mix apparently

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1039773' date='Nov 28 2010, 11:43 AM']Probably because if you turned up unannounced all you'd find would be an empty room...[/quote] I took a couple of guitars there recently for a setup. They are based in a back street in Bermondsey. You have to press a buzzer for someone to let you in and you go up a flight of stairs into an open plan office with a few guitars hanging on the wall, not really like a shop at all!! They dont really encourage you to try the guitars though! I dont think its a very good way to sell things like that!" They guy I spoke to (nice bloke he was) told me that when they used to have the other shop, he used to get people in trying the guitars out and then saying "yes i,ll buy this!" and going away and buying it cheaper on line, so I can see his point. Still, they done a cracking job on my 34 year P Bass though!

On a way to a gig last night, loaded up the car and drove to our singer/rythym guitarists house where we swapped vehicles and he helped load his car with the gear from mine, and drove all the way from west London to south London to the gig. On arrival start unloading the gear and I said to him "Wheres the bass?" "What he said, I thought you had it!" A quick phonecall to his wife revealed my bass had slipped between the back seat and the front seat of my car, still sitting outside his house!! You all know that feeling in your stomach?? Luckily, we have a keyboard/Lead guitarist who had to lend me his Gibson SG to play the bass on the lower strings while the rest of the band played. It didnt sound too bad, with the EQ cranked fully up and a lot of compression through the bass amp (Which I did remember!) we got away with it!! Phew!

How about Hanging Around by The Stranglers??

I,ve been using it for a while now and it seems quiet accurate, they used to give you the first 10 seconds or so free, and you,d have to subscribe to hear the rest of the song and print out the tab and slow down - speed up etc.

[quote name='KK Jale' date='Nov 25 2010, 01:51 PM' post='1036339'] Cor, what a fantastic track. First time I've heard the original. My nomination for most spectacularly out of tune bass is Van Morrison and Them doing Dylan's It's All Over Now Baby Blue (much sampled, eg. by Beck)…. Mine is [b]Rocky Raccoo[/b]n from the Beatles White album, or its so over flanged it sounds as if it well out of tune!

How about Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group? or Ride on Time by Black Box?

STOP WASTING EVERYBODYS TIM!!

Theres been quiet a few successful sales wihin the past few weeks, see the feedback threads!

I think the most famous engineering error was on The Beatles Hey Jude, where the open mikes picked up a shout of "f***ing hell!! on the vocal track which still makes me laugh when i hear it!

as I recall, the 80,s was dominated by the Squire series, I bought a '57 squier Precision japanese JV series bass in fiesta red back in December 1984, which was a bloody good bass, even now these are looked upon with respect, some even thought them better that an American Fender. I also bought a "Silver Series" Precision in the late ,80,s - early '90,s which to be honest I didnt rate that highly!

[quote name='Slipperydick' post='1022867' date='Nov 13 2010, 08:22 PM']Mooching abbout on youtube looking for Feelgoods covers came across this. Even with its obvious faults its gorra be one of the best, if just for the spirit of it. Better than some of the current line up feelgoods stuff thats on there. Even the drummer looks like he's having a good time. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oij03zA7Pgo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oij03zA7Pgo[/url][/quote] Sounds like "Going Back Home" in Japanese!.. I like it!!

Its funny i should stumble across this thread! I just recently got this Behringer 180 watt kickback combo for small pub gigs, its not brilliant but Digital Villiage are knocking em out for 150 quid! [url="http://www.dv247.com/guitars/behringer-bxl1800-ultrabass-bass-guitar-amp-combo--34417""%20target="_blank">http://www.dv247.com/guitars/behringer-bxl...bo--34417"</a>"]Here[/url]

[quote name='the_skezz' post='1020902' date='Nov 12 2010, 01:40 AM']Agree with you on Baggy Trousers...[/quote] I have to take my hat off to Mark "Bedders" Bedford for that bassline though, he was only about 18 or 19 at the time! I would have never have come up a line like that at that age, and those pounding quarter notes

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1021535' date='Nov 12 2010, 03:04 PM']yes we all got over that joke 5 years ago lol. Seriously though my first bass was a harley benton which i got 5 years ago. It was pretty good for £65 new i must say.[/quote] I'll get me coat!