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Weekend rehearsals might be an option if you work nightshifts thru the week. I nearly always rehearsed at weekends. This is the first band i've been in that rehearses mid-week. If you have mates in bands why not ask them to help with this by arranging an occasional weekend get together with their band and you go along and play a couple of songs even doubling up with existing bassist and that way he knows the songs and you can drop in and out as required. Dave

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1498747660' post='3326810'] From time to time I see ads on gumtree/joinmyband with retired old farts looking for band personnel [/quote] That would be me then at 57 however that was one of the attractions to join the band as they were nearly all retired or so i thought. It turns out that 3 of them are all still working even at 70 and drummer plays full time with 4 bands. All in their 60's. Think with age also brings a more relaxed attitude to playing in bands or maybe its just the guys in our band. Who knows but point is its all great fun. Dave

Have you tried the obvious places like screwfix or your local guitar / repair shop. Take the other pot screw with you. Not sure about ordering direct from Fender ? Dave

Do you have any mates that play in a band and maybe go along to some of their rehearsals and just take the reigns on a song for a bit and see if that helps relax you a bit and hopefully ease yourself back into it. I didn't play in bands for approx 20 yrs altho it was down to work. Been back into it since turning 50. Until this band i was usually quite nervous so never give up on "da bass" sir. All else fails you could consider councilling or therapy whatever you prefer to call it. I underwent stress councilling thru work good few yrs ago and its surprising how well it works by just talking to a complete stranger. Pretty sure your GP could help there. Wishing you success rather than best wishes cause i know you'll beat this and get back out there gigging. If you stay anywhere near the Scottish Borders i'd be happy to let you come along to our rehearsals for a wee blast. Its all very relaxed with no pressure and just a great bunch of guys all aged same as you and older. Dave

Guitarist has a Godin Acousticaster that battery cable came loose and touched the circuit board burning out a transistor. He took the board out of the guitar himself and i managed to get it repaired at a local electronic repair shop. I didn't see the cabling and where it originally went. When we reconnected the board in the guitar it didn't work at all. Does anyone have a wiring diagram for this guitar and if possible one for the circuit board. Even an explanation of how it actually works. There's a red and black cable from the circuit board that i'm guessing goes to the jack socket and there's a single white cable that goes somewhere under the saddles ? Any help appreciated. Dave

Congratulations guys. Is this a first on Basschat. 2 BC'ers getting married. ? Dave

Must admit i love the tone but i do find its not as loud as i had thought. Using with 2 Orange cabs at 8ohms each and pretty sure my Markbass rig is louder at 500W. Dave

Iain at Glasgow Studio Electronics. (Attached details below) Mine was an American import and Iain changed out the Transformer for a 230V Ampeg one last year. This time the amp had an intermittent fault that eventually failed altogether. Turned out to be the power relays that Iain replaced and repaired some board connectors that he thought were a bit suspect. He also cleaned the various pots on front panel which were crackling a bit. Total cost for this repair was circa £100 so not too bad i thought. He knows his stuff and has worked on several Ampegs over the years altho he's relatively young. Nice guy and great to deal with. Easy to park outside his workshop too. Plenty of spaces every time i've been in but parking meters can be expensive there so i usualy just call him when i get there and he comes to front door takes the amp or returns it saving on parking fees. Dave [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2] [b]224 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 4DQ[/b][/size][/font][/color] [url="http://www.glse.co.uk/#"]premises location picture[/url] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2] telephone [b][size=3]0141 204 0111[/size][/b][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2] mobile [b][size=3]07939 420 680[/size][/b][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2] email [email="[email protected]"][b][email protected][/b][/email][/size][/font][/color]

Just got my Ampeg SVT4 Pro back from repair. Had a couple of relays failed and some bad connections on main board. As i wasn't gigging at the time i just left it in spare room for past year. Started with another band and bought couple Orange cabs and thought the Ampeg would sound great with them. I had forgotten how much i loved the sound from my Ampeg when using my Fenders. Rich deep and great mids used thru my Berg HT322. Rehearsals tomorrow night with my Orange 115 & 210 cabs. Looking forward to trying out the Ampeg. Currently using my GK MB200 and TE GP150 into both cabs but it lacks that smooth rich tone from a tube amp. Dave

The band you had sounded pretty good too. As someone said it was good old proper rock music. Its taken me until my late 50's to find a band that i'm truly comfortable with No pressure, no ego's, no attitude and altho its not my typical style of music i've never had more fun and enjoyment. Only been with them 6mths and played one gig and have since been asked to play 3 other venues in same area. Over the past 6-7 yrs i've been in several bands all of which just didn't work out for various reasons usually guitarist ego or attitudes but some just not having the drive to gig even after rehearsing for a year (originals Prog). Since turning 50 i've probably had more offers to join bands than i did as a youngster. That's no great help for you Juliet. There are more bands out there loking for bassists and i've seen quite a few younger female bands looking for female bassists too playing rock so never give up and just keep going. I only play for enjoyment these days and as long as i'm happy with a band i'll stay with it but there needs to be a drive within the band to keep pushing for perfection and gigs. After hearing your clip i'm pretty sure you'll find another band soon. All i would say is to be a bit picky with any new bands and make sure they are what you want from a band. Dave

It seems that everyone i knew when i was in my mid to late teens (70's) was playing guitar or bass or in bands in some fashion or other. On reflection tho it was probably a small minority from the friends i knew at school. My social circle on leaving school was based around music, playing in bands or going to see bands every other night. Venues would run band nights every night of the week in some pubs. On the other hand many or probably the majority of my school friends went to disco's rather than see live bands and i'm not sure that the proportion of musicians against non-musicians has changed that much. I have teenage neices that are into heavy rock and you only have to look at the various rock and Prog festivals in UK to see there is still a huge following of that style of music. I also know many young bands doing the circuit in Central belt area so there's no shortage of younger kids out there playing. Like someone else mentioned its maybe that the big companies have just over produced and that pruduction from all the major companies has over-run the number of people buying new guitars or basses. The 2nd hand market has such a huge selection these days compared to when i was just staring in mid 70's. All you could get was basically Gibson, Fender, Rik with a smaller selection of cheaper Asian copies. Nowadays the market is awash with manufacturers whether originals or copies on a theme. Dave

One door closes and another will open. Looks like time to move on. Always a bummer when band splits after all that hard work and effort. Good luck with whatever comes along. Dave

[quote name='Jono Bolton' timestamp='1474203945' post='3136220'] Had fun with this the other day... [/quote] Peavey's greatest ever bass head. Loved it Dave Not sure why the photo didn't transfer along with the comment. (Peavey Mk4 bass head)

[quote name='cd_david' timestamp='1495112719' post='3301366'] 2nd time round, maybe ill not be dumb enough to sell the cab again........... [url="http://s519.photobucket.com/user/cd_david/media/Bass%20Chat%20PA%20Stuff/2F101124-3B1B-4C42-ACF2-50214AE9EC53_zpsfyylpkcr.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] WOW that looks awesome. Is the Acoustic cab a 1x15 or 2x15 ? I have the orange 115 & 210 cabs and thought about getting the AD200 head but thta rig takes me back to the halcien days of proper big bass rigs. Dave

New Years Day from U2 is a great catchy and simple song Several from AC/DC (personal fav is Sin City but there are a lot of simple easy to learn ones) ZZ Top always a good crowd pleaser. Oh and yes i've played the first song in set as an encore and as part of the 2nd set usually the singer states that "by special request we've been asked to play ***** again) Dave

Guess i've been lucky then with studios. Its either been Ampeg 8x10, Ashdown 610, Warwick 410 cabs with a combination of varying heads including Ampeg SVT4 Pro (which is main reason i bought one) Warwick, Ashdown, Aguilar and various EBS amps. Once had a full Markbass rig with 410 and 115 cabs (nice) It allowed me to hear quite a few different set ups and a contributing factor why i bought my Ampeg head and my Markbass combo with ext cab. Some of the amps i just didn't like at all like the Aguilar and EBS. I just could not get a nice tone from them at all. No warmth ? Dave

Will keep an eye out for them "oldslapper" Dave

I bought a Jaydee Roadie fretless 2nd hand from Bass Direct for good bit under your budget. Think it was £800. Its active but has a by-pass switch and has a very nice rounded tone with both active or passive mode. Dave

I remember trying one years ago and was very surprised how good they were. Great necks. From memory tho i found them a touch dull on the tone side but i've no idea what version of bass it was. It was also a request to play a song with another band and their bassist had it so i didn't get a lot of time to play around with it. Dave

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1496572310' post='3312330'] Epiphone or Gibson, it'll make a serious impact, nothing looks as good as this! [attachment=246605:18902497_1059873444156318_656309542_n.jpg] It's put the pic in twice, but only shows as one in edit mode - sorry, but two Thunderbirds for the price of one can't be bad! [/quote] Looks like the strap button is at the neck joint on yours FinnDave. Is that the normal place on a Gibson T Bird. Maybe the bass has already been modified and explains why no serious neck dive. I moved my Epi one from above the neck position on the shoulder to the neck heel as its a bolt on and raised the one at the bridge a few inches to stop neck dive. Worked a treat but bass only cost me £100. Don't think i'd be happy doing that with a Gibson. DAMN I need to try a Gibson T bird as i now have serious GAS for one. Gorgeous looking and thunderous tone. Dave

Hopefully get a ticket for that. Should be an epic performance. Dennis was one of my influences as a teenager. His style and technique was way beyond my capapbilities at the time and i was in awe of him. And he was a cool looking dude into the bargain. Fantastic. Dave

This is VID from Motherwell gig i attended including Joe (Leftyhook) Hope http://youtu.be/DLkKMytTSA4

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1496572587' post='3312333'] Thank you for the update. It appears I was in a state of "confusion" but didn't know it. Dave says "Nothing overkill just good clean bass playing". If you look at the clip, the bass playing is competent but it is definitely a case of overkill, in my opinion, because it is more elaborate than was heard on Bowie's releases of the same tunes. It was a while back but I just realised that I was the one who put up the clip that my criticism was based upon because Dave had not provided a link. For that you deserve an apology. I am sorry. It was honest criticism on my part however so I understand how you might feel slighted given the circumstances. Would you care to put up a link to an example of the band with you in it please? If there is anything else bothering you I am always willing to discuss things. [/quote] Only just catching up on this guys. Someone else posted the promo VID on the thread. Having just listened to it now it is not my idea of a tribute bassist and as pointed out more like someone showing off .......badly. Time and place for that kind of thing and its not a tribute band trying to portray Bowie in all his glory. I wouldn't have been impressed by that at all. Joe's bass playing was in fact perfect for me. Just the right amount of playing as and when needed. Nothing overkill at all. Maybe if i had listened to the promo VID when it was posted i might have picked up on that. I honestly could not fault the band. They nailed every single song and being a huge Bowie fan myself i like to hear as close to the original as possible. The band were that good that the audience at Motherwell were on their feet for the full 2nd set. I've never seen that kind of response for any tribute act anywhere. I would like to reiterate that if you get a chance to see these guys with this line up then go for it. I don't think you will be disappointed. I went to the gig having never heard the band before with some doubts as to how good or accurate they would be. I was completely blown away with every song. Not a bad song in the set IMHO and i was driving and completely sober so no outside influences to make the atmosphere "better". I've seen other Bowie tributes and they have been good but not this good. NB : Joe has since completed an amazing Bowie portrait for me which has pride of place in our dining room. One very talented bassist, singer and artist and add to that a very nice guy too same as Ed. Dave

Have the SVT4 Pro and its pretty impressive. Love the tone. Tried the SVT 2 in various studios and found them a bit too muddy for me but that's just a personal preference. The variation available for tonal adjustment is quite impressive when you include the graphic and footswitch. Dave

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1496016826' post='3308164'] The neck on my 1991 Gibson Thunderbird is thin like a jazz bass and features the ebony fretboard. I gigged it last night and guess what, no neck dive. Guys, I hate to be pompas, but IMO the Epi product is not really a Thunderbird. Now, if there's a Japanese Ibenez Thunderbird, I'm interested. Blue [/quote] Cheers Blue i had no idea the original T bird had a slim neck. Think i might give one a go as i love the style and the tone is unique. I only bought the Epi cause it was so cheap and the seller was desperate for the money. Dave