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Roll up, roll up for The Inevitable Teaspoons first proper pub out of town gig! Calling in at The Green Room in Perth on Sat 30th May, we will be supporting a band called Highway 491 and other as yet unconfirmed acts. I suspect we'll be on first or near as damn it, so get down early to make sure you get to see us!

Not entirely related, but I changed the "TB+ masquerading as mudbucker" in my Midtown Standard for a DiMarzio Model One. It required enlarging of the pickup route, about 5mm each side. I did it carefully with a chisel. I was pleased with the change. Not only is it a nice sounding pickup, being a 4 wire humbucker, it gave me the option of series/parallel which I operate with a push/push on the volume. Dunno any that fit in the TB+ hole I'm afraid. It's probably smaller than all of them.

I made a bass cupboard out of the space which was vacated by the water tanks when we changed to a combi boiler: Thinking of putting a shelf above to put small bass related items on. Phase 2!

I had a gold one until a few months ago (only sold for financial restructuring - nothing to do with the bass), but ooft, those white ones are looking damn nice. Watch out for feedback, as they are mostly hollow. Don't stand too close to your amp or monitor. Unless you want feedback as part of your sound of course...

[quote name='Mylkinut' timestamp='1431337957' post='2770056'] I'm not bothered about where a bass is made so long as it's a good instrument [/quote] You just answered your own question, I reckon

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1431263298' post='2769350'] +1 for Procell - recently rebranded as Duracell Industrial. Get them from Babz Media on eBay for best price and fastest delivery. Here's the 10 for £8 pack, [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-DURACELL-INDUSTRIAL-9V-ALKALINE-BATTERIES-MN1604-PP3-MN1604-REPLACES-PROCELL-/150518690146"]http://www.ebay.co.u...L-/150518690146[/url] [/quote] Thanks for reminding me to get a box, was down to my last one.

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1431121066' post='2768093'] Nooooooooo.... The bass should have gold hardware, I would go for black like the Black & Gold SB. The whole bass will be refinished in gloss black eventually... [/quote] Heh, you asked for options...

Change the rest of the hardware to chrome?

At our last gig, crowd was pretty quiet but then a group of ladies came in and started dancing in the middle of the dance floor, seemed to act as a catalyst and pull some people off the fence onto the floor, so we're ever so grateful to them for that

Second one - ebay (US) - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331545808392 ?

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1430781402' post='2764594'] I see this has 2 speakon sockets. Why is this? Sorry to be dumb [/quote] If you're using the cab with just a head, the second socket is a link to a second cab. They'll most likely be wired in parallel so it doesn't matter which one you use when you connect it as a single extension cab to a combo. EDIT: Beaten to it!

I shall try to do some recordings of my EB's various combinations for reference and get back to you. Prices are ridiculous this year, on that we can agree.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1430697306' post='2763858'] I'm Stateside this week. Played a 2015 Thunderbird earlier...played nicely enough but distinctly underwhelmed with the new electronics. Couldn't hear anything different from the two new switches so couldn't vouch for what they actually do. New Babicz bridge is very nice, so may order one up when they're available. [/quote] Strange, assuming it's the same pickups and switching as on the EB (2013-) it makes an appreciable difference on the EB. What were you playing it through?

May 1st 2015: Cafe Drummond, Aberdeen. Take that, audience. Photo by Cat.

I can play anything with a chunky enough long scale neck. Attachments to certain instruments are formed with me because of circumstances - my wife bought me my RD Artist, I rescued my Victory Artist from being a basket case, I did a lot of modding to my Epi Les Paul Standard. Those would be the last three of the current batch to go if there had to be an emergency sale, know what I mean? After that, it's how much I like it versus how much of a PITA it would be to get another one. I really liked my Epi Jack Casady for instance, but it's simple enough to get another so I sold it when I needed some cash, no problem.

[quote name='barkin' timestamp='1430589665' post='2762957'] When an agreement is struck to do a gig, part of that agreement is surely "what are we, the performers, getting out of it?" If mere "exposure" isn't sufficient, don't do the gig. If you're aware beforehand that it's a freebie, and the gig was accepted/agreed on that basis, what exactly are you haggling over? [/quote] There are "promoters" out there who expect to get your services for nothing, and the OP put up a link to a sarcastic response to that. I didn't say anything about accepting a gig for free, so why are you bringing that up in response to something I said?

The very fact that there are venues/promoters who think that music should be provided for free and feed performers no sustenance other than BS about what great "exposure" it'll be if they play their gig is why this article exists. If you can't (or won't) understand that, then you've clearly never experienced it. That's great for you, but spare a thought for others who have gone through what feels like a bruising haggling session just to squeeze a drop of fuel money out of these tight fisted so and sos.

[quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1430386194' post='2760829'] I think all the HyDrive stuff is sealed so i expect that would be too. Looks like it'll be quite a nice little cab. Liam [/quote] All the info is in plain sight on the Hartke website. The 112 and 115 are ported. The 210, 410 and 810 are sealed.

Build a bitsa - outsource the body finishing. I reckon that's the cheapest way you're going to achieve what you want to the standard you want.

Nah, nothing doing. Applied to a couple but never heard anything back. They're announcing bands now, so I guess we're out in the cold this year. Still, just recorded some decent demos so hopefully they'll shake free some opportunities.

Germany a bit closer? http://www.musikding.de/Alpha-24mm-Stereo_1 I've bought a couple of 1M rev log pots (G&L stuff) from these guys before.

We're away to do our first out of town pub gig at the end of next month. Hoping to get a few nearby folk I know to come along. After that, it's just hope and pray it isn't awful. Did some out of town gigs with my previous bands and yeah, hit and miss. The busy, fun nights more than make up for the quiet, crappy ones - the good ones are the ones you reminisce about after all.

At my last gig I turned myself down on stage because I thought I was being obnoxious. I was still nursing the one pint I got when I came in. I never have more than one drink before I play (I tried two once and I thought it made me sloppy). I don't think I'm in danger of this.