tauzero

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1463138526' post='3048885'] I had a set of Schallers on my first "proper" bass. i was forever tightening the pesky thing up, until one day, at rehearsal, the bass crashed to the floor with the strap lock in pieces. I may just have had a rogue one, but it put me off those mechanical locks for life. [/quote] I've used Schallers for almost 30 years with no problems on about ten basses. I suspect that you got a rogue one.

I have suggested to Mrs Zero that she could be an Alison Moyet tribute called Not 'Alf or we could do a Blondie tribute called Silvery.

Schaller for me since getting the Warwick back in 1987. You can also get a Schaller clone - I think Dangleberry Music do them - brand is Boston, they come with two nuts per straplock so the second nut locks the first. You can also get cheap Chinese clones, the only disadvantage being that they have no ramp on the sprung pin so you have to pull the button out to put them on.

[quote name='Huge Hands' timestamp='1462975578' post='3047466'] I had an email from a band colleague this week regarding our latest member (I won't mention the instrument in case they work out who I am), but the reason for wanting them to be relieved of duty was that we need to find someone who is good, rather than someone "...[b][i]who thinks there aren’t enough notes in any scale and that they all need to be played as fast as possible in no special order..."[/i][/b] Classic! [/quote] You've got John McLaughlin in the band?

For about three weeks on the trot, I was told there was no rehearsal for one reason or another. Then the rhythm guitarist texted me to say that the lead guitarist and drummer, two brothers, had been asked by an old friend of theirs if he could come in as bassist (said old friend was aware that they already had me), so they were getting rid of me. Still, it meant I joined the band I'm still with on a full-time rather than dep basis. I'm not actually that petty a person as to hold a proper grudge, so when I heard that the replacement bassist had cancer, the news did sadden me somewhat. I hardly think it was karma, definitely a punishment far too harsh for the crime.

We play 7 of them, though on any one gig probably four. I like doing the more unusual stuff and I'm still sulking because the rest have decided to ditch "Kayleigh".

Sex on bloody fire

Sorry I didn't make it in the end - too much on as it turned out.

[quote name='three' timestamp='1462526672' post='3043729'] I'm pleased that Fodera are addressing the 'lack' in tonal response that frequently characterises other headless instruments. It was a relief to hear too that there's a complementary pack of strings. I'm conflicted now - do I sell my Streamline and go for the MG, or just live with its tonal inferiorities? I'd still have my old Status Series II but it's a great big bulky thing and a lot of people have remarked on its tonal limitations too [/quote] Would an identical Series II but with a head sound different to the headless version then?

Or use an Ashbory, upright sound and very tendonitis-friendly.

I've happily used Elites double ball end from Stringbusters on assorted 5-string headlesses, including a Status.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1462192352' post='3040918'] I had one of the Maison BC-alikes, mine was a 5 string with JJ pickups and I gigged it for years. I managed to remove the logo from the body with a bit of T-Cut and elbow grease [/quote] I had the fretless 5-string version which was my first 5-string.

I think I'm still OK for it, Mrs Zero has decided to go to work rather than come along. I did tell her there was cake but that wasn't enough to sway it.

Status tapewounds - round wound sound and smooth feel.

Although it's not likely, it can happen that a driver blows and goes open circuit. If this happens, the results will be different according to how the cab is wired. If two drivers are in series, connected in parallel to two other drivers in series, you finish up with a 16 ohm 2 speaker cab. If two drivers are in parallel, connected in series to another two drivers in parallel, you finish up with a 12 ohm 3 speaker cab. At first glance, the second option may seem better. However, the single speaker will have to handle four times the power that each of the drivers in the pair do, which may well result on it crying enough too, so you finish up with an infinite ohms cab.

I use white spirit - just moisten a paper towel with some, rub the affected area until the gunk is off, then use another paper towel to dry up. A bit like watching porn, but with less issues if someone walks in. Apparently.

I thought Bo Diddley was the first rectangular guitarist, so as to speak.

We use a pair of Behringer B210Ds, just for vocal monitoring and sometimes a bit of guitar. Wouldn't want to put drums and bass through them.

Have you got good output from the bass, and is the volume all the way up?

Property is heft.

I considered the Mono GS-1 but I have the strap at about 47" and want to have the potential to adjust it in either direction, which would have meant two GS-1s. I bought the Neotech Mega instead. Seems well made and comfortable. Doesn't slip either.

My Warwick JD Thumb which I bought new in 1987. Doesn't get used these days as I play 5-strings but it's always there...

[quote name='Jebo1' timestamp='1461387851' post='3034195'] The celebrity owned thing is interesting. I spoke with one guitar dealer who soar even if a guitar has been celebrity owned, he won't talk about it or list it, preferring to sell the guitar on its own merits. When I asked why he told me a funny, if slightly sad, story about a friend who had invested a load of their savings in Rolf Harris artwork. [/quote] The value of my Gary Glitter album plummeted a few years ago.

[quote name='NickD' timestamp='1461342870' post='3033902'] Didn't he have pretty serious hip problems? Sure I read that somewhere. [/quote] Apparently yes, and also apparently wouldn't have hip replacements as that would have entailed a blood transfusion and as a Jehovah's Witness, he wouldn't have that.