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That Les Paul isn't exactly a relic though, is it? A lot of effort has been put into making it look like it was made out of painted steel and had rusted. Not the same as taking one perfectly serviceable bass in good condition and applying chisel, sander, angle grinder and blowtorch until it's screaming for mercy.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1339761831' post='1693874'] There's a very weird photo of the fingerboard with strings not running parallel....? [/quote] It looks to me like he's parted the strings to show what the fret wear is like.

[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1339601526' post='1691309'] This has been a source of some confusion for me. When punk first hit I totally bought the media/pr story that it was all about bands that couldn't play their instruments, and didn't bother with it. Much later I got R&R Swindle out of the library and was surprised to find that, even on Johnny B Good, the playing's not bad (and I'm assuming it was Sid playing that). It's not a ground-breaking bass line, but I wouldn't be ashamed of it. And the more Pistols tracks I've heard, the less sure I've been that they couldn't play. [/quote] The Pistols could definitely play - saying that would be against the punk ethos, of course. I think you'll find it was Steve Jones who played the bass on R&R Swindle, as he did on quite a bit of Never Mind the Bollocks. That was because when they had a band member who genuinely couldn't play, they couldn't actually use him on record.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1339510666' post='1689552'] When I play at church compliments probably come from the fact that I play loud enough that you can actually hear me! Though there is a funny story I've heard... I'm sure the ideas of God using people for things isn't entirely foreign- well a common depreciating reply to compliments in christian circles goes a bit like this: "Hey man, really loved what you were doing on the bass in the worship" "Thanks, but it wasn't really me, it was Jesus playing through me" to which the correct response is an incredulous "no mate, it wasn't that good!" [/quote] Not "Oh, so Jesus is a drummer then?" ?

Just sold an iAmp500 to Ross, quick payment and good comms. Thanks.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1339502970' post='1689345'] I love compliments! I had a few after my little gigs with Dik. I think they were more along the lines of 'well done you for standing up and giving it a go even though you clearly can only play 2 notes'. Nevertheless I lapped them up. [/quote] Well, Mr Guru is hardly shy and retiring with a winsome voice, so it says something that they actually managed to hear you Anyway, what's a compliment?

I have done pay-to-play gigs a few times - however, this was for the Tamworth Rock Festival, which was a free admission festival, so the bands pitched in for PA and PLI and to get in a couple of trailers for the stage. I'd happily do that again, but I wouldn't do Surface or other pay-to-play profit-making events.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1338553823' post='1676247'] 2,300,000 hits a month speaks for itself, I think. [/quote] But 2,247,395 of those are from bass_ferret's aliases.

I've got the Herc grabber ones too - worth looking at the various prices available as when buying in bulk the postage costs can fall as a proportion of the whole.

I think you do need the ability to veto songs, but that should be very sparingly used. For instance, "Dakota" is pretty dull, but I don't see that as a reason to refuse to play it - it goes down well with the audience and the others like playing it.

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1338071945' post='1669395'] They have a letter from Larry Taylor, and videos are available on youtube etc for all to see. I've seen those videos though, and I think its a different bass, there is a distinctive mark on the one at Woody, and it ain't on the bass listed?? [/quote] It doesn't say that the bass was played at Woodstock, just that the owner played there.

Well, the actual description is "ex Black Dyke Mills Band owner, old and rare", although whether it's the banjo or the owner that's old and rare is open to creative interpretation. I thought pete.young must be making some reference to political correctness, as I'm sure that there would be great exception taken to a Black Dyke band these days if it didn't contain a significant number of Afro-Caribbean lesbians.

You could always buy their CD: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Years-Black-Dyke-Mills-Band/dp/B000000A77"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Years-Black-Dyke-Mills-Band/dp/B000000A77[/url]

I bought a PA a while back and three of the bands I'm in use it. Couldn't be arsed with working out who should pay what. Mind you, it's not exactly expensive - a mixer that I'd already got and a brace of Skytec 15" active speakers that cost me about £200.

Many years ago, a guitarist and I were looking for a drummer for our originals band. The first one was called George (three decades on and I still remember that). We hadn't got any recordings so we were just playing the material to the drummers and getting them to join in. So George joined in, with a straight boom-tish-boom-tish beat which was at a completely different tempo to what we were playing. So we tried another song, with the same result. By that point, we'd worked out that he was not the one for us.

No regrets about the very first one I owned, a truly awful Rosetti 7 semi-acoustic. However, the first bass I bought to actually have a serious go at playing bass with was a Hayman 40/40, and I do have fond memories of that. If one came up at the right price (somewhere around the £70 I paid for mine brand new in bits), I'd be very tempted.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1337183068' post='1656825'] No because there were no Mondeos in '54 [/quote] Damndamndamn. '04 as any fule kno.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1336819992' post='1651476'] And Squier is a Fender brand [/quote] Ford owned the Volvo brand from 1999 to 2008, so presumably by your logic I have a '54 Volvo Mondeo.

At the moment, there is an Ebay links subforum which is intended for discussion of Ebay auctions or flagging up interesting ones, and isn't intended for links to members' own auctions, and a multiplicity of For Sale subforums which Ebay auctions (generally) can't go into because they don't have stated prices. Is there any support for a "For sale: Ebay" or similar subforum which members could stick their own auctions into?

There is a subforum dedicated to ebay listings, just not your own ebay listings.

Why oh why oh why do people stick their own auctions on in here when the forum is specifically not for their own auctions?

Friday night - Spiral Six, rock covers band. One gig, two significant points in the band's life. First, it was our first wedding reception, so the first time that people weren't there for us (in either a specific "us" sense or an "any band will do" sense). Second, it was our drummer's last gig with us. This has been a long-drawn-out farewell, and it's down to geography and jobs - he's working for the MoD as a meteorologist and has been posted to North Yorkshire. If anyone around the Darlington area needs a drummer, I can put you in touch - having done both originals and covers with him, I know he's got great scope and skill. We're breaking another one in at the moment who is coming on pretty well. Anyroadup, all went well (the odd mistakes were recovered, even one that might easily have become a train wreck). The groom even insisted on giving us a bit more money (this was after providing us with drinks for the night - we were all driving so couldn't take full advantage). And we got a fair few up and dancing. "Sex on fire" was our penultimate number and that really go them up and going - this century's "Mustang Sally". Our singer thought it was the best gig he's had, I thought it was good, and the DJ thought we were good too and name-checked us on his Facebook radio show (well, that's how it's described). Saturday night - barn dance with Mrs Zero calling and me stepping in on bass with an ad hoc band. Last year, we did the same thing with an ad hoc band put together by the same chap for the Birmingham City Mission. We'll be repeating that in a month, this one was for a toddler's group for a Birmingham church. The band that was assembled last time was high quality, and the same applied this time round, though the only member in common was the band leader. Had a really good time, managed to pick up the tunes through a combination of ears, chord charts, and the guitarist's fingers. Mrs Zero also had a great time, and there was a plentiful supply of willing dancers.

I've got an '87 JD Thumb (very shallow neck, NT, one piece bridge/tailpiece) and a 2000 Thumb, originally with the fat neck, that I've had reprofiled to JD proportions and defretted. I'm not parting with them, but I'm not using them much as I mainly use 5-strings these days.