gary mac

My girls treated me to a set of D'Addario Chromes for my birthday a couple of weeks back and I decided to put them on my G&L this afternoon. All was going well until tuning up the G string. It wouldn't. It just kept slipping and popping out of the tuner. After a few attempts it got weak and end snapped off, tried again and it just won't have it. Not sure what went wrong, I didn't cut it any shorter than I normally would, infact did everything as usual. I'm wondering if it could have been a faulty one, anyone had a similar experience? I'm sure there's not much point going back to the shop, I'm guessing they will say it's out of their control, which is understandable but on the otherhand I've been changing basss strings since 1973 without incident, well apart from one occassion when I wasn't paying attention and snapped one. It's left me feeling really glum and hacked off and they cost my girls around thirty notes . So if anyone has a spare C'Addario Chrome flatwound G they can flog me it would be hugely appreciated.

A full page already Tim, so you are not alone I don't trust my memory these days and so I have a gig/rehearsal requirement tick list on the computer. I print two copies off on the day of gig. One for the load in. The other one goes in the car so that I can give it the once over before driving home post gig. So far its saved me from forgetting anything, I started doing this when I left a bass in a pub after a gig.

Nice find Nige, thanks for sharing.

Sounds like a good plan, thanks.

Can't see that having any impact really, so long as it's a decent bit of cable. Meant to say in the last post both of my cabs are 8 ohms.

My daughters bought me a set of flats for my birthday and I can't make my mind up whether to put them on my G&L SB1 or my 58 Bitsa P bass. Any thoughts anybody, my head is too fuzzy to make an informed decision tonight. Having a job deciding whether to have a tea or a coffee at the moment

Never been able to turn mine up that high, normally more like 9/10 o'clock and the pre amp controls around 11/12 o'clock.

That's some serious ammount of redness. very nice

I would love to know the history of my 75P bass and actually ponder that very point every time I pick it up for a play.

At risk of getting some serious stick here but here goes......................... The Promise by Girls Aloud, is I think, a near perfect pop song.

I really think you should delete this post immediately, just in case any wifes/girlfriends/partners get to see it. It is imperative that they continue to believe that we need to regularly upgrade our kit. Now get a grip man and enough with these thoughts

Ye harr indeed, they are great instruments. I gigged my one on Friday night (the one in the pic above yours), it sounded so good.

[url="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Rothko-and-Frost?_rdc=1"]http://stores.ebay.c...nd-Frost?_rdc=1[/url] I was very impressed with the decal purchased from this seller. He uses a nice thin film, which once lacquered doesn't leave a visible ridge in the finish. some of them are just too thick.

Very handsome, where did you find it?

Good on all of you for giving it a go. Hope you get it Linus.

Just had the pleasure of meeting up with Rupert. Good comms all the way through, even offered and paid a deposit long before he got the goods. Happy to recommend, one of the Bass Chat good guys.

The Purple Emperor, Harlow. Ironically last nights gig was one of the most depressing and yet I had the best sound I've managed in a pub for years and as a band we probably played our best to date. But the audience, mostly builders/roofers/chippies who had been in there since finishing work, totally ignored us. Still, we got paid and kicked up a good din for a couple of hours or so.

Good for you, going for it. Even if ultimately you didn't get the gig at least you have had the experience and like you said, been their bass player for half an hour

Yes, got to agree with Machines. I love my Fenders but have to say I've never played a bad Yamaha, can't say the same about Fenders.

I'd be tempted if: It didnt have that pointy head stock and I wasn't skint

Just as importantly, I'd want to know about the power supply. Mains or generator and safety aspects etc.

Best of luck with it, hope it goes well for you all.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1332790076' post='1593200'] Stand tall, Gary. Steely gaze, hands on hips, groin thrust forward. Hooray! [/quote] If I were to do any thrusting these days, it would be followed by three days on the sofa with a hot water bottle on my back

Slightly ashamed of myself plug coming up I have a nice Affinity for sale. Pm me if interested