Japhet

Level 42 at Wembley Arena circa 1995. Total disappoiintment Cambridge Corn Exchange sound mix ruined Doctor John circa 2005. Walked out. Steve Earle at Cambridge CE around 98 was utter durge. Walked out. Nazareth (circa 1984) Hammersmith Odean. Couldn't hear for weeks afterwards. Mate knew Darryl Sweet the drummer so tickets were free (at least £200 too dear.

Doesn't the maruszczyk combo you have (had?) for sale tick all the boxes? That thing is gorgeous!

Seen quite a few shockers, but Welsh Prog rockers Man (think they were Welsh anyway) stand head and shoulders above all challengers for my worst ever gig. Shocking.

Changed to Elixirs and they last for ages. The initial twang goes quite soon (thankfully) but no further degradation for months.

Reading through this thread I'm trying to remember when I played bass for Roxy Music. Must have done at some point but........nope, it's gone.

Pretty obvious I guess. No wonder it sounded good! Here's another one; Pigbag - Papas got brand new pigbag. Great groove.

Fretless was in fashion. The Pino stuff for Paul Young, pretty much anything by Mick Karn. Who did the fretless stuff foe Nick Heywood/Haircut 100?

I'd have thought a hybrid amp would be more than adequate. I've had guitar through my GK MB500 Fusion and with some tweaks to EQ and contour it sounded lush - so much so that the guitarist in my band is quite keen on one as a backup.

Striking Matches at The Waterfront, Norwich. Not much of a Country fan but they were fabulous. No Nashville schmaltz - just a whole load of great songs played by Justin and Sarah who are fantastic guitarists and songwriters. CD is great too.

Seems to work on Google Chrome.

2 channels on the Fusion is very handy.

Thanks for the help Guys.

Why does this not work on my computer? Is it the operating software or something else. Also I cannot put a Youtube link in a thread, even when removing the 's' from http. Anyone got ant ideas. I'm hopeless with computers by the way so please keep it simple Peeps.

Sorry, no idea on that one. From what I can make out my Tokai is from around 1984, but hard/impossible to verify.

I'm off to see Striking Matches at The Waterfront in Norwich on 15th Nov. Saw them last year at The Stables, Milton Keynes and they were fab.

Bit too shouty for me. Have tried to cover a couple of their's in the past which sounded [i]really [/i]shouty, so got binned.

I've played a Stingray for years and recently acquired a Tokai Hard Puncher. The necks are very similar and the Tokai sounds more like a Precision than many genuine Precisions in my opinion.

Beware that you could end up backing countless fret widdlers soloing endlessly over exactly the same 12 bar format (occasionally in a different key from the previous one). Other bass players tend to disappear when this phenomenon occurs.

Back to the topic (cough)......why is it that a 200 Watt valve amp outperforms a 600Watt class D? I suspect manufacturers are prone to exaggeration, but is there any scientific explanation?

I've had Trace SMX and Ashdown ABM Evo heads in the past. I preferred the Trace which had more versatility with 12 band graphic, 2 really nice preset tones and a cracking good compressor on board. A warm deep tone is Trace SMX in a nutshell.

Not the first time indoor pyrotechnics have caused major loss of life.

Never wanted to play with a pick until I heard Bobby Vega.

I've had exactly the same situation in my band. We recently ditched our rhythm guitarist and when the lead player solos, it started sounding a bit empty. My first experiment was with a Digitech Bad Monkey. Don't lose much tone from this and it isn't toppy when adjusted right. Then had GAS for something else so got a Way Huge Green Rhino. I now have what I want. I didn't want loads of distortion or fuzz but just a bit of break up and both these pedals do the trick. I'd be happy to lend you the Bad Monkey or you could have it off me for £25+ P&P if you wanted. PM me if you like.

I first heard Jaco on Weather Report's Birdland. At the time I was immersed in Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Hendrix. I had never played a bass and was a very poor guitarist. Some of the riffs on Birdland blew me away and captured my interest in the bass as an instrument. Can't say I'm much of a fan of his stuff in general but he most definitely opened my eyes (and ears) to something special to me.