Mudpup

Heres my Sandy PM4. Its an old one (cant find a serial number anywhere....) but a fabulous bass. Almost plays itself. sandberg 8 by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr sandberg 7 by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr sandberg 5 by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr

Hey, thats entertainment!

I was listening to a radio talk show a few months ago that brought up the subject of tribute bands. There were a few callers who were slating them saying they were cashing in on other peoples success. Then someone phoned in and made the point that there has been some fantastic music over the years from bands like Zep, The Who, Floyd etc who are being rediscovered by a younger generation. That younger generation would never be able to experience them live (the environment that said bands excelled in) and a good tribute band could get 90% of the way there if they took it seriously enough to recreate the stage show. This was the lightbulb moment for me - its keeping some great and influential music alive for a new generation to experience, and because of this its a winner for me. Ps i played a charity festival a few weeks ago along with a fabulous Bon Scott era AC/DC tribute band (PureDC). They absolutely nailed the look and attitude of the earlier ACDC and i thought they were excellent.

I'll let you know.....i just bought one :-) They were all sold off at about £8 each from an auctioneers it seems - what a bargain!

I have a 1997 2eq Stingray and also had a 2001 3eq at the same time. The 2001 was slimmer front to back (but i still prefer the 1997 which is a bit 'rounder' feeling). And i had a USA Sterling with the slimmer jazz style neck and didn't get on with it - i prefer something with a bit of meat on it.

Yes we can. We stick the kick thru the sub in the PA with the low end cut a bit, emphasise the top end click a touch and use my bass to sit under the top end. It's sounding much better and we're constantly getting "great sound" comments from the punters and landlords. The problem we have in smaller pubs is not scaring the punters with the drums. This really works to tighten and contain everything and standing next to the cymbals isn't an issue anymore for me. And his screen was £600 with a flight case. Weighs a ton though.....

We're a noisy rock band too. The drummer just bought a perspex screen fishtank thing to limit his volume and it works a treat. Tightens everything up and the cymbals don't kill us anymore. It doubles up as place for us to hide when it gets rowdy....

Played in a fairly big pub in NW London last night - I've been off for a month and was looking forward to it. Weird sound in there as it was a big echoey wooden layout and you play upstairs above another bar on a wooden floor. The bass was disappearing - couldnt hear myself 5 feet away, couldn't hear me 15 feet away and the bloke on the leather settee 25 feet away said it was making his derrière shake! Its one for my Gramma pad next time.... Turned out a really good night - the staff loved us, the crowd were going bonkers from the off and didn't stop for 2.5 hours, we got to use the hazer and lasers without setting any alarms off (even though they had smoke alarms nearby) so it looked impressive, we got a couple of rebooks to fill our last remaining dates for this year and a guaranteed 4 gigs next year. Everyone had a fab night it seems. And the strangest thing? They said we were too cheap!!! We don't go out for less than £250 which is pretty typical around here for pubs - we did this one for more than that anyway and they said that the rebooks and next years will pay significantly more again. Need to find us some more of these ones i reckon :-)

I would spend your money on lights instead - your missus is gonna be furious when she spots that you've pinched her standard lamp from the front room

Its pretty straightforward - i reckon once you've spent 30 mins on it you'll crack it. Roots and little noodles work all the way through. As above though, play it in D to make it easier - GnR down tune it.

Something looks fishy about the EBS seller - online supplements shop selling cameras and lawnmowers too. I'd be very careful sending any money......

Heres a few..... herald30 by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr Britannia 6 by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr Untitled by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr herald23 by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr herald47 by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr

Ah, Classic Lacquer P bass......I have one of those and they are awesome basses 😀

But can you adjust the output levels individually?

Dunlop Ultex Sharp 2.00mm here - grippy and stiff Can't be doing with bendy ones at all......

Yet another pleasant transaction with Mark this evening -- i now have a shiny new rack case and tuner! Thanks again buddy!!!!

That’s a really dumb way of doing it!!!!! Who designed that? Ive had a couple and never knew that - I just switched it straight off.....