yorks5stringer

A 50th Birthday Party in Helperby Village Hall, near Borobridge, North Yorkshire. As we departed the main road from Borobridge, the snow started to come down, even though was only 5 miles to the village, it was very scary. Luckily the snow then stopped. The host assured us it would be nearly all his friends and age group, but 2/3 of the audience were 20 somethings, his daughters friends all dressed to the theme,"The 60's". Lots of groovy Austin Powers and gals in white plastic boots..... Our set was around 10 x 60's songs (BTW, he only told us on Weds it was a 60's theme), the rest were more modern. We debuted "New York" by Paloma Faith, we all learnt it at home then a quick soundcheck, and into the set! It was good to have people up and dancing, thorugh most of the first and all of the second set. Last song before the encore was Last Christmas by Wham, this saw us wearing our Christmas hats and in my case a Santa Hat/beard combo, that was very warm! The host runs a hog roast business, 2/3 of the way through the first set he came onto the stage whilst we were playing to tell the guitarist "Don't worry, there is plenty of food left!"WTF There was in fact virtually 2/3 of a pig left at the end: I asked what would happen to it, was told it would be thrown. Shame it could not have been taken down to a homeless charity or something but the weather/roads were very treacherous. We had a different dep in on drums, he added some nice BV's and it keeps me on my toes. Next gig NYE at a restuarant, can anyone see a theme developing......?

Just bought a semi-loaded Jazz Body from Smash, extremely well padded and packaged ( the bass body, not him!). Recommended!

or available in Spanish for those who fancy the linguistic challenge....

"I therefore invite the tight-fisted, gap-toothed, faux-psychotic, fanboy-exploiting fret-masher to pack his cash-filled Hermes bags and shag off home to his adoring acolytes, thus avoiding the likelihood of having a tightly-rolled item of headwear rammed up his Sheriff's badge" Possibly not a fan then?

In the spirit of seasonal goodwill, could I just point out my comment regarding the price of the hats was tongue in cheek: some of you may have realised that anyway.......! I have no idea of the real price of them.

I had one made to measure but the holes for the handle were slightly in the wrong place: I sent it back and they made a new one at no extra charge so if you are not satisfied, just give them a ring and they should re do it.

4 string caps are £15, 5 string are £20....

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Just received a set of Geddy Lee Jazz pickups from Paubass: well packaged, swiftly dispatched and pass the "Ronseal " test!

Try a Rick Turner Electroline using the piezo bridge pickup and strung with flats. I have one for sale, a 5 string.....

I'd be surprised if he got a fee: anyone with anything to plug has been queueing up to play either Xfactor or Strictly because the exposure is huge. Mind if they did pay him, 10m cast votes last night for Xfactor, at £1? per call. no wonder they can afford all those sparklers and lights and Cowell is a millionaire.....

However I'd be very careful about what you put on Talkbass, just keep it to the facts and avoid opinions as there are people who post on there who'd cause an argument in a graveyard.......! You could always ask if anyone else in the US has used this guy and if he has in fact fulfilled their orders?

[quote name='gnasher1993' post='680693' date='Dec 10 2009, 09:31 PM']Any of you folks got a problem with a 16 year old joining in? Thought I best check...[/quote] Not a problem, there were younger there last year and I've got CRB clearance as well!

What some people have done on US Talkbass is "outed" slow suppliers: that could be an option to try and apply some pressure? Dr Bass cabs got very bad press on TB and they have held up their hands and acknowledged the issues and have brought in more staff to totally restructure the business.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='680513' date='Dec 10 2009, 06:54 PM']Anybody find it odd that he also sold a 'refinished' [u]gold sparkle[/u] P bass quite recently... maybe his practice piece! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270473864425"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=270473864425[/url][/quote] You're not suggesting this may be a bit "suss"?

It's a steal but very purty! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1964-64-Vintage-Fender-Jazz-Bass-RARE-Sparkle-Gold-Orig_W0QQitemZ270499128849QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item3efb012611"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1964-64-Vintage-Fend...=item3efb012611[/url]

Not really, as that hand print is actually Mark King's.....

and in a shameless bump from a couple of hours ago(!), I'm going to start a provisional attendance list: 1. Born 2B Mild 2. yorks5stringer

I've been saying for years that biggest is not necessarily best .......

Now relisted at £499 BIN, about £480 too much?

The Boomerang system below that strap looks interesting: it looks just like something quite familiar, but I can't quite put my finger on it.....