police squad

Still haven't tried any out yet but I did pick up a black rockinbetter, locally, for £250. I've got a genuine rick 4003 hi gain neck pickup to go in it. Gigged it once, (so far) with a Jam tribute band. 'Love the Rik' said one punter!! It sounded ok I thought. Looks great too. Plays as good as anything else. No sharp fret ends, decent action, no crackles from the electrics and strung with DR Neons 45-105 (white ones) I'd post a picture but can't seem to anymore. Something has changed and I can't work it out

nice

it needs to be some corvette colour

I remember, one news years eve, my parents had a party and my elder brothers got me drunk by drinking capfuls of neat gin. 'Go on Mart', they'd say, 'this is rock star stuff' I think I was maybe 14 years old, maybe even 13. I'd have a capful (the cap that screwed onto the bottle) then I would disappear upstairs to my room and pick up my bass and play along with some Duran stuff. I remember being able to play 'my own way'. Because I was so relaxed (drunk) I learned to slap the part. I learned all the parts from the Duran stuff. (and the Jam and the Police)

I saw that for sale. I've been after a white one for ages but they're custom order only. Spector did a ltd run of 30 in the USA last year. Looks lovely, you're a lucky chap, good score

I have bought 2 bravewoods. A '57 P bass that is based on Stings and an un reliced '63 P bass in Daphne blue. The '57 is fast becoming my number 1. (the '63 is my wife's and it is her number 1) If I needed another Fender style guitar I would order another Bravewood without hesitation

not in my world!! Maybe it's because I'm the singer too!!

I swap guitars at gigs. Acoustic to electric and back again. It doesn;t take long, so don't worry about it. Basswise, I always carry a spare bass. One night about 10 years ago, one coil of my trusty old P bass died. That left me open circuit and with (almost) no sound at all. There was a very little faint sound with some hiss. So we went into the PA aswell. Turned evrything up , knocked off the treble to remove the hiss and battled to the end. The chances of that happening again are slim but I'm not prepared to take that chance. On Sunday I have a Police gig and will appear as a modern Sting which means my '57 Bravewood replica, but I'll take the 70's fretless re-issue just in case of any problems. When I do late 70's Sting I have the Ibanez Musician fretless as the back up to the fender!! (lovely)

today, my new tribute will be making a video. It's quite exciting really. Playing live.I'll post it up when it's done

@ Geoff which band? Last night I played with one of my Police tributes, but we also did some Jam stuff. It was a stand in gig as the already booked band were ill. This Police tribute gets down to Littlehampton and Hastings.

but seeing as we're not allowed to talk about this kind of copy, I'll have to keep it to myself. But, I gigged it last night and it fooled at least 2 punters into thinking it was a real one. Looked and sounded great on The Jam stuff

what Beedster said. The classifieds are good on here.

I recently bought a fretted 150 for £440. It's lovely and is my 2nd 150 over the years. I reckon it's got to be worth at least £650. As Megallica says,with the right photos and the right info Ebay works very well.

Gibson Grabber = Austin Allegro

sounds like something from Dr Who meats Ken Dodd. It's not something I've ever thought about. I'm not that anal with my sound, I know what I like and it's quite easily achieved but I like the idea of the cab being a little better protected, especially when I'm running the amp hard.

So, anyone know anything about these. I have just bought a MarkBass cab on ebay and have been chatting with the seller. He says, if you put one in the FX loop it takes away all the sub 50Hz signal (Ok with a 4 string) and so cleans up your sound and makes the cab tighter. The speaker will do less work because all the sub 50Hz noises won't come through It sounds like a good idea. Has anyone any experience?

I think it's more about attitude than actual songs. My old band played Every Rose by Poison. Every one sings along. Crazy Horses went down well too. My current band has 2 singers, which brings to life plenty of rock Duets. and some choreography. if you have the balls to play it and you play it well and with the right attitude, it's not cheese.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1386764499' post='2304137'] I've not gigged any of my other basses since I got one:) It's a lovely, lovely thing and you have to buy one . Buy second hand - it's cheaper, and you won't be filling JH's coffers. If JH has p*ssed you off too, remove the TRC like I did - no-one knows if mine is genuine or not unless they ask me... [/quote] sounds like a good idea removing the truss rod cover