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I have a double iGig bag, which is great but have to say that Fusion F1 looks good as well...

Another that comes to mind is 'Storyteller's Daughter' by Northsyde - like an updated and very funky Led Zep with a cracking female vocalist...!

I'm afraid that I do not have the knowledge or interest in jazz to talk about how an electric bass works in that context. However, what your drummer said does make perfect sense...

Looks like I will be around in Saltaire at that time, but will be with family as me and the missus will be taking my mother around the festival. If anyone fancies meeting up for a beer a bit later on at Fanny’s (say around 4.30pm) – gimme a shout...!

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1379450788' post='2212934'] I'm just amazed someone hasn't mentioned the fit between the control plate and the scratchplate. [/quote] Have you never seen a Fender before??

A couple of pics from Newark Blues festival last weekend, courtesy of Liz Aiken... [attachment=143628:PB Newark.jpg] [attachment=143629:Pete n Phil Newark.jpg]

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1378627841' post='2202447'] Even the Ampeg SVT series which have tube pre-amps and SS or Class D power sections don't seem that common either. Like the comment on age related to amp / cab weight. Makes sense. Dave [/quote] Still plenty of people using Ampeg out in the real world! I use either a Mesa Boogie Mpulse or a LM3 thru a Berg 410.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1375884501' post='2166913'] I love it when a plan comes together [/quote] But what exactly is the plan?? Is it meeting up in Saltaire on Sunday the 22nd? If so, where, what time and who’s going??

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1378647534' post='2202726'] Bill them, unless you think it will blow any work with them in the future [/quote]Unless you actually have a contract, all that will do is p*** them off so that they don't use you in future and get you a reputation for being unreasonable! Best to write this on off as 'one of those things' and move on...

Not bought much new music this year but the Winery Digs album did manage to live up to expectations and is really good...!

[quote name='sk8' timestamp='1378281568' post='2197966'] LM2/3 are not class D. There are A/B and sound the better for it IMO. Side by side the LM 500 sounded far more organic than the 800 watt with the class D power module [/quote] That may explain why I prefer Mark Bass to other lightweight amps that I've tried...

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1378224881' post='2197304'] But the player might. Surely that counts for something..? [/quote] All the audience notices is if the band sounds as good as the band last week and the week before! Part of that overall impression comes from how good the bass sounds...

A few ones that always went down well and don’t seem to have been mentioned when I was in such a band a couple of years ago: Forever Young (Tyketto) Alive or Evenflow (Pearl Jam) Panama (Van Halen) - a bit obvious but great fun to play

Someone here was asking recently about where were the blues gigs in the North West. Well, in response to this question I will be playing with Rhythm Zoo at BJ's Blues Club at The Hop Pocket in Chorley this Thursday. ‘Come getcha some’ as some of my American blues playing friends would say! Remember to come up and say hi if you do…

My advice would be to try both then concentrate on the one that feels most comfortable...

For that kind of money I would go for a Hartke amp and a decent 410 cab (second hand of course)! You can't go far wrong with that set up...

I will be there the day before - I'm playing with Rhythm Zoo on the main stage at 2.00pm on the Saturday...

[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1378029444' post='2194773'] Anyway, we are auditioning a guitarist this Thursday, and he assures me that we wont need another guitarist, so if thats the case, then we will probably settle on one guitar, and it would make it a bit easier queezing into some of the smaller venues we will probably be playing. [/quote] Of course, if this guy doesn't work out you could always give the original guitarist a ring and get him back in...!

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1377971959' post='2194289'] No, the jazz is stable on most stands. This will slip. [/quote] Not on the stands that I have – the bottom of the bass just about clings on to the stand exactly where the jack socket is, meaning that you have to unplug before you can put it on the stand. Dunno about on a stand but the W&T looks like it [b]might[/b] just balance on the protruding tuners, which I would have thought is less than ideal…

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1377970939' post='2194268'] I wish these buggers who designed it would think about how it's going to sit on a stand. [/quote]You could have said the same to Leo Fender when he came up for the design for the Jazz Bass...!

My rig in the eighties was a Hartley Thompson preamp and a HH V500 PA stereo power amp, both cased in a 8u rack! Sounded great, but I could hardly lift it on my own...

Peter "Mars" Cowling (bass player for Pat Travers back in the 70s) was certainly an inspiration for me!

Will drop you an email later on but can you give me an idea of the dates in October? Also, don’t suppose that you can say who is involved in the band (just out of curiosity – I’m kinda local so I might know them or have played on the same bill as them, etc)??

Friday night bump to say that other (local) bands appearing will be The Hookas and the Groove-a-matics...!

I remember speaking to Phil Nixon from Bass Gear a couple of years ago about Fodera basses. I mentioned that I would never buy one but had to admit that the best bass I had ever played was a Fodera. He said that many people had told him that they thought Foderas were unjustifiably expensive and a waste of money! Phil then got them to actually play one and said that on several occasions the same people would come back a couple of months later, having borrowed money and / or sold every bass that they had, and put in an order for a Fodera. It is not so much the sound of these types of basses, as you can put a top range preamp or new pickups into a Fender for a couple of hundred quid. It is more about the playability, rigidity, feel and attention to detail. You will not get things like a quarter-sawn neck and a flatter radius fingerboard on a standard Fender, yet alone a Squier! If you think of the most challenging thing that you have to play on your Squier and then pick up a Fodera, you will find that it suddenly seems relatively effortless. It will not turn you in a top player overnight but it will make everything seem a lot easier… I still would not play £6k for one, but some people will and it is not just because of vanity or snob value…!