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[quote name='crez5150' post='520101' date='Jun 21 2009, 04:37 PM']Do they make these in 5 string?[/quote] Key Factor definitely comes in a 5 but I don't think I've ever seen a 'regular' Kubicki in a 5 format. I've hunted around and can't see any 5's - Seems odd though, maybe the 5's are just very rare!

[quote name='Schnozzalee' post='519963' date='Jun 21 2009, 01:17 PM']Thats an amazing collection! Gotta say the Green Fretless is my fave! Do you know anything about the key factors?[/quote] I had a Key Factor for many years - what do you want to know about them? Forgot to say - the green one is lovely, never seen one in that colour before

This looks a lot like Birdy's Spitfire - I know he had it up for sale a while ago but then withdrew it. Probably just one that's very similar though!

Completely forgot - sold my first ever bass which was a really nice little brand new '78 Fender Musicmaster in white in order to buy a bloody Sequential Circuits Pro-One synth in the early '80's so I could get that 'Human League' sound! Not only did I lose a lovely little bass and the instrument I learned my first ever bass lines on but I also stopped playing bass completely for something crazy like 15 years - that has to be my biggest regret ever. . .

Very high up on my list would have to be Jamerson's P, Stanley Clarke's brown Alembic & Chris Squire's Ricky as all of these were massive influences on me, but all of these have already been mentioned. The one I'd just love to have hanging on the wall would have to be Bootsy's original Space Bass and an early Mu-Tron to go with it. Come to think of it - if I can add amps & cabs as well I'd kill to have even a nice replica of Jamerson's naugahyde Kustom tuck 'n' roll head & 2x15 cab, let alone the original

For me the playing with other people is what it's about. My ability is pretty limited (Jakesbass is my witness!) but I love holding down the bass slot in a pretty decent soul / disco band and have have just, sort of, agreed to work with a local band who are just starting out trying to play 'slightly obscure' 80's stuff. One of the great things about the soul band is that I absolutely know I could spend a nice evening down the pub with any one of them individually and my 'audition' with the '80's band consisted of going to the pub and trading ideas & theories of what to play and how we'd arrange things. Don't get me wrong - I have a great time just sitting in my little study trying to learn new stuff & just playing along with whatever's on the radio but I do feel that playing with other musicians is what it's all about really.

'77 sunburst precision sold for £150 because the jack socket was a bit crackly & volume and tone pots very scratchy. Didn't know any better at the time & assumed it would be really complicated/expensive to have these fixed

Don't know if this has come up before but I've been a long time subscriber to Wolfgang's Vault newsletter & every now and then they unearth some real live concert gems that you can listen to live. Many of them are complete concerts recorded for American radio - particularly the King Biscuit Hour shows. Quality can be quite patchy but they have some great stuff. I'm currently listening to The Clash live from the Agora Ballroom Feb '79 - I'd guess soon after Give 'Em Enough Rope came out in the USA judging by the set list. Some artists have multiple concerts here - unsurprisingly the Grateful Dead have about the most - 36 in total! Wow - as I was typing this I spotted the Baker Gurvitz Army from Reading Uni in '75 - I was at that gig, lol. Gives a good indication of how obscure some of the music is I guess. Some of the material costs to listen to but I've never come across anything I wanted to pay for yet. Home page is [url="http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/"]http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/[/url]

I was involved in sponsoring one of TT's tours (first one post Robbie I think) and we got a batch of comp tickets so I took my daughters. I've never seen / heard so many young girls losing control in one place at the same time. One teenage girl near us quite literally wet herself when they came on! The thing that got me was how many of the mums were all dolled up & really going hell for leather as well - definitely a bit intimidating, lol.

I went to see them at SHepherds Bush on Sunday & I'm afraid I was a bit disappointed Sound wasn't brilliant, bass & bass drum very boomy, and SB is normally a good live sound venue. I also got bored rigid in the 20 minute 'Dweezil conducts the band' section in the middle. I saw them last time they were over here (maybe 2 years now?) and, IMHO, they were a million times better. Dweezil's solos were more focussed, band dynamics seemed better and they played a string of tricks with live vids of Zappa himslef which worked incredibly well. This time around it felt much more like a 'tribute band' to me & just made me remember quite how good Frank was live (I saw him a couple of times with Steve Vai on 2nd guitar). However I have to say that the audience were getting into it a lot more this time around so maybe it was just me that thought they weren't as good!

Excellent - count me in for 100 Club

My other trick in crappy rehearsal rooms is to use my little Sadowsky pre & try to feed it straight into the power amp stage or, failing that, using as the mast tone control & running the amp totally flat. It only has simple volume, bass & treble controls but I've used it on a couple of horrible sounding amps in the past & it made a big difference. You're more than welcome to borrow it if it would be any use, pretty small unit & easy to post!

[quote name='51m0n' post='516346' date='Jun 17 2009, 12:43 PM']So with that in mind I've had spotify dialed up to Motown-tastic all morning, and just soaking up that feel, and its plenty of notes but really relaxed, which is what I wasnt [/quote] If it's any help I've got 700Mb of classic Motown with the majority of vocals removed. They are not quite instrumentals as the backing vox are still there to help with position in the song etc. I could either burn to CD or maybe upload a clutch of them somewhere for you. In terms of sound have you thought about checking wheher you could at least use your head at rehearsal & feed it into the Peavey cabs? Might help you with eq etc. You could also see if you could get into the rehearsal space between now & the next session to really work the eq on the Peavey gear to get it sounding as good as it possibly can?

[quote name='silddx' post='516315' date='Jun 17 2009, 12:15 PM']I reckon I'm up for the 100 Club, anyone else?[/quote] I can walk there from work in about 5 minutes flat!

I did eventually get a reply to my 3rd email - it kinda said "we're too busy to reply to emails". I'm afraid I still think it's a bit rubbish to run an online business that isn't able to manage customer email queries. I thought this kind of practice had died out years ago!

I've just got in from rehearsal & dashed to the PC to see how you'd got on! Tell them if you get the gig there will be a queue of bass players at the door the first time you play live - we'll bring mates as well so they'll get a much bigger crowd Seriously well done though, great news so far.

Good new s Stu - wait til you discover that you're playing outside with no cover & the weather is overcast with a high chance of rain, should be a fun gig. . .

Have you contacted them to say how much you enjoyed it etc.? i always do that post interviews to make sure I keep some dialogue going. Tends to be by email in a work environment though as it's easier to sound really enthusiastic without coming across as desperate, lol.

[quote name='51m0n' post='515351' date='Jun 16 2009, 03:05 PM']Still no word, so starting to think they probably chose someone else....[/quote] As someone who's regularly involved with new people recruitment stuff I always go by the 'no news is good news' rule for at least the first day or so

Just my 2 pence worth on the use of agents & the level of professionalism at larger gigs. My old band (11 piece soul band) were fortunate enough to pick up a booking for a major London accountancy firm's annual party. It was in the main hall of the Natural History Museum (well - in the ante chamber behind the T-Rex skeleton!). We got the booking becuase we'd played a £1,000 wedding gig and someone in the audience worked for the accountants & recommended us. All the arrangements were handled by a pro agency who did all the liaison work with both the venue & the people who hired us. I couldn't believe how well organised they were. Every last detail was arranged in advance. Stuff like the exact layout of every band member on stage, instruments, mic requirements & preferences for make & model of mics right down to each drum mic! The killer for me was when they asked me to supply 'dietary requirements' - I guneinely thought they were winding me up, lol. When we arrived we were pre-booked through security & astonished to find out that we had our own private chef for the evening with a variety of foods he'd cook to order along with iced drinks & a selection of wines. Road crew had already marked out the stage for us & lighting rig was in place with spots set for the horn section & singers etc. We were treated really well by everyone all evening. From memory we got about £3K for the gig & the bookers took about 15% (not entirely sure about the % though). Personally I think they deserved every penny. We absolutely played our asses off & had a great evening

[quote name='51m0n' post='514917' date='Jun 16 2009, 12:46 AM']Job well done. Fingers crossed! the Roscoe still sounded amazing[/quote] Great news - really hope you get it, sounds like you nailed everything & the Roscoe came up trumps I got a call for an audition this morning in my email for a local band - (nothing like this one of course!) - and the main thing they said was that they desperately wanted someone they could simply get along with and could have a good time. Apparently their previous bass man had a bit of an 'attitude' problem. Mind you, I haven't met them yet so maybe it's them with the attitude & not the bass guy

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the Roscoe will slay 'em Really looking forward to hear how it goes - all the best of luck matey I reckon you just need to stick by your MySpace maxim: [i][b] "These days it just has to be all about the groove!"[/b][/i]

I've bought and sold through the Gallery - they will definitely haggle (both ways!). I sold a lovely Sei through them and I was the one who put a slightly higher price on it than I thought it was worth precisely so they could haggle on it on my behalf In the current climate they are going to get a lot more people trying to push them on price but not sure if that means they will drop any further. Personally, I'd be tempted to drop my 'face value' price listings in the face of stiff competition but they are a very experienced bunch so I'm sure they know what they're doing