Maude

Just had an email from 'Claudia', bass and other bits shipped already, only ordered at midnight last night.

Just had the confirmation email

Reverse headstock, just hope it fits the SX P bass I bought. If not I'll have a whole J for sale

I've just ordered the Lh Jazz. Just want the neck for a project so the body could be up for grabs, maybe.

There should be a fire extinguisher nearby that you can use to hold open the fire door.

Fridays gig was like that, tiny doorway at the end of the bar to negotiate with big drunk bloke stood there. When you say excuse me he would just lean forward a bit instead of actually moving, trying to get a doublebass past him without knocking the bridge over was fun. First time I wait for them to move, after that it's a loud cheery "scuse me" as I come barrelling through with the PA. If they're too thick to work it out after the first ask then they will physically feel why they should move. The thing is they are a punter and without punters venues won't want bands, so you have to put up with it.

Why Can't I Be You?

I'll put this in general as I hope the discussion will be as much about the bands as the effects. I've just seen an Akai Unibass on ebay with a buy it now of £210 and saw one a while back with a similarly high price. We all know that prices for the Deep Impact went through the roof due people wanting 'that Muse sound' and it looks like some people are trying cash in on people wanting 'that Royal Blood sound'. Do you think the same could happen and are there any other bands who have manged to popularise a pedal in the way that Muse have?

When a fretted bass starts to sound and feel like a fretless then it's time to clean the fretboard

Moondance - Van Morrison (Bass, John Klingberg) Well someone had to say it.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1439244813' post='2841324'] Maybe he (I assume he) meant it would suit someone who was tired of tedious twiddling and wanted to try something more challenging. Maybe. [/quote] Ever the optimist

Reminds me of a roast chicken Mmmmm........ chicken.

Variax.

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1438272651' post='2833143'] There should be a universal system of signals for sound engineering , much like the aircraft paddle thing [/quote] There is, various amounts of or combinations of fingers, and shuffling hand gestures.

Oh yeah, forgot to add, my fretless acoustic has the side dots in the right place, as in on the 'fret' line, not inbetween.

[quote name='Jonnyboy Rotten' timestamp='1438177567' post='2832299'] It is interesting that it is normally the same 4-5 instruments that come up as dekos. You would have thought that QC would identify occasional faults with all HB instruments at about the same frequency. Its not like the B30 or the shorty P are much different to the other HB models... The other option is that they only sell some of the deko models on there and other ones get recycled/rebuilt/scrapped or just disposed of some other way. [/quote] Possibly the most common dekos are rejects of the best selling instruments, if larger numbers of these instruments are being shifted it stands to reason that there will be more found with faults.

Genius idea but choose carefully, can't see many landlords giving you a gig when you tell them the band's called "Playing Dives".

I can't really think of the structure off hand now but Rat Trap by The Boomtown Rats always seems to have nice little sections.

A hard rock/punk band I used to be in did ABBAs Mama Mia and The Buggles' Video Killed The Radio Star, both worked really well.

Manufacturers of computer equipment should make an attachment where you could feed your twenty pounds note through, a bit like you do at the supermarket self service tills. I'd buy lots of stuff if I could do it this way

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1436793171' post='2820772'] Good to know it's not unusual though! [/quote] Tom Jones used to apply the headstock decals in the mid seventies, when Q.C. asked him if that's the position he normally fitted them Mr. Jones replied...... ..... "It's not unusual!" I didn't even take my coat off!

[quote name='Myke' timestamp='1436557087' post='2819216'] Has anyone ever seen a fretted natural finish acoustic bass as a Deko? I've only ever seen the black ones or once a fretless natural acoustic bass. [/quote] Yes, there's one in the corner of my living room Just to add to Annoying Twits comment about the unbranded pickup. I actually prefer the unbranded one to the Fishman one in more expensive model. I'd imagine that the Fishman electrics in the deko are worth more than the price of a deko.

Why do I keep checking every evening and morning for dekos? I don't need any more basses. It's now part of my routine, like brushing my teeth, last thing at night and first thing in the morning. I DON'T NEED ANY MORE BASSES!

I can thoroughly recommend the solder station in KiOgons post. I picked the same one up when maplins were doing them for thirty quid,very quick and efficient.