Sean

[quote name='dood' post='72999' date='Oct 11 2007, 06:44 PM']To bablance up the discussion, Yes I do agree that single pedals are better in that you can pick and choose what you really need. However buying 20 boutique pedals and all those power supplies, special cases.. leads lahdee dah dee dah is an expensive business. That money could go towards a very high end rack system, no switching delay, no hisses and buzzes, no dodgy lead problems.. and best of all, much much lighter and easier to carry ;o)[/quote] Sorry to hijack but what are the products out there for rack mounted effects for bass? What's good and what's not? Thanks Sean

[quote name='rodl2005' post='73125' date='Oct 12 2007, 12:33 AM']can use a carpet de odouriser- like a powder- for the case. Just sprinkle it in & leave it in .[/quote] "Do the Shake & Vac and put the freshness back, do the Shake & Vac and put the freshness back, when you're carpet smells fresh, your room does too so everytime you vacuum you know just what to do..." I used to be in a band that covered that jingle! :wacko:

Sunday's gig has just been canceled for reasons I know nothing about so if you were going to turn up there, please don't. Here's the main set list Peter Gunn Theme & I Can’t Turn you Loose She Caught The Katy Gimme Sum Lovin’ Treat Her Right I Got Everything I Need Almost Minnie The Moocher Take Me To The River Guilty Riot In Cell Block No. 9 Jailhouse Rock Green Onions Soul Man Hard To Handle Do You Love Me Rawhide Flip Flop Fly Mustang Sally In The Midnight Hour Shake A Tail Feather Sweet Home Chicago Everybody Needs Somebody Closing – I Can’t Turn You Loose There's also Land of 1000 Dances, Think and Who's Making Love which get thrown in sometimes.

All replies now done. If anyone else fancies getting in touch to suss out what is a great fun band this is, give me a shout.

Please bear with me this weekend about getting back to everyone. There has been a tremendous response to this which is very pleasing indeed. I went to see Rush last night and got in at 1.30 am, I'm out looking at houses today (I need to rent somewhere and I need to buy somewhere too) and I have a rehearsal with another project tonight. I'll promise I'll get back to everyone on email, phone and PM before Sunday evening. The next rehearsal is on Wednesday at The White Hart in Caldicot - directions on the gigs page of the website wwww.thebrothersblue.co.uk - everybody welcome, just come along and have a chat. We sometimes have an open door rehearsal so everyone is used to being watched. Looking forward to seeing you all. Sean

Seeing and hearing Nathan Watts on TV was a suprise, you really don't expect him to be as camp as he is. One of my favourite bass players and one of those people whose playing I loved before I even knew who it was. Sir Duke has been dissected by so many of us, it's a wonderful piece.

[quote name='Andy Long' post='73072' date='Oct 11 2007, 10:02 PM']Hi I could be persuaded to be interested ;0) drop me an e-mail at [email protected] I couldn't do anything until after Christmas anyway because of current personal circumstances that I don't want to get into here... BTW - I'm in Newport Andy Long www.myspace.com/sleepingplanet[/quote] They are looking to get someone up and running before Christmas so that there is a seemless transition for when I leave. I shall pass your contact details on anyway. All the best Sean

[quote name='rohan' post='72905' date='Oct 11 2007, 03:51 PM']Age and experience required?[/quote] The spec is for someone that can play the parts as per the records (or near enough), someone who can fit in and groove with the drummer. If you are interested pop along to one of the gigs and introduce yourself, we're all very easy going and I'm sure you'd get a great reception just for showing interest. www.thebrothersblue.co.uk I've agreed to stay with the band until Christmas to "hold hands" with a new guy if required so it comes with "on the job" training as an option.

I've decided to leave The Brothers Blue to take on a couple of new projects and I offered to help find a replacement bassist. It's a twelve piece band, 2 x sax, 1 x trumpet, drums, 2 x guitar, keyboards, 2 x backing vox, Jake & Elwood plus obviously vacancy for a bassist. The band rehearse in Caldicot on Wednesday nights and gig regularly in South Wales and the South West. I've always found it a great set list to play and the band has tremendous energy. If you'd like to come along to a rehearsal just to get a feel or if this is exactly what you've been looking for, let me know.

Hilarious reply. Part of me hopes you get more hate mail so we can chuckle at the responses. I must commend you on the restraint and coolness of the retort. Fabulous.

[quote name='paul, the' post='70437' date='Oct 6 2007, 09:04 PM'][/quote] As soon as I saw this photo I thought I could here my mother screaming, "Tidy your room now or your not going out tomorrow night!" Nice vintagey sounds and very JJ feel to those lines - I reckon you could put a concept band together around that amp alone, as well as being the funkiest combos I've ever seen all that padding make it very health and safety pleasing. I have had no problem if my headstock had landed on top of that!

The people that enjoy gigs rarely track you down to let you know that they did. It's just some bitter twisted individual that just got thrown out of a band pouring his vitreolic down the nearest vent hole.

I'm lovin' that P - it's a real rockdaddy!

[quote name='paul, the' post='70444' date='Oct 6 2007, 09:14 PM']What's the bass to the left Sean? and sexy yammy acoustic.[/quote] That is a Fender USA Jazz Deluxe FMT + Badass, an absolutely adorable creature that I loved dearly but for some reason it liked destroying things it was plugged into. It has an 18 volt circuit which didn't seem compatible with a lovely Trace Elliot combo I had or a number of effects units, the combination of my ham-fisted slapping and the pre-amp managed to fry a few circuits and so it had to go. It was like sending your dog off to the "farm" after it had bitten someone. Do I miss it? Nah, I have Lakland Lust now and nothing Fender feels as good anymore. The Yammy is a real work horse, nice small body and really easy to play standing up for a couple of hours.

No controls? What the story with that? DR Cool Blue - good taste - I've got mellow yellows on one of my Lakkys at the moment - loads of comments from people.

Alan, I'm sure Roger's done his bit. Sometimes things take ages to clear the sorting offices when they've come in from the States, sometimes they fly through. I'm sure the current postal strike isn't helping matters now. Don't despair, old chap, their sheer beauty will make the wait worth while. What ones did you order? Is this covered elsewhere?

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='70531' date='Oct 7 2007, 10:31 AM']Ouch! How did they fail, what didn't work?[/quote] The little mechanism that locks the male bit into the female bit on the button just failed and it slid out while I had my hand up adjusting a microphone. I managed to get loads of sympathy and kind words from another bassophile that was there but to be fair to the Lakland, it didn't even go out of tune. Good job it's akeeper, that would have knocked a few quid off the residual.

[quote name='presoulnation' post='60329' date='Sep 14 2007, 11:54 AM']Schaller all the way.[/quote] Do not use the Warwick ones. Go for Schaller. The Warwick ones I use let me down yesterday and my Lakland 55-02 is now cosmetically scarred: the headstock hit the tarmac, ouch!

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='66751' date='Sep 28 2007, 09:39 AM']I love that 55-02 Sean - I'm GASsing for one badly. I used to have a 55-01 and never should have sold it. As a matter of interest, how long did you wait for your pickguards? I rang Roger the other night and he nearly jumped out of his skin when I told him where I was calling from. Chatted to him for about 20 mins - nice bloke.[/quote] I owned the very 55-01 you are talking about, Alan; it's one of those instruments that has really done the rounds on Bassworld/Basschat and everyone has loved it but it doesn't seen to have found a permanent home. For me it got me into 5 strings and totally turned me on to Laklands. And here she is with some of her friends in a room that no longer looks like that, thank goodness.

I've got a week to wait before I see them - very excited now.

Stuart Cable played with my band a couple of times a few years ago. We were probably the only Welsh band that would let him at the time, though! After the gig he was a little the worse for wear so we dragged him feet first out the Chinese takeaway and popped him in our van and took him home... ...not with us for keepsies or anything, just back to his mam's place.

My 55-02 is faultless. I've had a Stingray 5 and an Ibanez Sr1005 which were both very nice but not a patch on the Lakland. Killer Bee!

Compatible with i250/i320/i350/i450/i455/i470D/i475D/S200/S200x/S300 Posted out FOC - donate to basschat in return.