Sean

[quote name='fingerz' post='648771' date='Nov 8 2009, 01:57 PM']If you like their stuff buy the album, they seem to be working really hard to get it on the map at the moment. Nice One!![/quote] I bought two copies right after the show and got them signed. One for me and one as a birthday pressie for another basschatter.

I managed to see the band, Mamas Gun playing in Bristol on Thursday night and it was the first time in ages that a band has had me hooked from the first bar. They also look great, which is all part of show biz, I know but they looked absolutely right for what they were playing. Check them out [url="http://www.mamasgun.co.uk/#/home"]here[/url] if you haven't already. I couldn't believe these guys had stayed under my radar; it's melodic groove based soul/funk with vocals that are very reminiscent of The Stylistics, Marvin Gaye, The temps, The Four Tops etc. The bassist and drummer were fantastic and grooved as well as anyone I heard. The bassist is Rex Horan, I'd not heard of him before but chatting to him afterward he seems like a really great guy and is a self-confessed gear nut. He has a really ballsy sound and his style reminded me of Jerry Jemmott, Stuart Zender, George Porter Jnr and a few others. If you get the chance to see them, go; their stage show is fabulous and the moves will make you grin. I was feeling a bit grumpy and down in the dumps on Thursday but this lot turned me round and made it a great day in the end.

[quote name='The Admiral' post='648578' date='Nov 8 2009, 09:59 AM']Such is also 10 years older than JBJ (Such is now 57) and left the band in 1994 I think (when he was 42) : which is pretty old to still be knocking around the world doing huge 200 date tours, especially if you have been on the road for the previous 10 years too I would think. Fine if you are as big as Metallica are now, where the guys are now in their 40s, but are further into their career than BJ were in 94 - and consequently set the agenda for touring : 2 - 3 weeks 'out' and then 2 weeks at home.[/quote] Just for the record, Hugh is 2 years older than Alec John Such and has spend much of his adult life touring.

Hugh's website has been down for ages. [url="http://www.hueymcdonald.com/"]Hugh's Website[/url]

[quote name='Higgie' post='644929' date='Nov 4 2009, 02:27 AM'][url="http://www.myspace.com/rawbiznesentertainment"]http://www.myspace.com/rawbiznesentertainment[/url] Listen to "Caught Up". Not usually my kind of music, but damn, just listen to the playing on that song. Amazing groove and chops...and still it fits the genre. Absolutely amazing.[/quote] Sort of disppointed in a way, I was expecting to see one of our very own Welsh Spector players!

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='641705' date='Oct 31 2009, 10:03 AM']I guess something like that will be correct but the DJ wasn't a straightforward Lakland design because it was an Albey Balgochian design first. So it might depend on whatever Lakland's deal with Balgochian and Jones was and what rights to the design remain with Lakland.[/quote] I've just been reading about that over on Laklandowners. Looks like that cute body shape is gone from Lakland. Going back a while there was an Albey original DJ for sale on here for a stupidly low price, it was stunning and lingered with very little interest for ages - I really wanted it but was skint at the time due to having spent a wad on putting the house right to sell it. I wonder where that is now?

I'm guessing that it'll resurface as an Adam Clayton Model too. When I got my Special Edition DJ it even had "AC Model" on the box but Dan Lakin said that no one was allowed to call it the Adam Clayton Model and asked the Lakland forum members not to refer to it as anything other than a special edition DJ. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=28962&st=0"]Here's[/url] mine in case there is anyone left on planet earth who hasn't seen it.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='640989' date='Oct 30 2009, 12:21 PM']b ) At the gig, roll the horns off on your caps, and crank the treble on your amp. Flats and horns are uneasy bedfellow.[/quote] Interesting. I'm going to try this tonight and tomorrow and see how it goes. I'll get a recording of one versus the other if it's possible to leave my H4 unattended.

Lakland are keen on signature instruments so I'm proposing a middle market Lakland Skyline Mike Mills model in a nice creamy colour with maple board and an alternative white one with roseboard board. Kinda like a Bob Glaub model for people who can still get it up (just)!

Cheers, guys. If you want a good idea of how versatile flats can be listen to some tracks off the new REM live album. Mike Mills uses flatwounds on his Precision and strikes them with a pick. His tone is just fabulous.

I got into flats a few years ago when I was playing in a Blues Brothers tribute band and had them on a Jazz, an Aerodyne (P/J) Jazz and a Precision California Series (P/J) and loved them. I always keep one of my Lakland DJs strung with TIs and recently recorded some songs with my covers band with them on the DJ. I've recently bought a CIJ P from Jonthebass and that came with TIs and it's really made me nuts about them again, they suit a P even more than a J for my taste. I've started gigging with the P and it's given the band a huge textural change when I swap between the P and my Spector NS5 with Elixirs. I use a plectrum with the flatstrung P on a couple of songs too. It's almost as much of a difference as when our guitarist switches from his PRS Custom 24 to his Epiphone Mandobird! You can hear the tracks if you click [url="http://www.amyandtheaviators.co.uk/Music.htm"]here[/url] Walking On Sunshine, She Will Be Loved and Take Me To The River (All Lakland DJ with Aero pups)

[quote name='alexisonfire' post='637829' date='Oct 27 2009, 01:00 PM']Does anyone have a clue why my E string would sound dull and muddy in comparison with all the other strings on my bass even with new strings on? I have tried adjusting the pickup height but that doesn't seem to work? I usually have the E string dropped to D but I still have the problem even in E? Any help would be great![/quote] What strings are they?

Not fantastic but a half-hearted attemp from me with a cheap Fuji.

How do you show what you've spent on purchases from fellow Basschatters? Loads of us spend huge sums without any paperwork changing hands. It's quite a concern of mine. Shoule we be asking fellow Basschatters for receipts? Sean.

Yes, it's perfectly fine if you get the levels right. I ran an Aguilar Tone Hammer through the Return of my LMK and it was really nice. I'm going to be running a DHA unit into the LMK soon too.

Bought a nice P from Jon. Top bloke. Given me terrible gas for Barefaced cab though!

Stewart Copeland's drumming gives me goosebumps. A friend of mine was driving Stewart Copeland and Bill Bruford one night after they had played a show together in Brighton. Bill was dropped off at Gatwick and my friend then had to carry on with Stewart to Heathrow. Copeland talked and talked to my friend and at some point he managed to ask SC who he thought were the greatest rock drummers (SC had already listed all the Jazz, Latin and Big Band greats) and Copeland said, the man who just got out at Gatwick and Charlie Watts. On being asked about Keith Moon, apparently Copeland was very non-commital and didn't seem to have much to say (must have been a first)!

Bump.

I've been doing some more nosing at my two Spector 5s and notice that there's some flat sawn maple in the Euro neck whereas the NS5 seems to be all quarter sawn. A minor detail but definitely a point where the value engineering of the Euro can be seen.

In an extremely rushed attempt at getting five songs recorded in eight hours, including a break for a full cooked breakfast, we managed to make these noises and post them our website. All my bass parts were first take live with drums, keys and guitar (no time for reruns) and went direct into the desk dry. All vocals, backing vocals and overdubbed guitar and keys were done on the same day and so was the mixing. [url="http://www.amyandtheaviators.co.uk/Music.htm"]http://www.amyandtheaviators.co.uk/Music.htm[/url] The five are Let Me Entertain You (Spector NS5) Love Shack (Spector NS5) Walking on Sunshine (Lakland DJ4 with Aeros and Flats - plectrum) Take Me to the River (Lakland DJ4 with Aeros and Flats) She Will Be Loved (Lakland DJ4 with Aeros and Flats) The other five were recorded ages ago.

Here's my new rack; it's not yet complete as I'm waiting for a DHA preamp to go in the 1u blank space. It's got a Korg DTR2000, a Markbass LMK, a TC Electronic G-System, a wireless system. The rack was custom made so that it's only 300mm deep and the feet on the bottom locate into the recesses on the top of the Bergantino cabs. The one lid of the rack box is fitted with wheels and the other was made deeper than standard so that it can accomodate the foot controller for the G-System. The G-System controls the amp channels and can switch separate pedals in and out. The rack has racking at front and back so that I can add a light to the back in the future too. As you can see the covers make up a dolly for the whole rig making it easily maneuverable on stage. When I get to the venue, I just drop the covers off and have three leads to connect; one midi to the foot controller, one speaker cable and a single power cable, the instrument connects via wireless. Set up time has been eroded to a bare minimum. Next month I'll show you what it looks like with the all new DHA preamp unit.