Len_derby

Another fan here. Trojan Record's Dub - 40 Deep and Heavy Hits compilation is one of favourites.

Andy, my Yamaha BEX hollow-body (the orange one I took to the bass bash) has a piezo under the bridge. Feel free to have a poke around on it if you'd like to look closely into the installation.

A fair few of us on here are active in the Notts/Derby area. In the corridor either side of the M1 from say, junction 24 to 30 there's loads of smallish ex-mining towns and the larger cities of Derby and Nottingham. Relatively cheap housing and good transport links to the rest of the world. There's more opportunities to play than I'll ever have the time for.

Count me in.

[quote name='Marillionred' timestamp='1479492394' post='3177028'] Result! [/quote] Yes, all your fault Robin 😄 One day I'd like to own a Thumb too.

Basschat Bass Bashes. I'd never touched a Warwick until the 2015 Midlands bash. Now I'm the owner of a pre-loved German 5 string Corvette which is my main gigging bass for the folk-punk original band.

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1478564685' post='3170005'] At the gig on 10th Dec, it will be a bit special because I will have built every guitar and bass used in the band . The fully tally will be the lead guitarists tele and spare, the vocalist's dreadnought acoustic, Pete's EB3 bass and SG six string, my own own design six string. Must remember to get someone to take a photo [/quote] The ever-modest Andy is a bit coy. The gig is at the Milford Social Club, Milford, Derbyshire. Just off the A6 and about 5 miles north of Derby. I plan to be there.

Brilliant, as always Andy. I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing this beauty in action. Any gigs coming up? Living just the other side of the hill from Andy I can reliably inform the rest of you that his creations look even better in real life.

Good question Blue, direct and to the point. Would you get enough of the bigger paying gigs to make up for dropping the 'meat and potatoes' bar jobs? Also, I'm guessing here, the bigger gigs would involve more travel and time away from home. There will be costs involved with that, financial and time related. All depends on your personal situation.

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1474807606' post='3140630'] Happily he did And more to the point, so did his wife who is paying for it ('special' birthday in Nov) . [/quote] Shame, because if he didn't want it....... Seriously though I'm looking forward to seeing it and hearing him play it. He's a great player and really makes that fretless you made him sing

Congratulations on your purchase. I love Squiers too. Perhaps we could turn your question around. How do some manufacturers get away with charging so much?

I'd love to try some Gibson basses and see how they feel and sound, But there are comparatively so few around.

I use an unplugged electric bass, and various bits of paper if I'm learning something new. I do live somewhere that's very quiet most of the time though.

[quote name='darkandrew' timestamp='1473017859' post='3126143'] https://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-8250-5m-nickel-plated-steel-taperwound-5-string-45-130tw/41253?gclid=CKSEy7i69s4CFRaNGwodaqYELA Do you think these will be OK? GAK describe them specifically as being 34" scale - will they be OK on the 35" Spector Euro? [/quote] My advice is contact Newtone and tell them what you want. I've gone over to using their strings on all my basses and they provide tapered B strings for my Warwick Corvette 5. The owner/manager Neil Silverman is a good guy and an active supporter of musicians. A British specialist manufacturing company. Well worth supporting I think.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1472988455' post='3125758'] Len is spot on except as regards the settling. Thunderguts don't so much "settle" as keep stretching for ever. It's a feature, sir ... [/quote] I was trying to encourage him Jack by sugar coating the bad news 😂

Welcome to the Uke Bass world! There's two things I'd say. Firstly, in my experience the silicon rubber strings on most Uke basses need a lot if settling in due to the initial stretching period they go through. So, just keep at it. Secondly, the intonation of these things never seems to particularly good. Even on the expensive models. A lot of players seem to gravitate to fretless to mitigate this.

I tried a set of cloth-wrapped metal strings on my bass Uke. I think they were Pyramids. It didn't work for me. The Uke is a Countryman cheapy and doesn't have a truss rod. Maybe they're all like that, I don't know. Anyway, the extra tension of the strings bowed the neck enough to knacker the already slightly dodgy intonation and also make the action too high. I've still got the strings, if you want to give them a go let me know.

It must have been quite a thing to sit in the congregation when JS Bach was pumping that big old organ of his.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1472461703' post='3121192'] avoid greasy nibbles and knick-knacks before the gig too - i once had some pork scratchings or something and just licked my fingers clean and wiped them down my jeans then spent the whole gig with my fingertips feeling like they were sticking to the strings [/quote] I played a pub last year where I tucked in to the free samosas offered at the break. They turned out to be very expensive as I forgot to wash my hands and then covered a nice new set of strings with stinky grease!

Funny, I was dealing with this yesterday in a hot and humid pub. Apart from always trying to make sure my hands are clean and dry before I go on (not always possible, I know), I wear a towelling wrist band on each hand and give my fingers a wipe between songs.

I've played with several drummers who never do any drumming outside the rehearsal room or live venue. Usually because they said their domestic circumstances made it impossible to play or even set up the kit at home. It wasn't surprising that development of technique took a long time.

[quote name='M@23' timestamp='1472282667' post='3119986'] The usual: hot and sweaty cocktail bar. the unusual: 'mod' weekend on the Isle of Wight, meaning there were 5000 or so scooterists in the space of a square mile, so it was absolutely heaving. Also, I borrowed a Roland Bass Cube 100 as there was no parking and I had a bit of a walk. I'm really impressed by it, no PA support, volume on half and it filled a decent size room. It was a loud gig too. [/quote] Yes, great piece of kit. I've been very impressed with mine after 10 years of service. If it had a built in tuner like the Roland micro cube it'd be perfect. Never been fashionable though.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1472259793' post='3119936'] This is one of my, so far, unfulfilled dreams. I'd love to play with 2 drummers. The Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Allman Brothers Band and the Doobie Brothers all sound great with 2 drummers so it can be done. [/quote] Plus the Miles Davis band in the Bitches Brew era.

I think it's just another confirmation of the mind-state of people who spend a lot of time on the Internet! They can't be watching Glasto on the tele either!

Funny you should mention this. I used my Mexican Fender jazz 5 string last night and wondered how much of its weight was due to the thick paint job.