Roger2611

I am confused as to why people feel a car repairer won't do a great job, the principals are exactly the same as a car repair, you prep, get rid of any imperfections, you prime, you paint, you polish. £130.00 to paint a guitar body is certainly not cheap, paint wise it amounts to about the same as a small panel repair on car bumper or panel, I have had 3 or 4 bodies done by the defleet site I work with all have been easily as good as any factory painted guitar I have owned. My only caveat on the above is finding a decent repairer to do the job, as insurance companies have cut payouts to a minimum the quality of workmanship from retail insurance approved bodyshops has, by and large, dropped off a cliff, when I get vehicles back nowadays and our customer tells me it had an insurance approved repair done, sadly that usually means a poor quality repair.....but, remember I am paid to spot these repairs and what I see as a poor repair would go completely un-noticed by most people, the most common problem is poor colour match to the un-repaired panels but if you are having the whole thing painted you won't have that issue

I did a charity do with a local band many years back, from memory, the plan was to play 8 gigs in 12 hours, we ran 2 complete set ups with 2 crews, so whilst the band played the first gig we set up the second gig, whilst the band played the second gig the crew from the first gig set up for the third gig etc. It actually went without a hitch, I am not sure if it set any kind of record but it certainly made all the local papers.

[quote name='Luulox' timestamp='1469728052' post='3100723'] Expensive [/quote] Very!

Both great players, Night Time had one of the best bass / drum mixes of it's time, I still think it stands up really well today ( I was lucky enough to see Killing Joke play the album live at Rock City back in 1986 ish), I would say learn to play as many of the songs by these players that you can, as you progress as a player you will find you write basslines with certain songs by these artists in the back of your mind, you will find that your bassline is inspired by them but should stand up as your own style. Both players have been a big influence to me I doubt my playing sounds anything like either of them but they continue to influence how I approach writing a bassline

The man is a legend of guitar butchery, I think of him as the guitar version of the mad doctor in Human Centipede, I bet he has a bunch of quivering guitars chained up in his lair

Mine is sort of sensible, an Ampeg B1E sending out to a David Eden 1x10.....but it gets a bit silly if I run it into the mixing desk which has a pair of Void Acoustic full range speakers and a 1000 watt amp to power them...yeah ok, I have a PA system set up in the spare bedroom

I still have a box full of cassettes under the stairs, not played any of them in twenty years, I think I still have a really nice Marantz twin cassette deck wrapped and boxed in the loft, I know I have a few songs I really ought to transfer to computer but I can't be bothered to dig it all out and see if it still works. My mate still has the first imported Tascam 8 track cassette recorder, I doubt it has ever had more than 5 hours use since he brought it, from memory you had to use top range chrome c90 cassettes and it ran at 4 times the speed of a normal cassette player so you didn't get many songs on an expensive (at the time) tape

[quote name='bassbiscuits' timestamp='1469544494' post='3099237'] I love the sound of an 8x10 - but they are an absolute ball ache to transport anywhere, and unless you've got roadies/parents/a large estate car, you'll probably get as fed up as I did lugging a cab the size and weight of a fridge to and from each gig. I swapped mine for an Aguilar GS410 - half the size, but packs serious punch and huge volume too, so a much more user-friendly alternative. I did a gig this weekend which had an Ampeg 8x10 cab and an Orange Ad200 head. Amazing sound, but no way would i want to be dragging that round. [/quote] I have to agree, the modular rig seems to be the way to go, I have a 2x10 Mark Bass cab that I use for most smaller gigs where the bass is run through the PA, I can put the 4x10 Mark Bass cab underneath and have a cracking 6x10 set up if I want to (which is my preferred set up for bigger gigs) I can use either the 2x10 or the 4x10 with the 1x15 cab for pub gigs where the bass is not through the PA. Even though the 4x10 is reasonably light I still can't be bothered to lug it about if I don't need to

As others, learn it sitting down, then stand up to practice...unless I am being really lazy.....which does happen....frequently

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1469266001' post='3097011'] Sounds like you're not gigging much or you'd already have a backup. I'd get a D class backup, my backup is an Aguilar TH500 (from the classifieds), and get the SVT fixed. [/quote] Or a used SVT Pro 7 if you want to hang on to the Ampeg look (I won't say sound as to me, mine just sounds like a class D amp without any of the Ampeg loveliness)

There was an old Vauxhall Vectra running round Corby at one point with the reg MU51CAL on it, it was one of those second glance moments. I worked for a company back in 1992 that took delivery of 10 Vauxhall Cavalier company cars J40UAR through to J49UAR and sitting in the middle was J46UAR, the company sold the plate for more than the car cost!

It has to be a case of buyer beware, if a potential buyer doesn't check then this chancer makes a big profit, if potential buyers do some simple checks then this chancer has stuff on sale for ever and a day

I was thinking along the lines of a general resources thread, Yodaclub are indie I guess but that covers a lot of ground musically, obviously we wouldn't be looking to play a Jazz Fusion festival (if such a thing exists) hence my idea would be something like the below Festival.....Willow Festival Location....Northampton Organiser....................... Contact.......................... Type of Festival.....Unsigned bands all genres Apply by...........date Or for Promoters Promoter...Wide Awake Promotions (Paul Collins) Contact details......... Location....Leicester Venue sizes.....50-150 capacity booking artists like Mark Morris, Dodgy, Wonderstuff etc. I think this could be a really useful resource for bands looking to expand outside their comfort zone / local area?

Hi guys, Yodaclub are looking to try and get on the bill for some more festivals next year so each band member has been tasked with finding festivals in the localish area, name and dates of this years festival, type of acts on the bill and a contact name for the organiser. I know we had a recent thread where someone was looking for a promoter in the East Midlands area to hopefully replace a couple of lost tour dates.I was able to offer up a couple for the Leicester area. So, it got me thinking, could we do something on here for promoters and festival organisers in your local area so others know what festivals are about and who to contact if it is a festival that suits? Annoyingly we have recently had the Willow Festival in Northampton, supposedly the biggest festival for unsigned bands in the UK and we knew nothing about it until after it had happened and yet we are a Northampton Band, unsigned, getting local radio play and even a national play via BBC introducing, doing decent supports in Leicester but can't get a gig or festival in our hometown! Would a pinned thread be possible or even wanted? Rog

I have to agree with much of the above, one observation not mentioned yet (sorry if it has been and I missed it) it is perfectly normal to feel tension to some degree in the run up to a gig, I am sure most, if not all, of us recognise that we are more irritable, short tempered, difficult etc. in the run up to gigs, maybe not to the same degree you are experiencing at the moment, but to some degree. I get more irritable if I can't run through the set list on the day of a gig so doing every gig without an agreed set list would drive me potty and, without question, would see me seriously consider my future with the band as would working with musicians I couldn't have complete confidence in that they would turn up, with gear and keep themselves sober and professional throughout the gig, again that would see me hugely more tense before gigs. It does sound from your original post that you may be nearing the time where you need to take that break, put down the bass for a couple of years, sell some gear, do other things, at some point you will pick it up again with renewed vigour. I stopped playing for six years, I never picked up a bass or guitar for the whole time, I actually wrote a couple of purely electronic albums just because I felt like it, then one day I said to Mrs2611 "I really fancy playing in a band again" I got back into a decent covers band and have never looked back, I probably enjoy playing now more than I ever did when I was younger. Good luck with whatever you decide to do, I hope it sorts itself out for you

I did sound for a band at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town many years back, I can't remember who the headline band were but the singer climbed up a speaker stack that had 3 televisions stacked on top to grab hold of a beam that must have been a good 15ft above the stage, he managed to topple the 3 TV's off the side of stage and was left dangling in mid air, Cue the end of the gig, a very very annoyed sound engineer, a rush to find a step ladder to rescue the dangling singer and I imagine a bill to replace 3 TV's. The exuberance of youth

Have you considered the Warwick Corvette $$? it is suggested it is a Warwick take on a Stingray, I actually traded a Stingray for mine because I couldn't take to a Stingray sound and thus far have kept the Warwick, so I assume it doesn't sound exactly like a Stingray! I do find everytime I play it everything seems to end up a little funky! It could be the prefect bass? If you are near Northampton I have a 4 string you are welcome to try Rog

I can't seem to find any love for the photo flame finish, which is probably a good thing as I have enough Precision's already!

I depped for a final gig for a rock covers band in London some years back, tracking including Queen, Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy etc. I knew the band quite well so knew how they played the songs, there was no opportunity for a rehearsal so I asked the guitarist for the key for the songs we were doing, I scored everything out that i needed and turned up to the gig only to find that the guitarist tuned to D rather than E and everything he had given me was around D tuning...it didn't go well! Halfway through the set the singer decided to deviate from the set we had agreed and play a bunch of songs that I hadn't even had the chance to learn! I am better with being able to transpose on the fly nowadays as long as you can still play the same patterns, something like a transpose from D down to F would flummox me completely

Thanks guys, borrowed a 7mm Snap on ring spanner from a mate, that was thin enough to get on the nut....job's a good un as they say!

Try Paul Collins at Wake Up Promotions Leicester (search Wake Up Promotions of Facebook), he promotes a lot of the gigs we have been playing in Leicester, he does some decent small to medium sized acts at the better venues in Leicester.

I had a quick listen, sadly on my laptop I can't really pick out the bass, I couldn't find a bass TAB for it but there is a guy on Youtube doing a guitar cover, but helpfully he doesn't tell you what the tuning is, so, in a nutshell, that pretty much knackers up my way of doing things, yes, I can normally work things out by ear in the end but it is far easier to have a look at TAB for a general idea of where it goes and even better if there is a decent learn to play tutorial on Youtube you can see pretty much exactly how it is played. You could try emailing the bands site and asking if there is a bass TAB available?

Yodaclub have a couple of festivals lined up over the next few weeks, the only thing I want out of them is dry and warm anything else is a bonus, there is nothing better than a big stage with a good crowd out front on a hot summer evening, but nothing worse than a big stage with a couple of die hard locals out front sheltering under a golf umbrella while it tips it down again!

I use a couple of old camera cases, LM3 and leads in one, all other leads, mics, tuner, David Eden bass pre amp (as a back up rather than carrying a spare head) in the other. If I am just using the 2x10 traveller cab I can usually load in and out in two trips, if I am using the 4x10 or 1x15 as well then three trips will do it

I think the weight of it will be having a big impact on its value, that along with the damage in the first fret area and the swapped controls doesn't make a very desireable example of what is recognised as being Fender's worst period