Clarky

Cheers Malcolm! A tricky night, the last Saturday before Christmas - and in Docklands. Hopefully we get a good turn-out. Joe Black has a big following so hopefully they will stick around (we close the gig)

On behalf of the rest of the BassChat membership: THANK THE LORD! glad it's finally sorted Gareth!

Livestock -Brand X And over the past week, Quiet life - Japan

last reminder (almost an anagram of reindeer)

Thanks chaps! Buttered granite sounds good Unfortunately Daz I barely understood a word of your post and I certainly don't have a young brain! You probably had to be there

Not sure about the answet to your question but Innovation Silver Slaps have a different coloured silk for each string. What type of strings are they, steels or gut alike nylons?

Do you mean my £21 bid (with maximum bid of £35) is too much?

Stringsdirect are very fast at delivery - from their stock I would say TI Flats for smooth and flexible, D'Addario Chromes for a bit more tension. My personal preference is Pyramid Gold flats but they have to come from Germany (Thomann) so probably not quick enough for you, while loads rave about La Bella 760FL flats (but these are often out of stock at retailer Stringbusters)

Jamerson asked the same question, I beileve

Love old Fenders but hate having to take the neck off every time the truss rod needs a tweak. Such a design flaw

Before my current band (I can only carry one upright bass!), I only ever took one bass with me as I tended to play sh*t-holes with between 10-50 people in the audience with my punk band and, before that, in my metal band I only had one bass* [size=2]* This was obviously before I joined BassChat[/size]

Thanks John! I much prefer Midnight Walk, both musically and performance-wise (as I had never recorded fretless before, so am quite proud of that), but I gather from Karena that the radios stations etc are pretty keen on Temptation Eyes.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1323428479' post='1463193'] bass needs to be higher in the mix. way higher [/quote] Wasn't mixed by me! Otherwise it would have been higher

The lady single in Rattlin Bone, Karena Kelly, has a second single out on 12th December. Again featuring yours truly on bass, its my first attempt at Northern Soul. Recorded with my '63 Precision. Also features some top quality musicians (trombone and trumpet- Danny Flam, saxes- Ron Bertolet, Guitar and Organ- Ed Brayshaw) and produced by RB front man Wily Bo Walker. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDRVygSwpc0&feature=youtu.be"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDRVygSwpc0&feature=youtu.be[/url] As a reminder of Karena's first single, the smooth soulful Carol King-esque Midnight Walk, see link below (I played a fretless '73 PJ - now owned by BC's Mr Bassman, Keith - on this one) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4PAaY7XU4&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4PAaY7XU4&feature=related[/url]

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1323336571' post='1462065'] BC'er and pro DB player Gareth Hughes is very happy with his Thomann bass. If you drop him a PM I am sure he will be happy to point you in the direction of the model he has, which cost well under £1000 [/quote] I found the post Gareth wrote about the Thomann bass - see #3 in this thread [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/160774-wanted-affordable-34-double-bass/page__p__1444202#entry1444202"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/160774-wanted-affordable-34-double-bass/page__p__1444202#entry1444202[/url]

This is a relatively cheap option - the Nikki Sixx Thunderbird [attachment=94950:42168_l.jpg] £249 at DV247 [url="http://www.dv247.com/guitars/epiphone-nikki-sixx-blackbird-bass-guitar-pitch-black--42168"]http://www.dv247.com/guitars/epiphone-nikki-sixx-blackbird-bass-guitar-pitch-black--42168[/url]

Where is MacDaddy when you need him?

Well I watched the Sky+ playback and - sorry to say - I didn't spot any swing jazz band Was it the programme with the lady serving up 'posh' fish 'n chips who literally and metaphorically had a huge chip on her shoulder?

A white Hamer Explorer for full on 80s Def Leppard-ishness [attachment=94949:def-leppard-153336.jpg]

Explorer type bass - Def Leppard Thunderbird - UFO Fender P - Iron Maiden Fender Jazz - Judas Priest