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[quote name='Bloodaxe' timestamp='1423936646' post='2690617'] Yup - a Series 1. The thinking on the dating-by-serial sketch has changed in the last year or so... It used to be that first digit = year, but it's got a bit more complicated as it looks like they changed the system in 1980. The new interpretation runs like this: Pre 1980 — MM-Y-NNN, where MM is the month (05 = May, 11 = Nov etc.), Y = Year (either 7, 8 or 9) and NNN = the production number for that month (not necessarily restricted to SBs) 1980 7 beyond — Y-MM-NNN(N), where it goes Year/Month/Prod. This should apply to Clarky's. At some point the production number went from 3 to 4 digits. [/quote] Thanks for the info. I've not seen it for some time but I'm pretty sure mine is pre-80 but with a 00 serial number. I should get it back soon

[quote name='Clarky72' timestamp='1423860072' post='2689910'] By the way its a 1977-80 Batwing era, series 1 SB10000. http://www.matsumoku.org/models/ariaproii/bass/sb/sb.html [/quote] That's the chap. Thanks for the link

It's a very old (analogue!) photo so excuse the quality - and attire/haircut

I'll post an old photo of it later

If I recall correctly, yes the serial number is on the back of the headstock

/followed I'm going to have to reassemble mine at some point Mine doesn't have an LED. I assume it's a similar vintage to Clarky72's. Mine doesn't have the recessed jack socket like some I've seen.

I know I've already had one, but... Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1423766708' post='2688854'] Déjà Vu by Crosby Stills Nash and Young. Every track a winner. [/quote] Good call

... it's away being reconditioned so I can't post a picture of the tone circuit box. If you can post a picture of yours I'll see if it jogs any memories

On mine it's a box full of potting compound with connector pins sticking out. You can't get to the circuitry without digging it all out. I found that one battery would run flat quicker than the other and once it got to that stage would only produce thin farty noises

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1423751178' post='2688604'] I haven't heard 90% of the above and will not be searching them out Etc. [/quote] One for you then... Marc Johnson's Bass Desires

There is some great stuff being listed. My contribution is The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love This was the first bit of Hendrix I ever listened to. As a kid I had heard he was meant to be a great guitarist and in the very early 80s I bought a second-hand album off a school mate of Axis + Are You Experienced? When I got it home I put Axis on first, and started listening to the opening track EXP. I remember thinking to myself what the hell have I bought. The first track of noise and feedback was then followed by Up From The Skies. The contrast was mind blowing. I wish I could un-listen to it all just to experience it again.

There's another one - The Power of Love by Jennifer Rush. There are decent female vocalists out there but I can't say I enjoyed accompanying our one Come to think of it we were a bit like those awful "almost sounds like the original artist" compilation albums you used to get in Woolworth's

In my defence I was on a salary and didn't have a choice in the set list. If it was in the charts and we could make a sound that resembled it, we did it. It was a great crash course in bass playing though!

[quote name='taunton-hobbit' timestamp='1423678988' post='2687888'] ^^^^ Denise LaSalle - 1985 I have it on a cd..........I'll get me coat........... [/quote] Saddo And of course Frankie including the twee bass intro (which my sister named her daughter after!)

After regularly playing Losing My Religion by REM for about 4 years I finally lost my will to live and simply refused to play it any more. One of the few songs I've ever got quite so sick of. In a previous band we used to do pretty much everything in the charts. The one that really sticks in my mind is (don't mess with my) "Toot toot". I can't remember who did it but it was sheer drivel!

It's another good reason to brush up on your music theory It's probably best to find a riff that fits the time signature or make one up. Then repeat it while you count the beats in the bar (more theory) - out loud if needs be. Keep it going until you are steady and "on top of" the beat. Unusual time signatures will always need concentration though

We play good stuff - mainly 70s rock, but my listening tastes are a lot more varied. Most of the stuff we play I've heard to death. I enjoy playing it but would rather listen to something else

In the mid eighties I was doing a summer season at Butlin's in the concert room six nights a week. We had the parents + kids crowd and played most stuff in the hit parade of the day. We got a lot of written requests, often from younger kids but also from adults that couldn't spell. Some were hilarious and the guitarist kept a lot of the best ones. My favourite was for the Eurythmics classic "A Mulititud of Angles"

The Edgar Winter Band - Frankenstein. It's a doddle now but took many hours to nail it

One thing that pros could teach the BC community is a few social skills, which is probably as important as playing ability for getting more work

I don't think that the BC members can learn anything from Pros - they already seem to know everything there is to know about bass playing, and woe by tied to anyone with a differing opinion. That compression thread was pretty shoddy work by a number of BC members. Shame on you.

I assume the same that you'd use for the low B on a 5 string

Result! Nice

We used to host an open mic night. It was more like an open band night as we'd provide whatever backing was needed. It was enjoyable for the wide variety of stuff we got to busk but was harder work than a normal gig (and less money!). Eventually the landlord sold up and it was discontinued. We had a few laughs doing it though