Norris

Looking good!

Where's me washboard?

I've only been fired the once. Back in 1985 I was in a five piece show band doing a summer season at Butlins Skegness (living the dream! ). We were based in the big family room - always smelling of chips & ketchup, kids sliding around on their knees, etc; playing six nights a week and doing all the latest chart stuff. During our break on a Thursday night we used to pop over to the beer keller to see a few songs by the "circuit" band - Brian Poole and Black Cat (yes the Tremolicious one). Anyway one night we (the guitarist, drummer and myself on bass) were waylaid by the camp manager. He kept us chatting for ages and we were late back for our next spot. Our band leader, an elderly gentleman on "keyboards", who was partial to a drop of brandy, was furious. He sacked the three of us on the spot. Any attempts to explain were countered by the alcoholic haze. So being the professionals we were, we finished off the night. The next day, in the sober light of morning, when he realised that he and his partner as a duo were not quite the entertainment that the management were expecting, we got the closest he ever came to an apology - "About last night. You're still f***ing sacked... but take your time. No need to go just yet". We stayed with them until the end of the season then left to form a trio that went on to play together for the next ten years

My Hercules has had a stroke - one arm is limp and lifeless

Perhaps your tutor is saying that digging in a bit better suits the style of your exam pieces. I wouldn't advocate digging in if you really don't want to, but having a wide gamut of playing styles in your arsenal is never a bad thing imho

Fantastic builds. Thanks for letting me try them out. It makes me want to get started on my bass build

It looked and sounded great at the bash. Shame (or probably good job) you had to go before I had a chance to try it.

I don't know if I've still got those patches on mine. It's certainly not an effect I'd want to use personally

Now that I just plain weird. Hours before the Midlands Bass Bash, I was frantically swapping resistors around trying to get a reasonable sound out of it. Then I finally decided to get rid of the resistors completely again and find out just how bad the overloading was. As I un-soldered the resistors I accidentally over-stressed one of the cables and it broke. Having re-made the broken connection... no distortion. The only issue now is that my passive Squier is about twice as loud as the active Aria. There definitely seems to be something up with the wiring. I'll have to see about getting a new molex connector and re-making all of the connections. I'm not convinced that it is making a good connection with the terminals on the pre-amp

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1462782831' post='3045553'] I've considered mounting my keyboard on a Segway [/quote] That would be cool if you had a big enough stage. If not, you'll just have to go straight over the guitarist's pedals - give him some "overdrive" he'll never forget

*cough* Fender Rumble 500 combo

Having seen it earlier today, all credit to Andyjr1515 for taking it on. I'm sure you'll do your usual stunning work on it. I hope it survives the string tension test!

And also thanks to the D'Addario rep for providing some raffle prizes - nice one Si for getting him to come. Lovely 5 string Jazz too!

Thanks for arranging the bash Si. I had a great time and played some excellent basses. Not huge numbers this time, probably due to the lovely weather, but that meant more of the delicious cake for the rest of us! Looking forward to next year already

I once dep'ed for a band at a music festival with 4 days notice - backing a "name" keyboard player. That was fun, especially when we ended up playing a load of songs that were not on the list, and not many of those that were (that I had spent 4 days panicking to learn!).

I just bought some bass parts from Dan. Good communications throughout and he resolved a "packing oversight" very quickly. Great chap to deal with.

I once stood there, semi-inebriated, talking to a chap backstage where my band were appearing as the main act. There were a bunch of naked blokes on stage at the time doing a balloon dance. We had a good old chat, basically slagging off the dancers. I found out later that the chap was Dave Edmunds

I've got a couple of raffle prizes so don't forget your tickets

Looking forward to seeing it at the bash

At least once a fortnight a thread about string recommendations

[quote name='Manton Customs' timestamp='1462040717' post='3039913'] Get yourself a heat gun much easier than sanding. Just keep moving so you don't scorch the wood. [/quote]

Happy Rumbling

If you're just changing one, maybe fit a drop D tuner? Slightly more expensive than a straightforward tuner but really handy if you do any de-tuning Edit to say I recently fitted a Hipshot GB7 on my Indonesian Squier P-Bass Special. It was the "Mexican" one. However check your measurements if you think of getting one.

1x singer with alcohol issues - never knew if he would turn up or in what state. Obviously performance suffered too 1x guitarist that could never end a solo without the rest of the band shouting "for f***s sake stop" 1x keyboard/band leader who after nearly 3 years of weekly rehearsal still thought it was a bit soon to start thinking about booking gigs Apart from those though, I've been in 2 bands for the last 30 odd years, same line up apart from the drummer (who over the course of 10 years turned from a nice chap into an egotistical and spiteful t**t!) The new one is cool