FinnDave

Way too complicated for me. Bass, lead, amp. And I can still cock it up!

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1421094320' post='2657123'] "C?!" "No! D!!" "G?!" "No! D! For dog!" "God?! G it is then!" "Feck!" [/quote] You really should have come and said hello when you came to see us!

I feel your pain, we have a harp player who still asks what key the next song is in after two years. Then he usually mishears the answer.

Delilah is fine, but doing it properly requires a stage that might stretch the average pub [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhIMEMDYxZE"]https://www.youtube....h?v=NhIMEMDYxZE[/url]

Interesting, that means my VM P bass is 'cort' though I have no idea what that actually means in terms of quality, etc.

I rather regret letting my Squier CV Precision go (the one in that slightly odd pale blue) when I left Finland as it played and sounded great and was definitely a better bass than the VM that has taken its place. No regrets about the Fender US standard J bass I swapped here for a similar spec P which is now my main gigging bass. Likewise no regrets about the Guild 301 which was so neck heavy it was unplayable standing up (my first 'decent' bass, back in 78 or 79) nor my white & maple Fender P bought new in the early 80s and sold to help fund a house move. Every time I see a pic of that bass now I hate the damn thing, looked like an anaemic ghost. Put me off maple boards for life!

Measuring everything to the Nth degree can seem a bit OTT, but I have two P basses, one Fender which is my main bass, and a Squier I use as a back-up, and I want them to feel as similar as possible so that if I need to change mid gig there is no difference in feel or sound. Measuring one and then applying those measurements to the other made this quick and easy for me. My Jazz bass I set my eye and feel as it will never feel like a P anyway. In fact, it very rarely comes out of its case these days. Anyone interested in the eternal Fender vs Squier debate might be amused to know that I copied the set-up from my VM Squier to my US Standard and not the other way around!

We managed a classic last year. It was the third or fourth gig with Jenny, we opened as a a five piece (four now, we cut a guitarist) for the first set, then Jen came on to front the second. We started her set with 'White Rabbit'. Now this was in my local pub, 200 yards from my house, full of people from my village I drink with nearly every day...and who have had to put up with me going on about how great our new singer is etc etc. So expectations are high, and reputations in the balance (mostly mine). Bass, drums and guitar play the intro, she steps up to the mic and gives it everything....the audience look unimpressed, some of my friends are shouting to turn her up, so one of the band ups her mic level on the PA, not enough, they want more...they can hear her as she reaches the crescendo, but it's not enough. Harp player/PA man returns to stage and casually mentions that he turned the power amps off during the break (never done that before or since) so Jenny was doing her best to make herself heard unamplified over the full band thumping away behind her. No further complaints about her volume once the amps were back on. And her voice is so powerful that we didn't realise she had no amplification as she sounded fine to us!

[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1420929030' post='2655279'] Quality was fine and the performance was ace...could hear the bass better than that other clip too [/quote] Thank you, much appreciated.

[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1420923775' post='2655191'] Her voice here is fookin' amazing, lucky you are......still cant work out the music stand though [/quote] A security blanket as she was unsure of some of the lyrics...she had to learn a whole set of songs when she joined us and was also preparing for a festival appearance with Babe Ruth in Milwaukee. Even now we sometimes have to feed her the first line of a song, then she's off Just realised you linked to a video of White Rabbit, she had been with us 2 or 3 weeks then. Video taken by my daughter on her iPhone, so please excuse the quality.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1420910660' post='2654940'] If we had Jenny Haan as our singer, we'd let her keep the music stand... still can't get over that story of how you 'found' her in your mum's kitchen! fairy tale stuff. [/quote] I still chuckle to myself when I remember that first meeting (our kitchen, my mother in law lives with us), and the look on the faces of the rest the band the first time she sang with us! She still makes the hairs in the back of my neck stand on end when she sings, even in rehearsals that voice is still mindblowing.

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1420904057' post='2654802'] Shame about the music stand though. [/quote] I hesitated before posting the vid because of that. We've broken her of that habit now!

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1420892482' post='2654634'] Not keen on the song but, blimey, she's got a great voice! Truckstop [/quote] Thanks That's [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxu9wygGDjs"]Jenny Haan[/url], she's been singing with us for about a year now.

We usually close with [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cES0e1e7Gak&autoplay=1"]this[/url], a good female vocalist is essential!

I set mine to 3/32" (about 2,5mm) at the 17th fret, feels comfortable to me.

I often wear a leather waistcoat in stage, haven't noticed any problems so far.

[quote name='Freddy Le Cragg' timestamp='1420847194' post='2654302'] Scratch that. We lost our drummer so no gig for us [/quote] Damn, was just thinking I could go along as our rehearsal has moved from Thursday to Tuesday next week.

Me too, just plug bass into amp and play.

Straight from D'Addario's website: [quote][b][color="#000000"]Pure Nickel[/color][/b] - The primary electric string alloy used in the 50s and early 60s. Its lower magnetic properties deliver a slightly warmer, “broken in” tone preferred by many vintage enthusiasts. [/quote]