jezzaboy

In our acdc tribute band, it`s kind of expected that Cliff and Mal did the backing vocals so we do them but we are both murder at it to be honest. But I have heard live radio shows from the late 70`s and the guys were equally as bad so we just carry on regardless. I thought about going for lessons but up here they charge £30 for 30 mins! Or else they want you to book a block of 10 or similar so we have put it on the back burner but it`s something I would like to be able to do well.

That looks ridiculous! Tartan on a seat, what were they thinking of???

Well we managed to change one thing about our band. Our lead guitarist or His Royal Highness as he was know, has fallen on his sword and buggered off. Sadly missed by no one and as an added bonus, we managed to find a great replacement within a couple of weeks. Ya ba dab a feck*n doo!!

Play the A on the E string and totally lock in with drummer boy. AC/DC bass playing is all about serving the song, no place for dooddlly wooddily bits!

Oh I will learn. Where is that ignore button again? Ah found it.

Double post

Good on the op for telling us that we who still use amps and don`t fancy using iem`s for whatever reason that we are all wrong.

I bought one not long after they came out in a transparent white finish. Made in China if I remember right and it was flawless but a bit heavy. The black one is tasty.

By the time you put the bass through a cranked Ashdown and have 2 Marshall valve amps and a hard hitting drummer, who can tell the difference? I`m not knocking anyone by the way, I just find it hard to tell subtle differences during a gig. But maybe that`s because I play in a loud band, whilst wearing ear protection I must add.

I think the Stranglers did this in Andertons in the 70`s. You would think that old JJ would have paid them back

I would spend the money on the G&L JB 2 Tribute. They are ready to go right out of the box usually, something that can`t be said of Squiers sometimes. Damm, now I have GAS for one!

The LB is like a normal P bass and the SB has MFD pickups so I imagine it will be hotter than the LB. But you can`t really lose, go with whatever one you find sexier! And the LB neck is more of a handful than the other if that makes a difference to you.

Played down in Ayr last night at a largeish boozer called Harley`s in the town centre with my ac/dc mob. Set up and had a soundcheck and the youngish guy behind the bar speaks to the guitar player. He tells us we are too loud and points to the noise meter up on the wall directly in front of the stage. It`s literally 10 feet from the pa. Can`t go above 110 apparently so after much turning down and running a Marshall on the 5 watt setting, we get it on. Not too busy to start with but filled up ok. There was a dance/techno festival in the town last night and some plonkers came in later defo on something, heard the rock and after a few catty comments buggered off. Gig ended up ok and there was a disco on after us who was louder than us! It`s a bit weird as it calls itself a rock bar and we played there last year and gave it some welly but people must be complaining re the noise as there are flats at the back of the venue. But I must say, I did take some pleasure in the guitar players having to keep the noise down

We are working on it but it`s hard to get a rock singer to travel down and stay overnight for the one gig. It would end up costing us a fortune and you know the rep us Jocks have for being tight!

I`m sitting here thinking how we are going to cover the most important gig that we are booked to play down South (400 miles away) now that our singer has told us she is having a baby and will be 34 weeks gone when we are supposed to be doing the gig. Don`t get me wrong, it`s great news but she is more disappointed about missing the gig than we are!

Just had a look and at £300 that`s a steal. A Squier 60`s bass is now around £380 new and the G&L has a better spec. Looks around to see what he can sell...

it was indeed a cracking bass biggish neck and it was a tad heavy if I remember right. If you are getting it from Andertons, try it and if it`s not for you send it back. They charge about £12 if you want them to collect it for returning it.

It would effect the value if you intended to move it on in the future but if it`s the finish back of the neck that annoys you, take some fine emery paper to it? But if it`s the whole gloss finish that annoys you, as WS says above, it`s up to you. I wouldn`t but it`s not my bass.

Me and my big gob! Haven`t been in this month but when I booked it for later this month, Aiden didn`t mention it. It`s still worth it though, big rooms and plenty of spare kit if things go wrong.

A few years back I sold a Epi Tbird to a guy I knew slightly. It was an old bass with some battle scars that I picked up cheap. When picking it up, I explained about the battle scars on the Epi, "don`t worry about that, the way I play I knock the sh*t out of my basses!" Note to self, never lend this man a bass

Aye pretty sure that`s his second name. It`s actually Berkley 2 as you say due to moving and you still see the occasional largish band in there.

Don`t take this the wrong way but if you are using in ears for monitoring and a Helix into the pa you don`t really need an amp. If you have to have some kind of amp for monitoring I would get a decent pa speaker or FRFR speaker and use that.