Happy Jack

Very sad to relate, I am of the age that means that Strawbs = [i][b]Part Of The Union[/b][/i]. Oh dear. Incidentally, when did they become THE Strawbs? http://youtu.be/KdOCWUgwiWs A very young Rick Wakeman had enough sense to be gone by then!

Well I hope you gave him both barrels then ...

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1509180601' post='3397140'] Never mind what it was, is this a good band now, with good players? I'd stick around. [/quote] Yup, I'd go with this. Is there a limit with the number of bands you can play with? I routinely belong to at least two, sometimes as many as four. That way I never feel 'trapped' in any one band, and some of the more f***ed-up musicians I play with do an excellent job of reminding me when I'm well off with another band ...

My experience is that decent PA cabs are heavy enough already without putting a power amp in each of them too! I run Mixer --> Feedback Suppressor --> Power Amp --> Passive PA tops. The first three all live in a 6U rack case, permanently wired together, so set-up at the pub is really very simple ... plug in the XLRs for the three mics, plug in the speaker leads for the two tops, game over. I used a 4-channel power amp with bridging options down to two channels most of the time. This approach also allows me to add foldback monitors if I want them, and also means that a bass amp fail isn't a problem since I can divert one of the power amp channels to drive my bass cab.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1509096890' post='3396548'] Are the pasties available for a Right Handed eater as well as lefties??? [/quote] If you have enough dough ...

Pah! Next thing you know, he'll be telling us that Jake and Elmore are fictional characters ...

In all fairness, the Warwick Jack Bruce shares the EB-3 shape but ... erm ... not a lot else. I spent half an hour playing one in the sadly-now-gone Warwick Custom Shop in New York, and it was one of the nicest things I've ever played. Completely unlike the EB-3, it was a very flexible and responsive bass with a wide range of tones available, and the neck was a delight in the hand. I'd have bought it on the spot had it not been for the eye-watering price.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/drummer-wanted/bass-player-wanted-for-garage-rnb-punk-british-beat-type-band/1272489092 I absolutely loved the line, "[color=#3C3241][font=Castledown, Arial, sans-serif][size=4][i][b]This is a new project, none of us have met yet[/b][/i]."[/size][/font][/color]

That's because they're Limited Expedition.

It's always weird when someone who is clearly an experienced musician posts up a blind spot like this. I probably have more than most, since I dropped completely out of music (playing, listening, anything) for nearly 20 years. You would all be amazed by the artists I've never heard of. It was only through my then 14-year-old daughter getting into Foo Fighters that I discovered a guy called Dave Grohl who apparently used to play for some strange outfit called "Nirvana". Bet they never got anywhere with a name like that. I've been a mahoosive Taj Mahal fan for (on & off) 40 years though ... Just buy a copy of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Progress_%26_in_Motion:_1965%E2%80%931998

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1508581372' post='3393054'] 29 September for us please! And the blog from this year will be ready once we're back from holiday. [/quote] +1 22nd would be a nightmare for Happy Jack, Bluejay, MacDaddy and Paul the Drums ... we're gigging that night in Leighton Buzzard!

Solo bass and stomping? Try Some Kind Of Wonderful. I've sung it at jam nights as a drum'n'bass duo, though it unarguably benefits from the arrival of power chords near the end ("can I get a witness?"). And yes, that's four punctuation marks in sequence and it's grammatically bang on the money.

Dunno. Are you feeling as grumpy as me today?

And your explanation for Dancing In The Streets being a 1980s song? Note that it's the Martha version, not the silly charity version.

If you think Status and Steinberger basses have a woody, organic tone then one of us needs our ears testing.

I now have a OneTen and a Crazy 8. I plan to experiment with pairing them.

Agreed, but some very dodgy decade allocations there ...

As the proud owner of a Mike Lull T5, I looked at that superb demo (and that, BTW, is how all bass demos should be done) and thought the two basses are probably on a par with each other. I didn't see anything there to get upset about. Well, apart from the fact that I will never EVER play bass as well as that.

When you hold it, it actually looks a bit as if it's a piece of carbon fibre that's been inflated. But in a good way. Bizarrely, it also has one of the most "organic", woody tones I've ever heard. Go figure ...

I bought that from Alembic, then sold it to Eubassix. Reckon it was mine when you tried it.

For God's sake man, get a grip!

[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1507905737' post='3388745'] Here's one... [/quote] So "Steampunk" = no strings?

I absolutely love Schools Out. Can I swop you that song for Play That Funky Music?

There was a young fellow called Hall Who died in the spring in the fall T'would have been a bad thing Had he died in the spring But he didn't - he died in the fall.

So Taj Mahal calls you up, says "how'd you like to play bass for me in a pony & trap as I sing a gentle semi-acoustic blues?" and you reply "yup, it's about time I got a chance to play my Warwick 5-string". Erm ... Incidentally kids, don't try that gig in Peckham or Willesden. It's strictly a New Awlins thang, y'dig?