Happy Jack

I am really very sorry to hear that. Your gig in Denmark Street remains one of the most memorable I have ever attended.

As far as I'm concerned, "digital aggregation" means counting on your fingers.

£2100

My guess would be West Yorkshire.

Now you need to adapt it so that you can spin the bass like a propellor ...

So with enough effects, some sunglasses, and a few hats, you can make electric guitars sound like a church organ. Who knew?

Ultimately it comes down to who you know. If you buy from / sell to a Basschat newbie with 37 posts then there's not much point expecting anyone to be "community minded". The vast majority of my trading (of which there has probably been far too much) has been with Basschatters I knew, either in the sense of them being long-term regulars on here, or in the sense that I had actually met them in meat-space, had a chat and maybe a beer or two. One of the main reasons why I trade here far less than I used to is that most of the Basschatters I used to trade with are no longer here! My own view is that, once a bass is sold it's sold. It's no longer my property and unless I declared a deliberately below-market price in my sale because [i][b]it's for charidee mate[/b][/i] then what my buyer goes on to sell for is simply not my concern. Don't get too carried away with the HUGE increase in "value / cost / price" when something sold here turns up at The Gallery or Wunjos or wherever. If I sell a bass to Bill for £500 and he decides to flip it immediately, then Bill takes it to a shop and says that whatever the shop can sell it for he wants at least £600 back. The shop also want to make £100 gross profit or there's no point, because they have overheads to meet (staff wages, shop rent & rates, etc.) so that's £700. But they need some wiggle room to allow for haggling so they list it at £800. Except that the shop will have to pay VAT on the profit they make (= the value added). Were they to sell for £800 (i.e. the buyer doesn't haggle them down) and then give £600 to Bill, then their profit will be £200, so they actually have to list the bass at £840. So that's MY £500 bass which suddenly reappears in a shop window listed at £840 - bastards! complete and utter bastards!!! Erm ... no. Nobody is getting rich here, no one is getting ripped off. And there's no guarantee that the shop will be able to sell that bass this side of Xmas. Chill guys, chill.

I haven't listened to it, or read the comments about it, but I just wanted to say how wonderful it was.

Ibanez had this cracked over 40 years ago: [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20SOLD/Ibanez%202366%20FLB%201972%20SOLD/CIMG0142.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20SOLD/Ibanez%202366%20FLB%201972%20SOLD/CIMG0142.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This is the perfect way to make the transition, IMHO.

Oi! You're not allowed to advertise the work of this particular ... erm ... craftsman. Still, it makes a change from butchered 7-string guitars. Reckon this thing feeds back much?

[quote name='anzoid' timestamp='1492360601' post='3279676'] ... recommendations for an appropriate case and mounting kit welcome. Would like to bring the whole lot in well under £100 if possible but want something reasonably solid (Gator?). [/quote] [quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1492361157' post='3279680'] I prefer proper flight cases - swan fightcases will make you a nice one for under £100.. [/quote] If weight was not an issue then I'd agree with you! Gator cases are not as solid as flightcases, but unless you tour regularly or are incredibly heavy-handed with your kit, you really don't need a flightcase.

A properly upgraded Maya can be an awesome thing. http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses%20CURRENT/Maya%20Precision%201970s%20CURRENT

Hmmmmm ... you might be better off trying a length of wire with a jack plug at each end. Radical, I know, but it just might work.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1492086603' post='3277826'] I'd rehearse the set list over a couple of practices and record them. Then go home and identify any dodgy ones and create a songs to revisit list. (Or just put a cross on a list when you play a song that needs work as you play them) Then spend a few weeks just going over those ones. Might give everyone a bit of focus and renew the direction. [/quote] Good ideas, but you seem to take it as read that TheBrig is the band's MD and call the shots at rehearsals. Just saying ...

I would struggle to list which of my basses had which sort of fretboard and I can't remember a time when it mattered a damn to me. I own basses with fretboards made of rosewood, ebony, maple, pau ferro, ebanol, carbon fibre, and triple-ply toilet tissue. OK, I made the last one up. When I play my various basses with their different fretboard woods the sound is amazing ... it's always ME. Suffice it to say that I will be losing no sleep over all this,

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1491982661' post='3276863'] Not a thing I'd do myself but I imagine a decal saves answering the " Why haven't you got a Fender ?" question. [/quote] Number of times I have been asked why I haven't got a Fender (in my entire bass-playing career) = Zero.

http://www.wcvb.com/article/guitarist-known-as-j-geils-found-dead-in-massachusetts-home/9263211

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1491904236' post='3276266'] As Buddy Ritch told a drummer ... [/quote] Buddy who?

Francis Rossi never did ...

Yup. If you have accumulated a number of dusty pedals that seemed like a good idea at the time, then now would be the right moment to drag them, blinking, back into the daylight and remind yourself what they all do. The pedals I have found most useful are chorus (natch) for generally thickening the sound, the Fishman Fission Powerchord to provide instant rhythm guitar (ish) during long guitar solos, and one well-chosen fuzz/distortion pedal according to taste. Obviously your playing style may need to change, busier lines, perhaps more octaving, etc. but do be careful not to stray into any of that awful "slapping" nonsense that the young people of today seem to be obsessed with. It's not big, and it's not clever.

It needs more tort. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/tort%20fretboard_zpsirthvslb.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/tort%20fretboard_zpsirthvslb.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Quandary is a lousy name for a band.

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