Happy Jack

As topic titles go, there are few more open to misinterpretation than this one ...

[quote name='Raymondo' timestamp='1488382215' post='3248458'] I used to think that I started gigging in 1975 .I recently discovered it was 1974.......... [/quote] There was a lot of sh*t being smoked back then, yeah ...

They're necessities, aren't they?

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1488311592' post='3247835'] I've owned the Korg Pitchblack for years and have never worried about upgrading it. Built like a tank and it's display is really smooth, doesn't flicker or jump about. [/quote] +1 A great big, bright, simple display makes it dead easy to read under stage lighting, the Mute button is essential if you get as angry as I do with guitarists who tune up at gigs with their guitars going through their rigs (do you really imagine the audience actually wants to hear this?), and you can use it to power a non-battery 9V pedal which can be bloody useful under some circumstances.

As a rule, I have always preferred [i]litotes [/i]to [i]hyperbole [/i]...

And now my mouth is watering: http://www.amp-fix.com/Watkins%20Dominator%20Reissue.htm

Well I'll be damned. http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/britamps/watkins/westminster/west6.html Never noticed that one before. Mind you, [Pedant] it is 10W rather than 15W [/Pedant]!

And the elephant in the room is, are there really no other bands in Vienna? Presumably after two years on the local scene you must know a fair selection of local musicians - have you considered starting a slightly more sensible band?

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1488355778' post='3248094'] C'mon... I've waited years to see a blue movie. [/quote]

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1488289600' post='3247557'] WEM Westminster 15 watt bass combo The WEM only lasted one gig and was replaced by an HH VS100 head mixed with a 1x18 cab - Woof. [/quote] [Pedant alert] The WEM Westminster was never a bass combo - I reckon you're confusing it with the WEM Dominator. The standard Dommie with a 12" speaker could just about be used for bass, but the Dominator 25 with a 15" speaker was actually designed to handle bass. [/ Pedant alert].

1963 Hofner 500/5 into a 1967 Selmer T&B into an Eden 210XLT cab (bit of a mis-match there). How anyone can remember what bloody lead they used is quite beyond me! I know I didn't use any pedals because I didn't have any. And I do remember very clearly that I quickly discovered that a semi-acoustic large-bodied bass makes a very effective feedback generator.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1488231089' post='3247128'] Out of interest, what could a potential unsavoury character actually do with my national insurance number? [/quote] Not a lot. Every time you use your credit card to buy something over the phone, you're taking a far greater risk.

Synth bass? Aaaaaaargh! Picture me grabbing a pair of ornate Church candlesticks and using them to make a cross ...

Here. Here's your solution. http://youtu.be/HV66fWWzs2c

[quote name='spike' timestamp='1487855926' post='3243563'] ... white British R'n'B evolved into Dr.Feelgood and then stopped [/quote] When you've achieved perfection, it's time to down tools.

It's a rather special bass. A previous owner contacted Mike Lull to ask about some possible mods he had in mind. Apparently Mike remembered this particular bass and said, basically, why would you want to ruin such a beautiful thing?

I had both the WTX260 and the WTX500. If I recall correctly, the manual warned very clearly that "releasing the magic smoke" was a bad idea. In truth, things have moved on a long way from the WTX500. The equivalent offerings from Aguilar, Genz Benz, Gallien Krueger etc. are just ... well ... better. For what it's likely to cost you to repair, you'd probably do better to visit the Amps For Sale section here and look for a pre-owned Aguilar TH500 (the TH350 is also superb) or a GK MB500.

OK, now we've got that sorted, can we make a decision on the degree of relic'ing he's allowed this year?

Don't be daft man. There never was a time when "the prevailing popular rock music of the time" was Hair Metal.

Does anyone have a simple Ready Reckoner or look-up table that explains what all these bizarre-sounding genres actually mean? The great misfortune in my life is that I had the nerve to be born before 1990. I have no idea what 'shoegaze' means. Well, not in a musical sense, anyway. 'Alternative Rock'? What is it an alternative to? Reggae? So couldn't you have 'Alt-Reggae' as an alternative to Bad Company? And what on earth is 'Cinematic Rock'? Their pop videos are filmed in letterbox format?

You feel a bit 'detached' at first, but you quickly get used to that. What I found unacceptable was the amount of faffing about that was involved with routing the cables where they don't get in the way of you or your bass, plus taking off and putting on the bass. Doesn't sound like much, but if you're used to putting your bass down for a minute while you take a close look at the PA settings or whatever, it quickly becomes an issue. Reading your original post, it might make more sense to buy a more general-purpose unit that can offer solutions to a bunch of different problems, including some you may not yet have bumped into. I have a Studiomaster PAX12 powered wedge. Essentially, it's a simple single-box mono PA. At different crisis points in my gigging life, it has been used as a vocal PA, a guitar combo, a bass rig, a foldback monitor, and the main output for a set of Roland electronic drums. It's a classic Jack-of-all-trades unit, and remarkably competent at all of them.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Grabber-Bass-Guitar-Vintage-Copy-/152445733908?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

Not sure you quite get the idea of "vintage" ...