Happy Jack

Hmmmmm ... now that is a tricky one. First up, it's an absolutely beautiful bass and in staggeringly good condition for its age. What's the playability like? I imagine it must have had a neck re-set by now; if not, then one is probably very overdue. And how's the neck? No trussrod this early in the instrument's development. It's all original apart from the control plate, as you say, but also those appalling control knobs. He should replace them immediately with 'teacup' knobs -a very cheap job and they will transform the look of the bass. They'll add nothing the the value of the bass, but the ones they replace are knocking a lot OFF the value at the moment! Value. Ah now, there's a thing. Vintage Hofner Violin basses are worth a lot of money because (i) Paul played one, (ii) they're old and rare. If you want to talk prices >£2000 then you need to have (i). Unfortunately, you have only (ii). Your friend's bass pre-dates Paul's by five years and two models; it's just not the same. If it's a nice player, and it sounds as good as it looks, then it's certainly worth >£1000. But I suspect that no one is going to get rich selling this bass. I genuinely hope I'm wrong.

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1484166316' post='3213286'] Depends on the seven cities they survey I guess... [/quote] Oooh ... let me start: Glasgow, Edinburgh and Newcastle.

[quote name='five-string.co.uk' timestamp='1484169237' post='3213334'] Great point :-) I'll rethink [/quote] It would probably help to liaise with Silverfoxnik over this. Nik is one of the key people in the South East Bassbash, he also put together a South Coast Bassbash a couple of years ago, and of course he's pretty local to you.

Depending on date/location then Silvie and I could well be up for this.

Returning to the OP, try a Fishman Fission pedal. It will do pretty much what you want in a single pedal. That said, I usually route the 'guitar' sound through a Boss DS1 rather than use the in-built distortion.

I've had quite a few of these small heads (MB200, MB500, WTX260, WTX500, OTB500) but the best of the lot IMHO is the one I've kept - Aguilar Tonehammer 350. I've used it to drive - under varying circumstances - everything from a Barefaced One Ten to a Barefaced 610, and I've played every type of bass you can imagine through it. Haven't yet found a weak spot.

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1484079841' post='3212561'] I'm in Til Dawn [/quote] Oooo er Missus ... great name for a band though.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1483867012' post='3210651'] My personal Holy Grail would be a T-Bird that sat comfortably. [/quote] [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/Mike%20Lull%20T5%202014%20CURRENT/Thunderbird%20Body%20-%20front%205_zpsxojabkgh.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/Mike%20Lull%20T5%202014%20CURRENT/Thunderbird%20Body%20-%20front%205_zpsxojabkgh.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/Mike%20Lull%20T5%202014%20CURRENT/Thunderbird%20-%20headstock%201_zps2pyuirvi.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/Mike%20Lull%20T5%202014%20CURRENT/Thunderbird%20-%20headstock%201_zps2pyuirvi.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='la bam' timestamp='1483959788' post='3211353'] Morning all, ... what happens when you become 'famous' (or your band does)? [/quote] Yeh, I hate it when that happens.

And don't get me started on piccolo snares ...

A bit of confusion here. Given the interest in chords, I reckon that by Bass VI the OP means a baritone-style bass, as in a 6-string guitar tuned an octave down. In other words, [u][b]not [/b][/u]a 6-string bass as in BEADGC.

... Johnny's just re-started the music stand argument. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/johnnyplaysfolsom_large-1-historic-photos_zpssk8bxfvf.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/johnnyplaysfolsom_large-1-historic-photos_zpssk8bxfvf.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1483721719' post='3209593'] Does it really matter though, I don't do many things people 50 years older than me did and people fifty years younger than me probably won't do the things I enjoy either. [/quote] Still trying to work that one out ...

[quote name='Roo Hobbers' timestamp='1483713882' post='3209478'] On a slightly separate note, any info or advice for finding decent musicians would be most welcome. [/quote] Don't be too specific or restrictive. Even here, you've suggested (to a Forum of bass players) how your bass player should play - pick / fingerstyle - and the technique they should use - chords please, and this is the instrument you should probably buy in order to play them! You've asked for advice, so mine would be to invite musicians to tell you how they'd like to play. If they're not good enough to know what's right for the song, then they probably won't be in your band in the first place.

You're sure it wasn't Great White?

If mine are anything to go by, the competition from 183 channels of complete crap on cable TV [b]PLUS [/b]millions of aliens needing to be slaughtered on X-Box [b]PLUS [/b]hundreds of supposed 'friends' to interact with on Facebook pretty much wipe out their spare time.

Mick, you need to get out more mate.

Have you checked that it's the string that's doing the actual buzzing, rather than the tuner itself? Try holding the tuner (instead of pressing down on the string between nut and tuner) and playing the note.

[quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1483534881' post='3207963'] That's easily the most depressing and wildly inaccurate point of view I've seen since joining this forum. [/quote] Hell no! Not even close!

Sorry mate, you can't have two No.1 rules. It just doesn't work.

That don't make it good. Just playable.

No.1 rule for bass players = Don't make definitive statements about anything, anything at all. Life is contingent.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1483524103' post='3207824'] It's a lot easier to play three chord guitar band tunes from the 60s and 70s than it is to play anything from to 80s-00s. . [/quote] That's because so much of the "music" of the 80s-00s was either pressing the occasional button on a pre-programmed sequencer or simple re-treads of great original music from the 60s and 70s. Next?