Happy Jack

We were just standing in for Wet Wet Wet.

My long term guitar tech works on Nash basses quite frequently. He is very uncomplimentary about them, both as relics and as players. There are much better mojo basses available, and for less money.

This is why I won't store my music in the cloud.

Could well be worth that for the spares ...

The first fruits of Brexit ...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CMI-Double-neck-bass-guitar-1970s-Made-in-Japan-very-rare-instrument-/291795125540?hash=item43f0584524:g:JpYAAOSwc1FXY~bL

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOX-AC30CC2-/291792240740?hash=item43f02c4064:g:97AAAOSwM4xXYA3F

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-Built-Hofner-Left-Hand-Acoustic-Bass-Guitar-/222152876319?hash=item33b957e11f:g:g~MAAOSwvg9XYBIv It's not a "custom left-handed acoustic bass", it's a right-handed neck from an old violin bass glued to the body of a semi-acoustic guitar. Apparently it's "left-handed" because it's been strung that way. God knows where the scale length has ended up, or whether the intonation actually works. The parts used may well be from 1963/64. They could equally well be from almost any other year in a 20-year period. Run away!

In Nashville, set aside an entire evening just to drift from bar to bar along the strip. The quantity of music, and the standard of musicianship and showmanship on display on any random evening will take your breath away. Then the locals tell you that the best musicians playing in bars tonight never play the strip ...

You are insufficiently weird, and far too predictable. You need something by Earthquaker Devices ... http://earthquakerdevices.com/ They're effects, Nancy, but not as we know it.

Damn! I'm playing at a street market by Kew Gardens Station on 3rd July. That's only a mile from Richmond, but we're playing at lunchtime so your trip to London will be in vain ... you'll have missed my gig.

Legacy of a stolen motorbike. Comes with the KTM Powerparts catalogue 2014.

Oh I intended no criticism of the guitarist - my post was just admiration for her playing.

http://youtu.be/7iFpogPro40

Getting the pole pieces to line up was clearly more of a challenge than Bill expected ...

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1464209824' post='3057665'] Both versions are glorious instruments in their own way, great shame Fender never combined the two in one bass [/quote] [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/Fender%20Precision%201984%20CURRENT/CIMG1335_zps32eb0fb2.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/Fender%20Precision%201984%20CURRENT/CIMG1335_zps32eb0fb2.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1465985383' post='3072576'] [url="https://flic.kr/p/Eb8XsD"][/url] [/quote] Pah! You can't fool me with that cheap shot ... that ain't no '78 - I can tell.

[quote name='Kevsy71' timestamp='1465984640' post='3072571'] We're Expändables (note umlaut) [/quote] I do hope you wear spändex on stage and do Spändau Ballet covers ...

Strange fruit indeed ...

In fact, you might want to take a look at http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Andreas-Zeller-3-4-Double-Bass-Spruce-Top-Maple-Sides-Used-Condition/262462159915?_trksid=p2045573.c100034.m2102&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D35377%26meid%3D078020885a1e4bbe8e79a3b511cc863b%26pid%3D100034%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D272265484332

[quote name='Matt Bass' timestamp='1465939137' post='3072357'] Tho I didn't have a teacher I spent a lot of time on youtube etc trying to get technique pointers and I'm not put off by the new feel or size, after reading a couple of threads on here have started to think about a new instrument and in particular the 2W TN from Thomann, for around £1300 [/quote] It's vital to get the basics sorted right from the start. Playing a DB is WAY more physical and engaging than playing electric bass, and you really should start with at least an introductory lesson to get your stance right and pick up a few simple tricks. YouTube tutorials vary enormously in quality, and some bits of crucial advice can only really be given by someone standing next to you and watching what you're doing. You don't say where in the country you are, so I can't really offer any suggestions as to who you could use. As to purchase, I started with a no-name Chinese DB which cost me £300 here on Basschat. It was a perfectly adequate learner instrument and I played my first two DB gigs on it too, before deciding that I was definitely going to get stuck in to DB playing. That was when I upgraded to my current Andreas Zeller which cost me £1000 pre-owned, also here on Basschat. I wouldn't consider buying a new DB unless I had a very good reason to go that route. If you actually gig them, it is really very hard indeed to keep them pristine. Your brand-new £1000 Thomann is likely to be dented, scraped and chipped, and therefore worth £500, within a few months. That is not a dig at Thomann - I rate them very highly and buy a lot of stuff through them. It's more that the disconnect between price and audible quality is, if anything, even more marked in the world of DB than it is in the world of electric bass. I know people who have bought £5000 flatback 1880s German DBs and found that they don't sound as good as the "cheap" DB they replace.

You mean you couldn't hear the Slab?

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1465926260' post='3072202'] You can't tell with any certainty what a bass is going to play like by year of manufacture alone. [/quote] This. Absolutely this. It's not like there was an annual harvest which might be affected by an attack of woodworm or something ...

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1465927934' post='3072223'] Once bitten, twice shy. [/quote] That's OK, the bass doesn't come in until late in the first verse ...

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1465916192' post='3072070'] So the gig was just 2 songs - an original and a cover? That's tough! I can't image how you would go about picking the right cover to play that shows off your band in the best light without being in danger of overshadowing your own songs. [/quote] Well you could start by avoiding [i]Sunshine Of Your Love[/i] ...