Happy Jack

Does knowing a famous musician before he got famous count? Cos that's all I got.

Bwahahahahahaha!!! I absolutely love the OTB500 but I've never owned an amp that was MORE of a one-trick pony. It does what it does, and pretty much nothing else. If it does what you want then that's great, but don't expect versatility. For context, I used mine almost exclusively in the context of playing classic 70s covers (Stones, Dr. Feelgood, T. Rex, etc.) and it's just bang on the money for that. In fairness, I also remember one occasion (just one) where it sounded truly majestic with a double bass.

If there's really no jam night anywhere in Cambridge, at all, why not start one?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1462238245' post='3041409'] ... for over 50 years. Twice the age of most of you. [/quote] Hah! In your dreams mate. The average Basschatter is WAY older than 25, and I'm ... ahem ... rather older than the average Basschatter.

I genuinely thought this thread was going to be about volume issues! Living in London, I'm not really in a good place to offer advice about Cheltenham. But I do agree that serious frustration warrants a serious response, and there's none more serious than starting the band you want to be in. I've done it. Once. Maybe one day I'll try again. If nothing else, I guarantee you a fund of funny but true stories to regale your musician friends with for the rest of your life. Advertising for members for a new band is a bit like starring in your own sitcom. Don't ask me how I know.

Didn't you just sell one?

Does he do a cheaper version saying "Squier"?

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1462177646' post='3040743'] Ronnie Lane? If that's right then in Small Faces times he plays finger style on at least some of the videos I've seen. [/quote] The Faces were blessed with TWO excellent bass players, Ronnie Lane and Ronnie Wood. Woody first came to fame as the bass player with Jeff Beck in 1967. Edited to mention that yes, I AM aware that the Faces were not exactly the same band as the Small Faces!

Not sure that's a "whopping clanger" ... more like a single bum note. Until the OP pointed it out, can't honestly say I'd ever noticed it, and it's been one of my favourite tracks for ... ahem ... a very long time.

GK MB500 Aguilar TH500

Perhaps he's fibbing about his interests ...

An ex-Pino stack-knob Jazz from 1961: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EX-PINO-PALLADINO-FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-STACK-KNOB-1961-VINTAGE-FENDER-BASS-WHO-/391434650065?hash=item5b2352c1d1:g:D2IAAOSw7KJXEO9d I'll never sell this bass, mainly because I'll never buy it.

Hell no ... Alex, can you please bring Stevie?

http://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-9403-2-4-belt-sander-240v/73893 http://www.screwfix.com/p/dremel-8200-20-10-8v-2-0ah-li-ion-cordless-rotary-multi-tool/6407G?kpid=6407G&cm_mmc=Google-_-Product%20Listing%20Ads-_-Sales%20Tracking-_-sales%20tracking%20url&cm_mmc=Google-_-Shopping%20-%20Tools-_-Shopping%20-%20Tools&gclid=CjwKEAjwxoG5BRCC7ezlzNmR8HUSJAAre36jFk-F9lh0BW9m3tiLGLmTcmzJbUfsEgcbcYwv4B8CdxoCNafw_wcB

Just focus on the look ... loons and glitter, platform boots, no spandex ... the music will take care of itself.

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1461576821' post='3035710'] What shall we moan about next . . . the cost of private jet leasing, mega yacht berthing fees, maintenance costs of private Carribean Islands? [/quote] Those examples are all very expensive because they all cost lots of money. An old mass-produced bass didn't cost lots of money, it cost a relatively trivial amount which most of us here could have afforded when new. It's now worth a lot more for reasons of rarity and - dare I say it - Mojo. How much more? I could make a pretty decent case for £4000, a rather weaker case for £6000, and a really week kite-flyer for £10,000. Above that and you're away with the fairies. IMHO of course. YMMV. L&GWR NATSOPA DILLIGAF?

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1461602750' post='3036059'] +1. I'm quite happy to frequent both forums. [/quote] What, country AND western?

Carmine Rojas ... Carmine Appice ... Marco Mendoza ... what's in a name?

Oh I don't know, she might scrub up OK, and it would help if she smiled a bit.

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1461489236' post='3034977'] Several years down the line we have a BF 4x10 that looks exactly like every other 410 and yet that very design was criticised and lambasted by Alex et al for being the antithesis of all that was bad with bass cabinet design. [/quote] Barefaced [i]fanboi [/i]that I am, I have to say that I saw the 410 and thought ... Hmmmm ...

Wide palette of tones due to the tone knob. Priceless.

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1461483463' post='3034894'] Yes but they are always told that they are wrong, ignored or declared liers looking at other threads, lol. [/quote] LOL indeed. The history of Barefaced has a lot to do with it ... essentially the company could almost be seen as a spin-off from Basschat, with Alex Claber proving his point / putting his money where his mouth was by actually designing, building and marketing his own cabs. For no reason that I've ever understood, that's left a legacy of ... best choose my words carefully here ... friction between Alex and a number of others with ... erm ... strong views on the subject. That in turn has spilled over into a daft feud between Barefaced fans (including me, though life's too short for feudin' and fightin') and the inevitable Barefaced haters. Just another day on t'Internet.

OK, so what can we see? That's not a Hofner body, nor neck, nor control plate. It might be a Hofner scratchplate, bridge and tailpiece. It certainly looks like a Hofner staple pickup though there were plenty of similar ones around. Neither the scratchplate nor the control plate were designed to go with that body, so what you appear to have is a cheap copy which has the had parts from other basses fitted to it, i.e. it's a Bitsa. It's clearly not recent. That neck plate looks pretty old to me - check the accumulated grime and wear on and around the screws. The engraving on it is far too fancy to be from a mass-produced instrument, and actually looks to me like the work of a jeweller or similar. The expression "Hoffner of London" is so obviously tongue-in-cheek that it must be a deliberate pisstake. Worth remembering that Hoffner is actually quite a common surname. So there we have it. Your bass was built from randomly collected parts by an English jeweller named Hoffner. He had red hair, walked with a limp, and loved parakeets. Elementary, my dear Rick.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-player-wanted/any-guitarist-that-would-like-to-play-bass/1165741984

When people talk about the "fretless sound" they usually mean either the Mwah effect or the swoops & slides that a fretless encourages. Neither of these can truly be achieved with a fretted bass (plus pedal or otherwise) though flatwound strings certainly help. I agree with those who have suggested just buying a (cheap) fretless. To help with the lined/unlined issue, try looking out for one of these: [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20SOLD/Ibanez%202366%20FLB%201972%20SOLD/CIMG0127.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20SOLD/Ibanez%202366%20FLB%201972%20SOLD/CIMG0127.jpg[/IMG][/URL] That's an Ibanez 2366 FLB on the right (with a 2369 on the left), from 1972, and no budget-buster. Why that bass? Look at the fret markers. [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] The audience and your bandmates can't see them - you're a bass playing God! - but when you glance down at the neck you see something familiar and re-assuring.