Happy Jack

I'll ask Peter Schmeichel.

Ah, in that case it's the 'Now' rate ...

You really are playing some very cool gigs these days ...

Some of these are so bad I can hardly believe that I'm herring them.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1444819697' post='2886310'] [color=#800080][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Private pictures and aspersions close to deformation ...[/font][/color] [/quote] ... is actually a reasonable description of the guy's listings. Deformation is a good word for it. I suspect the word you really wanted was "defamation". No charge, just happy to help.

You have a problem with buckets?

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1444768601' post='2885905'] They did a lot of LDS in the 60s [/quote] Well dyslexics need mind-altering substances too ...

This must be the most extreme case ever of a disguised advert. Do you think Davey-Schmavey has managed to sell his Wal yet?

I'm looking forward to threads entitled "Fender Schmender", "Gibson Schmibson", and of course "Rickenbacker no don't go there".

We've seen this character's handiwork before, of course.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1444731913' post='2885369'] It's all down to the type of bands you play with and how busy they all are. To be brutally honest if you are in a covers band none of the audience really care who is on the stage so long as they are performing their parts adequately. [/quote] You know, when I posted my reply it never even occurred to me to wonder what the audience would think! No matter how much lip service I may pay to focusing on the crowd and giving punters what they want, in truth I'm playing in these bands for ME, not them. Hope that doesn't read as though I'm having a pop - I'm not.

Blue, the clue is in your use of the word "busy". My main band likes to gig 2/3 times a month. We're too old to want to do a Fri & Sat double-header so that means we gig 2/3 weekends each month. There just isn't room for another band with the same level of gigging. But there is room (for me) to be in a bunch of other, less busy side projects. I'm currently in three which do maybe a dozen gigs a year between them, including midweek stuff and daytime festivals at weekends. I wouldn't have it any other way. Much as I love playing in the Junkyard Dogs, I couldn't face a future of playing Brown Sugar and Spirit In The Sky every Saturday for the next year ... and nothing else.

[quote name='spyder' timestamp='1444661576' post='2884865'] I got it home and fitted new strings, went to adjust the TR and bang, it snapped and the neck shot across the room in three bits. [/quote] I've had moments like that involving fixing motorbikes. Funny in hindsight, but a real heart-sinker at the time.

I know nothing about the brand but, for that price, it would need to be really very good. If you buy one, come back and tell us about the bass, won't you? In fact, come back anyway.

[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1444657208' post='2884813'] Definitely Darkglass. Great pedal! [/quote] Yup, you're right, there's only one possible answer. Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

Few things are more 'personal' than choice of pedal pre-amp! I've used two of the three you list, plus probably half a dozen more. As of now I have at least three pedals that would tick your boxes if you were me. But you're not me! Basschat is a great resource, especially when you move into meatspace. If you ask around, you'll soon find a dozen Basschatters within a short journey of your front door who'll offer to let you play through their preamp pedals. Don't buy blind (or should that be deaf?), go out and meet real bassists and try their stuff out. If that's not for you, for whatever reason, then add the Sansamp BDDI and The Hartke Attack to your list ...

In all honesty, it's never occurred to me to check. My bad, probably.

Following on from the SouthEast BassBash, the best VFM system might be this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-of-PROSOUND-300W-10-DJ-LOUDSPEAKERS-WOOFER-HI-FI-SPEAKERS-/281816026427?hash=item419d8b4d3b

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20151008-six-neglected-drummers-who-deserve-recognition

I can't believe that no one has commented on the really cool keyboard with the angled keys.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1444414940' post='2883177'] Who was looking for an 8 string recently?? [url="http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/112426753/8-string-custom-made-bass-guitar-bison-design.html"]http://www.preloved....son-design.html[/url] [/quote] That was me, but I now have a Dean Edge. In truth, the basic weight of a 4-string Bison would put me off. I dread to think what an 8-string weighs.

Surely you mean "vintage bollocks"?

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1444423793' post='2883256'] Most of the mods make no sense at all ... [/quote] People have been banned for less than this, y'know.

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1444423793' post='2883256'] That guy is considered low-hanging fruit in these parts. A shame, because there is something insidious about his M.O. These instruments are marketed for beginners, so his target market know not if they are being sold complete junk or a brilliant instrument. From what I've seen it is the former. [/quote] Agreed. If there was even a hint of irony or self-mockery in his listings, some recognition of the funny side of these lash-ups, it would be more palatable. It's the apparently po-faced certainty that he's a craftsman improving poor design by others that really grates for me.