Happy Jack

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1437402689' post='2825674'] I showed the rest of the band and they all said the same thing "I'm sure they sound amazing but they look dated" [/quote] Bloody hell, I thought some of MY bands contained weird people.

Put them on a photo hosting site such as Photobucket and you can post links to the photos in there.

If you're after the Jamerson sound, then it's hard to beat the LaBella FLs. Feel is obviously a very personal thing, but I love the feel of the LaBellas too. The main drawback is that they are so damned expensive. A very reasonable substitute (at a much more reasonable price) is the strings that Lakland used to market as 'Jo Osborne' flats. Lakland still make the strings, but I can't remember offhand what they're now called.

The only Zep tribute I've yet seen were Zepparella: http://youtu.be/WpYlSO_E190

But there's already a slot on the front of your computer to do that. I find I have to poke it in with a paperclip or something - I guess the automatic feeder on mine isn't working properly.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1437167413' post='2824233'] First thing he noticed was the DAB "Marshall" radio, "OK", he said, "so at least we know we're in the home of a musician". [/quote] Yeh, I had something similar. The guy may have noticed twelve basses and two guitars hanging on the wall, plus a Roland VK-09 next to the electronic drumkit. But probably just a lucky guess, I reckon.

Damn! It's no longer available. I must learn to move faster ...

I've had both a Bravewood 1965 Precision (http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses%20SOLD/Bravewood%20Precision%202003%20SOLD ) and a Crinson 1956 Precision (http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses%20SOLD/Crinson%20Telebass%202007%20SOLD ). Very different basses from very different builders, but both utterly superb. Both basses played and sounded every bit as good as the real thing. How do I know? Because I have a Fender 1966 Precision ( http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses%20CURRENT/Fender%20Precision%201966%20CURRENT ) and a Fender 1957 Precision ( http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses%20CURRENT/Fender%20Precision%201957%20CURRENT ). Which I bought largely because I liked the copies so much ... So, did these purchases cure GAS? Don't be silly!

How on earth does a Barefaced cab "lose its stuffing"? Why on earth would you want to pack it in an amp? These questions demand answers!

Back in the 70s my flatmates used to tell me that, if you had to ask whether you were adding enough resin, then you weren't.

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1437128601' post='2823782'] I'll wait until Behringer bring out their cloned version at 1/10th the price [/quote]

As pieces of poo go, that's a stinker. Have to love that wiring. Electricity as done by a 7-year-old. So it's an amateur defret with virtually no original parts, the body has either been badly stripped or had something spilled on it (in a permastain sort of way), and here's one really very poor photograph for you to look at. Hmmmmmm. We've all made tougher decisions than this.

Nowhere near NW England so can't help with that, but I can certainly say all sorts of nice things about the 5-string Streamline. http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses%20CURRENT/Status%20Graphite%20Streamline%205%202011%20CURRENT Lovely piece of craftsmanship and a real head-turner, doesn't sound even remotely plastic-ky, totally stable neck means that it never needs adjustment (and I do mean never) and barely needs tuning, lightweight and comfortable to play. At my most pernicketty, the one thing I regret is that the 5-string isn't available in 19mm spacing. I hear that some people are so misguided as to hit the strings with their thumbs, a remarkably odd form of behaviour of no interest to a real musician of course. However, the deluded fools who act in this bizarre way assure me that the Streamline is a particularly fine bass to try to damage in this way.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1436910864' post='2822073'] I really hope so. I can sort pics, but true to current form, it`s a black/black/maple Precision so just like all the basses I`ve had over the last year or so [/quote] Now if you'd done more research, you'd have discovered that 8 out of 10 Basschatters (who expressed an opinion) prefer rosewood ...

??? What am I missing here? This is a UK limited company with a VAT registration and loads of good feedback. No white vans trading in back streets appear to be involved, and if this lot has been stolen then it would take a remarkably stupid scammer to use this method to flog it. Step away from the pitchfork ...

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1436795630' post='2820799'] It would take some front on the part of the band turning up at the Dog&Duck armed with perspex surrounds for the drummist though. [/quote] But they could spend the whole evening playing [i][b]Rawhide [/b][/i]...

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1436738152' post='2820398'] Just for the record. The ohm is a unit of impedance. There is no such word as ohmage. [/quote] So it doesn't matter how many impediments you have? Or whether you live in Omaha?

I have a shedload of really nice kit (literally) but my default, go-to rig for small gigs remains my OTB into a (first generation, no-tweeter, 15") Compact. Small enough to fit into any space I might need to play in, light enough to carry through or across any likely obstacles, simple enough to be idiot-proof. Does it sound like a Matamp GT100 through a 610? No. Does it sound like a Demeter VTB-201 through a Powersoft into an Eden rig? No. Does it sound really good, and easily good enough for the gig? Oh yes.

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1436613130' post='2819501'] [url="http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/chiliwailer/media/image.jpg3_zpsegxodpm3.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] It's only green until you put it next to something blue. So what happens when you put it next to Candy Apple Red?

Just got home from my niece's wedding, all nice Christian types (not like me at all). The band (all nice Christian types) played Ring Of Fire, Billy Jean (is not my lover), Get You (hint: the original title was not "Get" You), etc. I got the impression that I was the only person there who had a clue what all these songs were about, and why people used to call this The Devil's Music.

It has a much cooler name ...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1436611482' post='2819482'] ... I didn't realise a fan was blowing over the recorder microphones rendering the whole thing unusable with low-frequency noise. [/quote] You need to keep people away from your kit, even when they're fans of yours ...