Happy Jack

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1425095555' post='2703918'] [/quote] What's the problem with this photo? If he pumps enough air into those tyres then surely his car will float to the surface?

HOTD On Stage ... WTF?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1425048409' post='2703392'] But I'll be well gone by then! [/quote] Yeh, I've heard that about you ...

[quote name='40hz' timestamp='1425038723' post='2703234'] MOAR STRINGZ = MOAR $ [/quote] MOAR $ = MOAR JELLIE BABIEZ

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1425030802' post='2703070'] learn to sing yourself, seriously, have lessons if need be, practice at home by recording yourself and singing through headphones, I improved my singing loads by just doing open mics, most of it is just confidence [/quote] This ^^^ Unless you're actually tone deaf, anyone can learn to sing. The trouble is, few people seem to realise that learning to sing properly is about as easy as learning to play bass properly. But a dedicated singer in most bands (and of course IMHO, YMMV, DILLIGAF, LOL, ETC) is a trouble-causing passenger with an ego the size of Jupiter.

Agreed to all the above, but you have to make a decision early on as to whether this is going to be a "serious" instrument or a bit of fun. I use mine mainly with a steampunk folk outfit, where I play most of the set on a DB (oh look, he knows how to play properly) but shift to the Uke for a couple of rockier numbers near the end (oh look, he can have fun too). I don't think my intonation or accuracy are particularly bad on the Uke but, more importantly, I don't worry about it. It's a bit of fun at the end of the set for me.

I tried to watch it but gave up after 10 minutes. The whole thing was so blatantly fake that it made my toes curl. It's hard to be undercover when you're not only trailed by a very obvious camera crew but also the people you interact with have to repeat (scripted?) comments for the sake of the cutaways. Unreality TV at its most insincere. You should now watch out for Ajay's sudden reemergence as a panel guest on daytime quiz shows ... he's a celebrity, dontcherknow?

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1424783839' post='2700388'] Watch the US version of undercover bosses with Peavey... [/quote] Sad to see that the Peavey episode of that TV series dropped a quarter of the show's regular audience. They really couldn't catch a break, could they?

£1.50 would get you a decent bag of jelly babies. I know which I'd rather have ...

How's your spllng?

[quote name='cybertect' timestamp='1424267021' post='2694526'] ... that's the way ... uh huh, uh huh ... I rather like it ... uh huh, uh huh ... that's the way ... uh huh, uh huh ... I rather like it ... uh huh, uh huh [/quote] You see, that's how you personalise a cover version.

£1000? For that PoS? Shurely shome mishtake?

[quote name='lonestar' timestamp='1424701905' post='2699315'] No a mandolin is one of those chef things for slicing veg and removing fingertips. Far more useful than a 15 string bass, if a lot more dangerous. [/quote] Fingertips? Pah! Who needs 'em ...

Got it! It's a lefty.

That bass doesn't look quite right ... can't put my finger on it ...

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1424702999' post='2699340'] ... and I doubt that image is a chubby bald guy in his 30s. [/quote] aaaaaaAAARGH! You've blown away my dreams ...

[quote name='the hand of john curley' timestamp='1424551096' post='2697683'] Tbh I think if he filed the nut and tweaked the neck to within a knats c*ck of being level, then took the pickups out, replaced them with a haddock and finally advertised it in Mahooosive Hands monthly....he'd sell it in minutes..... [/quote] The haddock thing interests me. I had in mind maybe a flounder, or perhaps a pair of herrings (with a coil tap, natch).

I reckon I'd play a lot more fretless if it weren't for the fact that my main band's sound is built around a slide guitarist ...

TYPING EVERYTHING IN CAPITALS MAKES THE ADVERT MUCH EASIER TO READ, DOESN'T IT?

A DB that has had a hard life will likely be battered. I've no problem at all with that and, whilst I simply don't understand the appeal of relicing, if it's done well enough then you can't tell that it IS relicing. Buying a factory-made roadworn DB is not for me, but who cares? A badly reliced bass is something else again. Taking a belt sander or a Dremel Multi to any instrument is simply an embarrassment to the owner, or bloody well should be!

The stretchy strings is something you just have to live with. They never actually seem to stabilise. Get yourself some cheap talcum powder from Boots or wherever, dust your hands before you play. You'll be surprised how much difference it makes.

Bloody hell, guys, do none of you remember punk? As to "[i]don't need to be a bass player[/i]", I was actually a bass player for 30 years before I realised it ... Hmmm ... nice use of ellipsis.

In prime condition that might be worth £1000 or so. It's not a Sutcliffe (it's a bog-standard mid-60s President), and the neck reset is the least of its troubles. It's obviously beyond a full restoration and will never be worth anything like £1000 but it could probably be brought back into playable condition for c.£100-ish (reglue the neck, replace the nut, ideally replace the unmatched tuner, sort out the wiring, new strings), so it should sell for well under £500. Now watch the market prove me wrong ...