Happy Jack

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1422286846' post='2670691'] What's the deal with the gaffa on the back of the neck then? [/quote] That marks frets 3,5 & 7 so that he can feel where he is!

And then of course there's the alternative route. If you don't like the jams near you, or there simply aren't any, there's absolutely nothing stopping you from setting up your own and running it as you see fit. All you need is a suitable pub with a slack weekday night that they're looking to juice up, plus a few friends to get you started.

[quote name='KK Jale' timestamp='1422211997' post='2669919'] *phew* that was in a VERY obscure place! Actually it's a Wilkinson. Fits into Precision bass screw holes. The D string tunes at the bridge end, and is clamped up top by a natty dual-purpose replacement string tree. Comes with instructions, screws, a new nut blank, and even a B string… but I wouldn't use that, 'cos this all this stuff is about 20 years old. Brand new and unused, in knackered box [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/transalp1998/media/bridge_zpstzwup8cm.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] So ... 4 tuners on the headstock and 5 strings on the bass. No confused punters there, then.

Apologise? Nonsense! I was genuinely delighted for you mate, and glad to have been part of the story. I will now be able to regale Basschatters for years with stories of how we were turned away from your first-ever sell-out gig. Now I want one too! Hope the gig itself went well ... and bloody well get us on the list for the next one. ps: Silvie is quite right about spending a Friday evening in Camden. Most of the time I don't "feel my age" at all (inside my head I'm still 17) but last night was a struggle. Every pub we went into felt like a school disco.

Because this one "[color=#000000][font=Arial][size=1]Has a very resonant sound due to years of use."[/size][/font][/color] http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-50s-Precision-Bass-/251800477241?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3aa07a5e39

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1421924475' post='2666587'] ... it sounds like our friend Mr Hall is listening to what players have been requesting for years! [/quote] I don't remember requesting yet another bog-standard re-issue of the same design. Was it you, then?

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1421968159' post='2667378'] ... doodling on a dark stage ... [/quote] This is a euphemism, right?

[quote name='ben604' timestamp='1421942224' post='2666911'] Naooo! Compact Line Array, like this: [url="http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep13/articles/hk-elements.htm"]http://www.soundonso...hk-elements.htm[/url] or this: [url="http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug12/articles/mackie-hda.htm"]http://www.soundonso.../mackie-hda.htm[/url] [/quote] Closest I get to that is http://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/Fishman-SA220-SoloAmp-Portable-Active-PA---Backline-Speaker/B9Y?origin=product-ads&utm_campaign=PLA+Shop+-+Fishman&utm_medium=vertical_search&network=google&adgroup=*Fishman.+All+Products&merchant_id=1279443&product_id=14614d1&product_country=GB&product_partition_id=42117864553&gclid=CjwKEAiA3IKmBRDFx-P_rLyt6QUSJACqiAN83kxIs2AifcD_SCN_8PYrdgA-K4abu6Z3pPlPNZ0uzxoC_fbw_wcB Works very well for King Ralph and other semi-acoustic stuff, but that's not really what you're asking about.

Lives in Chiswick, rides a red Harley ... I'll keep an eye out for him Mark. If I wear (genuine) cowboy boots and hat to your first gig, do I get in free?

http://www.thomann.de/gb/sennheiser_xsw_72_instrument_set_eband.htm But you'll have to buy the rackmount unit separately from Sennheiser, and it ain't cheap.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1421914259' post='2666437'] I have seen a couple of local bands using them and I don't think they offer that much more over traditional set-ups, sound-wise, but the logistical benefits are obvious. [/quote] So obvious that I have no idea what they might be! What's the thinking ... turn up at the pub really early and suspend stacks of small speakers from the ceiling between the dartboard and the door to the toilets?

[quote name='largo' timestamp='1421659958' post='2663581'] I prefer 2 have 2 cabs as it means if one cab goes I can keep going. [/quote] Zooming way off topic, but has this ever happened to you?

Presumably you have to balance Alaska on your right shoulder?

Bloody hell! [b]Beffnull Gween?[/b] That area really is turning into Hipster Central ...

This is mine: [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/Fender%20Precision%201957%20CURRENT/CIMG1231.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/Fender%20Precision%201957%20CURRENT/CIMG1231.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Definitely nowhere near as pristine as the one we're all looking at, but then it cost me WAY less than £17,000! And yes, I gig it.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1421336692' post='2660065'] Quite simply, the best P-bass sound I can remember achieving. But not with just any P - it has to be this particular one. [/quote] Then I took it to a full-volume rehearsal yesterday. Still sounded good, mostly, but it farted out WAY too easily. I swopped it for my OTB500 and the difference was obvious ... headroom matters! I'll be using the Trace at all low/lowish-volume rehearsals, but I'd need its big brother if I wanted to gig with it.

[quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1421394473' post='2660641'] My take on it was starting at the bottom and working up, or a scale of venue quality. Two nations separated by a common language! [/quote] OK, just so long as a pub band vertical doesn't end up as a pub band horizontal by the end of a heavy night ...

What is a "pub band vertical"?

Didn't pay much attention to this thread 10 days ago, but I picked up an old Trace AH150-7 yesterday. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Equipment%20and%20stuff%20CURRENT/Trace%20Elliot%20AH150-7/2015-01-14140754_zps7908010e.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Equipment%20and%20stuff%20CURRENT/Trace%20Elliot%20AH150-7/2015-01-14140754_zps7908010e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] When I got it home I plugged it through a Compact (quite nice), then a Compact+Midget stack (very nice), and finally a 69er (even nicer). Then I tried playing several different basses through that rig, and when I hit my modified '84 Precision I got the sweet spot. [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/Fender%20Precision%201984%20CURRENT/CIMG1345_zpsdd147ce6.jpg.html"][/url] I've modified it quite extensively since that photo was taken! Quite simply, the best P-bass sound I can remember achieving. But not with just any P - it has to be this particular one.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-guitar-Very-short-scale-/371233128280?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item566f37ff58

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lakeland-Skyline-Bass-Guitar-Reliced/261733375354?_trksid=p2045573.c100034.m2102&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27676%26meid%3D0e575561653540a6a853a6470d41b0c5%26pid%3D100034%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D321637902237 Good thing it wasn't a Lakland ...

Listening to BBC Radio last night when the posh lady reporter started talking about the huge storms that had hit Wales. "And now we're going to hear from Dai, who was trapped at home throughout the storm. I'm sure that she will have an interesting story." Followed, of course, by a man's voice ...

Nice bit of bling that.