NancyJohnson

There's a place in Bracknell called The Cellar Bar; it's in a complex called South Hill Park a stately home-cum-arts centre. The location is great, even though it's in Bracknell, it has a big/modern theatre and the little block to th bottom right of the photo below houses a great little recording studio. Nestled undereath all this is a myriad of ancient service corridors and the aforementioned Cellar Bar. I should just say the load-in is awful; the main doors are a bit of a schlep from the car parking, the doors are a pain in the butt, there's a narrow steep staircase, more doors. Load out is equally bad, but you're more tired. I've played there maybe a dozen times, different bands etc. They do live music a couple of nights a week, but nothing is ever promoted and once or twice, we've been on the support card here with three or four bands and there's been one or two people in. It could be so good; it has a great PA, it's loud and tight, but it just doesn't work. No one seems to care about live music in the town, bands just rock up and play. I just took decision of never again a couple of years back when we stepped in at the last minute after some bands dropped out and only two people showed up. Two f***ing people. They've asked us back, but ne'er again.

Ooh, one other thing on the '80s, Bananarama (and I suppose Kim Wilde et al); has anyone really noticed that there was a degree of chaste about their (very) public persona? They didn't have to get their kit off to garner interest. Different times and probably better for it, really.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1495469252' post='3303960'] Classix Nouveaux - Hatfield band..... [/quote] A long time ago, the brother of a guy I went to college with played bass for The News, who were pre-Classix Nouveux. I have a demo recording here somewhere of a track called Run Away which was a whole lot of heavy compared to the nasty version that got released on album #1.

I got a 1979 Fender Precision in a trade years and years ago. I had it for about 15 years. It was sh*t, a heavy old dog of a thing. A horrible horrible bass, but I couldn't afford to get anything different.

[quote name='CameronJ' timestamp='1494683506' post='3297846'] I keep returning to this thread just to drool. Do you have any more pics? [/quote] These from the Lull Facebook pages:

Cough. 4x10 and 2x10 Hydrives on sale in the For Sale section. Cough.

Martin just bought one of my Thunderbird basses. Lovely bloke (coffee black, no sugar). 100% and nearly overpaid me. Nearly!

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1494962661' post='3300051'] Try a mixture of vinegar, green toilet duck and a little salt. [/quote] I'm sure this is how my wife does her roast potatoes.

The hardware is black...you could go the chrome route. I'm sure there's direct replacements for the machines and bridge. Uncertain whether the pickups would just drop in.

As an option to my usual set up, I own a dual channel board that has a BDDI on channel A and a VTBASS DI [i]and [/i]Sansamp GT2 on channel B (although I only run one at a time). The BDDI handles a the whumpy low side signal, the VTBASS or GT2 offers a drive option. (The backbone of my main rig is a Sansamp RBI, so I do have a lot of love for Tech 21 stuff.) To be honest, I've never really gotten on with the VTBASS in any of its guises...I owned the rack version, sold it, then bought the newer DI version. It sits at the end of the signal chain and I only really use it for the XLR output. I just don't like it in a dual channel set up (I much prefer the GT2 for drive) or standalone; it's very middy and doesn't suit my desired tone in the slightest. It's easy to describe the differences here. To my ears, the BDDI is like a Bentley; generally smooth, but when driven hard has a pleasant gutteral roar about it. The GT2 is like your little brother's 50cc motorbike (or a wasp!), it really just does great buzzy fuzzy fuzz and these two compliment each other really well in a dual chammel output capacity [i][Edit; the BDDI and GT2 run into two channels on a poweramp gives a very dUg Pinick-esque tone][/i]. The VTBASS is like an old tired Ford Escort or VW Golf. Noisy, dirty, slightly unrefined, uncomfortable mids. Not really selling it, am I? I will move the VTBASSDI along at some point.

Ash bought a pair of EMG HZ45 pickups from me. Quick payment, all good. P

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1494879624' post='3299305'] LBO? [/quote] Last Bass Outpost.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1494853527' post='3298996'] Not seen those before. The recent stock TBird pickups are much darker sounding than the old vintage ones, so replacing them is a popular mod; the only ones I was aware of are Thunderbuckers, Mike Lulls, Seymour Duncans, and these cheap ones: http://www.eyguitarmusic.com/Thunderbird-Bass-Pickup-Vintage-Style-for-GibsonChromeNickel_p_2287.html [/quote] I think these are the ones the guys over at LBO got moist over recently.

[quote name='CameronJ' timestamp='1494683506' post='3297846'] I keep returning to this thread just to drool. Do you have any more pics? [/quote] I have the one above and (on my PC) a couple of the owner playing it and one of it at Mike Lull's place in Seattle. I've been quoted (sit down) £4.3k as a purchase price with a 4-5 month lead time; this time around I will need to sell kit to buy it, which isn't an issue.

That's black. Same finish as my JAXT4. The finish feels like suede. Now, someone buy some of my gear so I can get an order in.

I couldn't remember whether I'd replied to this, so there must have been a similar post previously. Remember those old science test you did at school? Question, hypothesis, method, result, conclusion? [b]Question:[/b] We're down on a bill, headliners are providing cabinetry. Will I sound OK? [b]Hypothesis:[/b] We'll skip past this, but suffice, bassist didn't bring any cabinets. You know it's not going to be great. [b]Method:[/b] Well, I have my rack, let's feed a Sansamp RBI into the house PA. [b]Result:[/b] Awful. Front of house was apparently fine, but onstage, nothing. [b]Conclusion:[/b] Never rely on other people providing equipment and always take what you need.

Our EP hit Spotify, iTunes, Amazon (etc.) today. We're already up to at least three plays. I'm wondering whether I'll be able to retire early.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1494496090' post='3296444'] Not the JAX T4!!!!! [/quote] 'Oh, stop it Brains!'

*I've not bought it yet, have stuff up for sale. Let's see how things pan out there first.

It's a Mike Lull NRT5, but with an oversized body. Price is a bit mental, hence I'm having a clear out.