NancyJohnson

After two years, my band find ourselves drummerless. We play pop/punk stuff - original material that leans towards Alkaline Trio/Weezer. There's plenty of audio up on www.nancyjohnson.co.uk. Given the age of the remaining three members, it would probably suit someone 35/40+. We are aligned with a small punk label called Punkalicious Recordings and are reasonably well ingratiated with promoters in Reading/Newbury/Basingstoke. We're looking to jam weekly/fortnightly, gig once or twice a month. If you know anyone who might fill the seat, please let me know. Cheers Paul

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1384686070' post='2279378'] Here you go.. [/quote] wood. P

There's a guy called Scott Dasson in the US who makes a two part bridge for Thunderbirds (the Badbird). Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) uses them on his TBs. I'm not sure the expense over a Bach bridge is worth the fuss, but here's his FB if you're interested: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Badbird-Bridge/166569760043127 Make sure plenty of pics get posted of this project! I'll be watching VERY closely Cheers P

I understand that considerable pressure had been put on Gibson to reissue the NR Thunderbird and (obviously!) Gibson were having none of it, so a few members of an US bass group approached Bach to build a limited quantity of NRs to original specs (it's pointless saying '60s specs as they were only produced for a short time in the 1960s). I think there's been three different runs, slab bodies, tummy/arm-cut bodies, single/two pick up versions. If you search around, you'll see nothing but positives from people who've bought them. There have been quite a few customisation jobs...you'll find plenty of data online. To move this along, it is a bit of a victory for the small man...rumour is that Gibson wised up and off the back of the Bach runs, finally pulled their finger out and re-issued the NR earlier this year (I've got a vintage sunburst Gibson one...you can read my early traumas with it elsewhere on Basschat), so hurrah to Bach. I looked at buying one of these blanks earlier in the year, but as my carpentry skills are borderline non-existent, I just couldn't pull the trigger, along it has to be said, I'm still thinking about tracking down one of the originals at some stage. P

Do you know the backstory on the Bachs? P

Blimey...long time since I've seen one of those. My first bass was one of these, but in creamy off white. I borrowed £30.00 from my dad to buy it. P

Can we just lose the 'this is the first time I've ever heard them' and how it's 'dull and boring' stuff please! This video is hardly blummin' representative of their body of work!! P

Concerning NIN, the new album [b]is[/b] very safe. I suppose as a consequence of the aforementioned [i]asshattery [/i](great word BTW). For the casual listener, there's no pertinent start point; it ebbs and flows and it's all pretty similar. I've been a fan since 1989/90 and it was hard work to become a fan; they were a very hard band to get into considering I was coming from music-pool of Living Colour, Janes Addiction, Soul Asylum and Live...I still find some of the stuff unlistenable to a degree.

My drummer is in a covers band...not my bag particularly, but well, there you are. They have a percussionist who plays with them called Joe Beckett who's play with some very big bands (incl. Weller/Numan etc.) I can put you in touch if you're interested. P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3GY6wtlkJ0

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1383958722' post='2271414'] Yes. Once upon a time there was a handsome Prince of Slough. Full of pride he was with his custom built La Cabronita P bass. One merry morn he verily and forsooth decided to f*** about with it on the kitchen table. Upon his fiddling he'd neglected to regard a steel ruler in the cupboardington above his mighty feasting table. Whilst on a quest for beeswax or some other such nonsense yon verily ruler made a hasty escape from lofty shelf and yea verily did fall and twat the back of the Princes matte blacken nitro P body, delivering it an indelible blow. And yea did the Prince rail at the Gods for the misfortune dealt upon him.. 'For f***s sake, I've only had the **** a week and I've dinged the bastard already!' And they all lived happily ever after. [/quote] Genius. Wouldn't it be a thing if it was compulsory to talk like this, innit. P

Just found this clip posted earlier today, Nine Inch Nails with Pino Palladino on bass. I'm probably not the only long time NIN fan who finds themselves [i]compromised [/i]here and is asking the question, 'Aww, Trent. Why?' Personally, I would have preferred to have seen some unknown kid with decent chops rather than - with all due respect - a jack of all trades jobbing bass player. Disappointed P [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLfMd70xYNQ[/media]

OK...I'm a week or two in. Yeah, I'd say I'm pretty happy with it, BUT not 100% sold on it yet. It's got a great variety of tones from clean honk through warm fuzz to super dirt; I've had a couple of jams with it and am doing a small gig on Thursday. I played with a super loud drummer on Sunday and (much as I love the BDDI), I felt this was the first time in a long while that I'd actually owned my frequency...I could hear everything with remarkable clarity/wump and it requires very little fettling to get your desired tone. Tonally I've kept the bass and treble controls flattish, but dailling up the mids is pretty outstanding. Whilst the BDDI was the mainstay of my sound for a few years, I won't be getting shot of it until such a time as I land an RBI. (FYI I'm running a variety of Thunderbirds and I run the unit into the effects return on an Ashdown ABM EVO III). How different is the VT to a BDDI/RBI? I guess (for me) the BDDI delivered a great Geddy Lee/Chris Squire style tone out of the box. The VT Bass is more Stone Temple Pilots/Pearl Jam...phat, warm, fuzzy, controlled. It's all subjective I suppose. I like both! Paul

I've got a Primary...I've seen Primary/Precise Precisions and Jazz copies. I'd like to know more about it really. It was in a pretty shocking state when I got it, body, neck, plate and machines (Schaller) were sound, I fitted new everything else. P

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1383439664' post='2264583'] Superb. Built the right way round, but that headstock... [/quote] First, I salute your wood working skills; I barely have the capacity to make shelves. I don't know whether Steve's comment echoes my feeling when I saw the headstock design for the first time, that it was just a bit, umm, [i]understated[/i]? I don't know...you have a really quite beautiful body built there in a kind of offset EB/SG style, but as I was reading the thread (literally ten minutes ago) in my minds eye, I just got this vision of the headstock being something squarer and offset, like a Reverend/ESP. P

Answers. 1) - Unaffected. It's just uncoloured throughput. 2) - When you plug into the front, it overrides the back input. 3) - I used to have a Landmark head and left the mid at the 12 o'clock position or less. Personal taste. P

The VT Bass is a different monster to the BDDI, I like both, but at the moment the BDDI [i]slightly [/i]edges it. Peas and carrots. I can get a similar clank out of the VT Bass, but with the BDDI it's just easier. I was going to move the BDDI on, but I will be keeping it for a bit of variety. I might actually buy an RBI at some stage and just swap them over once in while. P

Arrived this morning. Had a quick session getting it in the rack and firing it up. Not bad! I'm jamming this evening and will post a better review tomorrow. P

Mine has shipped. Should have it tomorrow. Woop.

...sorry, I should add that right click/view image shows a much bigger image. Cheers

Are there any members here who can read/translate Japanese? A while back I picked up an Aria ProII Primary Bass...I've been trying to find out a bit about it and earlier today discovered mine (from the 1978 catalogue page below) is either a model PB400 or PB500; I'm trying to determine which. The neck is definitely the PB 400 (close dots on the 12th fret), however the sunburst body colour/plate is more representative of the PB500. I'd just be grateful whether anyone could translate the right hand page on the image below. Cheers P

[quote name='Walker' timestamp='1381483350' post='2239617'] I have the only VT Rack that GAK is getting in reserved, deposit paid. [/quote] Hmmm. GAK told me about two weeks ago they're getting two VT Bass Racks and I put down a deposit there and then. Maybe it's just a sales pitch line. P

I was at this one...Hammersmith Odeon. P

I've got an Epiphone Phant-o-matic. Lovely and weighs next to nothing. P