NancyJohnson

Thunderbird is great. For a five string, my Bongo is amazingly slim and fast. P

Cheers chum. Soooo, make that a Reverend Thundergun, another Thunderbird and [i]maybe [/i]a Mayones for 2012..they do a shell-pink one. I may need to sell a kidney. P

Any idea what this bass is? P

Thanks for the input! P

I've just been passed a DVD with [i]hundreds [/i]of drum loops in both 16 and 24 bit WAV files. For the record, I'm using Adobe Audition for basic home demoing/arranging (I'm comfortable with the software and don't have plans to change it). I wondered if anyone can give me a short but concise reason which wavs I should use. Audition supports both...I'm literally dropping guitar/bass parts in, then exporting the final arrangement down to a single stereo mix then saving to 256kbps MP3 for circulating via e-mail. The 24 bit loop files are about 50% larger than the 16 bit versions, but to my ears there's no discernable difference. Anyone? Cheers P

[quote name='Bankai' timestamp='1297725817' post='1127808'] [b]First Bass Owned: 'Go To' Bass: 'Your/Signature' Bass:[/b] [/quote] CBS/Arbiter EB3 copy Gibson Thunderbird Lakland DJ5 (it sounds great, but I rarely take it out) P

Cheers for the reply. Much appreciated. Best P

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1325464746' post='1483470'] My fave bass, new pic taken today. [attachment=96198:Basschat Pic.jpg] [/quote] A quick question as you appear to have the basses to answer it! You have the three Precisions that represent the full transition from the original '52/slab to the '58 that we know now recognise as the standard P-Bass. I'm assuming the '52 has a slab body, the '56 a tummy/forearm contour and the '58 it pretty much the P-Bass that [i]everyone [/i]knows. Headstock shape and stomach/forearm routing aside, are the body shapes all identical? It's been something that I've wanted to know for a while, but felt stupid asking...the shapes of the scratchplate(s)/control plates kind of mask what's going on with the body shape. Cheers P

Here's my 2012 shopping list: Reverend Thundergun (black) [i]Another [/i]Gibson Thunderbird (black) I also have a desire for a Rickenbacker 400* as well...I'd like to try one out for a rehearsal to see whether it's viable/worth it before shelling out. Anyone close to Reading got a loaner? P

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1325191941' post='1480849'] Jocelyn Brown at the Jazz Cafe [/quote] Blimey, Jocelyn Brown. Years ago I owned a half-share in a studio...it came with loads of 1" masters. One of the masters was full of vocal takes Jocelyn Brown recorded for some road safety thing. It was hours of her singing, 'OK kids, watch out!' or 'Oooh, look left!' or 'Oooh, look right', 'Walk, don't run!' and so on. The raw vocal ability knocked me out. We gave them to this guy who had a studio elsewhere and amazingly he sampled everything and did a dance track with the samples. There were a few 12" pressed. I'm sure I have it in the attic. P

I bought a Sunn Mustang (essentially an Indian made Precision copy) on here for under £30 about six months ago. I threw on a new bridge, scratchplate and Wilkinson pickup and it's quite wonderful...it's never gone into the rack and I play it daily. Total outlay around £110.00. P

My good lady got me a ukelele. She also weighed in with a black Schaller bridge and machines for my Hamer FBIV. P

...apparently it will street in the US for a spit under $4K. P

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1325156451' post='1480276'] The Jeff Ament sig sounds interesting! [/quote] There's a lengthy piece in the current Bass Player magazine. JA wanted an over-sized Thunderbird shape (body is larger than standard 'bird), upsidedown headstock. P

Reznor/Ross Dragon Tattoo soundtrack. P

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1324665007' post='1476906'] Yes. I really love Lakland, but their stuff can be pretty uninspiring and the 55-94 shape has now most certainly aged. Their website isn't particularly awe-inspiring either, dare I say it might be worth looking at Sadowsky's website which I happen to think is very good indeed. They sound brilliant, but they need something a bit daring to bring them back up to speed. [/quote] I don't want to keep bumping this thread, but I took a look at the Sadowsky site...it's OK, but again, product-wise, the models are just rehashed/overpriced Jazz/Precision basses. For something a little more compelling, look at the Reverend site; [url="http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/guitars.html"]http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/guitars.html[/url]. The basses are really very happening. The black set-neck Thundergun made me go a little wobbly. Stick a chrome armrest kit on that...beautiful. P

[sup]I know it's another copy, but anyone here remember Laklands take on the Thunderbird/Fenderbird? I don't know how many they made...maybe just a couple of prototypes, but that was pretty yummy.[/sup] [sup]P[/sup]

I saw this on the Lakland Owners Group earlier. I own a DJ5, really nice bass, not particularly a first choice for gigging (a bit heavy, wide string spacing), but great for recording. If the build quality stands up to the one I have, I'd encourage anyone to give it a try, I really do. Now moving swiftly along, anyone else find they're tiring somewhat of Lakland products? I mean by this that while yes, there's a vast choice of finish/electronics combinations, it's worth pointing out that more than half their models remain firm-rooted in suped-up Precision/Jazz basses clones and the spec on the 44-94/55-94 models has barely changed in five plus years. The two other models (Decade and Hollowbody) are just plain bland; I played both in the US last year and they really weren't so great. When Hanson took over a year or so ago, there was a bit of spring-cleaning going on; the old signature names went, replaced by nondescript model numbers and (horror) the DJ was discontinued (or moreover, suffering a redesign, renaming and then discontinuation). But now, after a bit of a backlash the DJ is back. It's a pity that their efforts weren't directed towards producing something a little more radical and dare I say, exciting. P

My first gig was at a party at a mate's house. Local boy Steve Lillywhite was there and bought along Gerry Cott of the Boomtown Rats. P

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1318192202' post='1399111'] One time the drummer asked, 'Can I bring in my keyboard, I got it after our last jam?' I think I'd still be playing with him if he'd left it in the car. P [/quote] Once in a while, old threads shuffle to the top of my 'My content' area and I saw this thread and found my comment above. Over a year later, the keyboard thing above came up again in conversation just a couple of days ago. I still shake my head and wonder where my drummer's head was at when he bought that keyboard in. I have to say I was pissing myself inside when he actually started playing it. P