NancyJohnson

[quote name='jonthebass' post='717294' date='Jan 18 2010, 10:52 PM']My P bass with a SD Qtr. Pounder pickup and SD Jazz Hot Stack bridge unit sounds great through my Sadowsky pre amp pedal and does it for me (at the mo!)[/quote] I always found the SD to be too whumpy when I had my old '79. I put a Wizard in and it was much more controllable. Presently the combination of a Geddy Lee signature (so I guess stock Fender units) and the Sansamp BDDI is kind of lovely...dirt by the sackload and very controllable. Couldn't recommend the pedal more. P

The Thumb SC has to be one of the ugliest basses I've seen in a while. P

I posted a photoshopped mock up of the JO 3TB/blocks both here and direct to Lakland about a year ago and then again on the LOG quite recently and hey presto! there it is. I'm not a fan of sunbursts, but it looks very nice. Anyone want to buy my Bongo 5HH? P

While this isn't a GAS thing (and despite the fact I'm really not a fan of guitars that look like furniture), I'd have to say I always had a soft/hard spot for the Thunderbird(s) that Spector did for Nikki Sixx: ...and these look beautiful: and the Roscoe bass on the attached thumbnail. Have them sent round to my place when you've got a minute Sarah. P

Me likey. I've never seen a product like this before (I guess I've never been that concerned about effects pedals until I got one at Christmas either). Every gear box should have one. [url="http://www.keithmcmillen.com/products/batt-o-meter/"]Link[/url] with video. Edit: No UK distribution, 24.32 euro (£22) including shipping from here: [url="http://waltons.ie/Product/View.aspx?id=28465&cid=241"]Waltons.ie[/url] P

I was trying to put a lot more angst on my original post, but my wife needed to get to Argos for 10.00am this morning. I've calmed down somewhat since. Personally I can't stand Mr Clayton; everything from that smug [i]'have-you-trodden-in-some-dogshit-because-I-haven't'[/i] look on his face in [i]every [/i]picture, right along to his one dimensional duh-duh-duh playing. To confirm what jezzaboy posted earlier he was/is regularly derided by his own band for being incapable of even clapping in time. But hey, as I've said before, he's a multi-millionaire and I still work in an office. Ho hum. What do I know, eh? P

Trawling through Thomann and saw this: Holy crap. WTF? Sometimes you have to question where bass-manufacturers's heads are at. P

A few years back I tried out a drummer for a band I was putting together. For the record, we were both raised in the same locality and although I didn't know the guy first hand, we had some mutual friends from our teens and I knew some of his mates from that period. He also employed a mate of mine for a while about ten years ago. We jammed just the once; he was a good player but it didn't work out. The story he recounted to me affirmed a rumour that had been doing the rounds donkey's years back that involved a reasonably famous celebrity couple and their son, the aforementioned Ms. Millington and one of the son's friends. 'Richard' was the friend. As soon as he told me the story, I sat there, beer in hand wide eyed and slack jawed. That's all you're getting. P

I have a degree of bias, but Hartke. P

Nice lot. Where did you get the record frames BTW? P

[quote name='Johngh' post='702763' date='Jan 6 2010, 12:57 PM']I've just bought back my Fender Jazz 75 re-issue. On the headstock below the Jazz logo it says Made In Japan. On the back of the neck near the bottom where the neck fits into the body it says Crafted in Japan. So, which is it ?[/quote] It's Japanese. Crafted/Made=same thing. Same as the Aerodyne editions. P

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='702331' date='Jan 5 2010, 11:49 PM']That's nothing. I met Mary Millington in 1978 and she was one of the most gifted women I have ever met. I was so taken aback with her talent that I [i]personally[/i] commissioned a hand-job from her, the last one she ever administered.[/quote] I have a jaw-dropping story about the late Ms. Millington that to this day leaves me wide-eyed when I think about it. It's way too naughty to produce here. P

[quote name='andy.' post='697396' date='Dec 31 2009, 06:10 PM']So how much do you think it would cost?[/quote] We have a paint/body shop about 100 yards from my office. When I was trying to put together a Thunderbird project, they simply asked me what colour I wanted ('black gloss') and said if I could supply the body rubbed down, they'd charge me a flat £50.00 to prime and spray it next time they had a black job in. Sweet. In this day and age, you don't need to pay hundreds. A bit of elbow grease plus time and patience works a treat. Phone some garages. P

...and I thought this thread was something to do with indigestion. I've had the meat-sweats since Christmas Day. P

Carl Pedigo was one of the techs over at Lakland and now operates as the Chicago Bass Doctor. He's got a couple of nice videos up for basic set-up procedures; truss rods, intonation, string heights, action etc....I just found these yesterday. Just good to watch and pretty simple stuff. Enjoy! P

[quote name='Cairobill' post='692832' date='Dec 24 2009, 10:30 AM']Boning in the Boneyard by Fishbone is my favourite cut from the parliament/punk genre....it's fantastic but they went off the rails... Couldn't deal with Living Colour at all, really didn't like their music, it had this weird Poodle-Rock element in the sound that turned me off. Early Chili Peppers are a weird one for me too. I love the odd track but can't stomach an album of the stuff - lots of energy but it's too scattershot. Rubin enabled them to work as an albums band in my opinion. Still can't really stomach too much chilis though...apart from the later more song based stuff where they hold back much more....still don't listen to it much if at all nowadays... Trouble is, apart from these good bands, the whole slap/rap/metal thing is shot through with some of the worst music in existence IMO... Nick[/quote] I'll agree with Bonin' In The Boneyard, sir! It probably has to be the choice cut from [i]any [/i]of the aforementioned bands. I wouldn't be so hasty as to say the genre was totally throwaway; you either liked it or not...Marmite. It did however throw up some great musicians, but then it did spawn a handful of white bands (Limp Bizkit, Extreme, Korn maybe) who once the genre had been put through the machine, were just so awful. P