NancyJohnson

I'd be interested in your experiences with this unit...especially if anyone is using it direct into the effects return. Reviews seem favourable, decent price etc. Cheers in advance. P

[quote name='bethnalgreen' post='672859' date='Dec 3 2009, 09:11 AM']According to [url="http://www.wellers.demon.co.uk/30th.htm"]http://www.wellers.demon.co.uk/30th.htm[/url] it was 1977.[/quote] Holy crap. 30 years ago. P

They do look nice. I like the pinky one the best...it would arguably look better still with a black pickup in it. P

If being a fan constitutes the liking a couple of singles, then it was Elton John at Hammersmith Odeon...Christmas 1972/73; whatever year [i]Step Into Christmas[/i] came out. My mum took me (I returned the favour many years later by taking her to see Kiss at Wembley). I was very young and probably couldn't differentiate between him and Rolf Harris at that age. First proper gig as a fan? Rush, at the same venue, on their first UK tour. God knows what year it was. 1978/79? Anyone? P

I part-exchanged a [b]Travis Bean 2000[/b] series bass against a wretched Ibanez at ABC Music, Addlestone about twenty years ago. [b]Serial number 222[/b]. It had been customised (BadAss 1 bridge and an ebony board). There were slivers of ebony inserted fore an' aft on the bridge to fill the space. I really would like it back at some stage, or at the very least know where it is so I can have a play. Cheers P

I think the most basic of searches here, Talkbass, Harmony Central etc. will give SX basses a resounding two thumbs up so far as value for money goes. I have however heard a couple of horrendous stories concerning the flimsiness of the packing materials should you wish to buy direct and import from the US (buy a case at the same time). Personally, I've only ever looked at these from the perspective of getting one on the cheap, putting a nicer neck on it and customising it a bit...I'm not a fan of the headstock (there have been several varieties) and the high-gloss finish neck doesn't work for me. P

Kiss had a reputation of tuning down to D then speeding the tape up to achieve regular pitch. P

I do understand the whole 'I just don't get it' argument about basses that look like this, but I really like the look of a well used bass - the example here is quite [i]beautiful[/i]. What I'd really like to know is just how good an instrument of this age looks and, more importantly, sounds. I've read so much from owners of vintage gear waxing lyrical about the sound of old Fenders; your sound is such a personal thing; I just want to sound more like Geddy Lee with a hint of JJB dirt. Pickups change, pots change, wiring changes and I doubt I would achieve this on a 47 year old bass. P

[quote name='iamapirate' post='657188' date='Nov 17 2009, 04:48 PM']...and lived to tell the tale?[/quote] We stank, the venue and crowd sucked. We literally died a slow cold death over forty minutes. P

[quote name='KASH' post='656768' date='Nov 17 2009, 10:39 AM']How is it? Sound? the venue in general? We're a London band so we don't think many people from London will come down to see us when they can do it closer to home. Does it pulls a good crowd of locals?[/quote] We had a gig set there but my old band bottled it. I saw Richie Kotzen there a couple of years ago. Nice venue, good acoustics, great vibe, easy parking. Stage about 3 feet high, reasonably wide. Ash played there a few days ago on their A-Z tour, so even a few years on it can't be that bad! P

You might want to investigate loading audio only stuff up on Garageband, MySpace or YouTube and then link from your thread to the audio. Alternatively, get some free hosting and load up MP3s there...if anyone is using Firefox with the Foxy Tunes plugin will be able to right click the link and play it through their chosen media player. Good luck! P

[quote name='Rich' post='654764' date='Nov 14 2009, 07:07 PM']Anyone remember the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tips_(band)"]Q-Tips[/url]... 600 gigs in just two years?[/quote] I do remember Q-Tips and I do remember they did a lot of gigs. Credit to them. That said, it means nothing. How many people here can name one song The Q-Tips recorded? Who can name one member of The Q-Tips whose name [i]isn't[/i] Paul Young? No cheating now! P

I've died on stage. Does this count? P

Paul Young. What a talent! Stands up there with [i]Grandma, We Love You[/i] and[i] Shaddup Your Face[/i]. P

[quote name='jezzaboy' post='654516' date='Nov 14 2009, 02:46 PM']level 42, hue and cry, duruitti column, dire straits , scritti pollitti, eurthmics, bauhaus, stone roses, late police, go west , spandau, kagagoogoo, ellisbeggshoward, human league, OMD, late genisis, swing out sister, blow monkeys, lloyd cole and the commotions, the smiths, frankie, tears for fears, king, Fictionfactory, haircut100, Paul young and the royal family......oh GOD too many too mention.. 80s werent crap...(TRUE)[/quote] Just reading this list sends shudders through me. Don't get me wrong, there were some plus points to the 1980s, but none of the above. Jeez, Paul Young couldn't carry a tune if his life depended on it. Toast anyone? P

While there's no doubting the band had talent, on a more personal level, Level 42 represented everything that was bad musically about the 80s. It was a really terrible, terrible time if you were a fan of good old guitar based rock or punk. And remember punk was only a few years old. I remember one bloke saying to me [at the time] that they were just easy listening rock for stock market traders. Slappidity dappitdy slappidity. Yawn. Twenty plus years on, the opening bars of any Level 42 track will still have me reaching for the remote control or changing the radio station. Sorry! P

Can you connect a rack tuner (Korg DTR) to an effects out signal if your head hasn't got a dedicated tuner out socket? Cheers P

[quote name='JTUK' post='650767' date='Nov 10 2009, 03:52 PM']I am looking for a DJ5... I will be interested to see how they replace this model....[/quote] OK two things first, even though I own a Lakland, they do have a couple of basses in their range that are essentially Fender copies and also Adam Clayton has been playing a DJ4 (albeit without the Darryl Jones signature on it) for some time. If a product is successful and clearly still in demand (as the DJ basses seem to be), then you would think they would continue to make and sell it. The big stumbling block here is that the design came from DJs original A Bass model - link [url="http://www.abasses.com/"]A Basses[/url] - who Darryl Jones has now gone back to. The question really is whether Lakland would continue to [i]copy [/i]or license the body shape and simply call it something else, or drop it completely. At the end of the day, Lakland seem to be doing OK and maybe don't need the model. P

Anyone know of an attachment that clips to a microphone stand that will hold an effects pedal or sheet music etc.? The bassist in Weezer is using something so it just prompted the question. It would be nice not to squat down to alter footswitch settings. P