NancyJohnson

[quote name='RhysP' post='488916' date='May 15 2009, 02:27 PM']John Deacon showed as much good taste in his decision to leave the dodgy Queen resurrection stuff well alone as he always did in his playing and song writing. He's a class act. I was lucky enough to see Queen live in 1976 & it still ranks as one of the greatest shows I've ever seen.[/quote] I only saw them once...Lewisham Odeon December 1979. Crazy Little Tour of London. P

[quote name='Paul_C' post='488401' date='May 15 2009, 12:16 AM']Or are you just as likely to buy something modern that would be indistinguishable when it comes to sound ?[/quote] I love the look of an old beaten up [sunburst] bass, but have always maintained that new gear sounds/plays better. It's flares and pointy headstocks. Trends change. I've got an old Precision (sill available...) but I'd argue that my newer gear sounds much nicer. P

Can I just post here that my intention was just to say he's alive and well (and according to The Times rich list good for £70m) and that the photos were as much a surprise to me on seeing them as they were to you lot. This thread wasn't really for anyone to declare where he drinks etc. I respect the guy on so many levels (well aside from bubble-perms and Hot Space) - he is/was a great player and he retired with a degree of grace and decorum only to let May/Taylor sally the Queen name in his absence. Maybe the ops can delete the postings (or blank out) his drinking haunts. Best P

[quote name='beerdragon' post='488324' date='May 14 2009, 10:48 PM']Are talking about John Deacon of Queen? because he aint on those pics, is he?[/quote] Yes yes P

Always wondered what happened to John Deacon...sadly he's kind of morphing into Paul Daniels. Best P

[quote name='ARGH' post='482667' date='May 8 2009, 07:36 AM']CGCF Using 110s.....Its not enough...Im going to go to .125s Im up for challenging the string makers ala Hellborg,to make a string as tonally responsive as a lighter guage (toppy with a great deal of sustain) but capable of taking a lower tuning,and not losing any of the top end...or said sustain. That said,Bass strings are still over priced.[/quote] I'm using DR Hellborgs on my Jazz (see my review). At the time I wrote that, I thought they were a little gimmicky, but I've really grown to like them. They're very easy on the right hand when finger-pluckin' and they ring for ages. I haven't actually jammed with them yet...next week...we'll see how they figure in a band situation and whether they cut the mustard for me in that enviroment. AFAIK, they don't do them in five string sets (yet) or different gauges. P

Does anyone on here tune down whilst using a heavier gauge string set? Never done this but I'm interested in a bit of experimentation...maybe going down to C#/F#/Bb/E...bit of an extended low range. If you do, what gauges/tunings are you using? Cheers P

[quote name='tarcher' post='480256' date='May 5 2009, 06:57 PM']Popped over to see Paul (aka NancyJ) yesterday Mon. Paid for some bits from him ages ago and just had the oppochancity to go aqnd collect them.Made to feel very welcome with a nice cup o tea and felt we could have carried on chatting for ages. What a nice chap. Any way I've now got enough stuff to put together a couple of nice guitars if all goes to plan. Thanks very much paul and it was a pleasure meeting you and your wife. All the best Paul[/quote] Thank you kindly young man! Cheers P

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='480482' date='May 5 2009, 10:49 PM']Current issue of Bass Player has a two page spread on the new Sterling by Musicman range of basses. Essentially a Stingray (Ray34), Stingray 5 (Ray35) and a Sterling (SB14) made under license in Korea/Indonesia and set up in California. $600-700 a pop. If you're interested; [url="http://www.sterlingbymusicman.com/"]Sterling by Musicman[/url]. P[/quote] I should add I'm not in the market for one of these. UK distribution is Strings & Things. £639-£749. Sometimes you just have to wonder where these companies have their heads at. I know, exchange rates/ripoff Britain etc. but do they realise there's a recession on? For £750 would likely buy you a decentish second-hand [i]original [/i]Musicman, or certainly a Warwick or Lakland. Wouldn't it be cheaper to ship these products into the UK direct from Indonesia for set up rather than ramping up two lots of import duties? P

Current issue of Bass Player has a two page spread on the new Sterling by Musicman range of basses. Essentially a Stingray (Ray34), Stingray 5 (Ray35) and a Sterling (SB14) made under license in Korea/Indonesia and set up in California. $600-700 a pop. If you're interested; [url="http://www.sterlingbymusicman.com/"]Sterling by Musicman[/url]. P

Buried somewhere on the It Bites website was news that he couldn't commit to the project so he left/was sacked. He was supposed to have been playing with Ray Davies/Kinks, but I think that stalled as well. I remember reading a thread on the It Bites forum along the lines of 'What is Dick going to do now?'. I mean, WGAF? He's done OK during the hiatus years. He's not gonna go hungry. P

Honda CRV. New shape. Cavernous. P

It's sad that when you have such a radical body design that the headstock is so dull. P

[quote name='knicknack' post='468914' date='Apr 21 2009, 06:44 PM']Hey guys! Just wondering what all your experiences were buying from Thomann? I never have before today, and found their service pretty good! However, their methods of payment totally threw me... a German account number i needed to transfer to that wouldn't register with my bank, then they wouldn't accept my card, meaning i couldn't pay in any way for my purchase! Anyone else had these problems? Paddy[/quote] Mine seems to be isolated, but it was a nightmare [i]after [/i]payment. Ashdown 4x10. Arrived damaged (OK, possibly the fault of the courier) and spent ages trying to get Thomann to take product back. Their customer service was non-existent. Eventually they agreed, then the replacement product was lost in transit, to be located a couple of weeks later in a warehouse somewhere on the east coast. It was a bad experience and they offered no apology or incentive to use them again. Which I haven't. I suppose in their defence (and as this question has been raised previously), if you're ordering product that's small/lightweight you don't seem to have a problem... P

[quote name='ARGH' post='467140' date='Apr 20 2009, 12:46 AM']Pods..are made of plastic,plastic breaks onstage..[/quote] Dare I say it, have you actually even picked up a POD? The case is metal, the recessed button array is plastic, the knobs/controls are just like the knobs on a regular amp. They are very robust bits of kit. P

[quote name='bassman2790' post='467066' date='Apr 19 2009, 10:28 PM']With all the disillusion I've suffered recently trying to achieve a decent live sound, I am seriously considering getting rid of my backline altogether and investing in a Bass Pod XT live and a decent powered monitor. My rig is only really for onstage monitoring any way as it's DI'd into the desk. Has anyone else gone down this route for live work and do you [list=1] [*]Regret it? [*]Wish you'd done it sooner? [/list] Cheers[/quote] I wouldn't go so far as to say I would dump everything for a POD. I'd used one on and off since the Bass POD arrived on the market whenever it was, ten years or so ago. I've owned both the guitar and bass versions, both of which are very versatile pieces of hardware that I would certainly argue give you an immense array of sounds at the push of a button (or two) - they are both great for recording and certainly on the odd occasion I've used it plugged straight into a desk during rehearsals the results of which [albeit through headphones] have been quite pleasing. The Bass POD certainly formed the backbone of my sound up until six months ago (plugged into the effects return of an Ashdown). That said, I have never gigged just using the Bass POD, but I have using the guitar version (and never again either). What this would come down to really for me would be whether I got to the stage where I couldn't lug gear around (I did buy a trolley recently), but also the reliance on there being a house system for me to plug into wherever I was rehearsing/gigging. Let me say one other thing. There is no better thing than standing in front of your rig (irrespective of the size) and feeling the bass move through you and around you (and making that dumbass guitarist try harder to get his sound right). The POD doesn't do this. Like I said, it's great, but you're moving air by emulation. Finally, on the subject of live sound, it's taken donkey's years, but I'm pretty much there. It's taken a while and only really arrived with a new head six months ago that essentially gave me the sound I was achieving through the POD. My advice would be buy a POD and route it through your effects return, or if you don't have one, into the main amp input with everything flat. Best P

[quote name='obbm' post='466353' date='Apr 18 2009, 08:04 PM']Previously: [/quote] Well, that is just dreamy. Imagine it with blocks on the fingerboard. P

Here's mine. I've posted this before. Sorry... P

Gobble gobble. I always look at the headstock. I mean, look at the headstock. Wrong shape. Body is all wrong. The cutaways are too wide. P

I've got both and voted Jazz. The Precision (while it has been a trusty workhorse for about twenty years) is a one trick pony, fat neck and heavy with too much whomp. The Jazz offers so much more...better neck, less weighty, better body balance, more tone. One thing that isn't so finite is that you have around fifty years of both models with different levels of quality control and ethic, so it really isn't simply Jazz or Precision. Car analogy; a current Skoda would probably turn heads if it was transported back to the 1960s and would likely beat most of the high performance cars from that period hands down. P

Sounds good mate. Reminds me a bit of Rocket Summer. I found it interesting that the whole thing was done over the web. Sign of the times! P