NancyJohnson

We played [a support] in Reading last night...very short notice. We'd had one rehearsal in the last month due to band holidays. About thirty people in while we were on...most of whom left after we finished (I like to think they stayed because we were so great, not that we emptied the place after we finished). Main band played to pretty much my band and a few teenagers sitting around a pint of Fosters taking pictures of each other on their phones. Sad. We were blinding BTW P

[quote name='Huge Hands' post='236962' date='Jul 10 2008, 11:16 PM']Yesterday, in HMV, I found a DVD of Ben Folds Five "Live Sessions at West 54th". I think it was recorded mid-late nineties (sorry can't be @rsed to look at the box!). Anyway, I've had it on full blast all night while Mrs HH has been out. I had forgotten how much of an influence Robert Sledge was on me when I was first playing, not that I play anything like him. I'm now even thinking of getting a distortion pedal to blend with clean signal to fatten out our band sound! Classic. For you gearheads, looks like he's playing an Epiphone Les Paul and an upright (on one song). I can see a Marshall head and a Marshall and an Orange cab. Quality! A one for the "Underrated Bass Players" thread if ever I saw one. Just thought I'd share that with you. Cheers![/quote] +1 You know the one thing that did it for me with Mr Sledge is that his playing with BFF had the ability to turn two [normally] clean sounding instruments (piano and bass guitar, obviously) into something that sounded wholly distorted and very rocky. This prompted me to try out stuff with very clean guitar fuzzy bass and it turned into big rock. Quite a nice surprise. P

[quote name='SJA' post='234590' date='Jul 7 2008, 11:08 PM']um, a 24 fret neck going on a T-bird body set up for 20frets...are you planning to move the bridge forward, or rout out the neck pocket to move it into the body?[/quote] I'm going to get the body routed out to set the Spector neck further into the body. Retaining the 34" scale (and keeping the bridge in roughly the same position) will mean a rout of an additional 4cm in the neck pocket. I know a very good chippy with a brace of tools that he's putting at my disposal! I think aesthetically it'll look fine. P

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='234139' date='Jul 7 2008, 01:40 PM']Q parts do a knobs with various black inserts which would look great on the vol pot. Just make it stand out enough so to speak. Thinking about the strap buttons. Where will you put them?? It may balance better on the back of the body rather then on the end by the bridge. Does with my EpiEx and others around here say similar with Tbirds. The shorter Spector head might not cause such an issue though.[/quote] I think I'm going to leave the strap buttons in the same location as they are - they're in the same positions as those on my Waterstone 12-string bass (a loose Les Paul-ish shape) and this baby has some awful neck dive issues which have pretty much been resolved by using something as simple as a Levy's wide strap. The body and neck on this project weigh about 50% of the Waterstone, so hopefully not an issue! P

Chaps! For some time I've been harbouring a dream to build something (nay, screwing a load of parts together) to emulate the Spectorbird that Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx used in the mid-90s. I've always loved the Thunderbird body shape, but have a real dislike of the Gibson headstock - it has always looked wrong to me. For me, the offset Spector headstock design is a thing of wondorous beauty...you could pretty much put this onto any bass and it would look peachy. So anyhow, cut to the chase, I've acquired a T-bird body (thanks 211 of 500!) and a loaded Spector neck (cetera!) and while I've been [on holiday] in Italy a BadassII bridge, Dunlop strap locks and some other odds and sods have arrived. I'm just waiting for a Spector truss rod cover. The plan is to fill the body dings and prep it for paint. A paint shop near my work have said they'll paint it for £40.00 (which is great) - I want it black hi-gloss without a scratchplate. They're insisting it doesn't need to be stripped to bare wood as long as there's a key for the paint to stick to. The neck pocket on the body is a tad small, so I'll need to make it a touch wider. Electrics wise, I've not really done any homework on replacement pickups right now, so I'll check BassLines (et al), but I just want a single volume control and a pickup switch (like one on a Les Paul). Photo's attached including a mocked-up Photoshopped version of the general design vision. Wish me luck! I'll post updates! P

[quote name='cetera' post='233162' date='Jul 5 2008, 02:47 PM']It's taken me a while but I've finally got around to getting all my Spectors in one place and taking some photos of them.....[/quote] I think I've just messed my pants. P

I actually like that Mott The Hoople track, but then I really like Mott The Hoople. It think it's this one that if you You Tube it there's a clip of them on TOTP and the actress who plays Marlene in Only Fools And Horses is 'singing' backing vocals. Insofar as a track ruined, while I'm not particularly a big fan, No Doubts' [i]Underneath It All [/i]is a great until this frankly ridiculous West Indian gurning comes in. Ruins an otherwise good song. Even ruins the video. P

Arbiter SG bass. White. £35.00 in about 1978. Long gone. P

Morning everyone. I know there's a plethora of information out there about refinishing/respraying guitars. Here's my story... I'm sourcing a body for a project that will need a bit of workl it's presently finished in a vintage sunburst colour and I'm looking to do a little work on the body - filling holes (ie one tone control hole/screws etc) and fixing any major dings. I might move the jack socket. I'll probably use a two-part epoxy for any repairs to said holes and finish it in solid black gloss. Insofar as finishing goes, I've read many, many accounts suggesting sanding back to bare-wood, priming, painting, buffing OR just simply rubbing down the body with 350+ grit wet and dry to give something paint can key into. From experience with spray [car] paint, it just about sticks to anything without much problem (I sprayed a Gibson G3 with two coats of Datsun Sunny red on a whim one time and that never came off...so sorry if you own that bass now). I'm after a reasonably decent, long-lasting and nice-looking finish, and I guess it doesn't bother me [i]that [/i]much if the end result isn't showroom finish. To quote someone who posted here, so long as it looks good from a few feet away, I'll be 100% happy. So what's best? Cheers P

In answer to the header on your post, yes. P

[quote name='Buzz' post='219778' date='Jun 16 2008, 12:33 PM']This week: Weezer! Ordered the Blue Album (delux), Pinkerton, Green and Red. All but the Green Album have appeared so far, finally glad I've made the effort to get into them, they've always been around during my teenage years and I've always been interested in their singles, never actually bought anything though.[/quote] You want a CD of a ton of other Weezer stuff? P

Third Eye Blind and Butch Walker this weekend. New Man-Raze/ManRaze/Man Raze album in the car this morning. P

[quote name='stu_g' post='219343' date='Jun 15 2008, 06:38 PM']my little flock of fenders fender geddy lee with emgs japan fender deluxe series fat strat mexico fender hot rod precision usa [attachment=9655:DSC00160.JPG][/quote] I love the basses, but sorry, I don't recognise what that instrument is in the middle. The little one with the six strings. P

to me it looks like the bastard son of three manufacturers. Bridge looks like a Thunderbird, body is distinctly similar to those old Kramer aluminium/wood necked basses...headstock give a subtle nod to early Aria Pro II models. P

Do you not think that the body apes the Warwick Katana? I'm not a fan of models where a chunk of the body has been cut away behind the bridge. Sorry! Each to their own. P

I'd be happy to join the party. I'm half-way between Reading and Guildford, so either would be OK with me. What's the form then? Aside from my 12, right now I don't have anything particularly outstanding to to bring to the party...I mean, everyone knows Ashdown stuff, everyone knows Fender... P

Dare I say it, I've tried a ton of stuff in my past and the happiest I've been soundwise is through a POD into the effects return on [i]any[/i] amp. I know this kind of bucks the trend of a simple amp/cab set up. All I ever wanted was to get was to get that Geddy Lee clank or a Mike Starr/AiC kind of sound. The POD comes very close at the turn of a dial. Very close. P

I had an Orange Matamp years ago...late 70s. Bought it at this warehouse place in Chalk Farm. I think it was actually a guitar amp. Sounded beautiful and was super loud. Heavy on the valves though. Last act it had was when it caught fire during a rehearsal (we were jamming Japans' Adolesent Sex at the time...smoke was pouring out of it, then flames started licking up the back. We got the plug out of the wall and threw a load of water on it. Eventually sold the burnt out unit for refurb to a place on Denmark Street for £50.00. P

[quote name='cetera' post='216168' date='Jun 10 2008, 01:54 PM']Thanks mate!! I actually already have a feedback thread here if you want to continue it.... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=19030"]Cetera feedback[/url]..... Don't worry, the bass porn section will shortly buckle under the weight of my collection.... lol!! [/quote] Jeepers, you have your own section?? P

Just giving Gary a huge hug of positivity...he's helped me out sourcing parts for a project bass (more soon). Top bloke etc etc. Two thumbs up. ...now if we could only get him to post some pics of his gear in the porn section. P

Make sure you go with a glossy option. we usually give away CDs after gigs...can I suggest that you download the ExpressIt software (free) to aid better printing. While it's great for printing, design your label in [a program like] Photoshop - it's pretty easy to make a square template with a layers showing non-printable areas then build your designs, then save the file as a hi-res jpeg and then pull it in ExpressIt. Works a treat. P

Anyone have any experience of these strings or know of a UK seller? Very favourable review on bassplayer.tv. Interested in trying them. Cheers P