NancyJohnson

I put my old kernackered strings in the dishwasher this morning. Jeepers, this is much better than boiling [i]and[/i] they're lemony fresh! P

My band Last Three Standing make our live debut on 26/10/07 at The Catseye Studio, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire. It's a free event to promote the facility where we rehearse (our frontman co-owns the place) - if you want to come along, please let me know off list as numbers are limited. There'll be a few bands playing. Please visit [url="http://www.lastthreestanding.co.uk"]www.lastthreestanding.co.uk [/url] for the full skinny. Thanks P

I know this isn't musical, but got a beautiful black bodied Olympus OM1. It's trashed - much in the same way as an old peeling Fender Jazz - the brass was showing through the black finish, it's dinged and the seals needed replacing, but it's lovely. £40.00. A place in Reading had a double cutaway Gibson Les Paul junior on sale for £120.00 one time about five years ago. It was wrecked, but played great. I literally sprinted to the cashpoint but it was gone when I got back. Damn damn damn. P

[quote name='Buzz' post='71957' date='Oct 10 2007, 01:53 AM']Check NancyJohnson's most recent thread, he did his own banner: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=6680"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=6680[/url] Looks quite swish actually[/quote] I thank you. We're gigging 26/10/07 at Catseye Studios in leafy Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire (where we rehearse). The banner (plus my Waterstone 12 and 79 Precision will be on show. P

[quote name='Hamster' post='70717' date='Oct 7 2007, 06:13 PM']I went to Dawsons in Reading last night to the free Fender clinic with Greg Koch and Reggie Hamilton. It was very hard to keep the plastic in my pocket after such an enjoyable free gig. Had a long chat with Reggie - such a nice guy. I liked his tribute bass, very easy to play, wide range of tones and a D tuner. I just made do with some strings and a signed CD from the master of gristle Hamster[/quote] Hamster Where do you live in the Runnymede? Windlesham born, raised in Egham (or Pooley Green to be more precise). Moved away about twenty years ago (along with Bill Bryson!). P

I got this link off a US site...someone selling a Chris Squire. I'm wondering something, I've played a few Ricky's in my time and never really fell in love with them, but the tone here is quite stunning. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0hrmaTuqUI"]Link[/url] Is this tone achievable on all 4000 series basses? P

Nope, all the amps were Rolands. I've actually got an Ashdown Mag and that sub-filter would probably have been a better description to be honest. P

I played a Highway One Jazz in Dawsons, Reading yesterday - it was set up like a dawg and the strings were way heavier than I usually use, but it was OK and I suppose reasonably good value. Something a bit weird though, it sounded like it was running through an octaver...this is the best way I can put it. I used to have an EBS pedal that reproduced the same note an octave down and this is kind of what it sounded like. I tried it through three amps (all Roland) and it was the same through all of them. I've owned an Aerodyne Jazz previously and my Waterstone 12 has two pickups, but neither of them produced this kind of growl. Played several Jazzes in the US last year and didn't hear it any of those, so I'm wondering what it was that was producing this sound. To be honest, I really liked it! P

Muzz Skillings was going to be a fireman before Living Colour got signed - on the Primer video the band (well, Glover and Calhoun) were ripping the piss out of him about the possibility of turning up to gigs in his FDNY gear, or leaving mid-show because there was a fire somewhere. All I know now is that he's playing rhythm guitar for a functions band in New York. I preferred Muzzy over Doug to be honest. I only saw Living Colour a couple of times - this really saddens me as they were my favourite band for a long, long time - I did however catch the Doug Wimbush clinic at the Bass Centre when it was over in Wapping. I actually took my wife with me (who came on as reserve when the guy I was supposed to be going with dropped out at the last minute) - she loved it and said it couldn't have been more entertaining. P [quote name='steve-soar' post='60894' date='Sep 15 2007, 05:32 PM']Didn't Muzz Skillings leave to be a fireman ? Saw them on the Vivid tour at Manchester Poly.[/quote]

One of our cats is called Scoop. Heh. P [attachment=2304:scoop.jpg] [quote name='Scoop' post='59630' date='Sep 13 2007, 01:22 AM']In decades past I was employed by their label to be their freelance marketing consultant - this may explain why they never made it huge - stunning band. Always have been, always will be. Sigh. And they're not even paying me to say it anymore.[/quote]

This has probably come up a ton of times before... I need a [b]stereo [/b]digital recorder [reasonably priced, simple to use, proven track-record] that I can just put into the middle of our rehearsal room and record jams for reference purposes. Simple. I need it to take a couple of microphones and have the ability to transfer tracks (in RAW/MP3/whatever file format) to a PC via USB. Just want it in stereo, no need to track lay or anything (we have a studio next door for that). We play pretty loud, so adjustable recording levels are a necessity. Don't need anything with all the bells and whistles...tuners, built in drum machines etc. I'd be grateful for a heads up. It used to be so easy when I was a kid when the cassette was king! P

Took delivery of the the aforementioned DVD this morning - managed to watch about half of it during my lunchbreak. Amazing...I've been a Living Colour fan since I got a tape of the pre-Vivid demos before that album came out. OK so they're not running around like madman as of old, they've put on a few pounds and Corey Glover has dropped the Body Glove clothing (he looks like he's just stepped off the footplate of an old 'Casey Jones' locomotive), but it's a joy to see a live DVD. I just hope someone sees sense to put out the Primer and Time Tunnel videos on DVD. Doug Wimbush makes it look so damn easy. P

I own one of these babies: ...and it's going out on regular missions with me so I need a sturdier case, rather than the flimsy gig bag it came in. As standard hardshell [bass] cases are too short I was wondering whether anyone with a standard acoustic bass case could measure up the interior and see whether this would fit. I'm reluctant to get a case built. Measurements are: Overall length: 132cm Body width: 41 cm Body length: 54cm Body height: 8cm Thanks P

Your post title made me smile. **last thursday** heh. Go back to the beginning, right back to the beginning. They did five great studio albums (up to and including Blood Sugar Sex Magik) in the seven years to 1991 and followed that with four pretty terrible ones, five (yes, five) Greatest Hits compilations and a live CD over the next sixteen. So far as 'last Thursday' goes, I got pissed with that band when JF left and Navarro arrived for One Hot Minute and I try to avoid the band whenever I'm unlucky enough to be exposed to them. Sure Flea and JF have the talent; Chad Smith in the scheme of things really isn't that good a drummer and AK has no voice and lyrically he sucks the big one. Too much exposure. Too many drugs. I'm sorry, basses and tattoos aside, they stink! P

I'm presently gassing for a Lakland Skyline DJ5 (black, w/rosewood board) - they're not listed on Ishibashi, so anyone know any other decent online stores outside of the USA (ie Japan) where I could bag a good deal on one? Cheers P

[quote name='obbm' post='48229' date='Aug 21 2007, 11:36 AM']If you can get to Farnham you are welcome to try my DJ4 and DJ5[/quote] PM'd. I love this place. P

OK next question. I'm looking at a handful of basses so I need opinions based on this: My scenario is this. I run an old Precision which I love, but I need a back-up (for tone, failure and variety). Now I've been considering a Geddy Lee Signature. My family circumstances are about to change; we'll be mortgage free and my good lady has given me the nod to buy 'two or three' basses (what a gal!). The Geddy is a certainty. I will probably sort myself out a Bongo 5HH, but I'm also getting a Lakland horn on at the moment and I'm considering either of the Skyline Joe Osborn or Darryl Jones five-stringers. I'm erring towards the DJ - primarily because I like the styling, the block inlays. It's a Jazz but not really a Jazz. I know this is a bit trivial. I've heard some mp3s (from The Dudepit) and they sound pretty indistinguishable from each other. Which is the better of the two in your opinions? If anyone has one (or both) in close proximity to my location (Crowthorne, Berkshire) any chance of a noodle? Cheers P

I had a Travis Bean 2000 series (#222). I paid £375 for it from a shop in Lewisham during summer of 1981. A short time after I got it I passed it to a luthier near Kingston who specialised in making these beautiful baroque instruments - he fitted a BadAss bridge, took the old fingerboard off it and attached a fantastic piece of ebony and I used it fretless for a while. Later on, I joined a real rocking outfit and had it refretted by Dick Knight who lived somewhere near Ottershaw/Weybridge, Surrey. It lost favour with me two or three years later and I part-exchanged it (yes, part-exchanged...that really hurts), for a f2cking nasty Ibanez Roadster at ABC Music in Addlestone. To add insult to injury, I destroyed the Ibanez at the end of a gig before the year was out. I was a terrible bass. I still wonder where that Travis Bean went. Hopefully it's still about and giving someone some pleasure. P x

Quick question. If anyone on the group has a Lakland Joe Osbourn, could they let me know whether the control plate is the same as that of a Fender Jazz please...shape, screw holes etc. I've seen a couple of these on a similar group across the point and while I'm still thinking hard about getting a Geddy Lee, the JO is also a distinct possibility too, but I'd like to convert the JO to a stack-knob configuration and it would be easier to buy an off-the-shelf bell plate for this purpose. Cheers P

[quote name='Magnolia' post='41738' date='Aug 5 2007, 11:45 PM'][url="http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Stackknob1960.html"]This[/url] is serious porn to me. Shame he doesnt do them anymore. Nick[/quote] That is a beautiful looking bass...been looking at something like that for some time. If you've got the old Tony Bacon Bass Book, there's something very similiar (and original) within its pages. P

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='40366' date='Aug 2 2007, 10:30 AM']Well, two days on & it's appeared via UPS... Setup even with the stock strings is sublimly low & fast. Everything they say about the neck on the GL is true... It's the loveliest jazz neck I've ever played on! Will need to bring the action up a little when I change the strings later, as I usually take my basses down to 35-90's.[/quote] Congratulations; that looks a peach. Where did it come from? I played a GL signature straight out of the box at Sam Ash in Las Vegas last September. I was stunned how good it was. I asked the guy in the store whether they had any in stock and he just sauntered out back and opened the fresh from Japan shipping box for me. It was beautifully set up, didn't need any adjustment except to tune it up a tone. It sounded amazing. As a footernote here, amongst the thirty or so basses I played that afternoon was one of the Squier '75 reissues - essentially a clone of the Geddy, but in ash/maple sans the BadAss. There was absolutely no comparison, other than it was tuned to EADG. It was quite simply an entry level bass. Don't let anyone try and fool you into thinking those Squiers are 'just like the Geddy Lee model now I've added a BadAss bridge'. P x

[quote name='SiOfBass' post='41297' date='Aug 4 2007, 04:20 PM']this is probly a really dumb question to you guys but ive been unsure of this for a while a cant get a definate answer; are the player custom basses you can buy, like the geddy lee mex's and the artist's custom is the USA custom shop model?[/quote] The Geddy Lee model is made completely in Japan (MIJ). Maybe someone else here can fill us in on Fender's US activities - aren't some US models (MIA) - ie the Highway One - just put together in the US with the components being built in Mexico? I'm really not sure about this. P

[quote name='Alun' post='41265' date='Aug 4 2007, 02:11 PM']I must admit, I'm with you on that one. I don't really get it, it's a bit like buying a brand new car with a big dent in the wing. Each to their own, but it's not for me. Cheers, Alun[/quote] Some years ago (early 80s) I was watching a music show on TV with my parents, when the camera focused on a bass player doing his stuff - I distinctly remember it was a sunburst Jazz and it was in horrific condition. Horrific. I remember my late father saying 'Why doesn't he just buy a new one?', but to me the guy was playing an instrument that looked as though it had a hundred thousand miles on the clock and it was love at first sight. Why do people love beat up basses (and guitars)? Why do people love reissued models? I guess because they give you the opportunity to buy into something that alludes to being something else at a fraction of the cost. We all agree that the older (and maybe more beat up) these basses get, the more desirable they become to some people (me), but this is nothing like owning a car covered in dings...it is to a degree trying to grab the allusion that you are buying into some kind of history and <shudder> MOJO. Sure if I had £10K to throw at a '62 Jazz without worrying, then perhaps I would, but I don't have that kind of swag, so maybe I'll take the next best route. From another perspective, I don't buy into the basses-that-look-like-furniture thing either. I'm sure that all the dudes and dudettes here who own Shukers, Sei and ACGs, love their basses but I think they have the personality of a dining room table. Sorry. </gets off soapbox> P