steve

wow, absolutely fabulous

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='253030' date='Aug 1 2008, 11:05 PM']Fantastic looking ash body on your "Franken P" [/quote] It looks amazing in the flesh, so to speak, it's almost distracting when i'm playing. I couldn't believe some numpty had covered it up

The birdtable(s) are actually made from a five piece laminate of pine,pine,pine,pine and pine, and you can't make out on these pics but the top is a highly figured softwood burl

I think I have a relatively stable set of basses for the time being, so i thought I'd post a pic from L to R: my newly acquired Fender Jazz (thanks Geoff) - easy to play, sounds great, looks the dogs Fender P - as above, just different Fender MusicMaster - swapped with one of my guitarists for my Squier VMJ - it needs a refret, which I may do myself. Currently has a Kent Armstrong Hot Rail Guitar pickup and no controls. It still needs a bit of TLC, I'll get there Franken P - very heavy body which i got of ebay, some fool had (poorly) painted over the wonderful grain. Oil finished, replaced the neck (which has a lovely figure on the fb), which I tru-oiled. It has a very high mass piezo bridge, diMarzio pup and a home made pre-amp for piezo, and stacked jazz control knobs. Strung with flats, it sounds wonderful acoustically as well as amplified Cort fretless, loads of tones, again strung with flats, sounds great, i wish I had more opportunity to use it

[quote name='Shaun' post='252036' date='Jul 31 2008, 01:44 PM']Is the Line 6 JM4 Looper out yet? [url="http://uk.line6.com/jm4looper/"]http://uk.line6.com/jm4looper/[/url] I can't seem to find it anywhere (in stock). I wonder if it has better functionality than the Jamman or Headrush[/quote] They look interesting - GAK seems to be stocking them. I got as far as entering my payment details but I had to pull back from the brink (new bass last week + new Line6 box this week = potentially p1ssed off wife!)

[quote name='mathewsanchez' post='231987' date='Jul 3 2008, 01:38 PM']Thats my favourite look for a precision. Just slap a tort on that jazz and you've got my favourite looking fenders.[/quote] +1 on both counts

[quote name='metaltime' post='248186' date='Jul 25 2008, 11:48 PM']and ithink p bases are ugly as sin[/quote] i used to think that once.......

[quote name='bennifer' post='247274' date='Jul 24 2008, 09:04 PM']What kind of contract are you talking about signing here? One between you and the promoter?[/quote] [quote name='Sibob' post='247503' date='Jul 25 2008, 08:19 AM']Covers or originals? Whichever one it is, they must be pretty big gigs to warrant a contract, never signed a gig contract ever and both my covers & originals band plays paid gigs! Si[/quote] We're doing covers and originals in pubs that's all, but I've read about bands getting stiffed over payment. Have you always got paid OK then Si? Am I just being paranoid? (prolly not the first time)

my band is about to start doing paid gigs, and I was wondering about contracts, does anyone have any suggestions about the format and content, or examples of contracts they could let me have? tia steve

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='247178' date='Jul 24 2008, 07:07 PM']Yep I've got one, great pedal but Vista not supported. Then again Line 6 refuse to provise Vista drivers for the Bass Pod XT live too Peter[/quote] I had one, didn't get to try it with vista, but it was a great piece of kit, px'd it for Bass Pod XTLive, which is also an excellent piece of kit, and I have got that talking to Vista. Have you tried doing the compatability mode thing?

recorded thursday 17/07/08 at the hark2towler in totty

[quote name='Machines' post='241692' date='Jul 17 2008, 12:50 PM']Never seen one in a shop - only ever web stores.[/quote] A shop near me used to sell them, I never tried one, and sadly the shop has now gone bust