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[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1483916491' post='3211167'] Volvo estate. I've carried me and my gear, the wife and the drummer and full kit with only half the back seat down. [/quote] this.

[quote name='torby' timestamp='1483835574' post='3210570'] 5 piece band, 2 members own all the PA right down to the stands , mics and cables. For contingency purposes a kitty is suggested, this kitty will no doubt grow and grow, perhaps to purchase a bigger rig or van. One band member has said this is a good idea and if however someone leaves the band....they lose everything in the kitty. DISCUSS....GOOD OR BAD IDEA. [/quote] If you are all Musicians Union members, they will draw up a partnership contract for you, which covers such eventualities.

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1483816371' post='3210403'] Awesome, I'd love a fondle with it if you're there when i am (I haven't decided which day I'm going yet) Absolutely bloody cracking bass [/quote] Thanks! Probably gonna be the Saturday for me, band practice is usually Sunday's.

[quote name='woodywyatt' timestamp='1483796772' post='3210195'] Quite interested in this to take on my travels just to keep my hand in while on holidays. Would it easily fit into a suitcase? [/quote] It fits easily into a carry-on luggage case.

Wouldn't mind a Future Impact. But unless they are having a sale

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1483707918' post='3209396'] You're sure it wasn't Great White? [/quote] They were never Staight Edge.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1483707162' post='3209389'] I guess Slayer - Guilty of being right is on your playlist? [/quote] I do prefer it to the original Minor Threat version.

[quote name='pmjos' timestamp='1483706721' post='3209379'] Well I have a personal strategy. Aging rocker seems to be a disparaging term so I have moved more towards jazz over the past years, got myself a DB. Jazz seems to be delightfully non ageist and predominantly non racist. [/quote] Not sure about that, take Peter King. If he was American (and black) he would be held in greater reknown than he currently is. IMO of course.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1483629484' post='3208825'] MD - You always have a real problem with me don't you? [/quote] not at all.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1483626055' post='3208779'] Your mum, apparently [/quote]

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1483623862' post='3208749'] Not really because if you were up on your NASA facts, you would be aware of the audio development lab, that you have to admit, does have more than a passing relevance to sound engineering. [/quote] now who's fun at parties?

our reheasal studio is [i]still [/i]closed for the holidays (or maybe just not answering the phone), so looks like next reheasal not until 15th. It's difficult not telling the guys I have a new bass...

I've got the new strings, I just have to find the time to change them.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1483617389' post='3208672'] I think my point went over your head. NASA, like everybody else make mistakes... like sound engineers... Again, of course it isn't. It was a comparison between doing a job and getting it right. I bet you're fun at parties. [/quote] Nah, comparing sound engineers to NASA can only lead to the afforementioned quip But you are free to think what you like, and I'm not gonna stop you betting.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1483616127' post='3208649'] NASA are professionals at the top of their game... [/quote] not always [url="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=NASA+staff+scandal&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=jTFuWIziD87O8gfDl7e4Aw#q=nasa+staff+mistakes"]https://www.google.c...+staff+mistakes[/url] and excuse me for being obvious, but putting on a gig is not rocket science!

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1483573255' post='3208471'] ^ ... but theres too many numbskulls with no idea about the technicalities of such a show to judge her on that performance. It's clear that her performance is dogged with technical issues, not her ability to sing or not. [/quote] numbskull here! No idea about the technicalities, but an educated guess concerning the money and companies involved would suggest the people involved are professionals at the top of their game, performer included, who would have planned; rehearsed; dress rehearsed; and sorted out any problems prior to going live?

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1483533066' post='3207939'] God I know right?! Us white people have been so oppressed the last 200 years or so! [/quote]

With the trouble we are having finding a guitarist, we'd be happy with someone who can play and isn't a tw4t.

Thanks all for the kind words. If anyone is heading to the LBGS, Jon will be an exhibitor, and I'll be taking this to him for a tweak after it has been played in a bit. So if you want to see it in the flesh and have a go, let me know

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1483004174' post='3203981'] That is simply awesome mate! You must be one happy bunny? We'll need a photo with it's sibling, of course... Eude [/quote] yup, Jon has again excelled himself. I'll try get a pic of Camille and Kennerly up at some point. At the moment I'm playing lots of bass Next rehearsal isn't until 8 January, so I'll report back what it's like at volume.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KqYSqIHU_s

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1482958363' post='3203791'] Looks good...having seen the "original" I've got to say I prefer this.... [/quote] Thanks. I prefer the neck and its lighter [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1482957911' post='3203786'] That looks killer! How does the D tuner thingy work? Looks like two additional wee frets? [/quote] A spring loaded 'hook' pulls down on the string behind the fret for open E. I release the hook, pull the string out, the hook disappears into the body, and I have open D.

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1482949164' post='3203719'] Did some poking around on TB and found this thread - [url="https://www.talkbass.com/threads/the-funniest-musician-wanted-ad-youve-ever-read.6614/"]https://www.talkbass...ever-read.6614/[/url] I see their website is no more... On page 2 ZanderStarr replies to defend his Band! [/quote] I only read page 2, but amongst all the rhetoric he does make some valid points.