Monz

I guess mine must be: Bongo 5 HS Desert Gold - BMW M5 Bongo 5 HH Saphire Black - BMW Alpina B10

[quote name='casapete' post='550026' date='Jul 24 2009, 11:52 AM']Great kit for the money. Not sure if they run comfortably into 2 ohms as Peavey claim though -anyone have experience of this?[/quote] I run my Mk VI XP heads at 2 ohms every gig not had a problem in the last 8 months. Bulletproof and plenty loud enough running at 400W / 2 ohms through Peavey 4x10TVX and Matamp 2x12 in fact earth shattering is a better description Got to be the most bang for buck available

[quote name='stonecoldbass' post='1235142' date='May 18 2011, 04:14 AM']Anyone else think that JPJ looks like 'Bishop' (Lance Henriksson) from the 'Aliens' movie??![/quote] DING Thank you for that I was busting my head trying to think where I recognised his face from PS I think the drummer was giving it so much the bass got lost

I use a Peavey 4x10 with a vertically stacked Matamp 2x12 on top and it's easy to hear at the back of the venue even on low volumes

[quote name='NickH' post='1208077' date='Apr 22 2011, 10:56 AM']Gigging Saturday but it's a private affair. Monday night is the Ice House pub in Shirley, Southampton - nice venue, nice crowd, open to all[/quote] This looks like a winner... might see you there if we make it

First single I ever bought was "Let's groove" Awesome band

The Mrs and I are off down to Portsmouth area on Sunday for a few days on the motorbikes... Just wondering if any of you guys have got any gigs on in the area

Ok here are my five... Victor Wooten Pino Entwhistle (bought "too late the hero" when I was a youngster and it blew me away) James Jamerson MarlowDK ("YouTube" makes it look effortless and inspires me to practice)

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='1202784' date='Apr 17 2011, 05:58 PM']Does anybody else think those wood pickup covers look rank? Or had nobody even noticed the bass?[/quote] There's a bass?

[quote name='burgundymouse' post='1202161' date='Apr 16 2011, 09:26 PM']So is turning up alone weird? What shoud I expect? How good will everyone be and indeed how does it all work? Advice very gratefully received![/quote] Like others have said already, take your bass with you and leave it in the car to start with and have a listen to what's happening... odds on they will have a list of the songs they play which will almost always include most of the standards. The bass player will be the friendliest of the bunch Wait until he hands bass duties over to someone that has turned up to play (and let him get his pint) and go and tell him exactly where you are at with your playing and he will probably do all he can to help you. This is how I started a few years ago and the bass player for the jam night band I met has become one of my closest friends, I even go and do bass duties on the jam nights every now and then if he cant make it. If you have never played on stage live you will probably get flushed and your knees will knock.... a lot Try and relax and don't bottle it because the buzz you get when you come off stage is awesome and you will be hooked. I went away from my first jam determined to get "brown eyed girl" nailed Jamming will teach you so much about improvising and thinking on your feet. Blues bass lines are the staple and learn the shapes/patterns so you can just move them round the fretboard to suit the guitarists or singers key. Above all ENJOY it

Here are my twins

Here are my current squeezes

Welcome to the Font of all knowledge for all things bass (excluding me of course) Nice to have another yorkie to redress the balance

[quote name='4-string-thing' post='1198725' date='Apr 13 2011, 09:19 PM']Should have bought a Warwick.... Padded gigbag, tool kit, manual, straplocks, wax, duster, label telling me what woods were used, when and where it was made etc![/quote] They should include the rules and regulations of baseball in case you ever give up playing bass and want to use the neck for something else

As far as Amps and cabs go two peavey MkVI XP's and a selections of cabs is more than enough and now with two Bongo 5's I honestly can't think of anything I need.... as far as want goes I will always be lusting after a nice overwater in 34" scale but that is just on the lottery list <stands up> "My name is Monz and I have no GAS" [i](paaaarp)[/i]

Have you tried OutToPlayJazz if he is still teaching? He is just over the other side of the Humber bridge

First Bass - Warwick Corvette 5 ~(never again unless I take up baseball) Go to Bass - MM Bongo 5 Your Bass - MM Bongo 5