skankdelvar

DI all your instruments via a £50-100 interface. Nice little Shure PG mike - £30-40. Loads of free plug-ins out there, including amp sims. Reaper - Free. Never been a better time to start. Enjoy!

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='519708' date='Jun 20 2009, 11:42 PM']Yep the sunburst just doesn't look authentic to me either.[/quote] Dunno - 50:50 on that... On the one hand, just had a look at my old P and it's similarly black-edged. On the other hand, those colour transitions on this 65 are a bit 'abrupt'. And the orange is a bit muted making the yellow area stand out. And the yellow doesn't quite follow the edge curve of the guitar as it sweeps round into the upper horn - front and back - and ends a bit early... Need some higher res images - so difficult to say without getting your mitts on it.

[quote name='arabassist' post='519731' date='Jun 21 2009, 12:48 AM']I'm thinking of getting coated strings due to their longer life. I assume i'll still have to clean them to keep their life long? What do people suggest i use, WD40? Cheers[/quote] You absolutely don't need to clean them... Just a quick wipe down with a dry cloth when you're finished playing. Make sure you're getting underneath the strings while you're doing this, as that's a prime place for build up. (Even with normal, uncoated strings def not wd-40! It might transfer onto that nice, uncoated rosewood fingerboard on the bass in your avatar, possibly staining it and, at least, making it slippy and smelly!)

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='519285' date='Jun 20 2009, 01:48 PM']Ah, but they did [url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/11204-fender-bass-vi-sunburst.html"]a few years back[/url], for one year only. There's still a few NOS ones on US sites for around $3k.[/quote] Ta for that - my error. B*gger, I'd have one of those if it was $2,500 cheaper and there wasn't an amp-shaped hole in my bank account.

[quote name='Muse_Cubed' post='519169' date='Jun 20 2009, 11:21 AM']Any advice?[/quote] For ease of availability and VFM, try the plasti-kote range - [url="http://www.plasti-kote.co.uk"]http://www.plasti-kote.co.uk[/url] - available in most DIY superstores. Maybe buy some stencils while you're in there? As it's poly over poly you should be fine. Just clean the body off with a gentle degreasing agent before spraying. Maybe not as 'fine' as a pro-job, but cheaper and more fun.

That's a pretty shade of blue...probably make for a nice beater bass at the right price.

They're kind of an evolutionary dead-end, but I think they're cute. Sound awesome played clean with cavernous reverb. And a whole lot prettier than the Bass Five that Fender also knocked out. Funny how they've never cropped up as re-issues...

Hi count2ten - welcome here! May your low-end enjoyment be boundless.

Hi Buzzy - welcome to the forum. May your riffs be bountiful!

Hi Chris - welcome to the forum and good luck with the course.

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='518355' date='Jun 19 2009, 01:27 PM']Need a bassist? [/quote] Welcome aboard! We've got 48 songs to write and routine by July 1. Tour starts July 2 for a year, sole headliners. (We need to find a drummer, 3 percussionists, Keys, Zither, Pan-pipes and a full brass section). Rehearsals - sorry, no can do anytime Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday next week. Weekend's out too. Or any time the week after. It's gonna be great! Big Time, here we come!!! PS: I've decided I want to pursue other musical directions. Thank you for your interest. PPS: Hi, don't know if you're still available but...

I've been through 5 bands in the last 12 months. Most of them had pretty much similar problems as you've experienced - scheduling rehearsals, unrealisable expectations, unclear objectives. Maybe this stems from working with family guys - for most of them, a band's rarely going to come first. They like the idea of being in a band, but they don't want to do the work. While I'm not flogging my bass gear, I've realised that the only way I'm getting out there in the near future is to work on the singing and get out there with a guitar and a tiny amp. Seasick Steve, only rougher and more basic.

[quote name='molan' post='516161' date='Jun 17 2009, 09:57 AM']I did eventually get a reply to my 3rd email - it kinda said "we're too busy to reply to emails".[/quote] Phoning them is definitely the best option - do all my orders by phone. They've always been really helpful. Can't understand this...

[quote name='tredders' post='516291' date='Jun 17 2009, 11:46 AM']Thanks for the heads-up re:Peter Cooks - just had a look on their website and that looks like the kind of place I'm looking for.[/quote] Note that there's b*gger-all on the wall in the shop. Mostly out the back or next door - boxed up. They're usually happy to get stuff out if you're interested - depends how busy they are. Note: everything isn't always 100% set-up, but good enough to try out. Great value if you're buying and don't mind the occasional b-stock or ex-display.

Fairdeal's not bad in Brum. PMT got slightly on my tits when I went there (don't ask why), but there is a phenomenal amount of gear - much of which is new Fenders and Gibsons on a wall!. On balance, I'd say there's a higher percentage of used gear on Denmark St - Wunjo's, Musicground, V&R, Angel Music. And probably a higher concentration of gear overall within a much smaller area - everything within 5 mins - even Macaris on Charing Cross Rd. Probably a bit more expensive all round, but then you're just mooching, not buying. And closer to everything else - tube station (TCR), Oxford St, cheap food, "book" shops etc. Bass Gallery's fantastic for basses, but not much else up their end of Camden.

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='515451' date='Jun 16 2009, 04:39 PM']That was a Fender Jazz - with flatwounds on!!! Read it in an old interview in Bassist mag many moons ago. (or it might have been Beat Instrumental).[/quote] Ta for that Bass Doc. Time to buy some flatties for the Jazz, I think. [quote name='OldGit' post='515495' date='Jun 16 2009, 05:19 PM']Yes to Andy's EB3 but I'll pass on Entwhistle's temporary Danelectro[/quote] Ta for that, Old Git. Time to buy a Danelectro. OK, muddled now.

Macca during the Rubber Soul sessions... No reason not to do it. I've tried it on bass a couple of times but get enormously muddled...Use 'em on guitar lots, partic with drop tunings.

Andy Fraser's Gibbo from 'Alright Now' and whatever Entwistle used on 'My Generation'.

Hi and welcome Modest gear? You'll have a few people round here drooling over that Hiwatt head. Regards Skank

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='514789' date='Jun 15 2009, 09:37 PM']It's going to be a small 'festival' in our drummer's back garden ...we're talking rural [b]Cumbria[/b]...My main concern is with an open air gig with other bands all the issues around PA and whose gear gets used (mines not getting abused by anyone but me).[/quote] Rain? You're gonna need a big old tent! [quote name='GreeneKing' post='514789' date='Jun 15 2009, 09:37 PM']We haven't got a name yet. Lead Guitarist doesn't like 'The Zimmermen'.[/quote] Brian Cum & The Cumbrians?

[quote name='Zoe_BillySheehan' post='514830' date='Jun 15 2009, 10:23 PM']a link to Scam by Jamiroquai Z x[/quote] Ah ha. Ta very much, Z. All clear now. S

[quote name='iamapirate' post='514784' date='Jun 15 2009, 09:34 PM'][url="http://open.spotify.com/user/iamapirate/playlist/4xerYqG6uyEudMeDZqHIpC"]http://open.spotify.com/user/iamapirate/pl...6uyEudMeDZqHIpC[/url][/quote] As I'm not signed up to spotify, would you care to expand?

For the sort of stuff I do (blues, old R&B, rock and rockabilly), I just use a cheap compressor and stay out of everyone's way. Mind you, were I doing contemporary originals, I'd have a pedal board like the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.

Relic-ing looks a tad - spotty? It's an approach, I s'pose. If you don't fancy the bidding pattern, hang back. There'll be another one along presently...