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Sold him an old Vantage bass. Top man, easy to deal with, cash on the nail and totally reliable

Good luck and safe home.

Try an office supply superstore like Staples?

As you've posted in 'bass guitars' I'll assume it's the socket in the guitar, not the amp, that's the problem. This is [i]not[/i] a biggie and not expensive to fix. But I also suggest you PM a mod and ask them to move your thread to the repairs forum - you may get more responses there... Could either be: * the jack socket - a dirty connection on the contacts or a loose wire / dry solder joint on the wires leading to the jack itself - or * the guitar lead - dirty contacts on the tip / ring (oo-er) or a loose wire / dry solder joint where the wires from the lead attach to the tip / ring contact assembly. First, clean the jacks on your lead with electrical contact cleaner. Stick the lead back in and test the socket again. If it still crackles, hold the jack so it doesn't move around in the socket and try wiggling the cable [i]above[/i] the jack. If it crackles, there's your problem - fix the lead (google for info) or buy a new one. If not, the problems in the jack socket. If that's the case, gain access to the socket and try spraying some electrical contact cleaner on the contacts. If the problem remains, the jack socket can be unscrewed, the connecting wires unsoldered and a replacement installed. You'll find instructions and examples on how to do this on many web sites - just google - or get a guitar tech to do it for you. For a tech, a simple, quick job - half an hour's work, tops, at their rate and a fiver or less for the part

[quote name='The Funk' post='476293' date='Apr 30 2009, 06:54 PM']All of them. The less obvious ones are probably the ones to go for. Every wannabe-Cream act in the '60s and '70s probably nailed all the obvious choices - the obvious choices being anything with [b]a great riff[/b].[/quote] Which inexorably leads us to Led Zep 1...yikes!

[quote name='OldGit' post='476098' date='Apr 30 2009, 03:21 PM']"the (possibly soon-to-be late) Johnny Winter" is he ill?[/quote] Hasn't been well for years - childhood heath probs, addictions, more recent issues. Now performs seated and quite frail. [quote]Most of what I used to listen to when I was really into blues has been mentioned... John Lee Hooker apparently has not. You're all grounded.[/quote] I have shamed myself.

Priceless

Hendrix and SRV as good a way in as any. John Mayer not on my playlist, but good that he's even trying and just as good that you enjoy it. Old Boys: Elmore James, Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Earl Hooker, Luther Allison, Albert Collins, Hound Dog Taylor, RL Burnside, T-Bone Walker Newer guys: Matt Schofield, Aynsley Lister, Dave Hole, Sherman Robertson, Ian Siegal, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Moore, George Thorogood, Popa Chubby, Jimmy Vaughan, the late Rory Gallagher, the (possibly soon-to-be late) Johnny Winter, Walter Trout, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) World of good stuff out there for you to discover - you lucky, lucky man Worth checking out some of the piano and harp artists as well - their backing bands can be phenomenal - e.g. Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Kim Wilson

Just a thought. Most types of retailers offer crap service, possibly because they're often horrible places to work with no training and a brooding manager to boot. Why should musical instrument retail be any better? Perhaps we're expecting too much from the sector.

[quote name='KevB' post='475970' date='Apr 30 2009, 01:29 PM']Jumping Jack Flash really threw me when I had to learn it at short notice once. Got the chords, then played along with the recording and....it's neither in B nor really Bb but somewhere between the two, just enough to make me suspect, like others here. it's basically down to a wrong tape speed, whether accidental or deliberate. There are lots of recording by lots of bands from that era that are accurately in tune enough to play along with the recordings without problem. Most Beatles songs I've tried seem to be pretty 'straight' tunings.[/quote] Just remembered! He wrote the song on acoustic and played it, solo, into a small battery powered Philips cassette recorder. That recording was then bounced to a track in the studio where everyone played along with it. The early Philips record /playback speed was also a bit unstable, so add that to Keef playing on his own , probably stoned, and wonky pitch issue is resolved. There's a thread on the open tuning here: [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-128340.html"]http://www.tdpri.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-128340.html[/url] which includes a ref to the cassette.

[quote name='chris_b' post='475928' date='Apr 30 2009, 12:50 PM']It was the Varyspeed! Bands like the Stones have minions to tune their guitars, and those guys were always straight when working![/quote] Straight only by comparison with the Stones Have you ever met any of those old 60's roadies - I offer Lemmy as an example! You're right, completely different nowadays, of course, but back then, there were few if any 'guitar techs'. Mostly amp humpers and maybe a bloke with a soldering iron (e.g. Roger Mayer). Hendrix, a notorious out-of-concert-pitcher didn't have a guitar tech, and it showed. In the 60's, Townshend's man, Bob Pridden, was GP driver / roadie / stage asst.

[quote name='bumfrog' post='475892' date='Apr 30 2009, 12:20 PM']sorry, gotta disagree with that. If you are good player you are good player....(edit)...Sorry if I sound a big facetious, I'm having one of them days [/quote] You're absolutely right that it's possible to be technically gifted and musically dextrous without knowing squat about carving a tone. And vice-versa. But it's so much nicer for the punter when it all comes together in one package. Y'know what the problem is? Orchestras have a bloke who stands at the front and faces the musicians, so he's sort of hearing what the punters are hearing. If it doesn't sound nice, he sorts it out. Bands don't have those, and I think we should. Every band should hire a conductor. No need to thank me.

[quote name='Toddy' post='475849' date='Apr 30 2009, 11:37 AM']Just learned a load of american 80,s tunes and had a similair experiance of being slightly out,,, Someone just mentioned that the variances in electrical supply used can effect this,, eg the americans use differant voltages etc,,,,, totally believe this is rubbish,,,, but errrrr,,, is it possible?[/quote] Not to the best of my knowledge. The US Europe thing, IIRC, is US classical musicians using 440hz , and Europeans varying this higher - e.g. 446hz. As regards the Stones (and other bands of the period) being out from 440 - obvious. It was the drugs.

Half the problem is that what sounds good when you're sitting practising in the bedroom (lots of scoop) doesn't work in different environments - rhsal + gig. Trouble is, people neither learn nor are taught how to set up a good basic sound. It's rarely covered in mags or forums (kudos to the OP). And nowhere near as interesting (to many) as discussing the ([i]by comparison[/i]) superficial tonal impact of fitting a badass or valves vs tubes. Additionally, many of the 'gear settings' shown on sites and in manuals are voiced for the bedroom not the stage. Amazingly low profile subject, with little source material. OTOH, we know all there is to be known about stacking cabs on their side! (OT, I don't disagree with BBC - or Cheddatom - about pedal boards though. Guitarist with literally 6 sq feet of pedalboard, just to turn a Boss driver on and off. Sigh) Edit for: [quote name='maxrossell' post='475874' date='Apr 30 2009, 12:08 PM']I just disconnected his footswitch, threw it away and told him that from now on it was a single-channel amp.[/quote] You're scary. I bet they're terrified of you.

* Neither Leo Fender nor Ted McCarty could play guitar * Jim Marshall started as a drummer * Dobro stands for [b]Do[/b]pyera [b]Bro[/b]thers * Freddie Tavares, who worked with Leo Fender to develop the Strat, played the slide glissando on the Looney Tunes theme * Les Paul invented multi-tracking, but did not invent the solid bodied guitar. He also broadcast under the pseudonym 'Rhubarb Red'. * Rickenbacker produced the first [i]solid-bodied [/i]electric guitar but Gibson were the first to sell an electric guitar - it was an archtop with a pick-up. * BB King worked as a DJ * Pete Townshend played bass on Thunderclap Newman's 'Something in the Air' under the pseudonym 'Bijou Drains' * George ' Thunderclap' Newman was a post office telephone engineer. Recently, a mobile phone network (not BT) used 'Something in the Air' for their ad soundtrack * To avoid unwelcome fan attention, Paul McCartney booked into hotels under the pseudonym Paul Ramon. Years later, the Ramones adopted this fake surname for their band-name. * Joey Ramone wrote "The KKK took my baby away" when the notoriously right-wing Johnny Ramone stole his girlfriend * Simon & Garfunkel originally recorded as "Tom and Jerry" * The name Led Zeppelin was coined by Keith Moon * To avoid contractual obligations with Chess, Buddy Guy recorded cuts for a competitor, Delmark, as "Friendly Chap"

Shame it's got so many dings and scratches on it, though. I'd ask for my money back.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='474904' date='Apr 29 2009, 11:29 AM']The current team of crack music journalists just aren't cutting it.[/quote] Rather than crack, the term usually associated with journalists is coke. The usual reason why changes are implemeted on a rolling basis is that there's less chance of alienating those readers who like the mag as it is; at the same time, you externally promote the new stuff to bring in new bodies. So you add new readers without losing the old ones, thus increasing your circulation. Or they could just be crap. Who knows.

Zing!

[quote]wondering what other BCers have done to get a decent stack on a budget[/quote] Recently mated an Ashdown Mag 210 combo with Hartke 4x10 TP cab (well, times is tight) Sounds OK for £290 for the whole "rig" and more or less moveable. Love 8x10's but a tad impractical unless you've got a mate to help shift it. And a big car. And a forgiving spouse.

"We were poor but we were happy", reflects popular bass guitarist Anthony Jackson, surveying his gold records and sipping a fine Merlot. "My friends - some very well known people in the recording industry - often ask me where it's all going to end". Jackson sighs and stares into the distance. "I don't know. I really don't know".

I don't really see why he bothers to differentiate between flash drives and hard drives. For portable music, as long as the quality is somewhere in the ballpark, who cares? Whole thing seems like an extended "Blimey, guv, this country's going to the dogs, young people today, how am I going to put food on the table, I remember when it were all fields round here." Future as a London cab driver?

[quote name='The Funk' post='474633' date='Apr 28 2009, 10:17 PM']What was CK saying about that? I think he said the plans are for it to all be knocked down and turned into something else. I'd be glad if Wunjo's survived. I was sad to see Music Ground with all the high end amps and effects disappear - even though that was all part of the same monster chain.[/quote] Probably a function of my advancing years, but I thought that Music Ground moved into Andy's. As for Wunjos, with their "lovely smiles" and "who are lovely and bend over backwards to make you happy AND don't look bored, taking the time to have a conversation about guitars etc" YMM considerably V. 1. First time I ever went in, the counter-guy bollocked me for mentioning, in convo, that I'd bought an amp off the bay. "People like you will put me out of business" he snarled and promptly blanked me. 2. Some time later, one could see a s/h semi on the wall, maybe an es-135 or a Gretsch with a 2 inch split in the top visible from across the store, priced £1000+ 3. A few months ago, a salesman kept following me round the store even though I told him I'd just like to have a quiet browse of his stock. Which, at the time, mostly comprised over-priced, clapped out tat with a few interesting pieces. Mostly guitars though and not that many basses. Which the sales guy acknowledged. "We're mostly guitars" he said. I find it interesting that our experiences differ so much. But I suppose things have perked up enormously since my last visit. [quote]Am I getting old and cynical or does the Musicground chain of the street seem a bit limited, with nothing in stock, long lead times and a decrease in enthusiasm and product knowledge?[/quote] Am I getting old and cynical indeed... Word to the wise: It's also possibly a bit risky publishing unsubstantiated allegations about wunjo's principal competitor's financial position.

With a rosewood board - Black With Maple - Tort (Grey)

Change the bridge, add an F logo and you've got a £200 frankenstein. Whoops!