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  1. Doctor J
    I've never had an interest in playing covers, so almost every gig I have played (I have done stints helping out mates' cover bands when their bassist or drummer has flaked out on them) has been for the enjoyment as getting paid playing original music is seldom guaranteed. Some bands, we were deliberately pushing the tolerances of audiences as we didn't want to sound like the other bands around us. I have experienced some properly stinky reactions but I still recall the worst original gigs more fondly than the most lucrative cover gigs so, yeah, gigging for my own enjoyment is what I have always done.
  2. Doctor J
    I have to put weights in it to stop it floating away.
  3. Doctor J
    I just picked this up from a very sound gent from Kerry. It is, I believe, a 1991 SB311. I remember seeing these in the shops when I started playing in the late 80’s but, up until today, had never actually played one. First impressions? This is a really nice bass. The neck is quite similar to the early Ibanez SRs but with a wider nut. The pickups have balls to spare and I cannot imagine why they thought the EQ needed a bass boost. I am very impressed.
  4. Doctor J
    Bass GAS replaced by accommodation GAS, just transferred. It’ll be back to normal soon 🙂
  5. Doctor J
    Band member spouses/partners/mates at auditions. Nothing good ever comes of these things. Mega no-no.
  6. Doctor J
    Take the discarded piece of string you just cut, fold the last 1-2 cm of the end back into a v (like a hook), do the same with the full string and hook them together, then loop a long piece of thread wrapped tightly around to close the mouths of each v, locking the parts together. It works incredibly well.
  7. Doctor J
    He’s just a very naughty boy?
  8. Doctor J
    More heavy ones Ron Royce - Coroner Phil Rind - Sacred Reich Troy Gregory & Mike Kirkland - Prong Jeff Walker - Carcass
  9. Doctor J
    G&L also have a Tribute line made in Japan by ESP, I believe.
  10. Doctor J
    An early 90’s Blade B3 remains high on my want list. Lovely, lovely basses.
  11. Doctor J
    It’s time to wake up the neighbours. David Vincent - Morbid Angel Glen Benton - Deicide Ross Dolan - Immolation and, on a lighter note, it’s worth highlighting that Doug Pinnick is still doing his thing with the excellent KXM
  12. Doctor J
    I have that broadcast on tape somewhere. Michael Spencer was playing for F&J, soon to be replaced by Troy Gregory. He’s actually back in the band now. The Megadeth set sounds great apart from them making a meal of Peace Sells... I really need to find that tape now 🙂
  13. Doctor J
    It wasn't the saddle which was the problem, it was the tailpiece. The slot for the B string wasn't wide enough to take a B sized wrapped string going right up to the ball end.
  14. Doctor J
    No, if he hasn’t bothered to prepare for an audition and has found excuses, move on. I’d also be scribbling out #2’s name. It’s too early to settle for less.
  15. Doctor J
    Nuclear Assault supporting Slayer on their South of Heaven tour in 1988. Slayer were alright but NA were like an explosion. Cynic supporting Opeth in 2008. I had waited 15 years to see Cynic and, by comparison, Opeth were so dull I left a gig early for the first time in my life.
  16. Doctor J
    Fantastic basses. GLWTS.
  17. Doctor J
    First concert - Megadeth/Sanctuary - Olympic Ballroom, Dublin, May 1988 Last concert - Acid Reign - Grand Social, Dublin, December 2019 Best concert - Either Death, McGonagles, Dublin 1992 or Therapy? - Hamburg, October 2018 Worst concert - Limp Bizkit, Dublin Loudest concert - Sleep, Button Factory, Dublin, May 2012. Stupidly loud and I would have left had I not brought good earplugs. Seen the most - Chic Most surprising - Ondt Blod, I felt like Joliet Jake seeing the light Next concert - Zakk Sabbath, Birmingham, February 2020 then Cory Wong, Cork, February 2020 Wish I would have seen - Living Colour and Fisbone are the last on that list after finally seeing Coroner last year
  18. Doctor J
    Ah ok, I wasn’t aware Warwick coloured the ball ends.
  19. Doctor J
    E to G are D’Addarios and the B is a different brand? Never a great idea. Personally, I think tapered strings make for better low strings. The tapered B you get in a set of Dean Markley SR2000s is mighty.
  20. Doctor J
    I was actually looking for something exactly like this an hour ago, btw, so this is perfect timing 😁
  21. Doctor J
    Some batteries have larger terminal rings which causes this. The hole at the far end of each receptacle is just a little bit too small for them. You would be ok with a different brand of batteries, I suspect.
  22. Doctor J
    I'd invite you all over here to stay in Ireland but... you know... well... wow, this is awkward... 😳
  23. Doctor J
    Would love to do it but am in Ireland. If you’re properly stuck, though, perhaps... 🙂
  24. Doctor J
    Sex Bob-Omb and The Clash at Demonhead from Scott Pilgrim vs the World are very listenable.
  25. Doctor J
    I think it's in a format I can't open.
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