Doctor J

I hover between 4 and 5. I did play a 6 for some time as the band I was in at the time I was able to use all 6 strings while fitting in with what the band was about, sonically. After that band broke up, I really had no use in anything I was doing for that C string and it made no sense at all to have that extra bulk under hand, so I moved it on. 4 always feels like home and, if I'm honest, I could probably do everything I need to do on one but sometimes 5 is a nice change.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1039265' date='Nov 27 2010, 08:29 PM']I think I know.... but I'll let you lot get a bit more TB about it. (hint : it was a joke pertaining to a post has has since disappeared subsequently making him look a right cnut)[/quote] Yes, that was me. I posted and, upon re-reading decided it was steering the thread off topic so I deleted it. Then I saw Truckstop's post, which is indeed humourous in context. Put away the pitchforks, there's nothing malicious going on

[quote name='retroman' post='1037320' date='Nov 26 2010, 06:36 AM'] [/quote] Exquisite choice If I may be so bold... 5:54 in, listen to how the simplest of bass lines changes this epic tune From one of my all time favourite albums If you like it technical, these guys did it first Suicidal offshoot Infectious Grooves, love the first album still Fishbone ease the funk for a while and get heavy and this is just genius... those braces still get me... ehhh... you know

[quote]Just stopping by to say hello, I'm Justin from Dublin in Ireland. I've been playing almost 20 years now, currently playing bass in a blues band and g****r in a Metal band, have dabbled on drums too, though bass is what I started on and will always be my main instrument. I think I used to be on an earlier version of this forum a couple of years ago. Anyway, hi to you all![/quote] I've since moved house

Have a look at the price of, say, Stingrays on this very forum. There is quite a difference between some of the asking prices. Should we set a guidline price for everything, just so we're all cool? A buyer will buy at a price they're happy with, a seller will sell at a price they're happy with. I just don't see the issue. The community can't act as the Cool Police, making sure everyone is cool with each other. Besides, who here hasn't been lowballed? Is there anyone who doesn't buffer up the price a little to take into account the inevitable offers which accompany practically every deal? Of the instruments I've sold here, there wasn't a single time I didn't get either lowball cash offers or absurd trade offers for things which were sometimes less than half the value of what I was selling. I'm a grown up, I can make my own decisions. Surely everyone else is too? The community spirit is a great thing here, don't get me wrong, but I think it's wrong to police the commercial threads, maybe I think something you're selling is overpriced and vice-versa. It'll destroy that aspect of the forum. I tell you what, if we get to shoot the lowballers, I'll agree to the shooting of the profiteers

Why would it bother you? Once you sell it, it stops being your instrument. If the guy wants to make a bit of wedge, fair enough if he can find a buyer. If he puts a hat on it and has conversations with it, it's still his perogative. It's only ever worth what someone wants to pay at any given time. We've all sold at a loss, we've all made deals in our favour, such is life. I don't see it as a moral issue. If you bought an old Fender this year it'll be worth more next year as the mojo is one year more powerful, why would you sell it at the same price when a 76 is worth more than a 77? Meh, this is not a big deal at all to me. I appreciate the community aspect of the forum but once you sell something it's worth whatever it's worth to the next guy. If you can't let go, don't ever sell anything

Aye, the Tyler designed Variax guitars are quite tasty. If the first series of Variax instruments suffered from anything, it was that they looked cheap. If they do a similar job to the basses, they might be on to something special.

It's got 24 playable frets, my favourite kind of frets!

Dah woz o'mally sally!

The Variax concept is quite the revolution, I reckon. They've overhauled the guitar to largely positive press, should they do the same to the bass it could be quite interesting.

None taken, you know this site reads like an episode of Eastenders?

[quote name='Mog' post='1032801' date='Nov 22 2010, 04:12 PM'] Never had that in the Phoenix myself!? Were ye on the bill with Spitting Bones? Ragin I missed that session, heard it was savage.[/quote] That's the one, yeah it was a very enjoyable night, apart from the aforementioned dramas. It was my first time seeing Spittin' Bones, really enjoyed their set. [quote name='cheddatom' post='1032811' date='Nov 22 2010, 04:16 PM']Is everyone else enjoying imagining this conversation complete with accents?[/quote]I'd understand if one us had said "Top o' the mornin" or "To be sure, to be sure, to be sure"...

[quote name='Mog' post='1032635' date='Nov 22 2010, 02:06 PM']Sounds like Fibbers? Dodgey power in that place. Seen something similar a few times in there.[/quote] We played there twice in the last few weeks without problems This one was in Kildare

[quote name='4-string-thing' post='1031943' date='Nov 21 2010, 09:36 PM']Only drawback is, I may have to move something on to appease the other half....[/quote] Don't worry, once she settles in to her new place she'll forgive you eventually

Had a bit of a technical nightmare on Friday. Current gig is on guitar, but just hear me out anyway. We were band 2 of 4, so no soundcheck, bit of a rush to set up, very dark stage. Plugged in my lovely Fryette head, turned it on to warm it up all good, went about setting up pedals, no problems. I don't have that much crap to plug in, just TU2>Wah>Tubescreamer>Flanger>Delay>Noisegate>Amp. That was fine, had tuned the guitars during the first band's set, plugged in and went to take the amp off standby. No power light. I quickly checked it was securely plugged in at the back. Yes. Made sure it was securely in the plugboard. Yes. Was the power in the plugboard? Yes. sh*t, had I blown a fuse in the amp? Managed to find another IEC cable and plugged it in. On came the power light. Thank f***. OK, let it warm up, took it off standby, started playing. Sounded a bit quiet. I had checked the ohm rating of the cab before I plugged in and adjusted the amp to suit. Still very quiet. Bugger. Made sure the pedals were all securely connected, they were. Clock was ticking. I bypassed the pedals, straight into the amp. There it was. OK, quick check, reseated everything, made sure the power supply for the pedals was properly plugged in, it was. I played again, it finally sounded like it should. At last. Then, a horrible "something electrical is dying" sound... maybe it's the battery in the wah, which wasn't powered off the mains. Even though it was a reasonably new battery I took out the wah, everything sounded fine. I wa still concerned by the power disappearing from the amp but OK, let's start the show. Halfway through the first song, the amp went silent. Hadn't time to troubleshoot, the power light was still on, so I just plugged straight into the amp from the guitar, started working again. It'll do. Got through the rest of the set without any more shenanigans. One of the best crowd reactions we've had, too. I tried plugging the amp in on Saturday using the same IEC lead and plugboard... it worked. I've no idea what happened with the power. Turns out a planet waves lead was behind the lack of volume and then the bizarre electrical noise (which was fine before the gig, I always check everything at home the day before) and that's most likely why the sound died. Still, such dramas make you appreciate the times when everything runs smoothly.

And how come the thread title is in LOWER CASE?

Wait a minute... George is upset... Tim is upset... what ill fate has befallen Julie, Dick and Ann?

That was a really good read, thanks for posting the link

I quite liked the first album, Follow The Waves in particular was a fantastic tune.

Give it another 10 years, it's got nothing at all to do with quality, just got to be at least 30 years old and American made. When I started playing the general consensus among older players I knew (who would have started playing in the 70's) was the 70's Fenders were junk. Bear in mind that this is the era of the lawsuit bass, of Japanese instruments taking huge chunks of the market while Fender's (and Gibson and many other US maufacturers who had let quality plummet through the 70's) sales suffered accordingly. Has anything changed? Has time made a once poor instrument good, or is it the exclusivity and the whole "riding another man's ass groove" of a kid playing an instrument made before he was born which is mojo'd, has a story to tell, however you want to describe the lure of an aged instrument. It's funny how that point where good became sh*t keeps creeping... staying thirty years or so behind. When I started playing in the late 80's, the pre-CBS were good, anything after was bad, then all of the 60's were great and all of the 70's were sh*t, black and white. Then good crept back to the mid 70's now it seems the early 80's ones were good. Funny, I don't remember anyone saying that in the late 80's. The legend of the 83 Smith strat, when finally enough was enough, strat design got back to basics, no more cutting corners, yet that horrible plastic control plate Jazz came out around the same time. Ahhh it is amusing. Look at any FS section and an early 80's US Fender will be two or three times the price of the Japanese Fender/Squier/Other which was clearly the superior instrument of the era. A 70's Fender also seems to be part of the Indie uniform, which will help to stimulate demand. When the full on 80's revival kicks in all of a sudden we'll be back to bright green BC Rich's and and Kubickis! For f*** sake, even pancake bodied Les Pauls are desirable now, any old crap will sell once it's 30 years old and Made In USA

Popping and slapping gives funk a bad name. There, I said it

13 posts on funk P-Bass and no-one has mentioned Paul Jackson?

[quote name='Marky L' post='1023948' date='Nov 14 2010, 08:51 PM']Was just watching a bit of Motorhead live on youtube (2010, Rock In Rio - Portugal) and noticed in a shot how high Lemmy looks to have his action. I grabbed a pic and you can really notice it on his E string (can't recall the song but he was battering away at the A and D). Does it make hammering away at chords on a Ric easier?[/quote] That's not high action, that's the string recoiling from him beating the sh*t out of it. Look at the G string, were the action as high as the E string suggests it wouldn't be that close to the edge of the frets in a picture taken at that angle.

It's pretty good. To a Cheap Trick novice it's a bit rockier than I was expecting, a bit more Beatles-ish than I was expecting too, but I like it, I must say.

I was browsing the music mags today and noticed Classic Rock magazine has an album of theirs for free, what a great coincidence. Picked it up, will have a listen tomorrow.