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A little bit of correction... OK, I am going to try to make it this year .... 01. Hamster - 02. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Hayman 4040, Schecter Diamond P5, Ampeg V4BH amp & 115 Classic cab 03. TheGreek - not sure what I'm bringing yet... 04. Happy Jack - I'll be there with a love that will see you through 05. JapanAxe - probably everything in my signature. Orange Valve Tester - get your tubes tested for free! 06. Macdaddy. 07. obbm 08. Billy Apple. Spectors, Marshall valves and EAD 09. Nancy Johnson; Thunderbirds/Whatever amps I'm running. 10. TrevorR - Wal MK 1 Custom, Wal Pro IIE (well, I had to...!), Ariapro2 SB700, Markbass LM2 and Traveler 2x10 and 1x15 11. Bluejay - cameras, video equipment; no basses, unless someone asks to see a specific model. I will also be there as BGM's reporter 12. NickD - Maruszczyck Elwood L5A, TE Series 6 1x15 Combo, Zoom B3. 13. Rumblefish - Rumblefish Bass,Fender Roadworn Jazz, Acoustic 370 amp,Acoustic 1x15 cab.Copy of Herbie Flowers single. 14. Bottle - the usual: Ibanez bass, 1x12 Cab, 1x10 Combo, Pedals 15. alexclaber - Barefaced things and a RIM Custom 5 and maybe an old Warwick Streamer 16. Ordep - Fbass, Zon, amp, pedals etc 17. moooper-Warwicks,Sei Flamboyant 6,Genzler Amp,Eden maybe 18. chimike 19. Sibob - '71 Precision, Xotic XJ-1T 5, Maruszczyk Jake custom. If I'm gigging, my Markbass/Barefaced rig 20. EliasMooseblaster - I have no idea what to bring. Maybe my 8-string. 21. timmo - Clover Avenger, PJB Bighead 22. louisthebass 23. Graham 24. sockdeluxe_mikey - Custom Shop Fender Jazz Bass, pedal board with goodies on it, Markbass/Barefaced 25.WalMan - PB1680 well it would be rude not to Probably 2 x US L2500, Gen3 BigBaby2 & Tonehammer 350 as they'll be going straight out in the evening 26. Cetera - Wal Mk1 Geddy Lee & fretless, Spector NS2, Spector Euro, Hamer Impact, Yamaha BB3000, GK800RB, GenzBenz Neox212, Pedalboard 27. Grangur - I'll bring some Warwicks (see sig) and a One10 & LM3 28. Stingray5 - something old, something new... 29. Jabba_the_gut - Not sure yet.....but something home made 30. zero9 - Strata + 4 x PJB cabs + Acoustic Image amp 31. Barneyg42- Status s2 5-string headless + Markbass LM3 + Schroeder 212pl and possibly my old post office red series 1 Status 5. 32. EssentialTension - Lakland Decade, Peerless Retromatic B2, Takamine B10 (probably for sale if not sold by then), Mesa Walkabout Scout. 33. Churchie - Retrovibe Vantage, Ashdown ABM amp, Ashdown 210 &115, various pedals

That's the fella... MJ12 is one of his current bands... http://youtu.be/NjR-mNTakAo Also seen with Tunnels... http://youtu.be/Oxhoe0jQ-3g

It's a long while since I tried wither but my recollection was that the MM and Warwick had very different neck profiles/feels., Different to the extent that I loved one and absolutely hated the other - which isn't important in this context. However, it does strengthen the "try before you buy" imperative if that's where your researches have led you...

I'll also mention Audere. Most of theirs come pre mounted on a jazz plate but they also do a stand alone version.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1468008124' post='3088084'] Also use an iPhone iPad app for church band called onSong You have your music loaded up and can change key and or capo on the fly - what's really cool is that the set of music we are playing gets blue toothed over to me at the start and if the band leader decides to add a song mid set txhey can magically add it to my set list! While it's always better to just learn the song it's a useful bit of software [/quote] I do the same, OnSong is great as an aide memoir. And it's worth getting the Bluetooth foot pedal to move through The charts. Really useful. if I end up back in a covers band some time that's what I'll be using!

Did anyone see the BBC4 doc on the Aussie pop scene and the Young family dynasty's shaping of it? I can't help thinking that there's a "keep making money for the family business at all costs" ethic at play here...

[quote name='paul h' timestamp='1467921380' post='3087388'] My prediction is that AC/DC will be finished and then Angus will release a solo album that sounds exactly like AC/DC [/quote] ...under the artist name "AC/DC"... Shame, this means that Angus and Axyl are the only original members left in the band. ;-)

So looks like we have a Maruzjkqpthsk (sic) Elwood and a Jake coming to the Bash to further feed my GAS at the Bash wonder if any Limelight Jazz's are coming along for compare/contrast purposes?

Isn't it funny how some great players pass you by. I've been reading guitar/bass mags since 1984 so have read loads of articles about Sheehan. However I can only claim to have knowingly heard one song he plays on. And that one is the big acoustic ballad hit that Mr Big had way back. Just never registered onmy listening radar. Odd...

Reading the OP again, and much as I love Peaches, I suspect that Mr B has a slightly over inflated (and tongue firmly placed in cheek) view of his place in the pantheon of music... Sad to say, if you asked the average man on the Clapham omnibus to hum a song by the Stranglers it would be Golden Brown 99% of the time, not Peaches or No More Heroes. Ah, the curse of an uncharacteristic mega hit! Just ask the Toy Dolls or The Dickies.

On the price... The TU-3 list price when it first came out a out 5 or so years ago was £75-80. I've only seen them at about £60 for the last few months. It could be they've dropped the price to undercut the Polytune which must have lost them a shed load of sales over the last few years at a price point similar to the old TU-3 price. As to the mini TU-3, the lack of a mute function would rule it right out for me. But if I had a pedalboard that featured a vol pedal...? Maybe, but I don't. The price seems a bit cheeky given the smaller size and lack of foot switch. Not been aware of the Waza range before. A new Boss thing I guess, but how much better can am already industry standard in line tuner get with some tighter QA'd resistors? And double the price of the standard model? I smell snake oil!

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1467278972' post='3082425'] No doubt a great piece of history but I think it's one of the fugliest basses I've ever seen! [/quote] Each to their own... I love the look of the JG series basses. But then again, take a look at my Sig below. It would be mighty strange if I didn't! :-)

Looks pretty good to me, though I'd probably plonk the chorus earlier in the chain, maybe after the Multicomp. Prefer to grit the chorus than chorus the grit. On the envelope filter, I'd stick it before the compressor to ensure the filter saw more dynamics in the signal...

Oooooooh, here's a thought. Could I buy any cheap old beat up bass for a song and then put it up for sale adding £200 onto the asking price by claiming that it's been authentically "relic-ed"? It's worth shot... Mwah ha ha ha ha!!!!

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1466622153' post='3077376'] Maple looks nicer. (Unless you prefer rosewood). [/quote] [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1466623515' post='3077390'] Maple looks worse ( because I prefer rosewood). [/quote] Rosewood feels nicer because it's not all varnished and shiny (and because I prefer rosewood)...

Well, my sig would suggest that for me the answer to the question "P or J?" is actually "W" but if I had to choose between the two it would be "J". That's mostly down to neck width and feel, though I do also enjoy the particular tones of a J and the flexibility of the two pickups.

Well, let's see... I know the bass player in Mabon. He's just gone from Spectors and MMs to a Wal. Peggy has an Ibanez Soundgear. Iona in the time I've followed them have had a Chapman Stick, Wals, MMs, Warriors, Steinbergers. Kemp has a Ric. I played folk back in the day with an Aria SB700, a Wal and an EMG equipped Squier... This suggests to me that the correct answer is "Whatever you fancy...!" So, I'd stick with the MM then unless you fancy something different... Or not...

A little smattering of Beggs, Iona and Wal bass for your Sunday night listening pleasure... http://youtu.be/Oz4tSq7muWU http://youtu.be/QZCoc-aIRe4 And a touch of stick too... http://youtu.be/0nKiOCLcnMU

Very very, much cop! He played some stunning bass and stick on the early Iona albums too.

Quite possibly. The open book headstock shape isn't quite like a typical early 80s shape. The ends are a bit pointy. Some sort of late 80s or early 90s reissue? Whatever, it's a lovely bass!

Looks to me to be either an SB-R80 or SB Elite II. Maybe more likely the latter. The SB range featured the following initially... SB600 (single pickup set neck), SB700 (single pickup thru neck), SB900 (two pickup thru neck), SB1000 (single pickup, active circuit, thru neck) The R series sort of mirrored this but with a wider bridge and string spacing. The SB-80 was the equivalent of the SB900. The R series featured the distinctive "eye" dot markers whereas the SBs had simple dots. http://gfyfe.com/sbr80.htm http://www.matsumoku.org/models/ariaproii/bass/sb/sb.html The SB Elites came along layter as a sort of simplified SB range. The SB Elite II was the twin pickup model... http://gfyfe.com/sbeliteii.htm Across each model range and across time the fine details varied... The bat ear or book headstock, round or tear drop pick up selectors, recessed or flat Jack sockets, single or stack knobs so it can be confusing to tie a model down sometimes.

Here is my lovely SB700 from 1983. It was my first ever bass, bought for me by my mum and dad for my 18th birthday. Still love it, even if it doesn't get out much any more...

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1465718125' post='3070348'] artistic licence dear boy (that and the logo/branding potential of H+H... [/quote] And you can get a nice cup of coffee while listening to the band...

Never seen that before. How stunning! Wow!

For me it would have to be... Geddy Lee (I love so many things about Rush but Geddy's playing on the albums between 1980 and 1995 is just sublime for me) Phil Lynott (probably my fave band and if I had to choose he would be equal first with Geddy) Abraham Laboriel (first got into him through his Christian jazz/funk band, Koinonia, and then discovered he had played on a whole other range of tunes I loved) Kelly Groucutt (from ELO. Been such a fan of the band since the mid 70s and Kelly's playing has given me so much enjoyment over that time) Barry Devlin (from Horslips. Another band I have loved since they first released The Tain back in the 70s. Again, he's on the list on the basis of the amount of joy his playing has given me over the years) Honourable mentions (& should really be on that top five list too...): Chris Squire, Lee Sklar, John Gustafson, John G Perry, Neil Murray, John Wetton, Jamerson/Babbitt/Dunn... the list goes on...