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The first 3 albums have some cool lines on too - bits of high register noodling to fill in for the sparse lead guitar sound. And agree: most non-musical listeners probably wouldn't know how right a bass line for a band like AC/DC or U2 is until you turn it off.

I recall trawling Denmark St regularly when I used to work in Center Point tower in 2000. I found all the shops then to be like art galleries - lovely stuff on the walls but you spend 5 minutes of your lunch break finding a staff member to ask to try something and then they mutter and idle over to it and then loiter nearby the whole time you have it on your lap...

And of course the original seller might be a little miffed that he could have sold the item for more if you'd seen it earlier!

Squier VM: there's Jazz, Dimension and Jaguar (SS) in that range.

Pedals! Oh yes, noodletastic. Welcome!

Narrow it down for us: 4 string, 5, fretless, Classic style (J or P etc.) or something a bit different?

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1454636808' post='2971622'] I just tried to find the video I was referring to and it doesn't seem to be available now. It was a play along of Elvis Costello's Pump It Up by You Tube user TJH3113. [/quote] that guy is a great player - especially for bass players wanting to learn songs. You can hear his playing, and he sits nice and still. (I've seen plenty of terrible videos, no matter how good the player is.)

I have an AH250(I think it is a 250 anyway) and a 1053 - owned them from new since 1998. [attachment=211590:Amp1.jpg]

The same goes for the Markbass Combo he put his name to: it's a decent price but not silly money - and quality without being flash.

Legends. I think their own success is exactly why they are their own Tribute Band. They've stuck to the same formula, once they stumbled upon it, and it works. It fills arenas and shifts records. They are to UK music what ZZ Top are to the US. Been around forever, stuck to the same method, your Dad has one of their albums and the band are not remotely serious about themselves.

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1454431129' post='2969678'] And you know this how? [/quote]Both personal and anecdotal experience from peers. I'm not saying that all council jobs are like this, far from it - but short of the Call Centre industry, it's a poor relation to the expectations/attitude in a lot of private sector companies I've come across. I blame my parents too - they have cushy pensions and no mortgage, and retired early. I think I'll be dead long before I retire...

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1454428675' post='2969651'] Indeed, yet this myth still persists. Neither have pay levels increased to those of the private sector by way of compensation... [/quote] No - but sick leave is laughably uncontrolled in some councils, and 'performance reviews' are just tick boxes.

Ooh, a Warwick 5er.. tempting. I'm not sure I could trust myself living so close to a shop like that ;0

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1454184994' post='2967395'] The graph takes a terrifying dive after 51-60. Should I start harp lessons now? [/quote] Harp? That's what all the whingy emo-rockers call anything with more than 6 (sometimes 4)strings posted on a facebook Bass page. Anyone who's seen it will know what I mean. I have genuine worries about death. I mean, it's pretty scary. It's nearly worth spending my life in blissful ignorance and believing in a religion. Almost.

My stands come from the music section at Toys R Us - £8. Don't laugh - they work! Small A-Frame, light, nothing's fallen over yet.

I'm 39. Never gigged, but was in a band very briefly at University (last millennium - sob!). I did my back a few times from the abuse I gave it as an athlete in my youth, but a decent mattress has largely fixed that. Like a few others - too much time spent raising sprogs, paying the real gas bill and visiting supermarkets to have much time for anything except bedroom noodling with the amp on 'sshhh..' *dramatic sigh*

I use the EBS flat cables as well, they're brilliant and come in at least 3 sizes.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1453478096' post='2959884'] And too many of them... [/quote] All bands have to start somewhere. A similar argument persists with e.g. aviation and the publishing world (both of which I have had experience of), in which the common whine is that new entrants are making it a 'race to the bottom' by undervaluing themselves. If you have a problem with others valuing themselves for less than yourself, you need to ensure you are properly differentiated to get the required attention. If these pubs want to pay peanuts they will get monkeys (as it were.) You can't directly attribute falling pub numbers to rubbish bands. There's a lot more to do with social drinking culture, the spread of cheap supermarket booze and a million channels of drivel to watch on TV to stop people having a good reason to go to the pub.

You can't win: Option A - take the £200 and you'll get loads of calls in the future for work and then 'but you only charged thingy £200,' or Option B - explain why £200 for a wedding is (diplomatically) not acceptable, and you're the bad guy. Because after all, it's just a hobby, right and we'll give you beer...

Yep - there's definitely an Apple-type cache building up around Darkglass; which is their differentiation from the other major pedal players. It will sell like hotcakes, of that there is no doubt.

Own up - who wants one?! Just announced for NAMM - no specs yet, just shiny pictures from their Facebook page.

I have a Peavey these days: budget priced Millennium. £179, made in Vietnam, has neck dive because the head is stupid; but boy does it sound good, and the neck is brilliant and smooth. Full on the bridge pickup, 80% on the neck and roll off the tone and it's very Jazz-like. I do hit the strings hard too, so even with half-wounds I get a lovely punch. Ok - can't work out how to add an attachment into this post or my content. The Bass is my profile pic though. *grumbles about modern technology*

I went to a jam session once after meeting a guitarist in Newcastle's premiere Rock Pub (it's sadly gone now, I believe). I rocked up to the community centre or wherever it was with my Strat copy (18th b'day present) and my Zoom 4040, and we made some random noises for a bit. Once we decided to actually do a song I switched to Bass - the centre had one there; an RBX with a Trace Boxer Amp, very nice, and the keyboardist took my guitar. We played Comfortably Numb and being a bit drunk and bored and still a newbie I started playing in every octave available (all 5 or so notes of the bass line), while the rhythm guitarist struggled to work out which chord was which and the lead guitarist was off in the ether playing like Gilmour himself. I thought we were brilliant, but then strangely the lead guitarist moved to Barnsley to attend music college, the rhythm guitarist quit to get a job at Burger King and the Drummer's wife told him to stop messing about with new bands. At least that's what they told ME!! OP still wins at the moment though...

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