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[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1495548427' post='3304658'] ...I felt this deserved a wider audience. [/quote] My house mate, who you might remember from the Risley DB Bash, has a 60in chest. Is [i]that[/i] wide enough for you? I'll show it him if you like.

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1495616407' post='3305244'] The above is my favourite so far - really good suggestion rorysmith My own efforts; The Austerity Orchestra The Jazztones We Jazztafah's 3 EDIT: "Jazzinga" [/quote] I like [color=#0000ff][size=6][b][i]Jazzinga[/i][/b][/size][/color] a lot

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1495610254' post='3305183'] ...It's an immensely difficult instrument to record right. You really need a clean low end and distortion on top to get the best out of it. The sonic space it takes up is mind boggling. If you're going to use it it kind of has to be the centrepiece of the instrumentation as it takes over everything... [/quote] I suppose one or two specially arranged numbers featuring it as the "guest" instrument would give a set some added dynamism. If placed strategically those numbers could punctuate the evening nicely. It's a head turner for sure.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1495609767' post='3305178'] Charlie Charles And The Charleys [/quote] [color=#006400][b][i][size=6]Charlie McChasface[/size][/i][/b][/color] ? or [color=#ff8c00][b][i][size=6]Charlie Charles and the Chunky Bunch[/size][/i][/b][/color] ? How about [color=#b22222][b][i][size=6]Chortling Charlie and his Cheery Trio[/size][/i][/b][/color] ?

[quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1495609959' post='3305180'] Eire on a G string. [/quote] For a Northern Ireland band that would certainly provoke conversation... at the very least. Eire being the Republic and all. Nice play on words though.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1495556725' post='3304795'] Oh well, off I go. Wish us luck (and lack of damage!) [/quote] Belated good wishes. Good to hear it went well.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1495554490' post='3304748'] There was one exception involving an invisible bear. Blue [/quote] Was it better than the average rear Boo Boo? Hahahahaha! Priceless.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1495553688' post='3304733'] ...Even when I was a teen, I had reservations about guys that ask and want to use other people's [color=#ff0000][i]rear[/i][/color]. Blue [/quote] Understandable. It's always polite to ask before you steam right in though.

[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1495557675' post='3304813'] Hi all Appealing to the collective wit of Basschat here! Been asked last minute to put together a jazz trio for an awards dinner run by a large NI-based publication. It's going to be a classy affair and we are doing 2 hours at the welcome drinks reception, all standards. Format is drums, piano and upright with some vocals. Any ideas for a classy, cool, humourous or witty name? I am stumped and terrible at these things! We are pretty young (mid 20s) and fresh so something modern would work too - we don't mind having a bit of fun with it! I should add that part of the payment will be in the form of a full page advert in said publication. Cheers all! Danny [/quote] [color=#800080][b][i][size=6]3 Jive Live[/size][/i][/b][/color]

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1495529105' post='3304416'] If you concentrate on the pop stuff then inevitably you will come up with a lot of cack. There were loads of great rock and neo-prog bands knocking about in the 80's. Some of them even charted. Eg you won't see Gillan on that link - 5 top 20 albums and 6 top 30 singles just between 1980-83. ACDC, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Guns n Roses. Colossal album sales in 80's and they were just the commercial acts. Lots of musically interesting stuff with narrower appeal too. A whole different 80's to the one represented in the BBC link. [/quote] Come on though, it is dear old Auntie Beeb. You know, the one who let Musical Youth sing "Pass the Dutchie", the cleaned up version, on Blue Peter. Impartial programming at all times of course. Yeah right.

It was hearing Maccer's bass on jukeboxes as a small child that did it for me. You couldn't really feel it on TV, radio or domestic low-fi record players. In the café however... wow! It took many years for the seed to germinate into a deep love for the deep notes but it definitely started there.

They'll be fine for a piccolo bass. While I like a nicely turned knurl, I wouldn't feel happy tuning this way despite the reduction gearing. It's just about okay on the direct pull tuners on a Steinberger bridge but even then I wish sometimes for more positive finger engagement that knurling simply does not give you. It isn't an issue on the Steinys so much because they're fairly stable and less likely to drift off tune. On a headstock however...

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1495514981' post='3304300'] He should have left his VISOR on!! [/quote] I thought he had the visor fitted after that music vid as a direct consequence of retinal trauma from seeing that huge red codpiece!

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1495485669' post='3304180'] 80s at its best imho!! [media]http://youtu.be/MZjAantupsA[/media] [/quote] Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) from Star Trek TNG is in this vid.

[quote name='Tuco' timestamp='1495396898' post='3303487'] Thought I was blacklisted as far as credit / finance is concerned due to a mobile phone bill(s) a couple of years ago, so it was with tongue planted firmly in cheek when I tried to get a Bass Whammy on the knock from G.A.K. BUT THEY ONLY BLOODY WENT FOR IT!! Only drawback being : I have to 'borrow' at least £250. The Bass Whammy is £139 so I've a bit to play with IF I decide to throw caution to the wind and go for it. You know what tho?? There really is NOTHING I particularly want / need (except the Whammy, I stupidly sold mine recently and have SERIOUS sellers remorse!!!) without spending TOO much. I thought about a Dirty Robot but being a BSW owner, decided against. I also thought about a Freqout but jogged that idea on. A superego would be nice but being a Freeze owner yada yada (plus at £199 it's a trifle expensive). I also toyed with the idea of a 3 way crossover so I could finally build that 3 stack system of my dreams, but decided against that for s few reasons Hahahahahaha What made the shortlist is a Boss RC3 looper. I'm sure I could utilise one, not for soloing over myself (I'm no soloist) but just to add some weird textures to some tracks in my electronica outfit. Any thoughts for or against anything chaps and chapesses ?? Any bright ideas before I tick that 'I have read the t&c' box ?? [/quote] I would say you're better off without credit.

If I remember right not all was well in the trouser area at the time. Larry Blackmon tried to out-trouser everyone. The effect was so shocking that a massive public outcry resulted in MC Hammer being forced to knit a pair of Snailsburys gold lamé carrier bags together about his nethers before he was allowed to strut on national TV. [attachment=245784:LarryBlackmonCodpiece.png] The Eighties were worrying in many ways. The threat of global nuclear war was only one thing to fret about.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1495329807' post='3303031'] You guys still have hippies? Blue [/quote] I think it's fairer to say we have druggies who prefer the term hippie, new age traveller, druid etc. If you want me, I'll be in my flame-proof bunker.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1495299487' post='3302847'] Slap has been badly abused... [/quote] Social services take note.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1495272407' post='3302584'] Sure but I only play st OM nights and get zero practice time so it's my best option [/quote] Fair enough. (You're not a nun either are you?)

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1495267094' post='3302508'] I A/B'd some basses recently and the hum / buzz on the single coil basses was VERY noticeable when compared to a double coil / humbucker. Interestingly my mate said he did not have the same issue when he played at home, which is outside London. Don't know if the fact that his was an older generation bass(circa 2000)would have made a difference i.e. does coil hum get worse over time? Just wondering whether others have noticed a difference between being playing in cities, particularly e.g. London with tube / train lines never too far away? Perhaps another illustration of this is that the hum on our guitarist's single coil PUP Fender Strat is particularly noticeable when my band has rehearsed in studios under railway arches. Is there a straightforward solution to this which does not effect the tone of the bass or require a different set of PUPs? If not, I think choosing the humbucker rather than single coil option (or at least a combination single coil J plus humbucker) on a replacement bass will need to be part of the equation for me. Cheers AK [/quote] Have you got fluorescent lighting under the arches? I'd say there is a fair chance that a low ceiling with those would be more suspect whilst not discounting trackside equipment interference completely. Also, are you sure you haven't got an earth loop in there somewhere? We were chatting about bridge grounding at the bass bash last week and there are things you can do to get an improvement. I am quite sure someone will be along with that shortly.

I should think these really earn their keep for top heavy eq settings on rigs with HF drivers. I wont need one just yet as I don't put much treble out.

[quote name='BassAgent' timestamp='1495223400' post='3302338'] I used one at my graduation concert, on a 5-string with high C in an alternate tuning (can't remember what it was ) to play a James Vincent McMorrow song. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtmYzr4pcD0"]https://www.youtube....h?v=AtmYzr4pcD0[/url] [/quote] Beautiful. Best of all... neither of you looked like nuns!

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1495208447' post='3302187'] i shamelessly use a capo when I'm feeling too tired to think about moving a pattern to another key I've not troubled what anyone else thinks [/quote] I like the idea as a "get out of jail free" option to have in the bag when jamming but I'd want to relearn, in my own time, the tune on an open fretboard later. I don't have any tunes in my rep that require special tunings other than drop D for which I have a five. I like to keep things simple.

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1495186157' post='3301921'] You missed one....Fashion. My bro bought a Precision in 1981 when we were in the same band, as it was the bass to have, it was a Fender after all. It had a number of dead spots on the neck, and he was not surprisingly for a newbie, a little shocked. He was told by experienced bassists to learn how to play around them. He wished he hadnt traded in the Rick. [/quote] I dunno Mikel. I reckon fashion is a symptom of snobbery or snobbery a symptom of fashion. Whatever way around they are they often go hand in hand. I bought a Squier fretless Jazz in the eighties out of brand [i]snobbery[/i] because it had the F word on it in familiar lettering. It had all the looks. Favourable comments from everyone who saw it gave me a boost and made me feel [i]fashionable[/i]. In the first week of ownership I thought I'd found a shallow depression around the 10th and 11th fret position on the D string where the notes dropped off a little. Back at the shop it was examined and found to be okay. It was a dead spot. I was told to try a new set of strings. About that time I had discovered a problem with the guitar's massive headstock. During practice in a small bedroom belonging to the drummer I'd have trouble avoiding the doorways, walls and heads of my band mates. He had both bed and drum kit in there and we'd fit in as best we could. As we were a four piece band it was cozy to say the least and the guitar felt even more clumsy and unwieldy than usual. I went back to playing my mate's left handed guitar while I arranged to trade the Squier in for the Vantage that I still own. In fairness there are many things that guitarists and bassists "play around" to get the desired result. Often it is an unconscious thing, particularly with time served players. Sometimes it is such a thorn in your side that it will make you reluctant to plug the instrument in at all.

So... you don't actually need to dress as a nun to get good use from one? Much relieved. I'll have a crate of those then please.