Dusty

If we ever did get our finger out and organise a Essex Beer/Bass Day, I'm sure Mike at the Bass Merchent would let us have the use of his Rehearsal Room !!! He may even put in some tasty amps for us to try out P.s, another Bass Player looking for a band !!

Having been through the Fenders, MM's Warwicks etc etc, I now swear by Laklands. You can pick up a nice US Joe Osborn for that sort of money, or save yourself a few bob and try a Skyline. Best value for money bass on the market.

If we get a few more of the Essex Lads to come out of the closet, we could have our own Bass Day !!

I'm in Basildon

[quote name='BB2000' post='93476' date='Nov 23 2007, 06:49 PM']Just wondering if the skyline Bob Glaub's are usually lightweight. I've just pulled the trigger on one which supposedly weighs about 7.5lb, which will be the lightest P type bass I'll ever have had. Hope that weight is pretty accurate.[/quote] Mine is a US model and would estimate it at around that sort of weight. The Skylines come in a bit heavier. Best Bass I own Enjoy

Wonderd what happend to the bass, I had a snipe bid already lined up !! Still, glad it went to a fellow Bass Chatter, Enjoy, If not CALL ME

The Rusty Sheriffs set list, this can change slightly depending on the venue of course VERTIG0, U2 TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN, QUEEN SUMMER OF 69, BRIAN ADAMS BAD MOON RISING, CREADANCE CLEARWATER SWEET CHILD OF MINE, G & R YOU REALLY GOT ME, KINKS / VAN HALEN ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, PINK FLOYD PARANIOD, BLACK SABBATH BLACK NIGHT, DEEP PURPLE BREAKIN THE LAW, JUDAS PRIEST AMERICAN IDIOT, GREENDAY SATURDAY NIGHTS ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING, ELTON JOHN TUSH, ZZ TOP DANI CALIFORNIA, CHILLI PEPPERS COMFORTABLY NUMB, PINKFLOYD HOTEL CALIFORNIA, EAGLES PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC, WILD CHERRY LONG TRAIN RUNNING, DOOBIE BROS BORN 2 BE WILD, STEPPENWOLF WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE, BON JOVI SUSPICIOUS MINDS, ELVIS MY SHARONA, THE KNACK SONG No 2, BLUR FOXY LADY, JIMI HENDRIX I PREDICT A RIOT, KIESER CHIEFS I'M A BELIEVER, MONKEYS ALRIGHT NOW, FREE REBEL YELL, BILLY IDOL GET YOUR ROCKS OFF, ? CHASING CARS, HEY JUDE, BEATLES SHOULD I STAY OR GO, ? SHE SELLS SANCTARY, DAKOTA, ?11 ONE, U2 TOO HARD TO HANDLE, ? RUBY RUBY, KIESER CHIEFS CHELSEA DAGGER, Suffering memory loss for a few of the artists !!! (Old Age)

Oop's Thank you for correcting that

I Jam most weeks with Brian 'Robbo' Robinson of Thin Lizzy / Motorhead fame !

+ 1 The JO5 is my favorite beast

+1 for the wrist bands, also handy for mopping the sweat from the forehead (or most of it in my case !) I tend to suffer now with a blister on the side of the thumb after each gig, caused i expect from the way i hold the pick and it rubbing against the E string. I've tried plasters, but they look a bit silly! Any ideas on this problem ?

[quote name='bear-foot-bass' date='Aug 23 2007, 10:18 PM' post='49838'] All the above comments are true and correct ... but in my experience if the singer's not up to scratch no will take the band seriously no matter how brilliant the musicians or songs are. Some originals singers can escape a bit because of stage prescence / character / great songs etc - think Bob Dylan. Theres nothing worse than getting to the end of a gig and trying to book another and the venue says 'great band, lousy singer' and you know in the back of your mind that they're right but you didn't want to bring it up earlier cos they're a mate or good guy. Had a similar situation with our 'ex' singer at the beginning of the year. Lost one prestige, good paying gig that we had played many times due to the guvnor thinking the singer was crap, we put this down to the manager being a ars£hole, but then a few weeks later we lost a second even better gig due to the guvnor not liking the singer, in fact they would not let us play the second set ! In the heat of the moment the singer quit, which we accepted, he then spent weeks begging us to have him back !! Problems were, He was/is a good singer, but the bands style had changed from Blues to Pub Covers, which he was not comfortable with. He was also a mate but not a good front man. It was hard for all of us.

Many thanks for organising the Bash Dave, Sorry I could not stay longer. Heres the Lakland Boy's with their Toy's !! L - R, Silverfoxnik with his DJ 5; Hamster with his 55-01 with Audere pre-amp, also holding on to OBBM's Duck Dunn with Darkstar pick-up; OBBM with his DJ 4 & 5, both with 'J' Retro's and Dusty with his JO 5 and BG-P/J.

I'm also hoping to be there (will need to leave early) Will bring my two Laklands and poss the Markbass 2 x 10 combo

I've have a T shirt that I got from (and is still available) from the Hard Rock Cafe which say's 'Musician looking for Groupies' Not as good as Franks idea. Strange thing is, it was bought for me by my wife and daughter, but I'm not allowed to wear it unless they are with me .. So unfair !! Back to subject, Agree re lack of Bass Players on film, I was watching the Live Earth thing and started writing down (sad) the basses being used. At times it was a real struggle to determine the make! But it was great to see two Laklands within the first 30 mins. Best thing on the day for me was the first time I had seen Flea in action.... Fantastic. And of course, Derek Smalls 5 pick up Lakland Bass

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I've just found it on you tube. Enjoy.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrav_MSMjNs&mode=related&search="]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrav_MSMjNs...ted&search=[/url]

thanks for the tip, unfortunatly got pipped at the post ! Would have made a great pub gig bass

As to be expected, still no reply !

Sent a request for more info / location etc, no replay as yet !

I like the look of this, but something just dont seem right, not helped by a feedback of 1 and a very vauge location ! Please let me have your opinions. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=190114971356&rd=1&rd=1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&rd=1[/url] Thanks, Dusty