Steve Browning

I have used occasionally. Typical example would be Rocky Mountain Way in E. Pedalling the open E but sometime pulling up the F# to G before releasing it. Lends an extra bit of groove (IMHO).

I think John Deacon became quite 'picky' live after a while.

To keep warm maybe?

I have the bass I always dreamed of and it (with the amp) makes exactly the sound I always had in my head. I have spent 30 years in sonic heaven.

6. Steve Browning

Great shame. I remember watching Pat Travers support SAHB (without Alex) at Portsmouth Locarno. Superb gig and I bought the first two albums as a result. Excellent playing.

Interesting that, even allowing for the picture angle, those strings seem to be misaligned over the pole pieces on John's bass.

Good job you didn't play anything 'rousing'!

Not sure I agree with the last sentence.

That's brilliant. Thank you.

Far From The Madding Crowd. Beautifully evocative soundtrack. Oh, the proper version with Julie Christie, Alan Bates and Peter Finch - not to mention an appearance by Dave Swarbrick.

A quiet evening in watching the telly for my Precisions - ok, that's all my basses.

My sunbursts.

My 1975 natural and 1990 Japanese A/E.

That's useful Can you post a pic of the exact bit of the stand? I would like to do the mod myself but don't trust myself to just interpret what you've said.

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/4137058 Perfect fit for our Alto LIve 1604 desk. Folds nice and flat too.

I bought what was supposed to be a Gibson Custom Shop 57 reissue. I had a thought about selling them online and thought I should get one myself to be satisfied about what I was supplying. I paid into an escrow account (so that I could authorise payment if I was happy) and waited. The guitar arrived, cased in polystyrene. It was finished in a sparkle gold top finish and was clearly not what I thought. That said, it was a decent guitar with good punchy sound to it. I didn't ever authorise the payment and so it is probably still sitting there. I kept the guitar (it wasn't too bad as a Les Paul copy) but wouldn't bother again. Just glad I took the approach of buying first.

The cynic in me thought the very same thing.

I'm thinking neck dive.

I fear I may be the guilty party here. The OP was about the offer of a demo of the Markaudio system and I jumped in enthusing about a similar (visually!!) system that seemed to great for its size and was intrigued by Bills rsponse. The concept of speaker placement is doubtless worthy of its own thread so sincere apologies if I lead things off at a slight tangent. Maybe a new thread on how to site a pa would be interesting, whether a single box or a system consisting of subs etc.

I would feel aggrieved in your situation. They had booked you for the gig and it isn't on to give it to someone else without saying.

That would certainly make sense if the bridge was changed for a Schaller. See John, if you're lurking, this is another reason we all want to talk about your gear. No questions about Queen etc. PM me to arrange.

To the best of my knowledge he just had his 1969 bass sprayed black, changed the tort plate for black and had all the hardware gold plated. I don't believe there are any actual hardware changes.

Sorry, maybe I was a bit tetchy there. I really like the idea of this kind of system but was intrigued by Bill's post on a more general level too - given the design of most systems. I suspect the Mark system is beyond my budget (or need quite possibly) but the concept is very appealing. I have ben a fan of the HK systems but they are very heavy.