RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

If you can't get on with another band member,quit! Music is supposed to be enjoyable,not another' job'. My last experience of not getting on with another band member(guitarist,surprise..): 4 strangers (me & three others) all join band together through a couple of ads. We never knew each other. Eventually,the scenario was : singer, rarely rehearsed. Me &Drums get on fine. Guitarist,critical of most of my playing(it made me improve alot tho') Guitarist very quiet most of the time(not a man of words). The thing I did,(because we all joined without knowing each other) was see who was gonna quit first . It was almost me,but I persevered. Eventually ,guitarist quit. Singer hates guitarist,drummer thinks guitarist is hard work. End result :I get new singer,as he 'wasn't available for a month' and me and drummer get new guitarist. Irionically,I have a 'friend' request on facebook from guitarist ,but have iognored as he is hard work. Whatever band I'm in now, if I don't get on with all members,I walk. Life's too short.

[quote name='longtimefred' post='676603' date='Dec 7 2009, 12:22 PM']loving the Van Halen esk paint job on the one on the left. 80's tastic! good stuff.[/quote] Me too! Also one on far right. What do you think of the 12 string??

[quote name='bassjamm' post='676163' date='Dec 6 2009, 09:27 PM']Ahh...thank you very much indeed! Sooo...which one is the one you previously mentioned in this thread then?[/quote] The latter ,with the huge humbucker.

Nice.....lovin' the G&L 2000

Howdy! Could anyone advise me of any venues in the above areas or similar? I'm playing in a Rock covers band. We have cd, business cards etc. It seems like the Grey horse in kingston is the only one we can find at the mo' , but we need others . Unfortunately ,I don't drive but can easily get to Richmond,Teddington . (will try the red lion in Twickenham ,once we've got 1st gig with present line up out of the way) Any phone nos.'links would be much appreciated. Cheers RATM

[quote name='bassjamm' post='675349' date='Dec 6 2009, 12:16 AM']By the way...Is the Telecaster bass the same as the 51 re-issue Precision?[/quote] There are two versions of the Telecaster . One version ,is the one you've mentioned here. The pickup , is a single coil located in the centre . (sting etc.) The other version 1972 onwards , had just one Humbucker pickup right by the neck. Haven't tried the earlier/'51 version(supposed to sound a little like an upright thud) The other one, is the thuddy type ,with absolutely no treble.

He purchased my Behringer V-Amp Pro today . Nice guy to do business with

Sounds like you like the markbass,and you use your Ricky's alot . Therefor, I would say get the rattley bass setup in a shop and buy a markbass. When you have markbass,sell your present amp.

[quote name='bassjamm' post='674880' date='Dec 5 2009, 12:36 PM']Yeah, I know the Precisions rock, and I love mine, it's so versatile. They're not the bassiest sounding basses though in my opinion though...as in, not dark and thick, almost thundery. Don't get me wrong, I can get mine to sound huge! So, what basses have that dark, rumbly bassy thud? Almost old old old school sound? I could do with just trying a load out, but that's never an easy option when shops don't often stock the huge range that this kind of covers (in my opinion). J[/quote] Fender Telecaster Bass. You won't get more thyuddy than that

Welcome Twickenham, home of Steve Allen .....

My friend Chris at CH Guitars ,sells loads of spares. Check him out . He's on fl ebay or chguitars.com

PM'D . Think I'll take it

[quote name='Legion' post='673722' date='Dec 3 2009, 10:17 PM']You've already replied on the thread [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=52376&hl=aguilar"]Link[/url][/quote] Oh yes, I did. Going to bed now,will think about it tomorrow. Cheers

[quote name='Legion' post='673675' date='Dec 3 2009, 09:36 PM']I've got a chocolate thunder one if you are interested? [/quote] Thanks for quick response I'm trying to figure if it would go with tweed. How much are you after,and have you got any pictures? Cheers Ray

[quote name='Moos3h' post='673687' date='Dec 3 2009, 09:47 PM']Zoom H4 Fantastic.[/quote] Wow! Thanks for quick reply. I'll lok into it

Howdy! I'm still in shock at the appalling demo that our band did a couple of months back. The story goes: Drummer and 1 of the guitarists not working. Rest of us are. Instead of goiing to friendly and familiar territory(Ian at Airplay ) the guitarist knows someone who knows someone (2 fly -by-night dj's) who'll record us at a cheaper price. Disaster! Anyway, rather than upset the rest of the band who are all nice guys. I was wondering if there is a device that's GOOD ,which will record us so that we could put that version onto our website and if people heard that ,they could see that we are much better than the demo cd on there at present. If there is something, and it worked, I would leave demo on webpage but put the newer recording on there as well so that thge rest of the band will see..... I know line6 do something,but if there is something fairly cheap,portable,easy to use and good , please let me know. Cheers

....I haven't seen many of these for sale on Basschat. (not Tweed anyway) Any ideas of where I can get one? Cheers RATM

Loving this thread! Love Hawkwind too! Well, don't know if you wanna consider my band (ripped apart) Rock covers (we're all late 30's/40's). We're looking for venues in west /central london/surrey areas etc. If you look on my webpage ,that's the kinda thing we do. The lineup's slightly changed since that demo ,but similar. Any ideas of any venues for covers bands??

[quote name='d-basser' post='671552' date='Dec 1 2009, 09:06 PM']^ I got one like that from tesco yesterday, £20.[/quote] Every little helps....

[quote name='dannybuoy' post='671359' date='Dec 1 2009, 05:56 PM']Cheap bungee cord you can get from Wilkinsons if there's one nearby. You can get good trolleys from Homebase and Maplin but they're cheaper on eBay - search for folding sack barrow: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FOLDING-HAND-SACK-TRUCK-TROLLEY-VAN-BARROW-CART-44J_W0QQitemZ260444206794QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Lifting_Moving_Equipment?hash=item3ca3af36ca"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FOLDING-HAND-SACK-TR...=item3ca3af36ca[/url][/quote] Cheers. Will do