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[quote name='blue' timestamp='1421031566' post='2656426'] However there is no good reasons these guys can't be civil to each other. [/quote]I In the past I've been screwed by guys I played with and I'll never have anything to do with them again. I know exactly how Larry feels.

Very sad news. I first noticed him on Ry Cooders Borderline. I've played Crazy Bout An Automobile many times and still trying to make it groove like TD.

Are these ACS? You can call them and get another pouch sent. Mine started to fray so I gaffered it all over.

I have Lakland flats on my Lull. These are the first flats I've used since 1970 so I'm not up to date in this area but they feel good and sound great to me.

.... and all the others, for the next 30 years.

Roger, you need a rest...... give me a call.

We have ended the night with Alex Harvey's Delilah, with Wooly Bully, Sweet Home Alabama (it was a request!), Pretty Women and many others. Last night it was Under Pressure. I worry more about the first number than the last one. We've ended on slow numbers, fast numbers simple and big production numbers and they all seem to work. IME if you've done a good job the end of the set usually takes care of itself, but I hate it when people say "we'll just ease in" when talking about the first number.

I have always been a Fender fan and played a Fender P bass for over 25 years. I had no inclination to change until I wanted to move to 5 string basses and, sadly, that's where Fender and me parted company. Back then, in the 90's, their 5ers didn't stack up against the competition and even though they seem to have upped their game to be pretty good these days, my Lakland 55-94D and Lull PJ5 are my preference by a mile. I think Lakland hit the ground running when they brought out their first 5ers and Fender were very slow to react. Twenty years later they still haven't caught up. Then again, anyone wanting to buy a top 5er should start by looking at a Lull. They are perfect and the best "Fender" on the market these days. All IME and IMO.

I believe he produces AB's records as well.

I haven't sold any basses that I'd buy back. Every sale was because I'd found something better.

One of my favourite players. I went to his bass clinic at GAK last year. He's a very talented guy.

You have 2 choices. You either learn the numbers or you chart them out/make notes. The worst thing you can do is to go on stage and cock it up because you don't know the numbers and aren't using notes. Your 3 bands will quickly dwindle if you do that. I'd make the notes and after a couple of gigs the numbers will start to fall into place.

I was playing an Eden 410XLT with my Aguilar TH500 at the weekend. Sounded pretty good to me. A ton of low end and all the punch you could ask for. And someone else did the lifting for me so I was extra happy.

Pure Larry Graham. Even the bad bits sounded good to me.

If you like the sound and you can play it well enough to please your band mates, just do it.

If you look this up on Talkbass, the guy who designed this amp says that changing the valves won't alter the sound much, due to the way it was designed.

It seems you don't get the costs and overhead argument. Online sellers have none of the fixed expenses so there is no way for a shop to beat the prices offered by online sellers. All a shop can do to stay in business is to reinvent the company as an online seller and use the shop as a loss leading front for it's online business. In the 60's a Fender would cost you an average of 3 to 4 months wages, so good gear has never been cheaper.

Top playing.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1420740183' post='2652899'] The bride chose us after coming to a gig or two [/quote] We were booked by the brides Dad for her big day after he saw us at a gig. It only took 2 numbers to clear the room. I warned them! I knew that would happen! I told them when he booked us that a Chicago Blues Band (even a good one) wasn't the right band for a wedding.

I know I'm not the target audience for this but, the world needs another entry level bass?

IMO it's not worth the expense of restoration. It'll never be an original bass again. You could get the preamp bypassed or just switch the J pickup off and put the active controls to the center. There are dots you can stick on the side of a neck. I'd keep it as a great punchy, active, modern sounding bass and just buy a standard P bass with flats for the music that suits that style.

My experience is that even musicians at a wedding are wedding guests not an audience. They're off duty. The last time I was at a wedding my only thought was, "why didn't my band get the gig". The band was OK and you could dance to them so we did. That was it.

What's all this about the drummer changing his gear just to suit other players? If someone wants to borrow his gear they get [i]his[/i] gear!

If you've got a Lakland, why would you play anything else?

My Lakland was made in 1997. A very early 5er according to Dan Lakin. This is the best Lakland I've played and I've tried a few, including an even earlier one (serial no 17) an ex Pino bass, at the Bass Gallery last year. These are just amazing instruments.