Paul S

For me it varies - I will often enjoy a new bass line more than an old favourite until it becomes more routine. In my little band I am very much enjoying playing 'Don't Dream Its Over' - it isn't hard but seems to groove and weave around the melody beautfully. That has replaced 'Lido Shuffle' - my previous favourite - even if only temporarily. In my Bon Jovi tribute there are lots of candidates but I would say 'Keep The Faith' because it took a lot of work on my part to get it absolutely spot on and, now that I have, I can just relax and enjoy the song.

Devils advocate here but also a genuine question - what is the difference between these non-Fenders, sporting a trade mark logo, and a Rickenfaker, sporting a trade mark headstock?

I'm guessing Bassassin will be interested in this. I heard one of these being played once and it was a league above the Hohner B2A - sounded fantastic. I prefer the look, too - like a streamlined Burn's Flyte.

I have the Delano in my Jake 5 and it totally nails the P bass sound I have in my head. I bought another pickup from Adrian to fit into my Sterling 5er that sports an Aguilar P pup but, unfortunately, the sizes are different. Need to decide whether to make the bass a bit more of a project than it already has been or move the pup on and stay with the Aguilar.

I was waiting for someone to post a link to this cover.

I had a Squier 'Silver Series' Precision some years ago that kind of set the bar for me for tone and playability. Believing I could improve upon it I stupidly sold it on and I have been trying ever since to find that same tone. Which I did - I had a 32" Squier P, still have a couple of Squier JV Ps and now my Maruszczyk Jake 5 - they all have that classic P bass tone that I have in my head - but i could have saved myself a lot of effort, angst and money by sticking with the 'Silver Series' Although, to be fair, the Jake 5 is a better fit for me for lots of other reasons aside from tone.

My other band 'Just Jovi' pic taken in my garden with a little jiggery pokery with the colours. Singer Noel has perfected the smirk, I think.

My little band, Illegal Tender. I like this picture.

Thank you, Christine. You have been on the forum for 2 days and this is the most eloquent and sensible thing I read read on the tribute band subject and in response to this ridiculous post.

Difficult to say - I haven't used comply foam tips. Better than the foam tips supplied with a set of Shure SE 215s I have. But maybe it is my ears.

I bought a set of KZs and found difficulty hearing a rounded sound - so after reading this I bought a set of Spinfit CP-100 tips and they made an enormous difference! Seem to seal with my ear canal better than any tips I have used before. Thanks for the, erm, tip

Hi Martin Thank you for that. There is very little information about them on the interweb. I do still have it but find myself a little torn as to whether I should keep it or not. I only play 5 string basses now and the SB-35 hasn't been out of the gig bag for about a year, sadly, which seems a shame. Then again, if I sold it, I am fairly sure I would never get another and they are pretty special things. And welcome to Basschat, btw Paul

If it is the same Gary, and I think it is, he was a singer for a short while in a band I was in - 5 Shades of Grey. Lovely fella but it didn't quite work out. Say 'Hi' to him for me and hope he doesn't swear back at you

I play in a Bon Jovi tribute band 'Just Jovi'. We aim to reproduce the music as accurately as possible but, at the same time, do a bit of dressing up. This side of it is very much tongue in cheek - singer will attempt an American accent but switch to his usual voice to make a comment now and then. You can see in the pic below we are struggling to keep straight faces.... When we first started up I wasn't sure about the whole thing but now, a handful of gigs down the line, I absolutely love it. It is very different to playing in a 'normal' pub band as the audience are there specifically because they are into the music - you get more back, I think. Immense fun.

Your new singer's name isn't Gary, is it?

Yes, your 'little' band might enjoy some of their stuff - they write good tunes. The lyrics in this are particularly good fun.

Cut The Cake with Hamish on bass: I've seen AWB a couple of times in recent years and they are still pretty good. By contrast I have seen the Hamish Stuart Band a couple of times at a tiny little local venue and the guy oozes funk out of every pore. His voice doesn't have the power any more - he reaches the falsetto but not in the same nerve tingling way he used to - but the band are just SOOO funky. Steve Pearce on bass.

Ooops, I did it again. Sorry, Pete, I meant to write Brothers Osborne - I keep on saying Johnson. They are a new(ish) country rock band.

Brothers Johnson at Koko - very good gig.

Played a small country pub in Roydon near a river outside in an open sided wooden gazebo. The great thing about the temperature dropping to just above freezing once the sun set was it drove the small biting insects away.

Mrs S is very creative and has a knack of coming up with some of the best names for my bands, once the agonising process has been started. So I was in a band for a few years called 'May Contain Nuts' which morphed into a band called '5 Shades of Grey' - with a different, older singer - seemed appropriate. My current little band is 'Illegal Tender'. But even relatively straightforward names can cause problems. My Bon Jovi tribute band is called 'Just Jovi' but since we started another 'Just Jovi' has popped up in Scotland. We played a gig in Suffolk and the venue posted the logo and a link to the Scottish version

Fantastic stuff Warren. Adam is particularly spot on, isn't he.

Another Essex boy here. My parents moved to Westcliff when I was 4 - 56 years ago, how did that happen? -and apart from a couple of years in London have always lived in southeast Essex. Benfleet for the last 24.

I had a Shure 58, now got an AKG D5. I sound just as bad through both. That wasn't much help, really.

Indeed. Here are mine - a Squier JV and a Maruszczyk Jake 5