Paul S

I bought a valve from Oli. Superfast and efficient - arrived next day, despite the vagaries of xmas post. Cheers Paul

Thank you!!

Now yer speakon my language...

I have speakons but tempted to keep posting as I need a new tow rope.

Bump for tomorrow's gig. If you fancy a bit of UFO, Van Halen, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Chickenfoot, Black Country Communion, Iron Maiden...

For sure. I like the idea of a more useable gain. I do use it for what I do, but having it toned down a bit sounds ideal!

Hmm, I have just sent you a PM....

Is this an easy thing to do for people (ie - me) who have never before even opened up the inside of an amp, let along fiddled with it? It sounds like exactly the thing I should like to do, but am hesitant to try.

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1355245013' post='1895880'] I love the Quo as well. Both old and new but I reckon the present line up kicks the a*s of the old line up. Rhino and Matt are a great rhythm section. [/quote] Nowt wrong with this rhytmn section, circa 1972 [url="http://youtu.be/c_OV_M7Hqyo"]http://youtu.be/c_OV_M7Hqyo[/url]

Lord yes, I first saw them when the album Piledriver was released, around the time of Paper Plane as a single. 1972 +/-. Queens Hotel in Westcliff - there was a vacant spot in front of the left hand PA stack that I stood in. Rob Young's harmonica did things to my ears from which they have never recovered! I saw them maybe 5 or 6 times in the next couple of years - the entire Kursaal in Southend was bouncing up and down - the floor, the seats, the balcony, everything. They were bloody good back then - a fresh new sound full of energy.

I have Ki0gon working on that as I type! Stock tone pot does very little so far as my ears can tell, too.

If this clip is anything to go by I quite like the sound of it, even if it isn't a Gibbo-a-like! [url="http://youtu.be/OFB9o9agOsA"]http://youtu.be/OFB9o9agOsA[/url] I'll check out the place you mention (just sent an email, in fact) - thank you! - at the moment the cheapest, new, is Thomann at 89Euro delivered.

Indeed, they aren't cheap, either, and the neck dive isn't too bad.

Don't like the idea of surgery. Thanks. The bridges are expensive, aren't they! There is one on here a secondhand but still £75. Which is only a little bit less than I paid for the bass! Did you bother changing the tuners for lightweight ones?

To answer myself - looks like the DiMarzio DP120 pickup is the one, and the Hipshot Supertone is the bridge. Anyone done this and can recommend the changes?

I have just acquired an Epiphone EB-0 and used it last night at rehearsal. To my surprise I like it an awful lot in terms of how it feels and general wearability. The neck dives a little but no more than some I have. Overall I find it lightweight and comfy and I like the look of it, too - very rock and roll without being flashy like, say, a T-Bird. The major issues I have with it at the moment are a dodgy jack plug and, particularly, very weak output from the pup. First port of call is to have a chat with Ki0gon for a new wiring harness. But also the following: I am thinking a better pickup - but any recommendations as to what different makes/models give what tonal options? Maybe when funds allow I will change the tuners to lightweights - anyone know which model number? I've heard the bridges are weak - this is fine at the moment but what would be the usual replacement? And has anyone fitted a J. East P-retro to one? Any help, advice is appreciated.

Can anyone help me out here? Tender Surrender. Easy track, bass-wise. But I cannot fathom out a particular sequence of chords - my ears tell me one thing, online tab another. Both are notoriously unreliable. First bit - yes, A, D, E. Then again, A, D, E Then C, D, E Then the problem - D, G, C, F - does the F go to F#, then up to B (as the tab tells me) or does the F go to G then C (as my ears tell me) before returning to E. Ta.

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' timestamp='1354695087' post='1889127'] Because of the style of what we do, we are a little limited in terms of venues ( classic rock /metal), When looking for new venues, I tend to spend some time online looking at gig listings of bands that play similar music as well as tapping up friends in other bands, and our drummist calls them and gives them the chat We have a pretty good success rate [/quote] I'm in the same situation with my band - a fairly new classic heavy rock covers band - and am going through this exact process currently using [url="http://www.livebandphotos.co.uk/pubs.php"]http://www.livebandphotos.co.uk/pubs.php[/url]. as a sort of guide. Round this neck of the woods it is a vicious circle - pubs want known bands that draw a crowd so book the same old same old every two or three months - almost impossible for new bands like mine to break through. The busiest venues are booked solid through to 2014.

A clash of personalities is usually insurmountable and effectively means 'him or me' but to actually offer that ultimatum can, I think, sound a bit childish. What I did earlier this year in an almost identical situation was say to the rest of the band something like 'I have been thinking a lot recently and decided I am stepping down. It is the last thing I want to do but X is driving me nuts because of [your list of reasons] and I can't stand to be in the same band as him, sorry guys' In my case they all said 'we'd rather have you than him' which gave me a rather warm glow inside, and off he went. Problem solved, we now have a brilliant new guitarist, courtesy of our very own Leschirons (thanks again Keith for putting Steve our way). If they don't say that, there is nothing lost as you were probably going to quit anyway and you haven't been perceived as having thrown your toys out of the pram either.

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1354275494' post='1884300'] I guess in a three-piece (guitar/bass/drums) combo mistakes could potentially be more noticeable? Maybe. [/quote] I'd say very definitely. Like most people on here I go to see a lot of live music and generally spend a lot of time listening to the bassists. I rarely notice mistakes. Recently I went to see a ZZ Top tribute band called ZZ Tops and their bassist made enough mistakes to be noticed. Couple of shockers - one particularly so, last note of the song was way out, where 'Billy' looked across at him. Largely, I would say, because of the cheap sunglasses - you could tell from the way he stood that he was sneaking a look from under his shades at what he was doing. Then again, overall they didn't cut the mustard IMO. I make several mistakes each time I pick up a bass, but then I am not a pro. I don't practice 8hrs a day 7 days a week. Maybe my expectations are too high but I always hope people who earned their living playing the bass made fewer and less noticeable mistakes. Usually I am not disappointed

Thought I'd post this on here. My heavy rock covers band - Xerocks - are playing at the Essex Arms in Brentwood on 14th December. We have an *extremely* good guitar player, well worth coming along to hear him if you are not doing anything. We play a mixed set of Van Halen (yes, he does a good 'Eruption'), Deep Purple, Whitesnake, UFO, Thin Lizzy, Hendrix, Velvet Revolver, Chickenfoot, Black Country Communion etc etc. The shame of it is that we are a new band with no following and it would be almost criminal to play to an empty room (again!). Paul

Bought a secondhand preamp from Tom - which arrived swiftly, well packaged and labelled. Thanks Tom!