Waddo Soqable

35 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said:

Hoping this might take off and be of interest to BCers who are well into their post punk and alt-rock. By alt-rock I'm talking about stuff that''s not Classic Rock or metal and would include Grunge bands plus Pixies, Husker Du, Smashing Pumpkins, Jane's Addiction, Weezer, QOTSA and all that kinda malarkey. So just put up any clips whether bass related or just music vids. To get the ball rolling, here's one of Sheffield's finest, the Comsat Angels...

 

This was a great song!.. I think they first relased a slightly different version as a single tho..

We supported them at Rafters in Manchester at the end of 1980.. they were a really nice bunch of guys as I recall. I even got a good review as a bass player in the papers on that occasion....how often does the bass player get a mention !.. naturally I was mercilessly mocked by all our mates after that. Wonder what became of the Comsat Angels...

They have a tatty old plastic leyland mini grille for ten grand too, plus I think another item, their other stuff is cheapo "clear out" bits, so I think its an error somehow ! ..... But always fun to see what turns up on ebay for mad money

52 minutes ago, ProfJames said:

This thread changed course but and however...........when I dug this out today.....I realised.....I really don't think I am missing anything!!!!  How lucky am I?

Haven't seen one of those in a fair old while !....

I still say you need to go and play a Rick or two somewhere, you'll always be wondering otherwise.. 

That has to be a mistake when he's done the listing, he probably meant to type in £10.  Someone should message him !

10 minutes ago, BillyBass said:

Best gig: The Damned at the Electric Ballroom, Camden Town, December 22nd 1979.. cracking gig, Lemmy came on to help out with 'Ballroom Blitz' towards the end

Worst: Adam and the Antz at Cleopatras in Huddersfield on the 'Antz Invasion tour', would have been April 1980.  Fights constantly breaking out throughout the gig, the local skinheads versus us.

 

The Damned always did a v.good one on the occasions I've seen them, this would've been in the "Roxy" era when Capt S. was still on bass..

11 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said:

I'm of the opinion that power chords are for those who can't play barre chords

Certainly true in my case !

Check out the sparkly matching shirts, and the guy on bass playing a RH Precision left handed , upside down.. Respect !

13 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

And try explaining this joke to the youngsters these days:

You definitely had to 'be there'.. ! 👍

I saw Tom Waites in Manchester,  either late 1980 or (more likely) 1981. That sticks in my mind as an excellent show...

3 minutes ago, theyellowcar said:

Speaking as someone who paid a chunk more than this for one of these a year ago, this is excellent value. GLWTS. 

Ditto !.. These are great, basically a US stingray with a less refined finish, but in real terms a proper stingray nevertheless.. Bargain !

1 minute ago, fretmeister said:

Depends on the stand.

Mine uses the bass strap buttons.

Does that not wobble about though ?

I made a stand for a guitar, so you could walk up to it, with a bass still round your neck, play a bit, then walk away and continue with bass ( it was some jolly 'modern' combo I was involved with at the time)

The guitar was held in a kind of G clamp, suitably padded with rubber to protect it, to a point. This was atop a mad (max?) looking stand I'd welded together..The guitar was an SG so had nice flat surfaces front and back to clamp on to....

1 hour ago, Dad3353 said:

Two bob..? For a 'phone call..? Nah, it'll never catch on. Fourpence is already too dear..! 

I know!.. Think it was 2d when I used to go down the road with my gran and phone,  you had to press button A or B then tho....

Ten "New Pence"....  aka, two bob..

12 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

 

And given the “I want it all now, but most of all I want more than those I know” mantra where everyone has to have better than everyone else, and be able to show it off I’d doubt many would choose this anyway. 

Indeed....I actually can't imagine any of the young from nowadays even existing in "our" world back then !

.....remember if you wanted to phone your mate? ..you had to walk down the road, find a phone box, dial the number, and ( when the pips went) put 10p in.. always assuming your mate's mum had a phone at home !

....if I could, I'd jump right back there in a heartbeat...

1 hour ago, LukeFRC said:

I guess the question is - Would our current welfare state make any of this possible today?

Very unlikely in anything resembling the way it was back then.. Plus in the late 70s early 80s squats were a popular option for music types with zero money, that whole 'thing' no doubt doesn't exist anymore..

What Marvin says above resonates with me.. In the punk /post punk era most of the people in bands that I knew, including myself, were on the dole, and living in squats..I seem to recall a sum of £13.75 a week as the basic of the time ( a packet of fags was prob circa 20p tho, so it's all relative ! )  My dear old mum would occasionally bung me a few quid at a pinch too... but how cool would it have been to have had wealthy indulgent parents, the nearest to that I knew of was a mate who's dad gave him a couple of hundred ( a tidy sum then) so he and his band could do a "proper" 8 track demo !

As regards low tuning, I had the jack version, which is as far as i can see identical apart from having a guitar shape body.. I used this in a band down tuned, with my lowest string down to C, these were normal strings not bottom 4 of a 5 string set, and worked absolutely fine like that, for me anyhow.

Assuming it's the same bass apart from body shape, which to me looks to be the case, it will be an excellent instrument, with a great range of sounds, I also regretted selling my Hohner headless.

Now for something completely different.!

Sold pending pick up collection..

Castle Donnington and a barrage of bottles of p!ss are an inseparable tradition..

It has surprised me in the past how clueless guitarists can be , one guy I played with years ago was brilliant on guitar, could play pretty much anything straight off, but when he tried to put some bass on the same stuff , it was like a little kid having a go, completely incoherent would be the best word !

5 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

I’ve still got a pair, they go with my flares 😁

We need to see the pics of you in those man !

Course to go with it you need the massive 'fro.. with the comb stuck in it !! Those were the days

^.. Great track & footage, love his suit too !..and I remember those shoes very well..

9 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said:

As it happens, I am indeed wearing a cat suit from the party shop... but I'm just not in that photo!

You gots to show us pics of that..