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[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1320693005' post='1430163'] I sent him the tabs earlier [/quote] Can I have a copy?

Never happened to me either - I lied about Mustang Sally - and if was asked I wouldn't do it anyway.

Studio without DIs is bizarre.

Mustang Sally.

[quote name='mercuryl' timestamp='1320687169' post='1430035'] A regular performing bassist needs at least three basses. One to play and one as a backup. A backup is mainly needed to guard against a broken string. You can't keep your audience waiting while you restring ........ and besides, one new string in between three old ones wouldn't sound great. Just use the backup bass and restring 'em all when you get home. Also, if you ever need to have one of your basses repaired at a shop, then you'll need to bring the third bass into action. That's not considering the bassists who play different basses to get different sounds ........ fretless etc. [/quote] So, if you ever need to have two basses repaired at the same time then you'll need a total a four basses. There's no end to it.

I'd say £45 is worth every penny to see a band like TOP close up. I can't bear those stadium/arena gigs, I'd rather put on the CD and look at the CD cover after I've carefully placed it at the other end of the room.

Different band, different bass.

Say you're leaving but say you're willing to honour all booked gigs and any other gigs between now and the most distant in time gig but none after that date - unless they find a replacement before then, in which case you'll go sooner. They can't ask fairer than that.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1320570812' post='1428336'] Never in any circumstance but then I play heavy gauges. Maybe the few to break strings having been playing lighter gauges? [/quote] I don't know about anyone else but the two breakages I referred to above were: (1) Thomastik Jazz Flat A string .070 (during Betty Everett's [i]You're No Good[/i] IIRC) - the string unravelled at the bridge after about three years on the bass, which was a shame because the strings were really sounding good by then. (2) La Bella 760N Black Nylon A string .094 (during Stevie Wonder's [i]Master Blaster[/i]) - the ball end split away from the string after about eighteen months on the bass, which was fine because I replaced the 760Ns with an old set of Pyramid Gold Flats and was reminded how much I like Pyramids. I don't think gauge had anything to do with it, although it might in some cases.

Definitely doing less than I used to: 2007 = eighteen gigs with two different bands 2008 = twenty-nine gigs with three bands 2009 = eighteen gigs with three bands 2010 = nine gigs with two bands 2011 = five gigs with one band 2012= two booked with two bands so far. And this year three basses out and only one in (so far).

My son broke a string on my Decade this afternoon. I broke one at a gig about three years ago.

Looking at that thread again, it does end with a good attempt by Doddy to explain what Willis is talkin' 'bout.

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1320491857' post='1427462'] Not a how to but a how do? Just out of curiosity I was wondering how you all intonate your fretless to aline to the dots? I do mine so that if I finger just before the dot the string is actually 'fretted' on the dot if you know what I mean To my mind if you finger over the dot the note will be a little forward of the dot due to the thickness of your finger. Whats your prefered? and whats the 'correct' way? No rights or wrongs in all this unless you want to take into acount the microscopic difference in scale length and hence dot positions that these two methods make A [/quote] I just make sure that the octave is about correct at the double dot and the rest is ear. Gary Willis thinks it's more complicated than you say: [url="http://garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/setupmanual.html"]http://garywillis.co...etupmanual.html[/url] I've asked here at Basschat for an explanation of Willis' claim about the correctly intonated note not always being in the same relation to fretlines and/or side dots but I've never found a satisfactory answer or even whether Willis is right or not - most people seem to dismiss his point of view: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/62523-varying-finger-position-in-relation-to-fretlines-on-fretless-bass/page__hl__gary+willis__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url]

Nice colour.

[quote name='mercuryl' timestamp='1320350902' post='1425800'] ... it appears that the consensus is that Leo got it so spot on from the off ... [/quote] I don't think one has to believe that Leo got it exactly right, only that he did get it right enough to corner the relevant market. Once the Fender bass is in that market position it becomes THE bass - sound, looks, feel, reliability - that is the standard for most people and this is true whether it says Fender, Lakland, or Sadowsky etc on the headstock. There are Fender basses made by Fender but also Fender basses made by other companies and I don't myself see it as copying, it's just about making a standard kind of bass. If you don't like them or feel comfortable with them then, fair enough , be like BRX and buy a GUS or whatever suits you.

This one is a TSB650: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw2o_Go4QWI

[quote name='henry norton' timestamp='1320311828' post='1425043'] [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/club-dark-star-731040/index5.html"]http://www.talkbass....040/index5.html[/url] Posted by 'mungi' on page 12. It's a long thread, basically anything about Darkstars, so you can sort of follow the recent history. [/quote] Thank you.

[quote name='markorbit' timestamp='1320311661' post='1425040'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONsUPtkQlYU[/media] [/quote] Well that looks definitely like an SB.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1320308865' post='1424997'] That's the one - looks like a TSB650... Definitely not very Fendery [/quote] Yes, definitely TSB650. I used to have a TSB550, very nice 32" scale basses.

[quote name='markorbit' timestamp='1320284836' post='1424921'] ... Don't recall an Ibanez Musician bass being used much if at all - are you sure it's not an Aria SB Series?... [/quote] ... are you sure it's not an Aria TSB series?

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1320238732' post='1424105'] If it wasn't for people replacing the sale price with the word 'SOLD' when they sell stuff. [/quote] Yes, very anti-social.

[quote name='henry norton' timestamp='1318954891' post='1408223'] In the last week or two on TalkBass someone has posted news about a Swedish organisation that has been working with some of the old Hagstrom employees to re-recreate the Bi-Sonic, including a 5 string version. [/quote] Have you got a link for that?

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1320272806' post='1424795'] I was thinking more along the lines of - work out how to build them, make a few for myself and post plans on internet.... Or get a factory in china to make a couple of 1000...... [/quote] Yeah, go for it, I'll take two.

[quote name='Doctor J' timestamp='1320270397' post='1424743'] Bass direct had a trans white 54 style, custom shop model, a while back... I'd have killed you all for it [/quote] That was nice.