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[quote name='samtindal' timestamp='1452161301' post='2947040'] I'm also finding it difficult to find a UK store that supplies Tecamp gear! Especially the Puma 300 [/quote] Bass Direct

I played at white trash a couple of years ago at the drop dead festival 2012...... Ate too much in the restaurant upstairs

Most of my gigs are fly aways so I only take the 1. I have four and a half basses at the moment .

https://www.facebook.com/events/292241987566583/ We (Sad Lovers & Giants) are having a rare UK show at The Garage London On Saturday March 5th supported by The Danse Society (remember them? ) and Lost Garden (ex members of Comsat Angels) It should be a good night if you're into that kind of thing.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1452026012' post='2945717'] Most drummers will be able to write out a part...I can't think of many people I know/play with who don't have some sort of musical education. [/quote] You've got to be kidding me....I don't think my drummer can even write, let alone write out a part - I jest....he readily admits he hasn't a clue what he's doing, he doesn't count (!!) ...he'll look at us blankly when we suggest he does something on the 4 , for example....yet he's been drumming 40odd years and the band (which he claims is his, as he's the only member who's been in it for its entire existence) has 8 albums. I don't think any of us can read music. We can tell the difference between a straight major and a minor...but start talking modes and we're all staring blankly like a drummer. I do have to think if it's suggested I play a flat7 ...but then again nobody ever suggests that as nobody uses that terminology. We just do what sounds 'right'. My Dad is a classically trained pianist and organist and choir master with a very good ear. He complains that our music never seems to 'stay in key' for long and has rather more atonal 'harmonies' than he thinks is proper..... It doesn't seem to have done us any harm.

Warmoth Mighty Mite Allparts Any of the 'Fender licensed' manufacturers will fit. Edit: provided you're looking at a 'round heel' pocket. They don't all make the old square heel type.

[quote name='ordep' timestamp='1451916624' post='2944534'] [font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=4]hah, meine TecAmp ist Deutsch too. [/size][/font] [/quote] [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1451916386' post='2944528'] Ian, that TecAmp PUMA 900 you have. Is it German ? [/quote] ja mein ist Deutsch auch

Mine are called: The JV the yellow one the green one the black one HTH

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1451557607' post='2941452'] Beware though ... it's a one-way ticket. [/quote] You say that but I migrated to flats decades ago....but these days play half rounds, so I'm part way back to rounds.

I've used mine in the garden to train plants against fences etc....

2016 is looking to be a landmark year.... We played a total of 2 gigs in 2015, both in Italy - next year will be different. Playing 2 gigs in Portugal for the first time in February. London (The Garage) first Saturday in March A tour of the west coast of USA (8 gigs and a radio session) in March (visa dependent - crikey it's a daunting process getting visa'd to play USA)... So 11 gigs in the first 3 months Then i suspect we won't be doing much more after that as Tony will be totally tied up with the A&B acoustic tour and a summer of DJing although the offers for SL&G gigs are flooding in.

I had a Kay Pbass copy which I got new in about 1980. It was awful. It weighed a ton and had an action a mile high. GARBAGE

My JV doesn't have a skunk stripe...did some have skunk stripes?

[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1450786917' post='2935840'] I play with a lot of different guys and find myself using my eyes as much as my ears sometimes, seeing the stick about to hit the 4 in a fill really helps keep it together. so many times we've heard compliments about how tight the rhythm section were, yet we were only tight to each other, if you put a click to it you'd see how far out of time we really were. [/quote] Oh yes - i do the same - I guess that's why I find playing live so much easier than recording It's a far bigger problem for guitar, mind, as delays form a huge part of our sound,,,there's nothing worse than a delay that drifts out of time/ Drummer refuses to use a click and we don't use midi triggerable delays.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1450795559' post='2935945'] No left hand bass on the piano at all is the one way I could work with keys. Your player is as rare beast. [/quote] We have (often) 1 finger electronic sounding keys in a register closer to the guitar....often keys are relegated to padded chords. It is possible to have keys in a band and still have space to play,

On facebook he's trying to sell it too....with this screenshot [attachment=207778:12373357_10153808230892964_3421153612362522587_n.jpg]

AAh too late.....would've recommended this: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/274402-squier-standard-p-bass-special-sold-pending-payment/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/274402-squier-standard-p-bass-special-sold-pending-payment/[/url] and stick a set of Aguilar AG 4P/J-HC pickups in it: [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Aquilar_traditional_pickups.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Aquilar_traditional_pickups.html[/url]

My TecAmp Puma 900 has more than enough ooomph for me.....the advantage of classD (compact/lightweight/portable) far outweigh any (imperceptible?) placebo effect on tone/oomph of an A/B.

Volume knobs (like motorcycle throttles) work both ways

It helps if your drummer can keep time. Accelerating rolls so that we always get to the 1 a fraction early often makes the bass sound sloppy - it's not as predictable as it sounds.

[quote name='No lust in Jazz' timestamp='1449752655' post='2926486'] Ah.. My issue is with a bass that has a Maple neck - A Roscoe its currently retro fitted with gaffa tape fret markers at position 3, 5, 7 etc.. its effective just not elegant. [/quote] I used to do the same but I found that under hot lights they could slide around and they leave a nasty sticky residue that isn't too kind to my neck finish..

OK so what I've gone and done is bought a SKB iSeries case!!!! At least it has wheels. OK so I won't have either my Mono M80 or my Protec Contego at the destination but as the SKB has wheels that's not going to be too much of a problem - unless the local transport can't accommodate the SKB... I now have more than enough casing options: SKB iSeries Custom ABS full flightcase 2 x SKB bass Safes 5star wooden hard case Mono M80 Protec Contego

I live in Dunstable and it's not far to this guy: http://www.raycooperguitars.com/ I've used him and I believe Lozz has too

fretfx LED fret markers Once fitted they can be removed, leaving no trace but you won't be able to use them again www.fretfx.com