RhysP

Some people are the right shape for suits & stuff, others aren't. I've always looked (and felt) a total **** in anything smart or tailored.

Under 13 grand in Sterling. That really is rather lovely.

Input jack ground wire isn't original - deal breaker for me.....

[quote name='Jigster' timestamp='1420127763' post='2645866'] I once saw Mick Jones at Hammersmith Metropolitan tube - can you beat that? [size=4] [/size] [/quote] I shared a steam room with Joe Strummer once at the Marriott hotel in Cardiff.

Oh, the hours I've spent playing that over the years.... Got to love a bit of Hillage.

There are certain similarities between that bass & my first ever bass. The make on the headstock of mine said "Raver" and it was made in Japan. It looked quite a bit better than that one though as it hadn't been given a terrible DIY paint job. Did me OK until I bought a Hondo SD Curlee, and then a Rickenbacker 4001. Come to think of it the build & finish quality of the Raver was better than the Rick......

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1419871760' post='2643395'] That's no way to talk about Mrs RhysP - she speaks very highly of you..! [/quote] I can assure you she doesn't.....

Out - Spector Euro 5 LX In - MIJ Fender Precision 57RI (the only bass I now own).

I'm hoping that 2015 will be the year that I finally decide to stop sitting on the fence & decide one way or another to give up music completely or not. For years now I've been in a "it would be silly to stop as I've put so much effort & money into it blah blah blah" frame of mind, but the time I've been thinking that is now as long as the time I've spent playing & enjoying it. A lot has changed for me this year, and I feel that 2015 will be a good year to have a thorough re-evaluation of my life. That will mean getting rid of a lot of useless baggage I've been hanging onto for years, and the whole music thing is something I'm pretty sure I need to let go.

[quote name='wishface' timestamp='1419526442' post='2640675'] I don't know what an SR5 is. [/quote] It's like a five string bass, only much poorer quality.

Nothing Too Exciting.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1419192627' post='2637473'] If Taylor is still relevant and selling out Stadiums when she's in her mid 70's, I'll will put her right up in the ranks of Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger. Blue [/quote] Still selling out stadiums the Stones & McCartney might be but relevant? I seriously doubt it. Even their biggest fans will admit that it's many years since they recorded anything worth listening to. The nostalgia circuit is big business but that doesn't make it relevant. Most of the people that go to these shows are old farts who are still desperately trying to convince that themselves they are still young & relevant.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1418945345' post='2635204'] You nailed it, most of our passions lie in what was happening when we were growing up. I was 10 years old when all those British bands came to the US and not only gave us great new exciting sounds they also brought our attention to our own American music. Unfortunately us Babby Boomers are always going to win the argument with a simple where are your;[list] [*]Lennon & McCartney's [*]Beatles [*]Stones (are there any bands from the 80s or 90s still filling stadiums) [*]Mick Jaggers [*]James Browns [*]Aretha Franklins [*]Al Greens [*]Carol Kings [*]Laura Nyros [/list] On an on and on. Sorry for the old guy rant, but these facts are tough to argue. Blue [/quote] Any argument that can be "won" with nothing more than personal preferences isn't worth having.

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1418933004' post='2635039'] Me. I don't know [/quote] I don't know either, but more importantly I don't care.

One gig this year. Hoping to scale it back a bit in 2015.

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1418760182' post='2633096'] Is there any other accent that could possibly be used to describe a CAR jazz with a black scratchplate, maple neck and black block inlays? [/quote] Arthur Mullard comes to mind....

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1418894738' post='2634462'] Best of luck with that One of my concerns is every day I see school children walking on pavements & roads without the slightest care about anybody else around them - or in fact - on a collision course toward them. They have no respect for anyone - least of all old or disabled persons - they have their earphones in or playing games/sending texts/looking at photo's/facebook/twitter/taking selfies - whatever! Certainly not looking where they're going at any moment & not a thought about their future. They really need a wake up call about life in general, their attitude to others, their behaviour etc.etc. dare I mention respect for their elders? I doubt there's any room in their apparently pea sized brains for 'rock & roll history'! Rant over [/quote] This doesn't apply to just school children - people of pretty much all ages are like that these days.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1418877969' post='2634353'] [i]"Everything is a rehash all the old rock'n'roll cliches that have already been done to death a thousand times over".[/i] Blue [/quote] Unfortunately yes, which is why I so rarely play or listen to music anymore.

[quote name='notable9' timestamp='1418848631' post='2634117'] Struth. here Iam with a glass of the the red stuff sat at my PC listening to bands like Odyssey, Jocelyn Brown, etc and I cannot beleive the recording quality Im hearing. Crisp seperated bass, drums, vocals, guitar...not to much lo register synth just enough to fill out the mid range etc....what's happened to it all eh? Beats me. [/quote] It was all done in professional studios using high quality, often analogue, equipment by people who knew what they were doing, not knocked up by some herbert with a music "degree" from his local "University" (technical college as was) on a laptop in his bedroom.....

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1418856065' post='2634224'] One of my concerns is dealing with younger musicians that have a limited knowledge in terms of rock and roll history, how it started and evolved into what it is today. Blue [/quote] I would view that as a positive thing, means they're less likely to spend their time rehashing all the old rock'n'roll cliches that have already been done to death a thousand times over.

Whenever I listened to any Led Zeppelin stuff I always thought I could hear a voice saying "f*** me, what a load of old sh*te". Turns out I was just muttering under my breath....

[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1418658670' post='2632049'] Would that have been Livewire? [/quote] Yep.

[quote name='handman' timestamp='1418237665' post='2628361'] .....everybody seems really friendly. [/quote] I'm not, I'm a ****. Welcome.

For £400 I'd say buy secondhand, that way you'll get something pretty good. Worth having a look at the amps for sale section on here. I picked up a great Markbass combo for just over £400 on here which is miles better than anything available new for that money.

His bass parts are approached as a songwriter, not a bass player; that's why there's no frills & they always work perfectly.