RhysP

I've just sent a link to this page to a drummer friend of mine if that's OK.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1451267955' post='2939239'] Are you like a metal guy? Blue [/quote] No. I used to listen to some old school heavy rock/metal when I was younger, but I don't listen to any now. I used to be into progressive rock but I can't even listen to that anymore, I just find it annoying.

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1451299823' post='2939334'] That's what I said in the 70s and look at me now lol!! Motown Chartbusters Volume 3 is a good intro to Motown. [/quote] I don't need an intro to Motown, I've heard loads of it - my brother in law & my partner are both huge Motown fans. I've heard all the Motown Chartbusters albums & I've even bought some Motown stuff in the past (Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye). Believe me I've tried to understand what the attraction is but I just don't like it.

George Murray played on the original version. Great player, and along with drummer Dennis Davies made up one of my favourite rhythm sections of all time.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1451178313' post='2938727'] "Needs to get out more" Agreed Blue [/quote] I could "get out" every day from now until the end of time & I still wouldn't like Motown & Stax stuff. It does absolutely nothing for me, never has, never will.

Boo Hewerdine - Harmonograph.

I'd have to go for Sonic Blue if it was me. There are some finishes I would never have on a guitar or bass, and Candy Apple Red is one of them.

[quote name='Jimmyfingers' timestamp='1450986141' post='2937697'] Jaydee did have a period of real issues with the necks. Anything from the mid 80's was fine.....[/quote] Not true. I had mine built for me in 1984 & the neck was a nightmare.

As far as I know the grey colour used on that bass was just grey primer. I saw OMD on one of their first tours, they were astonishingly loud.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1450999546' post='2937831'] I beg your pardon, I have drunk rather a lot of red wine. [/quote] Good man.

That would easily have passed Fenders quality control team in the late 70s.

Ideally neither but at a push, Thrash. Apart from The Sweet who I liked.

I hate both.

I thought he was using Laney amps back then. He also used a Dan Armstrong Plexiglass bass &, I think, a Gibson EB bass of some description. I thought he used Picato roundwounds too.

The lyrics tend to suggest the title in my experience, but then I have no problem with titles sounding unoriginal. Obviously if you're trying to come across as deliberately whacky or eccentric, or your material has no lyrics, then finding a title becomes more difficult.

I've owned an old one (with the plastic scratchplate) & played quite a few as the music shop I used to work in sold them. When I spent an afternoon at the Bass Centre in the late 80s I tried, among many other basses, a few Wals but ended up leaving with a Levinson Blade B4 which at the time was the same price as a Wal. They are nicely made basses but I think they are vastly overpriced these days.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1450779888' post='2935728'] I'm sure there must be really good keys players out there, but in forty years I've not had the good fortune ever to meet one of them. [/quote] I've left the last two bands I was involved in because the keyboard players were arseholes. The last one a few years ago was the final straw - no more bands/gigs for me.

[quote name='omikin' timestamp='1450785320' post='2935807'] Is there a way round this which is low hassle for the sound guy? [/quote] f*** the sound guy, he's there to do a job. If you want your cab mic'd then tell him to do it. If you're happy to use the Streamliner then fair enough (it's certainly easier than lugging a Bassman head around) But don't be fobbed off with a DI you don't want just because the sound guy is to lazy/inexperienced/crap to bung a mic in front of a cab.

If you want to be serious about playing jazz then you need to make sure you know your music theory stuff very well.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1450774134' post='2935618'] I would never join a band with a mission statement. [/quote] Same here, unless it was The Mission, who I guess should be allowed to have a mission statement. Having said that I very much doubt if The Mission have a mission statement.

They look like they're nickel plated to me.

Bargain! If it wasn't such a bloody horrible finish I'd have already bought it.

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1450576317' post='2934060'] I don't want to divert the thread too much, but how do people compare festival gigs to bar gigs? What are your thoughts? I might have a couple of festival gigs lined up in the new year Taran [/quote] Depends what you mean by "Festival". These days it seems 20 people & a crappy PA on a small patch of grass is classed as a festival. There are lots of these little local outdoor gigs where people don't get paid at all.

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1450616143' post='2934291'] BUT, why put something like this on You Tube? [/quote] You could say this about 90% of the stuff on YouTube.

They are very good amps for the money. Designed by Soldano who make expensive boutique valve amps.