12stringbassist

The best money I spent last year..

It's also a good story for your local press. Be all good natured about it if you talk to them, saying you think it's quite funny being confused with a bunch of schoolkids who are learning to play...

On your posters clearly state [b]"NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE INFERIOR *** *** ***"[/b] They will do something about their name at that point. I agree about buying relevant domain names.

I bought the Rockpalast show on DVD last year. The price is now a bit daft on amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/XTC-LIFE-BEGINS-AT-THE-ROCK/dp/B004E4FWX8/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1465514500&sr=1-1&keywords=xtc I wish they'd get that video compilation together.

My basses are £2k Warwicks down to Squiers and a £75 Westfield P. My playing style and our setlist don't involve beating the crap out of them. If it did, I guess I probably wouldn't have spent the daft money.

The Fender ones will usually fit the screw holes and body shape / other parts on the bass properly if you get the model right.

[quote name='HengistPod' timestamp='1464618877' post='3060826'] 1. Won't learn other people's song suggestions because they're "too niche" (e.g. Aerosmith, [b]Cheap Trick[/b])[/quote] That IS driving me crazy at present. All of my song suggestions are wrong. Itchy feet.

XTC are one of my favourite bands and Moulding remains one of the best bassists I have ever heard. It is sad to think that because of his commitment to XTC - who were pretty much dormant at the time, due to their 7 year recording strike - he turned down the chance to play bass with Pink Floyd, which would have got his talent worldwide exposure, have put some money in his pocket instead of working for a car hire firm recovering hire cars (and possibly have done XTC a world of good too). As for which period of XTC is 'the best', everybody will think differently. I got into them early on as soon as I heard 'Dance Band' and have appreciated them more and more as time went on. I think they have improved the longer they have been together. The album tracks on White Music Go2 never grabbed me as much as the singles, but when Dave Gregory came in, they became much more my kind of band. Now THERE is an unsung hero. I think those three together were a band with utterly incredible potential.

I'm happy to to take any of these out with any of these... I take the very same precautions at gigs with all of them.

NJ series neck thru Mockingbird. Recent purchase.

Early 70's SGII refinished after body damage. The others in my 6-string menagerie:

I'd go to a weekend daytime event.

Website with video page and clear setlist, gallery and dates pages. Flyers for venues containing web address dates, songs, good band photo. Use the internet. Get a template intro message together and message every venue you can get in touch with.

No offence to Dave Swift intended at all, but at least having Jools Holland on the cover lets me know who he plays with. I can find out more by reading the article.

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1464338155' post='3058508'] A couple of sweeping generalizations there! I have a couple of home built Precision's with Fender logo's applied, I have absolutely no "penis envy" to own a real Fender, I already own too many of them, yet choose to gig with the basses I have built myself...why apply the logo, purely aesthetically, it completes the look of the bass, I would never sell the bass as a Fender and as other have already said, it is not difficult to spot that it is not a "real" Fender.[/quote] If you put a Fender logo on a non-Fender bass to 'complete the look', that is to decieve people. Maybe not for a sale. [quote name='Roger2611'] I am not trying to fool anyone with the logo, especially me, I have a Mike Dirnt Squier Precision, totally rebuilt, all replacement parts, custom colour, Fender logo applied again however it was such a good bass originally that I have happily left the "Crafted in China" logo and serial number on the back of the neck, it is lacquered in and could not now be removed without a total refinish of the neck, so it is there for life now. Most people that have looked at the bass simply cannot believe it was a budget instrument! So again not trying to fool anyone.[/quote] Fender logo applied to a non-Fender instrument. Not trying to fool anyone? [quote name='Roger2611'] Most, but not all obviously! Of the copy Rickenbacker's out there are, to me, hugely inferior to the real deal, the Rockinbetter clone is about half as big again as the real deal, I had a couple and got rid because they felt so cumbersome, but it sparked enough interest for me to go and play the real thing, yes, I was hugely impressed with them to the point that I am probably going to buy one...today...yes really![/quote] Rockinbetter's are awful. You'll enjoy a Ric. [quote name='Roger2611'] I do believe that the copy basses create a desire to own the real thing, I think Fender know that and that is why they are not so protective of their trademarks (and I guess the sheer amount of clones out there would make any effort at protection rather futile now) I do think Rickenbacker are wrong in their aggressive pursuit of copy instruments for the same reasons given above, however, you cannot argue that a Rickenbacker bass has better residual values than the majority of Fender basses have. [/quote] Maybe they do create a desire to own the real thing, but mainly they just steal a piece of the market from the real thing. If you were the owner of said copyrighted designs, you would blow your top if people just started putting copies of your design out there. Saying it's ok is an excuse for saying 'I don't care about the copyright owner' (and fair enough, they may not care about you, but is it morally right to re-badge a copy instrument and pass it off as the real thing? Not really. You have a right to your opinion and I respect that right, but...

I got hold of mp3's of the Arctic Monkeys songs they wanted to do. I sat down to work them out and found them utterly unlistenable. The kind of dumb music I really despise. I never got to the end of a single song. I emailed the band and asked if the Arctic Monkeys songs were deal-breakers. They were, so I passed on the band. I have never heard of them since.

I don't have a problem with a cheap bass that has been rebadged as a Fender, as long as nobody tries to sell it to me. It just shows the bassist has a bit of penis envy for a real Fender. It also shows that they are happy to fool other people and possibly themselves. A decent bass remains a decent bass, no matter what name is on the headstock. It is also a valid comment on the rising price of Fender basses. I lent one of my basses to someone on what turned out to be a long-term loan. It came back to me from the person I had lent it to (dropped off by someone else) suddenly with a 'Gibson' logo on the headstock. It does make it so I don't feel like taking that bass out, especially since I bought a similar real Gibson inbetween times. I can't restore it to how it originally was, as the original brand nameplate was discarded. No wonder he didn't bring it back in person.

You have a way to go to beat this one. Magnificent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T68AXsUAEI

We've just had one cancelled on June 11th and had no free dates to swap to.

No input. Alcoholic singer. Being the only one interested in gig hunting. Being sent a supplementary list of songs straight after passing the audition - I don't like The Arctic Monkeys.

Speaking as someone who has had surgery twice in two years (half of thyroid out last year, and all of my cancerous prostate gland last month), having a decent band with the loyalty to wait for you is a wonderful thing. Try to get a clear picture of what is going on. I don't think the others would be hanging around if they were not confident of the singer's return. It may be worth asking if they kinow a female singer who could dep, so as not to have to struggle for songs.

That site claims that that was the first SG bass made by Gordon Smith. I didstinctly recall missing out on a sunburst GS EB3 in the mid 1990's at what is now Howarths Music in Bolton. It was sold while I went into the town centre to draw the money out to buy it.

Here's my Gordy XR fretless.

33. I need help.