12stringbassist

Pimping now complete. Thanks to two guys in particular...

The one I use now (just half of it 99% of gigs)

I stuck with it to the end, but I wish they had just slotted in more Feelgoods and Wilko concert footage instead of all the Shakespearean drivel. Overjoyed he's still with us.

Saxon 1979 supporting Slade. Vardis 1982 supporting Slade [b]Slade[/b] were of course [b]magnificent [/b]every time I saw them. Those two support bands got booed off.

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The TASCAM DP24SD is a fantastic 24 track recording unit. I have been using one at my mate's house and we are getting fantastic results. Inspired by our success, I bought one myself on October 10th and, a couple of emails later, am still awaiting a suitable UK power supply as it comes with a two-prong European supply. I am bothered about trying to use it with that. To cap it all, yesterday I was sent a kettle lead - which doesn't fit. They are appropriately apologetic about this. My mate went through the same process to get a UK supply for his. I know that DV247 are doing their best, but this is not really good enough. I would recommend that you buy one from somewhere else and note in your order that you need a UK power supply with it. I can't remember the last time I spent this much money to sit fuming at a new product.

After a number of years playing, I worked my way from being embarrassed to try a backing vocal up to 50% if the vocals in my band. With the band I am in now, I am lucky to get a quarter of the vocals as the drummer considers himself the singer until his voice starts to go, then my songs tend to get called a bit more!!!

Andrew Gill from Slade UK is on Facebook.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1435588928' post='2810318'] The Who may not be the band they were back in the 60's / early 70's. But they're a better proposition [i]now[/i] than when they were during during the Kenney Jones era. [size=3][b]1982[/b]: Worst Who Ever[/size] [color=#ffffff][size=3].[/size][/color] [/quote] The Who with Pino Palladino is not The Who. They are allowed to call it The Who, of course, but they won't ever get my ticket money again. That's my problem not theirs, but the 1982 Who which I saw a couple of times had John there.

Come to the North West. Everybody's in a Floyd Tribute Band.... I know of ONE really good one... (I am NOT in it, by the way).

I really can't work out why they aren't HUGE by now...

Pino is not the man for The Who..

If they are happy enough with their current dep bassist, they don't have to apologise to anyone for continuing with him. It may not be the same, but if they have a legal entitlement to use the name they may as well.... I also agree that Pino Palladino was a totally wrong choice for The Who......

My experience with Reidys involved checking by phone that they had a Modern Player Telecaster in stock in a partcular colour. Yes. They agreed to keep it at one side for me Then I drove from Bolton to Blackburn to try it. It was not behind the counter. It was in the warehouse. Half an hour later someone goes to fetch one. Back it comes. Gorgeous guitar. Small issue with fretboard. First fret is really smashed up. Guitar is totally unplayable. Tell member of staff who is apparently struggling to stay awake. He mutters about getting another guitar from the Reidys wacky warehouse. It won't be the shop until tomorrow. Normally I would kick off at being made to drive 30 miles each way to marvel at a f****d guitar. I had to go to Blackburn the next day anyway. Otherwise that would have been that. He puts the damaged guitar back on display. I mind him that the neck is beyond repair. Grunt. Next day. I have come to try another MP Tele Grunt. Guitar appears from warehouse an hour after I arrive to check it out. Particularly horrible instrument. Tell salesperson that the other damaged Tele is still on sale. Grunt. Exit Never been back. Grunt.

I will change to my spare if my hands are getting sticky mid-set. Otherwise I just change to it second set. Sometimes I take the 12 string bass out and there are only certain songs I use it for.

Very fond of mine.....

My avatar pic is the 12-string version of this bass.

The 8-string bass was one of two on long-term loan from Hamer. He also used one with a clear yellow finish for a short while. I think he still has the red one, which later had his name added to the headstock.

31 and a doubleneck 6/4. It's an illness.

Here's mine. [b]It was a priority to put a strap button on the rear of the body, to stop the bass getting smashed as the strap button on the top of the body (see photo) came away almost straight away.[/b] It's a swine to find a hard case for, so it takes turns with a case that holds a fretless explorer bass which lives in a cardboard box otherwise. The build quality could be a lot better. The nut is loose. The tuners are average. I had to pack under the pickups and raise them to get any sort of decent sound. I hate that bridge style. It has a Gibson-ish growl in there. It's doesn't get lots of use, but when I do take it out, people notice it. The balance is what you'd expect from such a pointy bass. Girls like it.

I have 4 of the things. Not everyone will like them. That's perfectly ok. I don't really care what everyone else likes. The only have to work for me. I am not fond of John Hall either. My dealings with him were not pleasant. I used to have a similar (in my case almost irrational) hatred of Jazz basses because of one that I used at a jam night. Years later I fell in love with a USA Jazz in America and now I use it regularly.

I am on 31. It's a mental illness.