Dom in Dorset

I owned a five string for years, only used four.

It's time to get a better 12 string, I've been using a Stagg, I set it up nicely but the sound is a little "cheap". I'm on a budget so the Villager seems to be a good option at £300 [url="http://www.fender.com/en-GB/series/california/villager-12-string-cutaway-electric-solid-spruce-top-mahogany-back-and-sides-fishman-preamp-with-built-in-tuner"]http://www.fender.com/en-GB/series/california/villager-12-string-cutaway-electric-solid-spruce-top-mahogany-back-and-sides-fishman-preamp-with-built-in-tuner[/url] Anyone tried one?

[quote name='4000' timestamp='1372876496' post='2131091'] Me too. Strangely I was only talking about the likelihood of something going pear-shaped about 2 hrs ago. Lemmy taught me to play via Space Ritual. He was my earliest and biggest influence, although I don't play like him now. I've met him twice and he was a gent. All the best to you Lem! [/quote] Another Space Ritual student , never met him though.If you haven't read "White Line Fever" do so.

I had to learn Madness' House of Fun for a pantomine pit band a couple of years back, that is a serious bass line.

[quote name='MetricMike' timestamp='1372789175' post='2130059'] I always thought of this forum as reasonably well informed, but some of the comments on this thread verge on comic parody. As far as I can tell no-one commenting on this thread (up till now) was there and so are basing their opinions on a tv mix of less than half of the full show. This is my favourite........ [b]You don't know, you cannot judge - you have never seen them live!! [/b] I was in the crowd at Glastonbury and my opinion (for what it's worth) they more than lived up to the hype. Jagger in particular exceeded all expectations and only his face showed his age. Yes, there were a few dodgy moments but in general they kept a huge crowd thoroughly entertained and while I have seen crowds dancing and jumping around before, never have I seen such a wild spontaneous outburst of dancing as when "Satisfaction" started. This was a legendary band, on a legendary stage at a legendary event - the Stones lived up to that! [/quote] I was there, and as i said much earlier in this thread it was great.

One morning during the Festival a Spitfire flew over our campsite and did a barrel roll. It was a pleasure and privilege to see this rare old beautiful beast that played a huge part in aviation history still flying today. A Spitfire would get the living sh#t kicked out of it by a modern fighter jet.

"Let he who has been in a successful rock band since 1963, helped write the rule book and many catchy hit records and is till doing it in 2013 cast the first stone" (no pun intended)

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1372624461' post='2127872'] I am not sure that is true about being a fan. I like a few of their songs, Paint It Black and give me shelter to name two which they didn`t play. I liked it because they went to Glastonbury, which they didn`t need to, and probably got a fraction of what they usually got paid. I just liked the whole set because it seemed they were coming back to the people, instead of being charged £150 for the privilege. Maybe they weren`t great , but as I said, the majority of the country have no experience of playing an instrument, so they enjoy them as entertainers, not as critiques. [/quote] They [u]did[/u] play Paint it Black and Give me Shelter.

I was about 100 yards back stage right. It was good, you had to be there. But it was good, like really awesomely cheesey crowd pleasingly fun stuff type good. I liked it.

I see empty spaces.

After the demise of my fretless Zzaj bas (due to woodworm) I have ended up with a surplus set of jazz bass pickups (Wizard 84s) and a need to put them to good use. Any ideas? Fretless or fretted, something different, or classic. At the moment I'm thinking either something Steinbergerish or a classic jazz with a maple board build from spare parts. EDIT- or maybe something like this:

---and a snip at £289!

My project is to fill my house with smashed up bits of guitars.

The for sale section here is my preferred outlet.

The same guy is also selling... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-Vintage-1930s-40s-Gibson-Kluson-Prewar-L-00-L-50-Tuners-PROJECT-J-35-J-45-/330869353310?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4d0959ab5e"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-Vintage-1930s-40s-Gibson-Kluson-Prewar-L-00-L-50-Tuners-PROJECT-J-35-J-45-/330869353310?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4d0959ab5e[/url]

I suppose you could stick it on the end of a Stienberger to look a bit less 80s?

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/St-Blues-Strings-And-Things-In-Memphis-Custom-P-Bass-Guitar-Headstock-PROJECT-/330911627343?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4d0bdeb84f"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d0bdeb84f[/url]

Get "Live and bursting out" - a live "best of " featuring Glascock at his best. I have to admit Glen Cornick is one of my biggest influences.

Played with Back Before Breakfast on the same stage at 12.30 (should have been 12 but things took a while to get going) I was thinking of staying over but after spending half an hour being passed from pillar to post by security , none of them knew where an open camp site was! I drove home. I passed you in the car park as you arrived! Hope it went well for you.

I probably spent About £150, most of that is still re-usable parts. The wood will heat my house for an evening next winter (if the woodworm don't scoff the lot) I've learned an enormous amount, I've enjoyed the process and it ain't over just yet...

Arab strap.

After playing it for a while I noticed several things: 1 the Wizard pickups don't have the va va voom I was after. 2 the neck is about as stable as a game of Jenga in zero gravity 3 The bloody woodworm is back. So , after stripping out the pickups (now on sale) the bass is quite literally on the wood pile. On the plus side I've come to the realization that the second prototype is a great bass, I'll stick with it for now.