Cat Burrito

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I've been gigging the Orange Bass Terror this year and it's great fun. I can only echo what has already been said. Plenty of old school thump. I think it's got a kind of punk rock spirit, no thrills controls, just plug in and play. It does reggae well, it does country and of course it does rock. What's not to like? I'm taking mine out with the SP210 cab and it's awesome. All that said if you tried the Little Bastard and loved it, you could always play it safe.

My understanding is that for mid to late '70s silverface amps and early '80s "blackface" models, the serial numbers are date encoded much the same way as Fender guitars from the late '70s: A6 + 5-digits - 1976 A7 + 5-digits - 1977 A8 + 5-digits - 1978 A9 + 5-digits - 1979 B + 5-digits - 1975, 1976 F0 + 5-digits - 1980 F1 + 5-digits - 1981 F2 + 5-digits - 1982 F3 + 5-digits - 1983 F4 + 5-digits - 1984 F9 + 5-digits - 1979, 1980 Have you missed a digit off the serial number? It seems to be one short. Unless anyone knows something I don't?

When we need to. We put a lot of work in early on & now we just meet if we have new material or a few gigs coming up

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I've got no set practice routine either. Usually it's a mix of stuff from my band's set and stuff I like mixed with a couple of scales. I think it's fair to suggest I lack structure!

Two gigs since I was last on Basschat; Thursday night was London at The Troubadour. I thought we played well & were certainly well recieved. The soundman seemed to struggle with my sound during soundcheck but thankfully we got it sorted for the gig. The bass player from the support band was good and a nice chap too. Tonight was an acoustic gig in our home town. We supported Bristol's Howling Lord and again the bass player was good / a nice guy. Great sound from his JV Squier and Mark Bass rig. I was on my upright tonight and I was looking forward to the show. We played well but there were a couple of people talking which was mildly irratating. Still not enough to spoil a good couple of shows.

Carole Kay / Paul McCartney / James Jamerson are the usual suspects for me but I'd add late great Byrds 4 stringer Skip Battin too

[quote name='Sibob' post='1131808' date='Feb 18 2011, 07:49 AM']Ooops Although I do feel that you can't say "I've joined a motown/carol kaye type band and I hate flats"...... Thats like saying "I've entered for the formula one, is there a way I can do it without a fast car?" lol Flats are great in certain situations, I remember I had them on an old 5 string years ago, for pop and rock....sound so nice and even! Si[/quote] I too completely agree with this. Obviously with your tone rolled back & the volume nudged back this too is acceptable & works too

Welcome Rusty

Welcome Glenn

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1132204' date='Feb 18 2011, 01:44 PM']Does anybody actually have this problem on this site? I usually have interested PMs that ask specific questions if it's what they are after they usually buy if not they don't. Surely that's the point of PMing a question.[/quote] No & exactly

To echo the other comments, no, you know they'll be back in a week or two

It's all very subjective like BigRedX said. Personally I love flats & have no issues using them on fretted basses. [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1130433' date='Feb 16 2011, 11:17 PM']14 posts and no one slagged off Rotosounds? Oh sorry I just have......[/quote] I pretty much use Rotosounds exclusively now

In these hard times it's always nice to hear some folk catch a break

My answer would be "not that weird!...and possibly cheaper too!"

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I don't think it would look silly. Personally I'd just strip the whole thing but that's just me

Welcome Frans

Welcome Jack

Welcome. You're in the right place

I've played in a few covers bands & never played Mustang Sally & the usual covers. One band I had found a good scene & we were getting £400 a show. It's just knowing where the scenes are or failing that being happy to take unpaid bookings. The £400 band built up a reputation doing a lot of Open Mic & we didn't just stumble into paid gigs.

Welcome Ben

Welcome to the forum

[quote name='headofire' post='1128610' date='Feb 15 2011, 05:18 PM']I agree with 99% of burrito's post except....There is no treble to a tele bass! but yeah that should get you there if you stick flatties on.[/quote] I moved to flats before I bought a 51RI bass & that was the last bass to get changed over. And I'm not talking the tele bass with the mudbucker, we're talking about the early 50s ones that Squier & Fender have reissued - in case that gets me the extra 1% of approval!?