Cat Burrito

A lot of Roland DB700's show up here around the £250 mark. They were £700 when they first came out & are really good bits of kit

Recently I've been learning some Beatles lines but last night I was messing around with the Pink Panther and the Star Wars Cantina Band theme

[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='1056721' date='Dec 12 2010, 10:31 PM']It was all going well until I saw the close up of the headstock holes....[/quote] I was thinking the same

His tone changed a fair bit over the years so I wondered if the OP perhaps referred to any particular era? I was never a "big" fan personally but he did have my respect and was a cool looking cat in the 60s [quote name='Happy Jack' post='1053674' date='Dec 10 2010, 07:52 AM']And a new bass.[/quote]

There are a few of us with a lot of gear and a lot of us with a fair bit more kit than me. I have a music room in the house but I'm struggling with where to store a flightcased head and cab. The music room is upstairs which is fine for carting basses up and downstairs at 2am after shows but the subject of my cab / head came up at home this week. Apparently putting the cab under the breakfast bar and just leaving the head on the side in the kitchen lacks a long term solution! I wondered if others had the same problem? I was thinking of disguising the cab / head by throwing a cloth over them and having an occasional table. How do others get around extra kit that is too bulky to cart around the house? I don't really want to be storing a vintage tube amp in the garage.

Rivalling Mr. Fudge, I gigged during my cancer treatment and chemo last year. In fact I dragged my upright bass up to London for a couple of those shows which was no mean feat. Silly bugger that I am.

God, the Old Angel! I drunkenly fell off that stage in December 1994 trying to adjust a mic stand... Happy days! Welcome to the forum

Welcome to the forum Chopper

I have an S9 serial number Fender P & they are a nightmare to date. I managed to get my neck confirmed as 1979 but the pots were 1980. Who knows with the body!? It'll be late 78 at the earliest and 1981 at the latest. A very clean example in the linked thread btw

Flats for me but as already been said, it depends what sound you are after

[quote name='quimbymeat' post='1055557' date='Dec 12 2010, 12:00 AM']Matamp gt200, Travis Bean 200, pedalboard with brackets not velcro and custom patch cables and orange 1x15 and 4x10 with fender platinum cables and nsp orange flightcases.[/quote] Very cool

Fleetwood Mac & Janis would be my choices. I just discovered a girl called Grace Potter who deserves to be huge but is probably a bit too obscure right now

I have a twin guitar bag & it weighs a tonne! I wouldn't even entertain a double bass bag. Nice theory but in reality they are bulky & unweildly. You are better off with two single bags (mine was from Thomann btw)

Great photo, I have a 78 Precision myself. And don't worry about too much detail, this is the thread for you to share it! Welcome

God I love this site! Sorted now & in just 5 mins, thanks to bumnote

I know a few of you use www.soundslive.co.uk & I too subscribe to the newsletter they periodically email out. They recently sent out a bunch of discount codes & I successfully saved a fair bit on some Orange bass gear. I've since deleted the emails but a friend wanted to get some Vox gear & they had a 10% discount code for use at the checkout. Does anyone have the email / code they could share? They had different codes for Orange, Roland etc & it is just the Vox one I want. Cheers in anticipation...

I only really tout myself around a small circle of musician friends and all know I do both. When I initially branched out to include the upright there was a LOT of interest but things have settled down a bit more now. My current band has me doing both & the first 3 months of 2011 didn't see me touch a bass guitar but for no real reason since then I've only managed one gig on the upright since. We've just cut an album that is very much a rock record & all the upright tunes got cut from the final listing. However there is already talk about the next one being much more acoustic so I can see things going full circle.

Last time I felt like that I took a 4 1/2yr break & came back feeling much more positive. I've had a couple where I've not looked forward to the travel aspect but generally it is what I do so I love it

I'd probably do little more than just my regular practice and just have a think about the genre, maybe have a go at a couple of more obvious standards. The danger of getting too bogged down in that though is any establshed band has a few well known hits so (picking on Slade for example) learning C'mon Feel the Noise or Mama We're All Crazy Now is a bit pointless if they are then spring Gudbye T'Jane or Coz I luv You on you. However it will get you thinking about how bassists play within the genre. Also it's a jam so showing up in all the gear may have them laughing at you or certainly rolling their eyes. Having played in "image" bands a lot of players who don't live the look 24/7 will show up for rehearsals in regular gear. Good luck & have fun with it

I'm sorely tempted by the Ashdown Freebass but sadly I lack the discipline to not spend half the gig in the audience like too many owners of Wireless systems. Love the idea but just don't trust myself. I'm not proud!

[quote name='Hobbayne' post='1053261' date='Dec 9 2010, 07:50 PM']I think Carole Kaye played on the record[/quote] I was on Carol's site this week and placed an order. She emailed me to thank me and sent me some cool clips etc. Very cool of her!

Cool pair

I'm a big fan of not skimping on the cables

I probably play 95% with fingers but was initially a pick player and do like to use the technique occasionally so... [b]1. How hard do you dig in with the pick? [/b] A fair bit & certainly louder than fingers. I roll back the volume knob to compensate. [b]2. What are your favourite pick guages and materials? [/b] I used to say heavy gauge and something grippy but I rarely play with a pick these days. Certainly heavier but I don't worry if it's only .75mm these days and anything is fine. [b]3. How hard do you grip the pick and how flexible are your finger and thumb?[/b] I don't try and leave indents but a fairly firm grip is ok. [b]4. For funkier lines, how much palm muting do you use?[/b] My strings are muted under the bridge with foam and I have ashtray covers on so don't use this technique