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[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1446594481' post='2900748'] Clint Mansell ! I'd love to see that. His work with the Kronos quartet is great. [/quote] I saw him at the Union Chapel with the Sonus Quartet a few years back, only a couple of hundred people there. Now he's selling out massive places. I love his film scores and I'm a huge Pop Will Eat Itself fan!

I've only ever had 2 amps fail. Both were new ones. Granted they were both Ampeg PF-500 and I got a full refund in the end.

This month I have Teeth of the Sea in Cardiff & Clutch in Bristol. Further away there's Clint Mansell in Birmingham, Stranglers in Bristol & The Wonder Stuff in Cardiff.

Last month I saw ANTA & Acid Mothers Temple, The Dead Rat Orchestra and Godspeed You! Black Emperor and then Voivod, Napalm Death, Obituary and Carcass.

There's also these guys: http://www.originalscratchplates.com

Love it! But you need a mudbucker in that neck cavity.

I remember the ads in Metal Hammer & Kerrang! mags in the mid 80's. My mate had one of their guitars. All I remember about it was the ply body, cheap electronics and unstable neck.

I used to have his book "Views" (I think it was called) No idea where it's gone to. I preferred his Budgie album covers to the Yes ones. (might be because I prefer Budgie to Yes)

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1445322970' post='2890475'] Some speakon sockets have 1/4 jack sockets in the middle of them [/quote] yep, it should have "combo" written on it somewhere if it does.

For me the ODB-3 is more of a distortion than an overdrive. Even modded for lower gain it's still too much for an overdrive. The other problem I have with it is blending in a dry signal sounds like two distinct signals, rather than one. If you know what I mean. Having said that, as a distortion pedal it's great.

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1444846987' post='2886706'] Thanks for the warning - have you played a JB-20? It's the 60s copy, not themore popular (and pricier) 70s one. [/quote] All the HB jazz and P basses have "modern C-shaped neck". I'm guessing they make one profile for all the fender clones.

Piece of dowel, glued in and sanded flush.

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1444834155' post='2886519'] I'm very tempted to go for the JB-20 Jazz bass now [/quote] You might want to try one first, if you can. Even the Jazz necks are chunky.

My 2010 blue one is about to become my main bass again. A nice wide strap and the weight is no problem. Of course swapping the chrome plate for an anodised gold one saves about 300g

I've just joined another band. First rehearsal I took a Fender P, a Stingray and my HB PJ5. There was no need for the 5 string but both the P and Stingray fitted in really nicely. Second practice I took just the P next time will just be the Stingray. Then I'll have a better idea of what suits the whole set. Then it'll be a case of ignoring the results and taking which ever bass I fancy at the time of the gig.

I've had that message about, LH Jazz and RH P, basses that have continually turned up again and again and again since...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1444122003' post='2880391'] No, not Black! Mint, Parchment or Cream. And swap out the neck for dotted rosewood. [/quote] And change the body for a white P body?

[quote name='4StringFortress' timestamp='1444120337' post='2880377'] I was thinking black? [/quote] That would be my first choice, to match the blocks and binding

Very nice! Although I'd probably switch the pickguard.

Saw them the other year [color=#252525][font=sans-serif]Neil Mackay[/font][/color] had an SVT CL and one pedal. Not much use.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1443714238' post='2877109'] Good to see a band with 2 bassists... [/quote] That rig behind the P bass looks just my sort of thing!

Nice!! Looking forward to the album!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1443615414' post='2876229'] Like any decade what we think is good or bad is simply down to individual taste. I personally don't care for the song in the OP but that doesn't mean that all music from the decade was awful. In fact I bet that every single forum member could find at least one record they like from the decade made by an artist that was at at their creative peak then. [/quote] Damned right BRX. The 80s had fantastic music, just none of it ever got in the charts.

one of the reasons I stopped paying attention to the charts in the 80s.

[quote name='markdavid' timestamp='1443444092' post='2874685'] Ok, managed to find a shop selling various hardware items and managed to pick up a set of hex keys in varying diameter for about 2 quid, heres praying the truss rod is a hex [/quote] It should be, the one on the Jazz and 5 string PJ necks I have are.