Sibob

So a couple of slow days have ensued! Worked on friday (gotta pay the rent), and also had the 7 tracks I had finished approved by the rest of the band! Just finished the 8th track this morning, 'This Is A Fraud' Just moving onto 'The Saviour' now! 8 down....2 to go! Si

Offset Festival Announced! Along with Fightstar, Ghost Of A Thousand, Exit Ten & loads more!! Si

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='263249' date='Aug 15 2008, 05:06 PM']It's a 3 bolt Fender FFS... all it needs is a firm pull the other way and it'll be c*ck on! Until you knock it the other way of course Stuff like that is easily enough fixable by a competent DIYer or a straightforward job for a professional but factor in the hassle when setting your budget.[/quote] It's a four bolt! Si

I'm going to TRY and make it! Came last year! I have a gig in North East London that night, and it's also the London Tattoo Convention that weekend (although looks like I'll be going on Sunday now). So mark me down as a maybe! If I come, i'll be bringing my new Drop C Jazz, it'll definitly be finished by then! Could bring my trusty USA Jazz, simply because it's an awesome specimen IMO, but people would probably be more interested in seeing/playing my lakkie 44-02D (which might be for sale then). To be honest, If I've got a gig, I might just take my rig and go straight there after! Si

I love the white 'Blossom' one! Si

So bit of a slow one today, not completely on target! I started and finished tracking By Virtue and Finding The Bomb. I finished about 60% of Expert In Trickery and hit a bit of a mental wall with it, so will finish that in the morning! I'm actually closing my eyes and seeing bass waveforms in cubase lol. "Fives" is all fingered parts, as is Finding The Bomb, Expert In Trickery has some pick parts. Finding The Bomb and Expert In Trickery seem to be centered around some harmonic hot spots on the neck, and I was getting some unwanted harmonic ringing in places, the solution?....well that's obvious isn't it!?...... [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] Boxer shorts tied (not just draped) around my bass.....gotta be a first for a 'prog' album , worked a treat though! Deadened everything off nicely. Lovely 3.4 songs to go! Si

Although I'm very impressed by the collections that some people have on the board, I think I'm kinda lucky in that I have at least one bass that I ALWAYS look forward to playing. My Fender Jazz is just one of those basses that excites me every time, I still intend on an early 70's jazz for obvious reasons, But I've often thought that even that would need to be pretty special to pry my one from it's number one slot! I've fallen more and more in love with it since I got it (silverfoxnik has had a quick play on it). It's been played to the point that I've naturally worn through the lacquer to the wood with 'bucklerash', and where I anchor my thumb near the pickup.......and this is the modern fender 'thick-as-hell' lacquer lol. I've yet to find that 'special' bass in FSOF, hopefully the new Drop C jazz will assume that mantle! Si

I don't like the look of them at all! 99ster sent me the link.....eugh! Si

Today I finished tracking 'Wire Forms', picked and fingered parts again, took a little while longer because I had some parts to write for it. Also started and finished 'Day Of The Collapse', all fingered parts, and 'Sing Sing Ain't My Style', picked and fingered parts. I'm just sticking with the initial SansAmp settings I used for 'Through The Exterior', it seems to be a good strong source sound that will act as a decent basis for any further tweaking by the producer. I'm aiming to complete three tracks a day, so success today! Si

The Gallery had a 1970 about 6 months ago for £2000, twas lush! Si

If you look at 4th picture down, there does seem to be a significant gap on the low E side of the neck pocket. Also, 9th picture down....that looks like a wonky neck if ever I saw one Si

I'm on 6 at the moment, soon to be 7: [b]Fender USA Jazz[/b] ([i]used really regularly[/i]) [b]Parts Precision[/b] ([i]used as a backup to the jazz, and on some Blues sessions I do[/i]) [b]OLP 'ThingRay' [/b]([i]main Drop C bass for FSOF, should become backup when the new Jazz arrives[/i]) [b]Lakland 44-02D[/b] ([i]used in Drop D on one FSOF song[/i]) [b]Shuker EUB [/b]([i]used to play in a Bluegrass band and with a songwriter....not any more[/i]) [b]Squier Bronco Piccolo[/b] ([i]home noodling and solo stuff[/i]) [b]Custom/Parts Jazz Bass[/b] ([i]on it's way, neck nearly built. Will be in Drop C and will be main bass for FSOF[/i]) But having said that, the new Jazz will render the Lakland unused, so will probably sell it. The Shuker is also up for sale as it simply doesn't get used anymore. The money from both sales should hopefully buy me an early 70's Jazz......that's the plan anyway! Si

Most of the weddings we do are younger couples now anyway, so all the modern songs are relevant. Wouldn't surprise me if some of them hadn't even heard Mustang Sally before......my kinda people! Oh, we don't do Mustang Sally, but we do play Brown Eyed Girl still, I have a little solo in the bass break and we Skank the last quarter of the tune for a sing-along.....so morally, it's ok lol Si

It might be that when they replaced the saddles (clearly replacements), they put the screws through the string holes, and the string ball ends through the saddle screw holes!? Wouldn't that shift everything over a bit!? Si

So I've just finished tracking 'Through The Exterior', just about to start some editing...some string noise to silence etc etc I've decided, after fiddling about with some sounds, that I'm actually going to record active, the only reason is that the Bartolini is so underpowered when run passive that even the Sansamp is struggling to give it some oomf. I love Bartolinis, but this one really does need the 18v East preamp to sound any good! This particular song (as well as others that I'll mention along the way) has pick parts as well as finger parts, so I've been using a Dunlop 2mm 'Big Stubby', and also just taken a delivery of some Brit Pick 2mm's as well (band endorsement), made from recycled plastic...check 'em out! TTE SansAmp settings: [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] I've also started 'Wire Forms' tonight, but that'll get finished tomorrow. Same Sansamp settings. Si

Don't get me wrong, I really do agree with you ThunderThumbs! But I can still see why a Bride & Groom might think "well it's our day, we want our music", it's not how you and I would do it, but I can understand why it happens! But yeah, first dance whether it played by the band or on an iPod should always be adhered to obviously. We've learned plenty of one-offs for first dances Si

Why is it pointless? It's the bride and grooms day....why should they listen to 70's junk, when they could listen to songs that actually mean something to them! I agree that a band needs to have something for everyone to a degree, and it's their job to get everyone up dancing, but the bride and groom should be able to listen to whatever they want when it comes to the DJ. Si

oh right....fair enough lol odd Si

[quote name='andyonbass' post='260065' date='Aug 11 2008, 03:44 PM'][url="http://myworld.ebay.com/brauskoh/"]This guy[/url] should be able to sort one out for a reasonable price[/quote] +1 for this guy!! Good price, good comms and great quality work! Si

Ah cheers mate, appreciate it! I don't think I've listened to the original enough to know what it should be haha! I think a good friend of mine tried out for Wag The Dog actually, couple of years ago now, if you were still playing in the band then! Big guy called Dave, probably turned up with either a Strat, Vigier or a PRS Si

Well, depending on the bunce, my band Re:Cover would be interested! And we've got PLENTY of gigs that the couple can come and see us at in london leading up to it! All modern stuff apart from the odd interpretation of some oldies....9 minute 'Superstition' anyone! Also check out the "video" medley we did....the footage is made up from 3 different takes, but the audio is live from one of the takes. Si

If you use Newtones, you don't have to use 5 string set gauges or fiddle with the nut Si