StingRayBoy42

This is one of my favourite Bass lines ever... I've even been known to listen to it in August. Never been asked to play it in a band yet.

Best one I ever heard (while carrying the upright on my back) was "What's that,mate? A coffin for a giraffe?"

Update for anyone who's interested: I enailled Tech 21, they basically said straighten out the springs attached to the footswitches that hit the actual switches inside. A bit of switch cleaner can't hurt, can it?

LaBella DTFs on a P give *that* sound, which may/may not be what you're after. The Adagios are great for dipping your toe into the world of flats, £15-20 a set. EB cobalts sound/play/feel a bit more like rounds, they might suit you. I like DTFs on my P and Cobalts on my 'Ray. Your mileage may vary!

Brass ball ends

+1 for Harley Benton!

If I *had* to pick three... probably Jamerson, Macca and JPJ. Voted!

Anyone have any idea what strings these are? Red silks, flats or possibly halfwound/groundwounds? They're certainly not the flattest flats I've ever met. They came with the Bass, I quite like them and could do with a spare set. Apologies if this is a stupid question, but if anyone can ID them, it's you lot 😀

It sort of doesn't... the corner between the toilets and the exit to the smoking area. And they say it's not a glamourous business!

And me. (Not on a P, but they're my rock band strings)

Mono Betty - comfy, well built, decent price, looks good and no animal products. Also +1 for getting straplocks to go with it!

The Vaults. Nice pub, but the gig area is round a corner, so the bar can be packed but there's no-one watching you!

Last night: A pub in Knowle (near Solihull (near Birmingham)) with the rock band. The footswitches on my Sansamp decided to stop working properly and a pint of water fell into my bag of leads and stuff. Aprt from that, it was so-so.

Anything by Wings?

Yes and No. The ones I've got cover everything I'm doing at the moment but there's always a wishlist... 74 (YOB) P Bass, pre-EB 'Ray, Fireglo Ricky, EB Earthwood, Jamerson's P Bass, Jaco's fretless, Dragonetti's Gasparo de Salo upright... Anyone got tonight's lottery numbers?

It's a pilot scheme... hope it takes off.

The footswitches on my Sansamp Programmable BDDI have taken to only working sometimes. Anyone else had this problem? Is there an easy fix? I believe the switches are a bit weird and not standard DPDT ones, so probably not easy to replace? Or if anyone know a pedal fixer anywhere around Birmingham or Manchester, let me know. Cheers

I bought an EB lead from Mr Spongebob and he was a pleasure to deal with from head to toe. Top Basschattist, buy with confidence.

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I'm a TOTAL beginner at playing with a bow, can anyone recommend a hakf decent starter french style bow for under £100? I'm assuming anything in that price range will be Chinese, are all the £50-70 Chinese ones much of a muchness? Are there any makes/sellers I should avoid? Is carbon fibre worth looking at? Are there any woods I should particularly go for/avoid? Do I want 3/4 or 4/4? There's a few on ebay, thomann sell a couple or the local violin shop has one for sixty-odd quid. My Bass is a big 3/4 size apparently if that makes a difference? All and any input appreciated, or if anyone has one for sale let me know.

Two very different gigs this weekend... Friday was the 4 piece rock band at the Murderer's Arms (?) somewhere in Derbyshire - Sabbath, Pistols, Motorhead, AC/DC, Zeppelin, Metallica type stuff. After the soundcheck, a woman asked "Are you going to be that loud all night?" and a bloke said "You starting at 9? We'll be leaving at 5 past" Not many in, those that were there seemed to enjoy it, bit of good-natured heckling and one of my jokes even got a laugh (first time for everything). We played pretty well, couple of rough edges as usual - I think we rehearsed twice about 9 months ago when I joined. StingRay -> Small board (Bass soul food, One Control green bass machine, MXR chorus) -> Sansamp programmable BDDI -> Mark CMD 121P. Great setup for rock stuff, love the different crunch/distortion/fuzz options. Good laugh, got paid. Saturday was the Jones Jazz Orchestra's 5th birthday/Christmas bash in Coleshill. 20-odd piece big band with 4 vocalists. Nice varied setlist, A few Michael Buble ones (MD is a big Buble fan), Live and let die, Fantasy (Earth, Wind and Fire), a few jazz standards, Gershwin, L-O-V-E, a few christmas numbers in the second set.. bit of everything. It's fantastic playing in a big band, such a different vibe to 'normal' 4/5/6 piece pop/rock/indie bands. I was wedged in between the drummer and the trumpets, thank god I had my earplugs. Really nice to hear the different stuff the trumpets get up to - usually I only hear the loud high bits, but being next to them meant I got to hear all the quieter/subtle bits that I don't normally hear. Highlights were the Trombone solo in Flip, Flop & Fly and the Trombone intro to Live & let die - our 1st Trombonist has got such a sweet, gorgeous tone that just sits beautifully on top of the band when she's giving it some. Good audience, a lovely bunch of decent musicians, we sounded really good, a real pleasure to play with. Unpaid as all the money raised goes back into the band, happy to do it for the fun of it. StingRay -> Thumpinator -> VTDI (set to Fliptop) -> MarkBass 802. And two Lucky Chops tunes on the Sousaphone for good measure. A good weekend!

Bought a Boss TU-2 from Mr Moon, perfect transaction all the way.