AndyTravis

no, i'll just be backing.

I'm relieved that the gaffers missus has asked for a few motown numbers, and a couple of 70's pop hits, so the beatles songs have taken a back seat.

Cheers for the offer ste, looks like i'll be ok!

i'm listening to macca as we speak, got my head on.
Cheers guys.

[quote name='risingson' post='988684' date='Oct 15 2010, 12:28 AM']Neck pickup, roll your tone off about half way, foam under the bridge for the muted sound of tapewounds and a healthy dose of low mids. Pick essential.



I especially loved this part of your post Andy What are the band called out of interest?[/quote]


They're a band from Saddleworth called the 99's, they do their own thing, and sometimes they do the odd beatles gig to fund new gear/recordings.

They've done really well, considering it's nothing revolutionary.

I work with Johnny the singer/guitarist.

Our Financial Director from work had heard about them and booked them for his wifes birthday party, she's a big beatles fan so that's what's being asked for.

Brownie points with the boss, bit of cash and free booze. Winner.

the lads play as a tribute act, and they use all authentic beatles type gear, ric/gretsch/hofner/epi casinos etc, and i don't want to f*** them up.

Plus, i'm not Dave Bronze.

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Welcome!

Trav

edit - watched your youtube gear; nice work. 'bedroom bassits' my arse!

Cool, i'll keep the tone contol halfway...and keep the horn in my cab off, and up the low mids...

Would you believe my Ricky would have been perfect for the job - sold it last week.

Im going to turn up to play a set of Beatles covers on the 30th with an ultra modern SWR rig and a Nordstrand pickuped Jazz bass.

How the frigg am i going to make it sound like a Hofner 500/1 (i used to own a Hamburg model).

I've considered a foam mute under my Ashtray cover, obviously rolling a bit of tone off and upping my mids on the amp. Playing with a chunky plectrum i assume?

Will this do for a 'just about'? The lad i'm depping for bought my Hofner, and has a 4001, but both will be in storage, so lending them isn't an option.

Also, having never really played much beatles gear before, any tips on Maccas style.

I know some of his lines aren't to be taken lightly, but i've never really watched him playing.

Anyone in a 60's Beat type band, or a Beatles tribute act? Want to walk in and make sure i'm spot on.

This is before i've listened to the bloody harmonies i'll have to sing...



Ps - if you hate Macca/the Beatles, don't post in this thread, i couldn't give a f***.

Hi guys...

This was on hold as part of my 'everything must go sale'.
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Through no fault of the person i had it on hold for, he's been unable to complete.

With great regret, i'm letting this rare reissue Fender Fretless Precision Bass go.

It's an Ash body, with some very cool flame pattern running through it, it has a tight neck joint, the neck is Maple with a seperate gloss maple fingerboard.

No marks on the bass it's wearing roundwounds i got it with, so there is some very minor hazing from the strings on the upper part of the neck - you have to hold it up to the light and move the strings around to even see it.

Fender USA pickups.

Big TV style logo.

Not the biggest Precision neck i've played, it's smaller than the 62 Precision i've sold recently.

I've added genuine Fender pickup covers and a 'period' over style thumbrest - Allparts own brand.

Sound wise it's big, you can do the fretless gear without the every man and his dog 'Jaco' tone (not that it offends me, it's a great sound, but this bass has a fairly unique voice.)

Includes the original Fender Japan Gigbag.

Fretless Precision 10.8lbs - Not the lightest, but not stupid, feels very solid and sustains forever.

It owes me a USA Strat and a fair chunk of dough, so i need to see £650 [u](now £600)[/u] for it.

No trades, [b]at all[/b].

Paypal - Add Fees.
Bank Transfer preffered.

KEEPING HOLD OF THIS FOR NOW - SORRY

So, in my great bass sell-off, i decided to keep a Jazz.

'It needs something new' i thought.

'Nordstrand NJ4SE set, sir?' suggested a 'for sale' thread

'yeah why not', says i.

Mr.B5 had what i needed, good comms - mobile number given straight away lots of fast PM replies, and the pickups came to me the day after i transferred the money over.

Very easy to deal with, well packed goods and fingers crossed Saturday afternoon, i'll be living the Carey Nordstrand dream i've read so much about.

Cheers man.

Andy

Normally mate, yes i would have bought this by now.

It's an ace bass, at a sorely tempting price.

I'm sure it won't sit around much longer.

both discontinued now, to be replaced by ME25b and ME70b, which are pretty tough to come by as of yet.
The 20 was a fun, easy to use unit and the 50 was a real giggers delight as simple as having seperate pedals, and you can get them cheap enough now second hand.

The 25's seem to be laid out with presets in mind, tidier sounds and Usb out to record to computer etc, and the 70 has improved sounds and a few more effects.

Great idea, especially if you're in a genre spanning covers band.

didn't realise this was yours Loz!

Anyone reading, rest assured Loz is a top draw bass fanatic, and all of his gear is babied!

[quote name='daz' post='987358' date='Oct 13 2010, 08:07 PM']Thats the road where the Frog & bucket comedy club is, isn't it ?[/quote]

Yeah, it's the Castle Hotel they've had it done up by English Heratige, it's really nice.

Think it used to be a rough'un in the past, but they've done a really tasty job and priced the knobheads out, decent jukebox too.

Looking into setting it up.

Trav

If i could just get my hands on one of these!!!

[quote name='witterth' post='986418' date='Oct 12 2010, 11:20 PM']I looked for you AT,
was around for a couple of hours(1400/to post stu hamm) with MB1 sorry to have missed you
I still owe you that cold one
Witterth[/quote]

I spotted you together when i was tied up elsewhere, had a pint with Martin later on.

We'll sort it.

I'm debating whether to do a Basschat Manchester Bassday in March or similar, my mate has just opened an ace live room in his pub on Oldham Street.

Maybe we could have a gathering/bash?

Trav
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[quote name='HannahFOXX' post='986382' date='Oct 12 2010, 10:51 PM']Hi all - Yes it's me the slapper.

Spot on with the comment Goblin, it did become a bit of a slap feast at times. Unfortunately for me as it was my first bass day. I had two tracks pre recorded into Logic to play along to. One track a two hand tapping shuffle type of thing the other a bit of a Funk/Soul number. When I ran them though my little PA you could not hear anything including my bass so had to knock it on the head. In the end all I had available to me was the Mark Bass rig on the stand, I'm an SWR user so it wasn't the best for my bass or my sound. Tried running it through my Miller preamp but the Mark Bass took away the warmth.

Tried playing 'Let's Work' (Prince) and 'Power' (Miller) but it just didn't cut through all the other stuff. Tried some percussive slap and it cut through. By the time you came along I was a bit random with what I was playing which is strange for me as I like to keep the "1 in the pocket".

What I wanted from the day was to meet other bass players and have a chat and jam. I have suggested to Jon that maybe we should borrow a JamHub for next year (with headphones) so at least you could check out the basses without most of the interference, and we could have a decent jam. If I was to visit with a view to trying out a bass, knowing what the days are like, I would probably take my Korg Pandora along and some in ears headphones.

Well I've joined the basschat community now so it would be great to meet up next year.

Hannah.

PS!
Stevie Williams is a great player and have you heard of a guy called Doug Johns? If yo haven't already check out 'God, Fear, Money' by Me'Shell [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDbRKB7oLEQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDbRKB7oLEQ[/url] she knows how to lay down a solid groove.[/quote]

I heard you playing earlier on, and thought you were ace...i think Billy Sheehan was struggling against the masses at some points.

they'll have it all sorted by next year, haha.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='986220' date='Oct 12 2010, 08:48 PM']Stevie Williams himself[/quote]


Stevie is a fantasic bass player. A humble and open guy.
It's been a pleasure knowing him for the last 5 or 6 years, and i'm hopeful i'll know him for a good few more.

I really would like to steal his Jazz bass at some point though.

i wondered how many of the guys slapping like crazy actually use that stuff in their bands. If they have a band?
Still, on the whole, bassday uk is a fantastic event, and it's important that next year bass chat has a stand, everyone i've dealt with and met through here has been a pleasure.
So, the gauntlet is down!

have these been fitted previously?
Do they include the covers?

Cheers mate

Trav

ah, beaten to it...haha

i'd speak to the guys you got it from.
The pickguard gap may just be a wire, and the decal seems correct - have a look at some old fenders and it's quite pronnounced on some.
The truss rod plug seems out on the photo, but without seeing it face to face i'd reserve judgement...have you measured it to see if it's centred or actually misaligned?
They should accept it as a return and exchange it if you're unhappy.

Did you buy it through a store or online? If possible, check your replacement thouroughly before closing the matter.
If they've sent it out box fresh, they may not have spotted it and the blame lies with Fender...if they sold it as ex display then it's a shame they didn't raise these issues or rectify them, and it's their fault.
Either way, keep cool and just ask them to sort it asap.

sure i saw plenty of photography going on...

[quote name='daz' post='985094' date='Oct 12 2010, 12:37 AM']ahh thats a shame, the guy does not sound like a good ambassador for Yamaha, lets hope he was the floor sweeper filling in for the proper guy who was off ill or something. I have been looking up the original bass Billy talked on stage of altering himself to his own specs. [url="http://www.doctorbass.net/en/producto.asp?id=1000170475"]Here is a pic of it [/url](amonst others) lots of holes drilled in it by Billy [/quote]

I've not met him before, but they're usually a lot more on the ball than that.
The BB2024 in sunburst (without pickguard) was a lot better.

Billys website used to have a section will all the basses he's still got, which makes for entertaining reading, must be nice being able to phone up the guys at Yamaha and say 'can i get a double necked version of my bass?'

He's not everyones cup of tea, but i really enjoyed his clinic.

Is that a 'Warr'?

It'd take some serious amount of practice to get going on that!