Rich

He's right. Practice, and lots of it.

1) What kind of maintenance do you carry out on your instruments at home/gigs? [b]Setups, electronics, minor woodwork, most things except major woodwork and finishing.[/b] 2) What position is it easiest to have the instrument in for these actions? (vertical, horizontal, at an angle?) [b]Horizontal, on workbench.[/b] 3) Are there any tasks you currently carry out where you find it hard to securely orientate the instrument in an ideal working position? [b]Not really.[/b]

Fender Jazz, Candy Apple Red with matching h/stock, with white pearl plate and chrome neck ashtray. Ohhhhhh yesssssssss.

On the forum at 4.53pm. Did he get in contact at all? I'm guessing not... Go the legal route, I reckon. No mucking about. A letter demanding payment, and then (assuming that doesn't get a result) straight to the Sheriff. IMO it doesn't matter if it's £173 or £17.30, it's the principle.

Ask him to do one in Bristol, can you..? Ta.

[quote name='Sibob' post='618012' date='Oct 5 2009, 09:59 PM']I much prefer Victor's groove playing that his slap playing, it's a shame that a lot of people focus on how fast he can slap rather than his fingerstyle.[/quote][quote name='simon1964' post='618295' date='Oct 6 2009, 10:32 AM']Agreed - although ironically I think the same is true of Flea. I much prefer his more melodic playing to his slap playing.[/quote] And again, the same is true of Mark King. People focus entirely on his wockity-wockity slap whilst forgetting that his fingerstyle groove playing is superb, plus the fact that he sings and plays - even over some of his most fiendishly complex lines.

[quote name='JTUK' post='616223' date='Oct 4 2009, 08:42 AM']None involving the band that I can recall, but I did see a squaddie have a charge at someone from right across the room..he went wailing at this guy like a banshee at full pelt but didn't see the knee-level height glass coffee table in front of him and that poleaxed him ....straight down onto his face[/quote] I want to see that on youtube :lol: [quote name='Rayman' post='617668' date='Oct 5 2009, 05:06 PM']I witnessed Pete Way trying to keep Phil Mogg and Michael Schenker apart during a UFO gig in Manchester a couple of years back. Schenker was totally pissed as usual, and Mogg took exception to his lousy playing, and so tried to hit him with the mic stand. Only Pete Way and his Thunderbird could keep them apart. Very funny.[/quote] And that :lol:

Brilliant news best thing I've heard all day.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='616451' date='Oct 4 2009, 12:59 PM']'Ere! I seen a thread wot look just like you, not 2 minutes ago. You gotta twin? Uncanny. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=62447"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=62447[/url][/quote] Quite. I don't think we need two of them. Continue on the other one.

There are three. 1 - Playing to 3000 people on a gorgeous summer night in Stroud. 2 - It Bites at the Astoria on the Once Around The World tour. 3 - The Proms in the Park at Berkeley Castle some years ago... the orchestra played a stunning rendition of Elgar's 'Nimrod', when they hit the crescendo at the end, I am not ashamed to say I cried. Just beautiful.

[quote name='Delberthot' post='616194' date='Oct 4 2009, 05:12 AM']These kind of rants rarely go anywhere as its down to personal preference.... One man's Pamela anderson is another man's Hattie Jaques etc[/quote] He speak truth.

[quote name='Raggy' post='615582' date='Oct 3 2009, 11:09 AM']No I think half of the original band are in thet States and the other over here.[/quote] Which members are in the one over here? I'm guessing Dave Wakeling might be stateside..? EDIT: yes I know I could google it, but TBH I am in Saturday afternoon can't-be-arsed mode

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='615263' date='Oct 2 2009, 09:33 PM']doesn't understand the difference between practicing and rehearsing.[/quote] +100000000000000000000000

[quote name='Linus27' post='614686' date='Oct 2 2009, 12:21 PM']Got a gig tonight which thankfully, is only a 30 minute set. Been feeling ill all week and was actually off work Tuesday. Feel a little better not but still have chest cough, sort through, runny nose, aches and pain, headache, feel sick and no energy at all. Been drinking lots of water and energy drinks, plus ibuprofen, lemsips and strepsils. Any other suggestions for a quick fix to make me feel better and get me through tonights gig??[/quote] When manflu strikes, I always reach for my DIY lemsip... 2 tsp of runny honey, 2 tsp lemon juice, 3 disprin, boiling water, and a good slug of whisky. Not overly convenient for a gig, true, but it always makes me feel a bit better.

[quote name='chris_b' post='489054' date='May 15 2009, 04:43 PM']I saw Cass Lewis several times hanging around in the Bass Centre trying gear. He used Peavey at the time and was moving to Trace. He was [i]seriously[/i] good. I used to pretend to check out the basses and listen to him. This was just before TTD.[/quote] I saw him at the BC around that time too. Was he using that outrageous pink fretless Jazz when you saw him?

[quote name='OldGit' post='613705' date='Oct 1 2009, 11:49 AM']A programme on BBC Radio 4 about doing encores .. [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mw5nc"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mw5nc[/url][/quote] Yes, I listened to that too... the Jesus & Mary Chain playing 30 minute sets and then refusing to do encores

[quote name='tischbein' post='613048' date='Sep 30 2009, 03:45 PM']Anyone ever have one of their basses defretted... I mean a good job, no home-made crap.[/quote] Yup. I pulled all the frets form the neck of my Yamaha RBX765A, and Jon Shuker was kind enough to finish it all off when he built my bass. He did a beautiful job, as you'd expect from a good luthier. The bass has worked out very nicely, plenty of mwah. It has a rosewood board, so I've tried to avoid too much wear by putting some nice slippery Elixirs on. I can't stand the feel of flats.

[quote name='OldGit' post='612158' date='Sep 29 2009, 04:32 PM']Two people have complained about the noise[/quote] Yeah... a retired vicar and a civil servant. Says it all really.

WHAT?? Why? When?

I had Barts in my old Sei Flamboyant 5. They sounded awful. Really woolly. The eq was a nice 18v Schack, so there was no problem there. If I'd kept the bass, the Barts would have definitely been replaced.

Chill out ladies, it's only a volume pedal. I use the Boss FV-50, I like it a lot. Silent operation, nice taper, stereo, and it's got a handy tuner output too.

I'll put up some pics of my DIY effort too, just for the sake of completeness

Bassist got absorbed by its big brother Guitarist mag. It soldiered on as a token section of that mag for a while, and Roger Newell even carried the title 'Bass Editor' for a while -- it must have been the easiest job in the world, as the average bass content was around 5 pages of Squier reviews. This slowly became 4 and then 3 pages, and then disappeared completely.