Rich

In fashion, out of fashion, 'naff' or not ('naff', how quaint, I haven't heard anyone use that word in years... it must be [i]terribly[/i] unfashionable by now) -- doesn't matter in the end really, 'cos they play beautifully and sound terrific. But then again, what would I know? I'm not one of the, errm what was it? ah yes, one of the "Cool People"

Agreed. BP mag has all the cockups of BGM, with the addition of extra adverts -- so, so many adverts -- and the deliberate misspelling of 'colour'.

I've managed to get hold of a proper pic of the bass from Jon, and here it is... Dood's new headless purple 6-string in all its glory...

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='448371' date='Mar 28 2009, 09:24 PM']Levinson aren't really mainstream enough to warrant many 'collectors' of their instruments so I wouldn't pin hopes on getting a huge valuation, especially as your bass is refinished![/quote] What he said. A refinish is a great way to knacker the 'collectors' stature of any bass unfortunately.

The number of times I've heard a great bass line/sound on an album, looked at the sleeve notes and oh look, It's Will Lee... That Sado looks gorgeous. Wonder if they do it as a 5 with a maple board..?

A 'beginners' bass for 5 large? They'll sell to the spoiled Flea-fan kids of rich people, and that's about it. I think they might turn out to be the victim of a crap exchange rate.

I use the big mooring cable all the time now, I'd be lost without it. When I first started playing fives, I had to change my playing style to suit and it took a bit of work. Now I find that when I pick up a four, I have to change my playing style to suit

Know what you mean. The late-teens son of a mate of mine is in a fairly successful band -- they're getting a hell of a lot of interest, plays on national radio, festival invites, etc -- but without the substantial support and taxi/roadie duties of the band members' parents they would be nowhere. Almost every time I ask him what he's got on at the weekend, it's "oh, Ky's got a gig down in Plymouth/up in Birmingham/in the back of beyond, so there goes my Saturday...". Thing is, neither he nor the other parents seem to get noticed until there's a problem, when suddenly it's "oh great, now what am I going to do?".

Waiting? No. No no no no NO. Want pictures now. NOW, you hairy teasing git.

I was just looking at this Top 40 feature again earlier (gotta have something to read on the bog, right?) and noticed summat I hadn't seen before. They'd got several personal top 10s off some contributors and name players... one of them was from Alan Davey, the ex-Hawkwind [s]Lemmy wannabe[/s] bassist, and he'd put [i]one of his own basslines [/i]in his top 10. Bloody hell. What sort of titanic ego does it take to rate your own work like that?

An 11-minute self indulgent prog epic for my next Full Circle rehearsal.

Either the Bailey Bros or Simon Kincade, all in Bristol.

And vice versa

It's about a mile from my house Hopefully see you there Jay!

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='445911' date='Mar 26 2009, 12:47 PM']I've heard this this happened to Van Morrison.[/quote] Surely not. Happy smiling Van, the jolly man with a kind word & compliment for everyone? *cough*

Paint the outside of the lead vocalist's mic bulb with that anti-nailbiting stuff. Take all of the innards out of the guitarist's amp head, and fill it with angry wasps instead. [size=1]Actually, that last one may be a bit extreme. Or not, depending on your guitarist.[/size]

Lots of knobs and sliders don't necessarily make a good amp. The G-B doesn't need the bells and whistles.

Superglue is great. It does reduce the feel a bit, but it will certainly help. I have about 5 or 6 tubes of the stuff on the go at the moment Surgical spirit does harden skin -- they use it in hospitals to combat bedsores -- but only a} if rubbed on the skin with cotton wool or the like, and b} over a long period of time. It isn't a quick fix. Having said all that -- if you're using flats and you're still blistering, you really do need to think about lightening your touch.

In my 2p-worth, labels are only really [i]essential[/i] if you're particularly concerned about a} resale value (an expensive custom will be easier to sell if it's a Wal or Alembic than if it's an ACG or Shuker) or b} snob value. Obviously there's always brand loyalty (e.g. "I love Rickies and would never play anything else"), but that's more a case of the label being preferable rather than an absolute must-have. That's what I reckon anyway.

[quote name='OldGit' post='443293' date='Mar 23 2009, 11:52 PM']Actually a metronomic drummer, click track or drum box would be horrible... No feel ..[/quote] A bit like Mike Portnoy, in fact

I sold a cab to Joe many moons ago. Definitely one of the good guys. Also, he's a dab hand with the ol' sound engineering and has done the biz brilliantly for my band a couple of times, including performing the semi-miraculous feat of getting us a really good sound at the Fleece the FOH there normally sounds like a bag of nails.

What polepieces?

I've got arthritis in the top joint of my fretting pinky, so I can't use it. My right hand pinky is starting to go too. I live in fear of the rest of my fingers developing it too.

Delano pickup + either East Retro or ACG guts.