Rich

+2, the old cheap plastic Zooms are bliddy marvellous. I've got a really old 509 Modulator unit. Not bass specific, but who cares when it sounds so good and does such a good headphone job?

'Allbang & Strummit', anyone Eee, them were the days... bunk off college, £4.80 return from Reading to Paddington, and then a whole day spent drooling over [i]stuff[/i]. And there was Tempo Soundhouse in Hanwell, I don't think it's still there... back in the mid/late 80s it was run by a lovely fella called Laurie Keys... he sold me my old Laney Pro-bass combo (21st b/day prez from mum & dad, love 'em) and my fretless Jaydee. Fast forward about 10 years, I had a CD-launch gig in West London and my faithful JD let me down at the last minute... galloped over to Tempo and Laurie was still in charge, bless him he remembered me and lent me a fretless Status for the night. Top banana.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='353305' date='Dec 13 2008, 01:09 AM']Maybe you should have got a 4 string fretless Rumour [/quote] ...he said, without a hint of bias I reckon that no matter what exotica people have as their main weapons, everyone should have at least one Jazz somewhere in their armoury.

Mmmmmmm oh yeah, the Tractor is cooler than Reykjavik in January. Darkstar all the way, gotta be.

My 500 quid has just bought me this: Result *hops excitedly from foot to foot, waiting for it to turn up*

Great gig on Saturday night to a rammed-out and very enthusiastic Fiddlers club in Bristol. Debuted a couple of tunes and a new intro, all went down very well. Crowd were absolutely brilliant, up and dancing from the off, and they never stopped. Just for a laff, we did it in fancy dress... 3 fairies, 2 pirates, a French peasant, a convict, a Mexican wrestler, a clown, a naval officer, James Bond, Al Capone, and Darth Vader Thanks to Matt for coming along! glad you enjoyed it, see you again soon

[quote name='Clarky' post='352185' date='Dec 11 2008, 09:50 PM']You will make back the £299 differential if you do all your food shopping at Iceland for the next 17 years [/quote] Or at Aldi for the next 12 days

[quote name='R,5,R,5...' post='354878' date='Dec 15 2008, 11:19 AM']Well, I'm very surprised to hear that, father. I didn't think you'd like that sort of thing. I read a bit of one of them once. God, I couldn't finish it. The language, unbelievable! Ah, it's a bit much for me, father. "Feck" this and "feck" that. "You big bastard". Oh, dreadful language! "You big hairy arse", "You big fecker". Fierce stuff! And of course, the f-word, father, the bad f-word, worse than "feck" - you know the one I mean. "Eff you". "Eff your 'effin' wife". Oh, I don't know why they have to use language like that. "I'll stick this 'effin' pitchfork up your hole", oh, that was another one, oh, yes! "Bastard" this and "bastard" that, you can't move for the bastards in her novels! It's wall-to-wall bastards! "You bastard!" You fecker!" "You bollocks!" "Get your bollocks out of my face!" It was terrible.[/quote] "'Ride me sideways' was another one..." Ah, Ted... comic genius

I play fives pretty much exclusively these days. I haven't gigged a four in about 5 years now. But I still have fours and I still like playing them. There's no law that says you can't have both and it's pretty easy to change between them once you get used to the five.

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='354330' date='Dec 14 2008, 04:30 PM']I ay have just won a beautiful MM5 for £660 oops[/quote] If there is a Mrs.phil_the_bassist, does she know? If not, then it looks like commiserations

Recent soundcheck. I'm not as miserable as I look, honest [attachment=17075:me_6.JPG]

London is I guess the obvious choice, but as others have said or hinted, be prepared for the living costs. They are [i]monstrous[/i]. A 2 bed flat that costs you 600 quid to rent in the provinces will cost you a grand easily in the Smoke. It's not for nothing that big companies give their London staff 'London Weighting' on their salaries. [quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='349630' date='Dec 9 2008, 12:52 PM']I realised that at the age of 25, living in Reading. I then spent seven years in central London building up my non-bass career, before escaping to Yorkshire.[/quote]Let's face it, anywhere is great after Reading. I lived there for 23 years *shudder*

[quote name='HeavyJay' post='350660' date='Dec 10 2008, 01:27 PM']A new thread topic methinks![/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=33982"]'Tis done[/url]

Unfortunately not. No matter how many times the rest of us ask.

I'll have a word with Abi, Sian and Corinne and see if they can do anything for you

[b]Friday 12th December[/b] at the [b]Gloucester Guildhall[/b], followed by [b]Saturday 13th [/b]at the [b]Fiddlers[/b] in [b]Bristol[/b]. Come along and boogie your botty off, and have a laugh at the berks on the stage making eejits of themselves. And don't forget to say 'hi' to the bassist [attachment=17020:13_12_08_Fiddlers.jpg]

If you took out everything except the bass, drums and vocals, Rhythm Stick would still be as funky as feck. In fact, I'd love to hear a Bass Only Mix..! If you had everything in there [i]except[/i] the bass, what would you have? Certainly not a 'driving' tune. The bass IS the song, it's a masterpiece.

Straight line, good choice. I'd have had matt/rubber knobs though, but hey. [quote name='OldGit' post='348385' date='Dec 8 2008, 10:13 AM']EG I always attach my P bass knobs so the grub screw is in a specific and visible place for me to see when they are set to full on.[/quote] Me too... and I thought I was the only bugger geeky enough to do something like that

[list=1] [*][b]Shuker 5[/b] [*][b]Status S1 5[/b] [*][b]Wal Pro IIE[/b] [*][b]Yamaha RBX765 [/b]de-fretted [*][b]Ibanez BTB406[/b] beaten up piece o' crap 6-string [*][b]SX Jazzish[/b] project, work-in-progress [*][b]Overwater 'SkoolBase'[/b] long term restoration/resuscitation project -- another WiP [*][b]'64 Hofner Artist[/b] -- first bass I ever had, so kept for sentimental reasons [/list]

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='242871' date='Jul 18 2008, 03:34 PM']I refuse to engage in this debate as it is, by its very nature, sexist. A players gender is of no relevance to his or her playing. You'll be asking who is the best gay bass player next. The best Muslim player? The best Socialist player? The best player over 65? Nonsense.[/quote] [attachment=16969:oh_dear.jpg] I'm sure there are many women out there who would be offended by having a man tell them what is discriminatory against them and what isn't. It's a mile-deep argument, and until someone starts claiming that female bassists are inferior to male ones, or only interesting if they're attractive, surely it's not really a massive problem? After all, half the problem with '-isms' stems from them being pointed out when they're really not there. Actually, who is the best player over 65? I reckon Charlie Haden.

Yes. At the very least a venn diagram or summat.

[quote name='elom' post='344799' date='Dec 3 2008, 09:31 PM']As for celeb attendees we could always ask Stuart Clayton - nice chap and Devon based.[/quote] V.nice chap, aye. He's also Head of Bass at the Bristol Institute of Modern Music. And he borrowed my Deep Impact box for a mag review once.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='345313' date='Dec 4 2008, 12:54 PM']He's got a 'tache not a beard![/quote] *slaps self* D'oh!

Wow, that sounds like a hell of a "hand injury"... what's the real gen?