Rich

[quote name='dangerboy' post='111686' date='Dec 31 2007, 11:55 PM']So far I have The Bass Of Death, Ye Basse Of Olde, A Bass Named For The Decline Of Industrial Britain and now I have to think of a name for the frankojazz I've nearly finished.[/quote] How about Frank O'Jazz, after the well known Irish fusion bassist?

I had an SWR Triad cab for a while, bought it off CK in fact. It was a lovely sound, not massively loud in terms of the dB figure but a very rounded pure hifi sound. I'd have kept it if it hadn't been such a heavy bugger.

The main live rig now looks like this -- it's getting its first major outing on New Year's Eve in Cheltenham: Trantec wireless, Yamaha FX, Focusrite Trakmaster preamp, and Crown XTi-1000 power amp. The cabs are still the Nemesis 2x10 and 1x15. The first time I cranked it up in my garage, my bike toppled over and a shelf fell off the wall. Mission accomplished.

The front looks ok-ish, in a very 'ish' sort of way... shame the sander's got the edges more than the flat of the body. The back however is crap beyond belief. Even if I hated a bass, I wouldn't made it look like [i]that[/i]. What in the name of almighty Zarquon possessed him?

[quote name='ergon' post='107015' date='Dec 20 2007, 12:25 PM']aside the shape of the box and the fact my dad told thats what he was getting and asked me which one i wanted? In have a nack for guessing [/quote] How gutted are you gonna be if it turns out to be socks and shower gel in a big box?

If I have a drink before a gig, it's nothing stronger than a pint of shandy, because a] I'm invariably driving and b] I don't want it to affect my playing, and it's only the one pint or I'll be busting for a slash halfway through the set. The nature of my job means that Jazz-Woodbines are out of the question these days, but even if I could partake I wouldn't before a gig.

[quote name='OldGit' post='105310' date='Dec 17 2007, 01:18 PM']It will be daytime/midweek though[/quote]This year, or next?

[i]Any[/i] luthier worth his salt will listen to and accommodate pretty much anything you want -- unless what you want is an unworkable load of old bollocks, in which case any luthier worth his salt will tell you that it's an unworkable load of old bollocks.

12 strings are a bit mental, but I'd quite like to have an 8 string knocking about. Or better yet, a 10 string...

[quote name='WalMan' post='105838' date='Dec 18 2007, 11:39 AM']My Wal will never go. I've had it years. I can't say it was my first good bass because there were a few ok ones before it, but it has been with me through thick & thin, it sounds marvellous, and I love it!![/quote] +10000 to that. My Wal Pro 2E is pretty much semi-retired too, but if I could only rescue one bass it'd be that one, no question. Mine [i]was[/i] my first good bass, I've had it for 21 years now and couldn't bear to part with it. Obviously I'd love to be able to rescue two basses so I could take my Shuker too...

4, 4, 4F, 5, 5, 5F (& soon, 6)

Errm... I make it 640 at the moment..?

[quote name='OldGit' post='105226' date='Dec 17 2007, 10:06 AM']So I've decided I need to book some time alone in the rehearsal studio and get everything sorted as wedding gig sound checks are not really the time It will be fun anyway.[/quote]Let me know when... I'll pop along and lend you moral support/give you a second opinion/make tea, unless you'd rather be alone with your lady love.

+6 =[b]80[/b]

If you are an MU member, you can get [i]completely free[/i] a grand's worth of kit cover, plus 10 million quids' worth of public liability cover. Of course there are certain limitations to the free kit cover, but even so, it's better than a smack in the head. On top of the free £1000, you can also get additional cover at preferential rates through an affiliated insurance company, [url="http://www.hencilla.co.uk/"]Hencilla Canworth[/url]. I filled in their online quote form, & have been quoted roughly £120 a year for £6000-worth of gear cover. This includes cover whilst in an unattended vehicle, provision of hire instruments during repair, depreciation compensation following repairs, and other stuff. I am just waiting for a formal written quote to arrive. Ten quid a month? It's a no-brainer really.

Bloody hell... a [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250197338251&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123"]Carl Thompson 4-string[/url] with Wal pickups & guts...!

Anybody remember British Leyland in the 70s, and some of their ghastly cars? Remember how badly screwed together they were, bits falling off all over the place? Remember Alfa Romeo doing much the same thing in the 80s? Was their quality control done by the Chinese? No, it was just bad. QED.

Andy Fraser - 55 John Deacon - 56 Timothy B Schmidt - 60 Lee Sklar - 60 Macca - 65 Herbie Flowers - 69 Joe Osborn - 70

I've never sought to limit myself really -- no feelings of guilt for me! At the moment, it's: [list=1] [*]Main fretted 5 (Shuker) [*]Backup fretted 5 (Status) [*]Fretless 5 (Yamaha) [*]Main fretted 4 (Wal) [*]Backup/cheapo fretted 4 (Squier J) [*]Fretted 6 [size=1]- [i]very[/i] recent addition, either project or keeper[/size] [/list]--PLUS-- Fretless 4 [size=1]- [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9632"][color="#FF0000"]up for sale[/color][/url][/size] Fretted 4 [size=1]- beaten-up long term project, really must get my arse into gear and pick it up..![/size]

Did some shows a few years ago, thorouhly enjoyed it but then moved away, so not done it since. I kinda miss it, was fun.

[quote name='Mike' post='100914' date='Dec 7 2007, 02:26 PM']Just saw him with Mike Stern in NYC[/quote]You lucky $££@$*&£%$&... my favourite non-bass musician in the whole world. I've been to a whole truckload of Mikey's gigs, love chatting to him afterwards, he's so laid back and down to earth. My guitarist mate once asked him about his rig, so Mikey gave him a guided tour of it, referring to it all as a "load of cheap sh*t"..! Just missed his latest London gigs... with Anthony Jackson on bass... dammit +1 for Dave, great channel

[quote name='Telebass' post='100480' date='Dec 6 2007, 07:56 PM']But remember, the Internet will NEVER be clever enough to be able to give you personalized advice and a chance to fondle the goods. THAT is what a [b][u][i]good[/i][/u][/b] guitar shop can do, and it IS worth the extra to those who can't get a bass off the net then sdet it up on their own.[/quote]And with that one single word, there it is in a nutshell. Good shops: [b]Anderton's[/b] in Guildford -- a mate of mine was after an electro-acoustic gtr a while back, they found 4 or 5 in his price bracket and let him spend as long as he wanted trying them out before finding the right one. Well over an hour he was playing them, and they didn't hassle him once. It reminded me of... [b]Bass Centre[/b], [b]circa late 80s/early 90s[/b], the Wapping glory years -- oh if only we could go back to those days... [b]Bass Gallery[/b], Camden -- wonderful, I just wish it wasn't so far away... [b]Sound Control [/b]-- when they're good, they're very very good... also [b]Richer Sounds [/b]-- +1 on what the others have said. Bad shops: [b]GAK[/b] -- miserable bastids, the lot of 'em. [b]Bass Centre[/b], [b]now[/b] -- so very, very sad. When you see what's it's become and then remember back to how it was in '88, it's like looking at Muhammad Ali now and remembering him in his prime... [b]Bass Cellar[/b], Tin Pan Alley -- the last time I tried to buy something there, the experience was so bad that it became the last time I will [i]ever[/i] try to buy something there. A object lesson in how absolutely [i]not [/i]to treat customers. [b]Sound Control [/b]-- ...but when they're bad, they're fcking abysmal. [quote name='TheBigBeefChief' post='100878' date='Dec 7 2007, 01:40 PM']If you look closely you can see my bare arse reflected in the window behind me.[/quote] Look closely?? Man, I am never even going to [i]glance[/i] at that picture again.