Mykesbass

Get an Ampeg 8x10, urinate in it copiously, and leave it at the bottom of the stairs - everyone will just think it's another non-working lift! On a more sensible note (and I hope your council estate is nothing like the ones where I grew up), a combo with headphone socket, so that you can use it for small rehearsals/jams, and use headphones at home, as, like others have said, even quiet bass travels and annoys.

He does have a very valid point though. Where else are such high levels of distress/relicing thought to be such a good thing? Classic cars are all valued for their originality, but no-one would cherish a dented wing, or scuffed hubcaps on a Lotus Cortina. Antique furniture is worth more if it hasn't been tampered with, and has patina, but nothing like the levels of a Rory Gallagher Stratocaster. So basically, it really is only some of us players, and a handful of hardcore music fans that perpetuate this idea that a beat up guitar is more desirable than a shiny refinished one. p.s. I'm also a 64 vintage, and glad I'm in slightly better shape

Not Babbitt, at least he didn't claim it on his website list of credits - the only Frankie Valli track he did was Our Day Will Come. Hadn't Jamerson also finished working at Motown by then? According to All Music Guide, the production of the track was by The Corporation, so could have been Fonce Mizell.

Another 6 Music listener - my last "discovery" on there was Songhoy Blues.

Another for ABC - particularly liked this: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzf8SqlzbPQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzf8SqlzbPQ[/url] Sade: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Yh9VgB58w"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Yh9VgB58w[/url] and Working Week: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5mtH3_439s"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5mtH3_439s[/url]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1453632678' post='2961135'] Our solution is to have short-lead multi-plugs, and a variety of extension cable lengths to fit any venue. A mix of 5m, 10m, 20m leads and a 100m reel give us enough flexibility, and are easier to store than long-lead multi-plugs, which are never the optimum length, anyway. Keep 'em short, I say (well, 2-3m or so...) [/quote] Another eminently sensible suggestion, I'm glad I asked now

[quote name='five-string.co.uk' timestamp='1453586506' post='2960907'] or 4 mtr [url="https://www.tool-net.co.uk/p-354681/sealey-el5-1-5-4r-230v-4mtr-industrial-extension-cable-4-outlet-sockets-fused.html"]https://www.tool-net...kets-fused.html[/url] Sealy seem to be a fairly reputable brand nowadays [/quote] Now that's the sort, thanks. Although the make your own option is so ridiculously obvious now it has been suggested!

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1453584324' post='2960880'] Why not get some 2.5-sq.mm. rubber covered cable and make them longer? [/quote] That probably is the sensible option - sort of got out of the habit with everything being moulded these days!

[quote name='five-string.co.uk' timestamp='1453584525' post='2960883'] I see Argos have some too... [/quote] Worried about their quality!

[quote name='five-string.co.uk' timestamp='1453581929' post='2960854'] Or this one: [url="https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/AARS4slashL.html"]https://www.tlc-dire...ARS4slashL.html[/url] [/quote] These are my local suppliers, brilliant company and my first point of call, but they only had a limited range in black, and they are all very short (2 metres). Thanks though.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1453580070' post='2960830'] Me too in County Durham. Fret work (leveling, crowning, 4 stage polish see pics), general set up work, some small repair work, some soldering, Amp capacitor replacement etc. Recent example of work. BEFORE AND AFTER [/quote] Excellent job there Twincam!

Can anyone recommend a decent source for some heavy duty black extension leads please? I have a great one but it is only 2 gang, and realised last night that as a band we need some more. Tried both trade suppliers and B&Q locally but they only have white or really cheap and nasty. I want black so they aren't so obvious on stage, and heavy duty so they don't shatter the first time the drummer stamps on one! Online searches have left me unsure as to the quality on offer, hence the request for recommendations. Thanks.

Great idea Rich - happy to go on the list for basic set-up work (truss rods, intonation, action). In Sussex, halfway between Crawley and Brighton.

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1453563995' post='2960621'] I would try and get a second hand fretless neck rather than defretting as you can always switch it back if you wanted to sell it on. Get the Squire as planned or why not get a fretless Squire? [/quote] Yes on the new fretless neck as the OP could then get a nice ebony board, which is why I'd then say no to the fretless Squier - I really didn't like the ebanol board. Too "twangy" and wore very quickly. As for the fretless making the JB dull, there is no reason why a nice board will do this, but you may have to experiment with strings to get what you are looking for.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1453543333' post='2960382'] I say , ask him how much he would pay for five plumbers to come out on a Saturday night! People don't seem to realise the work involved, plus the personal expense. Functions are notoriously hard to play especially as some folk feel you are their captive band and you have to do their bidding without argument. 400 quid sounds reasonable to me, but if you charge 200 for a pub, then maybe go for 250-300 [/quote] Although the plumbers wouldn't have done the pub gig for that rate either!

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1453373549' post='2958808'] Reverting to another post by the OP (above), if we were to turn up and play for £250 and then find that she had also engaged a DJ and was paying him £500, that wouldn't worry me. I'm not concerned about how much others earn. [/quote] It would be nice to think that we (collectively) were being treated fairly though. I got stung with a wedding gig, where I got a decent enough fee, but then found out what the band got paid. Now I can understand the bandleader taking some extra, even an extra split, but this was more than that, AND we'd all contributed to the rehearsal room.

I wouldn't have thought there was much you can do once the guy has been told how much you go out for in pubs - in his mind there isn't going to be much difference. Fault lies with the guitarist, so make him do it for free and then split the £200 one less way.

Can't load the plug in on your last response to me - any chance of a link?

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1453288304' post='2958057'] The idea is that it's up to the conductor to decide which part you play next. He may just have one part of the ensemble play one section, while another plays a different section. [/quote] Now I'll admit to being slightly out of my depth here, but isn't that how Terry Riley's In C works? I'm pretty sure I saw something along those lines on a Culture Show a couple of years back.

That's not what I was expecting - I was thinking they would be traditional scores that created a very graphic look from the patterns of the notes. They really are something else! Are they fairly easy to understand and follow for a competent reader?

[quote name='CyberBass' timestamp='1453194240' post='2957183'] When playing a cover to you play note for note accuracy or your take of the song? Any tips or advice welcome and appreciated. [/quote] As others have already said, if it is a stand out/important part of the song then make sure you have nailed it. The rest, I'm pretty much on the side of playing something that fits well and feels right, but not getting too wound up about note for note accuracy. I'm sure I'm not the only bass player who has had the accusing glare followed by "Why weren't you playing in the verse" from a guitarist in Alright Now

Hi Gingelock, Can I suggest you change your thread title to Strings for CGCF Tuning (not Strings for Yamaha RBX170). This will hopefully mean that the guys who drop tune will see the post and respond. Oh, and welcome to Basschat

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1453055635' post='2956008'] ive got a couple of the Entwistle PBXN`s sat around if thats what your after. [/quote] Ooh, interesting - he's not listing the neo anymore. PM on its way.

Well, having built this for the fun of building it, and then putting it up, unsuccessfully for sale, I took this to a local blues jam today, to see if I should keep it and find a place in my band for it. Guess what? It's a keeper!! Needs a more vintage sounding pup, this one has that lovely 70s shout, but that's not what I'm about, so much choice, but cheap and cheerful Entwistle is top of the list, and if that doesn't do the trick, then one from Hot Rod who have taken over the Wizzard designs and tooling.

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1452993783' post='2955427'] The 1975 sound a bit like Walk The Moon to me. I don't think they have much to offer other than nostalgia but then I can be very critical. [/quote] I thought the wore their influences well - little bit of Bowie's Fame, little bit of Gary Numan, as well as the large dose of Peter Gabriel. I think it must be incredibly difficult for new bands to come up with something completely new, and even if they did, it would be very unlikely to get any traction in today's highly homogenised market.