Mykesbass

Something very melancholic yet beautiful about that old guitar - if I had any idea how to restore these things I'd be all over it like a rash.

Should really love this man but early 80's Albert Hall only gig I've ever left early

Very nice. Very wrong but very nice all the same

Possible reason why the Ricky is so special is it was for a long time the only other "serious contender" bass available.

This lot any good for what you are after? [url="http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/"]http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/[/url]

Erm, just for clarity, in your first post you say you took your Strat in, then in the later post you say when you picked your bass up. Which was it?

I wouldn't say fraud but in my experienc it is a lot harder work with a less experienced/able drummer. I have a similar problem, although we locked in beautifully at a gig on Sunday. You do end up noticing all sorts of things like, for example, the singer speeding up - an experienced drummer will hold him in place whereas with a less experienced one it falls to you to try and keep things in check. Talk to your drummer - I have. Mine didn't get the idea of a big powerful snare on the third beat in a ballad, however, on Sunday this was exactly how he played "Knocking On Heaven's Door" so he is now going to work on that for other songs.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1253051' date='Jun 1 2011, 07:28 PM']I started to play my older brother's acoustic guitar in my early teens. He had a copy of Bert Weedon's 'Play In A Day'. I remember being excited when I could change between C and G chords. Eventually he bought an electric guitar and turned up one day with a used Vox bass he'd bought for ten quid. I played along with him and picked it up quite well. I was hooked from then.[/quote] Altogether now - "There Is A Tavern In The Town" look out for that F7!! I started on guitar, started double bass at the age of 13, school bass teacher died and wasn't replaced (thanks Thatch) so gravitated back to guitar. Played rhythm guitar for years in a big band (probably had more in common with bass playing than being a lead guitarist in a rock band) then gave up for a while, opened a guitar shop and suddenly found myself far more drawn to bass than guitar so have been palying and giiging again for the last 7 years.

There have been plenty of relics pointed out on here in the past but this one has got to be by far the worst. No wonder the Google ad on the bottom of the page was for Wickes

A B'd the LTD and the ESP when they were introduced - fantastic although the price at the time put me off. Had there been the sort of deals that are about now I would have snapped one up, thought they were both great, the ESP obviously was the better bass but was significantly more money.

Great one last night - a lot of trepidation leading up to it as we played a holiday park in Hastings and we're not what you would think of as traditional holiday park entertainment. However, the lady who booked us knows her punters and knew what we did and we went down a storm, finishing 1/2 hour after curfew with the tiny dancefloor packed! Sound was great and really easily acheived both on stage and out front, and really locked in nicely with the drummer for the first time. Hour plus drive home didn't even tack the sparkle off the night

But do those that have the natural ability and pick up playing quickly possibly have the tendency to just go with it rather than sit down and put all the heavyweight pratice in - Keith Richards vs Julian Bream perhaps?

Nobody has mentioned veal - king of chops!

[quote name='Hutton' post='1246855' date='May 27 2011, 11:39 AM']As a Christian who is employed full-time by the church I just want to say how much I have appreciated the way in which everybody has approached this thread.[/quote] And as a non-Christian I'd like to +1 that. It has been nice to be able to put up a challenge without a flame war starting. Thanks for the responses.

[quote name='therose789' post='1246475' date='May 26 2011, 11:49 PM']i think my point was more of a ''i play bass at church on a sunday and we play a particular style so i was just wondering if there were any people who play similar stuff to me'' kind of thing! it wasnt to create segregation, i suppose its similar to having a ''jazz bass players'' or ''punk bass players'' section i suppose its more of a genre than anything you get me?[/quote] Fair point, on here I guess the term can be describing a musical genre, just was the combination of this, the motorbike run a couple of weeks ago and the surfers. Still feel the latter two are a bit unnecessary and divisive.

This is an honest, questioning post, NOT trolling. Why does there seem to be a need for being a "Christian ......." (insert whatever here). I have recently seen a "Christian Motorbike Club" (out on a Sunday BTW), and this morning pulled up in a car park next to a car plastered in Christian stickers, including "Christian Surfers". Now we have "Christian Bass Players". There doesn't seem to be the need for atheist, Jewish or Muslim versions of these groups, why the need to create this segregation?

I had the VMJ fretless and whilst it was very good for the money I really wanted a fiver so ended up getting Jon Shuker to put a fretless ebony board on my Cort GB75. The difference IMHO of an ebony board to a composite one is huge and would therefore go with sorting out the Yamaha. Might be worth checking the luthier thread on here and shopping around - my brand new ebony board from Shuker sound to me like better value than £80 to have yours re-shot.

Hi Scott, nice page and music sounds great. The only point I would make is, OK, so the URL is for a page on the management companies website but there are no links if someone has gone directly to your page for contacts etc. Sure, you can, as I did, edit the URL to get there, but I would have thought this should be made more obvious for potential bookers or anyone who wants to be in contact. All the best with this, Mike

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1243292' date='May 24 2011, 07:10 PM']I think I'll sell my BMW - I'm only an amateur driver.[/quote] Isn't that who they were made for in the first place? Back OT, music shops rely on us buying "above our station" as it were, if we didn't, they certainly wouldn't survive on sales to pro's!

[quote name='jontywisp' post='1242121' date='May 23 2011, 07:40 PM']Denmark St is a total dump [b]except for a cracking shop called Wunjo[/b] whereas the Bass Gallery is the best bass shop in the world ; fantastic stock, incredibly knowledgeable and friendly staff; and can usually be knocked down from asking price, especially on the used stuff[/quote] Fixed

May be a bit too M.O.R for some tastes but Gene Harris' outfit, the Three Sounds is worth a listen.

[quote name='Marvin' post='1232091' date='May 15 2011, 03:22 PM']Perhaps they coined it a few years ago when people were struggling to tell the difference [/quote]

I thought Islington was supposed to be deepest red!

[quote name='mashup' post='1231500' date='May 14 2011, 11:45 PM']Thanks for the quick response mate. Funnily enough i once had the VMJ Fretless. I bought it on ebay, lent it to a friend, then needed the money & sold it on - all before really putting it through it's paces, but i could tell it was a nice little bass for the money. Anyway....Which of the CV's did you play? Is there 1 or 2 (or all 3) in particular that stood out? I've also been eying up the VMJ Jaguar because of the P/J piockup combo but those CV's sure look good[/quote] The CV 50's P was getting me gassing - and may have won had I not needed fretless, the 70's VMJ Jazz was the slight disappointment - just felt a little cheaper than the CV's, a bit plasticy. As I said, I was happy with the fretless but ended up deciding I didn't need a fretted bass so got Jon Shuker to put a fretless board on my 5 string Cort GB75.

I played about 5 CV's and VMJ's to get a feel for them when I wanted a fretless (which had to be a VMJ). I bought it, and wasn't disappointed and only sold it on as I wanted a 5 string. However, finally getting to the point of the post, the CV's all felt/played much better than the VMJ's. To complement a G&L though, you'll probably want to upgrade pick-ups.