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YUZZ PLZZ!

Oh yeah, and here's mine!

I've played Urb's Sei and it's lush, I've played Dougal's and it's lush (but I can't remember who made it and I really want to know!), I haven't seen "The Doodle" in the flesh yet but I've been assured by a man who has that it's lush - and the pics of Peted's unfinished Shuker look lush. I like 'em, have done since I first saw them - probly because they're a bit different. I do understand the "unbalanced" look some people are talking about, but I think the biggest mistake that gets made is not having a dramatic enough "waist" on the bass. They need a nice curve along the top for it to look really good, just like any twin cut bass.

+1 for Primus/Claypool for a sense of "FKKKIN' HAVE SOME OF THAT!" once you nail it, and Rage for just enjoying the groove. Tap me up on FB if you ever want to talk Claypool too, I've got a couple of Primus tab books incase you get stuck!

Did you see the thread a while back about the F-Bass that jumped out of the owners car boot on the motorway? I get pretty upset if one of my basses gets a knock, so that must have been heartbreaking!

I'm not so against lending kit myself, but I do prefer it when players at least check if it's cool to use my rig before they ask where to plug in. Seriously, I got beckoned across the room by one guy who just asks "How does the bass amp work?". "THE" bass amp? "THE" FKKKING BASS AMP?!!! It's MY bass amp mate, and you might want to ask another question before that one! Thing is, at the venue this happened at (don't misunderstand though, this wasn't the only time it's happened) we always kit share as there's not enough room for 2 or 3 full sets of backline to be waiting in the wings with another on stage. The organiser would always check around the bands when putting the lineup together to see who could bring what, and I'd always be happier to let everyone use my Ampeg/8U rack head and SWR 610 than get lumped with some tatty little combo. We quite often supply the drum kit too so we knew what we'd be playing with, but it's always - ALWAYS - bring your own breakables eg sticks, snare and cymbals. I work as sound engineer there a bit now and had a band asking for guitar leads and plectrums the other day, and they were asking me! Like it's the venues job to have then laying about! Fkkks sake.......... My advice for the OP, if he hasn't already done his thing, would be to politely decline with a half decent excuse - even if you let her know it's because it sounds like it will all go horribly HORRIBLY wrong, give your evidence. I think that if there's a strong chance you'll get thrown out of the venue on sight it's not unfair to say that it's not worth the petrol bill to get there and find out. Even put the ball in her court first and ask her to check with the venue before hand. "Sorry love, if the venue says no-go then what can we do? We're just the band!"

And cheers for the heads up on Karnivool, I'd seen the name about but not bothered to give them a listen!

Man, Aussi bands are the best! Check our Dead Letter Circus too, and Cog, and Full Scale......

Here's one I wish I'd gone for and made a project of: Here's some Ritters that just flick my switch: And although I don't really play 4's anymore, I'd still love to get me hands on this..... errrrrrrr.... I wont say beauty - but still: *Edit* On second thoughts, she is a bit of a looker actually!

+1 to you not living close enough to do my set-ups! I can do most things that I need to myself, but I'm a bit wary of trying to dress the frets on any of my basses and cocking it up and I'm pretty sure that and maybe a bit of neck shimming are what's wrong with my jazz. I have had it looked at by a well respeted guy from round these parts but he said there wasn't anything wrong with the frets he could see and that shimming the neck can change the tone. Anyways, sorry for the thread hijak - and don't let those muppets get you down! I totally understand how you feel about being bad-mouthed, but it sounds like a mug being led by an ar$3hol3 to me!