Conan

The video is a bear necessity! C'mon Blue, get it posted man!

Keep 'em all! At one point I had five J basses (now I'm down to three) and they were all different in terms of neck dimensions, pickup sounds (not placing obviously), body weight and balance, fingerboard material, body wood - and not to mention tone and volume!! If it was me, I would look for a Mark King sig to cancel out the Flea model. Then you're back down to three. You're welcome

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1487716044' post='3242190'] Probably Phil Lynott just for the lines he came up with and the way his bass lines fitted within the song - plus he was suhc a great singer, writer and front man. However, others who would be up there vying for position... Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Abe Laboriel, Davey Paton, John Wetton, Neil Murray and a host of others. [/quote] This just about nails it for me too - with the additions of Mark King (I know...), Colin Moulding, Bobby Vega, Bruce Foxton, JJB, John Giblin, Jonas Reingold, David Margen, Leigh Gorman, Carol Kaye... This thread should be made a sticky for every beginner (or interested player) who wants a "who's who" list of influential and cool bass players!

My J&D is my main bass and has been since i got it. I made a few mods (nothing major) but I gigged it the day it arrived. OK, there are a few minor niggles, but at this price point it would be churlish to mention them! Great bass, not just "for the money" but I play mine in preference to my MIM Geddy Lee Jazz! I have no experience with the HB basses though, so sorry - I can't comment on those.

[quote name='Left Foot' timestamp='1487681812' post='3241751'] Eureka! Silly me, I was responding to peoples adds for a bassist but I've put an add out that I'm an available bassist and three existing bands came through. One which I am totally excited by. [/quote] Result! I hope at least one of them works out for you!

Oh yeah, the Adventures! This is an awesome track... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN2m15xg920

[quote name='NickD' timestamp='1487256859' post='3238432'] A wristworn device that tells you why you're chubby. [/quote] I don't need a device to tell me that...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f8JI9R5Suo

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1487246060' post='3238315'] Ah right. Well if you'd said that you were only interested in your own opinion, we wouldn't have bothered. Sorry. [/quote] Excellent response! I only use flats (LaBellas) on my fretless, but have often thought of giving them a try on one of my J basses. I might give these N sets a look...

I have two that are not well known, but were actually pretty mainstream (in their heyday at least). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0_Qa3uYhzg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhhb3I6gYAk

[quote name='Monkey Steve' timestamp='1487169632' post='3237730']And if you're doing nothing else, then just doing something, even if it's not your ideal scenario, isn't a complete waste of time. Maybe the guitarist you find knows a drummer you could ask if it works out, maybe you join a covers band and find that everybody actually wants to be doing originals. If you're getting frustrated at not doing anything then at least do something even if it's not exactly what you want [/quote] Excellent point! In other news... my fledgling project, which already included the drummer and rhythm guitarist from my last band (both of whom I have known for decades), have now added a vocalist (friend of the drummer and an ex-colleague of mine) and a lead guitarist from... wait for it..... JOIN MY BAND!!!! So I guess we are actually a "band" now"! Is it sad that I'm a bit excited? I've never actually formed a band before

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Lovely thread title!

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1487027783' post='3236472'] This is the great Tina Weymouth being great. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LftzRjilTEI[/media] [/quote] Not heard that one before. Nice! Sounds very like XTC to me....

People in good, happy, settled bands should be grateful. Once it is over it can be very hard finding or starting another. I know this from current and past experience! Sometime the planets just align and everything falls into place. Not very often though... There are a lot of unreliable time-wasters and dreamers out there (particularly on Join my Band, but that's another story!).

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1487075596' post='3236759'] But why did you need to know the time while you were playing on stage? [/quote] [quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1487076750' post='3236775'] Very useful to check how close you are to breaks, curfew, next band onstage, blah blah. [/quote] I think this should answer the question Why would anyone [b][i]not[/i][/b] want to know the time whilst onstage?

What's the serial number? Looks eerily like my old 1986 series II which was SN #263... Lovely basses, and nowhere near as "hi-fi/sterile" as some folk make out

[quote name='AdamWoodBass' timestamp='1486999229' post='3236141'] "Give yourself permission to write garbage". [/quote] I like that. I might pinch it! Would you mind?

Damn. I used to listen to his stuff a lot in my "Blues and Soul" ear in the late 1980s. Across the Midnight Sky is an awesome track. Incredible voice and a good writer. He kind of slipped under my radar in recent times, but this makes me sad. RIP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylpMA71SEg4

Bargainous indeed! Anyone know the seller?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1486548666' post='3232600'] The Barefaced must be up there in the list of cabs to check. If you want 1 small cab that will cover most gigs, it's going to be a short list. I used a BB2 and found I preferred the Super Compact. BF replaced my Bergantino cabs. I can run 1 SC but I would never have run 1 Berg. I always needed 2. My loud rig was 3 Berg 112 cabs, now my loud rig is 2 SC's. [/quote] Another satisfied SC user is Ross Saunders of Manran... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttRDWv6VK6I

If you're lucky (and prepared to haggle) you might be able to pick up a used Geddy Lee Jazz for £400 or slightly more. One of the best J basses out there IMO

Sounds like you have sorted things out in your head/conscience. Good luck!