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This all day long - I've been playing P basses for 35 years and have had loads, copies, squiers, jap, mexican US you name it (and still have a few) - the best one by a long way is my Lakland Skyline Duck Dunn special edition

Yes - pick, music stand (well iPad on my mic stand) and 16 year old strings. The perfect combination. they don't even give you a Rotosound sticker in the packet anymore, and it's plastic! What the hell has happened? You turn your back for a little time and the world goes mad.

I maintained them religiously - every other Saturday night they got a coating of finger grease! They were almost broken in as well

Hi I just had to vent my disappointment and frustration at the obvious lack of quality and care that occurred in 2002 when Rotosound produced the batch of RS66 strings that have been on my bass for the last 16 years. The A string broke on new year's eve!!! You can imagine how shocked I was at the obvious lack of longevity of the things these days. Its also meant I've had to clean the fret board eradicating a small but very important ecosystem that showed promising signs of world domination.

Great laugh last night, played a social club in Coulsdon, 3 1/2 hour set with two breaks. 5 songs in the lead vocalist/guitarists voice packs up entirely due to his cold. We manage to make it through another half hour with me singing some of the songs I do. Then in the fifteen minute break I transposed the entire rest of the set into my best guess keys for me (thanks on song!) and I sang and played the rest by sight - pretty nerve wracking especially as I'm so used to doing harmonies on auto pilot in almost of them. Then to add insult to injury about 45 minutes before the end I have my first string break in 30 years so I had to play the rest on just the E string. Went down really well though- everyone loved it, everyone on their feet dancing and they paid us a bonus as they liked it so much. Bit pleased with myself today

Nurse, nurse!! Mr SH73 is out of bed again..... 😀

No we haven't got anything on you tube and our websites is about 4 years out of date - I really must update it as its a bit crap not to really - we should get some decent recordings and videos as well - but we're already booked out until this time next year so it's hard to convince the other two that we need to when we haven't got any spare slots if it generates any new business.

Have a look at some second hand lakland skyline Bob glaubs - they're very very good

[quote]Agreed, but some very dodgy decade allocations there ...[/quote] well yeah (blush) it's something I need to sort out on the website We normally do 2x 1.5 hour sets or an hour first set and 2 hour second - lots of the fifties songs are actually really short 2-2.5 minutes and we try to go straight from one to another, few medleys etc. But normally 3 hours plus a couple of encore songs. Sometimes we play shorter sets if a club wants us to play for a shorter time. I share lead and backing with the guitarist so we both sing all night. Fine when you haven't got a cold I love it as it lets you run some themes through the set as well, rock and roll phase, 80s phase, everyone's drunk and wants to sings along phase etc - we like doing a juke box every so often as well where we put a menu on each table and people can tell us what they'd like us to play (2nd set) - we also do on the fly requests which are a lot of fun - on song is awesome for this, real seat of your pants stuff, but you have to be bloody careful we're all old farts that have played most songs people request anyway.

Here's our current set list I either sing lead or backing on - its a bit out of date but we normally do 70 or so a night [color=#000000][b][u]2010's[/u][/b] GET LUCKY - DAFT PUNK HAPPY - PHARRELL WILLIAMS PRICE TAG - JESSIE J [b][u]2000’s[/u][/b] EVERYBODYS CHANGING - KEANE MR BRIGHTSIDE - THE KILLERS RAISE YOUR GLASS - PINK SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON VALERIE - AMY WHITEHOUSE WHISTLE FOR THE CHOIR – FRATELLIS [b][u]1990’s[/u][/b] BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S - DEEP BLUE SOMETHING I’M GONNA BE (500 MILES) - PROCLAIMERS LOSING MY RELIGION – REM [b][u]1980’s[/u][/b] BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON DANCING IN THE STREET - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS HEROES - DAVID BOWIE I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR - U2 SHARP DRESSED MAN - ZZ TOP SUMMER OF 69 - BRYAN ADAMS TOWN CALLED MALICE - PAUL WELLER WALK OF LIFE - DIRE STRAITS YOUR SONG - ELTON JOHN [b][u]1970’s[/u][/b] BLACK IS BLACK - LOS BRAVOS BORN TO BE WILD - STEPPENWOLF BROWN EYED GIRL - VAN MORRISON CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE - QUEEN CROCODILE ROCK - ELTON JOHN DAYDREAM BELIEVER - MONKEES DECEMBER 1963 - FOUR SEASONS DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW? - ABBA DON'T STOP - FLEETWOOD MAC GET IT ON - T-REX I HEAR YOU KNOCKING - DAVE EDMUNDS LAY DOWN SALLY - ERIC CLAPTON LETS STICK TOGETHER - ROXY MUSIC LOVE IS IN THE AIR - JOHN PAUL YOUNG MAGGIE MAY - ROD STEWART PROUD MARY - CCR ROCKING ALL OVER THE WORLD - STATUS QUO SHANG A LANG - BAY CITY ROLLERS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE -STEALERS WHEEL SWEET CAROLINE - NEIL DIAMOND SWEET HOME ALABAMA - LYNYRD SKYNYRD SWEET HOME CHICAGO - BLUES BROTHERS TIGER FEET - MUD WATERLOO SUNSET – KINKS [b][u]1960’s[/u][/b] ALL OVER NOW - ROLLING STONES BROWN SUGAR - ROLLING STONES CAN'T BUY ME LOVE - BEATLES DREAM LOVER - BOBBY DARIN HANG ON SLOOPY - THE MCCOYS HONKY TONK WOMEN - ROLLING STONES I SAW HER STANDING THERE - BEATLES JUMPING JACK FLASH - ROLLING STONES KANSAS CITY -BEATLES MARY LOU - RICKY NELSON MUSTANG SALLY - WILSON PICKETT/COMMITMENTS SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME - DRIFTERS SINGING THE BLUES - GUY MITCHELL/DAVE EDMUNDS STAND BY ME - BEN E KING SURFING USA - BEACH BOYS WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM – SEARCHERS [b][u]1950’s[/u][/b] ALL SHOOK UP - ELVIS AT THE HOP - DANNY AND THE JUNIORS GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND - ELVIS GREAT BALLS OF FIRE - JERRY LEE LEWIS GUESS IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - BUDDY HOLLY HALFWAY TO PARADISE - BILLY FURY HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS - ELVIS HOUND DOG / WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN - ELVIS/JERRY LEE LEWIS JOHNNY B GOODE - CHUCK BERRY LET'S TWIST AGAIN - CHUBBY CHECKER LETS DANCE - CHRIS MONTEZ MESS OF THE BLUES - ELVIS MOVE IT - CLIFF RICHARD MYSTERY TRAIN - ELVIS ROUTE 66 - ROLLING STONES RUN AROUND SUE - DION SUMMERTIME BLUES - EDDIE COCHRAN THAT'LL BE THE DAY - BUDDY HOLLY THE WANDERER - DION[/color]

Duh! Wombling Merry Xmas of course!

Guns and Roses - I like Slash, -Good Guitarist -and Velvet Revolver, Snake Pit was ok as well but GNR just churned out a load of bland contrived songs and covers. There were far better bands in the day that were overlooked just because GNR were "cool" and seem to still be. Oh and any band that features dragons*, simpering maidens or long meandering faffy songs. And flute solos. Or mention Osiris and the Serengeti, or making it to the shore and throwing away paddling implements for extended periods of time. Edit - *Except Dio. I like Dio. I think Iron Maiden mentioned dragons a few times but I think they got away with it.

I love the look of jazzes and I've had a few, you can try putting everything through the front PU and roll off all the treble, it's kind of P bass ish but it never creams through the mix like a P does. I guess that's why I've ended up selling all the ones I've had

It was, as with all fender basses, a typical fender year with some great basses and some complete m***ers. Most of the MiM P basses have been fine, a couple have been outstanding - one of the outstanding ones was a 2004/5 that I wish I'd held onto. Usual rule applies either take a punt and flog it on if you don't click with it or try it first

Well Richard Thompsons just released a new album, does that count?

I had a couple of BLXs, a commando, two 715s and I found them all to be bloody heavy and seriously underwhelming in terms of power and sound. I think the equivalent peaveys of the day were and are far better

Weekend World....Nantucket Sleigh Ride by Mountain (starts at 2:27) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qip4aQLc7L0

Left bank two by the Noveltones... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UcCHRW8G9yY And now it's time for the Gallery...

Journey of the Sorcerer by the Eagles https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MbhAf62wfgE Hitch hikers guide to the Galaxy

[quote][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]and of course without question the greatest TV theme tune of all time...[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] .[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Not all necessarily great basslines, but wonderful pieces of music.[/font][/color] [/quote] The amazing Danny Thompson on bass - apparently written and recorded in an afternoon in Gerry Anderson's front room

I use a mark bass LMii and a barefaced one ten - bloody loud, sounds great and the whole lot fits in a Cajun bag along with a laptop and an iPad!

Probably one of my favourite bass lines - DD at his finest - you could probably hash it with a Johnny be Goode blues walk for the main parts if you're really desperate -good luck and enjoy it though

IEMs are the way forward - just point at them say you can't hear and direct them to the only person in the band not using them

Yeah I know it's just a cable but.... I'm keen IEMs - especially as I now have a dedicated monitor mix form our new XR16 desk. I tried the LD 1000 wireless system and frankly while it worked the bass sound especially was awful so I asked our resident expert OBBM (aka Dave of Rock Wire) to make me a cable and it works brilliantly. It's a guitar lead (neutrik silent jack to standard jack) for my bass but also has a 3mm headphone jack for my monitor amp and the bass amp end and a 3mm headphone socket at the guitar end - crystal clear sound, no extra leads tangling and even better as the cable is slightly thicker than a guitar lead it doesn't twist up when I wander about. £900 cheaper than a shure wireless system! Anyway there you go - today's exciting cable news!

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