Spike Vincent

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1152937' date='Mar 7 2011, 08:33 PM']Why do you think they suck?[/quote] Engineered The Rolling Clones (guess...) a few years back.Very competent,very entertaining.They got paid £700. More than I've made in 3 decades of trying to be original.One of the reasons I gave up 13 years ago.My dislike of tribute bands is not actually aimed at the bands (would I dress up as Bill Wyman for £250? Possibly) but at the total lack of imagination with the audiences.

I just ate 48 Jaffa Cakes in one sitting.A new personal best. Now that was an original reply. Tribute bands suck,btw.

Go for it! Whatever happens it's a good thing.

Our guitarist/vocalist still seems to think that check shirts and ripped knee jeans are relevant,I myself obsessively wear black,and the drummer likes to be as naked as possible.

[quote name='thumperbob 2002' post='1148116' date='Mar 3 2011, 10:31 AM']Funny I used to be a guitarist but went onto bass because of course it was easier, with it only having four strings. ( here it comes.......)[/quote] Ah,but the strings are BIGGER.

I do have a mid '70's Marshall 1 X 18" wardrobe.It doesn't get a lot of use.Although it does have a fair amount of clarity,believe it or not.

Depends how much it costs. I have much praise for older Peavey combos,most reliable amps I've ever used.Should be ok for small gigs unless the guitarist has a Marshall stack.

[quote name='xgsjx' post='1143062' date='Feb 27 2011, 09:46 AM']+1 to the above. If you're not happy with it then get it done right. Don't however, go in all guns ablaze but be polite about it. Tell him you like the job that he's done & how professional it sounds but also if he could remix the bassline as you'd like to see if the original sound that you had is gonna work with it (from a 3rd person perspective) or if you would be better trying to attain the sound he's produced.[/quote] Definately the best approach.Been there a few times,I've usually "taken one for the team" as the rest of the band - and those connected - were happy with the overall sound."I'll record the bass flat and add the chorus in the mixdown".No chorus.Bottom line though,if you weren't there then you can't really complain.

[quote name='Beedster' post='1140721' date='Feb 25 2011, 01:09 AM']"Whats better? a 2x15 or a single 15?" Neither. The solution is two 1x15s. It's the best of both worlds. Small gigs, take one, bigger gigs, take two. No slipped discs, and they're easier to fit into cars. Whilst I'm sure there is a difference in tone between the same two 15" units housed in one box or housed in two, I doubt that you'd hear it on stage. C[/quote] That's my approach.In theory two 1x15" cabs should give better dispersion and more bottom end.I think.

Mae sure and use really good masking tape.Tamiya gets my vote.

I have a 78 Fender P with a misaligned bridge.It's definately in the wrong place and does affect the sound,the E is louder than the rest of the strings (not a problem for me..). I also have an 80's Tokai P with the same problem,now that's taking the copy idea too far.

[quote name='Linus27' post='1140302' date='Feb 24 2011, 07:18 PM']Does anyone know if you should notify your household insurance company that you own a musical instrument or would they just cover it under household content insurance?[/quote] Mine also specifies single items over £500.I did have problems with one insurance company who didn't get the fact that a 1978 Fender Precision got MORE valuable as it got older rather than it depreciated..

[quote name='daz' post='1139519' date='Feb 24 2011, 05:16 AM']Indeed it was. To his family and friends he's just [i]John[/i][/quote] I recall some decades ago he was threatening extreme black belt violence against somebody calling him John,rather than Jean.Maybe he's mellowed a bit..

I still have every bass I've aquired in the last 32 years,even down to the unplayable Kay Gibson-esque Woolworth special.I am seriously thinking of winnowing out the ones that just don't get used,but the sentimental value always stops me.Plus left handed basses are inherantly harder to shift.Well,that's what I tell the Wife..

No problems with Fenders,but my Tokai Thunderbird seems to have elastic between the headstock and the floor.Consequently it doesn't get a lot of use.Looks nice though.

[quote name='TRadford' post='1138931' date='Feb 23 2011, 05:58 PM']I live near Remus sound [/quote] I used to..

[quote name='daz' post='1138950' date='Feb 23 2011, 06:12 PM']John was a talented classical guitar player trained in the Spanish style since he was 12 years old.[/quote] Whom?

No disrespect intended,but I don't consider Mexican Fenders to be proper Fenders...If the only thing wrong with the Jazz is the bridge,that's easily replaced.However,the Squier P special is a perfectly useable instrument and last I checked was still in the Squier catalogue,certainly plenty in the shops.

I think that's a categorical no.Get a cheapo P bass and shove some active EMG's in would fit the budget,but the active circuitry would cost more than the bass.

Used to be once a week ( all those years ago..) but now we're semi active it's once a month.Next gig is in October..

Definately miming! I'm pretty sure they didn't use their own kit on TOTP and similar programmes,I assume there wasn't a black P bass to be scrounged that day!

Bear in mind that JJ's * Hiwatt was a 50w guitar head,and in the studio there was a shedload of compression. *Coincedentally,my grandson's name.

[quote name='Machines' post='1130545' date='Feb 17 2011, 06:51 AM']I find it hard to imagine Gloucester being a scary place.. I live near Aston ![/quote] I've been to scarier places,but it has it's moments.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1130433' date='Feb 16 2011, 11:17 PM']14 posts and no one slagged off Rotosounds? Oh sorry I just have......[/quote] It took a great deal of self restraint.... I am mostly using Fender strings now.

[quote name='lojo' post='1130239' date='Feb 16 2011, 08:51 PM']What bass is he playing here, never knew [/quote] Seen this clip loads of times,and I've never noticed that before!