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Hmm over-priced I think we'd all agree. I don't like the body shape. For me, JE was that Alembic Exploiter!

Shaun Ryder and Shane MacGowan for not being dead.

And in more proggery: Lee/Peart Squire/Bruford *Edit: ooh, ooh forgot the mighty: Wetton/Bruford Levin/Bruford Actually anyone with Bruford come to think of it...

For me, not a fan of the new shapes - a bit anonymous, maybe vaguely MusicMan. Much preferred their hot-rodded P and J heyday. Some of their relic finishes with 'traditional' design and modern electronics were stunning.

So... out of interest, given Alembic/Wals don't float your boat, what does? (No judgement, just intrigued whether you'll go Ritter or Squire?)

Tort. Final answer.

Out of interest, does the course require adoption of GW's right-hand technique or is it more generic?

Lovely basses but Rush's production and synth aesthetic of the 80s/90s did them no favours whatsoever.

Sioixie - agreed although I think her most notable musical collaborators were Budgie and John McGeoch... Annie Haslam and Jon Camp In Renaissance? Chaka Khan and Anthony Jackson?

How is the stand-up career going?

Nah compressors are out. Limiters are where it's at...

Very meta - it's called 'life' - get involved with an opinion, not an observation on process. UglyDog - get off the fence: KB - genius or not? PS no wrong answer... just boring ones

Female geniuses include Joni, Kate and I'll add Bjork just to get your goat... Evidence: Kate - 'Hounds of Love' - Admittedly not JG on this - Delbert Palmer and Eberhard Weber not too shabby Joni - where do you start? I'll go 'Hejira' for the bass angle with Jaco's sublime contributions Bjork - 'Vespertine' for all her saucy songs about shagging but they are amazing... (sorry no bass guitar AFAIK) So point of order denied.

Nah... not going to happen in the short-term for this model. It's a product into a market and they will see how it performs. The business model in this case is design over domestic hand-built so they'll see how that sells. As soon as I heard it was built in Indonesia I realised that this step is for many manufacturers is the price-reducing production shift. The fact that they've started with this means that any price change is a little way off.

Hmm... this thread is symptomatic of the decline of music, the industry and more importantly, the value of music. The OP is entitled to their opinion but then so am I and I say that based on empiric evidence of sales, critical success and positive Basschat posts, he's talking b*ll*cks. It's good to be contrary to stimulate debate - I do it all the time on these forums but sometimes posts like this are pointless. And moreover, I'd say who is rateable? And then I'd ask, what do these rated people think of McCartney or Jaco etc, and of course, they'll usually give their approval.

No love shown yet here for this update? https://ebssweden.com/content2/effects/ebs-billy-sheehan-ultimate-signature-drive/ I always liked his dry/wet mix concept but found the sound to fizzy - eclipsed by Darkglass's more open and refined grit, grunt and growl. What do the BS pedal fans think? **Edit: Just read that it's not out yet** Still some vids appearing:

I'm more 'clank' than 'thump' and this should be in 'Bass Guitars'

Sign of the times... Altrincham and Huddersfield also going... Shame. Good store... handy for pedals, leads, books and other shizzle

Better be good with a name like that...

Yes me too on all the above... I saw Chris first on the Yesshows Drama tour - he was awesome. I don't think he gets the credit he deserves for his sound innovation. He got into bi-amping early on, and blending a guitar amp for his treble pick-up (bridge presumably) and a regular bass amp for his bass. Great tone... I've read that the 'Ricko-sound' was in part due to him. Not sure how true that is. I'm sure the experts will chime in. For those craving some CS tones and lines, I recommend Miguel Falcao's channel for faithful reproductions and with the type of basses Chris used... https://www.youtube.com/user/miguelbass

Yeah bass is rubbish. So let's close the forum and all give up.

Funnily enough, just been gassing over Geddy's blue Ric's in his book then low and behold I find this thread... Lovely basses