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Surprised nobody's raised another of JP's influences, and yet another STH 'inspiration' in Davy Gragan - 20s in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWeejHJxGjs

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1459773587' post='3019413'] As I said, divisive. Lists suck, but certainly give rise to debate. My favourite tub thumpers are all there, but spread amazing widely, from the top 10 (Copeland, which I think is high) to barely scraping in (Steve Jordan, way too low). Ultimately it's a bit of fun which, to paraphrase Elvis Costello, tells much about lists and nothing about the musicians contained therein. Bruford was in the top 10 I think, certainly top 20. [/quote] #16 actually but no Mike Portnoy or Mick Burt (Chas n Dave). Not being sexist but there's a frankly an unrealistic quota of female drummers in there... (*runs to nuclear bunker*)

Well this guy's using one and he sounds more like Billy S than Billy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzBErdlI79Y

Nice! Love JJ. On top of the recommendations so far, I'd add Chad Wackerman's first to solo albums. For me, along with Stanley, he's Alembic's premier sound ambassador... His basses always sound huge! (Listen to the samples for 3 and 5: [url="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/chadwackerman"]http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/chadwackerman[/url]) Great fretless Alembic on #5 there. P.S. Fretted GWB35?

Hi all, This guy has been mentioned before on BC but I don't think he gets the credit he deserves... LM is a force of nature...! Jaco inspired sure but he's got his own thing going on. Good stuff starts at 2:30... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT6n-oIrLCQ Aimless noodling? visog

Good advice so far... Here's some stuff I know helps:[list] [*]Hydration & general good health (including upper-body exercise) [*]Good technique (including a light touch - as mentioned before, seek out the Gary Willis lowest posible tension to sound a note exercise.) [*]Good monitoring so you don't over-play to hear yourself [*]Knowing your material so you don't tense up at difficult bits or moments of uncertainty [*]Good posture [*]A good strap/a light bass [*]Warm-ups [/list] Don't always follow the above but there we go... Here's some stuff that may help - but I can't vouch for...[list] [*]Cod liver oil [*]Glucosamine [*]https://powerballs.com/rehabilitation.php [*]Lower action & lower string tension (lighter strings) [*]Avoiding stress & tension manifesting in the hands, i.e. making a fist subconsciously or during sleep (so fall asleep with flat hands) [/list] Good luck and hope you get better

My two penneth: I suspect with a Status you have a very clean sound for which you might want to investigate dirtying up a bit for rock. In which case an overdrive/distortion would be good - the tone here is hugely subjective and can get expensive so perhaps a Behringer BDI21 would be a good start. Chorus works well for rock in quieter/melodic passages so take a look at those too. visog

[quote name='lonestar' timestamp='1458933453' post='3012278'] All of the above but how about Ike Willis especially on Zappa's Joes Garage ? Great voice [/quote] Agreed - many a fond hours listening to his ironic take on Scientology...

Nice thing - sure it sounds awesome. Be good to A/B with a regular (thru-neck Spitfire). Still not there on the shape vs. some the SC's from Ken Smith and Surine say... No coil tap switch?

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1458849633' post='3011612'] For me, it was Jon Anderson all the way. [/quote] Got there as I was writing it!!!!!

Prog voices for me: Jon Anderson, John Wetton and Greg Lake. Quite like Peter Gabriel's too but it's failing lately. Sting can sing well... Tom Yorke has an interesting quality Female I'd go Aretha when not doing awful pop, +1 Bjork, Kate Bush, Joni... Annie Lennox can sing but god she's annoying. Maddie Prior kills it and Maggie Riley too. +1 for Annie Haslam

Thanks for the update JB... sounds very promising

Oh and this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU7WFZuCV5s In memory of Harry Patch

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1458232487' post='3005850'] puff the magic dragon had me in tears, but I was about 8 at the time [/quote] Me too! As well as: Born Free Ring of Bright Water On a more serious note I'd go with anything from the Heijera era Joni canon... so melancholic. Currently classic Yes is still raw with Chris Squire's recent passing... e.g. Wondrous Stories with his comically aggressive high-stabbing bass right the way through a ballad together with his killer vocal harmonisations...

Thanks for the update JB... will make the trip to Bass Direct to try one out when they're in stock...

[quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1458240706' post='3005959'] A quick fiddle with the pedal at home tells me the important things: 1. The DI works nicely 2. There is a huge range of sounds available 3. The hype is to be believed! [/quote] Thanks for the update JB - was waiting for this update all week! Can you report on the noise and click issues Meddle experienced? Are you happy with the distorted tone? Are the cold and hot fusion modes usable rather than a gimmick? Can you run effects on one channel and change to the hot channel for boost/soloing, etc.?

I'm not an expert in the field but this caught my eye when browsing earlier... worth investigating on bass as it sounds good on guitar... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frvFUrrffDw

Just getting into this myself... So what I've discovered so far is that for drones and ambient echoes, the bass is to low and quickly becomes muddy. So the solution? As we don't want to sully ourselves with those thin stringed instruments is to get an octave up pedal... many choices but a cheap but good one is a Rowin octpus before you do your ditto looper... And then, for ambient goodness trial a stacked delay or Strymen (if you can afford one!). The TC Flashback Triple is a lot of echo for £200 and you get to stack in parallel or serially. Here's a great YouTuber giving you the skinny on this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwyiN3wF2_Q

[quote name='mingsta' timestamp='1457277405' post='2996947'] Looks like a fish. So it's great if you like fishie, I guess. [/quote] A fish's egg sack is what I got... mermaids purse... baby shark. Probably work well with evil clown mask.

Coo that's nice... Sproingy sound. I wonder how well it balances on a strap though?

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1457032508' post='2994706'] My Ultra should be with me tomorrow, man the wait has felt long [/quote] Think you're referring to the B7K ultra, which looks (sounds) pretty awesome but I'm referring to the Vintage Deluxe Ultra predicted for more Rock rather than Metal tones... Good luck to all of you with the B7K Ultras landing about now... All the DG stuff sounds great..... (except the compressor SS which I can't hear the difference for at all in any of the demos?) Visog

[quote name='bjelkeman' timestamp='1456679712' post='2991333'] You may enjoy this post about a visit I made last week to Darkglass, including a 20 minute interview with Doug Castro. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/280043-a-visit-to-darkglass-electronics-february-2016/"]http://basschat.co.u...-february-2016/[/url] [/quote] Good video... seems a nice place to work... Still not clear on plans for a Vintage Deluxe [u]Ultra [/u]though?

Importantly, can you get a tone close to your Avatar?

Cool... what's it like? How does it compare to your VT DI in tone, etc?

Or get the Two Notes Le Bass.... choices, choices...