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    Ibanez 2022 range

    in Bass Guitars

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    5 hours ago, Ed_S said:

    I really like Ibanez gear but it seems there's an ever-decreasing amount to lust over

     

    Hmm pretty sure this catalogue is the most comprehensive bass portfolio any manufacturer has ever offered - period.

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    New Ibanez Headless basses

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    On 13/12/2021 at 20:08, visog said:

    Anyone know if Ibanez are expanding the range for 2022? They seem to have gone down well - not sure how well they've sold? Wondering if they might introduce more options, colours or finishes?

     

    Yes - Mikey D's covered them here: 

     

    Jaw droppingly good albums for bass players to hear

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    So I'll bite in the spirit of the question, i.e. albums where I went crikey!... from bass perspective:

     

    Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, 'Flight of the Cosmic Hippo'

    Jaco - eponymous, Joni & WR

    +1 for Bruford

    Yes - all 70's albums

    Return to Forever, 'Romantic Warrior'

    Stanley, 'School Days'

    UK - eponymous

    Rush - 'Permanent Waves' & 'Moving Pictures'

    Mark King, 'Influences'

    Steve Khan, 'Modern Times' w/ Anthony Jackson

    Brand X, 'Masques'

     

    There you go... some crackers in there.

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    NAMM 2022

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by visog
    Bad grammar

    I'm don't think there'll be one. Not sure there ever will be again?

     

    Do the financials still stack up as I believe it's hellishly expensive to exhibit. Just use YouTube no?

     

    I fear for my Bass Guitar Show ticket for April...

    Creators vs. band members

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    Oh how Lockdown and YouTube is shaping music. I'm seeing some astounding artists create unbelievable performances... but they get 10 seconds of my attention before I click away. Whilst being a bass player, I'm not a fan of a single instrument for an extended period whatever it is, even piano. However in parallel I find myself putting on a Steve Wilson Yes remix and shutting my eyes to bliss out for 40 minutes or so. Do you all think that our hyper-skilled creators will go on to create great ensemble music when our pandemic becomes endemic?

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    A Little Alcohol Improves Your Performance

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    I'm a no. Famously Eric Clapton played a gig layed out on some drug or other. Not for me. I want the artist to be present and delivering... Fine if they get wasted afterwards. So sad watching the Jaco vids where he's marred by drugs and alcohol. Such a contrast from when he's on and present and killing it. Same with Holdsworth... 

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    Old Bass Player magazine ad

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    I remember this too. David L Burgh as I recall who looked a bit nerdy so they substituted him with this rocker! To my mind, he looks like he's celebrating an epic fart. Any who... you can't learn perfect pitch. Well, correction, you may have it and develop it but for most people, you don't have it and can't get it. Don't worry - pretty sure none of the Beatles had it and they won music. Also, people who do have it, can lose it in middle age. It can also be torture for people who have it as instruments aren't perfectly in tune. Relative pitch we can all develop and that is a very pragmatic skill.

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    Jaco Documentary

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    On 12/07/2021 at 21:44, TheGreek said:

    Jaco's an enigma - a genius yet fragile man who was destroyed by Cocaine

    I think most sources cite alcohol exacerbating his bi-polar disease as the main factor in his demise.

     

    Jaco Documentary

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    Not really a documentary as such but still very watchable. I found the end very moving acknowledging all the Jaco influencers, contributors and commentators who had died including the heavily featured Dave Carpenter.

    New Ibanez Headless basses

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Well the Reb Beach cutaway serves no purpose other than extreme whammy dive-bombing - a habit that should not be encouraged in this day and age. Also, it still has a headstock which is not what this thread's all about.

    The Steinberger, design is more like it but is still has a rounded, convex bottom to base body contour where as the Ibby's are flatter for two-position playing and in the Strandberg, is amputated entirely so that it is concave in that area. But yes - Steinberger and Mike Rutherford ahead of their time. Reb Beach, a headstock - so very much of its time. 

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