toneknob

14 hours ago, Hemibass said:

I actually don't have it anymore! I sold it on here last year. Decided after 10+ years of battling with it I would just stick to Jazz basses from now on haha. They just suit me too perfectly.

 

It's a 1978 which I purchased in about 2010ish if I remember right.

 

It sounded great (if that Ricky sound is what you are going for which I loved more than anything when I was younger), but I just ended up preferring both the tone and the feel of my Jazz bass in the end

I know what you mean - I've got both a Geddy Jazz and a late 70s Ricky. I spent a long time in Genesis tributes so the Ricky had its time and place and more than adequately did the job. However since I've moved on from that world, the Jazz gets a lot more of the action these days. (Still got the Ricky though)

14 hours ago, Hemibass said:

I have been planning on doing a full rig rundown on my Youtube channel for a while but I have a new bass on order and kind of want to wait until that arrives before I make the video, but I can quickly list my gear here if you are interested.

 

My main bass is a MIJ Geddy Lee Jazz bass from the mid-late 2000s, and I play that with Rotosound Swingbass66 strings. I have a Tech-21 GED-2112 Sansamp and a Trace Elliot GP12X  (distorted sound and clean sound) which I blend to get the bass sound I want. Those go into a Palmer PDI-05 speaker simulator. It's a similar setup to what Geddy used in the Test for Echo era, which is my favourite tone of his.

 

Here is my Youtube for anyone interested: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4dlAoqg21GSUqNZX3GuA9w

Thanks for the link! will geek out later. What vintage is your Ricky btw?

1 hour ago, Hemibass said:

I didn't see this thread until I googled us to find the link for the tickets to our gig haha

 

I'm the bass player in this band (Invisible Airwaves)!

 

Thanks for all the nice comments guys. Lovely to hear.

 

And can confirm, Tamas is a very cool guy  

 

Maybe see some of you in June!

Thanks for stopping by! For the gear nerds among us, can you run through your rig?

Did we know Vincen Garcia has an album out?

Also he's on at the Jazz Café and Band on the Wall on March 27th and 28th respectively.

My monthly jam night has kicked my butt numerous times. If you go back and take your learnings with you - musical and otherwise, as you've pointed out - you'll end up a better player, someone other want to play with and get more out of the evening. I always make sure I take two or three new (to me) songs that will fit the evening to fit in with the general style.

I've ordered the first issue today. The cover content looks like everything we've seen before (Jaco/slap/fender jazz) but I'm looking forward to seeing inside.

5 minutes ago, White Cloud said:

It's like arguing over What's the best curry down the local tandoori. 

King prawn jalfrezi, everyone knows that.

This is brilliant: https://jbkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/playing-in-a-room-with-people

Jansen/Barbieri/Karn with Theo Travis and Steven Wilson. Includes live tracks from Bestial Cluster, The Tooth Mother among others

When John Giblin passed away, I was subsequently recommended Mod'Fish and Forest People, both by Masami Tsuchiya. Both also feature Mick Karn, and are well worth a listen.

Ditto - my big sister loved Duran, the Police, Japan etc and had their posters from Smash Hits, Jackie etc on her bedroom walls. So I had to find my own early teenage music preferences because no way could I like the same as her. Despite that I was strangely drawn to Sons Of Pioneers for reasons I would much later learn to be bass guitar. Ditto New Gold Dream, Rio, Zenyatta etc etc. I still have some of her records that I stole in the late 80s. Don't tell her! Then later she bought me Bestial Cluster for Christmas one year, which is still a frequent listen.

Some of you will dig this - after an intro noodle it morphs and kicks into something you'll recognise (it's Sons Of Pioneers, one of my favourite Japan songs) 

3 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

Any excuse...

 

 

Steven Wilson on guitar there. 

Sold! thanks for looking.

Well I like the simplicity of a single knob. But I'm not about to trade in my JMJ from the short-scale corner of my bass wardrobe, nor fill in the space reserved for a Wilcock, for one of these (sorry Joe)

5 minutes ago, cetera said:

Ah yes.... It's Tamas isn't it?

 

Spot on. Also seen in Supertramp tribute Logical Tramp. 

40 minutes ago, Rich said:

@toneknob, is this your band? 

As hard as I have tried I could never sustain a beard of that magnitude (he's also a better bass player than me when it comes to Rush, despite me having a GL sig Jazz, 70s Ricky 4001, Geddy preamp pedal and endless enthusiasm for the music)

Full disclosure: the singer is a good friend and one of the nicest guys there are, and fronts up more heavy rock covers acts in south-west London than I could possibly remember. I'll be sending on your reviews.

First gig has been announced for June 28th, in Bracknell I think

https://invisibleairwaves.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552872658641

Here's their Tom Sawyer. Other full-song clips are on their website.

3 minutes ago, JohnDaBass said:

P.S. Probably the young BassChatters have never heard of Beat Instrumental

This is the biggest compliment I expect to receive today

When it comes to online magazines, I'm still impressed by the quality of writing by the ex-(US) Bass Player staff, now at Bass Magazine, who still publish occasional "magazines" as well at regular online content at https://bassmagazine.com/issues/

In the olden days I subscribed to Bass Player (US first, then UK version when it flipped)

and I think I have all copies of Bassist.

Are there any left actual bass magazines left?

I'm in a facebook group called Books About Music, you'll find lots of inspo there. https://www.facebook.com/groups/652308845438533

This is one photo I've submitted

5 minutes ago, Huge Hands said:

I am on my second marriage, so have had 2 rings over the years.  I always assumed they would be an issue due to my massive sausage fingers and having to have oversized rings specially made, but neither was ever an issue.

 

I put that down to pure luck rather than anything to do with technique...... 

And how are you finding being King after such a long time as Prince of Wales?

8 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

SWR Redhead combo?

No, she's a brunette.

OH, I see what you mean.

And from the other side, bonus points if you can id the bass amp: