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I can't fault the way my Spector plays, or the way it feels strapped on. The only thing I lust for occasionally is a change in tone, so sometimes I find myself longingly looking at Streamer Stage IIs and Bongos on ebay. But, the financial outlay is, for me, just too great in times like these. I could afford to buy a used Bongo or Streamer now, but I think that money would be better kept in savings for a rainy day.

I've always wanted to learn to play the solicitor.

When this comes on in the car, I drive faster. Nuff said. *Edit - pasted the wrong video!

As do I. Wrong has got some fantastic, mental, all over the place but groovy playing all over it. Aggressive tone too!

I now understand the appeal of Billy Sheehan. What a solo! Great tone too, big, fat and warm. Proper bass tone!

I thought his solos were quite entertaining to watch but the one's I've seen on youtube are a bit, well... all over the place, melodically speaking. I like his playing though, it's totally distinctive and he really pushed the boundaries. I get the impression he dug into the strings a fair bit!

Looking good! Glad to see you've got the P pickup coils arranged the sensible way round too

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1053698' date='Dec 10 2010, 08:43 AM']Get an old 80's Steinberger![/quote] Arent they meant to be suprisingly heavy? Lightest bass I've ever owned was an old passive Rockbass Corvette. Shame about the pups, it didnt have much punch.

Probably the most exciting performance I've seen on Jools since Radiohead were at their peak.

My earliest memory of listening to music for pleasure was being given a cassette walkman with Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds on it. I think I must have been around 4. It may have grabbed me due to the juxtaposition between storytelling and music, but whatever the case it definately influenced me a lot. So much so that one of the first things I taught myself to play on an instrument, when I was 7 or 8, was the synth line from "The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine", all on one string of my brother's guitar.

I cant read music to any great standard and I don't have the flashest chops in the world, but I do consider myself to have a really good ear. I think it's just a good sense of relative pitch. I am proud of it, I must admit - it generally means I can jam with anyone and just jump in.

I've got a massive cock.

Music for Chameleons - Gary Numan

Yeah. I sing backup in almost every song in our set, and I love it. Most of my lines are pretty simple anyway so it's no great problem, whenever I happen to be doing anything rhythmically complex it can take a bit of practice though!

Crikey. Doesnt sound healthy...

Some necks will shift more than others. Apologies if I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but if you fret the A string at the 1st fret with your left hand and press the string against the end of the fingerboard with your right elbow, how much of a gap is there between the string and the 9th fret?

I'd learn to slap properly but to be honest, the only slap I can abide is subtle and slow (such as in "If You Want Me to Stay" by Sly and the Family Stone), well within my current ability. I don't really like listening to fast funk slapping so I've never really had the inclination to learn. If I like how it sounds, I'll probably try and do it, basically.

I used to be 100% fingerstyle, now in the band I'm 50% fingers, 50% pick, entirely for tone reasons. Pick just happens to sound great sometimes.

True, but I suppose it depends what you want from a manufacturer. Spector for instance have a core design that they've tweaked over the years, but when you purchase an NS Spector, you expect it to feel and sound like an NS Spector. I suppose the other end of the scale is someone like Carl Thompson where you get whatever the luthier creates for you and any deviations from design along the way are considered part of the character.

Surely though a CNC is programmed to do just what the luthier wants it to do? Once they've perfected their design they can make a machine reproduce that design perfectly, every time. Most luthiers will still finish the bass off and set it up by hand anyway.

Well, that's your view and you're entitled to it, but it seems pretty crazy to me. I don't see a downside to using all the excellent technology available in addition to human experience in order to create a high quality instrument.

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs Really good album. Flows like it was written as a cohesive album, too, which is a rarity.

Have you adjusted the truss rod? In this cold weather it's likely that it will need a tweak, sounds like you might need to slacken it off a touch to add a bit of neck relief if your strings are touching the frets. Measure it first, naturally. If I were you I'd take it to a decent luthier for a set up and get them to check the wiring.

Such brilliant fills! I love Cass Lewis' playing so much. Ok, it's not rock, it's punk, but it gets me going.

[quote name='KevB' post='1041015' date='Nov 29 2010, 12:12 PM'] [/quote] This has always been my favourite Beatles bassline, but I have a feeling it was George or John that actually played on the recording? Edit - not sure where I read that (think it was on Basschat) but I cant seem to find anything that substantiates it. In fact it looks like I'm dead wrong!