Rayman

[quote name='ste_m3' post='159414' date='Mar 18 2008, 09:28 AM']OLP? Is it back from the shop yet? heh[/quote] No mate, it's in a queue, it could be the end of the month before it appears.

[i]OLD?!?[/i]

One word.................."Villex". [url="http://villex.com/pickups.html"]http://villex.com/pickups.html[/url]

"Miles" - Miles Davis Autobiography. Fascinating stuff, and even though I'm a jazz trumpet fan, this would be a good read for anyone I reckon. Also, "Chalkhills and Children" - The XTC biography by Chris Twomey. Andy Partridge is an English treasure, and is [i]greatly[/i] underrated, as is Colin Moulding, one of my favourite bass players.

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='159015' date='Mar 17 2008, 04:30 PM']A nice set of ex's and a very sweet looking daughter. I don't think I could remember all mine and my daughter's a bit older, like 25![/quote] Ha ha, yeah she was only maybe 3 there, she's 7 now.

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='158996' date='Mar 17 2008, 03:43 PM']I think I'd blow up the server if I posted mine [/quote] Matt, I remember that Q6, nice that was.

I thought it might be fun to post pics of all the basses I've had, but sold/traded on. I don't have any of these anymore, but wish I'd still got most of them: Yamaha BB1100S: Epiphone Thunderbird: 80s Yamaha BB3000S: 70s Ibanez Precision: Fender Precision Deluxe: Lakland Skyline JO4: 70s Yamaha BB400S Fretless: Daughter (still got her) holding Modded MIM Fender Precision: Wish I still had 'em all. What do you wish you'd kept?

Had a play on it yesterday, very nice bass indeed, that body looks even better in the flesh.

[quote name='ste_m3' post='158598' date='Mar 16 2008, 09:17 PM']Ahhh so [i]your[/i] russ! Id be really interested to have a tinkle on your Levin Sig when its out from the shop. This calls for another bash! [/quote] Yes mate, no problem, once it's back from having the Villex pup dropped in it, and new nut and pots, it should be a stormer.

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='158585' date='Mar 16 2008, 08:49 PM']I absolutely fell in love with Russ's Black/maple Stingray 2 EQ, my dream Ray. My offer still stands btw [/quote] Ha ha, I'm still thinking about it mate. I'll bring the ray round when I get up there in the next week or two. Really enjoyed today, a lot. Great friendly atmosphere, no egos, great people and great gear, what more could you want. Particularly good to see Skelf and Ped, long way for them to come, top blokes. Bass of the day for me was the Sadowsky, just stunning that was, but there were some amazing basses there, and now I'm all gassed up again, thanks for that folks.

Wicked basses mate, all you'll ever need right there.

Nick, that new jazz 5er is one of the nicest looking basses I've ever seen, nice one pal.

Enough said.

Is that you in the avatar?

Are you a tosser??

I think it's time the moderators knock this one on the head, It's going nowhere. We've lost a valuable contributor to this forum now, because of some tosser winding people up for a laugh.

Well that's true yes, but I recently played a $$ and didn't like it, a mate of mine has a (quite old now) Samick bass, and it's a lovely thing to play, so, it's all up to the player in the end.

Good spot sir, I'll be recording some of that.

No reason at all why it shouldn't be a good bass, Samick make some nice stuff. However as AB points out, I'm not sure that it's a step up from a $$. Try it out and see, a good bass doesn't have to cost the earth, I've played some gorgeous sub £300 basses that knock some £1000 ones into a cocked hat.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='153106' date='Mar 7 2008, 02:52 PM']I'm gonna stick my neck out here and say that if I practiced for 10 hours a day and became a well respected session musician because of it, I'd feel slightly dissapointed. 10 hours a day is a full time job, you'd expect to be a great technician. I would actually have hoped to be part of something much more accessible and (to me) interesting than what Janek does. The problem I have with these guys, is that they have great talent, but they use it in a way that to me, seems like such a waste.[/quote] You've got no idea how Janek lives his life, or how he conducts his working day as a professional musician, so to assume that he is wasting his time doing what he does is utterly ridiculous. He has worked with/ is working with top musicians such as Mike Stern on a daily basis, touring, recording etc, that all sounds like a pretty accomplished career for a young man so far. His contribution to BGM is a valuable tool, and to many players who understand what he's saying, it's an enjoyable lesson. My suggestion to you Chief, is to start reading the Beano, you might get more out of it.

No thanks.