Gareth Hughes

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Maybe if Victor was playing whilst juggling, and being on a bike, that might have been impressive? Maybe not. It's a tough crowd out there.

Funny - from the first note he played I could have sworn that was music. Did I miss a meeting?

Apparently it eases the tension.

Well I've just speed-read (or sped-read?) this in the last five minutes. I'm hooked. Give me more........ Tell me what the bass is and no-one gets hurt.

I've been gigging with either two UL-112's or a UL-310 for about 4 years now. It's tempting to get a UL-410 but I've rarely found myself ever needing it. After re-reading a 1x12 shoot-out from Bass Player magazine a good few years ago, I tried gigging with just one UL-112 (they mentioned something about the difference in hearing your bass come from a single speaker rather than multiples) and I was duly impressed. Clarity and focus of the sound was something else. Me happy camper.

[quote name='GreeneKing' timestamp='1325531369' post='1484091'] Halleluya [/quote] Jaco played with Leonard Cohen? (I was tempted to put down yer one from X Factor but that was going too far)

My quick 2p's worth is that my CIJ 75 Jazz Reissue is of better construction quality than my MIA 2008 American Standard Jazz.

Hey Bilbo - I can't seem to open the file on my Mac. First time I've come across an ipb file. Any ideas? EDIT - Just found the file on the miguelzenon.com site. Thanks for this.

Lovely lovely. Looks great, and very classy indeed. Thanks for posting.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1325335704' post='1482206'] I'm not saying it works for everyone [/quote] I was getting worried there was a cure until I read this bit - now I return to my old procrastinating ways.

In case it hasn't been said already - stand beside or in view of the guitarist/keyboard/whoever knows the songs best and keep your eyes glued to them for changes/stops/mouthing the chords, etc. And DON'T PANIC!!!! I had to do this in one afternoon - about 20 songs of all original music (bass player's father took ill) for Duke Special. Just keep your eyes and ears open.

Damn - I gots to check me out some Bieber. That might just make a Belieber out of me after all.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' timestamp='1324301548' post='1472713'] Markbass and Epifani is a match made in Heaven [/quote] +1 to that. I've run a Markbass F500, F1 and LMK head into my UL310 and UL112 cabs and loved it. Also getting good results with a Genz Benz Streamliner 600, tho need to roll the lows off quite a bit to get some punch.

Try this one: http://www.bassbooks.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=453 Worth getting for the great playing on the backing tracks. Yes you could program your own progressions, but to me there's a real benefit to be gained from playing along with world class players.

Not free but it's totally worth getting some of the Jamey Aebersold books. Some of them have accompanying books of transcribed bass lines from the likes of Ron Carter, Rufus Reid, Tyrone Wheeler, Bob Cranshaw and others.

Mainland Europe? Not sure, but if you email Jeff Genzler at Genz Benz he'll get back to you pretty quick. Their customer service is everything you've heard it to be.

Feels fine - doesn't feel unbalanced at all. And the double case can be handy if you're travelling - take one bass and use the other section for clothes.

I remember both signals being recorded - as for what ended up on the mix I couldn't say. Sounds like a lot of pickup to be honest. I say that because it's quite a solid tone with just a little bit of air/fairy dust on top.

And to add further beans to the GAS - here's a track I recorded using a £300, all laminate, Thomann bass with a rosewood (I think) fingerboard. This bass had no right to sound as good as it did. I'd sold my Ken Smith and was still waiting on my Thomann to arrive when this session came in, so borrowed this from a great drummer here, David Lyttle. He had the bass set-up by Thomas Barrett in Galway who installed a Realist pickup, lowered the action, replaced the tailpiece (I think) and strung it with Velvet Anima's. All in the final price came to about £1000. To me it's a great testament to the value of a good luthier and a good set-up. The producer on this session was Ken Thomas. He'd just finished the last Yann Tiersen album (he of 'Amelie' soundtrack fame), as well as having produced the early Sigur Ros albums, and recently mixed the last Moby record. Point being - he be a man with great ears and was well happy with the sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWViYvBBrjo&hd=1