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[quote name='steve-soar' post='905043' date='Jul 25 2010, 06:29 PM']Thanks for posting that OG. Awesome to the max, like, totally.[/quote] Fixed that for you.. It's a desert island* disk for me. * Where the Ice Cream runs free

[quote name='silddx' post='904873' date='Jul 25 2010, 04:52 PM']Re number 2, I am not sure what to infer from your point..[/quote] That sounds magnificent to me... I'd not worry too much about my sound if it was like that...

[quote name='Mykesbass' post='904853' date='Jul 25 2010, 04:37 PM']At least there was no bingo at this one![/quote] No Bingo??? What kind of deviant social club was that??

[quote name='silddx' post='904798' date='Jul 25 2010, 03:37 PM'].. then you've missed the point of music completely." [i]Scott Thunes - October 1996[/i][/quote] Yeah well..... 1 he retired from music totally dischuffed and 2 he sounded like this:

[quote name='silddx' post='904645' date='Jul 25 2010, 11:58 AM']I never expect, or feel I deserve, compliments, appreciative audiences, record deals, money, or an easy life. All I feel is great privilege to be able to play some good music with some really good musicians who, for some reason trust me with their music and, I think, like me as a person. I want to enjoy myself, feel friendship and rapport with the other band members while on stage and off, and get to express myself occasionally as a musician, and more importantly as a PERSON, within a musical context. The primary thing is doing something of "quality" but that is highly subjective, I only like playing with bands that produce good songs, with good musicianship and who look good on stage. I have met musicians in the past who are really up their own arses and come across like they are going to save the world with their music, and they DESERVE to be heard because they are GOOD and INNOVATIVE. Bollocks. They don't appreciate what a gift it is for someone to lend you their ears for a hour and derive some enjoyment from it, let alone some inspiration.[/quote] Yup Just happy to get away with having musical fun in a room full of people having fun. In the "Up their own" department, Poor ol' Paul Weller on the wireless this week talking about his Mercury nomination. He thinks he's "Cu''in' edge, chew chew" and made Wake Up the Nation to add edge to contemporary music. Eh? It's good (for a 50 year old) but sounding like various 70's heroes - Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, and Jerry Lee lewis etc does not make for a cutting edge album...

[quote name='Mykesbass' post='904601' date='Jul 25 2010, 11:06 AM']First gig with new band last night - a mix of rock & roll, country and blues. Typical Social Club crowd, smattering of applause every now and then, no-one taking any real interest, then when we finished everyone coming up and telling us how good it was and are we coming back! I've now played social clubs in London, Suffolk and Sussex - are they the same the world over? [/quote] Yup Type 3 Audience: Arms crossed, looking angry, sat in the same seat every Saturday night for 10 years "Go on then, fookin' [i]entertain[/i] me. We 'ad that Abba Gold here last week. [i]They[/i] were good"

[quote name='plankspanker' post='904236' date='Jul 24 2010, 07:00 PM']Are they planning any rehearsals or is it just turn up on the night and wing it? Must be loads of spare bass players in Cardiff surely?[/quote] Like me all their normal deppers are playing or away for holidays, aparently. Anyway PM me and I'll put you in touch.

Love Sir Horace's stuff... Amongst the many bass players that I learned from, copied and ripped off there was one who is little known. In the 60's John Mayall did two albums with a "light" band, Acoustic guitar, sax/flute, Mayall and bass. They are called "Empty Rooms" (studio) and "The Turning Point" (live) The Bass player was Steve Thompson and I've never heard anything by him since but I played the two albums constantly ever since. Here's "California" from The Turning Point.

[quote name='Faithless' post='903829' date='Jul 24 2010, 10:32 AM'] Here's my quickie, rushing through transcription, originally that's a synth bassline, and it's just wicked.. I'll bring you more of stuff like this.. You wouldn't believe, how much wicked pop/synth bass stuff is out there..[/quote] Nice one. Nice wifebeater too

Saw that but assumed it was a Photoshoped picture ..

[quote name='BigRedX' post='903760' date='Jul 24 2010, 08:32 AM'][url="http://www.ritter-instruments.com/item_info.php?i=160"]Technically this is also a plywood bass[/url][/quote] "Laminate" when selling, "Plywood" when buying...

[quote name='Prosebass' post='903479' date='Jul 23 2010, 06:48 PM']Corian has always appealed to me as a material that could be good for bodies. Inert, Oil and Acid resistant, won't stain, no expansion or contraction. Bit heavy but a nice bit of milling could reduce that. [url="http://www.touchtile.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/corian_colours.jpg"]Colours[/url][/quote] I have a Corian/brass laminated nut on my Shuker .. Sounds great .. I'd not like a whole bass made from it though

If it's a pub audience then they would probably have heard Superstition go into Play that funky muzak about 500 times...

[quote name='mrjim' post='902932' date='Jul 23 2010, 10:43 AM']Anyone else noticed the bass was readvertised yesterday on gumtree even though the advert is still running on ebay?[/quote] That's OK as long as the ebay auctions says "also advertised elewhere so may end early" Edit: Ah just re-read the ebay link and it's a Jim Fullacarp description .... I'd only tust him if I could actually go to his place to get it and have a good look first.