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[quote name='Mike' post='324926' date='Nov 8 2008, 06:49 PM']And also sampled by All Saints some years back! Wicked CD, with Will Lee on bass, and Mike McDonald![/quote] Thanks Mike It's a great lineup isn't it. I didn't know Will Lee played on there. I love the Phoebe Snow version of Shaky Ground. Will lee is one of those names I know of,( mainly from Harke and Fender ads) of but will have to investigate further. If Donald Fagen and friends did this again i think I'd sell my car book a flight and go. Mike

Try and get hold of Donald Fagen & The New York Rock and Soul Review live at the Beacon in NYC. Fantastic stuff

Here is a custom maker that a very kind chap Steve that I met at a bass bash sent me back in April: Jim now has the template for the 2x10 combo as he has now done the first one for me. You can contact him at [u][email protected][/u]

PM Sent

I read an interview with Flea in Bass Guitar mag saying something along the lines that he liked old fender Jazzes because they'd had a lot of time forgetting that they were once trees and are now guitars. Personally I think that they make 'em better now anyway.

Thanks Bilbo I really enjoyed that what a player he is. Great Band;Tight as a gnats chuff.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='319704' date='Nov 1 2008, 05:34 PM']Oh come on. Let's all stop trying to sound so right-on and cultured. It sounds f***ing sh*t.[/quote] Well said

Very catchy. I shall be humming it all week. In fact I might suggest that we use it at the next wedding gig. To be fair the man sums it up quite well in his comment: "There is no necessity that you have the concern. Because it is a Japanese mind". fair enough then?

[quote name='lonestar' post='319585' date='Nov 1 2008, 12:55 PM']That's Interesting I've used them for years and the last set of swing bass I fitted to my Jazz a few months ago seemed rougher than I remember. I thought that they were old stock or something. Maybe Rotosound have QC issues? I tried elites once but wasn't overly impressed. Any other suggestions for 45-105 stainless strings. Isn't there a sticky for this already elswhere here for strings?[/quote] Ah here it is [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=660"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=660[/url]

That's Interesting I've used them for years and the last set of swing bass I fitted to my Jazz a few months ago seemed rougher than I remember. I thought that they were old stock or something. Maybe Rotosound have QC issues? I tried elites once but wasn't overly impressed. Any other suggestions for 45-105 stainless strings. Isn't there a sticky for this already elswhere here for strings?

Markbass CMD102p. I replaced my 500w Hartke/Ashdown stack with it a couple of years ago. Brilliant! loud and Light

Can I have another 3 then? John Entwhistle Duck Dunn Tony Levin

James Jamerson Bernard Edwards Chuck Rainey

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='312603' date='Oct 22 2008, 11:00 PM']I don't doubt that these have made their way on to here before but I've just seen them for the 1st time and I'm blown away. (let them run for a minute and the magic will start) [/quote] Thanks for posting these again ou7shined. I have seen them before and have used the WGFA one to learn the bass part as we do it in my band. Great stuff isn't it? it surprised me along with all the pyrotechnics in the playing how many spaces and pauses he leaves. a masterclass in tasteful rock bass playing IMHO I may have mentioned on here before that it was seeing some footage of The Ox with his Explorer bass standing in front of a mass of Sunn cabs belting out mighty sounds that inspired me as a callow youth to want to be a bass player. Took until I was 40 something to finally play Wont get fooled with a band for real. i think we do a good job of it too! perhaps I'll post it here one day. Mike

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='295400' date='Sep 30 2008, 01:54 PM']...and his sh*tty trainers.[/quote] ..and he was downright rude to me and my mate Steve.

[quote name='blamelouis' post='294347' date='Sep 29 2008, 09:53 AM']Joe Frazier rnd 2 and Dixie are great tracks but nothing stands out in recent years. p.s. avoid "tears in heaven" like the plague !!!!! [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aw3BV7V7ZbQ&feature=related"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aw3BV7V7ZbQ&...feature=related[/url] ..........Nuff said ![/quote] The GIT sign is very apt. Should have an arrow pointing right though.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='293852' date='Sep 28 2008, 01:05 PM']He's a cock.[/quote] I can confirm this. Met him at a music show once showcasing the excellent Markbass amps. He was rude arrogant and unfriendly. I bought a Markbass amp a year or so later in spite of the miserable fat basstard. I gather his music isn't great either. He strikes me as one of these musician's musicians whose "stardom" only exist in guitar magazines, on forums and on their own websites.

i'd give one of my kidneys to come up with a bass part like that.

[quote name='3V17C' post='299649' date='Oct 4 2008, 11:09 PM']caught this on sky arts the other night, pretty nice version of 'left of center' stripped down to just bass and vocals. peace c[/quote] thanks for this 3V17C Great bass on her albums curtesy of Michael Visceglia, lot's of good fretless on Solitude Standing. Plus I've always had a soft spot for her.

[quote name='molan' post='299279' date='Oct 4 2008, 12:16 PM']The Steely Dan 4CD box set is well worth the money, look out for it on EBay, it comes up for sale now & then. Cost me about £20 I think. Watch out for Nearly Dan, great covers band with some really good musicianship [url="http://www.nearlydan.co.uk/gigs.htm"]http://www.nearlydan.co.uk/gigs.htm[/url] What was the Wilton Felder album you were after? Was it Inherit the Wind? [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=b_BTq8e6M-k"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=b_BTq8e6M-k[/url] I'm sure I've got it kicking around somewhere - I'm a complete Bobby Womack nut so bought it purely for the fact the sang on it [/quote] +1 for Nearly Dan I've seen them a few times at The Jazz Cafe in Camden and as a total Dan fan I recommend them as a great night out,and they're really nice guys too.

If I was still living in Willingham, just north of Cambridge, I'd be throwing my hat into the ring like a shot, having had a gander at your site. Great band. Groovetastic mate! But as I'm now based in Saffron Walden it's all a bit to far away for me for a regular slot in conjunction with my current but admittedly not very busy band. May be able to help out with the odd dep gig if you're stuck.

[quote name='The Funk' post='292894' date='Sep 26 2008, 05:07 PM']Err... you sure you haven't been booked to back Mr Astley himself?[/quote] I doubt that he could afford you.

[quote name='OldGit' post='291564' date='Sep 25 2008, 10:27 AM']Kenny still plays pub gigs and occasionally pops into the jam session I go to ..[/quote] Thanks Old git I'm not sure why I picked the name Lonestar when I joined Basschat ages ago when it was called something else. I have a Lonestar St**tocaster?? I'm beginning to think it's a bit sad really. I might have to change it to something sensible like my real name: Mike. You already have beaten me to the most appropriate name I could use!

[quote name='OldGit' post='291339' date='Sep 24 2008, 10:58 PM']ha ha Yeah well tahts what teenagers did back then Lonestar? Not a mate of Kenny Driscoll are you?[/quote] Sorry, can't say that I know him?