Clydefrog

Carter Beauford

Extreme, Get The Funk Out. Dirty little groove on this one, and some rapid fire funk breakdowns to get my fingers around. At the last praccy I was astounded to find that my bandmates have all pretty much nailed it already, so it shouldn't take long to get it in the set... Then we're onto Won't Get Fooled Again

Damn it, I've gone gassy for a Jazz now. Surf green/white pearloid is a cool choice. Found these Valenti basses (there's a CAR one in the sale/trade forum at the mo), and...erm... Sorry, had to sneak that Blueburst in...GUMPH Looking at the website, the Jazzes start at $1499, and with the exchange rate being what it is.... Anyone had any experience with these?? Cheers, Si

Sorry to hear of the tendonitis mate, hope you keep it under control. I had a very annoying thing happen at a gig a few weeks ago. Halfway through the second set, playing a fairly busy line, and the middle finger on my left (fretting) hand just curled over into a claw shape and locked there Panic stations...I had to switch into root-notes mode for the rest of the song, and give my hand a good shaking out aftewards. I realised I had left my watch on (usually take it off to play), and that my recently lowered strap was forcing my wrist into a 90 degree angle. Not good, so back to Funk Position and no problems since. It was a wake up call to be honest, sod looking "rawk", I want to be playing for as long as I can Cheers, Si

Dunno about the happiest, but certainly the weirdest was a party near Goodwood over the festival of speed weekend. Looked up mid-number to see Damon Hill up the front wiggling about in a Roman legionary costume Cheers, Si

+5 =691 Si

The first bass I owned and played was some fugly creation that someone had evidently knocked up at evening classes. It was a fretless (with inlaid lines, oh yes) and had been hacked out of a mahogany tabletop into a sort of P-Bass looking shape with a 2+2 headstock... I couldn't get much of a sound out of it through my 10W Peavey guitar amp, so I went to the music shop for My First Set Of Bass Strings. After rushing home to fit them, I found it STILL didn't sound up to much and my dad insisted I take the strings back as they must be faulty (Bloke in music shop: What do you mean "[i]they don't work[/i]"?) Erm, it turned out that the home made pickup on this thing was less than efficient This was in the days before t'internet and helpful things like Basschat... Anyhooo, I soon upgraded to a Marlin Sidewinder after that! Cheers, Si

Ummm, there is this.... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Steinberger-XZ2-4-String-Bass-HoneyBurst-translucent_W0QQitemZ130170272404QQihZ003QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Steinberger-XZ2-4-St...VQQcmdZViewItem[/url] I used to have one of these a few years ago, and it wasn't at all bad- the hardware looked to be proper Steinberger stuff (the bridge/tuner was superbly made), and overall it was very nicely finished. Can't remember raving about the tone at the time though. Cheers, Si

Ah, go on then. I'm a lightweight really. The beanie gets flung behind the drums roughly halfway through the first set- too blimmin hot. Cheers, Si

[quote]QUOTE(JD1 @ Oct 11 2007, 06:51 PM) Do I Do +1 on this song, the bass line is incredible![/quote] Astounding groove on this track- I was having bit of a ho-hum old day, but 10 and a half minutes of this has sorted me right out [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVHVisaIuzA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVHVisaIuzA[/url] Cheers, Si

I bought an EHX Big Muff from O.H.M. It arrived in double-quick time, just as described, and he kindly threw in an A.C. adaptor. Simply fuss-free

Morning Doctor, I have a 410TVX, which is used for all of my pub-gigs as a stand alone cab, and is teamed up with a 115BX for the bigger ones. To be honest it was the first cabinet I ever bought so I can't offer an opinion on how it stacks up against the Ampeg...however, it does exactly what I want it to do, i.e., cream out big smooth clean tone, with no sign of fuzziness even when I'm cranking it. Sound engineers like my rig, and another local bassist is happy to use it when we occasionally share backline (and here's a guy who's usually tooled up with Mesa gear). I thought about "upgrading" to Ampeg cabs, but couldn't help concluding the main thing I'd gain was some bar-room bragging rights Cheers! Si

[quote]Always thought of it as more of a Ford Focus myself...[/quote] Ford Focus indeed! I bite my thumb at you sir!