doctor_of_the_bass

Happy New Year Kol! Hope you are well m8! Basschat has helped me lose a few quid but have also sold some stuff so it has evened out really!

Not bad fella!!!! Howeva! The collection is still missing that `extra pizzaz' that could of course be supplied via a very tasty 'Ray in a natural finish with a neck by Status....!!!! Hehehe!!!! Happy New Year mate - cracking bass! Bless her heart! Nick XXX

[quote name='Chris2112' post='367480' date='Dec 31 2008, 11:06 PM']What a tune. Love that song, and the album! Nice bass Mark has there, a Matrix Empathy model! Had a great Christmas day slapping away on my Matrix and playing along with a few Killers tunes![/quote] That actual bass now resides in Paris with Morgan Rousell! I had the four string version.

TO ALL FELLOW LOW ENDERS! LETS HAVE A BASSMUNGUS 2009!!!! Best Regards! Nick

Allo! Actually in between sets right now at the Forest Of Arden Country club - just done the first set and am on the `lobby pc' freezing me balls off! Happy New Year to you all (its about 11:56 right now!) Back on stage at 12:30am! Nick

Superbe! Happy new year Rich! The funds are building....!

[quote name='4000' post='365889' date='Dec 29 2008, 11:39 PM']Absolutely. I've played several GBs and one W&T and I would just say they are different, and different people will prefer them. I liked them both for different reasons, although possibly slightly preferred the feel of the W&T personally. Tests like this should be taken with a pinch of salt in terms of which bass is actually best for [i]you[/i].[/quote] Spot on! Fully agree! (nice bass tho Russ!)

Superb instrument! I've got the five string version, finished in a lovely raspberry red!

Allo! Sold one of my Alembics recently so the collection went down to 56 basses and 14 guitars - however, in order to cure the depression caused by the sale, went out and bought a very tasty Squier Classic Vibe `50's Precision and my old pink Jaydee GA24 (sold to a mate some years ago). Merry Christmas!! Nick (pantoing!)

[quote name='BassBus' post='336445' date='Nov 25 2008, 05:02 PM']But you know you want one, don't you. Go on! :brow: Why stop at 6 or 7 basses? I have 9 and no intention of stopping there. More Statii please. :wub:[/quote] Don't stop! (he says!) Nick

Yum!! (x6!) That five string headless Status is perhaps one of the best 5's I've ever played - string tension is perfect! Cheers! Nick

Having recently met Steve at Music Live, I can indeed vouch that he is a very tasty player - bit like meself!! Seriously, he is a great bloke! Cheers! Nick

[quote name='Nate' post='330969' date='Nov 17 2008, 08:00 PM']Ahhh TM - he used to be a Cort endorsee too you know... Did any of you try a Cort bass.guitar at all? The Artisan series bases are lovely! N[/quote] Hi Nate! I know Mark (Hedge) very well - he has indeed shown me a few Corts and they are excellent! Speaking on behalf of Darren and Chris at The Bass Merchant - for all the doom and gloom being borne out here, we had a very successful show with a good run of sales, including two Overwaters and three Warwicks, plus an Ibanez, a couple of amp heads and many peripheral accessories. Many bass players visited the stand and we all feel that the show has done the business a great deal of good in terms of exposure. Next year will I'm sure be different and given the currrent fiscal climate, I think we did pretty well given the size of the stand. Nuff said! Nick

I had #38 - heap of sh*te!!!! Stank of play doh!!!

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='327233' date='Nov 12 2008, 01:12 AM']In which case I don't understand why Mark isn't playing T-basses...he has played jazzes and jazz shaped Goodfellows.[/quote] Good point - however, having spoken to Rob about this some years ago, Mark felt the need (back in 2000) to get involved in actually designing a bass from the `ground up' (as opposed to using tried and tested standard models) - hence the original Kingbass and now, 7 years later, he has had itchy fingers, hence the MK-II

[quote name='steve-soar' post='326813' date='Nov 11 2008, 03:02 PM']I think the good Doctor was going through the Mark Bass rig.[/quote] That is correct Steve. The bass was put through a Little Mark II head, two rear ported Mark cabs (4 x 10 and 1 x 15) - eq set flat, VLE in off position, VPF at 2 o'clock. The bass does mimic a Jazz bass (on steroids!) in many ways and given that the guy filmed it on a phone, and that there was a lot of background noise, it still sounds pretty good! [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='326618' date='Nov 11 2008, 11:34 AM']Hmmm. What were the eq settings and rig? It sounds a little more open in the lower mids and a little more lo-fi than other youtube recordings of the KB Mk 1. In some ways it reminds me of a T-bass.[/quote] Funny you mention the T-Bass - part of the reason Rob decided to put J style p/ups on the MK-II was because Mark loves the sound of his own T-Bass. I think the bass really stands up as an all-rounder, not just as a slap/pull instrument (obviously it scores highly in that dept!) - the long scale neck works wonders with the 16.5mm spacing!

Here's an old git demoing the new Status Kingbass - he's not bad for a baldie! [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTy17MfBgc"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTy17MfBgc[/url] Hehe!

Here it is at the show... [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTy17MfBgc"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTy17MfBgc[/url] Oh dear - need new toupee! I should'nt say this but the tone through the Markbass rig is awesome!

Nice Ray Dave!!! Collection is looking good! I've just got back from Music Live and have now decided that I want at least one brand new Vigier and a Kingbass MkII! Plus I've developed a love of Overwater, following demoing them for The Bass Merchant! Cheers! Nick O