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[quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1373705850' post='2140711'] I just had the feeling that nothing "happened".. the song had my attention in the beginning but then it dropped. Not that I expect frantic bass-lines but I missed a bit of personality.. especially on fretless Pino has loads of that but I wasn't carried away by this. He copies some lines from Jaco but didn't add a lot of his own.. [/quote] does something 'have' to happen - this song is all about the lyrics and the ethereal feel created by JM's strumming and open tuning - the clarinet and bass (nice as it is) is just the icing on the cake i think PP is great on this even if you do draw comparisons with JP - and as ezbass said above what bassist in their right mind would be brave or stupid enough to even want to attempt this

they both must be good im not hearing any complaints about volume

[quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1373662378' post='2140445'] When I saw that for the first time I wasn't floored and I'm still not convinced... Pino does some nice interventions but throughout the whole song he plays it rather safely and seems to be intimidated by the "weight" of the original bass-part. Not that I expect him to be Jaco but at least Pastorius made a statement and Pino doesn't succeed in making this iconic piece his own. He's one of my favourite bass players but I missed something in this version.. [/quote] i disagree as much as i like jaco he hardly ever played it the same twice and the only ones most of us are familiar with are the original studio and the shadows and light version - its not like PP had to copy the studio version note for note - importantly it maintains the structure and the feel perfectly and adds to the song without making the overt statement that jacos lines often did - the lyrics and JM's delivery and wayne shorters soloing are more than enough to make it a great song even disregarding the bass line

theres not many bassists could pull this off [url="http://youtu.be/T2kUySnZ-Jw"]http://youtu.be/T2kUySnZ-Jw[/url]

wouldnt mind rutherfords double shergold or an original zemaitis metal front LP shaped bass [url="http://youtu.be/GZpVuLfBCYQ"]http://youtu.be/GZpVuLfBCYQ[/url] [media]http://youtu.be/s-c8X52Qg4o[/media]

[quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1373615372' post='2139578'] No no, I'm not being asked to do this. I'm just curious as to why someone might say, sell a jazz 4 string because his band says he needs a 5 string. Or maybe someone is joing a tour and is told he needs to play a 5 or 6 string. My situation is fine. Why would someone other than the bass player tell him what to play? Is that clearer? [/quote] is this person writing songs where loads of sub E notes are being used frequently? if the compositions are sounds and musically they 'work' then a 5 or an octave pedal on a 4 would be suitable why am i getting vibes of metal and downtuning? is the low E to B thing just being used as a compositional gimmick or does it actually add value to the harmonic structure? personally i think the whole low tuning things is more for effect than harmonic substance - in a heavy or busy arrangement most punters cant actually discern the pitch correctly much below low D and the main important reason for playing the correct note is imho mainly to avoid unwanted dissonance

be careful if you are tempted to go for the black nylon wound flatwounds as they are usually a very heavy guage (but also low tension and very pliable) because of the significant increase in diameter you might need to cut the fret slots wider to accomodate the guage whereas if you go for steel or ncikel or such then you would probs stick with something liek a 40-100 or 45-105 set iirc from memory rotosound trubass come in at about 65-135 ish

im guessing the preference for a specific back line rig is driven by the desire for the tone of a particular amp/speaker rather than the bass itself? i use a hartke rig which i like because it is clean and powerful and provides a warm tone without adding colour from the amp itself - i really regard all my tone and colour coming from the bass so for me personally unless the PA is atrocious i can be pretty confident that what is DI'd coming out the FOH is a fairly good facsimlie of the sound coming from my cab

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1373541772' post='2138772'] BTW, I think it's a shame about the ban on Nige's trousers! I hope he's still allowed to wear the gloves! [/quote] but only if they are all colour coordinated

Nigel how many times have we told you?? [b]ONLY ONE JUNIOR MULTI-VITAMIN PER DAY[/b] Matron .... Matron!!!

is this the best metal for stealing brains?

[quote name='stubass' timestamp='1373364907' post='2136633'] Was serenading my daughter with my slap version of call me maybe yesterday, hehe! [/quote] [color=#ff0000][size=5]or videos [/size][/color]

i could imagine the original band might get a bit miffed if the tribute gave a better live show lets face it there will certainly be some out there in this category

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1373312893' post='2136082'] Hercules are very good, safe as houses, and if you get very clever fitting them up, you can hang them at different heights and spaces in between to obtain something like this: [url="http://s144.photobucket.com/user/xt660/media/cbf7c729.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] whats up with the one in the corner? has it been naughty?

Chicklet and Consetta from Female Trouble have kids? who knew!

squier J or P if you must

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1373273987' post='2135430'] Not really enough information. The PA was "squealing". Do you mean feeding back? Did you try turning it down. Some rooms will be tough to EQ and can show up any shortcomings in your gear and some rooms will never sound good no matter what you do. If it's the former, try taking some bass and top off. Focus on the mids and turn down. If it's the latter, just look forward to the next gig. Problem rooms will always sound worse if the band is too loud or unbalanced. [/quote] [list=1] [*]yes [*]yes - and pointing the speakers at slightly different angles [*]yes [*]not sure im just the thumper playing bass at the back (not DI'd through PA tho this particular night) [*]definitely this - the other option was to play outside in the beer garden but we were inside instead for reasons not known to me (see 4) [/list]

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could have been worse could have been a....

ok short of re-carpeting the entire venue how about any VIZ helpful tips?

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you can't be guilty as charged ... you're only guilty on conviction but the basschat jury will be along soon to weigh up the evidence and give their verdict confess now to liking the beatles before it's too late

it wasnt empty there were plenty of people in there to saok up some of the sound but maybe not enough im guessing