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[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1334614343' post='1618734']....If you're looking for that classic Rush/Yes clanky growl we all love (except Beedster ) then amplification has a lot to do with it.... [/quote] Very true. Squire didn't start using bass amps till the eighties AFAIK. Close to the Edge was allegedly recorded through an AC30 and live he was alternating between Sunn Coliseum heads and cabs and Fender guitar stuff. I've always maintained that [i]the [/i]tone was lost sometime in the eighties and has never fully returned and I think a change to bass amplification was the big factor; he went to the old Marshall head he's used for donkeys years and I've seen him using (presumably hired) Ampeg stuff and the tone was a bit...ordinary. It lacked that extra little clank. And that was with the RM1999. Sorry if I've drifted off thread with that but I totally agree with Cosmo - choice of amplification is a big element and I'm not sure current bass amps are designed with Rick basses (and I'm talking specifically 4001/3's) in mind.

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1335010366' post='1624684'] I thought people stopped doing this after the late 80's? I'm aware of the mod for the 4001/early 4003, but you haven't had to do this to the newer Rics for years. [/quote] Correct - 4003's didn't come with the cap for a good few years but lots of people were putting the cap back in(!) so that's why after 2006-ish RIC put the cap back in but controlled via a push/pull knob so the player could decide to use it or not.

[quote name='Chris Horton' timestamp='1333785242' post='1606327'] I bought one from B&Q that looks close to the link above. It folds up very small. I have a few bungiees that I use to secure items to the truck. The only down side is that when you have tall or many items loaded that are higher than the trolley handles , the items loaded restrict access to the area they your hand wants to be holding onto as the trolley hand grips do not stick out away from the trolley like on fixed shape trucks. [/quote] Got one of these too. Cracking little thing. Don't have the problem with the handle height as I'm just humping a 4x10 combo with my pedal bag on top.

Hey Bulldog.

Fotoflames? I liked 'em. The concept bombed but they made some really, really nice basses. Tried a few and none of them were duds.

Would prefer markers on the fretboard meself, and the headstock looks awful.

Nice! Cheers for that.

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1331379121' post='1572063']it also broke down racism to some degree[/quote] Yes it did to a certain extent. but at the same time, no it didn't - the Oi! movement soon pegged off a bit later on and bands like Skrewdriver certainly weren't really into positive race relations.

[quote name='CPCustomdubwise' timestamp='1332117618' post='1583660'] .....Would be Rics too,but saw Youth making a massively brilliant racket with one a few nights ago so temporarily won over. [/quote] Hope you were lucky enough to get the whole set from KJ, we got booted out the ABC after just under an hour - power failure knocked out the whole block. No Eighties, no Love Like Blood.

Basses I'll never want to own? Warwicks, Wals, and BC Riches. And the man that mentioned Bongos looking like toilet seats - thanks; that gave me a right good laugh.

The chorus in New Order’s “Thieves Like Us”.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1330631860' post='1560818'] [/quote] Yes. Yes indeed.

[quote name='rednose200' timestamp='1325288201' post='1481917'] I absolutely hate signature guitars. Its only a sales gimmick for dummies who think that by buying a sig bass will make them play like the person its named after. Funny old world [/quote] Hmmm, not sure I agree with this. Geddy Lee Jazz's seem to sell themselves on reputation these days. I mean, having tried one, I'd love one (in sunburst particularly), but I don't listen to Rush so it being a signature is not a factor in my decision.

[quote name='Matt P' timestamp='1325361932' post='1482617']i've actually played a few vintage guitars and they're excellent. [/quote] +1. Tried a couple and been very impressed. They certainly seem to have their shee-it together.

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1330449122' post='1557710'] Hey all, looks like the low end of the Stone Roses is now a BC'er (see profile below and his first posts) [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/22598-maniscream/"]http://basschat.co.u...598-maniscream/[/url] If you are reading this Mani, great to have you on board and love the bass playing, esp on The Second Coming. Class! [/quote] Nice. It was just last night that I was fumbling (more bumbling) through his bass part whilst trying to sing "the messiah is my sister" at the same time.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1330359714' post='1556196'] But does it matter whether they know the difference between a guitar and a bass? The important thing is did they enjoy the band and will they come and see you play again (and buy some merchandise if you have any)? IMO other musicians make the poorest audience. [/quote] Yeah, that's basically my point - muso's are a minority in most audiences. Everyone else is there to hear music, and they don't really give a hoot how it's made either. Its a bit like cars really - some get really excited about engines, tyres etc while most people don't care as long as it looks acceptable and does the job its designed for. Not the best analogy, but there you go.

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1330339237' post='1555776'] Trouble is that being a muso makes it hard to see things through the eyes of the punter. We forget what its like even though we are punters ourselves.[/quote] Well, that's it exactly. When punters talk, they often want to talk songs (in the mistaken belief that because I played a Killers song, I own the entire back catalogue) or they want to know when we're next playing. To be pretty blunt about it, a lot of people that chat to me at gigs can't even make the distinction between a bass guitar or an electric guitar.

If it has to be RHCP, then Aeroplane. However, if I was of la femme persuasion, you could probably do your giggity giggity worst to me if you played this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn23gLVVoyY[/media] Though it's the chord progression that makes it, it's still one of Mark King's better days at the office.