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The said Mr Tibbs in full "Ants" garb.

[quote name='cetera' post='1124055' date='Feb 11 2011, 05:00 PM']Ah yes... Gary Tibbs, saw him with Adam & The Ants back in 1981 at the Dominion Theatre on the Prince Charming tour... Oops! Have I dated myself there...?!? [/quote] Same here but at the Manchester Apollo. Got on the bus with purple nail varnish on. Not my finest moment.

Fantastic idea. I've subscribed (pclark01) and added 3.

Marcus.....as one comment says...."he doesn't just work the pocket...he IS the pocket". Funny when the guy says he can't believe he's telling Marcus how to play the bass

[quote name='Scooby' post='1118943' date='Feb 7 2011, 02:39 PM']Kev, try out Trip Wamsley [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1qTd2c72GM&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1qTd2c72GM...feature=related[/url] or Michael Manring [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gyVSNWXoJs&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gyVSNWXoJs...feature=related[/url] Let me know how you get on ;o)))[/quote] Good call on Trip. Quality player. Some lovely basses too

[quote name='4000' post='1119229' date='Feb 7 2011, 06:37 PM']I've now seen Richard twice. [b]Inspirational[/b] both times [b]and not just for his bass playing[/b]. He gets my vote![/quote] I thought exactly the same. Could listen to him talk all day long.

Jimmy Earl's self titled CD. Worth getting just for "Pavane Pour une Infante Défunte" alone.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1116883' date='Feb 5 2011, 07:31 PM']That second live track is sublime. f***ing ace![/quote] Prince is just the modern embodiment of funk and groove for me. Absolutely love that stuff.

Fantastic playing. Nailed right on the head.

I use BestPractice. You can change pitch and tempo, and best of all, it's freebies. [url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bestpractice/files/bestpractice/1.03.1/bpsetup_1_03_1.exe/download"]http://sourceforge.net/projects/bestpracti..._1.exe/download[/url]

I had a black one with a rosewood neck. My first active bass. Absolutely loved it. Struggling to think where it went to now. Must've sold it, but no idea who to or where!!

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1106272' date='Jan 28 2011, 02:55 PM']MUSTANG SALLY,he'll be gigging on bass next week.[/quote] Ha ha ha....genius

1. Bruce Foxton 2. Mark King 3. Marcus Miller 4. Dick Nolan 5. James Jamerson Not in any particular order of importance (apart from Foxton really, as he is the reason I started playing bass), more in chronological order.

Can I be the first to say I'll be dreaming about bananas all night long?

Always love a Marcus Then there's Alembic's Stanley Clarke

I remember recording Jools Holland with Rumer on that week, and it was the only part of the show worth watching. The rest got the "fast forward" treatment. Absolutely beautiful.

0 bids. Shocker that really

Recession's pretty much murdered us this year. We do mainly weddings/corporate gigs, and it's been drastically reduced compared to last year. Last year, we were having to turn down work due to already having confirmed gigs. This year, the number of enquiries alone has dropped drastically.

[quote name='risingson' post='1023576' date='Nov 14 2010, 04:36 PM']What was this guys name out of interest?[/quote] Haven't got a clue I'm afraid. Probably rude of me not to ask. It was also a few years ago, and I have a bad enough memory for names of people I've only met 5 minutes ago!!

I did a dep gig at Jak's in Liverpool a few years back, and a guy came over at the end of the night and complimented me. I took it very humbly, as I've never been one to blow my own trumpet, and I'm a jack of all trades & a master at none. Anyway, turns out this guy was the bass tutor at the university. I then took it a lot more seriously and it really did make me proud.

Over the past few months, I've found that I've got less and less time to spend on Basschat, so I've sadly only just read the extremely sad news about Si. I never met Si but my first dealings with him (when he gave me website advice) left a lasting impression on me. He was always willing to put himself out to others. in fact, he was helping me for free at the same time that he should've been helping out a paying customer instead. He was honest and forthright, but what an incredibly witty guy. No matter what he said, and no matter how harsh (but invariably true), it was impossible to be offended. i still look back at the advice Si gave me now and again when I need to refresh my memory. What a shame that he's no longer with us to offer that advice to many others in a style only Si could. I'll raise my glass to a sad, sad loss. RIP Oldgit

[quote name='leonshelley01' post='992963' date='Oct 18 2010, 11:41 PM']That is brilliant! [/quote] Seconded. Pure quality

[quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='992115' date='Oct 18 2010, 12:21 PM']Basschat needs an iphone app!! [/quote] And a BlackBerry app