miles'tone

Good show chaps! I am soon going to have an attic clear-out. If I find anything basschattable I fancy doing the same. Great idea!

If you can't decide and are open to buying something new, how about a *insert manufacturer of choice* 5 string P-bass? Job done.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1363945870' post='2019829'] Em, John was on doing hard drugs, Flea was smoking some dope, the others were clean. This is pretty much the end of their drug fuelled era. apart from John, he went really mad with drugs after this. I have this on DVD. It's pretty cool. [/quote] Soz to be a geek but I've read different interviews by both John and Flea about this time and they say they were both hitting the bong hard with just weed at the time and they were really tight together as friends at this point. The tightness of the grooving on the album says the same I reckon. It was after John quit the band that he took a nose-dive into the heavy stuff. I've watched Funky Monks at least once a year since it was first released. If ever I find myself down in a rut creatively, this never fails to get the ju-ju flowing again

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VRkSsapYYsA Check this vid out. I was playing for 22 years and getting probs like have been mentioned here. Saw this and it's helped me out no end. No cramps anymore! It's only 8 minutes of your time...

Try the Bass Centre or the Bass Gallery I say.

I stopped buying it a while back because there was always annoying bits missing from articles or sometimes I would be reading an article, turn the page and boom! it's gone. The last one I bought was the Stanley Clarke interview issue. Great reading his opinions on everything music, then Jaco's name comes up and Stanley is just about to elaborate further about his time spent with him that I start leaning forward, interest completely piqued to see what this giant of bass guitar innovation thinks about the other when all it reads is "Jaco was..." then nothing! A whole juicy paragraph missing! Probably one of the most exclusive pieces of info that magazine will ever have, and it totally goes unoticed that someone forgot to bloody put it in! Don't they have anybody read the mag cover to cover before it goes to print? It's such a shame as I love to sit down with a good mag and chill (Mojo for instance is always inspiring) but these days when you're up against the internet, you gotta be bang on. I felt BGM was a frustrating read for a while but that Stanley cover issue took the biscuit and I won't spend my hard-earned on it again.

I love Andy Rouke, met him once at a Smiths convention in Manchester in '89. Very nice bloke indeed. I was a bit afraid to approach him at first as I was only 17 but he was ace and signed a The Boy With A Thorn In His Side poster for me (wish I knew where it was these days!) He formed the short lived "Freebass" with Mani and Peter Hook about 3 years ago before moving to New York to be a DJ last I heard.

Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground Ozric Tentacles - Live Underslunky Try as I might, I can never shake off the influence these two albums have had on me. They are probably part of my DNA by now, the first cuts are the deepest!

Me too, and I also have Fender flats of different gauges on all my basses. Love them and never had any issues. Fair do's to all concerned!

Bit late here giving feedback but only just caught on to the whole deal... I sold a bass to Muzz last April and he was a top bloke to deal with. He paid instantly to his good word and completely inspired trust (as this was my first "big sell" so to speak) which was very reassuring. Cheers Muzz!

Been meaning to sort one of these for a long time so here 'tis!

The sticky-back foam window insulation you can get from B&Q does the job perfectly too!

Ditto.

Duff's autobiography "It's so easy and other lies" Great read for anyone, regardless whether you play bass or are a fan of GNR or not.

Hi all. I need a Fender 9050 flatwound B string (.125) any ideas where I can buy the one string? Cheers, Miles.

The Basslines Antiquity II jazz pups come with blurb that Seymour Duncan rewound Jaco's pups in the '80's and that they (the Ant II's) are very similar. Funny they'd make another set though I'm sure they would sell more this way.

[quote name='woodster' timestamp='1351060501' post='1846664'] I was playing in an originals 'acid jazz' style band called Motivation.... Happy days! Played with Corduroy at a venue called Jollys in Southampton which is sadly no longer there. [/quote] Nice one! Always wanted to be in an acid jazzy band - loved that whole time! Twas too early in my musical development back then though. Now would be a different story. I guess I'll have to wait for the retro 'retro' wave to come around!

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1351069966' post='1846814'] The thought that always springs to mind with threads like this is how people looked after (or more to the point, [b]didn't[/b] look after) their fret boards in times gone by. To my knowledge, this idea of cleaning and oiling is comparatively recent. It has all the hall marks of being a marketing ploy. There are so many manufacturers out there saying that theirs is the best and only way to clean and oil your fretboard. Yet I regularly see basses from the 60's for sale which are in immaculate condition. I'm sure their original owners did not clean or oil the FB. Don't get me wrong, I like to look after my instrument as much as the next person. I just think we are inclined to go OTT with this. Also, it is often the case that the people who feel the need to oil and clean regularly, are the ones who don't have the presence of mind to wash their hands before picking up the bass. [/quote] Reminds me of that famous James Jamerson quote (a guy who NEVER cleaned his fretboard) - 'the funk is in the gunk'

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1350999755' post='1846020'] Could be a 5 string Status with the right EQ.... [/quote] Not too sure about that one and anyway, a Status 5 string wouldn't half clash with the sideys! :-) I spoke with a mate earlier who saw them in '97 and he said he was playing a mapleglo Ric that night.

[quote name='woodster' timestamp='1350999266' post='1846016'] A great band..! Supported them in Southampton around '95/'96 and he was using a Gibson Les Paul bass at that gig... [/quote] Wow that's brilliant! A night to remember I'll bet. What band/style of music were you doing then?

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1351012780' post='1846241'] I bet that sounds wicket .... .... I mean wicked! [/quote] Ha Ha! :-)