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Filth, just filth.

Personally, I prefer his playing on the Gladys Knight version. They're all good though!

Shame this is in the states - it's a lovely [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Vantage-VP820B-Neck-Thru-Bass-SKB-Case-Japan-/300537477561?pt=Guitar&hash=item45f96df9b9"]Vantage[/url]

The ones I own currently are in my sig, but here's a list of all of 'em: (In order of owning) Westone Concord (that I covered in pages from Melody Maker and varnished!) Ibanez Studio - heavy as hell but I wish I still had Pearl white Riverhead Unicorn - pre-owned by Dave Pegg! [b]BASS BREAK[/b] Crafter stingray abomination - lightest bass ever due to being (probably) from polystyrene. Burns Bison - suited the band I was in Hohner fretless headless. Westone Thunder 1A - beauty! Yamaha BB300 Shine SB35 - wanted to try a 5iver Ibanez Roadster Fretless - best sounding bass I've ever owned Westone Superheadless - superheadless, supercool! That's it - until I see a Thunder III. Or an Ibanez Studio Or an affordable Aria Pro II Or something else interesting!

[quote name='bassfunk' post='1164343' date='Mar 16 2011, 01:01 PM']If your gear is second hand how do you prove that you've owned it if it gets stolen? I have stuff I've traded for/bought on ebay that I don't have invoices/receipts for.[/quote] Take a photo of yourself with the gear and a photo of any serial numbers too. If you bought it off of ebay or online you should have paypal and email receipts/correspondence to prove you bought it, though I don't think it is too likely you will have to prove it - I never have.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1163890' date='Mar 15 2011, 11:55 PM']Does this constitute bad plywood? This might polarise opinion among non-fans of playable furniture... J.[/quote] Love it! Never seen a 2 part bridge like that either. What is it? The knobs look Aria Pro II-ish

Take lessons, learn to read music if you don't already.

Sexy Sexy[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180636956656&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#ht_935wt_936"] Aria Pro Tri sound[/url]

[quote name='Sawtooth' post='1159834' date='Mar 12 2011, 08:43 PM']I can think of a couple of examples that I do Love below : Any pointers would be most welcome. [/quote] It's funny, but I'm pretty sure he's not slapping in this song! Certainly, if the video is live then you can see it's fingerstyle. Maybe that's why you love it?!

[quote name='J.R.Bass' post='1159334' date='Mar 12 2011, 02:26 PM']Yes but thats just a single string. If you dropped the entire bass down, then you need transposition.[/quote] Message received and understood.

[quote name='Joebass' post='1159231' date='Mar 12 2011, 12:56 PM']Sorry, but you're wrong there. It's exactly the same principle as woodwind instruments, i.e. so that the player doesn't have to sight transpose or learn new fingerings/positions. Logically, if you describe a bass in standard tuning as being at concert pitch, then a bass tuned down a half step would be in Db and the necessary transposition would need to be made to the score.[/quote] I see what you're saying and obviously when I write trumpet or sax parts etc the keys are transposed, but if, say, you drop the E string to a D, why does that change the key for the bass? All the other strings are in concert pitch and you may only visit the (lower) D string twice in the whole piece. Changing the key for the piece would mean you're fine on one string but then have to learn new fingerings for the other 3 (or 4 or 5).

[quote name='Joebass' post='1159119' date='Mar 12 2011, 11:27 AM']When you change the tuning of a bass it's not in concert pitch any more (e.g. when the player reads a C a B is sounded) so you have to compensate by changing the key of the written music. Here's an example: [url="http://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/se/ID_No/50205/Product.aspx"]get the funk out[/url] [url="http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqP76XWHQI0"]youtube[/url] P.S. The excess naturals in do I do are from writing in B and auto transposing to C without proofing.[/quote] When you change the tuning, a C is still a C. It's just on, for example, the 2nd fret rather than the 3rd. I wouldn't call 3rd fret on the 2nd string a C when I've detuned. So the score would stay the same, but a tab would change.

[quote name='Joebass' post='1158898' date='Mar 12 2011, 03:20 AM']Quite a lot of mistakes in that transcription though, chords are wrong too. [b]Also, when transcribing for a de-tuned instrument, the notes/key should be written as played, not as sounded. i.e. the score should have been written in C so you could still read it on a transposed instrument. (If you de-tuned your bass and read the notes, your first note would be a Bb[/b])[/quote] When a bass guitar is in different tuning, it's still in concert pitch! You're merely changing the note that is produced with an open string, not what key the instrument is in. Tabs, would change, for sure, but there would be no diffrence in the way a score was written surely? EDIT: Have now read what you were referring to - essentially we were saying the same thing! Sorry......

House of Fun - Madness. Fun!!!

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1155766' date='Mar 9 2011, 08:00 PM']Yep, although it now has the Badass 1 as per it should, I also have an NJ one, fair bit less fancy looking.[/quote] Are they coming to the Cardiff Bass Day???

Welcome! I think you should put pics up of the Tokai in one of the Porn threads for people to drool over! Also, you said Willie Weeks was a bass hero, you're obviously too modest to tell people you worked with him!

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1155241' date='Mar 9 2011, 01:09 PM']You've linked to the "Ibenez" (potential barg because of the literacy issue) twice, so I can't see the Commodore in question, but if it's one of the old ones then quite possibly. The Commodore brand has been sighted on recent cheap Chinese copies, not seen it on a new bass though. Jon.[/quote] Thanks Jon, fixed it now. By the way, It has the "Steel Adjustable Neck" plate that you mentioned.

Yeah that's all I could find on him too.

Wow this is one [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BC-RICH-EAGLE-BASS-1978-SUPER-RARE-/390294547995?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item5adf5e2e1b"]sexy beast[/url]! Never really noticed Bc Rich's before but I waaaaaaaaant this! As you can tell, I'm on the ebay trawl today! EDIT: Although, obviously, it's just a poor man's Thunder II!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Relic-Japanese-BASS-Commodore-very-rare-L-k-/290542355356?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43a5ac839c"]Commodore[/url] Are these Matsumoku's? I found this thread [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9999"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9999[/url] still unclear!

Another 'Ibenez' [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibenez-Roadster-Bass-Series-1979-/180634307347?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a0ea4cb13"]Roadster[/url] There's a few at the moment so apologies if this has been posted already.

Anyone heard of him? Indeed, Is he a member here? What are they like? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bass-guitar-/150571589631?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item230ec41fff"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bass-guitar-/1505715...=item230ec41fff[/url]