Graham

That looks superb, is it loud enough for use in a full band context, without PA support?

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1489559460' post='3257850'] Vocals - Dave Hunt Guitar - Frank Turner Guitar - Ihsahn Bass - Steve Di Girogio Drums - [s]David Gray [/s] Blast Vader I've gone more for people with interesting politcal or philisophical views than a group of musicians, hence why Frank Turner sticks out like a sore thumb amongst a group of black and death metal musicians. [/quote] [quote name='christhammer666' timestamp='1489563776' post='3257864'] GRAHAM ^^^^ Gray can only attend if he has his darth vader suit on [/quote]

Vocals - Dave Hunt Guitar - Frank Turner Guitar - Ihsahn Bass - Steve Di Girogio Drums - David Gray I've gone more for people with interesting politcal or philisophical views than a group of musicians, hence why Frank Turner sticks out like a sore thumb amongst a group of black and death metal musicians.

Stuck my Spotify on random this afternoon, this is what came up Blood Ceremony - Coven Tree AFI - Halloween Tim Timebomb & Friends - Saturday Night At The Movies Abba - So Long DJ Format Feat. D-Sisive & Abdominal - 3 Ft Deep Crowbar - Buried Once Again Monuments - Degenerate - Live at Euroblast 2013 New Found Glory - The King Of Wishful Thinking Windhand - Two Urns Disney's Hercules - Long Ago… Meshuggah - Humiliative - Live in Montreal Operation Ivy - Sleep Long Burning Witch - Sacred Predictions Crowbar - Surviving The Abyss Tim Armstrong - Among The Dead Frank Turner - Poetry Of The Deed - Acoustic AFI - Weathered Tome Enslaved - Svarte Vidder Killswitch Engage - It Falls On Me Fen - Our Names Written In Embres Pt. 1 - Beacons Of War

I think the G&L Tribute L2500 has a good B string for the price point I tried a bolt-on Spector Legend 5 which was about £350, and the B was good on that too

I saw Cannibal Corpse a couple of years ago, Alex Webster is one of the most talented bassists in metal, but he was completely inaudbible, only time I heard him at all was when he hit a couple of notes between songs and during the bass break in Hammer Smashed Face. Very disappointing, but my actual point is that the person on the sound desk was their tour manager! So even when bands bring their own people out, who should know how to mix the band, it's still no guarantee of a decent mix. The rest of the band sounded great, but clearly the bass had been sacrificed for guitar, kick and snare tone.

The whole band really likes playing the Atari's cover of The Boys Of Summer, as a group that's probably our favourite. For me personally though, either Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars or All My Life by the Foo Fighters. In All My Life I match the vocal melody during the breakdown which adds real groove to it before kicking back into the heavy riff before the last chorus. Love playing that.

oh and a very attractive instrument too

Blimey, that's an amazing job they've done there

I'm GASing for one of these at the moment, this thread is not helping

I only really listen to jazz-funk / acid-jazz for the bass, so you could say Jamiroquai and Incognito for me.

That looks like a lot of fun, I've just made a Spotify playlist of most of that set-list to play along with

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1488062392' post='3245603'] I've had deps cancelled because the regular bass player was available again. Even if you've turned down other work, what can you do? Throwing your toys out of the pram and telling the band to take a hike isn't very professional or effective. It's cutting your nose off to spite your face. A gig is a gig. I'd do the remaining gig. [/quote] As usual, Chris has expressed it more clearly than I could. I've been in that position, it's annoying, but I'd rather keep the band onside for future work than kick off and possibly loose out later. From the other perspective, there have been times where I've depped out a gig and then closer to the night found I was available, I've not cancelled the dep as I found that unfair to the dep.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1488030468' post='3245176'] You're holding the neck up as you play you mean? From a technique point of view that's something I try to 'unteach' my students. Your fingers and thumb should only be dealing with fretting notes, not supporting the neck as well. Apologies if I've misunderstood what you are trying to say, but neck dive and the way people have to stop it (holding the neck or using the right arm to weigh the body down) is counterproductive. A very well balanced instrument is a joy to play in comparison Even better when it doesn't weigh a ton either. [/quote] I don't know - will have to check next time I'm playing, but it's in my hand so surely stops any issue. I've either got well balanced instruments, or poor technique

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1488022932' post='3245088'] I've played a lot of different bass guitars over the last 50 years. I still gig with my 1991 Gibson Thunderbird, I might gig it tonight. I've never experienced whatever this "neck dive" stuff is. Blue [/quote] Same, never knowingly experienced it, but I'm also failing to see the issue? The headstock falls towards the floor when you're not holding the neck? I can't think of a time when I'd be playing and not holding the neck?

[quote name='skychaserhigh' timestamp='1487957336' post='3244619'] Someone will be along soon to tell us their Class D micro amp and 110 cab blows away an SVT and 810 Ampeg fridge.... [/quote] I prefer the sound of my class D GK head and neo 2x12 to an SVT / 8x10 But then I prefer transistors to valves.

Psychotic Precison by Cannibal Corpse and The Grudge by Tool are two I've been working on for a little while; haven't nailed either yet, but getting there. Alex Webster is a stunning player and makes those Cannibal Corpse songs look far too easy.

When I started it was Flea, later Martin Mendez......now? Probably Bernie

In fairness, the bassist of doom is Geezer Butler, what with being in the band which invented the genre

No such thing as an end to GAS, a Wal Mk3 5 would go a long way to sating it, but even then I'd still like a Spector NS5XL, a good 5 string jazz, a fretless..........the list goes on At least my four string precision style GAS has been killed dead by my G&L SB2, that one's a keeper.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1487601200' post='3241071'] Most of us really appreciate all the work you & the mods put into this forum Ped. [/quote] +1

[quote name='SICbass' timestamp='1487516717' post='3240378'] Is she any good for metal? Well.....,,, someone was bound to. [/quote] Going by some of her screams, I'd say yes

[quote name='Yank' timestamp='1487498875' post='3240151'] She's adorable. Enjoy the moment, they grow up too fast. [/quote] Don't it just, the eldest will be 10 next year, god knows how that happened.