Graham

[quote name='Iain' timestamp='1460126781' post='3022862'] I've been pondering a 4 string version for a while. Bonus lands in a couple of weeks... [/quote] We didn't get a bonus this year......maybe next year

A five string Status, the Chris Wolstenholme model particularly appeals.

And another, Dave Hunt of Anaal Narthrakh, Mistress and Benediciton

It took me a while to sell a Mayones I had, ended up selling it through Gumtree rather than here in the end. Have you tried Gumtree and other places like Facebook selling groups? While they are better known now than when I was selling, but they're still a relatively small brand over here. Yours looks a bargain at that price, I wouldn't drop it any further unless you're desperate to shift it.

Disappointed that Jean-Paul Gaster wasn't on the list, but glad to see Danney Carey and Dave Lombardo made the cut, though personally I'd liked them to be higher

[quote name='EmmettC' timestamp='1459077093' post='3013296'] Ditto on both counts for me, best gig in quite a while (also one of my favourite drummers). The only drawback was finishing at one, put away my gear and it was twenty past two with a three hour drive to go. [/quote] Crikey, at least we only had to get across town rather than drive for that length of time

Belter last night, had my favourite drummer and we all bought our A game. Was a late finish once you account for the clock change, but very enjoyable night nonetheless.

Seems daft for them to cancel, we played last night but started after the final whistle, so a bit later than usual, but not a lot later for that venue. Took a slightly shorter break and finished a little after 12

Personally, I agree with the OP, but possibly not in the way he means. I like to have a single, good, core tone; which for me is clear and punchy. I will typically then vary that through the set by adjusting my playing style, rather than by EQ or pickup changes. What I do like though, is that the bass and amp have enough versatility that I can get that core sound in a variety of rooms and environments. However, no-one should have to justify their choice, if it makes you happy and works for you, then it's the right choice

Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth for me, stunning clean and heavy vocals. Also, Freddy Mercury, Maynard James Keenan, Mike Patton, Phil Anselmo (though I've not been listening to him lately) and Kirk Winestein.

[quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1458221307' post='3005734'] I remember once I was in a mosh And some kid was headbanging.. I headbanged too and some how we got synchronised.. I basically head butted him and he dropped to the ground I tried to pick him back up but the section was far too hot Lost him in the depths of the mosh I don't think I killed him... Maybe someone else picked him up or he got up somewhere else in the mosh Good gig though. [/quote] I think Anthrax might have written a song about that

Nice stories

I've been listening to Jaco Pastorius a fair bit the last day or so, wasn't a huge fan in the past, but decided to give one of his live records a go on Spotify and really like it; looking forward to playing along with it and trying to work out some of what he's doing to improve my own playing. Anyway, the point is, I started listening to this live album through a rather convoluted process which started with the kids watching a film on TV Sunday afternoon. The film in question was Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief, in that film the protagonists eat a lotus cake, which made me think of the song The Lotus Eater by Opeth. Opeth are one of my favourite bands, but having binged on them plenty in the past, I've not listened to them for a while, but after the scene in the film put it into my mind I looked up a live performance on YouTube. I then watched them play another song from the same record - Heir Apparent, which has a great melodic bass part at the end, that I resolved to finally work out. Thinking about that line, I remembered that their bassist Martin Mendez is highly influenced by Jaco and thought I should give him another go. Had a look in Spotify and picked Live in New York in 1985, and wow, loved it. I thought it was funny, if we'd got in half an hour later and missed the scene in the film where they eat the lotus cake, I wouldn't now be listening to a lot of Jaco and Opeth. Anyone else have a long, unrelated chain of events lead them to a record or band they really like?

The Carcass reunion album - Surgical Steel - is great, just as good as their material from the 80s

The new Faith No More record Sol Invictus is great and their first since getting back together.

I've been learning a set for a couple of dep gigs recently, what I found to work best for me was to work out the bass part and key and then write out the chord numbers for wach section. This helped me remember it and gave me an easy aide memoire when playing, whether it was in the original key or not.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1457859460' post='3002309'] Not sure if this guy was a one hit wonder but I've never heard of anything else he did getting anywhere. Glorious - Andreus Jonsson (or however you spell it) [/quote] Good shout

Last night was hard work, social club with a fairly small audience. The people who were there said they had a really good time, but it did really feel like a chore last night. Still, had a young couple come to see us about booking us for their wedding and they left a deposit, so worked out okay but I doubt we'll play there again. I don't know if it was the room, but I was favoring the pickups in parallel rather than series last night, which is unusual for me; felt like there was too much mids, which again for me is almost unheard of

The New Radicals - You Get What You Give Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me I remember buying the singles for both of those

Ceramic pickups maple fretboards series/parallel switching five strings Edit Things I think I'd love, but never used: Multi-coil pickups filter pre-amps graphite necks aluminium bodies/necks multi-scale LEDs So a graphite necked, aluminium bodied, multi-scale five string bass with ceramic multi-coil pickups, a filter pre-amp and LED fret-markers should in principle be my ideal bass

If the routing's not been done yet, put a ceramic humbucker in the stingray position, I would think that would get you where you want.

Headless, cricket bat basses headless basses in general long horns most single cuts

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1457093140' post='2995241'] Wouldn't want one, but as daft metal basses go, that's pretty cool. Jon. [/quote] +1

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1456940198' post='2993838'] What do you think? [/quote] well, i hope not :-s