Japhet

It's a bit like asking 'what is a good car?' Depends whether you want to race round a track, pull a trailer full of horses, go on a family camping holiday etc.... To me, bad bassists are the ones who try to be flash when they can't keep time or have no appreciation of what their role in the band or their place in the mix is.

Whatever way you look at it MK was/is a massively influential bass player. Early Level 42 music certainly made me sit up and listen. I think I'm right in saying that he originally wanted to be the bands drummer but moved to the bass when nobody else would do it. His style has now become a bit of a cliche, but that's not his fault - the world seems to be full of (mostly sub-standard) MK imitators. To be able to sing and play his basslines at the same time is a quite phenominal talent, and if he's as nice a bloke as so many people say, he deserves all the credit he can get.

I'm no expert in music formats, but I reckon a lot of stuff is produced specifically for mp3 now, which is considerably dumbed down from previous formats. Maybe this has something to do with it.

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Played through a Vanderkley MNT1x12 recently and was very, very impressed. Really good sound dispersal so you can hear yourself and plenty of grunt. I'm sure 2 of 'em would be stonking. try em out if your headed to Bass Direct - don't think you'll be disappointed.

+1 for the Streamliner 600. I play in a loud band with a loud drummer and have never had it at 50%. IMHO, if you want more volume than this provides, you need to be DI'ing into the desk, or risk blowing your eardrums out! Has anyone out there actually had to push a 900?

Recently played through a Vanderkley MNT112 and was very, very impressed.

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1359627881' post='1957702'] A truly dire Gorilla practice amp. Just shocking. I borrowed some Laney combo for a practice once that was dreadful as well. None of the controls seemed to do anything, perhaps they were decorative. And it sounded, rubbish. [/quote] I had a 25w Gorilla practice amp. Horrible. Also had a Fender BXR 100watt (? I think) which weighed a ton and had virtually no volume.

Sweet Home Alaf*******bama! Purile garbage for toothless rednecks that on a good night only goes on for about half an hour.

This is about the funniest thing I've seen on youtube; [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOF1FJ7wGhw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOF1FJ7wGhw[/url] I'm in tears pretty much every time I see it.

David Garibaldi and Francis Rocco Prestia (Tower of Power) deserve a mention. Vinnie Corliuta (can't spell) and Tal Wikenfield (can't spell that either!)

I use a Streamliner 600 through a TechSoundsystems 2x12 which is a similar setup to yours. I've only had 'boom' issues on larger hollow stages but I have a foam rubber pad to go under the cab now which does the job. I'd also suggest using a long lead so you can get away from the cab for a listen at gigs - it usually sounds better than you think when you're up close.

Threads like this always make me think of the TV advert where one little girl asks her sister "What do you love more, Daddy or chips?"

+2 for the Streamliner. I bought your Techsoundsystems 2x12 a while back Pete and it sounds stonking with the Streamliner.

Couldn't possibly pick 4 and there have been some corkers already. I'll have a bash at 4 from different genres that are worth checking out though; Love Shack - B52s The Way - Meshell NdegeOcello Birdland - Weather Report Pressure and Time - Rival Sons

First up was James Jamerson. I was inspired by such melodic lines. Through the years I'd say Chuck Rainey, Carol Kaye, Jaco, Pino Palladino, Mark King, Chris Squire, Tina Weymouth,David Dyson to name a few. Victor Wooten is also in there for the simple reason that he continually pushes the envelope of what you can do with some imagination.

Seems that many of us have the same issues. I've played with some fantastic drummers and some proper duffers too. Trying to hold it together when the tempo is drifting about and the flashy fills always come back in on the wrong beat can play havoc with your own confidence. I play with a drummer at present who slows down during songs and I feel as if I'm trying to drag him along to stop it from grinding to a halt. Drives me nuts! It is a wonnderful feeling to play with a really tight and competent drummer though, especially when either he or you can mess about with the beat and have a rock solid point of reference to come back to.

Don't play it anymore (cos we don't have a female singer!) but I always loved playing You Oughtta Know by alanis Morisette. I heard somewhere that Flea and Chad Smith were on it but don't know if that's true.

Did a Christmas lights turn on gig last Sat. -5C outdoors! No feeling in the fingers at all after 2 songs. Played ror about an hour. Spent most of Sunday thawing out! Here's a snippet. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn_xrJ_Iu3w&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn_xrJ_Iu3w&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/url]