Oopsdabassist

On 30/07/2020 at 10:25, dmccombe7 said:

I'll take a 2nd set @ped. Always better to have spares available on the night.

Dave

I'll take 2 sets too Ped, if it helps.

6 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

Resurrection time - having to learn this for my current band, monster bass-line, respect @neilmurraybass I suspect this one`s gonna take me some time!

Fair play to ya Lozz, I tried ...and failed, so tweaked it a bit for my lot, great tune, love playing it!

4 hours ago, stewblack said:

Yeah. Makes you realise that all the parenting advice is just so much hooey. I have three kids, one of each.

All brought up the same all entirely different people now.

I use that line too, 1 blonde, 1 brunette, 1 redhead, sadly my 37 year old brunette son is bald nowadays!!

5 hours ago, ead said:

I bought the CD shortly after it came out and have just about managed to get past the silly crowd noise.  No idea why they could not have released a version without it, can't be that hard surely?

Less of a Trevor Rabin fan though.  I don't think he has Howe's subtlety of touch and I find the relentless overdriven guitar sound a bit monotonous tbh.  I appreciate that I am probably in a mnority though.

I with you re Howe over Rabin, and the crowd noise come to that!

Well I'm in MK, and can get it over to Reading ish if that helps.

With or Without You, followed close by message in a bottle, by which time I had an audition for a band because they played the Police song, it was just a shame they didn't tell me it was in a different key...I had no idea what they meant.......I got the gig anyway...1st live event after 3 months of playing.....nerve racking and some bastid videoed it and bunged it on you tube.

Cut to 17 years later and finally I'm in a band that wants to do With or Without You lol!!!

I'm up for those!!

Interesting point Surfguy made, is this a 34 inch scale bass?

14 hours ago, toneknob said:

Olias is more Yes than a lot of Yes tbh

Olias just has to be my most favourite Album ever, so other worldly, so...out there.  Just sublime.

This is a very interesting take on a P, I'm intrigued, where are you based?

31 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

I would say that thundercats bass is actually fairly distinctive.

It was the tattoo on his hand that gave it away for me, many hours watching with my kids so many years ago!!

A question for anyone who has a Rick-o-like, can you remove the bridge PU cover?  I'm tempted by one of these, but that lump is a dealbreaker

Me too, got it in '72 at tender age of 12, the heady days of reading the liner notes, listening to the whole album at full welly, blew my tiny mind lol!!

I too have been following Lee's exploits since the start of lockdown, its a great way for me to start my day, with himself and a cup of coffee bright and early everyday.  I've been following direct on YT, but thanks for taking the time to pin em up here every day!

Jim Lea on Slade Alive, he plays bass like its a lead guitar!!

Yer I'm getting it too

Why does a footswitch need to be powered? just for the LEDs?  will it work without power?

53 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:

That sounds wrong and the first time I have ever heard of anybody suffering poor performance with them. Where did you get the Eneloop last from? Are they legit?

I've been using my smoothhound with eneloop AAA from Amazon, for a couple of years now and the batteries have always been rock solid, I tend to swap em out and charge em when they get to 2 led's power ie 50%

Talk Talk, there is just something about Mark Hollis'  voice, and the groove, always cheers me up and gets me boogie-ing in my chair...even in the car!  and yes, even right now!

8 hours ago, fretmeister said:

This thread has taken me on a search for good cover versions.

The Chickenfoot version is brilliant - Satriani playing the organ solo with some synthy pedals. Also shows what a great singer Michael Anthony is.

 

 

 

Love me a bit of Chickenfoot, that is a screamin' cover!!!

Its fascinating to read/watch...I have absolutely no idea whats going on....but its fascinating!!!!

wow, 53 songs and I've only ever done 6 of em....I feel a bit smug now!!   😋

14 minutes ago, gary mac said:

No bass acrobatics, just a little riff repeated over the different settings. 

My kinda bass player...thanks dude

7 hours ago, Maude said:

This is not better but I like it equally as much because it's a different take on a great song.

Sabbath and Cake with War Pigs. 

 

 

Never heard of these before but I really liked that!!

14 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

Wow, fair play to you. Thought that would have been on most people's (including mine) worst ever lists.

14 hours ago, NickD said:

I thought it was just me.... I was desperately searching for a single way in which it's not hugely inferior to the original. 

And this is why music is so subjective, I have loved the original ever since it came out, and that Disturbed version is just so damn powerful, its brilliant!......IMHO ofc