Kiwi

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='49073' date='Aug 22 2007, 05:26 PM']Nice to meet you all, and btw.. this is one of the best and frendliest bass forums I've used.. and from now on will only use. Ash[/quote] hi ash - can you speak italian? Welcome

Hi Rich, welcome to the forum

[quote name='Something' post='48741' date='Aug 22 2007, 09:56 AM']The same as yours mate... (I'm here incognito, lookinf for advices between a 55-02 and a DJ5...But shhhh :ph34r: )[/quote] Plenty of Laky owners on this forum. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4553"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4553[/url] Some of them were at the meet we had on Saturday just outside London.

welcome aboard matey

[quote name='Lulu' post='48865' date='Aug 22 2007, 12:27 PM']Salut ! It seems there's an invasion from the Continent ![/quote] [i]"Us roastbifs see no invasion!" [/i] (For the sticklers of historical correctness, Nelson never wore an eyepatch) Welcome Haborym! The rest of us are delighted to have you here also.

Indeed, welcome aboard Lulu! We can never have enough active members

[quote name='ped' post='48619' date='Aug 21 2007, 10:48 PM']Hmm. Sort of I suppose. *skulks away* Pretty similar amplifier section to the bigger amps though isn't it?[/quote] I think its fairly different to my RB700. I tried one in Mansons in Exeter and wasn't impressed. It wasn't a pile of toss but it wasn't what I was looking for.

[quote name='ped' post='48607' date='Aug 21 2007, 10:36 PM']Since when have GK made a breifcase combo? Sounds interesting[/quote] I think thats the MB150 perhaps?

[quote name='ARGH' post='48520' date='Aug 21 2007, 08:14 PM']Bar the little briefcase combo thing they do (Which sounded lovely and I would have no arguements buying) Ive played a quantity of what else they have and come to the conclusion that its utter toss.[/quote] You're not here to win friends, are you matey? Many GK users on this forum would disagree with you but probably can't be bothered taking you on. Homer you could maybe ask the same question of the distributor? Tell them whatever they tell you will be shared with other GK users on this forum.

welcome aboard M. Something. Jeez, I hope we're not going to get confused with your nick during any complicated posts...lol

lol I have to confess, I showed Ped OnlyBass.com last night because he's into French basses. I've been lurking on your site for a while. Welcome Nuf!

welcome back Si, what kept you away so long?

[quote name='dr.funk' post='47926' date='Aug 20 2007, 08:28 PM']Can you advise me on some albums to purchase for essential listening?[/quote] The [url="http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Rave-un2-Year-2000/dp/B00004Y2QS"]Rave Un2 The Year 2000 [/url]DVD was filmed at the Paisley Park sound stage and its a good performance. I really liked the [url="http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Live-Aladdin-Las-Vegas/dp/B0000AVHDC/ref=pd_sim_v_title/105-2965997-6370060"]Live at The Aladdin, Las Vegas[/url] DVD as well. I can take or leave his greatest hits but the good thing is that both feature funky jams which are the real reason I like Prince. He's the only one really pushing the musical boundaries of pop performance in this way. Beverley Knight gave it a good try the other night though.

My custom jaydee jazz looked the shizzle. My spec My parts sounded crap My fault.

Hi Igor, [quote name='MileBG' post='47361' date='Aug 19 2007, 01:26 PM']and after all these years I find myself satisfied with Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass![/quote] You say that you're satisfied at the moment, but you're HERE now... You might need one of these for the G.A.S. you may experience through using this site: Welcome aboard!

[quote name='lukeward2004' post='47314' date='Aug 19 2007, 11:35 AM']Oh by the way - I owe someone my share of the room - can whoever organised it please PM me and ill sort you out with some spondooleys? Cheers![/quote] Me too - is paypal OK?

[quote name='Oxblood' post='47192' date='Aug 18 2007, 06:54 PM']Really disappointed we never got to hear the V8, CK Next time, eh? Maybe by then I'll be able to bring the full VA350 rig and the two of us can have a mammoth ACME-vs-BFM Trace-Off! [/quote] Ken, how about I bring the V8 next time (cabs permitting) and a Burman AND the Mesa Boogie Strategy 400 power amp?

I think your voice sounded pretty good mate, I had no problems hearing it.

[quote name='ped' post='47213' date='Aug 18 2007, 08:42 PM']By the way kiwi, sort yer' captions out - its a Passion bass, not an Arpege ;0)[/quote] Noone cares about it mate, get over it.

There's thumbo, Telebass and a few others as well based in Plymouth. You should all have a get together somewhere - it would be good to see some photos.

[quote name='Sibob' post='47188' date='Aug 18 2007, 06:34 PM']No pics showing up for me dude! Yup, cheers for the play on the Smith, will write more of my thoughts of the bash later, just shooting off to my gig Si[/quote] They're working now.

OK here are some photos from the SE Bassbash - the location of the venue was excellent! Top marks and thanks to OBBM for setting it up. It was nice to see some new faces and a load more players having a bash on the Smith 6 compared to the first time I brought it. One day I hope we'll be able to organise an impromptu jam! Don't tell the wife! He's supposed to be limiting his salt intake!! Hamster offered to bring his spiders in next time! He reckoned they got a bit excited by low frequencies! Dr Funk (aka Thebassistformerlyknownasfunky_bass_guy) gets nasty on the Vig Arpeige "Deltametal"(tm) fretless G-77 on MacDaddy's Shuker 6. I tried this bass and it was as punchy as a Jaydee! Made me rethink the spec for my own impending Shuker 6... In the meantime, MacDaddy had a go on my Smith... ...and so did Lukeward2004! The hardest man in Whitney showed up and put the lot of us in our place via the gift of sign language. I asked Si-Bob (right) to stand next to him but he was too intimidated. I think we all were coz once he'd stepped outside most of us left for home!

I'm a former lefty drummer, converted to bass after wrist issues at the tender age of 14. Started in blues, then jazz/funk and dance covers. In the last few years I've settled in soul/rnb very comfortably. For 12 years I played a Jaydee MK until my career finally took off (thanks to a skills shortage) and then I was lucky enough to dabble in a few other instruments. Influences started with Adam Clayton and Herbie Flowers. Then I switched to a load of 80's bass gods like Jaco, Stanley Clarke and Mark King. The 90's sucked for me (which is when I played mostly jazz and my influences were Marcus, John Patitucci and other fusion players like Marc Johnson and Jonas Hellborg), then I listened to a load of Meshell N'degeocello, Bernard Edwards, Robbie Shakespeare, Nathan Watts, Norman Watt Roy and other groove players. Its been goin' on since then. Julian Crampton is one of my favourite players right now - he's just taken up the bass chair with Incognito. I was lined up for some lessons with him but he had a nasty habit of going off on tour and could never commit to a date...