Jump to content
Why become a member? ×

wombatboter

Member
  • Posts

    1,446
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by wombatboter

  1. Bit weird that this is "impossible to ship". And why would you take the neck off for "safety reasons".

    I've shipped countless basses and they were never "oversized", they just got the reference XL ..that's all.

    You put it in a box well wrapped and if someone agrees to pay the shipping costs, what's the problem ?

    • Like 1
  2. Level 42 in the beginning of the eighties ....Hadn't seen anything like that before (and the bassplayer sàng !).

    David Byrne solo, a gig in Gent (Belgium), from the first second he owned that stage.

    U2 in 1981 when they were still "unknown"

    David Sylvian with Robert Fripp in Antwerp, just a totally new kind of music..

  3. On 17/10/2020 at 18:05, bubinga5 said:

    Yes its a cover, yes she's a young bass player. But man can this girl play the bass.The detail in her playing is fantastic. imo. 

     

    I was very surprised that the fantastic bass part on the original isn't a real bass but a plug in..It fooled me (thought it was the best "bass" song of this year)

  4. I started messing around with this sort of Manring-inspired technique and tried it out on a Fleetwood Mac song (chords are not too difficult, the changes are quite easy so I was able to "sing" along too (though I'm not a singer)).

    After the "solo" I didn't know what to do but just let the groove going and I was pleased that I didn't mess up or lose the groove. I always try to use certain techniques in songs instead of just practicing without a reference..I still want to make music and enjoy myself so I'll take a song and see if it fits. 

     

    • Like 7
  5. Years ago I had a similar white one and I sold it..Within a couple of hours I had around five people who wanted to buy it (I wasn't asking much, around 600 euros if I recall correctly). At the end of the day I got a reaction from a young bassplayer from Holland who said this was his dream bass but he couldn't afford it..

    He said that he was going to work during the holidays picking fruit from trees to earn this bass but this would mean that I had to wait another six months and he didn't expect me to keep this for him..

    I kept the bass, he worked hard for his bass picking fruit from trees and afterwards he came to see me (his father drove the car and told me that he wanted his son to work for what he desired) and he left with the white Miller bass..

    I'm always glad to see one, reminds me of the young boy from Northern Holland...(sorry for the off topic)

    • Like 20
  6. Had a couple of trade offers (some of them quite appealing) but so far the bass is still here..

    In the meantime I'm trying to get used to it a little more and just playing along with songs I'm learning.

    Wanted to learn this old b-side of McCartney's Goodnight Tonight, nothing fancy but the B string sounds nice on this..

     

  7. Just bought this here on Bass-chat but after playing it I realised again that I prefer four strings. Lately I had seen tons of videos of five and six stringplayers locked in isolation due to corona and their virtuosity went to my head and made me buy a five string again. I can manage playing a five but it's just no "fun" like on a four string (tastes differ and respect for all the players which do fantastic things on those basses).

    So I'm selling this again but wouldn' t mind trading it for an inspiring four string..I like "modern" basses with a sort of hifi sound (I don't have the "Miller" sound available for the moment so who knows..) This bass comes with a case, is a 35 inch, if I'm correct the stringspacing is 17,5 (can be adjusted individually), 4,4 kg, Bartolini pick ups and pre amp, graphite neck, no truss rod but it gives me the low action I need for the playing I'm able to..Dates from 1992. Can be shipped or picked up (shipment included).

    I made a crappy video with some sounds (some mistakes but my right wrist and index finger are still blocked after a bicycle accident two years ago)

    I hope the previous seller doesn't mind me using some of his pictures too....

     

     

    108004230_3004636102966055_8686825211824286544_n.jpg

    108185813_712430656201502_7110951244552292764_n.jpg

    20200629_225525.jpg.a8b50bb9d2db60a4816ec1acf75cc8fa.jpg

    20200629_225738.jpg.8db12bd063588697e76654eb48c2befc.jpg

    • Like 7
  8. I used to gig a lot..played in around 100 bands around here in Belgium with some well-known names..I was very lucky and always combined it with a day time job..

    Since a couple of years I hardly gig anymore...tired of the setlists filled with predictable songs, tired of the choices some singers make when the success fades, tired of the traffic jams, tired of being there six hours in advance, tired of the change in live music and the atmosphere (everyone staring at smartphones backstage instead of having fun, people hardly talk to each other like we used to and I have the impression that everyone tries to play it "safe", most of them just head home after the gig). I refused a lot of things and they don't call you anymore..

    I still play at home and I try to keep myself busy with learning new things..It's weird but I don't miss bands and when I hear musicians complain these days and say how they miss the stage....I don't feel that at all.

    My life will always be filled with playing bass but the gigs are certainly not essential...

    • Like 2
×
×
  • Create New...