Cairobill

Boning in the Boneyard by Fishbone is my favourite cut from the parliament/punk genre....it's fantastic but they went off the rails... Couldn't deal with Living Colour at all, really didn't like their music, it had this weird Poodle-Rock element in the sound that turned me off. Early Chili Peppers are a weird one for me too. I love the odd track but can't stomach an album of the stuff - lots of energy but it's too scattershot. Rubin enabled them to work as an albums band in my opinion. Still can't really stomach too much chilis though...apart from the later more song based stuff where they hold back much more....still don't listen to it much if at all nowadays... Trouble is, apart from these good bands, the whole slap/rap/metal thing is shot through with some of the worst music in existence IMO... Nick

How interesting...if it's an old school 100% carbon bass that looks like a paddle it's a pretty rare bird...and a very, very nice bass....if it's got any wood in it forget it....

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='672883' date='Dec 3 2009, 09:39 AM']Just got my dream 1978 Fender Precision so I have to show it [/quote] That's lovely - the Gallery had a 1976 (I think) in the same colour and board which was a wonderful bass. Someone bought it before I could... One day...

I've come over all nostalgic - in July 2005 I exchanged my Black, Maple boarded Ray for a chunk of cash in Paddington/Royal Oak, London. I have no record of who I sold it to and certainly don't know who has it now. If anyone recognises it, let me know - I might even want it back at some stage if conditions allow? Here it is - it still had the mute adjusters on it when I sold it on the old forum...this bass has been to some very interesting places! [attachment=37543:Raybodyfront.jpg] Nick

I do miss my ''Ray - it was my 'record company advance' bass from 1994 and had a gorgeous, flamey birdseye, maple neck with a black body. I sold it to a very nice man through the old site who must be among the Ray heads here. Anyone here have it? We did the deal near Royal Oak tube/Paddington in 2005. Here it is complete with mutes! [attachment=37542:Raybodyfront.jpg] I do remember tweaking the pickup height to boost the G string. I also cut a load of tracks using it and it sounded killer, especially through my SVT In fact I've come over all nostalgic - I'm of a mind to post this pic in its own thread...would be nice to find out who's got it and whether they want to sell it back Nick

There's heaps of discussion about this phenomenon and possible ways to cure it on Talkbass, like here for starters [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=180527&highlight=weak+string+stingray"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...string+stingray[/url] The upshot is that it is part of the way the bass is constructed, it seems...

Now I remember why I sold my Ray! It's all come flooding back...

Poor old Betty Davis - very much ahead of the curve culturally and stylistically...totally committed, filthy funk in that super minimal style. Love it!

...I want one. I played the Root Beer 76 P in the Gallery with the most beautiful neck....Jamerson Jamerson Jamerson! Someday...soon! but it has to be sunburst/tort/rosewood...

I just wanted to share this totally amazing cut - 'Anti Love Song' by Betty Davis (better known for being the ex-wife of Miles Davis). It's a track from 1973 and Larry Graham is on bass. As slapping is getting a duffing up in another thread I thought I would be nice about slap - this defines to me what good slap is - dark, chugging and funky as hell. Betty Davis is one of the great lost artists of music. A VERY interesting woman... Turn it up and enjoy! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxKBnR_8LIM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxKBnR_8LIM[/url] Nick

I wouldn't bother, the neck pickup's all wonky...

Maybe there should be a 'thumbzone', similar to those perspex smokers' lounges you get in some airports. - e.g. an acoustically sealed clear walled room where slapping takes place - the rest of the venue can then remain slap free. I am not anti-slap, but the 'saturday down the bass centre' clamour of Mark King, Victor and Flea licks competing for attention is a terrible thing...