Clarky

Just finished reading 'Japan & Self-existence'. Its really quite a disquieting book, from Mick's loveless upbringing, his several big romances that went wrong (one of which seemed strangely important to him still, at the time of writing, despite by then having a wife and child), to David Sylvian's pillaging of Japan's earnings (just how did he manage to blag the song and publishing royalties to himself, leaving his bandmates - including his own brother - essentially impoverished?) Probably worth reading if, like me you are a fan of his bass playing, but really quite upsetting on many levels. Also leaves me with very mixed feelings towards David Sylvian as I have grown up over many years loving 'Brilliiant Trees' and 'Secrets of the Beehive' and I don't think I can listen to them again without thinking of how he treated his bandmates in Japan RIP Mick

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1326114392' post='1492409'] 1 on G#, 2 on A, 3 on F and 2 on E. 1 finger per "fret". Job done. [/quote] Well, yes I'd agree with that. But if you then played a G major scale per the video do you suddenly shift to using finger 1 on the A? It has the potential to confuse me!

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1326111566' post='1492341'] It is lined though, which I believe is frowned upon in these parts. [/quote] Burn him, for he is a witch!

Fantastic! My first gig on DB was a total blast too, will never forget it

Try asking bassbod and pantherairsoft http://basschat.co.uk/topic/153834-sold-mo-clifton-downright-4/page__p__1367958__hl__clifton%20downright__fromsearch__1#entry1367958

[quote name='fatback' timestamp='1326054560' post='1491728'] Interesting. Can't think why it should be different though. [/quote] Its part cos I'm still a bit rubbish on DB and part cos I'm used to 'on the fly' fingering! But seriously, what fingering do you use for playing say G sharp, A, F, E sharp on the G/D strings - is that all sliding your first/fore finger up and down the board or does your second/middle finger come into play at any point - its the semi-tone shifts I am not sure about

After a brief try out, I find Rabbath very simple for linear (ie, up or down) lines but if you are string crossing back and forth I end up in a right pickle, as my old Grandad would say

Buy an Aria Sinsonido travel bass and headphones - about £340, tiny space taken up, and you can feed your habit [url="http://www.reidys.com/index.pl?submit=View_PLU&PLU=7476&utm_source=GoogleBase&utm_medium=Feed&utm_campaign=PriceComparison"]http://www.reidys.co...PriceComparison[/url] Edit: probably useful for when you are on your ship too

[attachment=96722:P1040192.JPG] My re-finned 1963 (year of birth) Precision. Was sourced from US by BC'er Si Clifton and had been I think stripped (like so many) to natural. Si arranged for it to be nitro coated in an aged oly white. Has a lovely worn-in neck with no varnish at all left on the back. This pic shows it with the badly cracked and warped tort guard which I have replaced with a period-correct nitrocellulose tort guard (I have kept the original of course but its unusable).

I never saw that beautiful "2011" Fender Custom Shop Precision Pro (a P/J with Jazz neck) on sale anywhere. The latest Fender CS catalogue for 2012 http://fendercustomshop.com/# shows this model in Olympic White (the 2011 was in sunburst) but who knows if you'll ever see one in the shops, given the seeming non-appearance of the 2011 version?

Here's Cliff with his (modified with a humbucker at the neck) [attachment=96711:3918.jpg]

Looks great in that colour - very Cliff Burton

Does he not realise that he has already stymied most potential buyers of his bass? Dork

Awful - where's the energy and raw power of the original? Elevator music