Clarky

[quote name='TRBboy' post='1162280' date='Mar 14 2011, 08:09 PM']The D'addario black nylon tapewounds are great strings but just a word of caution; I had them on my jazz bass for a while, and because they're a pretty hefty gauge they wore the grooves in the nut bigger. When I went back to regular strings my A string was rattling about like buggery in the groove and I had to get a new nut (although I did just play with some card packed underneath it for a couple of years!).[/quote] I don't think you mean D'Addario's. They are only just launched. And they are 'normal' gauges (50-105). I suspect you mean Roto Tru Bass which are great thick black caterpillars of strings

[quote name='TomKent' post='1162279' date='Mar 14 2011, 08:09 PM']sorry, I haven't read 10 pages of this[/quote] I will summarise: I started the OP to moan about machine gun, uber-loud show-off slapping and how it ruined bass shows Then some people said they hate slapping altogether, others said the anti-slappers are plain ignorant and missing out on bass' rich tapestry, and most said slapping is fine when done to suit the song (which is my position). Saves you wasting 20 minutes of your life!

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1162268' date='Mar 14 2011, 08:05 PM']Ok Clarky don't bother answering my question in the other thread. I've got La Bella black nylons on my TF - have you tried those? If so how do they compare?[/quote] Sorry not tried the La Bella's. My only reference are Tru Bass strings which I found unwieldy. These are 'normal' gauges, rather than thick sticks of licorice, so they feel very 'familiar' under the fingers, have reasonable low/medium tension, and sound nice. Impressed so far.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1162249' date='Mar 14 2011, 07:57 PM']Have you tried them yet?[/quote] I wrote some comments on your thread Dave - you mean you didn't read my pearls of wisdom? Edit: here you go [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=126139&pid=1159746&st=0&#entry1159746"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;#entry1159746[/url]

The pro slap community (I am not anti-slap I hasten to add) will find it hard to describe that in the same terms as Freddie Washington or Steely Dan's peg, and might just see where I was coming from in the OP!

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1161971' date='Mar 14 2011, 04:26 PM']Ever heard of Korn?[/quote] Imagine Fieldy playing for hours on end at ear-splitting volume. You wouldn't be far off an approximation of the Bass Show (at least on the Saturday)

Here's the Rotosound slapper extraordinaire, featured in an earlier BC thread [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15986&hl=Clutterbuck"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...;hl=Clutterbuck[/url] The guy obviously has amazing technical ability but ....

[quote name='ahpook' post='1161888' date='Mar 14 2011, 03:28 PM']if you like it, buy it for me and i'll keep it in my wardrobe...[/quote] I may buy this when I get paid at the start of May ..... The firth of fifth [attachment=74787:14tumbleweed.jpg]

I'll come along if you play Sweet Child of Mine and Moondance

The Daily Mail added it was "disgusting" and "shamed the nation"

[quote name='chris_b' post='1161571' date='Mar 14 2011, 11:31 AM']It was mentioned on BBC News24![/quote] and 247,000 hits already on Youtube

I picked up an Acoustic Image Contra rig (combo plus extension cab) at a good price off BassChat and have been very pleased with it so far. Had its first gig last Friday with my Eminence EUB (which has a David Gage Realist p/u) and the audience members (including BC'er Happy Jack who replied in my Eminence thread) said it sounded very DB-like through the PA (which was fed by the DI from my Contra combo) and that it held its own against three trombones and a souzaphone.

Two sets of strings - a cheap-ish set of DR Sunbeams and a non-discounted set of the new D'Addario black nylon tapewounds (as I hadn't seen them before). Thats it! Would have been difficult to buy a bass there (at least on the Saturday) as the slapfest din was so deafening it was all but impossible to test drive a bass properly

[quote name='Jigster' post='1161376' date='Mar 14 2011, 08:57 AM']wasn't really implying a P is 'better' per se, I love Jazzes, but rather that the P succeeds more in terms of presence..[/quote] Thats exactly why I am having DiMarzio Model J pickups installed in my Bacchus 62 Jazz - it sounds beautiful but lacks presence in a noisy guitar based band. Hopefully the pickups will have more beef while retaining that Jazz tonality. In non-rock/punk situations, I guess a Jazz bass has more 'room to breathe' and so its lesser presence (than a P) is probably not an issue at all and the tone shines through

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1161345' date='Mar 14 2011, 08:23 AM']Intro to [i]Why Did You Do It[/i], the whole band came in - as expected - on the C except the bass, which for some inexplicable reason decided to play the song in Bb. It got worse. The bass didn't realise that it was wrong, and assumed that someone else had screwed it up, so it remained on the Bb for the next two bars while looking around in consternation. Luckily, this was all the bass doing it by itself, so when I realised that my bass had lost the plot I quickly took it off auto-pilot and moved up two frets. I don't think anyone noticed. Apart from the lead guitarist. And the slide guitarist. And even, God help me, the drummer. [/quote] Just call it Jazz!

[quote name='crez5150' post='1161338' date='Mar 14 2011, 08:11 AM']Couldn't agree more.... I love slap and believe there should be more of it.... :0) .....but then again I do use a Mac, only play in a tribute and function band, own an iPhone, thinks Guy Pratt is a cock and loves slap bass....... [/quote] Is your name TIM?

[quote name='MythSte' post='1161176' date='Mar 13 2011, 10:52 PM']Hey Clarky, I slapped your Alleva Copello when your back was turned Great to meet you [/quote] Not my AC? noooooooooo! Likewise great to meet you. Mrs Tinman will be very jealous

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1161009' date='Mar 13 2011, 08:48 PM']Simon, don't think of it as being late, more as managing to avoid the biggest and most conspicuous cockup I've ever committed live on stage. [/quote] A slap version of Smoke on the Water? Sorry couldn't be there Jack and hope to make your next 'residence gig' at the George IV

[quote name='fatback' post='1161070' date='Mar 13 2011, 09:26 PM']The coolest looking of all the EUBs, if ya ask me. Congrats [/quote] Thanks mate, although my vote for best looking EUB goes to the rare (and sadly too pricey for me) Kolstein Busetto travel bass, as owned by BC's Mr Bassman. Now that is gorgeous - and its based off Scott La Faro's DB (my favourite DB player) [attachment=74748:Kolstein.jpg]

[quote name='cetera' post='1160971' date='Mar 13 2011, 08:25 PM']I like slap when it's used tastefully and in it's place. Unfortunately what I heard today at the Bass Show was neither tasteful nor in it's place.... Lots of show-off bedroom bassists trying to outdo each other but not actually LISTENING to the tonal palette available from the instrument/amp they were demo-ing. Pointless and unnecessary.... and puts me, and many others, off attending future shows....[/quote] Very eloquently put, cetera. Perhaps I should have posted something like that in the OP and it wouldn't have raised the hackles of some - as its exactly what I wanted to convey

[quote name='Mykesbass' post='1160964' date='Mar 13 2011, 08:22 PM']Can you amend again to include "and in shops" -that'll probably strike a chord with Pete and the other retailers/ex-retailers on here (speaking from experience)![/quote] Happy to oblige

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1160933' date='Mar 13 2011, 08:07 PM']Sorry Clarky, my thread was a touch misleading. I forgot to mention that you never intended to knock the style, just the antics of the players at the show. [/quote] Title of OP amended to make my view clearer