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  1. 4000
    Terrible news. Never met or had dealings with him, but who will ever forget “MB1”? I’ll also raise a glass to him tonight…
  2. 4000
    This. It’s not a big job.
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    4000 replied to Rich's topic in Bass Guitars

    Jeez. Every time I try to Edit a post it quotes me instead! 🙄
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    4000 replied to Rich's topic in Bass Guitars

    All of my 20-odd Rics have been around that weight, bar the first CS I had which was probably nearer 10lbs. My current 2 feel slightly under 9.
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    Well what I said was that’s it’s nice, and it certainly can feel like some sort of affirmation. But personally, as long as I’ve achieved what I set out to achieve (or as close as possible), I really don’t care too much what anyone else thinks. They may have different tastes or standards. Sometimes people love things that I think are terrible (and that includes things I’ve done). It doesn’t stop me thinking they’re terrible! IMO, the only real measure of satisfaction when being creative should be your own; it’s a dangerous thing to start taking everyone else’s opinions into account as no two are likely to be the same.
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    It does indeed depend on the situation you’re playing in. But personally I think it’d have to be a pretty extreme situation to not be able to hear the difference between the first couple of basses particularly. Even if you didn’t know what basses were being used, I’d be surprised if you couldn’t hear any difference at all.
  7. 4000
    Strokes the strings. That’s absolutely me too. Except when I’m intentionally digging in of course,
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    I’ve found that how well received the music I write and play is is entirely down to the listener’s tastes and absolutely nothing to do with anything else. 😉
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    I understand that as I can be the same. But that’s not really what I’m talking about. The whole point of making music, for me, is to do it as much on my terms as possible, because I want to enjoy what I’m doing, I want to have it mean something to me. Obviously it’s nice if other people like what you’re doing, but is that what I do it for? Absolutely not. That goes for the writing, the recording, the playing, the instruments used, etc etc. Obviously there is no absolute, nothing is ever likely to be perfect and more often than not it will be anything but; but ceasing to care, or to strive towards what I’m trying to achieve, is not an option I would be happy considering. I’d sooner give up playing and go back to painting. What’s the point in attempting to do something creative if you’re not doing it on your own terms?
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    If you think Ped’s touch is light, you don’t want to see me playing with a pick. 😂
  11. 4000
    Surely they all sound the same and you just chose them for their looks? 😉😂 The Ray for me by a long way. I really wish I could find a Ray that suits as I really like the sound of them in other people’s hands.
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    I can’t believe we’re back to the “they all sound the same” argument. Yes, it is perfectly possible to make very different basses sound similar, and the differences (or lack thereof) will likely be impacted by the person playing them (by some more than others), but certain basses have a distinct sonic imprint and response, particularly doing certain things or in certain registers, which is something often forgotten when doing blind tests. If you can’t tell the difference, it doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Maybe your ears just aren’t very good, or maybe you just aren’t as interested in it as someone else is. And as in the other thread, “the audience can’t tell” has absolutely nothing to do with why I make music….I guess YMMV.
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    To be fair, fear of the unknown isn’t exactly unusual……and TBH, speaking personally, my life prior to being thirty was vastly superior to my most of my life since, so I wasn’t exactly wrong. 😉
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    I was terrified of turning thirty as I was convinced that I had no chance of making it in the music industry past that age. Nothing that has happened in the 27 years since has made a dent in that opinion. 😂
  15. 4000
    I’m now hearing that in the voice of Terry Pratchett’s Death. 😂
  16. 4000
    That’s true, but the trying to satisfy myself is, for me at least, the point of doing it. In the scheme of things, most people wouldn’t care whether or not we were recording in the first place, so it’s mostly for our own benefit that we bother doing it at all.
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    They’re not necessarily lost when you’re playing it. It’s not just about recording or FOH. TBH, I don’t really agree with that anyway. I’ve done numerous recordings where I’ve done a separate bass track using each of my Rics, no adjustment to eq, and they all sound different, so I pick the one that works best.
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    That’s your computer’s version of “HOW VERY DARE YOU!”. 😂
  19. 4000
    Yes it has and yes it was. Mick was Gary’s guitar hero, apparently.
  20. 4000
    Lemmy used a Model One on his white Ric for a while, Please Don’t Touch era.
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    That’s very interesting. They do sound completely different; I much prefer the ‘60s version. The ‘70s one is the JB sound that I really don’t like, in every instance.
  22. 4000
    TBH, as I’ve said before, I don’t rate Nicko at all, so I’d be in agreement.
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    4000 replied to Rich's topic in Bass Guitars

    I sit down for all of them nowadays. But as we have a cajon player instead of a drummer, I don’t look out of place. 😉
  24. 4000
    Just one thing; tinnitus isn’t always what it seems (although admittedly it usually is). Many years ago I had really bad tinnitus which lasted about 3 or so (?) years. It stopped, more or less (I still have it to a slight degree) when a chiropractor adjusted my neck. I can only assume it was somehow caused by/related to a trapped nerve. EDIT: missed Hellzero’s comments, which imply a similar thing.
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    4000 replied to Rich's topic in Bass Guitars

    this ipad has a mind of its own…..🙄
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