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    [quote name='acidbass' post='383516' date='Jan 17 2009, 07:46 PM']I'd love to play bass for The Who's current tour, in place of the mighty Pino. I think it'd be a LOT easier to play with Starkey than it would be with Moon, although I suspect that Townshend doesn't exactly want much creative freedom from the bass chair these days.[/quote] That's a gig I'd like too (well, in theory at least; I can imagine walking on stage in front of the average Who audience and dying of fright!). To be honest, although Pino's a great player, I find him a strange choice (in terms of style) for that gig. I'd have loved to have played with early Jamiroquai too, but I'm not really stylistically suited to it; I think I'll leave that one to Stu. Fleetwood Mac would be nice actually, and the Stranglers would be interesting (at least up until the point where I got bottled off for not being JJ!).
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    John Paul Jones, Gary Thain, pretty much anything by Lenny Kravitz. Oh, and Me'Shell, as above. Sounds good to me.
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    I played the W&T Spectrum through a Genz Benz at Bass Day and I'm not sure whether it was the Genz or the Berg cabs but I absolutely hated the rig, it was as far away from my thing as it's possible to get. The bass was great though. However what people need to remember is that any bit of kit played by them may not sound the same as it does when someone else uses it; of course many of us are after different sounds anyway, but the first point is very important. With regards to wood, electronics etc, my Rics all sound different acoustically (I'm using them as an example because they're essentially the same bass), and amplified they sound like amplified versions of how they sound acoustically, which to me is how it should be.
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    Hawkwind on the Space Ritual tour........I'd like to play with John McLaughlin too (although I think I might need to 'shed a bit before that gig!).
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    Schroeder

    4000 replied to Protium's topic in Amps and Cabs

    Ok, it's pretty much fixed that I hate tweeters (well, certainly with the Rics, which are my main gigging basses). So, for a man who hates tweeters, are the Schroeders going to work? Can you turn the tweeters off? If so, should you? They're on my short list for replacement cabs (something I need very soon, although I'm still struggling cash-wise at the moment) but I'm really worried about ending up with something that's going to be to glassy for me. I've posted this before in other places, and this is something like my ideal tone. Jorg reckons I should be able to get it no problem, but with all respect to him I'd just like a few more unbiased opinions. FWIW I'd say Jon Camp (the player featured) probably plays harder than me, but it's a similar sound (although grittier) to what I used to get from my old (very old) Trace rig. Oh, I'm using an Ashdown ABM500 head. All the Schroeder clips I've seen are nothing like this style or sound so it's really difficult to judge. [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ_5h0SKUSM"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ_5h0SKUSM[/url]
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    Hot Wood!!!

    4000 replied to littleal's topic in Gear Gallery

    [quote name='GreeneKing' post='381683' date='Jan 15 2009, 08:22 PM']I obviously like hideous shapes [/quote] Me too...
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    [quote name='leschirons' post='381663' date='Jan 15 2009, 07:57 PM']If you really fancy her and she's got tiny hands, that should make you feel better[/quote] Oh it does. I do like a girl with tiny hands. The bit about her looking 12 still bothers me though!
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    [quote name='Rich' post='378899' date='Jan 13 2009, 12:39 PM']Enjoyed the music, but I didn't think Tal's Marcus-like tone sat particularly well with it. I was neither over- nor under-whelmed with her playing... she did the job, fair enough, but nothing remarkable. There wouldn't be half so much hype surrounding her if she was either a} male, or b} a munter.[/quote] I must admit I thought her tone on that programme was terrible, but having heard her on other things decided it was probably just the tv mix. Playing wise I just thought she was doing what she's obviously getting paid to do (you don't normally get to play with some of the people she's played with if you're not up to much). Either way, I'll let her off. I still think she's luuuuuverly.... One thing though, Jeff doesn't really do it for me (and I don't mean in a Tal way!). I sometimes get the impression that he's thinking more about how he's going to play the note than about the note he's going to play, and I'm not mad on his tone either, but hey, that's just me.
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    Lem should be in there too (Keep Us On the Road, Stay Clean etc etc), but he himself says Motorhead aren't Heavy Metal, so who am I to argue with him? Regarding Manowar, I have to say I first went to see them in 1984 just to see how bad they'd be. I'd read a couple of interviews and thought "these guys are going to be hilarious". Well, they blew my socks off. Kind of like "The Vikings" set to music. It was the most fun I'd had since watching Jason & The Argonauts as a kid, and I think fun is a much undervalued concept in music these days. They played fantastically as well. Nice guys BTW… I have a lot of time for Joey and Eric who (at least the couple of times that I met them) were nothing like you'd expect.
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    New Rickenbacker 4001, s/n TC915, bought in 1980 for £295 IIRC. Stolen in Hendon in 1986.....
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    [quote name='bass_ferret' post='378372' date='Jan 12 2009, 10:31 PM']Tal still looks about 12, maybe thats cos she looks like the cover of Blind Faith. How does she play with those tiny hands?[/quote] Arrgghhh. Another one. You're the third person to say that in about 3 weeks (and the last 2 were women). Doesn't make me feel too good as I really fancy her! :blush:
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    That's the instrument I've been searching for all my life!!!!
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    Wot, no Joey DeMaio????? Well I love Geddy and Geezer and Les, and I really like Robert's Infectious Grooves stuff, but to be honest everyone there has probably played much better stuff (although NIB is obviously a classic). For Geddy I'd have put in his solo in La Villa Strangiato or maybe YYZ, or the more melodic part at the end of Witch Hunt. FWIW, I reckon all those players are better doing what they do best (i.e. driving a song) than at soloing. But seriously, all I can say is "may each note I play be a black arrow of death to all those who play False Metal". Or something like that.
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    [quote name='mr_russ' post='376674' date='Jan 11 2009, 11:32 AM']It sort or reminds me of a baby version of Jean Baudin's 'hideous claw' bass [/quote] Ah, but the 'Bic came first.....[attachment=18487:alembic8_2.jpg] ..athough in this case it's a Bec-Var....
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    [quote name='Jake_M' post='299053' date='Oct 3 2008, 11:52 PM']My own main bass influences would be Burnel/Entwistle/Lemmy. I've always tried not to plagiarise of course, tried to develop my own thing, but seeing as so few other bass players have ever really gone there, comparisons do arise. Cheers, Jake M[/quote] Well I draw upon influences from all over the place, and at home noodle around like a (very) poor man's Matt Garrison (or possibly more like if Yngwie was a bassplayer- which of course he is), but stick me in a room with a band, and the Lem/JJ/Entwistle/Squire thing comes right out. I guess that style is in many ways [i]my[/i] style. Like Nik, my fave from that period is Leigh Gorman (I don't count Lemmy who in his Hawkwind days was my main early influence), but he was closely followed by JJ. However I was also massively influenced by Phil Lynott and Geddy Lee (Squire and others came later), but Geddy is again that distorted, melodic, aggressive bass thing. That's always been my thing, driving, melodic, big, slightly distorted bass. Not that I only like that of course ( I love people like Clarke, Zender and McVie for instance), but I guess that's where my heart lies. I'm slightly jealous about the Hiwatt BTW.
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    [quote name='BenHorne' post='374743' date='Jan 9 2009, 06:05 AM']*dang* I would have bought this right before xmas, but then you wanted to hang on to it.... Now I have a midnight blue 4003 that I got from Ebay instead.[/quote] Ben, it was for sale again as of 28/11 (see post number 28); I guess you never saw it. Also if you'd upped your offer at the time to what it's at now....shame for both of us! Hope your enjoying the 4003 though.
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    Cheers guys. Nik; thing is, would it sound like a Pro 2?
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    [quote name='overwater#1' post='374554' date='Jan 8 2009, 10:41 PM']Holy S**T....that is the most stunning bass, the workmanship and detail looks phenomenal! That is extremely impressive! I didn't realise there were any knocking about in the UK! Where abouts in the North West are you based? I'd love to see it in person!! Hope it works out for you, and that things go well with regards to health [/quote] Thanks for the thoughts (and those of Greeneking too). I'm based just outside Blackpool, although the bass currently resides in the Gallery in Camden as stated earlier. Whilst I agree with Greeneking's "love 'em or hate 'em" comments, for me it's the most stunning bass I've ever seen in the flesh (well, along with the 5 string buckeye burl Triple O in Ed Roman's in Vegas) by a considerable margin. As I say, it breaks my heart to sell it, but it's not going to do me any favours now keeping it. One thing I will say, it will not be going any lower than this pricewise. If I can't sell it at this price, it stays, if only to look at!
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    Well, following the results of the MRI on my neck (not good, possible surgery in the future), I've decided that the sensible option is to part with anything remotely heavy. So, with great regret is the bass I waited 20-odd years to get, my Alembic Triple Omega. Signature electronics, chambered/hollow body ( like the Series basses), superb walnut facings front and back (and it [i]is[/i] superb, ask Lozbass!), dummy humcanceller, Triple Omega body shape with pistol grip and knobby headstock, purpleheart neck lams, abalone inlays. Weight is between 10 and 11lbs and it balances perfectly. Apart from some tiny scratches on the trc (and I mean tiny) it's absolutely mint, never been rehearsed or gigged. Custom Quote calculator on the Alembic site now shows this as over $11,000 (dummy humcanceller isn't on there but is approx $200), and the walnut really is unique. Currently for sale on commission in the Gallery in Camden at £3300; I'll take £2900 for a direct sale, bearing in mind I'd have to go to London to get it back (I live Oop North so it's quite a way). This really breaks my heart but needs must when the devil sh*ts in your kettle, as my mate says. Happy to send more photos to any interested parties, and anyone close can always try it in the Gallery. I'm extremely happy for someone to buy it direct from there though, would save me a lot of trouble! Pics:
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    Bump. Still for sale at £1450. Stabilisation of the seam separation will be approx £40-£50 according to the Gallery (not that it appears to be going anywhere). 4003s are going for more than this!
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    [quote name='GreeneKing' post='373672' date='Jan 7 2009, 11:27 PM']Weight wise it's very reasonable although I haven't put it on any scales. It's actually quite small too. By fingerstyle to you mean tapping with the LH? Alan does have several designs and will adjust them to suit the customers requirements. IMO the only way to buy an ACG is to call in and spend 3 hrs going through his stock and talking about your needs. Therapy in it's purest sense Peter[/quote] By fingerstyle I actually meant simply playing with my right hand fingers (i.e. as opposed to a plectrum). I have a similar (but far worse) problem with the classic Status shape . The shape of the upper body bout means I can't play for more than a couple of minutes without experiencing excruciating pain in my right wrist/forearm. Thing is, i think I like the Harlot shape best of Alan's designs, but not completely sure it likes me...
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    [quote name='Mr.T' post='372664' date='Jan 7 2009, 12:36 AM']Interestingly (or not!) I didn't find my 1153 to be particularly 'top shy'...if anything it was the bottom end that needed tightening up. Good cabs for the money (IMO). I just wanted something easier on my ageing back![/quote] +1. I compared my old 1153 to my old Aggie GS112s with the tweeters off and the 1153 was far more toppy, more articulate and open, although not quite as fat (with the same eq). I would agree that the main weakness is that the bottom isn't tight enough for me, but I'd be quite happy to still be using mine if it weighed 10 or 15lbs less. Alex's cabs sound like a good option; I never really need more top than I got out of my 1153.
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    No probs mate, I do the same all the time! Glenn was using Vigier, then Manne, but he gets around a bit with his endorsements.....
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    [quote name='XB26354' post='373422' date='Jan 7 2009, 07:52 PM']I have to disagree, having owned a lovely Epifani 210 combo. I currently have an Ashdown combo and have tried plenty of Mag and ABM gear in the Gallery. The Epifani made every bass, passive or active, 4, 5, or 6 strings sound great. The Ashdown makes every bass sound like the amp is inside a wardrobe at the bottom of a well. They also look crap imho. No, I don't know why I bought it either, apart from it being cheap![/quote] Played my Rick 4003s8 through an Epi UL310. Pants. The same bass through my Trace 1153 sounded like God. Played several basses through an Epi set up in the Gallery the other day and they all sounded fine until I got to the Rick 4003. Pants again. Yet Ricks sound great through my Ashdown or my old TRace stuff. I think whatever rig you use it's all about the combination of the bass and the amp, the way you eq, the sound you're after etc etc. One thing I have found is my Ashdown is way more versatile than I thought it was even after the 1st year of owning it. Still not great with my Sei though!
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