MartyForrer

I've been lucky to meet two of mine.... Jeff Berlin and Lee Sklar. Both lovely, friendly guys prepared to stop and talk.

I use a cheap as Belcat clip-on which stays on my bridge. I find it's as good as any of the regular tuners I've ever had and has a good big easy to read display.

Musician.... someone who has $5000 worth of gear, and drives 100 miles in a $500 car to get to a $50 gig.

The bass players in the following bands.... spend some time on Youtube.... Wayne Hancock (Wayne the train) BR549 Big Sandy and the FlyRite Boys Hank III Reverend Horton Heat Bill Haley and the Comets. Johnny Burnette Trio High Noon Hillbilly Hellcats Willie Dixon Milt Hinton (the Judge) There's hundreds of others.

My current is an Ibanez Musician from 1982, before that in no paarticular order, Fender Jazz V deluxe L series Jazz 78 P 78 J Roadworn J Yamaha TRB5 Ibanez Soundgear Epiphone Rivoli Stingray 4 and 5 Hofner (not a violin bass) A few others I forget.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1365671791' post='2042545'] Tone, like the strings that are partly responsible for it, among other things, is strictly a personal taste, like you say. Some people swear by flat strings, others hate them. This is life. Don't worry about other people's tone. Once you have found yours, and are happy with it, that's all that matters. Regarding the tone in the clip.......I love it. [/quote] This ^^^^

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1365663676' post='2042426'] Hello and welcome to Basschat. What part of New Zealand are you living in? [/quote] Thanks guys. I should have said, I live in Napier, Hawkes Bay. A couple of links here.... first the rockabilly band I've just finished up with after nine years... [url="http://www.blacksnapper.co.nz"]www.blacksnapper.co.nz[/url] and second the trailer for a doco film about a band I was in in the 60s .... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LoVNoW3yZ4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LoVNoW3yZ4[/url]

Virtuoso? Gunslinger? Bass player? Oxymoron? I've listened to all the Woottens, Ferauds, and evryone else who can wiggle their fingers faster than a speeding bullet. What I personally am hearing is a lot of soul-less scalar playing. Dont get me wrong, these guys have more talent in their farts than I have ever had. I saw Lee Sklar playing with JT and he played a solo to die for. The master of the whole note BURNED! Possibly not what you'd call a virtuoso, but got a standing ovation from the crowd for it!~ Jaco was not as fast as many are today, and his playing was very extroverted, but the soul and feeling in every single note was more than all the modern gunslingers put together. His bass SANG! Ray Brown and Paul Chambers... once again, every single note had feeling and purpose. They didn't give a rats about being fast, or showing off, they played with soul and purpose. Sorry, all these gunslinger guys leave me cold. BTW: I went to a Freddy Washington clinic once.... great groover, but nothing much there impressed me. I guess I'm just a hard to please, boring old curmudgeon.....

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1365592609' post='2041424'] Absolutely gobsmackingly awesome. [/quote] This ^^^^^^

Hi, I'm from New Zealand, although I was born in England. Started playing bass in 1963, and have played since, although I had a break for about 17 years. Took up double bass in 1990. I've had 2 periods of being a fulltime professional, one in the mid 60s and one in the 90s. These days I play rockabilly, country, jazz, americana and blues, but in the past I've played rnb, rock, Irish, Latino, swing and big band. Gearwise, I have a 1982 Ibanez Musician MC924, a 1989 German solid top double bass, and a GenzBenz Streamliner 600 with two GB Shuttle 1x12" cabs. My other hobby is traditional hot-rodding. I've nearly finished building from scratch a chopped, highboy 1928 Model A Tudor with flathead V8 running gear.