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Just listened back to my own clips and the GAS for a Precision returns. I also managed to play quite well for a change on these clips

I did eventually sell this bass, mainly due to collection reaching up to four guitars, not to the determent of this baby. Must, resist, another!

[quote name='jezzaboy' post='934230' date='Aug 23 2010, 10:09 PM']Pete. I went to check your bands website and it`s come up as "visiting this website may harm your computer". It`s on Google`s search page.

Jez[/quote]

Pete, someone has put some malicious code in your website's source. You need to get rid of it straight away as you will be knocked off Google, Facebook and such. I've looked through the code and can't find anything too bad, it's a bit messy to say the least

Email me if you need more help, you know where I am!

[quote name='Faithless' post='934222' date='Aug 23 2010, 10:00 PM']He himself (Mayer) played bass on his new record? Which trax?[/quote]

According to Wikipedia, it was Pino who played bass on everything except All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye, Crossroads or War of My Life. It doesn't state who else so I guess this means Mayer.

The bass on Crossroads works very well and has excellent tone. Hats off to him if it is him!

Also note that Ian McLagan of Small/Faces plays all over the album!

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='934055' date='Aug 23 2010, 07:21 PM']Err...we have a live CD recorded at the Stables theatre in Milton Keynes last year, if anyone's interested.

Don't tell Bilbo. [/quote]

What happened to the live DVD? No joy?

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='934047' date='Aug 23 2010, 07:16 PM']Slap? My Old School? Must have been pissed that night. [/quote]

To quote my mate, "if you could play that well sober, we'd be going somewhere!"

Excellent, I'm hopefully going to catch Pete and the gang at The Sage in Gateshead in a few weeks time! After I have moved to London, I also hope to get to a Jazz Cafe gig. I heard a rumour that the epic Aja might have been added to the setlist...

Oh, and you guys are right, Pete can really play. His slap work on My Old School still rings true with me!

SOLD on eBay, for a pittance

Yet another bump, come on guys, it's a beaut!

[quote name='deathpanda' post='933272' date='Aug 23 2010, 12:50 AM']as good as he is, when you type "john ma" into youtube, John Martyn should be the first suggestion.[/quote]

+1 - I'm enjoying him but he's no Martyn

I've been listening to a lot of John Mayer over the past few days and I'm really enjoying his stuff. I've heard some of his earlier stuff (the acoustic pop-rock) but his more recent blues explorations are really appealing to me. Continuum, Battle Studies and the Trio albums are all really strong.

I know he gets bad press for his singing styles but I'm finding his style energetic and his music fits in well with a slice of old and new. He has an excellent taste in bass players, all of which sound amazing. Some of my favourite clips so far...

Vultures - with Pino on bass. Who doesn't want his Precision?!


I Don't Trust Myself - with Sean Hurley on bass, rocking out the Epiphone JC with excellent tone!


I Don't Need No Doctor - with Willie Weeks on bass, featuring John Scofield


Crossroads - Sean Hurley again, with a Mustang bass. Very growly sound!


Anyone else a fan, or not a fan?

[quote name='mazdah' post='931558' date='Aug 21 2010, 12:33 AM']I'm interested! Do you still want to sell it?[/quote]

Yes mate, it finishes on eBay in 22 hours time. You can bid on it if you wish, or make me a offer (PM me). If you want to make an offer, I can only remove it from eBay outside the 12 hours in advance, so do it soon!

Bump for a price drop!

You can always buy mine for £1,200 which is a beautiful neck, sounds great and looks the dogs bollocks See signature!

Had to put this on eBay guys as I need to shift it. If you are interested, please do let me know as I'm much rather sell to someone cool here!

Did someone say it's bumpday? Had plenty of interest guys but nothing definite yet

Bump on my behalf for a lovely bass and excellent guy!

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='927390' date='Aug 17 2010, 11:43 AM']I appreciate that this isn't necessarily where you're going with this thread, but don't lose sight of the fact that you don't always want the bass to "cut through".

Much of the time, we're there to provide the under-pinning ... as much felt as heard.

On a lot of the stuff we play in my covers band, a bass tone which cuts through with ease and can be clearly heard all the time would be bloody irritating![/quote]

Oh no, I totally agree! We aren't all Jaco and don't need to be at the front of what is going on. Grooving away for everyone else is just as important too.

What I was referring to were the cases when I have seen bands, both pro and amateur that that bass has no presence in the sound at all, and whether the bass itself has anything to do with it. Sort of do people think that a particular bass has a natural ability to cut through...

I've always wondered what the opinions of people are on this one, but how do you think the different basses/styles of basses cut through the mix? There's always talk of how P and Js sit in the mix but what are people's experience with them in a band setting?

My personal experience has been that my Rickenbacker has occasionally sounded weak but often fantastic. The StingRay cuts through anything with no EQ what so ever. I've heard a fair few situations where a P has been mostly unheard in the mix (Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac), which got me wondering about this.

I'm of the opinion that with the right engineer and EQing, anything could cut through and have presence but that's not always possible in gigs! Thoughts? So, throw your hats and let's see what people think

Bump-de-bump!

[quote name='Colledge' post='926550' date='Aug 16 2010, 03:23 PM']if this was a 210 or even if it ha d a tweeter i'd be allover it... especially seeing as you're local. but i'm after something brighter... (and smaller) for an extension cab.[/quote]

Sure you can't be persuaded? It makes a killer combination with a 4x10, which is the ideal bass setup in my opinion I've added some better photos btw!

Another bump before it goes on eBay tonight, with a price drop

Yet another bump, I'm going to have to think about the dreading eBay quite soon for this! I'm now open to offers so just let me know what you are willing to pay and I might just accept

[quote name='Musky' post='924931' date='Aug 14 2010, 03:07 PM']Or considerably less - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=90280"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=90280[/url][/quote]

If only that was cherryburst, not a fan of that grey at all!

The Italia Rimini Bass looks very very nice, along the lines of the Rickenbacker 4005. How is the build quality on these things?



Found it for £399 new, which must mean they knock around the £300 mark second hand...

[quote name='RichardFoggo' post='923817' date='Aug 13 2010, 01:21 PM']I have a black Hohner B2A Steinberger style four string fretless for sale. Bought this in 1994 (I think) as an easy to carry way to add a fretless to my arsenal. Hardly used then or since. It’s in very good condition – high gloss black finish, a few dinks here and there, main one where rear bottom strap button (should have 2) is missing and bass has scraped on ground. It has some roundwound scuffing on the fingerboard. Slightly scratchy pots, which I’ll fix if I have time. Restrung with Elites a few weeks back in anticipation of sale.[/quote]

Do you have any audio clips or videos of how this one sounds? Does it come with a case?