Happy Jack

Dunno. Are you feeling as grumpy as me today?

And your explanation for Dancing In The Streets being a 1980s song? Note that it's the Martha version, not the silly charity version.

If you think Status and Steinberger basses have a woody, organic tone then one of us needs our ears testing.

I now have a OneTen and a Crazy 8. I plan to experiment with pairing them.

Agreed, but some very dodgy decade allocations there ...

As the proud owner of a Mike Lull T5, I looked at that superb demo (and that, BTW, is how all bass demos should be done) and thought the two basses are probably on a par with each other. I didn't see anything there to get upset about. Well, apart from the fact that I will never EVER play bass as well as that.

When you hold it, it actually looks a bit as if it's a piece of carbon fibre that's been inflated. But in a good way. Bizarrely, it also has one of the most "organic", woody tones I've ever heard. Go figure ...

I bought that from Alembic, then sold it to Eubassix. Reckon it was mine when you tried it.

For God's sake man, get a grip!

[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1507905737' post='3388745'] Here's one... [/quote] So "Steampunk" = no strings?

I absolutely love Schools Out. Can I swop you that song for Play That Funky Music?

There was a young fellow called Hall Who died in the spring in the fall T'would have been a bad thing Had he died in the spring But he didn't - he died in the fall.

So Taj Mahal calls you up, says "how'd you like to play bass for me in a pony & trap as I sing a gentle semi-acoustic blues?" and you reply "yup, it's about time I got a chance to play my Warwick 5-string". Erm ... Incidentally kids, don't try that gig in Peckham or Willesden. It's strictly a New Awlins thang, y'dig?

That's a real shame. With just a bit more effort, he could have made quite a nice shovel out of that.

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1507811580' post='3388118'] Carole Kaye told me she deliberately played the major 6th over the minor chord to create tension when she recorded this. [/quote] Was the matter ever resolved?

In all fairness, some drunken idiots can add something to the evening. I'll just leave this here. The fun starts about 40 seconds in ... http://youtu.be/QojmLHWgBMw

http://youtu.be/l7MY_cdUL1E

+1 If you're just starting on bass, then string choice should be very low on your list of priorities, along with scale length, string spacing, nut material, and colour of the knobs.

[quote name='Bigjas' timestamp='1507794790' post='3387944'] Mine is an old and well used shovel, I had to knock of quite a lot of old cement and crud off it before I started. I like the old and worn look..... [/quote] Hmmmm ... I'm not sure about that. You may have been fooled by a piece of relic'ing. Are you sure that's not a brand new spade that has been 'treated'? There's a lot of this about on eBay just now.

And this ^ highlights what this discussion seems to have ignored, which is that the drivers for gigging are (or at least can be) wildly different depending on whether you want to play covers or originals. My own very limited experience is that I've played in several covers bands, and I've played as sideman to several songwriters. I don't actually write any songs myself. Within that very limited experience, covers bands seem to form with the specific intention of playing gigs in exchange for cash, while originals bands are more about "getting our music out there" and tend to be satisfied with a much smaller number of gigs, usually involving payment in the form of three beer tokens for each band member. There's no right or wrong here, no better or worse, but the two approaches are as similar and as different as driving a car -v- riding a motorbike. Personally, I really enjoy rehearsing and I simply love working up new material. Despite that, it would never occur to me to join or form a covers band unless there was a very serious intention to get a significant number of gigs - I'd see one a month as a bare minimum. Rehearsing is fun partly because it is intended to lead to a performance; rehearsing for its own sake would get very stale very quickly. I am still a member of both King Ralph and Karena K - originals bands. Those two bands together have generated maybe 10 gigs in the last two years. That's cool too, but only because I play another 30/40 gigs a year with covers bands!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1507724640' post='3387475'] I've seen that, a car hit a traffic island and overturned as I was driving towards it on the other side of the road. One of the wheels came off and bounced towards me. Luckily I was frozen with fear and did nothing - the wheel missed me. [/quote] I do hope that two men in overalls were carrying a large pane of glass across the road at exactly the right moment?

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1507721282' post='3387417'] I actually thought DV247 were based in the UK, so that threw me, but I guess they can probably ship from anywhere. [/quote] +1 ... I had no idea they were German.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41580280

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1507649233' post='3386979'] I think blue has forgotten that playing an instrument is primarily a hobby in fact some genres have never looked to be profitable, no not jazz! I'm thinking of things like brass bands where the whole point was an evening out in the warm with friends rehearsing, if the gigs covered the cost of rehearsal space and a coach to get them to gigs that was a bonus. [/quote] Damn! Now someone needs to explain [i][b]The Floral Dance[/b][/i] to the people of Milwaukee ... (Blue - do NOT look for this on YouTube. It could be a life-changing experience.)