Happy Jack

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1412285366' post='2567591'] Here's some more with JS from (I think) the same show as the original clip. Familiar fare for Satch fans for the first few minutes, but then after 4m20s it's all systems go, we have lift off on Satriani spaceways. The pickup from 7m45s onwards is amazing all round. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1DzRb4DHGw[/media] [/quote] I'm sure I'm in a tiny minority here, but there are few things my life needs less than an 11-minute guitar solo played to an audience of wannabee guitar heroes. That was painfully dull, and the "all systems go" from 4m20s sounded far better when The Who started Baba Yaga with that riff & sound. The bass playing from 7m45s was astonishing technical stuff and I will never be able to get anywhere near that standard. Which is fine, because I would never want to play bass like that. Not having a pop at anyone, especially not toneknob, just saying ... not everyone likes this sort of stuff.

Thank God I don't fall into the category of "most people" then ...

Excellent video, which proves for once and for all that a Precision always sounds like a Precision. I see that as a good thing. For personal preference I went with the 1977, which also did a great job of demonstrating why you should never use sh*t-Glo as a colour for bass.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1412292662' post='2567676'] And is that Dave Marks on bass? [/quote] I think you'll find it's actually Peregrine Took. Or possibly Meriadoc Brandybuck. [quote name='visog' timestamp='1412319497' post='2567721'] Yngwie clone playing classical-prog cross-over. Destined for a life of trade fairs... Watch him blossom into a endorsement virtuoso... [/quote] Sad to relate, the fact that this was some years ago means that we can see exactly what happened next. He's (basically) a guitar teacher in Italy, and yes, he does endorsement slots at trade shows. Undeniably an astonishing player, but that's no guarantee of rockstar success.

The 'guest vocalist' and her equally-inebriated boyfriend had been sat in front of us for nearly two hours at this point, singing along and doing big hand-claps over her head. Towards the end of the second set she suddenly launched a one-person stage invasion when we played [i][b]Long Train Running[/b][/i] and provided BVs on "[color=#800000][i][b]without lo-o-o-o-o-ve[/b][/i][/color]" using my mic. In all fairness, she was on-key and on-time. You can't really ask for more from the BVs.

So you're saying it's all for cherry, D?

[quote name='Adrenochrome' timestamp='1412237371' post='2566935'] I can't think of many active bass players that have only 1. [/quote] Yes, but passive bass players have fewer ...

I'm glad you didn't ask how many I've sold ...

It has four expensive new stings ...

I know an expensive sting when I see one ... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CIMAR-VINTAGE-BASS-60s-70s-GREAT-COND-PLAYS-GREAT-EXPENSIVE-STINGS-FITTED-/201161016647?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2ed6218547

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1412076329' post='2565335'] ... bashed me in the shines ... [/quote] Is that a euphemism?

My first DB was a Stentor Student, my second (and still current) is an Andreas Zeller. Obviously individual basses vary hugely, as do the set-ups and strings and (where used) the pickup arrangements, and there are always better and worse examples out there, but in my own particular experience the two basses are chalk & cheese ... the Zeller cost me three times as much as the Stentor and is easily worth every extra penny. Ultimately though, there is simply no substitute for playing them both and deciding which you prefer.

In NY earlier this year, went into Sam Ash to buy a pedal. The shop assistant was a bit past his sell-by, but then so am I, and he seemed like a knowledgable dude. 10 minutes in to chatting with him, someone else comes over and says "Hi Larry" and the penny dropped. I've never bought Hartke, but there's loads of stuff I've never bought. I was genuinely impressed with his obvious desire to stay in touch with real-world bass players though. Nice guy, too.

At a loose end last night I flicked through the BBC iPlayer and stumbled across http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00shyg4/young-guns-go-for-it-series-1-2-the-human-league#group=p0276q4x made in 1999. Hugely enjoyable and very entertaining. I was particularly taken with the idea of recruiting a new member for a band with the immortal line: "[i]We hear you have a slide collection[/i]." Well worth 30 minutes of anyone's time.

I've started looking out for the "other" definition of upside down, where you put the bridge on the headstock and the tuners by the control knobs ...

I can't help but feel that I should have a presence on this thread. You'll never prevent me from being Happy.

Hmmmm ... don't think so. Yes, I can see something floating about but it looks like more than one string. Besides, I'm pretty sure that bass has four strings. I'm even more sure that a player of his calibre wouldn't simply stop playing because one string was gone. Hell, I wouldn't!

Very hard to make out what happens there. There's a sound like a gunshot and then ... no bass. Did his bridge collapse?

Big fan of Joyce ...

What's the German for "It's a feature, sir"?

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' timestamp='1411651646' post='2561563'] Has anyone else noticed rusty nuts ... [/quote] I'm sure that Discreet will be along shortly.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1411648389' post='2561512'] I think that's what's known as a 'Dutch auction'. [/quote] And I'll bet the Dutch call it an 'English auction' ...

I always hoped that Happy Junior would take up bass, but he turned out to be dyscolexic.

One with frets perhaps?

Rendered damned-near unlistenable by that appalling drum sound ...