Greg.Bassman

Thanks for all the suggestions. This thread has become a real laugh for me. It is surprising how ridiculous some songs sound. Keep them coming! 🤣

Another one for the police. In ‘message in a bottle’, I remember thinking he said ‘A year has passed since I broke my nose’. Sounds like the lads had been fighting again!

Judge for yourself at 01.01...

On 02/11/2022 at 14:32, Ralf1e said:

Because I have ear issues I always though Lady Ga Ga was singing Cherry Pie Cherry Pie instead of Can't read my Can't read my on Poker face.

Speaking of pies. I remember thinking that james hetfield says ‘…dreams of dragon’s fire and a baked apple pie’. Poor guys must be hungry!

Listen at 02.12...

Is there no love for acoustic basses out there?! 😕

*PRICE DROP* Now £190

I said I wouldn’t, but I am going to try one more price drop to £190. That way, the buyer is saving a solid £100 than if they brought it new, which I feel is fair. PMT and andertons are selling it at £299.

Like I said in the description, it is like new; with the protective plastic still over the pick guard etc. Don’t forget that I am also including free P&P [UK mainland]. I always aim for next day delivery and pride myself on my packaging skills.

C’mon, its waiting for its new home! 🙂

10 hours ago, andyaber said:

I have a tiny Alvarez MSB1 acoustic bass.  The quality of build and finish are incredible.  Sounds lovely and is great fun to play.  GLWTS.

I can imagine! Alvarez quality is so good. Thanks 👍

4 hours ago, JWes said:

What is the scale length please?

32 inches.

EDIT: Even as a [mainly] 34 inch player, it feels great to me.

Ziggy brought my novation midi controller. A friendly and honest chatter. Good comms and smooth payer… deal with ease! Thanks. Greg.

*PRICE DROP* Now £200

This will be my final price drop. I cannot go lower.

A versatile bass. I have seen youtube videos of people using it for acoustic blues, rock, reggae and jazz shows etc.

I would keep it, but the money would be useful at the moment.

Thanks 🙂

6 hours ago, Cliff Edge said:

I once turned up to a gig 24 hours early due to a calendar malfunction. 

Short and sweet. I love it! 🙂

13 hours ago, Buddster said:

Talking of smoke machines, doing sound at a jazz/dub/freeform type thing, me and another guy were very hands-on on the desk (dub echo, mixing etc) and i turned the smoke machine on. 

10 minutes later i looked up to see the whole club completely obliterated in smoke, just silhouettes of the band, the lights and this great dub music coming out. 

It was awesome! 

We didn't have fire alarms so everyone just carried on, but me and the other guy on the desk were pissing ourselves laughing. 

Must have been like an episode of ‘stars in their eyes’ LOL 😆

Tonight matthew, I’m going to be…

On 04/06/2022 at 09:38, T-Bay said:

Could be worse, we played a venue where they decided to use a smoke machine behind the curtain. We started playing, curtain opens, smoke rolls out in a very naff 80s way. 30 seconds later the fire alarms go off. Everything stops and we have to evacuate the building. It was a proper theatrical smoke machine so no idea what happened but didn’t help the gig!

 

I have a smoke machine story too. I played in a party band once, and one song that we covered was ‘Take on me’ by A-ha. The singer was so arrogant [theres a surprise] and the rest of the band could not stand him. I decided that I had had enough. So, before the show, I asked the stage guy to really crank out the smoke during that particular song. My plan was to sabotage the high note in the chorus… and it bloody worked! Wahey! 😂

The chorus went like so…

Take on me (take on me)

Take me on (take on me)

I'll be gone

In a day or twooo *cough cough* oooo *splutter splutter* oooo!

It was the funniest thing that I had seen and heard in a long time. We replaced him a couple of weeks later… thank goodness! 😂

On 15/05/2022 at 21:26, P-Belly Evans said:

This.......still gets me every time after several years of constant you tube plays with the kids. I love it!!

 

You are all welcome.

 

 

https://youtu.be/Ct6BUPvE2sM

 

 

 

Oh no! I walked straight into this one! 😆

These buggers have plagued me all week. ‘A bit of harmless radio, on the way to work’, is what I said to myself at the start of the week. 'Harmless' my a*se!

Gangnam Style – Psy

Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson

About the Bass – Meghan Trainer

Shake It Off – Taylor Swift

Here I am at the end of the week…

8 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

Probably fit in perfectly at a jazz gig. How would anyone know the difference? 

1 hour ago, Simon C said:

I’m guessing the congregation didn’t really notice, but it was live-streamed. I had the misfortune of watching the live stream back and it was in full view of the camera and very noticeable. Ah well.

I can relate. There is nothing worse than realising that something has been captured on film. It is one thing to perform the blunder itself, but another thing to have to watch the footage later on and relive the whole thing. This has happened to me in the past with string breaks, tripping on cables and such… all caught on camera! It is all part of the live experience though. As long as you are quick to right the situation, the audience usually do not mind 😉👍

*PRICE DROP* Now £225

I appreciate that it is a niche brand, so I have dropped it to £225. I want £200 for it, and £25 is for packing materials and delivery. It is a really great bass. Give it a home!

Thanks 🙂

On 01/05/2022 at 21:41, dclaassen said:

For me, Stanley C. School Days

Classic! Definitely one that came to mind straight away 😀

On 01/05/2022 at 19:59, bubinga5 said:

His 2 part bass playing on this Earth Wind and Fire classic is just way out there fantastic.

 

Nice! You can never go wrong with a bit of wooten. Especially when covering a classic like this 😊

On 01/05/2022 at 16:58, ezbass said:

Dune Tune - Level 42

Oh man! I was going to say that one lol 😉. Always a great one to hear live. I like this performance…

On 01/05/2022 at 14:27, mr4stringz said:

Muzz Skillings rarely gets the props he deserves for his playing on the first two Living Colour albums. Nice little bass solo on this one off Vivid. Solo around 2:20.

 

 

Yes, definitely. So many people often focus on doug, and forget about muzz. Like you say, he was on those first two living colour albums after all, with writing credits for songs like ‘cult of personality’ and ‘desperate people’. Both great tracks 👍🤘

On 01/05/2022 at 12:55, odysseus said:

 

Gotta love Tal! 🙂

13 hours ago, odysseus said:

Not a public embarrassment, just a personal one. On my first gig with my first original band, back in the day when I was young and pretty... after the gig, the guitarist's mum's mate came up to me and said, "Ooh you can do me in the shower any time!"  I felt kind of dirty, and not in a good way. She looked a bit like Olive from On The Buses.

I love how specific she was about it being in the shower! lol 😆

Naughty girl! lol 😆

14 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

Practice catching a falling bass.

13 hours ago, Doctor J said:

One day, he arrived at rehearsals with a new bass, a rather nice Tokai Thunderbird, and a set of straplocks which he proceed to try to install... with a butter knife.

The ol’ strap-lock blunder, eh? That happened to me in rehearsal once because the screws were a shade too small for the holes. I tell ya, my bass dropped harder than skrillex! lol 😂