Raslee

Hellooo fellow Devonian

Aston 'Family Man' Barret from the Wailers, his sound is [b]BASS[/b] And next week we're playing on the same bill as him in Falmouth...whoooaaa! A very proud time ahead

Thank you so much for contributions to this post, I've just managed to fix a B-bass which had wires hanging off the active bit! bloody burned the tips of my fingers soldering though

I like Sausage! Temporary Phase is a great tune. I also really dig that stuff he did with Bernie Worrel (Lordy what a player!) from P Funk and oh KFC bucket bonce on the 6 string annoyance. I noted the earlier comments about who's the best player: Flea or Les, Gordon Brown, Tomato Ketchup etc etc... well for what its worth i believe theres no such thing as who is the best bassists...there is just bassists (I felt i had Yoda influencing my thouhgts momentarily, please excuse me)....oh and emo bassists perhaps. Funny enough I was once asked who is the best best basser?.....i confidently replied 'Michael Schumacher' of course

I stumbled across this thread, got hypnotised by a Bot, got the credit card apparently and ordered....don't remember funkin any of it until i saw the email from paypal just...strange things these bots...what about a Robo[b]Bootsy[/b]bot...i could dig that.....or Rastabot (Red,Gold & Green)....could well put me back in that hypnotic state again!!!

Good luck with your 5er venture matey! I've played some 5ers and found the low B's to be a bit 'flappy' on some basses and odd sounding across the strings, my old cricket bat Hohner B2A 5 springs to mind and also a cheapy Korean Spector that I once owned was similar. Having tried the 35" scale things were a lot better and the notes were consistent sounding on all strings. I feel Lakland have nailed this having previously owned a 5502 & now a JO5. I also remember trying an Ibanez SR505 a few years back and I really liked that and still have the GAS for one now. Having the low B though, has also been a god send for the Dub reggae stuff I do...I'm currently backing an artist called Daddy Teacha and his b-lines were all done on synth and go very loooow...lower than a 4er anyhow. However I find slapping on a 5 hard...but then I'm not very good at that anyway!

[quote name='grumble' post='543691' date='Jul 18 2009, 12:13 AM']You don't know how jealous that pic makes me.... [/quote] Not as jealous as me mate...thats not my DB!

I have to say i found my Jeff Berlin Markbass 15" +15" ext cab. a bit of a one trick pony for me. Its been superbly great for the majority reggae that i play but i have been doing a lot of funky stuff with another band lately (weekly/festival gigging) and i am struggling to get the sound i like... although i do very much appreciate the lightness of this rig. As MrT knows, I also have an Eden WT800A and it is a great sounding amp but it has been far too temperamental to consider to gig lately and it sadly seems to be getting worse so have retired to bedroom use only . I used to gig the Eden regularly with a 6x10 but theres no way I'm going back to lugging that kind of weight again (i interestingly noticed over a period of 6 months how all my band mates suddenly had physical & mental health issues when it came to carrying the 6x10 speaker up flights of stairs or across muddy festival fields)...but admittedly the sound was sweet as with that Eden/Warwick 6x10 rig and i only ever dialed in the enhance knob for instant sounds. With my current Markbass rig I've found after much e.q. tweaking the best way to cut through my other bands funky/rocky stuff is to cut the bass frequencies rather than add treble for more top end, its probably seems a no brainer using 2x15" but alas it seems to do the trick (ish) but I'm still not overly happy with my sound - maybe i need a 2x10 me thinks-but skint as usual After last nights gig I'm also beginning to wonder if my old Jazz PU's were better than the passive Bartolini's that i currently use...also I'm very disillusioned by the passive Varitone that i have added - may just go back to the simple pots again! I too was a bit piss'd off after the gig soundwise but i think i got manflu too so maybe its that, time of the month, had to drive and couldn't drink etc etc blah blah - Anyone got the Samaritans hotline number....

Well i guess this is me, on "L" plates on the DB - (Not my DB may i add) & another one from a typical Circus gig!

Hi Guys, thanks for your help-i'll give it a crack tonight and performing it live tomorrow (without rehersal!) It's gonna be in a kind of funky style rather than a slow jazz.