No lust in Jazz

From what I have seen and read about Mark King he's a good guy, who isn't afraid to laugh at himself. I have total respect for someone who has been such a high level player and who has inspired many.

I have a soft spot for the song and hard spot for this video.

[media]http://vimeo.com/33679107[/media]

Could you define what 'Boutique Gear' is?

From experience of ownership and gigging one of these, the issues presented by the science are lessened by the presence of a drummer in the same room.

You could try a local engineers merchants with a trade counter see here [url="http://www.f-e-s.co.uk/products.php?showcat=8"]http://www.f-e-s.co.uk/products.php?showcat=8[/url]

Andy West - The Dregs
Jerry Peek - Steve Morse Band
Scott Thunes / Patrick O'Hearn / Tom Fowler - Frank Zappa
Alphonso Johnson - Weather Report
Jeff Berlin - With Bruford
Ray Shulman - Gentle Giant
John Glascock / Jeffery Hammond Hammond - Jethro Tull
My mate Stu - a drummer, who showed me how to count odd time signatures

Yes that's the one.

You could remove the amplifier from the carcass.

80w enough for a rock band? I know what you're thinking - but its true

And in true forum 'Yin and Yang' I owned one in the mid 90's and thought that it was great - it was bought as a practice combo - 80w IIRC, but I did gig it in a rock band without PA support

As for technical side of your post - dunno. But I recall one gig where a punter asked me at the end of the night - How did you get such a great sound from that... (pointing an accusing finger in its direction)

[i]drTStingray, on 13 December 2015 - 07:07 PM, said:[/i]

[i]Surely punk, perhaps more so than most genres, is all about the overall group sound rather than any of its individual components[/i]....

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I'm not too fussed about the genre good music is good music. But for me the guys that I mentioned - Jah Wobble especially made me want to pick up a bass.

Jah Wobble - PIL
Tracey Pew - The Birthday Party
Graham Maby - Joe Jackson

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£1000 for a bass made in Indonesia (or Korea - can't remember)? A bit steep, IMO.
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It says that the standard series are made in Korea, but the Bob Glaub is a USA bass - http://dlakinbasses.com/prices/

This is not something that I'm looking for, but I have no issues with country of origin or indeed price for the right instrument.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1449751777' post='2926477']
But then again, too few to mention.
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PMSL

Dunno about 'Best' anything but, my favourite album of 2015 is The Silver Globe - Jane Weaver.*


*Which is possibly 2014 release, but I only became aware of it this year

Other stuff that I've enjoyed this year was released while I was still at school

Thanks jassbass I will investigate Glow tech dots further.

Thanks Twigman will investigate FretFX further.

Ah.. My issue is with a bass that has a Maple neck - A Roscoe its currently retro fitted with gaffa tape fret markers at position 3, 5, 7 etc.. its effective just not elegant.

Are there any easy and reversible ways of augmenting the fret markers along the top of the bass neck, so that when the stage lighting changes you don't struggle to see where your hand should be.

Did a trade with Mike, an absolute gent with a fine taste in music.

Meanwhile.. While not really a child of 'pop-goth' I've always liked this intro from John McGeogh

http://youtu.be/M7JHA-WXnvY

and this from Carl Orff

http://youtu.be/AdIpoE2LEps

There are a lot.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1449263997' post='2922155']
Quite a lot of Joni Mitchell's stuff; here's just one ...

[media]http://youtu.be/QLoKSS1P2No[/media]
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Yeah - like this?

[media]http://youtu.be/Y9I7mV2FpLI[/media]

[quote name='Davo-London' timestamp='1449012042' post='2920159']
Reading through the whole thread - it would seem that Mark's a Jekyll and Hyde character. And you never know which one you'll get.

The more I think about my visit the more bizarre it seems. I don't think I'll be going back.

Davo
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Sorry to hear that - I've used Bass direct a lot and would have no hesitation in doing so in the future. I'd say the same for Bass Gear too.

That is a great looking bass - congratulations.

I had a similar issue and I initially looked at a powered wedge monitor and then speaker stands, but the footprint of the angled cab option(s) put me off - through chance I tried some Phil Jones stuff and after some research I waited around for a pre owned flight case combo - it has upward firing speakers, I now run this with a combination of one or two powered cabs.

This setup takes up very little floor space and works well.

And here's Scott Thunes playing 'disco' octaves with a plectrum..

[media]http://youtu.be/0Cif5i1rlzw[/media]

Use a plectrum.