Stingray5

Lovely Honey!!

Just wondered who else might have seen this new bass website called 'For Bass Players Only'. (Or am I just late to this particular party!? ) [url="http://www.forbassplayersonly.com/"]http://www.forbassplayersonly.com/[/url]

Nice collection WoT. I got through a whole pack of Hobnobs! One thing that would make the page better, for me at least, would be a full length shot of each bass featured. But that's just me... Cheers, Steve

Hey, thanks for the extra pics Matt. I think I'm all drooled-out now! Steve

Yeh, that's niiice!! When you get a minute, could you add a full length shot? I don't think I'm drooling enough!! Cheers Steve

Be interesting to hear how these turn out. Particularly the last track with the fretless.

Wow, I had a real shock today when I went to check my loft.... I realized I don't have one!! Probably 'cos I'm in a ground-floor flat.... Mind you, I saw that the couple above me do have a rather nice old Persian rug. Shame about the bloody great hole in the middle of it!

Yep, always a tricky one, this. But you and the rest of the band have to decide how serious you are about the band and making it work. A previous post suggested your singer telling him, as she's a good friend of the drummer. You could all get together, maybe over a beer or a cuppa, to tell him as a band. But be nice. You don't want to seem like you're ganging up on him (which he may well think, either way). Good luck, whatever you do. Cheers Steve

Hah, I'd like to have seen what these muggers would have done if it had been a Rap or Hip-Hop artist they tried to mug. They'd likely be in ER now or maybe the morgue!

Mine's built in to the palm of my hand!

[quote name='ped' post='486368' date='May 12 2009, 09:00 PM']Thanks guys - just bought them all :0)[/quote] Way to go, ped. Enjoy!

[quote name='ped' post='486329' date='May 12 2009, 08:29 PM']Only just started listening to Feat recently - Starting off with 'Feats Don't Fail Me Now' - fave tracks are 'Spanish Moon' and 'Skin It Back' - really love the grooves, kind of like an early more southern Steely Dan. Which album should I get next?[/quote] All of 'em! Seriously - at least those with Lowell George. In particular, Sailin' Shoes, Dixie Chicken, The Last Record Album, Time Loves A Hero plus the live double album Waiting For Columbus. There's a few compilations and the post-Lowell George Feat have gone on to produce a bunch more albums. So there's a few to choose from!

Very sadly, I've had to miss this round of dates by one of my absolute all-time favourite bands but will console myself by watching the DVD, 'High Wire Act - Live In St Louis'

Try Strings Direct which also incorporates 'Holiday Music' & 'Lefties': [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/"]http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/[/url] Owner Steve Jolly is a 'leftie' himself and set up 'Lefties' many years ago when the Holiday Music shop was still in east London. Cheers, Steve

Only just spotted this thread CK, but I echo the sentiments of every one on here and wish you the very best of luck wherever you are. Safe journey. Steve

Looks nice but I'd like to see it without any scratchplate at all and would prefer if the input (without the surround) followed the line of the control knobs, keeping it more out of the way too. Alternatively place it appropriately on the lower side, maybe recessed or simply flush with the body. What's the cost likely to be of this bass? Cheers, Steve

Ooooh yeeeaaah!!

[quote name='far0n' post='478022' date='May 3 2009, 12:12 AM']Obviously you're drunk...[/quote] Hey... wha' d'ya mean "obviously"...? Are you intoxicating that I'm insinuated!?! <hic> Seriously though, I have to say I don't get in drunk after a gig. I simply can't afford to lose the old driving license otherwise it's pretty much goodbye music career!! The only thing that goes on after a gig is the kettle! Followed by the computer (to check email). Followed by, if anything, something on the laid-back side. A bit of Joni, maybe. Or maybe a bit of Latin/Jazz. It's probably 2 or 3am after all! Cheerzzzzz, Steve

[quote name='bassace' post='474560' date='Apr 28 2009, 08:29 PM']But you can't get them on Spotify. Wake up you guys![/quote] Hah - Spotify, Shmotify!! But you can get 'em on Last.fm!

[quote name='YouMa' post='473908' date='Apr 28 2009, 02:12 AM']I cant believe how high the guy with the combover can get his voice,pretty impressive they are on the whistle test dvds.I think jan akkerman endorsed trace elliott for a while.[/quote] Yeh that's Thijs van Leer. Does an amazing yodel solo too!

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='473725' date='Apr 27 2009, 09:21 PM']Can't seem to get to the bottom of why he plays like this...[/quote] 'Cos he can?

I still remember their first appearance here on TV on BBC2's Old Grey Whistle Test (around 1972 I think?). They played 'Eruption' from the album 'Moving Waves'. My brother and I sat gob-smacked with our chins on the floor! I've been a fan ever since and later saw them at The Rainbow little knowing I was in the audience for what would be one of my fave live albums. Steve

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='472694' date='Apr 26 2009, 02:35 PM']So where's Jan Akkerman?[/quote] He's been running the Jan Akkerman Band for a few years now. As I understand it, there was a bit of a falling out!!!

I've supported Focus a couple of times and would just say a big [b]+1[/b] Keyboardist/vocalist Thijs van Leer allegedly saw a Dutch Focus tribute band a few years ago and was suitably impressed enough to invite them to 'be Focus'! Result, or what!? Since then, he's been (re-)joined by original Focus drummer Pierre van der Linden, who himself is no slouch. Worth a punt if you're into this stuff (...or not!). Cheers, Steve