SteveK

£60 to deliver a pot? I'd be surprised if that wasn't a mistake. Did you actually speak to someone or was this via email?

I can see problems with tuning/intonation.

[quote name='silentbob' post='1248305' date='May 28 2011, 03:17 PM']Any thoughts?[/quote] Yeah, I think there is an unhealthy fixation with [i]getting this bass, getting that rig[/i] trying every conceivable combination in the search for "that sound", when, in most cases, the player would do better looking closer to home. Yer Palladino's and Di Piazza's etc are quite happy to turn up and plug into anything available...me too!

Yeah, great band... although not totally up my strasse. My good friend and ex band-mate sang with them on a few occasions.

[quote name='Lysdexia' post='1245303' date='May 26 2011, 10:35 AM']how best to get 'that' sound?[/quote] Buy a fretless Musicman Stingray and a boss octaver - sorted!

[quote name='RhysP' post='1242840' date='May 24 2011, 12:45 PM']Cream Rush Beck, Bogart & Appice The Police Motorhead etc...... Plenty of great three piece bands have managed to scrape a living without their bassist playing a five string. Not saying don't give it a go, just saying it's by no means a necessity.[/quote] Yeah, but all these bands are, like... a hundred years old! Seriously though, having played 4 string all my life, last year I went to a 5 string. I'm going to stick with it for a little longer, but I'm seriously considering going back to 4 string. For me, at the moment, the extra string is more of a hindrance than an advantage.

I think the op was trying making a point - I don't know what point as I don't frequent TB - I would guess that there have been a few [i]really[/i] dumb questions/polls of late.

The only practice I ever did on "my moves" was in the 60s - every Thursday evening without fail (older BCers will know what I'm talking about), mirror and mum's hairbrush at the ready. Kinda saw myself as a singer in those days - although, around about the time of "I Can See For Miles" I moved on to a broom. I was every bit as good as Townshend.

Part of our job is to entertain. Another part (IMV) is to enlighten our audience - turning them on by what we have to say. If you feel you have something to say in a solo, then, say it. If you don't feel you have something to say, then don't. As in life though, many people have a lot to say without actually saying much.

If your bass is set-up correctly before you buy it, then, it should never need retuning. I'd return it and ask for your money back. Seriously though - buy a tuner and make sure it's on stage with you and plugged in at all times.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1223247' date='May 7 2011, 02:29 PM']Not strictly all it is, as the sequence is II-V, therefore from a modal perspective it's mixolydian too. [b]If you laboured the dorian sound over the second chord[/b] in the sequence you would really miss the importance of the C#-G relationship of the A7 chord.[/quote] But, that's not how it goes.

As short as possible. Can't stand the "clank" you get with longer nails.

Can't really add to the above, other than... Chords generally sound sweeter the higher up the neck you go. Chords played around fifth fret or lower can sound quite ugly.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1211900' date='Apr 26 2011, 06:41 PM']What went wrong is that everybody is now as miserable as f*** .[/quote] Yes, of course, !975 onwards is known as the period of happy, smiley musos. [quote name='steve-soar' post='1211900' date='Apr 26 2011, 06:41 PM']and it's like punk never happened.[/quote] Unfortunately, I think, even today, it's all too evident that punk happened.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1211540' date='Apr 26 2011, 11:14 AM']To my mind, the 70's guy (let's call him Jeff) looks more suited to our tempestuous and troubled times than the two doughy dullards in 'homogenized metaller black'. Think about it. Jeff looks like he's having a good time. Jeff's eyes gleam. Jeff's moustache is full and luxuriant. Jeff's hair is bouncy and elegantly coiffed. Jeff's threads are bright and sparkly and - well - friendly. Jeff's weight does not exceed that of his band's touring PA. It all suggests a man at ease with himself. Adam and Jason (for those are their names) are a different matter. Their eyes convey a self-important stupidity. Their faces are pouchy. Adam has bingo wings. Jason is clearly busting to hang a colossal rat. Adam and Jason affect that ubiquitous hard-man scowl that says "Talk to me and I'll get my 'entourage' to give you a kicking". They are endorsees and thus quite clearly total breadheads. They are a summation of all that is wrong with society in general and our bass-playing community in particular. Jeff is a man for our times. Jeff would tell you that dope gets you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no dope. Jeff would point out that we all have to work together to stick it to the man. Jeff would let you sleep on his couch and he'd square it with his 'old lady'. We need guys like Jeff. He's a dude.[/quote] Skank, you da man! You're wasted here.

Got to be Photoshopped... Jeff Berlin doesn't play a Gibson

[quote]Why should an Ibanez not be £2,000[/quote] Yeah, £2,000 doesn't strike me as too much. I paid about £1800 last year for a Stingray 5. Got to select a couple of features, but it was certainly no custom build.

Funnily enough, the only bass I ever sold was an Ibanez (MC924).

[quote name='Doddy' post='1209919' date='Apr 24 2011, 11:48 AM']Yes. The thing is,there is a big difference,I think,between being offered a gig in a pub playing X Factor/Beiber songs and being offered the actual X Factor or Beiber gig.[/quote] Of course. If someone wants to do JB, X Factor or work with any artist, I wouldn't have a problem...it's a free world. However, I [i]would[/i] take issue with someone who was vociferous in their condemnation of said artist, and then, when offered a gig, accepted without hesitation. N.B. Sorry to the op for bringing X Factor into the thread. I know marginally more about it than Justin Beiber.

I know there are many X Factor detractors here (myself included). To those, a question: If asked to do the winners tour, would you?

There are certainly instances when I would refuse a gig, and , indeed, there [i]have[/i] been. But there was a gig that we did do (about 15 years ago), that perhaps we shouldn't: Did several shows in Russia with one corporate in Moscow included. Didn't realise till we hit the stage and saw a hall full of ugly, overweight be-suited men, (and I don't mean politicians, although some possibly were) with young gorgeous women on their arms.

[quote name='Darshan' post='1206880' date='Apr 21 2011, 11:20 AM']Anyone know what kind of effect the 2nd Bass player is using here for the solo right at the end of the tune? I want that pedal! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00tzcnyDL68"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00tzcnyDL68[/url][/quote] The main reason it sounds like a guitar is because he's playing very high up the neck, add some distortion and that's about it... as far as I can tell on my laptop.

How has Jools Holland managed to get away with it for so long? He always looks so ill at ease. The guy manages to make each appearance on telly look like his first. He is incoherent and got the interviewing skills of Katie Price. As a consequence I don't watch as much as, perhaps, I should. Like the format though.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1206472' date='Apr 20 2011, 09:49 PM']You mean like this...... [/quote] Oh dear!!!! WTF was he thinking???

[quote name='phil.i.stein' post='1206023' date='Apr 20 2011, 04:04 PM']ah well, the big bang theory's out of the window.. [/quote] Maybe time to get your stove serviced