SteveK

These basses would generally be aimed at the pro wanting something a little different, and I'm sure the manufacturer would expect it to be of limited appeal. As for cost - I can see nothing wrong in spending that kind of money, or more, on a bass. In any case, it would be tax allowable, reducing the real cost.

[quote name='arthurhenry' post='748125' date='Feb 17 2010, 10:28 AM']At a heavy rock gig I played a load of Rush and Iron maiden licks at soundcheck - no one noticed. At a classic rock covers gig I slipped the solo from Jethro Tull's Bouree into my solo - no one noticed. At a covers gig someone kept shouting out for some Bee Gees. Later in the set I slipped in the riff from Stayin' alive - he didn't notice. On the 20th anniversary of Jaco's death, I sneaked lots of Jaco licks into the set - no one noticed. Shortly after George Harrison's death, I slipped the melody from Here comes the sun into a song - no one noticed. Do things like this happen to you, and frustrate you? Am I a musical snob for expecting audiences to notice this stuff? Is it due to peoples lack of understanding about Bass? Is the sad truth that however passionate you are about music, most of the people you ever play to will be casual music fans?[/quote] You keep saying "no one noticed"! How do you know? Providing you played these licks/riffs well and you were heard in the mix, then, I'm sure many will have noticed...what kind of reaction were you expecting?

[quote name='crez5150' post='745201' date='Feb 14 2010, 08:00 PM']that's the gayest thing I've heard today..... Dates in April I believe.... See you then! [/quote] 'fraid not...PC is doing the Go West 25th anniversary tour in April, of which i'm not involved. I was, in fact, referring to the fact that Pete [i]is[/i], and has been for the last few months, on vocal duties for Manfred Mann's Earth Band, of which I am most definitely involved.

[quote name='crez5150' post='744737' date='Feb 14 2010, 01:13 PM']Anything by Go West.... awesome! Alan Murphy, what an enormous loss to the guitar world! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gW6WcwNirk"]call me[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl3PYk_s4Kk&feature=related"]We close our eyes[/url][/quote] Whatever happened to Pete Cox?...I hear you say! Word is, he's joined some outrageously talented individuals. The bass player, apparently, is phenomenal... and staggeringly good looking, to boot.

[quote]Whomever got them that gig and the theme tunes for the CSI TV programmes is doing a mighty fine job.[/quote] Seem to remember reading/hearing Jerry Brookheimer's a bit of a fan and thought they might work as themes. Don't know whether they should quit or not - What I do know is, if someone told me I was too old and should knock it on the head, I'd tell them where to stick it. In their day, and on a good night, no other band came close. Won't get fooled again - probably one of the greatest ever rock records... Fact!.. I once heard a lawyer say that, so it must be law.

[quote]I think the actual music sounds great but the vocal performances from Daltry and Townsend are dreadful[/quote] What? You mean, that they were actually playing and singing live? ...didn't think that was allowed these days. We played a festival in Austria 4 or 5 years ago where The Who were headliners. Being a fan of theirs since the 60s I stuck around to watch the set. Yeah, the vocals don't have the range these days... they are in their 60s ffs. And Pino and Zak are no JE and KM...Even so, they can still show a lot of the bands around now the way home. BTW they totally screwed My Generation

[quote name='cheddatom' post='735118' date='Feb 4 2010, 03:11 PM']"tone is in the fingers" - lol, yeh, if you have a boring tone.[/quote] Assuming that we all understand that "the fingers" are connected to our brain/soul then I would agree, tone/sound is in the fingers. Give Jeck Beck any guitar, he will still sound like Jeff Beck. If you gave John Entwistle any bass, he would still have sounded like John Entwistle. [quote]"Core Tone" isn't very important in your bass., Reliability, Comfort, Playability and Looks are more important[/quote] I would generally agree with that... However, we are artists, and artists are sensitive, delicate flowers, and as such have to feel totally happy with every micro nuance of our sound, otherwise [size=2][b]we cant fu**in' perform...[/b][/size] ...can we? EDIT: Having said all the above, I am attempting to buy a Stingray 5, IMO it's an ugly mother, but I like the sound . I say "attempting" to buy, the retailer is giving me the serious "runaround" .

[quote name='Mrs Tinman' post='730626' date='Jan 31 2010, 02:36 PM']I sincerely hope this reply is not disrespectful, I just wanted to address the above. The question is, where do you (we/ the UK government/whoever?) draw the line? Sadly, Tim did not have travel insurance which is designed to pay for exactly this sort of thing. I have read media accounts of people having to remortgage/sell family homes, borrow from friends and relatives or beg the same people for money because a relation or friend has either fallen ill whilst abroad and needed expensive medical care/medical repatriation or has sadly died overseas and the body is to be repatriated. I'm sure that there are many more cases of this sort of thing that simply go unreported, Tim's case, whilst undoubtedly tragic, is far from unique.[/quote] There is a very basic ([i]triba[/i]l, if you like) feeling inside me that says, [i]he was one of ours, we should bring him home.[/i] It just strikes me as the decent, civilised thing to do. "Where do we draw the line?" I think there is a very obvious place where the line can be drawn. On reflection, this is probably not the thread to be having this discussion.

Excuse my ignorance here, this is not something that I've needed to give much thought to. But, shouldn't we, the British tax payer, via our government, via the British Embassy in Brazil, be arranging and paying for repatriation in this kind of situation? If not, then we/they bl***y well should.

Someone who goes to the aid of a friend (or anyone else for that matter), with not a second thought for their own safety, is a hero in my book. Tragic.

[quote]But the request was for examples of mistakes which had been allowed through to the final product, NOT do you like the record or not![/quote] Ooooh, get her... Ok, since no one else has mentioned it...[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F01aLeErvoU"]check 2.44[/url] Happy now?

[quote name='chris_b' post='728904' date='Jan 29 2010, 04:39 PM']Just heard on the Radio. The bass playing on Maggie May is more doodling than playing.[/quote] Absolutely... and for me, the record is all the better for it. I seem to remember that Ronnie Wood played bass on that track.

Seems JB does come in for some stick here. The fact is though, if you ask the great guitarists around today to name their top five players, Jeff Beck will, almost certainly, be amongst them. Even the aforementioned Steve Lukather, I know, is a big fan. Narada MW is hardly an unknown quantity when it comes to JB, having made a major contribution to Wired (IMO probably his best album). Phenomenal drummer, writer, producer, singer, all round general clever clogs. EDIT: NMW's solo albums are well worth checking out too. Soul/funk/70s disco vibe at its best. Particularly "The Dance of Life" made even better by TM Stevens wonderful bass lines.

[quote name='OldGit' post='717154' date='Jan 18 2010, 09:17 PM']What did it do?[/quote] The switch would switch the capacitor in or out. If switched out, then the tone pot works as a normal Precision pot - Cutting the usual frequency...whatever that is If switched in, then the capacitor changes the frequency that is being cut. If the pot is turned to full, then obviously, the switching makes no difference. I remember trying several different value cap's before deciding which to stick with. Very simple to do. Oh, and while I was at it, I added a series/parallel switch. EDIT: I've never used a varitone pot,[i] but[/i], stikes me it's the same thing that Aria SB's had/have.

[quote name='bass5' post='716351' date='Jan 18 2010, 09:29 AM']I have no idea and can't be arsed to google, what's a varitone, an add-on preamp circuit?[/quote] In the time it took you to write that post you really could've Googled it...but, I guess you knew that - it's an attitude thing - I understand. Many years ago I fitted a simpler, DIY type, to a Precision, which was basically a micro switch and capacitor connected to the tone pot. It was very effective and is still on the bass today.

[quote]Has Trevor Bolder left the band then?[/quote] No, he's still there...at least, he was in December [quote]So what are the Heep like these days then Steve?[/quote] Judging by crowd reactions, they still seem to be delivering. We did several shows with them in Germany, co headlining (alternate nights), for part of their 40th anniversary tour. There's a bit of history between Heep and ourselves - ex label mates (before my time, of course ) We still cross paths on a fairly regular basis.

Did several gigs before Christmas with a band who played Easy Livin'. Funnily enough, their whole set consisted of UH songs. They sounded pretty authentic to me. There was some geezer called Mick Box playing guitar.

For all you Paul Jackson fans. You may be interested in these clips from my good friend and colleague, Jimmy Copley's website... [url="http://www.jimmycopley.com/subpage3.html"]Jimmy Copley -Slap my hand - live in Japan[/url]

[quote]P.S. Wooten is a seriously talented musician, but his tunes don't do much for me. ph34r.gif[/quote] As is so often the case. Unfortunately, a great musician doesn't necessarily make a great writer.

If you grow up listening to a musician, have their posters on your bedroom walls, eagerly await their next release, read any articles/biogs to do with them - then there is the (false) feeling (but nevertheless, a feeling) that you somehow kind of know them. To me, it's quite understandable to feel moved by the death of an influential (in a personal sense) musician/artist. If you feel emotional about it, fine. If you don't, fine also. Wouldn't say musicians are any more emotional than the next person.

[quote]Ha Visconti is known for that,[/quote] Indeed! I also recorded an album with him in '81 (same singer) He was an absolute joy to work with. Always positive, and always trying for something different...A legend! [quote]Under rated Trevor Boulder[/quote] Funnily enough, did a handful of gigs with him (Uriah Heep) just before Christmas. He may be "underrated", but he sure as hell isn't under powered [quote]Did Visconti play bass on The man who sold the World - some fantastic bass playing on that[/quote] Quite possibly, he was a bass player before turning to knob twiddler.

[quote]Steve, you should reveal what the song was so we can decide whether we agree with Visconti.[/quote] Okay, no sniggering though [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr3Usn3mFgI"]Embarrassing clip[/url]

[quote]I think that's probably the best note he ever played.[/quote] I wouldn't argue that I'm reminded of a record that I played on in 1981, which, incidentally, made number 6 (IIRC) in t'charts. There's a line in the chorus, octaves played from root, Maj 3rd, 5th. One time I accidentally played a b5. Went back in to the control room to apologize for my goof, and [i]could I do it again[/i]. Producer said it was perfect (?) and I should do it again, and [i]this time[/i] play the b5 every time... Who was I to argue with Tony Visconti.

Not wishing to pick a fight with the OP... But, "Save a prayer"!!! - in the verse - Why did John Taylor play a Maj 3rd over a minor chord? It's plain wrong, and sounds horrible. Wince every time I hear it. Don't really think in terms of "overrated" or "underrated". And don't really have any one [i]favourite[/i] player, although I was a big Jaco and (to a lesser degree) Stanley Clarke fan in the 70s.

IME the better bands are those where each member is able to make suggestions to other members.This works well...to a point!.. ...[i][b]some[/b][/i] musicians really don't take too kindly to being told what to play. My current band (25 years and counting) has an unofficial policy of all chipping in with suggestions, and [i][b]all[/b][/i] suggestions are tried. The boss makes the ultimate decision.