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[quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1480764251' post='3186947'] Dont forget we are having 1 second longer this year too [url="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/leap-second-added-year-december-time-clocks-earth-science/"]http://news.national...-earth-science/[/url] [/quote] Ooh! Does that mean I get a lie-in!

I bought a pedal from Alan, nice and easy, no fuss and a pleasure to do business with.

I've not heard of them before, thanks for the heads up. I'll check them out next time I'm up that way - it's great to hear such glowing reviews about a retailer.

Love it, just the type of thing I'd do when I'm bored!

I bought the soul food bass pedal from Paulo. Very easy and quick transaction and delivered safe and promptly. Pleasure to do business with.

[quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1479044864' post='3173482'] I have one for sale right now, I've only tested it on a loud band setting playing with fingers and in my opinion it's too mild for the tone in question. The distortion comes through much stronger with pick though so it might work, but I've only tested it that way at home. [/quote] PM'd!

[quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1479044864' post='3173482'] I have one for sale right now, I've only tested it on a loud band setting playing with fingers and in my opinion it's too mild for the tone in question. The distortion comes through much stronger with pick though so it might work, but I've only tested it that way at home. [/quote] Oofff! So tempted, I wasn't going to get one for a little while but I'll have to look at my finances...

[quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1458919498' post='3012133'] Looking for a not too expensive overdrive pedal (£60 range) that will do that kind of tone, which I understand is from a cranked Ampeg. Can the Bass Soul Food be aggressive enough for this tone? On some videos I watched it seems like it doesn't go very far in terms of gain... What about the Crayon? Seems more aggressive... Any other suggestion? [/quote] This is why I love this forum!! - this question is the exact one I've been pondering myself. I've been looking into gettting an overdrive pedal (just for a bit of edge / crunch rather than out and out in your face fuzz / distortion), with a thought it to include No-one Knows in a set and with the online research and demos the Bass Soul Food has come out as the one I'm really interested in. I think the VT 21 is a bit of much for what I need though, I just need to find somewhere that stocks the Soul Food so I can try it.

Sad news, me and 2016 need to have words...

My first was a Sunn Mustang, very cheap P copy, no idea what happened to it or who j sold it to. I remember it sounding awful but I played it to death for years as i practiced and practiced. The second bass I ever had was a Bass Collection SB3111, with all its posh active circuitry and amazing neck. I remember proudly playing it in my room once and my mum came in and said that initially she didn't uderstand why if I already had a bas's why I needed to get another, more expensive one but she said she could hear just how much better the Bass Collection was than the Sunn, and the it sounded really nice, and now she knew and understood!. My first and only electric guitar was a sunn mustang too, I guess that the shop, Sounds Plus, in Ipswich sold lots of them in that range to keen teenagers back in the mid '90s!

Further to this thread, pete has also been nominated in a category of rhythm magazine's drummer of the year thingybob. He's in the pop / session drummer of the year in the below link. http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/best-in-drums-2016-643947 He's a top bloke too so it'd be good if we could throw a vote or two his way if you're a fan of his.

6/8 Love the way it rolls along. It can be perfect for a ballad or rocking out. I also love the fact this is a genuine question / thead!

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1477598352' post='3163315'] For me there finest record. Bass playing from Mr X. which I believe is Ernie Mckowne from various later Incognito fame. It's just fantastic playing. http://youtu.be/y9DHDTu0jT0 [/quote] Mystery solved - I'd often wondered who it was.

Musician stingray 5 string, over 20 years ago. It took 5 years to buy one but it's been my main bass ever since. Many others have come and gone (the Warwick streamer II 5 string is its current well-used and loved stable mate) but it was always the stingray for me. Watching Flea and Jack Bessany (reef) play them cemented my passion for one.

I sold a flightcase to Martyn, he was very understanding of my unavoidable delays and changes of plans and he was a very prompt payer. You couldn't ask for a more pleasant transaction. Cheers.

[quote name='Zummerbass' timestamp='1473674206' post='3132071'] I was there! Matt Bissonette (Elton's bassist) Wow! What a player with great tone. He got a fantastic sound (as did all the band) which sadly isn't always the case with the big outdoor events. Quo,Madness and Leann Rimes also superb. [/quote] I've already declared my man-love to Matt! http://basschat.co.uk/topic/287198-matt-bissonette-elton-johns-bass-player/page__p__3078273__hl__matt%20bissonette__fromsearch__1#entry3078273

The last gig I did, I drove 60 miles each way for £20, to a luke-warm reception in a pub, but I was happy as I got to play for the first time in years. I was asked if I could fill in at the weekend in London (2.5 hour drive away) and I would've loved to have played if I could but I was working so had to turn it down. If I was in a band and gigging regularly then I guess my attitude would change, but currently I'd go a long way out of my way just to get to play.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1473686747' post='3132241'] I later went on to do the CSE tours for quite a while, these were all over the World, and those gigs we would be backing turns on a production show as a side band. CSE was booked through a musical fixer from a pool of around twenty five musicians, so yes, very difficult to get involved with. I think there is another Basschatter who did sound and/or lights on them. [/quote] Yup, that's me! I did dozens of CSE gigs and they were all an amazing experience. There are a couple of other basschatters who've played in CSE bands too. Sadly CSE no longer have the M.O.D. contract, which is a real shame as they excelled at it and had been doing it since WWII when the concept of entertaining the troops as we know it began. However I don't know who's doing it now.

Yes! In the meantime is one of my all time favourite basslines, a joy to play.