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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.
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[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?
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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
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Mystery solved - I'd often wondered who it was.

A kindly bump for the filter, I'd snap it up but I can't buy it now.
Good luck selling it!

Bump for the very item I want!
Sadly I'm out of cash and in hospital so can't buy this one.
Congrats to whoever buys it!

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.
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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.

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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.


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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.

Sold, thank you for the interest!

Pre-going away working for a week - Bump.

Looks like this is potentially sold, I'll mark it as sold once the deal is complete, or otherwise

Thank you for the nice words everyone, i either need to add 3 hours to the day or do some 1am practicing...

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1471174688' post='3110967']
Why did you take your grade 8, and then not play again ?
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It was actually my third grade 8 (different exam boards).
Very shortly after I took it I started work on a world tour which took me up until the end of last year, we pretty much had no time off for the whole thing.
This year I've been studying something else in every spare minute I have in the evenings and I've either been working or looking after my children during the day.
Then you suddenly realise 18 months has gone past and I've not done the thing I love doing the most - playing.
Time soon goes..

Rather sadly, an old friend who was the music teacher at the school I went to (twenty years ago) passed away a couple of weeks ago and the funeral and memorial was a couple of days ago.
He was an incredibly talented and gifted musician and one of the most wonderful men you could ever meet.
I was in a couple of extra curricular jazz bands he ran whilst I was there and after I left and went to uni he left an open invite for years after for me to come along and play when I wanted / could, and the same invite extended to a couple of my closest friends too (guitarist & drummer).
As a result we all became good friends and had many a good time both playing and drinking on various trips, concerts and gigs etc.
When he passed it was clear that after the service there would be a a band playing and then an open jam to all, and in particular his friends and also ex members of the jazz bands that he ran.
I've been pretty busy with life, work and studying over the last 18 months or so and I knew that the last time I played (as in, actually picked up a bass!) was when I did my last grade 8 exam at the start of last year.
As a result I was reluctant to play in front of my (very talented and experienced) peers, some of which I'd not seen in a couple of decades
. I didn't take my bass and I was happy to have a few / lot of drinks and say hello to some faces I'd not seen in a long while
It turns out his daughter (also very musical) had other ideas basically said "dad knew you'd be here and he'd want you to play, so get your arse up there".
I ended up playing for an hour or so, with my close friends and also a few others who I'd not seen in such a long time.
We all ended up having a great time and it was a fitting send off to such a great man.
It's really got me back on my game and reignited my passion for music and playing, I almost feel that I've let myself down by not making time to play for so long, but the amount of fun and joy everyone had that evening both in memory of him and also just by playing too had such an impact on me it made me realise just how much I missed playing and how much I love it.
Therefore, I feel I owe it to myself and also to my old friend to get back on the horse and get out and enjoy myself again, it's been too long!