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11 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

1 - Elvis, no doubt at all.

7 - Rolling Stones (Gretsch bass drum, so...)

8 - The late Toby Keith

9 - I'd plump for Earl King ??? (pretty certain it's not BB King; he never played Strats...)

Toby Keith was great (his music still is).

I'm pretty sure he was born with a hat on!!

1 hour ago, binky_bass said:

I'm willing to bet he'll be let off with nothing more than a slap on the wrist... probably in the form of a warning and a £50 victims surcharge fee. This country is a joke for bringing anyone to any form of real justice. 

Yeah, I was tending to think that way as well, but back on page #37 there are a list of charges that look very serious, plus the case is being delt with in the Crown court.

As a poster remarked above, "Fingers crossed"...

A nice little freebie for the Kontakt player (and full version).

Slower Fragment – e-instruments

Yep, very enjoyable...

Well played all round and a nice arrangement.

Rodner Padilla is a very accomplished Bassist. The 'C4 Trío' he is involved with is a nice listen as well:

Some lovely Bass work on this Lalo Schifrin TRACK:

2 hours ago, Beedster said:

I used to have strong feelings about/against it, but firstly it's what shops such as Bass Direct/Bass Bros do and we don't have a problem with that. Secondly (and more importantly) we never know what a person is dealing with in life, quite a few members have lost their jobs recently, or have other financial problems (divorce/increased cost of living etc), and while I've historically tended to flip basses for a loss here, if I were in a difficult situation financially and struggling to pay the bills/put food on the table, I'd have no problem doing it for a profit. I hope it doesn't come to that, and I suspect I'd probably still make it clear where the bass came from.

 

Basschat is a strong community the members of which are 99.99% of the time highly supportive of each other, even to the point of happily donating gear and even money to other members with problems. Perhaps part of that charitable ethos is also to allow other members to make a few quid buying and selling? 

 

 

My take as well.

The Musician Man basses were popular, and from about '87 onwards, the five-string version joined in on the fun.

Another recording of AJ back in his four string days (with a lovely rich tone).

This live video may be the early days of 'smooth jazz', but still, both AJ and Steve Gadd are really in the pocket. In fact, the whole band are:

All available online:

1 hour ago, Hellzero said:

By the way, did Ray Russell understand the joke about the English accents and especially the one on/in EastEnders, because his personal one is just as awful?!? 🤦🏻

I think it passed him by. "A separate programme called, Following Eastenders".

As it happens, Ray Russell is a decent chap and quite humorous in his own right when he's not interviewing.

He's an old school UK session Guitarist with a terrific body of TV and film credits behind him, along with all those major artist pop and rock sessions he played on

Probably most have seen this interview with AJ, but if not, it's worth 30 minutes of your time.

He joins in with Simon Phillips for the second part of the interview and he was certainly a very fascinating character:

Blimey, he needs those big boots to find his way around that big pedal board...

16 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

Well, I gave it four minutes. 

 Four minutes. Blimey, how did you manage that long? Drugs?

Danny and Béla !!

 👍

13 minutes ago, BassTractor said:

I found one yesterday that still seems to work - - a warning against him by Rockers Reunited:
https://www.facebook.com/100057087835235/posts/dear-sir-madamsee-below-email-going-out-to-his-theatres-maybe-they-will-take-no-/1328868242359424/

That's definitely worth plastering over any social media accounts one might have. 

Thanks for the link. 

👍

I have a Guitarist friend who I have known for years. For a very long time he has been known as 'Dank Foreskins'. It's actually an anagram of his name.

When the Bass starts the Ostinato on the open E string in 'Love Games' for the first time. That was a wow moment for me back then.

If you are Windows user, good luck with getting rid of all things 'UAD' after any deletions. It's an annoying process to eliminate all folder and file debris.

Apart from the usual automatic delete process, you will then have to manually go from 'Start Up', right through the 'Reg Edit' files and folders.

UAD doesn't want to let you go, that's for sure!!

13 minutes ago, chris_b said:

You guys are lucky I sound like Kermit gargling with porridge.

I couldn't imagine what that sounded like, so I had a word with the fellow over at ChatGPT. The below, was his response.

Question = What would Kermit the Frog gargling with porridge sound like?

ChatGPT said:

"If you imagine it, it’d probably be a mix of:

Kermit’s distinct voice: that high, slightly nasal, throaty tone.

The wet, bubbly gargle sound: like sloshing oatmeal mush in the back of the throat.

A muffled “hrrmm-hrrmm-hrrrmph” quality: because porridge is thick, it would make the sound less liquidy and more gloppy.

So it might come out like:
👉 “Grrhh–glllhrrmm–muhhrrggghhh–blrrp!”
with little oaty splats at the end.

Do you want me to try to write out a full onomatopoeic “Kermit gargling porridge performance,” as if it were in a script?

Also, would you like me to make a quick audio impression of this as well (using onomatopoeia and frog-like tone), or do you prefer it just as a written script?

The fellow who runs the YouTube channel in question is named 'Shaun Martin'. He has seven various social media and YouTube channels with links in his main profile channel.

It looks like he is some kind of digital creator/groupie who probably thinks Mick Mason is a celebrity. He's now certainly that!! 

He has seven channels including YouTube and other Social Media platforms, and looks like he will interview anyone who has any kind of involvement in show business.

The seven links are next to his picture profile.

He comes across as naive and star struck (just my opinion, of course).

He's probably a very nice chap who just needs convincing the Mick Mason is a proper, full on, professional conman.

Link to his Digital World:

A backstage pass to the world of entertainment! - Shaun Martin

For some reason, I always thought it was the great studio player, 'Larry Kimpel'?

He actually played with George Duke quite a bit around that period,

Good luck getting to the bottom of that one...