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[quote name='Rich' post='291118' date='Sep 24 2008, 06:30 PM']It would appear so. Yawn-a-feckin-rama It was John Giblin... another brilliant, tasteful player.[/quote] Might be wrong, but i thought it was PP. I know John Giblin did a couple of tracks on the album though. [Great player] This might help... 3/4 of the way down... [url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/4-fantastic/Mar-04/622"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/4-fantastic/Mar-04/622[/url] Garry

[quote name='Earbrass' post='291079' date='Sep 24 2008, 05:44 PM']Let's face it, even the 'hit singles' were just churned out by the Motown machine to a preset formula. They are to music what MacDonalds is to food, ie v. popular mass-produced crap.[/quote] You cant stop talking about it though... Must have worked... Must be the first time i have heard the likes of Stevie wonder and Marvin Gaye cited as Mass-Produced crap.... Or even Beefburgers come to think of it. Are you a drummer from birth? Garry

[quote name='OldGit' post='291068' date='Sep 24 2008, 05:33 PM']Carole Gaye? Nah, that's Marvin[/quote] What..Hamlisch? Garry

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='290924' date='Sep 24 2008, 03:24 PM']Years ago the (now late) bloke in the Bass Cellar told me when I enquired about availablity of the MIJ Fender Duck Bass, that Duck wasn't a very good player and Lewis Steinberg played on all the hits Mr Baldy was a cloth-eared miserable little cnut in a shtty bass shop.[/quote] Fancy going 6 feet under [or sitting on top of a fireplace] and thinking that! Garry

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='290735' date='Sep 24 2008, 11:59 AM']I like loads of things that would clear a dance floor in seconds. Maybe I should have just said that![/quote] What like your bunch of carrots. Me...it might be my big nose! Garry

[quote name='dlloyd' post='290662' date='Sep 24 2008, 10:53 AM']I don't know... is it possible for a great song to have a poor bass line?[/quote] Like i said.. It is all individual taste.. A great song to you might not mean a great song to me. I do happen to like a lot of the Motown stuff. Over the years i have noticed how good [to me ] the arrangements are. Other than just listening to the great Jamerson. Garry

Individual musical taste will come into play here... So i look forward the forth comming list ... I have started to look from another side of this. Like some good songs i have heard... And what a f**ing piss poor Bass line. For someone to say 'yer but she/he played only what what was needed' Seems like creativity is starting to wain these days. And i am not talking about overplaying. I like TOP.. Great arrangements, more than tunes. Garry

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='290216' date='Sep 23 2008, 06:31 PM']Its not the bass playing you should be worried about. Best get practicing on the rollerskates should he feel a "Wired for Sound" moment coming on.[/quote]

I am a Freelancer...so millions of Bands. In fact on Saturday i am depping in Sir Cliff Richards band. St Lukes hall. One hour 'songs of praise special'. BBC live and recorded in front of an Audiance. S**ting myself Garry

[quote name='noelk27' post='289290' date='Sep 22 2008, 04:47 PM']Not sure being single - technically or otherwise - has ever stopped a Stone from, err, knobbing.[/quote] Yer i know. Just did not want some do-gooder fish on the back of his car Bass chatter flaming me down.. Garry

You could always download reaper... All the tools you would need to do a good job. Its free... You are supposed to get a licence at some stage... "REAPER is available for download without technological limitations for evaluation purposes. Once you have evaluated REAPER, you should purchase a license." [url="http://www.reaper.fm/"]http://www.reaper.fm/[/url] A few guys swear by it here at Bass chat. I have tried it, and it is great. Garry

[quote name='ped' post='287240' date='Sep 19 2008, 12:46 PM']Probably some kind of software now?[/quote] Garry

[quote name='bnt' post='289211' date='Sep 22 2008, 02:57 PM']I can think of worse gigs for a bassist. The Rolling Stones, for example. If I was going to do world tours with a bunch of old fogeys, I would want a bit more out of it than a paycheck... [/quote] I am not a great stones Fan...But they have made there mark on The Rock Industry Over the years. Playing in front of 40.000 or whatever at venues all over the world.. Great sound and lights... Treated like you should be treated.. Best Hotels... Eating king prawns every day. Getting your strings changed...and your battery. Not having to talk to anyone in the band. Knob anything that takes your fancy [if you are single] Is gonna be more than just a pay cheque..Regardless of there age. Dont you Like enjoying yourself.?.. Garry

The Kjaerhus CLASSIC free vst's are good.In Fact great. [url="http://www.kjaerhusaudio.com/download.php"]http://www.kjaerhusaudio.com/download.php[/url] Scroll down to the bottom of the page. They Have an excellent comp and limiter that should do what you need. Nice quick attack times. Garry

Rachmaninoff Piano studies for the left hand. All at once. Garry

Just Get a dep Drummer... Hundreds in London... And without a doubt, more and likely s##t loads better than the one that has let you down. Once you start ringing aound, you will be amazed at the Talent out there. Then after the experiance of working with a good drummer... You will be thinking...S**t How are we going to dump our original drummmer Garry

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='287089' date='Sep 19 2008, 09:53 AM']What is the advantage of the single cut? Balance? Tone? Cosmetic? Other?[/quote] Not sure there is an advantage...[ some Techy Bassists might have another opion ] For me it was more cosmetic. Although mine does balance very well. Garry

[quote name='EccentricRichard' post='287301' date='Sep 19 2008, 02:10 PM']the pickup is what makes the P so awful.[/quote] Funny that.. Wonder why so many top of the game producers over the years have taken a different approach to you.. And sound engineers come to think of it..... Not that i am a P bass lover myself. But awful is not a word that exists in the world of Rock & Roll and pop... Garry

Forget Pirate Day... Lets all have a Dutch cafe day!.. Garry

[quote name='Rich' post='286471' date='Sep 18 2008, 10:10 AM']The only change I'd like to make now is to swap the EMGs for Delanos... will probably get that done at some point. Apart from that... mmmm, perfect. [attachment=13523:shuke_fr...ebsite_1.jpg][/quote] I have Delanos [MM/J] on my single cut, I quite often run the Bass in passive mode. [i have no passive tone control...so just flat] And they sound the dogs..really rich and creamy.. Cant understand why more people dont try them.. Garry

Had my dream Bass made for me a couple of years ago. [ see my pic to the left.. I wanted a single cut... with ebony board and profile of the Marcus Miller 5..got that. Agi 3 band pre-amp...got that. Through body Badass...got that. Something that sounded Musicman, and in single coil mode Jazz bass like...got that. Funny thing is that it has a massive out put..so i tend to use it in Passive mode. Had no more Gas since i got this... So one happy Bunny... Garry

There are a couple of good freewares out there just google. Or Jake... Just do it the Analogue way. Scribble it onto a sheet of manuscript, Scan and save as Jpeg or whatever. And upload as an attachment... Garry

Having done loads of shows over the last 20 odd years. I can tell you that you need a bass with no noise [Hum etc] A good volume pedal. A good DI Box [Otherwise you will be provided with a basic one from the sound team] My trusty Sans-amp has done me good for years. And get a good set of headphones [ Otherwise you will be provided with a set - usally S**T] Amps will not come into play [Or only for your own monitoring - and at low volume ] And of the last few years , nearly every show i have done has required a 5 STRING. When the conductors down beat comes in ,or the click starts, you wont have time to start messing with D-Tuners. Also comming into play sound wise.......... The director might have a moan, Or the Gay west end wendy MD having a moan. [ Bass is to loud - its always to loud, or thats i am always being told ] And always the straight out of school sound engineer, with his book on EQ, Cutting all frequencies above 500 khz [ They dont think the Bass goes up that high ] You cant go wrong with a MusicMan 5 string...even with EQ set flat, still sounds punchy and Second hand you can pick real bargains at the moment.. Shows seem to be getting harder and harder... Sometimes doubling on Upright / EUB... And at least one number on Fretless. Usually a combination of musical styles.... The list goes on and on... Oh yer ................. You will need plenty of thick skin.... If all that dont put you off.... Welcome to the 'Business of show'... Garry

Avoid the ...... New 5 string bass syndrome . 'I have a 'B' string, So i am gonnna use it all night because it is there'.. Garry