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White bass = wow!

[quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1326649864' post='1499935'] Then you saw him "performing" "Hey, Little Girl" (from the album Primitive Man, aka Love in Motion) miming, with an SB1000, to a line that was written and played by Iva Davies. Is he still making his Roxy Music joke about that song? Well, must be easy to slag off someone else's creativity, when you were just a bit-part player. [/quote] Yes it was hey Little Girl. Yes with the Aria bass. So it wasn't him on the recording? Then hats off to Iva Davies BTW has anyone read his book? I think it's the one that his "stand-up" show is basses on.

Yes Miki Britain is thriving with live music. Albacete had almost nothing when I was there. Anyway, welcome once again!

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1326621554' post='1499508'] Watch it !!! I've got feelings too you know. I thought Guy was the star of the show during the Delicate Sound of Thunder Tour. His solo was briliant and entertaining and what a sound he had on the VID. I remember Ice House and thinking they were good at the time but can't say i remember any of their songs. ? Didn't know Guy Pratt was the bassist either. Aaah you live and learn. Cheers Dave [/quote] No no no, Guy Pratt is an excellent bassist,...just Pink Floyd. I had the chance to join a Pink Floyd tribute show, listened without rose coloured spectacles( I love DSOTM and WYWH albums in my youth) and heard not a lot that would tickle my bass fingers. As for Ice House, I definitely remember seeing him with them on TOTP's (when he had Gordon Ramsay style hair...I think it was him?!!) but I take on board what has been said about someone else's bass lines. Don't get me wrong, if I met him I would bleed him dry of his tips (not his hair tips from TOTP's that is)

I was cleaning 'the mistress', AKA my Wal Custom, when I noticed the neck pick up was quite low. I had also been feeling a little jaded with the sound of my bass lately, just lacked a bit of oomph. So, I adjusted the pick up, raising it higher than I normally would. Wow. I had forgot how this lady can almost drive the whole show! Tonight at the show, my Wal was awesome! It had guts, finesse, and made me play with a passion that I forgot I had. I looked over at my Precision on it's stand and thought, " how on earth can I bring you off the subs bench when my bass version of Lionel Messi is playing like this?" ! Thank you Wal and Pete. Thank you.

your right hand plucking near the fingerboard can help encourage the m-w-a-a-h.. but yes, get some new strings....old strings can be stiff and expressively difficult.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1326592711' post='1499391'] I let it do the washing up as well. [/quote] hahaha! nice one!

What did he play if he didn't play his bass ?? Football?

Yes, let nature do the drying.

Funny in interviews, but his name-dropping anecdotes isn't my idea of' stand-up comedy' On the plus side, I remember seeing him in Ice House and loved his playing. Wasted in.... Pink Flo.....zzzzzzz......y....ya-a-a-a-wnn............d....

hola y bienvenidos! ( I lived in Albacete for 1 year, though my Spanish is very basic!...y Catalan?....que no-o-o-..!!) Great to have you showing your stuff. Maybe you could talk about the music scene in Barcelona?

[quote name='henry norton' timestamp='1326401104' post='1496860'] Yeah, epoxy helps but - asides from changing the sound/feel for many players - IMO it's important to arrive at the sound and feel you want regardless of whether it wears out the fingerboard faster or not. In other words I'd rather wear my board out than have it sit there unplayed because I don't like the sound. I earn my living (in part) by epoxying fingerboards but I don't believe it's for everybody, just like using flats on a fretless. I could understand with the values attached to Wal basses, you'd be worried about wearing ruts in your very expensive fingerboard but I'd think a Rockbass would be the perfect instrument to experiment on, especially as bluejay will hopefully be getting some kind of discount [/quote] fair comment! However I never want o have to avoid certain positions on my fingerboard live again to avoid a nasty buzz coming through the P.A. "Once bitten..."

I was at Howard's last week. he showed me the tortoise shell. Not a photographed pattern. Bloody good quality stuff. Trust Howard - a really nice guy and always ready to go the extra mile to assist a fellow bassist.

[quote name='henry norton' timestamp='1326386932' post='1496579'] !!!! Good job Jaco Pastorius didn't swap his rounds for something less abrasive. Where would modern Jazz bass playing be???? I agree on the gift voucher angle though - I wouldn't think one graze means the entire bass has been abused. Just push for decent compensation - even German companies will try to fob you off. [/quote] Yeah, but don't forget Jaco coated his fingerboard with an epoxy resin. I ripped up the ebony fingerbaord on my Wal with rounds and subsequently needed a layer taken off on 3 occasions, until there wasn't enough to take any more off. if yu are a light player, it will buy you some time. I have Daddario Chromes on my fretless. smooth and bright.

tch tch. cheap bass or not, it's brand new. If it's packaging that's done it, then it wasn't properly packaged. I too would accept a gift voucher and live with the cosmetic scar, which will be repairable to a certain extent, Oh, the thought of re-packaging, sending it off, waiting a few weeks.......grrrrr Oh, don't forget to take the roundwounds off. So much damage to the fingerboard is possible with them.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1326197488' post='1493541'] This one: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/warwick_rb_corvette_basic_5fllh_bks.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...c_5fllh_bks.htm[/url] Should be all right. I've got a 4 in natural and a 5 in dark blue, so was missing a black one Ordered yesterday late afternoon, shipped this morning via DHL. [/quote] Mad price!! looks ok in black too.....temped........help! give us a review when you get it?

My son has a Westfield P bass and it has a great neck.....which may go missing.........onto one of my basses....would be a reveres headstock, me being a south paw....

For me, van halen 1 album, a bit of 2, then......leave it alone.

[quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1325901557' post='1489760'] wonder if they will do one of these beauties in lefty? [url="http://www.brucethomas.co.uk/?page_id=24"]http://www.brucethom....uk/?page_id=24[/url] [/quote] Is it healthy to quote yourself?! I enquired re: left handed versions. Barry from the Bass Centre says there are no plans for L/H's unless the bass becomes extremely popular. fingers crossed

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1326151904' post='1493176'] Too late! I've ordered one!!! [/quote] As I say, very basic look, but I've played a lot worse higher end basses. I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised!

regarding the buzz spots, you're not using roundwound strings are you?? anyway, why not ask the Bass Doc on this forum.

it's the old stock and yes, all fretless. I bought mine over a year ago from elsewhere. £179. Great player but so basic looking. I did a paint mod on mine, loks like something from Bootsy's dark cupboard but hey, for that price I feel I have a bass that is reasonable good sound ( great fretless sound, even if the pups lack a bit of volume) and visually fits my personality. If you don't have a fretless, aren't arsed to be seen with a bit of a flat slab for a body, it's well worth grabbing one of these to practice with or pick up for a song in your set..

Eh? You married? couldn't you store you wife away instead? Basses are better company so...... prioritise man!!!! seriously, I can't understand why you can't have your bass. you have a bed? the bass goes under. BTW, obviously, my marriage ended.