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SpondonBassed

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  1. [quote name='Bassmonkey' timestamp='1492032667' post='3277427'] As a result of this I have been on a You Tube trip remembering all those great Sweet songs. Happy days [/quote] Plus one. Glam rock may be cheesy but maturity has made it a fine comestible. Best taken in good company with crackers and a light drink.
  2. [quote name='owen' timestamp='1492029233' post='3277380'] I am playing the St Matthew Passion on Friday. I have not done this kind of stuff for a VERY long time. I will be very tired on Saturday. Cracking bass lines though. He was The Don. [/quote] Have a great gig my friend.
  3. Many thanks D. I've got summat much better than BBC News24 to watch over breakfast now. Regards
  4. [quote name='MisterT' timestamp='1492034797' post='3277457'] (ref the Partridge bit - that's Music for Chameleons by Gary Numan) The Numan fans all remember Pino very well indeed, he recorded in 1982 with Gary before he did the Paul Young stuff so we were all indoctrinated with that special style of his. It's been great seeing him go as far as he has. Nevermind all that... MICK! [/quote] Good call. Japan was an evocative band.
  5. [quote name='Rich' timestamp='1492037468' post='3277479'] Ah, 80s synths... love em. Back in '87 my band had two keys players, between them they had a DX7, JX3P, Juno 106 and a PX7 piano. And yes, I played fretless through a chorus on some songs Though I say so myself, we were AWESOME *wistful sigh* [/quote] Aw bless. We thought the same about ourselves. Unfortunately, I have some four track cassettes that prove how naff we really were. The true talent in our band was the drummer because he played all of the instruments that his older brothers had learned on too. He chose drums because the others hadn't and to top it off, he sang at the same time. I thank him for bringing me back into the music thing having been put off it by school and those horrible Bert Weedon books. The eighties were awesome in themselves. Electronic instruments went mainstream in a big way and shook the whole industry out of its rut. I was lucky to be in my twenties at the time even taking into consideration the threat of global nuclear war that was always in the news back then. That the fretless bass came to the fore was remarkable in the circumstances. Maybe it softened the edges a bit against the sometimes harsh sounds of MIDI driven modules. On the other hand MIDI allowed Stock Aitken Waterman to establish a minor monopoly in the charts for a while. Heeheehee.
  6. [quote name='the boy' timestamp='1492060854' post='3277509'] I can never understand why people don't get it. For me it very obvious why people decorate their basses in this fashion. This is show business. It's all about creating an image, a look or a vibe. We don't criticise folk for sporting a hairdo or guyliner. Putting a decal on the headstock is exactly the same. It's the finishing touch to an impression you are creating. I'm fine with it. It's none of my business. I played a few gigs with a band a few years ago and they wanted a look. I reliced an old Squier and put a fender decal on. It looked awesome and was exactly the vibe the band wanted. It's no big deal. Other people can't afford fenders but gain confidence when they sport a fenderesque instrument. Live and let livery I say. [/quote] Hahahahahahahah - "Live and let livery" very good my friend. I don't get why folk who don't get why other folk don't get it say they don't get why folk don't get it. Excuse me while I sit for a moment, I've got dizzy for some reason.
  7. [quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1492029540' post='3277385'] Not just cars. Everything gets cloned these days - £50 Chinese snide "Rolex" anyone? Nothing new in music, either. My first fiddle, a European factory cheapo, had a fake Strad label in it. [/quote] True. The perverse thing about second hand goods sales is that the fakes can sometimes command a higher price than an equivalent "unknown" brand just [i]because[/i] they are fakes even though they are known to be dodgy copies by the purchaser and advertised as such. It tends to happen with older goods and antiques. Did you keep your Strad clone?
  8. [quote name='project_c' timestamp='1492032621' post='3277424'] The DX7 had a huge revival around 10 years ago, Native Instruments released a virtual version (called FM7 I think) which also became very popular in electronic music circles. 80s synths in general are still popular. The 808 is still the most popular kick drum sound of all time. [/quote] Oh thank gawd. I shall sleep soundly tonight. Thank you from the heart of my bo.... er, bottom of my heart. Mind you, you've reminded me of the dinky cowbell sound that the 808 makes so I might have nightmares that whiney Whitney wants to sleep with me because she thinks I'm somebody. NURSE! Heeheehee.
  9. I didn't realise Jack Bruce was using one until I saw the clips on t'telly. It's already been said, the eighties coloured the public perception of what fretless was supposed to sound like. The great "mwah" is what does it, in my humble bumble. Like the DX7's bell tones, the uniquely characterisitic sound was overused to the point where it became annoying. Neither instrument has to make that sound all of the time however. Anyway... what about the DX7? Fretless has never gone away for it to need a comeback but we still are unsure if we'll ever see that keyboard on a stage, brazenly declaring its manufacturer and model name, ever again. I blame the theme tune of Eastenders for killing its popularity through over exposure.
  10. It didn't hurt The Police being a three piece. I always wanted to have a lickle three piece of my own.
  11. [quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1492019899' post='3277288'] Nope but they've put M badges on their old 318 or Porsche wheels on their vintage bug. The car market is even more guilty of this than the music instrument industry! [/quote] Reminds me of when one of my mates from teenage bought what looked on the outside to be a Ford XR3i. Something about the decals was not quite right. I lifted the bonnet and saw carburettors... I kept shtum for a bit but had to tell him eventually that he'd been had. The look on his face was as if I had somehow been responsible. He didn't speak to me for ages after.
  12. [quote name='Maude' timestamp='1492013789' post='3277214'] A 70's effect pedal with a siren? Cool! I just loved the cheesiness of doing it. We had two old skool rotating police lights, one red one blue, on top of the PA speakers either side, we'd fill the stage with smoke and then fire up the lights and siren to start the second set. We'd leave it going for twenty seconds or so before starting the riff, silly but great fun [/quote] Stagecraft mate. I like your style.
  13. [quote name='inthedoghouse' timestamp='1491989512' post='3276940'] Misplaced vanity - as if anybody cares I gigged for a while with a pro band in the 80s using a nice Squier and nobody said a word or gave me a funny look [/quote] ...and did you look like Blakey back then too? Heeheehee
  14. [quote name='skej21' timestamp='1491983897' post='3276875'] I think if you're intentionally trying to recreate something that is above and beyond your budget, sticking a Fender decal on it when it's an intentional Fender repro (like a Nash or Limelight) is just good attention to detail and keeping the style correct. If you don't want a Fender repro but want a jazz/pj/Precision at a similar price then new Fenders (MIM/MIJ etc) or Maruszczyk are in that prt of the market, so just get what YOU want (it's your money after all). It's just another option on the table and if doesn't interest you, then it shouldn't bother you either. If you were making a spitfire airfix model, you make it look as close to a spitfire as possible. You're not doing it to deceive anyone because everyone who actually knows anything about it knows it's not an ACTUAL spitfire and you wouldn't ever try to sell it on gumtree etc as an actual spitfire. I much prefer that to [u]when people put on a decal that is styled just like a Fender decal but incorporates some tenuous dad-joke like "pretender gaz bass" or someone's surname etc. It makes me cringe like hell[/u] (sorry if that's you but it's just really not my thing!). [/quote] I can't think what you mean... [cough][b]R0ck1nb3tt3r![/b][/cough] I agree. To justify that particular example by saying imitation is the sincerest form of flattery is just b0110x.
  15. [quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1491984700' post='3276883'] Thank you [/quote] Got the books down off the shelf for you. I thought I had three different ones but it turns out that two are the same except that one has a play along CD for the bass duets if you aren't up to playing both parts simultaneously as I've seen on YT clips. If you want the one without the CD I'd be happy to send it to you. PM me to sort out the postage expenses if you want it. J. S. Bach for Electric Bass Three duets and five solo pieces arranged for bass guitar Music, Instruction, Historical Analysis By Bob Gallway, PH.D. Hal Leonard ISBN 978-0-634-03143-4 (This is the spare that I might let you have) It contains score and tab for;[list] [*]Two-Part Invention #4 in D Minor [*]Two-Part Invention #1 in C Major [*]Sinfonia from Partita 2 in C Major for Solo Harpsichord [*]Bourree 1 and 2 from Suite #3 in C Major for Solo Cello [*]Sarabande from Suite #2 in D Minor for Solo Cello [*]Presto from Sonata #1 in G Minor for Solo Violin [*]Allemande from Suite #6 in D Major for Solo Cello [*]Tempo di Bourree from Sonata #2 in D Major for Solo Violin [/list] and (Translated from Italian) J. S. Bach Inventions Transcriptions for 2 Four String Basses by Marco Di Natale a CD ROM with audio and interactive track containing also the transcriptions for two 6 string electric basses Ricordi ISMN M-2151-0625-3 It contains score only for;[list] [*]Invention 1 C Major [*]Invention 2 C Minor [*]Invention 6 E Major [*]Invention 8 F Major [*]Invention 13 A Minor [/list] Hope this helps.
  16. [quote name='TimR' timestamp='1491983620' post='3276872'] You wouldn't believe how shocked you will be when you find out the secret. [/quote] Hahahahaha. I was writing aircraft manuals to SGML standard in the nineties. You must think I came down with the last shower. I'll bite anyway, tell us; What do you think the big secret is? My guess would be that the entire world is in fact run by Tescos and that Walmart is a subsidiary of theirs. Commerce drives everything. PS; I spotted what you did there but it might have been better if you'd hypertext linked it to askmyarse dot co dot uk.
  17. I sometimes wonder at how our language and the way we use it has been modified by I.T.
  18. [quote name='MisterT' timestamp='1491946342' post='3276750'] Cannot listen to this tune without the Macc Lads' words entering my head. [/quote] Can you give us an example please? I am barely aware of the Macc Lads. Were they in Viz?
  19. I know that one in my sleep! When I was ten we lived in a hotel suite for a few months around the time that song was popular. The function room of the hotel had a good sound system and my bedroom window was overlooking it. Blockbuster played over and over again but I never got sick of it. Come to think of it, the filtered sounds from the weekend discos heard in my sleep were probably what made me the [s]awsome[/s] awful player I am today.
  20. Had the original LP too. A real cracker from the day when Sci-fi was a proper cult. I said [i]cult[/i]. Sci-fi today is such nonsense; [url="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407304/"]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407304/[/url] Ear plugs recommended for the bits with Dakota Fanning in. Eeeeeeeeeeeek! Eeeeeeeeek! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! Edit: I should say that I was referring to the LP of "Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds" from 1978. I am amazed how many versions H.G. Wells' original story inspired.
  21. I've bought a couple of books of tab arrangements of J.S. Bach for bass. If you can't find any yourself message me and I'll get you some more information. It's cracking stuff but you need to be a bit more applied than myself.
  22. [quote name='Mickyk' timestamp='1489686752' post='3259022'] Agree to a certain extent as regards slapping my sr 300,maybe it's just my technique ,i saw a video on youtube of a girl, Martha i think her name is and she was using a Yam 424 with great effect,playing the Patrice Rushen track,Forget me Nots a song which i like a lot and always wanted to learn,but cannot seem to make the right sounds slapping with my Ibanez sr300,maybe i need more practise,it was just that i am sold on that Yam 424x. Some great replies guys cheers for them,i am open to more suggestions however. [/quote] Are you going to do a lot of slap? I'd recommend looking for a set of super wound strings. They're the ones with just the core wire going over the saddles, the windings (round wound) start between the bridge and bridge pup. Very bright and good sustain. Hard to get these days I think but a real sound from the eighties. Is this the clip that you saw? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRusbYIyRNI
  23. [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1489682707' post='3258971'] Oh way ahead of you on this... Functionally, it works surprisingly well in winter, [i]within reason[/i] - providing the radiator is working and my wife doesn't have friends round. In summer, the leather seat cover just gets too, well... 'claggy' Hence underpants uber alles. [/quote] Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! [frantically tries to scrub image out of brain with bleach]
  24. No. He's clearly looking for a discussion on the great works of Talk Talk from the eighties.
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