SpondonBassed

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1471021357' post='3110087'] I'm not sure what a "Pro" is. [/quote] Pro=professional. Professional being the currently accepted term for someone who earns most of their income from what they do. In ye olden times, use of the word "professional" would be reserved for Doctors, Lawyers and those who put many years of formal study towards their life career. From what you say Blue, you are a professional musician in that music is now your full time job. PS, can you post landscape photos of your gigs next time please? We'd see more of what it's like for you there than we do in portrait mode.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1471018187' post='3110062'] ...U2's unreleased 'acoustic' album... [/quote] U2 can't do an "unplugged" album. The sudden release of pressure when the cork is pulled from Bono's ego would flatten small children and animals for quite a distance! The safety elf wont have it, sorry.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1471018187' post='3110062'] Rolf Harris [url="http://lingodictionary.com/slang-definition/9745/slang-definition-of-plating"]plating[/url] a stylophone? I'd pay money to see that. [/quote] BWHARHARHARHARHARHAR! Sorry about that folks. When I looked up the slang definition behind "plating" (cheers Skankdelvar) I realised my understanding of the word fellatio was flawed. I always thought it was an antiquated term used in classical notation for the pink oboist.

Heeheehee. Careful now we might have to get Rolf Harris on tour with U2 plating the Stylophone! You'd see some haters then man.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1470994111' post='3109797'] I do pro gigs and hobbyist gigs, and I've got a 'proper' job. It's just gigging, innit. [/quote] Maybe so but that appearance in the BBC battle of the bands thingy was class.

[quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1470989721' post='3109759'] so who are the pros and who are hobbyists? [/quote] Born again hobbyist aiming at OM nights locally. I like to play and try to improve as a musician but only for the sake of enjoyment. Not embarking on a career, a formal education or owt else.

Welcome Chris, Lots of 'bikers and ex-'bikers here. You'll likely enjoy it. Watcha riding at the moment?

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1470933975' post='3109476'] Quite so. The very nature of Mr Edge's innovative approach practically [i]demands[/i] a solid and sober foundation. When one considers in turn Mr Bono's deliberately loose vocalisations one begins to understand why the rhythm section more or less 'sits on it' while the guitarist and singer wander off all over the place. One of those great 'What If's' is what if U2 had been a five-piece with a rhythm guitarist? Let us call him Flann O'Brien. Would Flann have gone the Rick Parfitt route and simply whacked out block chords on the four, thereby permitting Mr Clayton to drift around in a Phil Lesh stylee? Or would Flann have espoused a looser, more exotic, even funky approach and drawn black looks from Mr Edge? We shall never know. All we may conclude is that U2 are a fairly unique sounding band and that the bass player is (probably) doing exactly what is necessary in that context. This is the problem when we try to evaluate bass players in isolation or stack them up against others. Comparison is not only odious but fruitless. [color=#f0fff0].[/color] [/quote] If there HAS to be a fifth member, I'd like him/her to play the washboard.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1470908450' post='3109248'] I must be (almost) alone in not hating [i]any [/i]bass player really. [/quote] Nope. Some I don't "get" but I can learn from anyone. I'm quite sure that there is a large silent part of the membership that agree with you. The title of this thread uses the word "hate" but like a lot of words its meaning had been devalued by overuse in teen chatter.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1470900570' post='3109183'] It's Bonio I hate, just cos he's such a sanctimonious little knob. [/quote] I've not seen his little knob but the qualities you describe make him an ideal front man for a band of U2s stature. I think I'm right in saying that U2 isn't his band anyway, one of the other members started it. I'd larf if it turns out to be Adam.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1470760099' post='3108257'] I share your culinary tastes, but never tire of the 9th, personally. S'all good, really. [/quote] I listened to the 9th symphony this morning. I can't knock it but I think I preferred the Trout quintet mainly because of the size of the ensemble. More like a decent band with each instrument distinct in a way that only soloists can achieve in an orchestra. I learned something about my taste in music today. Cheers.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1470782860' post='3108511'] I think the second team are slightly disadvantaged. Could I suggest Mark King, Adam Clayton, and Chris Wolstenholme for that team, and Jaco Pastorius, Bernie Edwards, and John Entwistle for the dead team? [/quote] What I took from that was that MAJ is disadvantaged in that two of its bassists are ALIVE! Good one, heeheehee

Welcome Josie. Sounds like you've had an interesting couple of years of self discovery.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1470772264' post='3108388'] U2 were formed in the 70s. [/quote] I lived in Ireland at the time and found myself working in Dublin after I finished school in 1980. I think it was the first Live Aid in 1985 when U2 started to go big internationally. We had watched the lead up to that for a few years. As fresh liberated young men we had to admire Bono's barefaced cheek at stealing the "Doo - Doodoo" hook from Lou Reed's Take a Walk on the Wild Side while he played the crowd like a true pro. Don't condemn me, as a young Dub, it was that or become a fan of The Boomtown Rats.

First to three makes this the winning score for MAJ. There need be no further argument. For my next trick I will convince you ALL that black is white and then try not to get killed on the next zebra crossing.

I see what you did there. Heeheehee.

Score two...

Score one point for MAJ...

Shall we settle this once and for all with a Bass-Off? I nominate two bands each comprising three bassists thus:[list] [*]In the red corner - SMV (Stanley Clark, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten) [*]and in the blue corner - MAJ (Mark King, Adam Clayton and Jaco Pastorius) [/list] Let the grumbling begin FOR REAL...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1470758046' post='3108232'] I certainly don't hate Adam Clayton. But I [i]am [/i]jealous of him for being in the right place at the right time. That's it, really - his playing is really neither here nor there, he does what is necessary for the song, as said. I think virtuoso bass playing is highly overrated. In my view the electric bass is not a solo instrument and I like it best when it is supporting, firstly a really good drummer and secondly, a great band. Try finding either. Bah! [/quote] Plus one. Well put.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1470687034' post='3107707'] Look, it's no exaggeration to say that it's even better than the Grateful Dead, and even Schubert..! There, I've said it..! [/quote] Oh I dunno you know. I do like a bit of Trout.

I think the term "over-engineered" might be appropriate. Back in the day, there were less bean counters to account with and you didn't have to build down to a price so much. Now stuff seems adequate for the job in the main but once out of warranty... it's a nice trick that can mean the difference between being able to continue with a viable business or not.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1470743257' post='3108053'] Chancers...I suppose that they must still get away with it otherwise they'd have given up on it by now..eventually everybody will be computer savvy enough not to fall for this sh1t. [/quote] I don't think it matters if you are computer savvy or not. I know I.T. people who are gullible too. There is an opportunist for every walk of life, technology hasn't changed a thing.

Yeah man. I've been grooving my nut off since this thread went up. Good one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97RjuC9YeXg

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1470659941' post='3107391'] Thanks for the advice everyone. Quite a bit to mull over there! I'm swaying towards blend and EQ at the moment. It sounds simple enough and I won't need to acquire more gear that the Mrs can see! Any other suggestions would also be greatly appreciated. [/quote] Perhaps hire a secret storage unit so that the Mrs doesn't know just how much you have indulged your GAS?