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Do what Tony Levin did on Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up": stuff a disposable nappy under the strings. (The [url="http://www.elephant-talk.com/wiki?title=Interview_with_Tony_Levin_in_Making_Music&printable=yes"]Super Wonder Nappy Sound[/url]!)

One niggle about the Tune shape is that it's not the most comfortable bass to play sitting down. The lower horn digs in to your leg a bit. If you're looking for another source of weird and wonderful, have a look at [url="http://www.chrislarkinguitars.com/"]Chris Larkin Guitars[/url]. I think his monster 9-string was mentioned here recently, and he also does EUBs, singlecuts and custom jobs with unusual woods e.g spalted Beech.

12 pages to this thread? I thought 4 pages would have been enough... If you hate ERBs, come to Ireland! I've visited music shops in Dublin, Cork & Galway, and have never seen a 6-string on the wall, or even a pack of strings for one. The only place I've seen them is on Chris Larkin's [url="http://www.chrislarkinguitars.com/"]website[/url], and he's about as far from Dublin as you can get and still be in Ireland.

On my old Hohner, I've had a red 3" DiMarzio ClipLock for the last 15 years, similar to this: I should get a couple more, I think - boring, but comfy, and won't come off by accident.

First one went for £855 in the end. This new one seems to have had "one careful owner" - made in '91, had it for 16 years (he says).

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/warwick-thumb-thru-neck-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ260184745914QQihZ016QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]link[/url] I saw this filed under Amps, which makes me wonder if it might have been overlooked by a potential buyer. Currently at £510 with 1-1/2 days left. edit: it's a fretted model

Well, with the treble down, haven't you cut out most of the hiss, anyway? See, you gotta think about these things...

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she'll die? Or, maybe she'll take the tarantula off your hands?

[quote name='bremen' post='92005' date='Nov 21 2007, 09:44 AM']Or at least load up a few washing machines...[/quote] Washing machines are so 2002 - this year, the in thing is a chicken rotisserie oven: [url="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/Geddy-henhouse.jpg"][/url]

[b]Chris Squire[/b] is about to release a "Progmas" album, [url="http://www.chrissquire.net/marketsquire.html"]Swiss Choir[/url]. (Geddit?) You can hear his new version of [i]Silent Night[/i], and his older Christmas tune, [i]Run With The Fox[/i], on his [url="http://www.chrissquire.net/music.html"]music page[/url]. [i]Silent Night[/i] is not bass-heavy, but pretty-interesting, and his voice is in great shape I think.

[quote name='BassBod' post='93205' date='Nov 23 2007, 10:10 AM']Looks like a version of the Alembic system - using a "dummy" pickup as a noise canceller? Can't imagine that was ever standard on a Kramer?[/quote] That's what I was thinking of - it's just that the placement is weird. Alembic at least put them in front, in the same plane as the strings. It's the middle "pickup" in this picture: mmmm... Alembic... (drool)

My first thought was that those coils are a kind of humbucking system: no magnets, so they don't pick up the strings, but they could pick up noise and mix it in out of phase. Never seen one like that. though.

Do you mean the drum machine? It's a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_CR-78"]Roland CR-78[/url], which you can find samples of, e.g. [url="http://rolandclan.info/en/samples/cr-78/"]here[/url]. Don't know where you can find the In The Air Tonight part, but it's currently being used in a TV commercial. If you wanted the part where the loud drums come in, that section is in a sample on the song's Wikipedia page. (In Ogg Vorbis format, which [url="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/"]Audacity[/url] can handle if you have nothing else.)

[quote name='BigRedX' post='89252' date='Nov 16 2007, 10:01 AM']You won't be wanting to go to the Bass centre anytime soon then. When I was there a couple of weeks ago there was half a wall full of newly arrived tune basses including one very similar to the hollow body that you posted. It was a good thing that they were short staffed that morning and couldn't let me try any out otherwise I might have done some serious damage to the CC...[/quote] Their website's all wrong, though - only one Tune listed, with the wrong model name. I have a TWB43-BB: there is no TWB41, but if there was, it wouldn't be that style. That's the [url="http://tuneguitars.com/store/wizmart.php?code=000701&lv=2"]TBJ41[/url] in the picture. Note that these new sub-£1000 Tunes are made in Korea by a [url="http://www.tuneguitars.com/"]different company[/url], not the [url="http://www.cc.rim.or.jp/~tune/"]original factory[/url] in Japan. I'll get one of those if I ever go pro, but I'll have to make do with the knockoff till then.

Don't forget IANA[i]x[/i] - where [i]x[/i] stands in for a field of expertise relevant to the topic. IANAD => I Am Not A Doctor / Drummer / Dentist / etc.

According to the Bass Player [url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/chris-wolstenholme/sep-06/23332"]interview[/url] last year, Chris also has a EH BassBalls bass synth in there - not sure where it's used, though. Next time I'm in London, I need to go effects shopping, I think.

I wouldn't say the amp is [i]losing[/i] power - it's not working at full capacity. A bit like a truck with half its normal load.

It sounds like something you can do on a synth - I think he's using the pedal to open up a low-pass filter slowly. With extra resonance, so it goes a bit OTT when wide open. Maybe a bit of LFO on the filter too. I don't know exactly what FX Chris uses, but I don't think it's analog FX.

[quote name='Stickman' post='88609' date='Nov 14 2007, 07:46 PM']It's worth keeping an eye on the For Sale section on [url="http://www.stickist.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=PNphpBB2&file=index"]Stickist.com[/url].[/quote]Whoa! I didn't know there was such a high demand. Even allowing for the high £/$ exchange rate, those are some serious prices.

I have one, which I'm considering selling. It's a 10-string Ironwood model from 1979. I bought it in London in 2000, and probably shouldn't have, but I wasn't sure how long it would stay in the shop. If you've played standard bass for years (as I kinda have), and think you can pick one up and sound like Tony Levin (as I kinda did), you might be disappointed. Still, I think it would reward a real commitment and plenty of time. It's not a toy! It's currently here in Dublin, but I may be taking a short trip to England in January. I wouldn't recommend shipping it from here - expensive.

Have a look at the location: "nashille/murfreesboro, tn"? The account has no completed listings in the last 12 months, but a rating of 146 based on feedback from years ago. The contact details look like they've been copied from an existing bass retailer, but so far it looks like someone in the Nashville area who can't spell Nashville, and a bass seller who can't spell "frets". if I was interested I'd contact that retailer directly to see if it was for real.

Dang - I'm in the wrong country.

Porphyria? Porphyria?? What kind of band name is that? Sheesh... what's next: "Cancer"? "Leprosy"? "Anthrax"?

re Geddy - if you don't like what he's doing on the 70s stuff... get some newer stuff, such as [i]Presto[/i] (Wall-to-Wall Wal) or [i]Snakes & Arrows[/i] (dense & melodic). He doesn't stick to the same style for too long. I think he's a bit overdue for a change of bass, though, I never liked that Jazz into SansAmp sound (too muddy). I'm having difficulty coming up with even one name, because I tend to take the "progressive" view - musicians will inevitably change over time, and usually for the better. But: - Mark King: technically amazing, but technique does not make a song, and things were never the same after the Gould Bros. left Level 42. - Doug Wimbish: gave me an earful in the 90s with Tackhead and his other Adrian Sherwood / Keith LeBlanc collaborations, and Living Colour's [i]Stain[/i], but seemed to go "off the boil" a bit.

Tony Levin's [i]Beyond The Bass Clef[/i] is excellent - funny and wise, the only theory-type stuff is a speech he gave on note placement against the beat. My copy is currently on loan to another BassChatter - no, I haven't forgotten! - so once he's finished it, it can do the rounds by post. Send me a PM, if you fancy a read.