Mickyk

Thomastik-Infeld JF344.... 43 56 70 100 Jazz Flat Wound Long Scale Take some beating in my opinion Made In Austria, they are not cheap but will last as long as you want to keep on playing them.

2 minutes ago, Mickyk said:

 

Hot dog jumped in fire ,out popped cookie., Was the lyric everyone thought they were singing.

That's lovely,but what does it sound like.?

This one I've  got my eye on .but no Pickguard.

Im asking for a bit of guidance, what would be your choice of Cab to use with this little box of tricks. 

Don't look back ya waanker i heard her say.

Anything Chuck Rainey, some of the most melodic  bass lines ever from a mainstream act in years gone by.

All Bassists should learn at least at Four of Rainey's Lines,and they are not that difficult to be fair.

My Old School, And  Ricky Don't Loose That Number are both a crackers but i think Walter Becker played Bass on those two.

Right well ill use the fishing analogy for you.A couple of weeks ago i went Fishing with a mate who's Loaded,a couple of days before we went he went out and bought a 3 Grand Pole,he was chuffed to bits that he had this top of the range dangler.WE both rocked up  at the venue, he pulled out this shinny new 3 grand  exquisite pole , i pulled out my £250 one,I caught  154LB of Carp over a Six hour session,he caught 63ilb.Iv'e been a Fisherman all my life ,he only started about 3Years ago.I rest my case. 

Rather stick pins in my eyes than watch this tripe,full of Idiosyncratic morons.

What strings and pick up combination do you have on the Fender Bart? , and is it a Mex P sounds great.

Just now, chris_b said:

 

Nor Juan Nelson and Travis Carlton. . . . . . . . yet!

 

Ooops. Just checked and Juan Nelson died in 2021 at the age of 62!

O my bad ,should have checked, for the record which one is Juan Nelson btw. I'll delete it.

Dont bother these chaps...😁

1 hour ago, pbasspecial said:

There’s a very good original Ampeg Rocket B200r for sale on here (mine).

Just saying 😉

I'll have a Butchers Ta .

Looking at upgrading from my Ashdown mag 155 evo which has been a good servant for the last 4 years or so to the Ampeg Rocket Bass RB115.? Anyone have any experiences with the Ampeg good or bad ,I'm all ears.

Any reviews on the above basses, been gassing for a while on these.

Appreciate any comments .

Saw Ian Drury and the BHs at Bridlington Spa Hall in 1979,I can honestly say this was the best gigg I've ever attended,and I've seen hundreds of bands.All talented musicians of a high grade,at least they were then,and so tight as a group.

On 11/04/2023 at 21:41, Shaggy said:

There are so many.   Cover of “Comfortably Numb” by The Scissor Sisters springs to mind.

Also that awful dirgey cover  of “Mad world” a few years ago that spawned a thousand other awful dirgey covers - it would depress me too much to google who it was (though I guess excluded from the thread as he was neither great or good)

 

Worst one for me - and everyone here will disagree with this, as for some reason it’s regarded as a classic - is Joe Cocker’s “With a little help from my friends”.  I have to turn the radio off if it comes on......

 

 

Edit: Actually no, I have wronged poor old JC.   I have a cheapo Christmas compilation CD with a cover of “Fairytale of New York” sung by Máire Brennan of Clannad (who makes a pretty decent stab of her part) and Ronan Keating (who really, really doesn’t)....🙁

Lets face it Shaggy ,the Original wasn't that good was it ? 

I'll tell you what Phil would have thought about it,oh better not might get banned.

12 hours ago, mikeycrikey said:

I've got the pink G&L Tribute JB2.

It's very light. Really nice neck. Typical jazz width but thicker front to back.

The neck almost  looks like it's untreated but  has a very light finish applied to it.

It sounds great with both pickups on full. 

It has plenty of other tonal options but the traditional both pickups on full works really well for me.

Love the P style body shape. It's very comfortable to play and balances well.

The pink finish is very pink and shiny. Almost wished I had picked a different colour.

That's interesting regarding the neck thickness. I've been looking at the sonic Blue one at Andertons which looks white in the Photo but has a Rosewood Fingerboard, i like the idea of the P bass type body as well as i find that the traditional offset type body which seems to be the norm with J basses a little too big for my body if you know what I mean, .anyway great reply thanks.

?Anyone had one or Gig with one, been looking at these for a while, just after a bit of Feedback really.

I saw them live in Nottingham in 1975,no one back then ever described Roxy has being underrated, they where a massive influence on so many other bands over the years Even Bowie copied them to some extent, so the word Underrated is not valid at all really.

On 11/04/2023 at 22:32, ezbass said:

 

I found it! It’s quite old and has some of my own notes on it that I made when I was learning it, way back when. These notes helped me for the timing and other things, but may mean nothing to you, for which I apologise. Hopefully, you’ll find something in this that helps.

 

 

Thank you so much ,will have a go at it tomorrow .

36 minutes ago, ezbass said:

I definitely had this once upon a time, whether it survived the house move is unknown at the moment. I’ll have a search later. 🤞

No worries thanks .

I have searched the depths of this here Tinterwebb thingymagig and came up with zilch, but thanks for the reply anyway.