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And if you want some real hilarity look up Manowar on youtube and take a listen to some of those lyrics ..pure cheese

1 hour ago, dmz said:

Brilliant 

I have a friend (drummer 🙄) who still takes these kind of vids seriously.

Wot - no Manowar so far ?

Oh god how did I forget about them, im onto it....

10 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

There is an unintentionally hilarious video of me with The Junkyard Dogs, spectacularly failing to play the ever so simple lead guitar line on Come Together... 😖

Haha , ive been in that situation , songs i can play perfectly then suddenly at a gig the nerves kick in and it all goes south

3 minutes ago, TheRev said:

I think I was also guilty of owning this at the time. In my defence, I would have been about 14 and easily impressed by this sort of thing. The people who made it, however, were grown adults.

Wow!!! I literally have no words, if it was me in that video I would be full of shame   lol

1 hour ago, Jus Lukin said:

HA ha! I was going to do that one, too!

Immortal are a good source of silliness, but Call Of The Wintermoon still tops the lot of theirs. This is, unfortunately, the best quality version I could find...

 

It's nicely set off by this, too...

 

Haha yes Immortal videos are always hilarious, this photo (not from a video but still hilarious) is made even more hilarious by the fact that his trousers are unzipped

8 minutes ago, davepb24 said:

Much as I have loved their music for decades I can never take these two videos seriously...!

 

Ooo great band , love some Nephlim, Tony Pettit is a great bass player too

This video is hilarious

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3 minutes ago, ahpook said:

Directed by Mike Mansfield. Nuff said really.

It's time for Dramarama !

Shame the video is so bad , I love the Cure and especially this song is one of their best imo

Inspired by some truly hilarious music videos I have seen on Youtube I thought there should be a thread for unintentionally hilarious music videos, I will start this off, I think the 2nd one may have been intentional but there is no excuse for the 1st and the 3rd  , I love the way Paul Stanley seems to be wearing his mothers boots and the way Gene Simmons looks like a creepy uncle in the Kiss video

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Ok, well heres a few , 

starting with one that is both factually incorrect and a display of monumental lack of self awareness

Jennifer Lopez - Jenny from the block

I stayed grounded as the amounts roll in - Hmm yes because nothing says grounded like boasting about your wealth

Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got , I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block - Of course because everyone from "the block" has personal assistants, and this would be the same person from "the block" whose staff are not allowed to make eye contact with her

Puff Daddy feat. Mase - ‘Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down

“Young, black and famous – with money hanging out the anus.”) Hmm why would you put your money in your anus?

Taio Cruz ft. Pitbull - There She Goes

There she goes looking like a star, With her body shaped like a rock guitar Err, her body is shaped like a guitar? I kind of doubt that

Radiohead - Street Spirit (fade out)

Cracked eggs, dead birds, Scream as they fight for life - Erm, if they are dead then how can they scream and fight for life?

On 22/03/2020 at 17:12, PaulWarning said:

I've just been loading the entire Beatles catalogue onto my phone, trouble is I was running out of space so I deleted the songs I don't like, got me thinking, seeing as we're stuck at home maybe fellow basschaters would like to say whether they agree or not.

These are the ones I deleted.

Till There Was You

Yesterday

Eleanor Rigby

Yellow Submarine

Within You Without You

When I'm 64

Wild Honey Pie

Martha My Dear

Piggies

Rocky Raccoon

Why Don't We Do It In The Road

I Will

Julie

Mother Nature's Son

Honey Pie

Revolution 9

Maxwell's Silver Hammer

The Fool On The Hill

Flying

Blue Jay Way

Your Mother Should know

All You Need Is Love

You may have noticed a lot off the White Album, I'm with George Martin on this one, it would have made a great single album, not a fan of Macca's tweeness either, I also cut Hey Jude down to 3.45, that ending is way too long

 

 

 

 

 

This is tough since even their weakest songs are usually pretty damn good

Till There Was You   Agree

Yesterday  One of their best songs imo and one of the finest songs ever written, I would have kept it

Eleanor Rigby Also one of their best songs

Yellow Submarine Agree

Within You Without You Agree

When I'm 64 Agree

Wild Honey Pie Agree

Martha My Dear Somewhat agree

Piggies Somewhat agree

Rocky Raccoon Agree 100%

Why Don't We Do It In The Road Disagree, I quite like this one

I Will Agree

Julie Agree

Mother Nature's Son Somewhat agree

Honey Pie Agree

Revolution 9 Agree, their weakest track imo

Maxwell's Silver Hammer Agree

The Fool On The Hill Somewhat agree

Flying Agree

Blue Jay Way Agree

Your Mother Should knowDisagree

All You Need Is Love Somewhat agree

17 hours ago, Franchement said:

@dannybuoy Yeah I have to go with just one pickup. Thanks for the advise, I'm gonna watch the Nordstrand's models. I think it's a good idea to look on the Soapbars side.

 

@shoulderpet As I said I have to go for just one pickup. I'm gonna watch the model that you suggest.

 

Thanks dudes !

If anyone have some other advices I will be glad !

Cheers

Ok, for metal I would normally recommend the Seymour Duncan Quarter pounder but if you are after warmth it may be a bit bright 

5 hours ago, Franchement said:

Hello fools

 

I'm gonna order a bass to a luthier but I don't know which pickup I have to choose.

I need just one passive pickup.

I like a round warm and powerful sound.

For examples :  'Ebin' of Sublime or 'I will survive' of Cake.

But I'm playing Metal, with no effect, so I need something powerful that will easily pass the mix.

Does someone have an idea ?

Thanks and have a great day !

F.

 

Cake - I will survive video shows the bass player playing a bass with a mudbucker and the tone seems to back this up, there is just something there in the lows that you just dont get with a P bass, sounds great , that being said I think this kind of tone will be lost in the mix easily in metal , I think if you want a warm sound but dont want to get lost in the mix you might need 2 pickups , one to provide the warmth and one to provide the mids, the Seymour Duncan SPB-2 will give you the warmth and the mids but dont expect anything remotely bright sounding from that pickup.

1 hour ago, Maude said:

Would something like a little neoprene sleeve do the job? 

You could buy a pair of surfing gloves and trim the fingers off and cut into a suitable size, you'd also get loads out of all ten fingers. 

There's these which are cheap and the extra small would probably ensure a snug fit. 

I don't what they'd do to the sound but these are only 2mm so could work. 

https://www.sportsdirect.com/gul-water-sport-gloves-888128?google&gclid=Cj0KCQjwu8r4BRCzARIsAA21i_Ayy5_c5oMPcaEmZCAnbkW9MRnPU4L7JTezpmSIrJKz7E6pV15FM3oaAmleEALw_wcB#colcode=88812803&fo_c=3681&fo_k=0b6e024f8b1027751e719cdc40e3722e&fo_s=gplauk

Thanks, not a bad idea

Thanks I will keep an eye out for one

Hi all

Have never really been much of a slap player but been getting more into it recently.  I have a little bit of arthiritis in my hands and find that if I play a lot of slap my thumb hurts a little bit at the point where the thumb makes contact with the string, my slap technique is sound so its an arthiritis thing rather than a technique issue.  Just wondering if there is anything I can use that anyone knows of to protect my thumb? I know Mark King uses gaffa tape but obviously tape is fairly thin so you need to use a fair bit of it each time, hoping someone has a good suggestion , thanks

On 13/07/2020 at 20:18, BassApprentice said:

So, some parts have arrived! 

Picked up some Squier elephant ear tuners from @jezzaboy to replace the tin foil tuners currently in place. I've never drilled holes for tuners so will probably need some advice on measuring to ensuring they fit. 

Already switched out the lovely strat pickup for a cheap rail pickup in a cool cover and it sounds not bad. Popped an old set of rounds on for now but will end up with tapewounds at some point. 

This will end up Pink with a tort scratchplate 😅 but the biggest task is working how to install and wire up this Quad rail humbucker I bought - much advice will be needed for this 😁

Can't wait to see the outcome of this 

On 29/06/2020 at 20:13, Dan Dare said:

Brightness has more to do with string and amp/cab choice than pickups, I find. High output pickups are not necessarily the way to go, in my experience. They can easily drive an amp into sounding dirty, but combine that with a tweetered cab and the result can be harsh, rather than bright and clear.

I think there is definitely some truth to this when applied to P pickups, I have tried a number of P pickups and they all sounded more similar than different, they all had strong bass and low mids and comparatively less highs than for example a J pickup, even the brighter P pickups were not night and day brighter, I have found that strings make more difference.  The other thing to try  is 500k volumes and a no load tone pot.

I dont have direct experience with but wiring one of the higher output P pickups like the Dimarzio split P or model P in parallel might be worth trying

On 15/07/2020 at 13:03, Bigguy2017 said:

My bro' does pub gigs (electric, folky - e-guitar, a-guitar, mandolin, bass, rhythm, vocals) with a TC BG250-208 combo, but usually they have no drums just one of those cajon things...

With drums it is not loud enough.

I was considering one of these when I was looking at combos , hearing this makes me happy I chose a Fender rumble , surprising a 250w combo isnt loud enough to be gigable

3 hours ago, Alec said:

Heavy - that is all...

I remember trying out amps at the Bass centre way back and I was looking around 100w ish and I remember loving the tone of the Trace Elliot Commando amp but compared to the other amps of the same kind of power it was like lifting a suitcase full of lead

On 15/07/2020 at 17:11, stewblack said:

Hey - I sound awesome with the mid scoop button in.

As i am getting older I could do with a button that scoops the mids...............around my gut area

On 12/07/2020 at 18:47, Maude said:

The Ignition series is fully hollow and reasonably audible unplugged. I play along with music quietly with my Club. One of the main reasons I bought the Ignition over the Contempary,  pleasantly it was half the price too. 

I'm sure I read that the Ignition pickups were more traditionally voiced where as the Contempary were more, well contempary, but I could be wrong. 

 

The Contemporary actually uses the same pickups as the more expensive German made Hofners however the control panel is slightly different and manafactured more cheaply than the control panel on the German Hofners, the tonal difference between the Contemporary and the German made is likely down to this as well as the German made being fully hollow, I had the opportunity to play one of the German Hofners and compared to my Contemporary it definitely had a darker, woodier tone.

Also worth noting is that the hollow body Hofners are usually around 5ibs weight so super lightweight which some people love and some people not so much

7 hours ago, Big Rich said:

@shoulderpet I contacted JHS and never got a reply.  Customer service it would seem is a thing of the past.

That sucks, sorry to hear that, all of the wilkinson pickups i have tried have been really good so it is a shame that they would not take the time to try and sort this

Ok so having sourced a  Duncan Quarter pounder after fitting it I have gone to adjust the pickup height and the solder joint joining the 2 halves together has snapped  Honestly Seymour Duncan get your act together, this happened with my Spb1 as well, if Roswell and Wilkinson can do decent solder joints on a pickup a third of the price why cant Seymour Duncan?

If anyone wants a Quarter pounder P pickup drop me a message and I will do you a good price for this pickup 

On 06/07/2020 at 09:25, Big Rich said:

** UPDATE **

I got an answer back from the seller, it transpires that Wilkinson's new Vari-Guass system boosts the E and A strings only, admittedly they sound fantastic but now the D and G strings sound pathetic.  I was told that they had had only good reviews but in my opinion, it renders the bass unplayable....why would you want a bass with 2 strings louder than the other 2 strings?  IT MAKES NO SENSE !!!

I can't return them as they have been soldered in, if anybody wants to buy them, I'll take £20 and that includes next day delivery to anywhere.

 

Hi

I know ive already said it but I really do think you should contact Wilkinson as this cannot be right, those pickups have got to be faulty ,   https://www.jhs.co.uk/contact-us