silverfoxnik

Scary! The six strings that is, not your Halloween mask Good luck with your search...

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1433889283' post='2794946'] Think it's Glenn Gregory? [/quote] Thanks.. I'm ashamed to say that don't know him, so will look him up on that there t'interweb thing...

Brilliant! Who's on vocals?

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1433525506' post='2791905'] Preaching to the converted here... [/quote] +1 But it's good to know that someone has finally worked it out...

I'd add McCartney and Carol Kaye to the Pop genre, though James Jameson's contribution is undoubtedly immense. And as MacDaddy has just said, I think Bootsy Collin's contribution to funk needs to taken into consideration too.

Just bought a Macbook off James.. ..well technically, it was Mrs Silverfoxnik who bought it - I was just the middle-man Anyway, suffice to say, dealing with James is always a pleasure - his gear/items are always as described, very fairly priced and his packaging is second to none! More than that, James is a really genuine bloke, so when I saw his For Sale ad for the Macbook, it was a no-brainer - I knew it'd be a great deal! Hence why Mrs Silverfoxnik is now the happy/proud owner of a shiny all-singing, all-dancing Macbook, and we've managed to save a lot of time searching around for one and a fair few £s in the process!! Gotta say, the new Sell Anything forum here on BC is really handy. Thanks James, much appreciated

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1432288639' post='2780017'] He and Larry Graham were really the only slap players I had time for. And playing on one of the world's all-time best-selling albums was quite an achievement, imho. RIP. [/quote] +1 Very sad news.. What's happening this year? So many great musical talents passing away...

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1432145726' post='2778642'] ....Muscle of Love was their last album. I really liked Glen Buxton's effective and economical lead guitar style, and Dennis Dunaway's melodic basslines - not dissimilar to Trevor Bolder in an era when bassists didn't stick with chugging out quavers on root. [/quote] +1

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[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1431880472' post='2775839'] I can't recall the details but I'm sure I've read that at some point there was problem with necks warping in the early days and Wal replaced them when it happened. Nice Pro One though [/quote] Good point Rich; maybe Dazed's post above provides the most sensible answer?

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1431972628' post='2776817'] The 410TVX is one of my fave sounding cabs, but as many have found, they`re just too big/heavy to be practical. [/quote] I had one about 8 or 9 years ago; it really was a great sounding cab... In fact, for the money, it was quite incredible!

Not sure to be honest. It might have been a black refinish from what was originally a natural finish? There have also been some documented cases of the PBxxxx numbering being occasionally out of sequence too.. Might be worth you looking on this site for more info,if you haven't done so already: http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1

That looks pretty genuine to me; Greg was one of the early Wal team in the Pro model era.. Nice bass by the way!

In 9 years of playing covers, this is the song I absolutely loathed playing: Jamiroquai: 'Love Foolosophy' Not even a good Bernard Edwards style bass-line could redeem that song for me. Utterly horrible plastic, soul-less, funk-less rubbish in every aspect....

[quote name='pierreganseman' timestamp='1431670626' post='2773745'] ah another very great one now gone [/quote] +1 Very sad news! RIP 'Sir' BB King

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1431639122' post='2773614'] Ah yes, Dennis Dunaway - I liked his bass playing; he co-wrote several hits including 'School's Out'. [/quote] +1 Great bass player, one of my earliest influences.. His bass lines are so distinctive on the first few Alice Cooper albums, they almost define the songs.. And I agree with the OP; his jazz bass was very 'bling' for it's time!

Hi, A warm 'West Sussex' welcome to the best Bass Forum on the planet Neil! See you around Nik

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1430668372' post='2763549'] He's on that very short list of once in a life time performers. Blue [/quote] +1 I saw him at Hammersmith, mid 80's IIRC.. He was a fantastic performer; had the audience in the palm of his hand from start to finish!

Good thread this! I think a lot of what gets you close to the right tone for a song comes more from how you physically play the bass line itself, as opposed to the particular bass you're using, or amp e.q., fx etc.. For example, the verse bass line in Lenny Kravitz's 'Fly Away' is slapped, and playing it like that gives you the sound required for the song at that point.. Switch to finger-style playing for the chorus and the sound immediately changes to what's required at that point in the song. So, in that example, those two changes of playing style have the most immediate impact on the sound IMO. Which means that, in theory, one well set up bass (that you enjoy playing) with fairly new strings and a good amp/cab should do the trick provided you approach playing the bass line for the song in the right way.. But having said all of that; have I ever managed to take just one bass to a gig in the last 9 years? No. Have I changed basses, amps, cabs, fx pedals countless times in the last 9 years? Yes. I guess I could have got by with gigging just the one bass over the years, but it's been so much fun experimenting with different gear set ups etc, etc, that I wouldn't change it for anything! Mind you, I pretty much use just one bass all the time these days; a Yamaha BB300 that I got here on BC recently. Cheap as chips, relatively speaking, but it works so well on so many types of music, it's perfect... Almost!

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1427712417' post='2733237'] such a cloud of negativity... congratulations to BlueJay [/quote] +1