silverfoxnik

[quote name='MIJ-VI' post='908753' date='Jul 28 2010, 11:18 PM']Congratulations! It's nice to log on to good news for a change.[/quote] +1 Good luck with it all....

[quote](scalpy @ Jul 26 2010, 10:46 PM) * All these people saying Macca's a bell-end as if they have to work with him. Obviously I haven't either, but I know a man who has who can't praise him enough. He has endless tales of Paul rolling his sleeves up and getting involved, never ever mentioning his wealth and giving to charity on an epic scale. For somebody to live through what he has without any semblance of precedent would put any personality to the test, and you could argue that only George got close to being truly humble about it all. Musicians as a breed are proud of what we do or we wouldn't put ourselves in the position to communicate our ideas to an audience in the first place. Paul is quite rightly proud of his accomplishments and a lesser man would be even more boastful or whatever characteristic you wish to choose to describe him. If I had played bass in the Beatles I'd probably find it a little tricky not to mention it once in a while. Musically I believe the word to describe his playing is eloquent. Always the right turn of phrase at the right time. One of the few bass players the average punter will do "air bass" to when he drops a fill in- I'm thinking "With a little help from my friends". I can't believe there's 7 pages of this stuff and I don't believe anyone's mentioned him playing and singing at the same time. There's a video from the Magical Mystery Tour period where you can see him miming away admittedly but the bass line is bang on. I must remember the song. The earlier stuff maybe more simplistic but he rips through it. And as to all this business about Entwistle and Jamerson. McCartney was doing a very different job for those songs. Most of us have played in more than one band and know that you just can't always do your thing. It's back to the right thing at the right time. The Beatles were about the lyrics, the melodies and the textures. Paul did what he needed to and considering the variety of material demonstrated an imagination way beyond what most other musicians are capable of to suit. Entwistle was effectively the lead guitarist in his band and Jamerson developed a niche for another equally fantastic way of playing, again very specific for the audience. I'm staggered that so called musicians can't recognise what McCartney has achieved, especially as in many ways he has defined commercial bass playing.[/quote] +1 [quote name='Marvin' post='907495' date='Jul 27 2010, 07:41 PM']I was going to write a post but I think you've pretty much covered it for me, a cracking post.[/quote] +2

[quote name='dr1' post='900922' date='Jul 21 2010, 01:20 PM']my thread. yes, James Lee (Igor) Jamerson was the man. I saw the "standing in the shadow..." milion times already. it strucks me each time. my fav bassline of his is "Whats happening brother". i think you can't go trickiest and funkiest than that (IMHO) also check this link: [url="http://www.bassland.net/jamerson.html"]http://www.bassland.net/jamerson.html[/url] cheers![/quote] Thanks! Amazing site....

[quote name='voxpop' post='887422' date='Jul 6 2010, 03:35 PM']My latest acquisition............................. a beautiful set of Sandberg twins. Each have their own little subtle differences. First up is punchy, bright little a JM5 with a maple finger board, Delano pickups and Slinky strings. The other is a more mellow offering of a JJ5 with Rosewood board, Haeussel single coil pickups and TI flats for a thumping smooth sound. [attachment=53685:DSCN0898.JPG] [attachment=53686:DSCN0901.JPG] [attachment=53687:DSCN0902.JPG] [/quote] I owned that JJ5 for a while and it's a fabulous bass..Lovely duo by the way

[quote name='RhysP' post='906260' date='Jul 26 2010, 07:49 PM']So the pizzas aren't fresh then?[/quote]