silverfoxnik

Gorgeous looking basses and great photos as per usual Al!

This thread is giving me real GAS for a P-Bass, which is not good (right? )

[quote name='stinson' post='496319' date='May 23 2009, 09:13 PM']That Sir, was superb. Well done. That JV brings a tear to my eye, reminds me of one I let go years ago [/quote] +1 on both counts....

[quote name='SteveO' post='496795' date='May 24 2009, 08:14 PM']I think that compressors add a certain degree of safety when playing live. I'm not a big fan of using compression as an effect, although I think it's essential to get that phat reggae sound, but I definately wouldn't leave home without it. I believe the trick is to set the threshold so that for normal playing no compression is being applied so you still have the full required headroom for your dynamics, but it'll still kick in for those moments when you catch a string way too hard on a pop, or dig in too hard with the pick and prevent that embarasing moment when for one note you drown out the rest of the band. It may happen only once in a set, but i'd rather have it than not. A bit like an airbag I suppose. Of course for the inexperienced It's a useful tool to get consistency of volume, at least it was for me when I was starting out. I think most bassists will use less and less compression as their ability improves to the point where they eventually find it unneccessary and bin it.[/quote] +1 That's pretty much my view.. Certainly, compression makes a huge difference when recording a bass but in a live setting, unless you are using it to achieve a certain effect, then controlling your dynamic range using your playing ability is a better way to go..

[quote name='Flanker' post='496524' date='May 24 2009, 11:06 AM']Hi Nik I was going to do the same for a player I saw at a wedding last night The band were Between the Covers and the bassplayer had a lovely GB Spitfire 5 and EBS TD650 / 210. (They were from Brighton of course)! Great tone and playing. I did get a chance to say hello and tell them I thought they sounded great. The bass player said he had been on here but not for some time.[/quote] Hi Flanker, That's cool! I wish I'd been able to do the same thing... One of the things that happened to me since I joined Basschat (and Bassworld before it) is that I've developed much more of an appreciation of other bass players talent than I had before..which has got to be a good thing! Nik

[quote name='silddx' post='495732' date='May 23 2009, 02:21 AM']I posted this on another thread but thought it deserved one of its own .. Never having had a bass lesson ever, I had my first lesson with Jake Newman (Jakesbass on 'ere) a few hours ago. All I can say is my mind has been opened like a bloody flower! I'm no newbie to this bass biznis but blimey, has Jake taken me apart. I feel like a musician all of a sudden but with so much personal expression to learn. We talked a lot of the time and this was a massively important part of the session. My most enormous f***ing lesson for tonight was: Sing what you hear in your head, then play it on the bass. Jake was singing me what he heard in his head, then playing it on the bass milliseconds later. I, being the competitive sort, had a bash at the same thing, Jake told me I was singing what I was playing, not playing what I was singing. He was absolutely right. I really thought I was playing what I was singing, but I truly wasn't and I instinctively knew that. A very humbling and exciting experience. It taught me a lot about myself and a helluva lot about why I didn't feel I was expressing myself musically. I am restricted by my technique, my repetitive patterns and my lack of/mis understanding of basic theory. I have some homework and I am raring to go! I can't believe how beneficial one lesson from a real musician (one making a living at it, one who has played with such notable musicians, and who is so accomplished at personal expression through a piece of wood with strings on it.) could be. I feel so rejuvinated Cheers, Jake.[/quote] Amazing post! Really honest too... That's exactly the same as I've felt about my playing for years now.. May be a visit to see a tutor of Jakesbass calibre is in order! Nik

Hi Folks I was doing a gig yesterday at The Beer festival in Southwick near Brighton last night and when we'd finished setting up before our soundcheck, I wandered outside to see what else was going on and there was a great band playing some Bobbie Gentry tunes (amongst others) and they great! In particular, there was a guy playing what looked like a fretless P Bass special and an EUB and he was really, really good! Great timing, lovely sound and held the whole band together! Anyway, I didn't get a chance to speak to him as their set must have finished when we started our soundcheck, so I thought I'd put up a post here to see if he's a fellow Basschatter? Cheers Nik

[quote name='stinson' post='494462' date='May 21 2009, 04:54 PM']Sounds bloody great![/quote] +1 Paul that's fantastic; great bass line too (Shalamar??) and nice playing.. As OTPJ says, why pay more!

[quote name='ben604' post='494221' date='May 21 2009, 01:35 PM']Jesus! Where do you practice?! Wembly?[/quote] Nice set-up....

That's a very gorgeous looking bass!!

[quote name='Clarky' post='492703' date='May 19 2009, 09:10 PM']Beautiful bass, mate - and your photography is second only to Lysdexia on this website![/quote] +1

This is not a thread for the faint-hearted!! Far too many beautiful basses, just on this page alone!! Very enjoyable though...

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='492059' date='May 19 2009, 06:30 AM']It is Nik, and a happier bass player am for it methinks. The C64S and CS 4001's came out yesterday too. I forget how nice they sound.[/quote] Ah, of course - I'd forgotten that you had those beauties as well Peter! Be good to see them out too...

Nice collection Peter, as per usual! Is that all that is left of the once mighty GreeneKing herd, now you've sorted out the wheat from the chaff?

[quote name='deaver' post='491727' date='May 18 2009, 07:00 PM']Cheers. It's definitely something different, I'll try and get some more photos up soon. The credit really has to go to Bassassin for finding this though, it just happened to be near enough to me to collect. I don't know how long I'll hold on to it, hopefully they'll be a bass bash to bring it to soon - it's well worth a look.[/quote] That'd be good.. Look forward to it when there's a Bash and if you still have it (which hopefully you will)...

Very cool looking pair of basses!

That looks fantastic! Congratulations on picking up something a little different from the usual....

[quote name='josh3184' post='490719' date='May 17 2009, 05:58 PM']yum! Now that's a nice relic![/quote] +1

[quote name='mcc' post='490308' date='May 17 2009, 01:47 AM']Man, I cant even imagine spending 4k on a bass.... imagine hitting it against something in a gig.... you are planing on giggin it, right? Just how much can a bass improve over £800. From your list of gear you are probably fairly aware on what all those basses do and don't do for you, so just try as many instruments as you can without looking at the price tag and get the one that fulfills your requirements.... who knows, maybe it is an old battered squire and you will have about £3800 to spare.[/quote] That's like the story about Geddy Lee... His favourite bass, in amongst the hundreds he has, is a $200 J-bass that he bought in a pawn shop somewhere in the States.. And apparently, he even tried to knock the dealer down on price for that!

[quote name='Clarky' post='489984' date='May 16 2009, 05:46 PM']The colour on the Bacchus is really cool. Nice pair indeed.[/quote] +1

[quote name='The Burpster' post='489898' date='May 16 2009, 04:15 PM']You're not a member of Parliament are you, by any chance.....?[/quote]

[quote name='steve-soar' post='489175' date='May 15 2009, 06:31 PM']Still not a good enough reason to keep the "Jamster" on the forum.[/quote] Agreed!

With a rig and bases like that, plus your other half looking like she does, you should be banned from this site immediately!