Steve Woodcock

Thanks Doctor J! I know that the promoter of that show is very keen to get Cynic back for their own show at some point so keep your fingers crossed.

I was actually supposed to be playing Chapman Stick with Cynic on this tour, however when their set got reduced to just 30 minutes the tracks I was to appear on got pretty much cut from the set. Still got to play the Dublin show but by the time we got to London it became apparent that they couldn't guarantee which, if any, other shows I'd get to play so I stepped down from the tour. [quote]Wow it was pretty amazing both bass players were amazing. I love Sean Malone and the guy from opeth is immense.[/quote] You realise it wasn't Malone you were seeing, but Robin Zielhorst? [quote]DiGiorgio did most of the bass, but the little solo in Cosmic Sea was by Skott Carino.[/quote] Nope, the solo was DiGiorgio too - Carino just did some overdubs at the beginning of the track: "The credits in the cd booklet are misleading. I played the whole song, but shortly after I was done I had to leave for Europe to hook up with the Sadus dudes to tour with Morbid Angel. Anyway, while they were mixing they found some weird sound on the bass track and since I wasn't there to fix it and since Scott was there hanging out during an album he wished he could have recorded...they told him to grab his bass and redo like three notes in the very beginning. That's it man, a very small thing. The break in the middle after the cosmic storm is me, obviously, on the mighty Ric." - Steve DiGiorgio

Sorted now, thanks.

[quote name='ARGH' post='310724' date='Oct 20 2008, 07:33 PM']Whats your requirements,you want decent Backline...amps...general space....size..or what..cost per session or hour...I know several.[/quote] Would be nice to have a bit of space but no backline is needed, we'll be bringing everything. Drums will be the only 'live' instrument anyway as we're using an in-ears setup (a desk and small PA would be a bonus - just to check the mix - but not a necessity). Would want to block book two days so whoever would be the most cost effective for that. [quote name='ARGH' post='310724' date='Oct 20 2008, 07:33 PM']What the hell you doing in Birstall?[/quote] Haha, it's where the tour manager is based. Edit: PM'd you with more details.

Can anyone recommend me any rehearsal studios in or around Leeds please? The closer to Birstall the better. Doesn't need to be anything fancy, no backline required, just need to be able to book it out for two days mid November.

To go: pair of AVF wall-mounted speaker brackets. Pick up from west London.

Cheers. I'll be playing most of the shows on the Opeth tour too

Some fresh live action from me last night at Progpower in Holland: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe32t3O16IQ"]here[/url]

This is the only one I've used that has a piano: [url="http://www.residentstudios.co.uk/"]http://www.residentstudios.co.uk/[/url]

How about a pair of [url="http://www.mackie.com/products/srm450/"]Mackie SRM450[/url]s or [url="http://www2.jblpro.com/catalog/General/Product.aspx?PId=93&MId=3"]JBL EON15 G2[/url]s?

[quote name='nig' post='288520' date='Sep 21 2008, 02:12 PM']Hi Stickman, Rick is a mate of mine, we worked together for 2 years and he left to do his own extended bass stuff, found gavin harrison on myspace and has done a great album called 'drop' check him out. he plays a crimson guitar.[/quote] Cool! Drop is certainly a great album. I like what I've heard of Rick's drumming too.

[quote name='geilerbass' post='280294' date='Sep 9 2008, 12:40 PM']I know of at least one Stick player on here - I think his forum name is Stickman, funnily enough.[/quote] Yep, I play a 10-string. Despite the forum name I've tended to have an on/off relationship with it over the years with time restraints meaning it take second place to my bass playing. It's always the tone that grabs me though. Although he's changed from Stick to ERB this guy is inspiring me a lot at the moment: [url="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=265314514"]05Ric[/url]

[quote name='bnt' post='287907' date='Sep 20 2008, 11:23 AM']If you can deal with bass in Fifths, in reverse order, you should be playing a Chapman Stick. That's the part that tripped me up... [/quote] For a while I had the melody side of my Stick tuned to the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Standard_Tuning"]Crafty[/url] tuning (all fifths except for the top two strings which were a minor third apart) á la Trey Gunn. Removed any last association the instrument had to a guitar or bass in my mind and led to some very angular melodies!

Does anyone have an email address for Bartolini? I've checked their website but it only shows postal address, phone and fax numbers... Thanks.

I used to run an SVP-Pro in to a Crest CA9 power amp in to an Epifani UL310 cab and it sounded incredible. I scaled down my rig and sold the SVP to coasterbass a while ago but still have the Crest for sale [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=21866&hl="]here[/url].