bassmandan

..... and it only has [i]four[/i] strings!

[quote name='wmsheep' post='177773' date='Apr 16 2008, 12:24 PM'][attachment=7747:IMG_0789rs.jpg]Of course, I dont have the flaming in the wood, but the colour is close enough.[/quote] Just whack it through a planer, take a few mm off, stick a quilt cap on it and then re-radius it..... easy!

my EBS head used to belong to [er, was used on a clinic tour by] Mr. Marcus Miller...... in fact I'm fairly sure this was a yarn spun by Bernie to lure in suckers like me, Marcus probably signed half a dozen of the buggers! Oh well, damn fine bit of kit anyway! infact, looking at the pic it doesn't really constitute any form of proof that it's even an item of musical gear really does it!?!? maybe I just took a large piece of anodised metal to be signed by the man at one of his gigs?...... ho hum!

[quote name='Maxcat' post='173566' date='Apr 10 2008, 12:54 AM']Muse Still cant do it.[/quote] many would argue I'm sure Maxcat

[quote name='Denim' post='173563' date='Apr 10 2008, 12:44 AM']......jamming hard on a big bass guitar with swooning groupies throwing themselves at my feet......[/quote] er, yep..... that's pretty much the way it works! welcome to the forum Denim, and to your voyage into the lower register!

Hey Clarky, I have a suspicion we share a surname! we certainly share a passion for collecting basses at any rate! welcome to the forum, I hope your stay is a happy one! Dan (Clark without an 'e'!)

[quote name='Golchen' post='170729' date='Apr 6 2008, 03:09 PM']I'm quite suprised at where this thread has gone! I spend a lot of time at a 'famous technical guitar player's' forum, and it often degenerates into this sort of thing. No matter how good an artist in question is, there's a lot of spouting off at the fact that a piece is not perfect to the nth degree, and many posters seem to lose sight of the fact that we are talking about music and not measuring a piece of engineering to 1 thou spec. As far as the Estelle performance goes, I really enjoyed it, especially the bass playing. Now I don't have the discerning ear that some of you guys have, but I do think some of you are analysing and criticising way beyond the pallette of most listeners ears (mostly non-musicians). Sometimes music gets too technically perfect and loses it's character. There's nothing wrong with striving for technical excellence, particularly with the rhythm section, but it's not the be-all-and-end-all of peoples enjoyment of music.[/quote] +1 let's not forget it was all live, my experience of these things (not actually appearing on L with JH btw) is such that it may take one or two numbers to really get into the pocket, on this show you've got to stand around listening to everyone else play/chat etc. and immediately jump into your tightest ever playing without any chance to warm up and get in that Zone. 4-5mins later it's all done, it really can't be that easy can it?!? nice curtains Golchen btw

[quote name='Beedster' post='167364' date='Apr 1 2008, 12:35 AM']To be honest, it's not hard to re-intonate a bass as.......[/quote] assuming all the frets are in the right place! ....... as is of course, not always the case, sometimes even at the 'top end' of the market!

[quote name='Pedro1020' post='167098' date='Mar 31 2008, 05:57 PM'] Mine has to be my main bass, a 97' Streamer Stage 1, its the only bass I own! works with every style IMO. Plus! it has the optima gold strings beerdragon gave me, any thoughts? keep or not to keep them on.[/quote] blinkin 'eck! that's staggering..... is it Lacewood? optimas look good too.... er, kinda match the hardware..... some of it anyway [size=1]edit: PS: please do let me know if you ever need a kidney! I'd even throw in an LX, wouldn't want you to be Bass-less now would we![/size]

hey hey fellow yam yam! you've got to be on the right track with an Ibanez mate, where are you learning, and who with, not one of mine are you?!

I think it was Dave Kilminster who summed it up quite nicely by saying something along the lines of: "why sound like two crap [bass] guitarists when you can sound like one good one?"

[quote name='molan' post='167658' date='Apr 1 2008, 02:20 PM']Just been watching Etienne Mbappe - yet another great African bassist, so what's with the playing in gloves stuff though? I just Googled this and someone said it was because he sweats so much he has to wear them??[/quote] I saw him play in a club in Prague a few years back with a London based female soul singer who's name escapes me. Anyway, I'd never heard of him before, and not heard much since, but his playing was incredible, simply jaw-dropping stuff! he's one of my myspace buddies if that counts for anything!?! [url="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=70442576"]Etienne Mbappe[/url]

[quote name='molan' post='167590' date='Apr 1 2008, 12:18 PM']There's this one: [url="http://www.uxlofficial.com/"]http://www.uxlofficial.com/[/url] [/quote] ha ha, touché!

there are others?

[quote name='dlloyd' post='164346' date='Mar 27 2008, 11:31 AM']The general rule of thumb for improvising is that chord tones are the most 'consonant', they sound the best. The chord tones for Dm are the notes that make up the chord: D, F, A. They sound the best on the strong beats of the bar, particularly on beats 1 and 3 if you're playing in the most common time signature 4/4.[/quote] ....let's not forget of course that this is also the tonic chord in the saddest of all keys: Dm