RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

Beatles Hofner violin bass.....ugly. Jaydee . Gibson ebo. Not too keen on fenders , but....love my 77telecaster (?!?)

As a person who loves old keyboards stuff(tangerine dream/schulze / namlook) I heard of him , but nothing by him. Saw a pic of him in Fridays metro , and watched a few bits on you tube.T he an has awesome talent , and I love someone who puts on ashow. Is there anything you could recommend that's not too dancey ?

[quote name='MrTaff' timestamp='1350729731' post='1842732'] Don't know about the metallica stuff but for a lot of drop tuned stuff you'll need to down tune ( or tune the B up ) for the riffs where the bass follows the guitars, where they use the open C, C# etc to pedal off. [/quote] Drat! You'd think that in an ideal world, 4 string normal tuning, 5 string low moody stuff and a six string would do all of the above.)

When I was in bands, I used to do a bit of showboating on the easy songs. Couldn't see me being able to do it with a six , without sounding like les Dawson .

I know what you mean,)

Great stuff,)

My ex boss is a huge fan. When I was younger, I was into all things heavy (still am), but over the last few years I likeore of their stuff. Great for easy listening. They are truly great musicians. They also did not do " all around my hat' ,)

I've had a six string , gathering dust for a few years and due to financial issues have decided that maybe its better to offload my 5 string and a four. Recently I put the 6 for sale, but after noodling around the other night , I realised its not as complicated as first thought. When I was on a band, I never had time to learn it .getting the songs ready for rehearsal was taking up enough time in itself. Anyhow , the question is ; do I have to alter the tuning of six string to cope with down tuned songs by the likes of Metallica etc.( alot of that stuff is d flat etc)? Cheers

The people who notice most are your band members IMHO . Wouldn't think the crowd would, except for the odd beard twitcher.) Personally , I do. both , which is always handy. It means that if I were to join another band, I'd be able to adapt to the preferences to my band mates quickly.

I take it you already have carpet , if you're in an upstairs flat. Essential. A small combo is handy at times like this. Never put amp on the floor.

Sorry to hear about it Loz. Smaller gear is always a plus tho. Glad you're looking at the future with a retirement age in mind . Tbh , the 'proper ' way of doing things ( work hard, join pension, buy a property) has gone out the window years ago. I'm 2 years older than you, always in constant employment( less than 6months unemployed). It looks like part time / temp work is the future . And of course , wages are coming down while cost of living is sky high. I think it's obvious pensions will be tampered with by any gvt we have in power( I hate all parties). At least you have a fairly good pension to tide you over till the gvt one, Try to keep your best stuff tho as you deserve it.

Don't remember the combo. However, the first 'proper' amp I had( which was a head amp / cab)was ohm 150 . The cab was huge.my cat used to sleep in it. The head was heavy.everytime I turned it on - bang! Anything past 2 , and the windows were shaking. Powerful. Had to offload it when I moved house ,)

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1350469191' post='1839168'] ive seen this listed a few times, I assume its him listing it each time after failure to shift, rather than it being resold [/quote] It's Andy Baxter .com

[quote name='LeeCassidy' timestamp='1350311616' post='1837116'] Thanks for all the replies, dudes. Most appreciated. There's a little bit of conflicting info here, would be good to clear it up. Specifically around the Ibanez BTB and Yamaha TRB series. Are they considered wide spacing or not (even at 17mm)? Some of you recommend them, some say they're too widely spaced for a noob (scale length isn't really a problem, btw). It does seem like you're all saying the pickups and preamps on those are fine, though. That's good to know. I did spy someone selling one of those K5's for a reasonable enough price recently (£400, I think). I think it's still available, too. I can't stand the stupid inlay. I could live with it if it's an amazing bass, but I got the impression it's not the only gig in town at that price range. I also wondered if the pickup placement was a bit limiting at all. Lastly, I've read on here and elsewhere that some folks don't think mahogany is a great tonewood for a bass. It's amazing on guitars (I just bought an Ibanez RG7CT (one of just 22 left in the world) on the weekend *massive grin*). Am I talking nonsense (although the inlay is definitely fugly)? One last thing, slightly unrelated. I don't have an awful lot to plug the bass into. At the moment I've only got my (darling of the guitar world) Axe FX 2, which isn't bad, but isn't the best device in the world for basses. I was considering one of the following: Darkglass B3k SansAmp Bass Driver Hartke Bass Attack Is that Hartke worth avoiding? It's the cheapest of the lot, and I the clips of the B3K I've heard, so it would make sense to just plum for that straight off the bat? If you intend to gig , or rehearse with loud drummers ,other band members then you need about 250 watts. There are many brands for a good price from GK to Ashdown. Other bass chatters will advise you. Also , do you want combo,, or head/cab? [/quote]

Just heard it now. Best thing they've done for years. Very similar to something off exile? Btw , gigs are being announced . 2 (eventually 4) gigs at O2 in November . Tour next year?

Doesn't rock my boat . What bass did you buy last week?