RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

[quote name='Doctor J' post='936467' date='Aug 25 2010, 09:42 PM']So you get a few nice basses, where do they live? On the wall? No, that's just asking for trouble. In a case? No, they need to be accessible and that would look awful. So what do you do, where do they go? In the Bassdrobe™, that's where. Not quite gear porn unless D.I.Y. gets you jolly, but there it is anyway [/quote] Nice job. You may wanna put a poster inside tho' as the finishing touch

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='942290' date='Sep 1 2010, 04:04 PM']From the land of large wardrobes comes... [/quote] Not a bad idea. Not sure about the flying cat tho'

Good luck in whatever your doin'. Best to keep one bass,and take it from there. As you can see, a lot of us have given it a break for various amounts of time. I think alot of us are disillusioned with playing in small pubs etc. So many of 'em are closing, or you have to play the waiting game,bombarding them with phone calls waiting for cancellations etc. Not sure what I'm doin' myself. My band practices are fewer,and gigs are harder to come by. May sell most of my stuff and take a course on logic for home. You may be back . Keep 1 bass just incase

Well, there's so much to consider . I remember as a kid, we used to load up singles on a Dansette. (various stuff like the Equals, Amen Corner,Hi O Silver Lining,Paranoid,Atomic Rooster etc). Don't think we knew who played what, but the bass was nice and crunchy. Onto the 70's, I was getting into 'hippy stuff' ' AllMusic' Still in primary school I was discovering Budgie,Sabbath,Hawkwind etc. Loved the seventies music. When I was buying stuff for the 1st time, it was Abba ,Sparks and TRex. (I noticed the production of the early Abba singles astonishing.) Bought various 'pop' singles,even the occasional disco single ,tho'I detested 90% of the stuff. Started going to gigs in '79. Found the early (to become legendary metal bands) Maiden and Saxon albums to be okay quality but not to the standards of their later recordings. Loads of stuff in the '80s seemed to have a 'modern' sound. (later to be called over produced). Didn't mind some of it. I remember White Lions 2nd album being powerful in the (echoey?) mix. Phil collins drum sound 'in the air tonight' seemed bland and comical imo Eastenders anyone Anthrax's Spreading the Disease seemed powerful (but wimpy on original cd) Most of the Britpop of the 90's reminded me of 60's revisited-ok but nothing special. Nearly forgot: Keyboards! Great in the 70's(moog,T DREAM/FLOYD/Purple etc) Loads of pop stuff in the '80s Gary Numan/Human League etc. Loads of funk bass in the '80s too. Snthy stuff in the 80's was big too..Eliminator/Somewhere in time Better stop now,I'm rambling too much

[quote name='Heathy' post='937372' date='Aug 26 2010, 05:55 PM']For me MA's playing is spot on. Also, his backing vocals are second to none in that genre. Apparently VH was once looking to sack MA and replace him with Billy Sheehan. I expect that the nearest we will know to what that would have been like is 'Eat em and Smile'. The best VH album they never made IMO.[/quote] +1 . Apparently Jeff Berlin was considered as well.

Okay , we all know names like 'Precision' 'Rickenbacker' 'Markbass' etc. But the names of things being made now , are ,in my opinion slightly embarrassing. For example, Dean make good basses. However,I'm never gonna ask for a 'Playmate'. I'm not old enough to remember him ,but it's a saying by Arthur Askey-'Hello playmates' ! Ashdown 'Little Bastards' . Not really good if you're trying to prevent your children from swearing Are there any more that you can think of?

Nice stuff

Aguilar do cabs without tweeter. Awesome sound. Come in many colours too

Top bloke,who'll be missed by so many.

Probably the worst bass player I've seen...Jonny Rodd(W A S P) Lots of posing, but no actual playing. While we're on the higher profile/excellent players, I am abit confused.com about the sound of Billy Sheehan and the Dream Theatre Myung: Love Billy /Met Billy / Saw Mr. Big back in the day. We get to the Bass solo ...inaudible crap!! Dream Theatre: Don't really do much for me on cd. Live: Dream Theare ..Excellent. Myung..inaudible crap!! 6 strings not needed. Now , we know that these are 2 Awesome musicians . They endorse basses etc.(as does Wentz,whoever he is)in magazines. Does it matter what they use at the end of the day? Cronos from Venom could be heard As for the u2 Bassman. He has got to be the most focused player on the planet . Touring the world with Bono for so long ,must test the patience of so many.

Haven't looked at all of this thread, but I've just spotted a HM special BassPlayer mag. May be worth loooking at.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='917765' date='Aug 7 2010, 10:10 AM']Yep sure is. I've done it for a couple of people now. One guy did a lot of fingerboard tapping so needed the extra freedom of movement around the neck. Plus the strap hugs you and is therefore less likely to fall off if you are moving about or not playing.[/quote] Thanks for that. Will do it this way.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='917433' date='Aug 6 2010, 09:22 PM']Bootlace around the headstock behind the strings above the nut. Tie the bootlace through the hole in the strap. Sort of like this: [/quote] I did think of that Wasn't too sure how stable it would be . Looks good the way you did it. It still baffles me why the manufacturers of these instruments , cant put both strap buttons on

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='917384' date='Aug 6 2010, 08:38 PM']Well usually the neck heel is the safest bet but you don't want that. Why?[/quote] Yeah,maybe that's the answer.

I have a Dean Hollowbody bass. Trouble is , I don't know where to put another button on it , so that I can actually play it with a strap.Any ideas? (I don't want to put it on the neck tho' ) Don't know why these manufacturers ,didn't put two buttons on the bass anyway. Cheers

What amp have you got? Do you have pedals? Did Rammstein blow everyone away!?!