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    Trace Elliot Twinvalve

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    Recently bought of these on the forum as a back-up amp (£275 – a bit scruffy exterior but working fine and recently serviced). With these amps becoming vintage and rare, what it’s worth becomes less about “book price” and more about how much you want it – I reckon you’d be lucky to find one at all let alone at £250.
    It’s got much more of a modern “hi-fi” tone than say, my old Bassman,, at the time I don’t think TE were out to create any kind of retro product but a really clean top-end amp. I bought it as a back-up, but my passive fretless basses sound so wonderful and buttery through it I use it all the time for fretless, whereas my Music Man for some reason sounds better through my all-digital Yamaha BT-500H amp, maybe because it’s active.
    I’d love one of the four or hex valve versions, but to be honest for the gigs I play this has plenty enough grunt. Link for service manual;
    [url="http://britishaudioservice.com/schem...s%206/Twin.pdf"]http://britishaudioservice.com/schem...s%206/Twin.pdf[/url]

    Ian Dury

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Blimey, first "proper" bassline I learned nearly 30 years ago - no tabs then! As I remember it was much easier to play than it sounded/looked as almost all the notes are doubled. Top bass-line, top group.

    Breaking Nails

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    When I used to play a lot of flamenco guitar I used this stuff called Tuffnail (from Boots etc) that you rub into the base of the nail daily -it really did work. Also drink lots of milk - high protein & calcium - sounds daft but true. When I'm concentrating on bass I tend to keep them v short and use only the finger pad - find nails too "clicky" - but I mainly play fretless.

    The Armoury Show / Russell Webb

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Haven't heard of him, though I saw the Skids back in '80 (Liverpool Uni), great gig and probably the best support band I've ever seen (Fingerprinz).
    +1 on John McGeogh - saw him around the same time play with Magazine pre-Siouxsie & the Banshees - absolutely unique, and so often played around the strong bass-lines of Barry Adamson rather than vice-versa.

    The cure for GAS thread

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='mr pablo' post='63379' date='Sep 20 2007, 11:15 PM']This is my cure for G.A.S and I'll have it by the end of october :huh:
    Sorry if this causes anyone else to G.A.S terribly :huh:

    [attachment=2424:whole1_copy.jpg][/quote]
    Those RD Artists are bee-yewtiful, I so nearly bought one but they weigh a ton. Has it still got the Moog electronics?

    Like was said recently in another thread - basically there’s no cure for GAS; the symptoms can merely be alleviated by intensive gigging / jamming. Makes you appreciate what you got, and you’re too busy / knackered to go “cold turkey”.
    Let’s face it, if you’re on this forum then you’re more obsessed about all things bass than is normal for a well-balanced human being. Accept it, and enjoy it. :)

    Stage Clobber

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='wotnwhy' post='58871' date='Sep 11 2007, 06:22 PM']for me, gigging is a whole package. sound, look and presence are very important when live. if you play to a crowd like you play in rehersal they might as well buy a CD because they're not going to get much more from seeing you on stage. Performance in terms of looks and actions are as important as performance in terms of sound (for me at least. obviously not everyones views are the same).

    and so as you might have guessed. dressing up is a big part of playing for me. we have bin bags and boxes overflowing with dressing up clothes, and choosing what to wear before a show with the band can sometimes be almost as much of a laugh as playing!

    obviously, the venue being played and the crowd being played to are a big factor of whats to be worn. ranging from a bit of simple, plain style:





    to somthing a bit more outlandish for a bigger occasion







    to full on outrageous for parties and the like

    [/quote]
    Ah, we're back to "bassists in hats", one of the best threads ever! :)

    Iceman's

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Shaggy

    [quote name='paul, the' post='58235' date='Sep 10 2007, 03:09 PM']Isn't there another instrument with a similar crazy horn but with a scroll?[/quote]
    I think that was an Antoria - they certainly did a guitar in in the late '70's which was a take on the Gibson "F-type" mandolin with the scrolly bits - could have done a bass version.
    Fairly sure there was an Epiphone too around the same time with a scrolled upper horn (oo-er missus!)

    Strap-locks

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Thanks for all the good advice fellas - I guess I'll have to force myself to research the "Grolsch" method in order to further the science of Bassology (Newkie Brown tops no good?) failing which it's either the Schallers or the Dunlops.
    They do look like nipple clamps though don't they? At least I imagine so - I've never seen any. Honestly. :)

    Strap-locks

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    OK, it’s not the most exciting topic, but I’m currently building a custom Jazz 5-string, and after [*clears throat*] years of using humble strap-buttons thought I’d upgrade to strap-locks. Checked Allparts on-line and they do at least 3 types; Schaller, Dunlop (both push-release) and Gotoh (twist release). Anybody got any experience of these, or advice? Cheers!

    Weddings

    in Gigs

    Posted

    Excellent thread - worth pinning? Only played two wedding gigs, and we probabaly made every mistake possible short of sh@gging the bride's mother...... Wish I'd read these pearls of wisdom first!

    Anyone Know Who played on this?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote]When I said obscure...i meant stuff I wouldn't have heard before, not the ususal suspects like A taste of honey![/quote]
    Fair enough - you seemed to have just discovered Taste of Honey, so not sure what the "usual suspects" are to you. I'm in a covers band at the moment who do "Honk Tonk Woman" as an encore. As they've got male and female vocals I suggested "Gimme Shelter" as an ace Stones duet to do - they'd never heard of it. So you never can tell! OK, heard of these gems then;
    Let's start the dance / Hamilton Bohannon
    Shoot me with your love / Tasha Thomas
    Love sensation / Loretta Hollway
    Dance accross the floor / Jimmy "Bo" Hone
    You can do it / Al Hudson & the partners
    Delerium / Francine McGee
    Let no man put asunder / First Choice
    Contact / Edwin Starr
    Me and baby brother / War
    Blackwater Gold / The sunshine band
    Rock me again & again / Lynn Collins
    Starting too fast / Th HT's
    Brick House / Commodores
    Give up the Funk / Parliament
    Get the funk out ma face / Brothers Johnson
    Fire / Ohio Players
    Slide / Slave

    Anyone Know Who played on this?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Shaggy

    [quote name='Gazm' post='57172' date='Sep 7 2007, 07:46 PM']That list reminds me of why I like punk so much and why it came about :)[/quote]
    Hmm, well it's a point of view, though not one I'd agree with. I started in a punk band, playing nothing but from '77-'79, saw most of the big names except for the Pistols - Clash, Buzzcocks, Damned, Jam, Banshees, Stiff Little fingers & loads of obscure ones. For me, being fairly apolitical, it got better as it got more musical, and I was lucky enough to see live the post-punk band that will always be my favouite music - Joy Division. A reaction against Disco it wasn't - Disco itself was a working-class black reaction against the self-indulgent turgidity of Soul in the early '70's (Marvin Gaye's "What's going on" album is sheer class, but you can't dance to it) in the same way that punk was an anarchic reation against a rigid establishment and musically aginst the self-indulgent turgidity of prog-rock and manufactured pop. Both genres were basically about ordinary "youth" having a good time to music that spoke to them and that they could dance/pogo to, and like all genres both eventually became pastiches of themselves. Both really had their "golden era" at the same time - late '70's, even though Disco became mainstream first.
    Personally I love any music that speaks to me, especially rhythmically, be it Bach, Beatles, or Bulgarian folk music.
    The set list above is for a commercial band, designed to entertain paying punters as much as possible. Yes, a few tracks are schmaltzy - but all ooze pure, funky rhythm with fabulous basslines - the entire audience invariably danced all through the gig, every gig. Hell yes I miss the frantic energy of those early punk gigs, but I don't miss the gobbing!
    Sorry to have gone on a bit.

    Just seen the Police

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Also The Jimi Hendrix Experience, ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble…….. Emerson Lake & Palmer……(OK, maybe not). Cream has to top the list tho’
    It’s a great format when it works, and many times I’ve wished I could sing when looking for vocalists for bands.
    Back to the Police – is it all the hits, or any new stuff?

    Anyone Know Who played on this?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='bass_in_ya_face' post='55715' date='Sep 5 2007, 08:38 AM']Been trawling through some old disco stuff to listen to the amazing bass lines and discovered a very simple but brilliant bass line on "Boogie Ooogie Ooogie" by Taste Of Honey. It's really pushed high in the mix, real teeth rattling stuff and not muffled like a lot of disco bass lines tend to be.

    I've heard most of the Chic, Earth Wind & Fire, Wild Cherry stuff etc but can anyone recommend some more obscure stuff I may not have found?[/quote]
    That wasn't obscure, I think it might been ave been No.1
    Best "obscure" track for me would be "Do wht you wanna do" by T.Connection. Groovy bassline, baby!
    I was recently in Disco/Funk band that refned its set-lit to what worked, and was;

    Hot Stuff Donna Summer
    Boogie Oogie Oogie Taste of honey
    iAn't no stoppin us now McFadden & Whitehead (FAB!)
    Blame it on the Boogie Jackson 5
    Lost in music Sister Sledge
    Ladies Night Kool & the gang
    Boogi Wonderland Earth Wind & Fire
    Bad Girls Donna Summer
    Superstition Stevie Wonder
    Lady Marmalade Labelle
    Le Freak Chic
    That's the way I like it KC & the sushine band
    Disco Inferno Trammps
    Get down on it Kool & the gang
    Nutbush city limits Tina/Ike Turner
    Boogie Nights Heatwave (nice bass intro)
    Shame shame shame Shirley & Co
    Carwash Rose Royce
    Rock your baby George McCrae
    Shake your body Jackson 5
    We got the Funk George Clinton/Positive Force
    Boogie on Reggae Woman Stevie Wonder (Marcus Miller did great take on original Moog bassline)
    Streetlife Randy Crawford/Crusaders

    Hope that helps - got tabs for most of above if u want! None techincally hard, but some tricky timings - you got to feel the groove! A MusicMan helps of course. :)

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