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By the way, obviously denying the things attributed to you in the letter would be the obvious thing to do here but not doing so makes you so much more rock and roll. You sound like heyday Led Zep.

Reminded me of this a bit http://www.27bslash6.com/f26a.html

I think for a quick drop D you don't have to resort to much more than a quick fiddle with your tuner between tunes but if I were still playing in the prog rock band I used to when I was a bit younger with multiple drop tunings, I think I benefitted from having more than one instrument on stage, that way even if you've only got say two basses then you can choose which one you'll be able to tune quickest before the next song happens, based on what the bass is tuned to already. The key is the speed you're able to swap instruments, the slicker you can make it, the less your audience have to wait for you to kick into the next song.

I've recently gone from being almost exclusively a Jazz bass player to a P-Bass player once again, my 70's P has a chunky neck profile and whilst I found it a little 'slower speaking' than most other Jazzes I've played/owned, it hasn't taken too long to adapt to the change and now I really love the way it's making my hand stretch out that tiny bit more. I tried a mate of mine's Jazz out a month or two back, it was like playing a toothpick. I can play much faster on a slimmer neck profile but I don't necessarily consider that to be a good thing for me anymore, I'm very happy with a P style neck right now and the adjustment didn't take long.

I've never fully understood much about neck profiles either. Lots of people saying J's are slimmer than P's and all of that which whilst I've found to be largely true when speaking about Fenders, there are a number of notable exceptions to this rule that I've come across. Probably attempts to standardise neck shapes have led to more confusion than it is worth and trying out an instrument first to see if it suits your own preference is probably the way forward.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1368619719' post='2079232'] Um, I took it down because I presumed no-one would think beyond the fact it was pretty faithful to the original, and wasn't sure if it illustrated the point of this thread properly, I can clearly hear my style in there, I doubt anyone else can But here it is again. The suit was because we were going out and I was waiting for my queen to get ready so I recorded it then, I didn't put all that clobber on just for the vid [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QbJ0Ga8hFc[/media] [/quote] Great pick work Nige. I'm getting tired of seeing bass players avoid using picks, I put it down to years of prejudice against pick playing. The guys you do see finally picking it up are usually great fingerstyle players but novices with picks which I always find really strange to watch. I digress, but you nailed it.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1368619028' post='2079212'] Well looking at their Wikipedia entry, Rush have been going for a couple of years now and made a few albums. I'm guessing they aren't too worried about what people think. [/quote] It appears to be another classic Basschat case of opinion put forward as fact.

"We skipped the light fantastic" "we skipped the light FANDANGO!" Love that film!

I haven't tried enough cabs to give you a rundown of how it sounds compared to your Genz rig for example, but the CN212 I got to play paired with an Aggie TH500 is making me think I should sell my TC rig soonish.

I thought it was funny, it's got to be pretty difficult in fact to answer interview questions like that so confusingly.

I like it, I definitely don't love it. The reason Daft Punk are one of my favourite acts of all time was because they were my gateway into House music, Homework introduced the younger band guys not so keen on House to the genre, Discovery cemented the fact they could write excellent electronic music that was distinctly pop and will remain one of my favourite albums of all time, every track was brilliant and had single release potential. RAM is going to alienate a lot of people because they seem to just uprooted their whole ideal. I understand that bands have to evolve their sound and go with the times, I don't blame them for writing an album like this and wanting names like Nile Rogers on it to add weight to their disco backbone but it falls a bit flat of what I'd hope it was going to sound like, I miss the old Daft Punk sound. I'm not getting the whole live band thing because that's never what they've been about, they were more about fusing the 'idea' of live music into their distinct French House sound. It's cool, but it's nothing groundbreaking and I think they've evolved their music in the wrong way.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1368450897' post='2077179'] Also... I really like the Hofner violin basses. I don't think they play well... they aren't exactly the best made basses... but would would I like to have one? Hell yeah. [/quote] That's because they sound and record amazingly well whilst managing to remain utterly impractical, especially if you're not a pick player. Only played a few Spectors before and they don't do it for me, I don't like the looks or sound of them for the most part. People's opinions will differ eh!

Get the Kingbass if that's what you feel like you want. I think by the sounds of things you're wasting an incredible amount of money chasing rainbows, but it's not my money.

As Paul said. It's just moved, much better now too.

Keep your new Stingray, it looks - and indeed is from a style perspective - exactly 1,000,000 times cooler.

It's what amazed me when I picked an NYC 5'er off of the rack in the shop, so light and manageable. What a wonderful instrument, I bet you're well chuffed!

[quote name='bob_pickard' timestamp='1368191738' post='2074300'] I usually take the "if it works and it doesn't hurt then who gives a sh*t approach" [/quote] I think there are plenty of bass players throughout history that will practice unorthodox technique but it depends what your aims are as a bass player, if you're looking for injury limitation then good technique is everything and should be practiced. It would be a shame to have your bass playing days cut short by CT syndrome.

I think I understand what you're talking about. I've just picked up my bass to play that Hysteria passage and it is kind of unorthodox fretting wise. What you're describing isn't really 'correct' technique and I would work on developing your left hand dexterity by grabbing a metronome, taking it down in tempo and practicing it slow with better technique and taking it up slowly until you're more comfortable with the part. The problem with fretting with any other part of your index finger other than the tip or the pad is that your playing will become uneconomical and you risk placing too much strain on your hand and wrist when you spread out the necessary pressure of the note you're needing to fret. Barring isn't particularly practical and is probably a bad habit to pick up, especially if you happen to wear your strap low. Some things to note a.) Chris Wolstenholme has tremendous stamina and b.) he wears his bass on the floor at the best of times so I can't imagine his technique to be all that better for it. I'd say get your left hand stuff together by practicing at a reduced speed. A metronome will help.

Isn't Koa quite difficult to get hold of now? I remember reading somewhere it's now quite highly protected, going the same way as brazilian rosewood.

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1368186230' post='2074180'] I can never get my head round the CS's thinking at times, the bass looks great btw, but why 3-tone sunburst?, at least do it over 2-tone, so it looks like its been refinished over an original finish, not refinished over a refinish? Just wrong, they are running out of idea's clearly. Fender used to carry out Custom Colours over stock of sunbursts, when the need arose, but 3-tone......in '55.....really? [/quote] I agree. There's a huge lack of imagination at the CS, it's boring boring stuff and if they're going to reissue stuff then at least get period finishes right instead of it being yet another one of Fender's anachronisms.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1368189272' post='2074246'] +1 on this . A decent used USA - made bass like an EBMM 'Ray or an Am. St. Fender bought for sensible money will be a pro - quality bass that you can always get all or most of your cash back out of if you look after it . [/quote] +2 on this one, but get his dad to say it's only on the condition that he gets a band together and does his first gig somewhere. Added incentives!

Looks so unbelievably cool and I want one!

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1368141249' post='2073849'] Amazing how people can hear things differently. [/quote] Music would be incredibly boring if we didn't.

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Not a Maiden fan so I'm kind of indifferent to the second one (I can tell it's been ruined though), and the first one is really bad. The bass struggles to keep any time, let alone feel and is devoid of taste. Finally the 5/4 thing repulsed me. Not nice sounding, it's more like someone's attempt at being clever. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Brutal honesty, but yer did ask![/font][/color]