Musicman666

as you age the one thing that is sure to decrease is collagen ..the stuff that lines the surface of your ball joints.   

On 01/07/2025 at 20:48, woodyratm said:

I’m not sure if Dawn and Rob are starting to wind down to a proper retirement.

i had some recent dealings with them regarding a stock bass ... pretty much no enthusiasm whatsoever to follow through, just unanswered emails. I might try and get some strings before it really is too late. 

bugger..i only have cash.

24 minutes ago, choob.squeemer said:

Err- fretless banjos      can anybody actually play one  lol

 

44 minutes ago, prowla said:

(Squier)

yadda yadda..lol

pmt was ok ...i bought a squire and even had a couple of basses worked on plus strings and pedals ..i think there is now no other option for me other than online. 

would have thought they might have relocated the operation outside of the uk ..the brand is strong and quality can be maintained if the will is there, the days of asia producing rubbish are behind us. 

5 hours ago, Doctor J said:

Stuart Zender - Forgotten but not gone

...and why not?

18 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Man, I clicked on this post, thinking he had passed away. Good to know that he is still alive 😊 

that's what i thought also ...

On 16/05/2025 at 08:00, chriswareham said:

Bit of a coincidence, as I came across this thread while having Roxy Music on in the background. A bit indifferent to their early, glammy stuff but "Manifesto", "Flesh and Blood" and "Avalon" are fantastic. They laid the groundwork for bands like Japan, early Talk Talk and Duran Duran (stop sniggering, at their best they were brilliant purveyors of pop perfection). The bass playing on some of those tracks is sublime, often the melodic focus of the music along with atmospheric synths and the guitar adding an understated rhythmic acommpaniment.

the track flesh and blood is very mik karn/japanesque but look at the dates ...who is influencing who here?

On 05/05/2025 at 16:30, Alanko said:

The Giltrap geezer keeps knocking John's instruments off the shelves in the storage room.

 

I found the whole video slightly sad. John mumbling and grunting away noncommittally. Giltrap slightly too eager with his poodle mullet and 'I'm mates with John Entwistle, me!' The prospect of John alone in a vast country pile with his fake pub in a spare room and a stack of vintage basses hidden away. Talismanic icons of former glories, the lean and hungry years of The Who now decades past. All the time and money in the world, but nothing to do.

i have no feeling of sadness whatsoever  ..to me he comes across grounded ...just like any regular guy not just into playing but collecting as well.

yellow brick road by elton john has some excellent playing and tones on it by dee murray.

16 hours ago, visog said:

He had such a great tone with his Alembics but that Status through a flanger and distortion? Ugh! What a mess.

thing is he needed to play bass and distorted rhythm at the same time .. that was the hole he needed to fill. 

paladino on bass  ..rob allen. 

On 18/04/2025 at 12:59, Ben Jamin said:

Got the last one from Andertons arriving on Tuesday 🥳

 

A wee bit nervous as it's my first fretless! Any tips??

put your fingers in the place where it sounds most musical...

On 09/03/2025 at 20:40, Allaboutthebass said:

Hey there,

 

I know this might seem like a minor issue in the grand scheme of things, but I've managed to scrape together around £1500 for a new bass.

 

It's not about any specific brand or type; it's more about the principle. While a shiny new bass would be fantastic, I can't help but think that the same amount could get me several cheaper basses, whether second-hand or entry-level. The quality of budget models has improved significantly in recent years (though they might need a bit of a fret dress). Plus, there's always the option to mod cheaper basses to suit your style.

 

So, my question is, is there any real benefit to buying a brand new £1500 bass these days, or should I just go for the more affordable options?

 

Cheers 

 

 

having a larger war chest just means you can pick from a wider selection of basses ...it doesn't mean you have to blow 1500 quid for the sake of blowing it but generally  the more you blow the nicer it gets however there will be exceptions. 

1 hour ago, tegs07 said:

Not sure if it’s worth judging tone in isolation. Listen to the latest Cure album for example. Some of Gallup’s bass tones are hideous but work perfectly for the song.

interesting you should say that ...on first hearing i was also a bit put off by the gratuitous distortion but my god does it grow on you to the point that my appreciation of bass tone has evolved somewhat. 

a lot of the stranglers bass sound is also tied up in how you attack the strings and how you play  ..in the 80s i used to get quite a few comments after gigs about how i sounded like jjb even though we were playing our own stuff and my rig wasn't set up specifically to sound like him...  

fyi, looking for a status neck ..london area ..cash waiting...don't really need another stingray unfortunately. 

derek was a huge influence on me .. it's a shame he doesn't get back together with the old band, bearing in mind all the early stuff was structurally started on the bass ..the guy who plays bass with them today does not do the early basslines justice at all in my opinion. 

i thought old stingray machine heads were made of nickel that readily tarnished unlike the chrome used everywhere else?

bass vi is used on noel's latest album 

geddy was a huge entwistle fan from the get go so the two go hand in hand in my mind..

9 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Probably reading more into it than i should but at 18yrs old your imagination runs wild. 🤩

Dave

good old mother nature tends to have that effect..