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    Aw, shucks. :blush:
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    [quote name='silddx' post='731905' date='Feb 1 2010, 04:46 PM']I don't want to swell your balls too much but you are the best writer BGM have.[/quote] I second that emotion.
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    [quote name='Phil Mann' post='730268' date='Jan 31 2010, 03:38 AM']Just to set the record straight, "and performing with a Pat Metheny Big Band", as apposed too, "and performing with Pat Metheny's Big Band"...whoops! There is, as you've guessed, a slight difference in the two statements. Although the big band are still fantastic and I can't wait to hopefully get back in the seat in the near future![/quote] Still a little baffled here... is that an ensemble that plays the music of Pat Metheny in the big band style, but doesn't feature Pat Metheny at all? If so... that sounds class! Any videos/clips on the web anywhere?
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    PMd!
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    As bass players, we interact with objects that command attention (they're pretty big and they get people grooving) and are easy for us to fetishise (just say the words Alembic, Wal or Fodera and [i]someone[/i] in the room's going to start drooling), so I think it's easy to get sucked into GAS-world. I'm sure someone must have made the "basses are like women/men" (delete as appropriate for your sex/orientation) analogy before, but I'd say something like this: There's always something a little different about the next bass that crosses our path, and many of us take the plunge again and again, establishing relationships with many, many instruments, maybe looking out for "the one", or just enjoying the ride with as many "partners" as possible. Maybe it's the way they look; maybe it's the way they feel; maybe it's the way they sound. But they're all different, and they all let us do our thing with them, even if only for a little while. For me, my search through the land of basses is in its early stages, but I've found a couple that I'd happily settle down with (in a polygamous household, obviously ). And when I enjoy a bass, I enjoy the music I can make with it [i]so much[/i] more. Long story short: I'm a bass-loving bass-player.
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    [quote name='jonsmith' post='729730' date='Jan 30 2010, 02:58 PM']That would truly be a case of 'pots and kettles'. Mr Page's playing is often extremely sloppy.[/quote] The whole band's sloppy, but fabulously together with it. That's what I love about them. Tight but loose. I mean, what's with that weird rushing/dragging bit around 0:45 (and the other places it crops up) in "Black Dog"? I've seen a few videos of them playing it live, and they didn't do it live... so why in the studio? Sounds class though.
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    [quote name='iconic' post='729421' date='Jan 30 2010, 06:54 AM']sorry, my VMJ is fretted! I only ask as my Yammy RBX blows the doors off with flatties but still has a 'little' brightness on the G string. I will try a set on the VMJ but as it's a jazz and I like to have a little 'twang' on my pops....just wondered if the flatties kills the VMJ tone completely....best I try some I know....am I making sense?[/quote] Give the TIs a go, but they might be a little "loose" for slap/pop. You could try Status half-wounds (the best half-wounds I've been able to get hold of) -- they still have some zing/twang/bite/whatever but with depth and smoothness, and they feel great.
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    [quote name='bigjohn' post='728913' date='Jan 29 2010, 04:45 PM']It's like a production rather than playing cock-up.[/quote] If we're onto production errors, [url="http://www.hometracked.com/2007/08/23/10-recording-bloopers-that-made-the-album/"]here's a selection[/url]. Some not so bad, some awful. The Clapton and Dixie Chicks ones are painful. Bonham's pedal I've always loved. The squeak gives it a real "live" feeling for me.
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    [quote name='Bassassin' post='728896' date='Jan 29 2010, 04:33 PM']So give me a shout if the sale falls through, won't you! [/quote] Sorry, done deal. Actually, one of the nicest-feeling basses I've come across was a beaten-up CSL Jazz (with blocked maple neck). Trouble was, I couldn't judge the tone at all because the pickups had gone completely microphonic, so every tap of my wedding ring against the neck was just a massive CLONNNNGGG through the amp. As I said to the owner (and he agreed), with a bit of time and effort put in, it could be a really sweet bass. Hijacking my own thread here, Jon (well, it's sold anyway ), but what do you know about CSL? I've heard they were based in Newcastle/Gateshead, and were one of the many companies importing Japanese copies (from the Ibanez factory?) in the 70s/80s. Is that about right?
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    [quote name='Bassassin' post='728786' date='Jan 29 2010, 03:04 PM']I couldn't have really anyway - I'm supposed to be saving for a new rig. Doesn't stop me looking & lamenting every one I miss, though! J.[/quote] Take the cheapy way out: grab that CSL Jazz of yours and a pair of pliers...
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    [quote name='Bassassin' post='728724' date='Jan 29 2010, 02:17 PM']Missed another one. I think that's 5 now. Arse. Jon.[/quote] They seem to crop up here pretty regularly. Get yerself set up with an RSS feed to the Basschat Marketplace, then sit all day patiently refreshing every 30 seconds. I'm almost not joking.
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    Just remember one of Eno's Oblique Strategies: [quote]Honour thy error as a hidden intention[/quote] In other words, if you get it wrong... play it again.
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    [quote name='dub' post='728657' date='Jan 29 2010, 01:16 PM']But maybe I should check out the status half wounds[/quote] At £21.50 for a 5-string set, it's worth a go. They do flats and black nylon tape sets at the same price, too.
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    John Paul Jones seemed to hit plenty of duff notes and miss cues across the first few LZ albums, but he somehow managed to turn them into "right" notes and "features". I wish I could do that. The swine...
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    [quote name='wateroftyne' post='728640' date='Jan 29 2010, 01:09 PM']Here's the Rush Boys up to mischief... 1:19-ish: [/quote] That's... that's... words... fail... m....
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    [quote name='bigjohn' post='728611' date='Jan 29 2010, 12:45 PM']Hiya, I'm not really up for swapping, but I'm interested to know why you prefer the TIs? I've been using them for a few years now and have been thinking about trying a set of la bellas next time I get some strings (probably in a few years time )[/quote] I've used both TIs and La Bellas on my fretless SR5. I felt the TIs were a bit too flexible and sproingy with the tighter string spacing of the SR5 (I've used them happily on my Squier fretless with 19mm spacing), although the sound was great -- plenty of bite and enough zing. The La Bellas, on the other hand, are much firmer with a darker sound (and not quite as smooth a feel under the fingers). It's all darkness and growl with them. I've since stuck a set of Status half-wounds on, just as an experiment, and I think they're the mutt's nuts. A smooth enough feel, with the tonal best bits from the TIs and La Bellas. Zing, growl, bite and darkness. Top stuff, and a fair bit cheaper than either!
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    On hold. Swift work. EDIT: And it's SOLD!
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    Up for sale: this lovely Squier Vintage Modified Jazz fretless, in pretty much as-new condition (bought new from Reverb early last year). The only "modification" is that I've fitted a set of TI flats, which have taken off the brittle edge to the sound that the ebonol board gives with rounds. Now it's all growl, mwah and bite. (I'll include the original Fender rounds if I can find them, but they're honestly not up to much IMO.) I've got the action preposterously low at the moment, but there's plenty of room for adjustment in the truss rod and bridge. I'm sure I don't need to say that much about these fantastic basses. I'm just having a bit of a clearout, and my fretless SR5 is more than enough fretless for me. You can see from the pictures how clean this is. Never been gigged -- just played at home and at a couple of rehearsals. No dings that I'm aware of, although there might be the tiniest knock at the very tip of the headstock, which all my basses get in the end. It's what comes from practising in the attic space. Those sloping ceilings... [b]£150 delivered[/b] in the UK, although if you're local we can do collection. No case with this, but I'll find a good box for shipping. Don't worry -- I send stuff out with couriers for a living, so I'm plenty practiced at packing. If you've got anything to trade, you can but try me!
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    A "show this to your guitarists" bump!
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    I haven't fired this thing up for months: two young kids in bed means POD + headphones all the way when it comes to practice. So it's gotta go. It's a nice and simple practice amp, 30W into a 10" speaker. The manual's [url="http://www.marshallamps.com/downloads/files/MB15_30hbk.pdf"]online at the Marshall website[/url], but there's not much you need to know. It's got two channels: modern (clean) and classic (crunchy), and they're footswitchable... but there's no footswitch included. There's a (functional) compressor and a slightly odd but rather effective EQ: the treble and bass controls are as normal, and then there's a "voice" selector and level control, which offers three different mid voicings. A bit odd, but there's something in there for everyone. Other features: CD In jack (for playing along), Line Out, Headphones Out and a send/return FX loop. In VGC; had it since new, and it's only had light home use. Only blemish is that the covering material (tolex-y stuff) has come away slightly down one join on the back, as you can see in the pictures. Don't know when it developed that, which just goes to show how little it bothers me. Oh, and the metal grille on the front is slightly lop-sided along the top (slopes down from right to left). [s]Looking for [b]£50 delivered[/b] in the UK.[/s] [b]WITHDRAWN[/b]: I've found a use for it!
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    Now on hold pending all sorts of stuff.
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    Hold on. Is the OP talking about the fretless VMJ or the fretted VMJ? The phrase "octave funky pop" suggests fretted to me. If it's fretless, I've got TI flats on mine, and they're great. Not as dull as something like La Bella flats -- the TIs still have some zing and bite.
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    [quote name='wateroftyne' post='727591' date='Jan 28 2010, 01:49 PM']Wow.. that's pretty bad. Do they not test stuff? If they're aware of it, why do they still sell it in the UK?[/quote] +1 on all of this. They expect you to shell out for a step-down transformer in order to make the amp fit for purpose? Bonkers.
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    [quote name='Happy Jack' post='727386' date='Jan 28 2010, 10:58 AM']Oops!!! I meant 14mm at the BRIDGE. Sorry guys.[/quote] Holy nuts, that's tight.
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