EssentialTension

[quote name='dand666' timestamp='1452852702' post='2954039'] It's like listening to DSOTM for the first time. Everyone knows where they were. [/quote] I have absolutely no idea where I was except that I was almost certainly in Birmingham because that's where I lived from 1952 until 1987.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1452847315' post='2953960'] Maybe our biggest musicial influences happen between the ages of 11 and 25. [/quote] Let's imagine that our biggest musical influences do happen to us, we first hear them, between the ages of 11 and 25. That really would not mean that our biggest musical influences were necessarily alive/recording/playing during that period of our lives. Because, maybe, one of Eric Clapton's biggest musical influences is Robert Johnson, but Johnson was dead seven years before Clapton was born. Nor would the 18-25 rule (even if it were correct) preclude other big musical influences at other stages of our lives. [quote name='TimR' timestamp='1452847315' post='2953960'] The big Bowie moment for me was 1980 with the Scary Monsters album. I would have been 11, in 1984 he did live aid, by 86 he was pretty much done in the mainstream. If you were born in 1975 you would have missed all that. [/quote] If you were born in 1975 or 1976 or 1977 or any other year, it remains eminently possible to become acquainted with Bowie's work (even after he is dead) and even have him turn into a big musical influence. This is happening to some people right now. Do you think [i]ALL[/i] Bowie's biggest musical influences happened before 1972 when he was 25?

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1452854743' post='2954060'] @EssentialTension: What did you use to shim the neck? And did you do a 'flat shim' or just shim the bridge-end to provide a tilt? G. [/quote] Thickish business card about one-third to half the size of the neck pocket. The thicker the card the more the neck is tipped back and the more you will need to raise the bridge - but that is good with these guitars to get the right playability and sound, obviously without going too far. Put it at the bridge side of the pocket. You might need two thicknesses or you might need a single thinner card - trial and error. What you are aiming for is that, with a fairly flat neck, and when the lower edge of the bridge assembly is about half centimetre or quarter inch above the pickguard to give a nice break angle, then the strings don't rattle and the action is about right. Set the intonation and away you go. It took me a few goes but well worth it.

[quote name='AustinArto' timestamp='1452819021' post='2953869'] ... I got a great new grime album from a Manchester collective called LEVELZ the other day. It's been giving me the head nods and making me grin every day since. [url="https://soundcloud.com/levelzmcr/king-of-the-disco"]https://soundcloud.c...ng-of-the-disco[/url] [/quote] My son is one of the promoters ([url="https://www.facebook.com/worriedabouthenry/"]Worried About Henry[/url]) for the LEVELZ gig next week (22nd) in Liverpool .... [url="https://www.facebook.com/events/1634481630151721/"]https://www.facebook...34481630151721/[/url] Tickets here ... [url="http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Liverpool/24-Kitchen-Street/LEVELZ-Full-Takeover-/12618908/"]http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Liverpool/24-Kitchen-Street/LEVELZ-Full-Takeover-/12618908/[/url]

Damn ... I don't have a five string.

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1452771810' post='2953254'] Of course there is, just like there are 1000s of great books in the library... I was simply making the point that those who feel that the popular forms of music are 'not as good as they were' in the 'good old days' (whenever they were) should cast their net wider perhaps, and look beyond those genres. [/quote] Yes I was meaning to agree.

[quote name='grandad' timestamp='1452766652' post='2953179'] Last thing, I love the Beatles [b]Mr Blue[/b]. How much do you think "The Billy Cotton Band Show" influenced them? [/quote] ... and the Morton Fraser Harmonica Gang.

You are probably familiar with the Let's Talk Guild site but just in case ... [url="http://www.letstalkguild.com/ltg/showthread.php?178147-SB-series-basses"]http://www.letstalkguild.com/ltg/showthread.php?178147-SB-series-basses[/url]

http://youtu.be/2F8M2BmPc_U

[quote name='Hector' timestamp='1452267167' post='2948295'] Cool! I went to the Fondation Cartier recently, and they have an exhibition of congolese art. They also had listening stations where you hear obscure cobgolese music from the 70s. I think some of that is on their soundcloud: https://m.soundcloud.com/fondation-cartier [/quote] Is that in Paris?

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1452713860' post='2952845'] And ALL of it was influenced by The Beatles...... [/quote] Now now, you know very well that it was the other way around.

A little Ethiopian influenced music here for anyone interested ... [url="http://www.mulatu-steps-ahead.com/"]http://www.mulatu-steps-ahead.com/[/url] http://youtu.be/kR7HTpZHKVw

Very tempted but no cash or space. Just like the one I had from 1974 to 1976.

[quote name='Norm' timestamp='1452637956' post='2952007'] ... Enjoyed the Congolese psyche funk that somebody here posted the other day. [/quote] Ah, that was me, glad you liked it. [quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1452689794' post='2952426'] Since I got more into world music about 10/15 years ago I realised that there is a vast ocean of music to swim through. Life is short, why restrict one's musical palate to the straight jacket that is pop/rock/funk/r&b or whatever. There is loads of great music being made out there RIGHT NOW, it's just not in the traditionally popular genres. So what if I've never heard album XXX by YYY from 1960 blah blah blah... I certainly don't feel like I'm missing out, in fact I know I'm not. [/quote] And music not only being made around the world RIGHT NOW but there is 70-odd years worth of world recordings readily available over the internet. Most of it is music that most people have not heard.

[quote name='CalDeep' timestamp='1452640329' post='2952026'] Hi Gang! Wanting to get my Bass VI ready for heavy live use. Im seeing a lot of love for the Staytrem bridge which is great, anyone tried the Mastery bridges at all too? They seem to be the only two going. Also, any other mods anyone can recommend? Trem? Pickups? Nut? Tuners? Any and everything appreciated. Cheers, Cal [/quote] There's lots of answers to these questions in this thread and in several other Bass VI threads. Try the search function. The only necessary mods (IMO) are a Staytrem bridge, a new set of strings, and a neck shim.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1452701353' post='2952601'] Anyone tried the black or white nylon wound? - approx $20 cheaper. G. [/quote] I've used the black nylon 760N on ordinary four string basses and they are very nice, slightly brighter than ordinary 760s. I don't see why they wouldn't sound fine on the Bass VI.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1452649085' post='2952088'] I'm looking for a flatwound set for my VI but I can only see the LaBella stock flats - don't they do a Custom Set in flats? G. [/quote] I don't think La Bella market a custom set but if you email them they will tell you what they can do. I have always found them helpful. But what's wrong with the stock flats?

Today it's [i]Blackstar[/i].

[quote name='spikydavid' timestamp='1452502306' post='2950425'] Yes, but I couldn't get it to balance while I was standing, as it's only a single point of contact. When I was sitting, the hip support wasn't deep enough to create the space [/quote] Ah, anyway, nicely done.

Doesn't the Stagg come with a hip (and an arm) support to move it away from your body?

[quote name='paulnb57' timestamp='1452464078' post='2950229'] I have an Epiphone Les Paul Special bass ... [/quote] The OP is not talking about the solid body Les Paul bass but about the hollow body Les Paul Signature bass ...

This page has Casady himself comparing the Epiphone Jack Casady Signature with the old Gibson Les Paul Signature .... [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/interviews/jackCasadySignatureBass.php"]http://www.flyguitar...gnatureBass.php[/url]

Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Berlin

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1452346328' post='2949099'] Would it be fair to say that everyone who has replied to this thread lives in the West? #JustSaying [/quote] But I was in East Berlin only last week ... couldn't find the wall though.