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Herbie & Chris have been playing in the band on the annual " Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds" tours for a quite few years now too - a very entertaining night out.

That clip, to me, is an A-Z of fretless clichés to be avoided at all costs. Not Pino himself really, but the whole host of imitators it spawned that couldn't play anything without loads of wildly exaggerated vibrato or bloody sliding harmonics. I've seriously fallen out of love with the whole fretless thing - it really makes me cringe.

Get in touch with these guys: http://www.macpahire.co.uk/

Awesome - Vinnys are superb basses, as are all Zons. Don't forget to put your new Vinny in the Zon Porn thread: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/54706-where-are-the-zons/

I'd put a plaster on it, but only while you are playing or it'll stay all soggy & won't heal up as quickly. Use it as an excuse to use your other fingers more too.

[quote name='cetera' timestamp='1345910095' post='1783037'] A quick correction - TomRichards - the US basses come with the stunning Spector Hazlab preamp as standard NOT the Obp... [/quote] I think the US bolt-on models have the Aguilar preamp as standard.

A slight derail here, but apparently "Got The Time" is one of the tracks that "Curiosity", the NASA probe, is playing as it trundles around the surface of Mars doing it's stuff: http://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/anthrax-first-metal-on-mars/ Awesome.

So you were running the Barts with no preamp at all? I've been thinking of trying this with my fretless Zon.

I'm trying to find some local slags & all I keep getting are ads for bloody bass amps.

[quote name='fryer' timestamp='1345660004' post='1780218'] Well, I play bass guitar, love Genesis, live near Basingstoke, and work in Southampton. Don't know what you mean by bass pedals though ? [/quote] How can you love Genesis & not know what bass pedals are?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1345580977' post='1779169'] IIRC Pink Floyd had planned to record an album without any conventional instruments using recorded and pitch manipulated sounds on tape - it was abandoned as being to difficult and time-consuming to produce in the late 70s. [/quote] That would be the abandoned "Household Objects" project.

I have a Euro 5LX that I bought largely out of curiosity & it immediately become my number one bass - I absolutely love it. Everything about it is perfect for me; the string spacing, neck profile, body shape & sound couldn't be more suited to me if I'd had it specially built for me. I had tried a number of five string basses & had pretty much decided they weren't for me until I played the Spector, now I can't imagine playing anything else - my four string Zons haven't seen the light of day since I got it. I especially love the sound of the Tonepump circuit - it just sounds so natural. It records beautifully & to my ears really is the perfect blend of passive warmth & active clarity. The B string is the best I've ever heard too; beautifully balanced with the rest of the strings & with fantastic clarity & punch. Easily the best bass I've ever owned.

I've always just used my ear - no teachers, books, videos or anything else. Never had the spare money to spend on regular (or irregular) lessons, and as I'm now earning less than I was when I was 18 I probably never will have a lesson.

The amount of people who think they can sing but can't is astonishing. A few years ago I tried to start a band with a couple of other people & we advertised for a vocalist. We had quite a few replies, and every last one of them was bloody awful.

Jefferson Starship - Freedom at Point Zero.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1345286899' post='1775856'] If anything, I would encourage the reverse; for people to check items for sale before posting wanted ads. [/quote] This.

Try these guys: http://www.effectpowersupplies.com/power-supplies-8-c.asp

Very much depends on the bass - my Jaydee & Stingray were a nightmare for this, the necks needed adjusting all the time. My lovely old Atilla Balogh Odyssey bass however never needed adjusting in the 20 odd years I owned it.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1345132478' post='1774072'] Bought 2 tickets to New York instead, I will get a yellow Ibanez one day. [/quote] Why not buy one over there?

[quote name='bigd1' timestamp='1345108168' post='1773520'] I think it's the warmer sounds I'm after, for Blues/Rock type styles. Gilmour, Page, Bonamassa, Gallagher sort of thing. [/quote] I sincerely hope the Gallagher you are referring to is Rory & not Noel.

Opeth are one of my favourite bands but I've never yet managed to catch them live - looks like this time won't be any different.

When you say "Gigging" do you mean places for bands to play or Jam nights/open mic nights where you can turn up & play?

I got it when the Classic Rock pack came out & I still haven't listened to it yet.

It's an old one, so I'd hate to think what the new ones are like.