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[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1484927980' post='3219808'] Always liked the bass on this, comes in after about 1 min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDgBSk1ghM [/quote] John Giblin plays bass on this.

[quote name='Daz39' timestamp='1484918558' post='3219688'] I do want to know what Bass he plays and how for his tracks on the Union album for Yes. Sounds like a metal fretboard fretless, it's amazing. [/quote] He did used to have a Stingray with a fretless metal fingerboard, I remember seeing it in ads in some of the American guitar magazines years ago.

Another huge Joni fan here.

Can't see what the problem is, it was good of them to send out a notification of the discount offer IMO.

Anything by The Clash.

Polo shits?

It's just a matter of personal taste. I've owned both over the years & I find that I prefer the sound of a passive bass these days. With my active basses I always seemed to spent more time fiddling with the eq than actually playing it.

I've got an old Akai reel to reel tape deck that I still use.

After 37 of playing & after many instances of buying what, I thought at the time, was "That Bass" only to find out it wasn't I came to conclusion that, for me at least, there's no such thing as "That Bass".

Why does the OP assume that being famous means you'll only gig a few times a year or less? There are plenty of bands out there who still have pretty intense touring schedules despite having "made it" years ago. Cheap Trick, for example, still apparently average over 200 gigs a year. At the end of the day it's down to the individual, if they still love gigging a lot they'll do it, if they don't they won't.

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1483969020' post='3211487'] I have always switched seamlessly between fingers and a pick. I must be quite lucky as its easy for me to do this. [/quote] I'm the same. When I first started playing I would learn bass parts that I knew were played with a pick with a pick & finger style parts with my fingers. As a result I have no problems using either technique, or swapping back & forth between them during a set when I used to gig. A precision played with a pick & a bit of palm muting is one of my favourite sounds.

Sweet! Love Gretsches, owned a few over the years & they were all great guitars.

Great amps.

That's how Tony Levin played the bass part on "Big Time". He developed his Funk Finger things as a more practical way of playing it live.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1483353740' post='3206382'] I have a 5 minute slot in the lavatory where I accept handshakes from fans. [/quote] Never heard them called "handshakes" before...

The 1978 BC Rich Eagle.

I very nearly bought an identical double neck Wal from a shop in Birmingham in the mid 80s. Secondhand but in excellent condition & with case - £399.

Bloody good bass player.

I'm thinking of buying myself a digital piano but I can't really justify the expense.

Forgot this in my earlier post: The New 52 - Let Me Sleep

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1482300812' post='3199279'] I liked Prog Rock mag at first but after a while it seemed there was only so much '70's stuff they could regurgitate and that was always going to disappear up it's own chocolate channel. [/quote] This is the problem I found with it, after a year or so it just began to repeat itself. I did enjoy it for a time though, as pretty much every issue had somebody I know in it, good fun to see your friends in a music mag.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1482320655' post='3199495'] Can't help feeling that print media is doomed. [/quote] They were saying that about "real" instruments when synths & drum machines became affordable, and also about vinyl.

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1482245361' post='3198801'] Yeah, it wasn't the best experience... I don't mind being kicked out of a band (although it's never happened before in 35 odd years of playing), but I do object to being told by the band leader (via facebook) that he is packing the band up because of other projects, only to find him and the guitarist are carrying on the same project with another bass player. It wasn't just me though, they got rid of the singer/pianist at the same time in the same underhand way (even though she was bringing most of the songs) - she is only in her early 20s and she took it really badly. [/quote] I was asked to leave the band I was in during the early 90's. The keyboard player phoned me up the afternoon of a gig we had booked & told me he'd had enough of my attitude (not kissing his arse like everyone else in the band did) & that he wanted me out. OK, no problem I said, I'll do the gig tonight & that'll be it. An hour or so later I get another phone call from him to say that the gig was off because the drummer (who lived in West Sussex) couldn't get there because of snow. OK says I, I'll pick my gear up from your place at the weekend. A few days later I've got the promoter of the gig (who was a total psycho) threatening me with a hammer. The gig hadn't been cancelled at all - they did it without me & told the promoter I just hadn't bothered showing up. That was when I decided not to bother with bands anymore.

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1482238407' post='3198702'] Negatives - Musicians have no more integrity than anybody else, no matter how good they are or what kind of bloody music degree they have... [/quote] Why would they have? They're just people and, by and large, people are dicks.

[quote name='Ashweb' timestamp='1482192813' post='3198439'] Cropredy means only one thing to me, and that's Fairport Convention. It's a brave band that plays in their back yard You didn't see Dave Pegg in the audience did you? I believe he lives just down the road in Banbury. [/quote] Peggy lives in Cropredy. He wouldn't have been there as he's out on tour with The Dylan Project at the moment. Saw them in Cardiff last Wednesday, very good too.