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Am I Evil? - Diamond Head

Sunburst Finish - Utopia

On 09/12/2021 at 15:16, wateroftyne said:

 

 

"Hold my beer."

 

He's not even in a band... 

Sweet Little Lisa - Dave Edmunds

I had the chance to buy a used twin neck Wal in the late 80's for £395.00... 

Bourgeois Pig - Styx

On 04/12/2021 at 00:00, Downunderwonder said:

For my money I would just put the Elf in a cupboard to damp the fan noise.

I thought they were meant to go on the shelf.

Nice.

Just how "Masterbuilt" can a Fender be? 

Are the body & neck completely carved by hand with no CNC machinery used anywhere in the process? I somehow doubt it.

OK, materials may be top notch, but at the end of the day a fender is basically a wooden Meccano kit.

They certain don't require the level of skill that a high end acoustic or hollowbody electric would need.

Whispering Grass - Don Estelle & Windsor Davies

A Walk in the Black Forest - Horst Jankowski

5 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said:

 

Fairy nuff but there are gradations in the use of slap. On the one hand there's that horrible trebly, clanky sound, as heard on Korn 'songs' (for want of a better word) or high-speed, machine gun shredding (most YTers). I don't like these either. Then you've got the more groove based, deeper tones of Marcus Miller and Larry Graham.

Indeed. One of my favourite slap lines is Freddie Washington on Patrice Rushen's "Forget Me Nots" 

Simple line, great tone. A classic.

My Way - Frank Sinatra

One of the pictures of Larry Graham used in this video is actually Stanley Clarke.

Love potion Number 9 - Tygers of Pan Tang

I rather like that.

Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk

I like a nice bit of slap bass, but I had to stop watching after "What's up guys?"

Don't know how much room you've got at the "headstock" end but something like a velcro wrist weight might do the job.

Alternatively just use a grippier strap.

8 hours ago, bigsmokebass said:

...some of these cheaper models are pretty damn good for the money and a fraction of the cost of their American sibling.

I picked up a very cheap (£125.00) secondhand Sterling SUB 4 a few months ago out of curiosity more than anything else & was really surprised by how good it was.

Very good quality, lovely neck & sounded really good too.

I honestly thought it was a better bass than the "proper" Musicman Stingray 5 I owned a while ago.

Just now, SteveXFR said:

 

Jack Black is in that film so I couldn't watch it. I can't stand Jack Black 

He's really bloody irritating, isn't he?

4 hours ago, Supernaut said:

You wouldn't have thought there was all this great new music in rock and metal judging by the bands nominated for the Grammys...

 

Foo Fighters nominated yet again? Zzzz. 

They're one of those bands (and there are quite a few) that everyone seems to love but just don't do anything for me.

I do have a lot of time for dave Grohl though, he seems like a genuinely nice guy.

Sorry seems to be the hardest word - Elton John

3 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

It's amazing how easy it is to be wrong about something you were certain of...

I don't know about that, I'm 56 & I've yet to be wrong about anything.

Perfectly happy using either, just depends on the sound I'm going for.