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Krysbass

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  • Birthday 13/03/1962

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  1. As has been said - 4 to 5 songs maximum. I've found in the past where more songs were agreed, I'd turn up at rehearsal with all of them pretty much nailed, but not everyone else had. So, when it came down to it, there were perhaps as few as 2 or 3 of the agreed list of songs that everyone was ready to go on. But worst of all, a keyboarder that once crossed my path had an annoying habit of coming to rehearsal having worked on none of the agreed songs. Yes, none. Instead, he'd been busy indulging himself by learning a few of his personal favourite songs, (that weren't on the band's playlist, that never would be, and therefore that no-one else had worked on). He would then demonstrate these songs while the rest of us just looked on in bemusement. He didn't last long.
  2. A bit of a list, I'm afraid...🥴 Scratchplates - especially plastic Maple or any other light coloured fretboards Opaque paint finishes (the wood-grain must be visible) Sunburst or any other 'burst finishes Bent-bit-of-metal bridges String trees on headstocks Strings that splay out too much above the nut, due to the headstock design Visible pole pieces on pickups 3+1 or 4+1 tuner arrangement on headstocks Headless basses Relic'd basses I've found this list helpful when GASing or choosing a new bass as, unsurprisingly, it quickly thins out the field of possible contenders.😂
  3. For many years (and having initially only heard this song in the distinctly non-hi-fi sound quality of AM radio) - I thought the line in The Police's 'Message in a Bottle' was 'A year has passed since I broke my nose'.🙄
  4. And I must admit that until fairly recently, I kept hearing a line in Survivor's 'Eye of the Tiger' as 'the last known survivor dunks his bread in the night'. 🫣 (Of course, it's 'stalks his prey in the night')
  5. Still using my Little Giant 1000 as my main amp, with a Superfly 500 as backup. They both work well with my two Yamaha 2 X 10" 4 ohm cabs and although the cabs are rated at only 250 watts RMS each, I've never had any problems with the Little Giant overpowering the cabs, as there's plenty of volume on tap without needing to take things to extremes. I just use my ears😋 By the way, I've never witnessed the built-in cooling fan on the Little Giant running other than briefly at startup, so my solution to the legendary heat generated by both these amps and keep them reliable (so far) has been to place them on top of a laptop computer cooling pad. The fans in the cooling pad are illuminated too, which looks pretty cool and I just power the cooling pad from an old phone charger.
  6. I've upgraded to Gotoh tuning heads on all my basses, and went for the lightweight versions on my Spector ReBop 5 and my '84 Westone Thunder III. After owning the Westone from new, I also replaced the original pickups and electronics in that bass with Bartolini pickups and 3-band eq. I did that in 2018 to give more modern functionality for a predominantly 80s themed band I had going at the time, as the original controls were rather idiosyncratic and hard to get some tones out of. Since doing those mods, I've been playing the Westone more than my other 4 basses put together.
  7. Agreed - and that too often manifests itself as people constantly squeezing past everyone in their row of seats during the performance to go to and from the bar ( and presumably therefore, the toilets). I find this as puzzling as it is annoying, as, although I enjoy an alcoholic drink (or 3) as much as anyone, I prefer not to experience a gig through an alcohol-fuelled haze. Apart from anything else, ticket prices now are so high that the last thing I want to do is miss even a couple of minutes of the performance I've paid for.
  8. Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time. (featuring late, great John Giblin on bass)
  9. Mariah Carey's cover of Without You. Too many notes.😧
  10. On further reflection, that $155 for a seat with no view of the stage would be perfect for the types who pay good money to go to a gig, only to spend the entire performance going to and from the bar, looking at their phone or shouting to their friends while getting ever more plastered. Maybe Beyonce's tour management team have realised that there's even more easy money to be made from this strange niche in the market?🤣
  11. Well said - agreed 100% And no matter how near or far your seat is from the stage or how much you've paid for it, you'll also have your view and enjoyment of the gig frequently interrupted by people asking you to let them squeeze past as they go to and from the bar and toilets.
  12. From my own experience with my Spector ReBop 5, this can be a valid point. I love this bass in all respects other than the narrow string spacing. And I suspect that because I'm left handed but play right handed this tends to magnify the natural weakness in my right hand to effectively adapt and adjust as well as it might. Especially since I only get time to practice at weekends. The only other 5-string basses that offer 19mm string spacing yet possibly tick enough other boxes for me are the Ibanez BTB or MTD Kingston, and I may have to check them out at some point.
  13. Kate Bush in Running up that Hill - "underwear tearing you asunder"
  14. After a couple of years with a Thunder 1A, I bought my Thunder III in 1985. Always loved the look and sound of it but to give it more modern functionality, and after a lot of pondering, I replaced the original pickups and electronics in 2018 with a Bartolini 3 band eq etc and fitted some Gotoh lightweight machineheads of to reduce the neck dive. I did it mainly for an 80s band I had going at the time, but the band folded shortly after. The Thunder III has become my most played bass since then.
  15. Rockschool did a roadshow at one point and after seeing 'Enry at Liverpool's Royal Court, I also later treated myself to a black Thunder 3. Still have it, and still play it regularly since replacing the innards with Bartolini pickups and 3-band eq a few years ago to give it more modern functionality.
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