Cat Burrito

[quote name='Marvin' post='699431' date='Jan 3 2010, 12:59 PM']Wife claims to be distantly related to Kylie Minogue.[/quote] You'll be having Beedster around for dinner now you've posted this!

[quote name='BarnacleBob' post='517192' date='Jun 18 2009, 08:50 AM']Reply to M. Jackson, LA BB[/quote] Or AKA "Do ya wanna be in my gang?"

I too have done a lot of recording & always used the DI option dating back 20yrs when I didn't really know much but all the various engineers preferred it. I was listening to some 15yr old demos last night & thinking just how good my bass sounded.

And at another Quireboys gig Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain got in the way of my photo...

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='699097' date='Jan 2 2010, 09:10 PM']Bidder 6 went in with a stupid number. I wonder if they got taken in by the "[b]Ernie Ball Stingray MusicMan[/b]" part in the title. [/quote] I reckon so, £350 is crazy. I bet the seller is chuffed

To add to a couple of the comments I only use my in passive mode too. I prefer the sound of a passive Fender bass anyway so the active tone was unlikely to interest me. I just thought the red one looked as cool as jam

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='699161' date='Jan 2 2010, 10:50 PM']I played bass in Bloc Party, what a bunch of bell ends.[/quote] I was at a Quireboys gig in Bristol a few years back and the coolest bit of graffiti in the toilet read "Bloc Party are ok but need to practice"

Summing up the word tenuous; I lent my bass rig to Norman Watt-Roy at a recent gig. I played with the late great Paul Fox from the Ruts... and he played drums for us! Jonathan Ross once very relucantly took a demo tape off me in Oxford Street and then never called Keith Chegwin once correctly gave way to me at a roundabout I once went on Bruno Brooks' boat in Pangbourne I queued at an airport with ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons or Dusty Hill (at the age of 10 they both looked the same to me so who knows!)

I have an old valve Bassman head which of course has a guitar input and a bass input. I've actually never tried the guitar input but presumably would want a different cab to get a halfway decent tone. My thoughts are that it's all a nice theory but ultimately I suspect more effort for less results. Probably best off lurking around the 'Bay as they often have decent bargains cropping up, especially old 70s stuff

The same ad was on Berkshire Live but has now mysteriously disappeared suggesting it has been filled. I jammed with that guy a few years ago and he was a really good player.

I was going to offer mine for £150! Same model but different colour

Good idea but I don't know that I do. I think I do with some basslines, in my head at least but generally I lean towards no. That said I can think of a few songs in the set where I most certainly do. I guess it must be subconscious

I like the price but 95% feedback on EBay causes me some concerns. He's only got 3 as a seller and somebody wasn't happy (stating the fretboard was coming away from the neck). HE could have been unlucky but I'd want more reassurances before buying

My double bass is chinese and plays fine for my needs. I know the guy at my local music shop and we set it up together so it plays well. I wouldn't be put off. I got mine off a straight trade and didn't spend a penny

Nice colour Wayne. How smooth is the finish? It looks pretty professional to me.

Great thread. I think the 90s was more a decade of nostalgia generally so there is unlikely to be a 90s tone as such. I reserve the right to be wrong but that's how it felt at the time, as we faced the end of an era and the dawning of a new millenium. One term I used to hear a lot which I don't so much these days is "chocolate-y" but I think you got them all covered. We can all walk into studios and create the impression we know what we are on about! edited for my woeful spelling!

Picked up this head as a spare for the gigs where I can't be bothered to lug around my 1978 Bassman to go with my regular (& slightly blurred in this pic) Ampeg SVT cab 115E

I'm surprised by the responses but believe them. I get mine into an MG ZS and can have a passenger too but hadn't tried my wife's VW Fox. I think sometimes it's surprising what you can get in the car, even if it does mean creative gear changes whilst driving!

Cool. I'm sure he'll have loads of fun with it.

Just remember it's rock n roll so there are no rules! I saw a great picture of Paul McCartney in Abbey Road studios with a capo on his Hofner bass - I don't play as well as Paul so can't stand in judgement! I wouldn't use one on a bass personally because I know the neck well enough now but I figure if good players wish to then there is no harm in it.

Like Dandelion says it really depends on the paint. You may well be able to scratch off most of it with a fingernail just going steady. It's not always popular at home but I've used my wife's nail polish remover for paint removing in the past. Failing that go with Wayne's white spirit. Just remember try a little bit on a small area at first with whatever you try.

I too have a lot of Scottish heritage on my Mum's side. My parents are in Scotland at the moment and my band are hoping to tour Scotland in 2010.