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[quote name='Josh' post='33084' date='Jul 17 2007, 03:10 PM']All I'll say is Coxxy!!! And at college it's known as The Oar! But as Dave said it's horrible to play and sounds dreadful, but then again our college equipment dosen't help the matter.[/quote] hi josh!..... how r u getting on?

[quote name='endorka' post='32749' date='Jul 16 2007, 10:09 PM']Oh yeah, that is an excellent one. Truly melodious. I liked that solo before I played bass... before I even realised it was a bass solo. Jennifer[/quote] Muzz Skillings was great with that band..... wonder what he is doing now? I love the lack of overdubbed rhythm guitar in the guitar solo in "cult of personality" on that album... you can really hear the groove & space.... & then the bass filling it out a bit...tasteful! & those fills on "open letter..." prick my ears up everytime!

What bass lines have been inspirational to you? "Funk the dumb stuff" - Tower of Power (Rocco Prestia) "Ish" - Brand x (Percy Jones) "stay" - Meshell Ndegeocello are three that have got my bass bone quivering recently!........

Percy Jones (Brand x, Tunnels) - nightmare patrol & malaga virgen - from the Brand x album - Livestock Patrick O'Hearn (Frank Zappa) - Rubber shirt (album - Sheik Yerbouti) & the purple lagoon (album - Live in NY) Stanley Clarke - many solos!... but I like what he does with a double bass on Blues for Mingus (album - I wanna Play for you) ...check the shredding run towards the end!... gasp! Alan Thompson (John Martyn) - Looking on (album - philentrophy) Philippe Bussonet (magma) - Nebehr gudhatt (album - Theusz Hamtaahk trilogy 2001) if u don't know this french band, they're amasing!... it's under the genre - "zeuhl music" the band is built around Christian Vander (drummer) & although the line up changes over the years... the vision is always the same.... Philippe is my favorite bassman with them.... great player!

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' post='32501' date='Jul 16 2007, 01:38 PM']Yes, it's time for a curly lead revival. Just realised - the lead I'm using in the picture is a curly one in transparent plastic! Wonder what happened to it?[/quote] transparent!!!!...... way cool! I used to have one of those too!

<stingray 5 mostly...... but I do also have a tune "bassmaniac" 4-string (....a little too "80's looking" 4 my tastes these days!) & a hohner acoustic (sounds great despite the "dairylea triangle" soundhole!)

WOW!!!............ :wub:

[quote name='Bassassin' post='32172' date='Jul 15 2007, 07:24 PM']I think Bottomfeed's student's bass probably has a neck from something else. The bridge looks different, too - possibly repositioned to accommodate a longer scale. J.[/quote] ....Reckon you may be right there.... any ideas on the neck? I know a keyboard player who still uses the H/H VS musician (2x12) combo.... the "valve sound" is pretty harsh but mmmm!..... green light! curly leads rock!.... why don't you see them much these days?

hmmmm...... interesting!...... thanx 4 the links etc.. The owner picked it up real cheap at a boot sale, I think...... but it plays like an absolute pig! (....& unfortunately sounds sh*te too!!) may be worth some TLC & a set up.... had seen the WEM site & that white bass is the same but the headstock is different.... not like the Rapier style melted fender boomerang thingy!.... maybe it's a hybrid? on the subject of WEM, just done an afternoon outdoor gig (in the rain !) & the guitarist in t'other band "the Bloody Marys" had a WEM copycat!..... now there's a nice bit of kit! ShergoldSnickers, is that an H/H bass combo I spy to the right of your acrobatic ladder?

A student of mine has this wem bass..... anyone ever seen one before?.... got any info ? sorry the pix are a bit sh*te!

Hi all, I got lazy about my pedalboard this time round & decided to buy the off the shelf Boss jobbie... complete with 2 major design faults... those stupid little plastic catches which succumbed to the drunk tramplings of punters within a few gigs!... spent a few months re-glueing them before I abandoned them for little padlocks & a strip of gaffa... & the skinniest of wires on the transformer that powers all 7 items.... rediculous! L 2 R: Boss dd6 digi-delay, Tech 21 bass compactor, Ibanez phat hed, Boss chorus, Dod evelope filter, Ebs octabass