Marvin

I've been laughing so much through this thread I can't think of a caption. Keep up the good work

I play my bass so high now the horn is almost touching my chin!

[quote name='Clarky' post='720518' date='Jan 21 2010, 08:47 PM']Nah, can't get that through on expenses any more - just results in awkward questions about the Euro 15 "In room entertainment" charge! Besides which, this is Belgium not Sweden :-) Ps, on a more mundane note, I have been listening this week to an unusual mixture of What's Going On (Marvin Gaye) and Endgame (Megadeth)[/quote] You wouldn't want to end up like a former Home Secretary's partner either. And Belgium, the home of .......... indecision. (politics joke regarding consociational democracy, yawn). Interesting mix of music.

Excellent idea WoT. That Leo, lucky man. Can we all use it for the tenuous claim to fame thread. "we share internet space with BassDoc, who happened to meet Leo Fender"

[quote name='Clarky' post='720500' date='Jan 21 2010, 08:35 PM']The sound of silence Not Simon & Garfunkek, literally. Stuck in a hotel room in boring Brussels, typing on my Blackberry. God I'm bored.[/quote] The price of being an international jet setter. Nothing on the goggle box then 'ay. Nudge, nudge, know what I'm saying, say no mooorre. :brow:

Damn you broken stereo I have the iPod. Currently listening to Karnivool's second (I think) album Themeta. Title track kicks some behind. Love it, and loving my mid life crisis, listening to what all those hip kids are in to.

You may require trauma counselling.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='718850' date='Jan 20 2010, 11:51 AM']Opinion has it that, for optimal technical delivery, one should hang the bass to match the position it occupies when you're sitting......[/quote] That'll be sat in its stand then.

Not listening to anything currently because MY BL00DY STEREO HAS GONE ON THE BLINK AGAIN. AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH

[quote name='ghigo85' post='716182' date='Jan 17 2010, 11:23 PM']some of my videos with fretless bass... IMPRO on FRETLESS [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9TyM-TYfJg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9TyM-TYfJg[/url][/quote] Not usually my thing, but I really got into that. Superb.

The latest offering from Karnivool - Sound Awake. Bloody love it. Played it at work as soon as I got it (one of the benefits of being a postie you can intercept your own post :brow: ). Everyone in the office hated it, apart from one of me old mates from the punk days. We're embarking on designing some moshing slippers for the older mosher!

Warwick have always been my favourite, they are just it for me. Out of the new ones, probably Streamer LX or Streamer Stage 1 or Thumb NT Of course I can't afford them but I may be able to persuade the other half I need a new bass in which case the std Rockbass Corvette would be very acceptable.

Have you tried the Fender out?

Can they get Wayne to respray it

[quote name='Bass Culture' post='715660' date='Jan 17 2010, 01:39 PM']I'm going old school - Andy Fraser's solo in 'Mr Big' for me, from Free Live.[/quote] You beat me to it Thoroughly seconded.

I've also gone from plectrum to fingers. Fingers are a lot more versatile in varying tone.

Song for a 3 piece, mmmmm. What about Sit Down by James.

Saw him at Milton Keynes Bowl in the early 90's supporting ZZ Top. Awesome vocalist. Only just got into Free, have I been missing out over the years! Congratulations

Great playing. As simple as that, great playing. Thanks for posting it.

[quote name='ped' post='711745' date='Jan 13 2010, 06:55 PM']I always have a touch of reverb - it really 'lifts' the sound out of the mix a bit I find. Only really subtle, and only above 3K Here is a sample which shows how subtle it is! [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/85432/USB%203/Canti%27s%20Wrap.mp3"]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/85432/USB%203/Canti%27s%20Wrap.mp3[/url] or even [url="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/85432/USB%203/Sticky%20Situation.mp3"]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/85432/USB%203/Stic...20Situation.mp3[/url] Cheers ped[/quote] You groovy mother you. Great sound and tone, and good tunes. I've only recently got a pedal with reverb on it, and not quite got to grips with it. Whenever I've added reverb it's sounded dreadful. I'm assuming now listening to ped's samples and what others have posted that I'm putting on too much reverb. Time to have another tweak and make it a little more subtle.

A top end Ibby soundgear in blue. Or Silddx's white Warwick. That would probably be quite expensive as I'd have to hire an assassin.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='710451' date='Jan 12 2010, 07:33 PM']I'm not sure what you mean here. The [b]bass sound is pretty ordinary to me[/b]...or am I missing something. This band probably sampled everything, then messed about with it. I don't trust bass sounds on record these days, as there's so much you can do to them via EQ, effects, etc.[/quote] Blasphemer, heretic stone him. I was only listening to the MC's the other day. Great album, great track. It's difficult to pinpoint exactly what they've done.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='710233' date='Jan 12 2010, 04:56 PM']I only change or add to my setup when I find I'm [i]not[/i] 'hearing' something that could only be achieved by spending bundles. So that would be - er - always? [/quote] IF YOU'RE NOT 'HEARING' SOMETHING YOU MAY NEED TO VISIT A GP. [size=1](sincere apologies for obvious pun, in joke at work)[/size] [quote name='Sarah5string' post='710249' date='Jan 12 2010, 05:01 PM']I'm an obsessive compulsive frugal money saver therefore £8 will be more than scraped back in other areas... [/quote] I thought my wife was the only woman with a tight grip on cash

[quote name='Mickeyboro' post='709996' date='Jan 12 2010, 01:57 PM']Danny Thompson offered me outside once. Mistaken identity, but I wouldn't want to cross him, jovial though he may be![/quote] I saw a documentary about John Martyn several months ago, and according to Martyn they had quite a few 'physical arguments'! Both were quite handy. Great interview. I've only just got into Nick Drake and John Martyn and love Thompson's playing. Both a great loss. This is quite ironic as almost 20 years ago myself and 2 mates went to see him play live. We went expecting rock music I suppose, from the list of artists he had played with and for. We didn't expect folk/jazz and came out thoroughly fed up. I think we were too young and naive to appreciate what we had seen and probably wasn't helped by being of an altered state of consciousness.

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