The Funk

for more space on his maxed-out pedalboard?

Wicked. The top makes it looks like you've got nice binding going around the body. I love that effect.

I wondered why you never see any bass heads on top of Flea's cabs.

[quote name='R,5,R,5...' post='31813' date='Jul 14 2007, 04:29 PM']pray you are touched by the grace of Goines[/quote] Do you reckon he uses that as a chat-up line?

Joe Walsh pulls a pretty weird 'sex face'. But it fits perfectly with what he's playing, so who cares?

Even though my first choice is black abalone, I do like the matte black and black perloid options too. An interesting one could be black smoke mirror. EDIT: Of course, such a thing doesn't exist. What I meant was smoke mirror.

I love the look and sound of a great many basses but the only ones that work for me are Fender Jazzes and Warwicks. The big disappointment for me has been Stingrays (and SUBs). I love the look and the sound on so many classic recordings but they just don't feel (or sound) right - the ones I've tried out anyway. Even the pre-EB ones didn't work for me. I have a funny feeling though that a lot of vintage basses haven't had a string change or set-up since the early 80s. The other big disappointment for me has to be Fender Jazzes with rosewood 'boards and white blocks/binding. That is the ULTIMATE neck in terms of look for me but not a single one I've played has agreed with me. It's weird 'cos I have a Fender Jazz with a rosewood board which sounds great for fingerstyle and a late '70s Fender Jazz with maple neck and blocks/binding - amazing for slap and fingerstyle. Again, the big problem could be the crap strings / lack of a decent set-up.

That's the cool thing about it. You can cover bits of guitar, keys and bass on one instrument.

Black abalone - sexy!

The briefcase is supposed to be an amp for small gigs, right? Competing against the Gallien-Krueger MB150 and the SWR Baby Blue. Well, when I tried it in the shop it just didn't work for me. But the tone and volume Harambé's bassist got out of his enormous PJB rig was pretty decent. Like I said, just a bit too clean for my taste.

mea culpa

Apparently their Boss clones sound fine but don't last very long.

amo, amas, amat... oh wait, pardon me - my mistake.

This is awful, I'm considering a custom build now. But 4 YEARS? What if I die in the meantime? What happens to it then?

It's actually typically un-British to knock people. That's why some might argue that Britain's not great at anything anymore. And some might argue that's why we have to find a way to compensate. Some might argue the ways in which we compensate include throwing our (limited) weight around on the world stage and overpricing everything. Hence rip-off Britain and lapdog PMs. Go look at all the youtube comments for clips of musicians having a go - it's astounding the levels of criticism people throw around on there. And the majority of those guys are American. There's a good side and a bad side to the competitive streak that we seem to hide away from.

Hehe, lacking a bit of grit for my taste. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a wimpy sound. Just didn't have any balls.

I did a gig where we were supported by Harambé. Their bassist uses a Phil Jones rig. He scoffed at the idea of just using one rig for the night (ie. sharing my rig or his). Got a very clean sound out of his rig though. Some might say a little too clean.

Thanks for the info. You'll have to let us know when you have some recordings of that. I bet it sounds amazing.

We call it the 'sex face'. Every guitarist/bassist pulls them when they're totally into it. Some have great ones, others have awful ones. I can excuse the bad ones if the playing's great.

Believe me, I've been tempted. The only trouble is I'd get arrested for it - and then the council would probably charge me thousands for repairs to the pavement. Whatever happened to rock star immunity?

Bloody hell! Would you consider lending / renting that out for recording sessions?

[quote name='Bald Eagle' post='31271' date='Jul 13 2007, 01:45 PM']"This is a unique opportunity for serious bass musicians to study at the very highest level".[/quote] ie. if you pay us this amount of money you will justifiably be able to tell yourself that you are a serious bass musician. I don't see why they need to try to hype up things that are already so cool.