The Funk

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='318798' date='Oct 31 2008, 08:36 AM']Feedme music wanted to take £180 off of us and the other bands for playing even though we all brought in more than enough people.[/quote] I would love to have heard your response to that!

I'd guess rounds just from the fact of there being slap stuff on a few of his tunes (such as [i]Bustin' Out[/i]). It's nice to see Rick James get some props on these forums!

"Waiter... none of this old wine. Bring me your freshest wine!" - Navin Johnson, [i]The Jerk[/i]

More evidence:

Just had a listen - I vote Stingray.

[quote name='Shockwave' post='318409' date='Oct 30 2008, 02:55 PM']Classic track and fantastic line, But who was the bass player and what bass did he use? Any idea on the rig either?[/quote] I'm pretty sure Rick James wrote, produced and played everything on there (bar the vocals). He tended to use Stingrays or Ricks, I believe. I'll have a listen now and see what I think it sounds like.

[quote name='paul h' post='317803' date='Oct 29 2008, 06:01 PM']Victor Wooten 75% Jaco Pastorius 58% Pete Wentz 50% Micheal "Flea" Balzary 33% John Myung 0% 216% which makes me over twice as good as you lot.[/quote] You can't say you're over twice as [i]good[/i] - but you can say you're over twice as [i]much[/i] a bassist as any of the 100%ers.

I've only ever let one guy use my rig and that was because he's a friend of mine (more a friend of a friend but I know him and he's a nice guy) and we were sharing the bill. During soundcheck I told him to leave all the settings as they are and explained how everything worked. He left everything as it was and everything went well. Those are the only circumstances in which anyone can share equipment with me. I can't afford to replace my rig if anything happens to it.

[quote name='Rich' post='317766' date='Oct 29 2008, 05:02 PM']Apparently I am 50% Victor Wooten, 25% John Myung, 17% Flea, 8% Pete Wentz (oh puh-LEEze) and 8% Jaco. Rrrrright. Quite how I work out to be 108% of anything is unclear at this time.[/quote] I'm 150% composite bassist - I guess that makes me 42% more bassist than you.

[quote name='Telebass' post='317697' date='Oct 29 2008, 04:06 PM']A codicil to this[/quote] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codicil"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codicil[/url] I had to look it up!

Ignoring that quiz, I'd say my playing style is more a mix of Louis Johnson, Paul Jackson and Jack Bruce.

Personally, I like Hartke stuff. I think the fact that they've gone out of fashion and become much cheaper is a good thing. I wasn't a fan of the Hartke heads but I hear good things about the LH500 - and I've always liked their cabs.

I am 0% Pete Wentz and very pleased.

Victor Wooten 50% Jaco Pastorius 42% Micheal "Flea" Balzary 33% John Myung 25% Pete Wentz 0%

Pete Wentz is Ashlee Simpson's feller and the bassist for [i]Fallout Boy[/i].

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='317283' date='Oct 29 2008, 08:40 AM']'The Jazz Theory Book' by Mark Levine[/quote] Agreed. There is a book called something like "The Bass Bible" as well somewhere.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='317557' date='Oct 29 2008, 01:59 PM']EBS did one but thats discontinued. Peavey did 2; 1820 and 1516 - am sure you can work it out.[/quote] 1820 = 1x18" + 2x10"? 1516 = 1x15" + 2x8"?

I love cabs like these: I've got a pair of Acme Low B2s and a single Acme Low B1. 10" Woofer + 5" mid-range + tweeter = yum.

[quote name='umph' post='316536' date='Oct 28 2008, 10:56 AM']can't hurt yourself changing valves unless you decide to do it with a hammer while its turned on or something.[/quote] If they're still hot, you can burn your fingers.

[quote name='ezbass' post='316516' date='Oct 28 2008, 10:38 AM']All the shops in Denmark Street and the environs are not music shops, they are tourist traps who wouldn't know customer service if it bit them in the posterior.[/quote] With the exception of Wunjo and Vintage&Rare, neither of which are part of the company which owns ALL of the others - and which both have excellent customer service. Wunjo even have good prices if you ask for them.

Worst time to tell them: at the venue on Friday just before you take to the stage.

[quote name='OldGit' post='316449' date='Oct 28 2008, 09:34 AM']This isn't like a Dear John unless you habitually have a relationship with 4 partners at the the same time, in the same room, in public, and they all know about each other ...[/quote] EDIT: Actually, I've been saying for the last few weeks that being in a band is a bit like being in a serious long-term relationship with four other men.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='316097' date='Oct 27 2008, 07:28 PM']I'm sh*t at stuff like that, I'd rather let somebody else sort it out before I electrocute myself or burn down the house.[/quote] That's why profressionals exist, right? To keep us from screwing it up?

[quote name='OldGit' post='316247' date='Oct 27 2008, 10:28 PM']forget it and use an original name[/quote] I agree. Having said that, before we did our first ever gig, I did a search online for Foolish Earthlings and found a link to the webpage of a band called [i]The[/i] Foolish Earthlings. I emailed them, told them about us and said I didn't have a problem with our two bands having similar names as we seemed to operate in completely different areas (musically and geographically). Within a day the main guy replied to say that he was in fact the only guy and it was only an idea for a name for a band which didn't actually exist yet - and that he was happy to scrap it and the page, and he wished us luck. Don't expect anything like that to happen. Even Nirvana got sued by that earlier hippie band, Nirvana. (Hippies suing drop-outs - "what happened to you, man?".)