BigAlonBass

Doesn't augur well for being a well played and looked after Bass. Have you seen the way he's routed the D string?

Prat by name.................

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='1338457' date='Aug 13 2011, 09:28 AM']I do the bit in Born to be Wild, at the end of the intro going into the first verse. Hard to explain, but if you know the song you should know the bit I mean, and I've done it since day one of playing the song. About 2 years ago, we went to a studio and recorded songs. Bearing in mind I had already been playing in the band about 2 years by that point, the rhythm guitarist had never noticed that I played that bit (or just about anything more complicated than straight eighth/sixteenth notes). He decided he liked it, but only managed to figure out about half of the run I do, and finishes loudly on a note which he bends and wallops the whammy bar on....

So now... every gig we do, he half-arsedly plays the same thing I'm doing over the top of me, loudly with his solo channel, and it ends up sounding like I'm just following him.... grrrr. [/quote]
The correct procedure would be to say "Errr-You do know that the Bass plays that bit on the record, and you're f*cking it up by playing over it, spoiling the whole sound of the piece?"
To which he would reply "....but I like the whammy bar bit that I do" followed by "mmpff, mmpff, mmmpppfffff!" as he tries to get your Bass from between his teeth.

[quote name='Mikeg' post='1338109' date='Aug 12 2011, 07:48 PM']Here yah go
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jazz-bass-Neck-block-inlays-Maple-neck-F-brd-20-Fret-/140576627223?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item20bb051a17"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jazz-bass-Neck-b...=item20bb051a17[/url][/quote]

Keep your eyes on this seller. He's just opened a new shop/warehouse in our home town, and his reputation is second to none. Every time I've dealt with him in the past, he's bent over backwards to be helpful.

Never had the amp, but those folded horn bins were deadly. You could hardly hear them on stage, but the projection was such that they nearly blew the audience through the back wall!

Early Tuesday morning bump for not being able to get the cash together for this.

[quote name='Maverick' post='1307274' date='Jul 17 2011, 11:28 PM']Nope, always made strings feel far too slick for my liking. A decent wipe down with an ordinary cloth does the job better for my liking.

Also, as someone mentioned lemon oil, there's a job I hate doing as well. No matter how careful I am I somehow always end up with it irritating my fingers. Glad it doesn't need doing very often.[/quote]

Steal your Mother's/Girlfriend's/Wife's Marigolds while their backs are turned, but never admit to it on here!
or:- Nip to your nearest 'Pound Shop' and buy the pretend Doctor's gloves that Mechanics use these days. Money well spent, if you have sensitive skin.

[quote name='stoker' post='1300980' date='Jul 12 2011, 01:27 PM']Would this be able to handle my 300 watt Trace Elliot head?[/quote]
Yes. Unless you turn it up to 11.

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=122273"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=122273[/url]

Somebody else tell him about the price thing. I can't be bothered.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1277547' date='Jun 21 2011, 07:29 PM']How so?
There's a bunch of potterers who hang out in this thread in particular who might be able to help this guy out with a nice old Jap pup.... the reason why I recommended him do it in the first place. [/quote]
Bloody printed word! I was trying to be helpful, but looking back at my post, I should have added "as well" instead of the wink smiley.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1277199' date='Jun 21 2011, 03:42 PM']1) There's a lot of it..... I bet he plays to bigger audiences than most on here . And I bet more people go to see [i]him[/i] play than most.[/quote]
So by that reasoning, I should rush out an buy Justin Beiber tickets?
[quote]2) Your bad.[/quote]
So the Wife tells me!
[quote]3) Jackson never slaps. He uses his thumb as a quasi-pick to pluck lines whilst partly deadening the strings with his left hand. A seriously musical approach that many here will know of.[/quote]
Oooooh! I don't 'know of' a certain person's technique, therefore I'm not as 'seriously musical' as most. Back to the 'Divide' then.

[quote name='chris_b' post='1277187' date='Jun 21 2011, 03:33 PM']Your silly prejudices have robbed you of the opportunity to see one of the truly great bass players. Your loss.[/quote]
Nothing silly about having an opinion - [i]not[/i] a prejudice. I've been to see some of the 'truly great bass players' and became bored at the self-indulgence rather quickly. I don't intend wasting any more of my money to pander to the slightly elitist attitude you show in your post.
If you simply attack another person's views as silly, without trying to understand their preferences, how are you going to convert them to your point of view. Your loss.

[quote name='4StringFortress' post='1276889' date='Jun 21 2011, 11:56 AM']Im looking for a P style pickup for a bass im doing up and I was advised to post here so if anyone could help if they have any spares let me know.

Thanks.[/quote]
You'd probably get a better response if you posted this in the 'Items Wanted' Section.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1276743' date='Jun 21 2011, 10:10 AM'][/quote]

Everyone seems to want to 'pigeonhole' everyone else these days, so here's my two penn'orth. I don't get out too often, so when I go to see a Band or other Musical entertainment, I want to enjoy myself. The above picture gives me three separate reasons to walk out of the Gig before the Band even strikes a note.

1) He's [i]staring[/i] at the neck. This, to me, equates to self-indulgence, and to heck with the audience.
2) He's playing a single-cut Bass. Nobody has [i]ever[/i] played any music that appeals to me, whilst wielding an SC.
3) He's hitching a lift. As soon as I see the 'slapper's thumb' come out - I'm long gone.

Naturally, this is only my opinion, but I find most SC players tend towards the 'highbrow' end of the Musical Spectrum, and that kind of stuff just doesn't appeal to me. I'm not alone in this though, having heard comments on the lines of "Single-Cut Bass? That f*cker's really up himself!" and on one occasion "He came to the audition, pulled a Single-Cut Bass out of it's case, and we told him to p*ss off before he even plugged in!".
Pigeonholed maybe, but I can't see anyone in a Punk or Rock Band wanting to use an SC, so the 'divide' becomes really evident. Perhaps there's a hint of "I'm better than you, because I use one of these" in there somewhere?

(Quick aside to cytania's comment -"Accept you're playing Bass" Most people who buy these seem not to want to accept this. They get them to 'widdle' on.) Once again-My opinion and conception of the usual owners of these clumsy-looking things.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1273464' date='Jun 18 2011, 09:06 AM']So is it just me that thinks the G string is inbound from the edge of the fingerboard in relation to the E string? [/quote]

No.

[quote]It could be the camera angle but I'm fairly certain it is an imbalance in neck/string alignment.[/quote]
Yup.

[quote name='zerofocus' post='1273105' date='Jun 17 2011, 07:47 PM']huh??[/quote]


hey selling this [b]ass [/b]ive got a bigger rig now for live

[quote name='dc2009' post='1258788' date='Jun 6 2011, 07:13 PM']What wood is the body?
Thanks
Dan[/quote]

[quote]First up- solid wood body, nice grain, stripped and clean. [b][i]I don't know what the wood is[/i] [/b]. I also have a bag of screws and the back plate which covered the electrics which I'll chuck in.[/quote]

[quote name='nipplebass' post='1246839' date='May 27 2011, 11:25 AM']Hey man! if it was the last time we played there I wasn't playing bass as i had a broken arm haha[/quote]
Be careful over the next couple of months. You don't want to be laid up for Stormin' The Castle!

Lots of separate ads on here, detailed, with pictures. Much more drooling for us all.

[quote name='nipplebass' post='1246487' date='May 26 2011, 11:56 PM']cheers man! are you the big al who plays with black rose?[/quote]
Guilty as charged, mate.

Hiya, Neil. There are quite a few lads from round the North-East on here, so you'll fit in well, mate.
Welcome to the Forum.

(Edit to say "Sorry, Lee". Why on earth did I type 'Neil'?)

[quote name='bass24' post='1240091' date='May 22 2011, 10:21 AM']Just a thought along this thread. Does it make any difference to string tone/sound when you can fix the ball end of the string directly in the bridge or through the anchor point on the back of the bass for those bass's that have that option?[/quote]
Not on the Wilkinson Bridge I've fitted to my Precision Lyte, but apparently some different types get a bit more sustain when strung through the anchor points. (More string contact, perhaps?)

[quote name='wizbat' post='1239310' date='May 21 2011, 01:48 PM']to label boutique basses as middy and honky is silly as they're just as diverse in sounds as any other bass, just as saying all precisions just sound thump thump thump!,and there are passive boutique basses as well as active.[/quote]
Well.....I don't get out much, and I can only form an opinion from the sound bites and youtube offerings I see regularly on here. Even the Wife has begun saying "Another posh Bass? It sounds the same as the last one. Get another Fender, Pet" if I am playing the clips through the big speakers, so I must be listening to lots of people who prefer 'that' sound.

[quote name='Machines' post='1239977' date='May 22 2011, 08:39 AM']I've had odd things happen with strings when the ball end was at a dodgy angle (compared to other strings), might be worth loosening it and giving it a slight turn.[/quote]
+1 on this. With two of my Basses, I have to have the hole in the ball-end lying from side-to-side for it to make 'contact' with the bridge. If one of the holes is pointing upwards or even at a slight angle, that string sounds dead. It took me a while to figure it out as well.