Rich

This morning a mate sent me a rough mp3 of a tune he'd like me to play bass on. I've listened to it a couple of times and had wondered about going fretless for it... having read this thread, I reckon I definitely will now

It's biffed out [i]again[/i]? After only 14 months?
Blige. Not exactly a ringing endorsement, even if the first failure was, or may have been, lager-induced.
I had one of those old Arion Stage Tuners many years ago, it was utterly great and performed faultlessly despite being gigged to hell and back, survived sweat and beer and crap, and only bombed out after having a 4x10 dropped on it. Was a darned sight cheaper than the Pitchblack.

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='963054' date='Sep 21 2010, 10:17 AM']Its a good crowd pleaser and gets people up dancing so no reason it shouldn't be on their play list IME.

Same with Brown eyed girl.[/quote]
Oh I agree, they are popular. And I didn't mean they shouldn't play them.
Just that I, personally, wouldn't. And that presumably the new bassist wasn't such an awkward picky git as me.

EDIT: all this said, I will happily play M*st*ng S*lly. Which I guess makes me a stupidly fickle awkward picky git.

I'll play pretty much anything I'm asked TBH (assuming I [i]can[/i] play it, of course ) but I do play the occasional veto card.
The last ones I did this for were Dance The Night Away and Brown Eyed Girl. I nearly had a nose-nose argument with the singer over that first one.
I didn't stay in that band much longer. Last time I checked, Dance The Night Away was on their repertoire...

Can you add a poll option of "oh god i would LOVE to see this... but it's the other end of the smegging country. Curse you, geography"..?

Interesting array of basses on display tonight, and only one Fender among them (and then only for one song). I liked Queen Emily's stuff, great voice, good band, nice Kubicki Factor the Mark Ronson stuff was, how to put it politely? different... and the Klaxons? how am I supposed to respect a band that plainly can't even be arsed to tune up properly?

Thought of trying the Seymour Duncan 1/4-Pounders or Hot Stacks?

[quote name='silddx' post='951788' date='Sep 10 2010, 01:24 PM']For sheer, unbridled ugliness, can you beat the Parker Fly Bass?[/quote]
Oh blige, I forgot that one. A classic case of a fabulous prototype transforming into a complete gumby of a production model.
How did they make such an ugly bass, when the guitar it's shaped after is so pretty?

I believe Marcus Miller uses UltraJazzes in his original bass.

[quote name='M-Bass-M' post='951748' date='Sep 10 2010, 12:52 PM']I'm also not a very big fan at all of symmetrical basses, and the pariticular offenders I can think of are any of Stanley Clarke's or Mark King's basses. In this month's BGM there's a photo of SC in front a load of his Alembic basses, and quite frankly they are hideous - particularly the flying V! I think what really turns me off are the stupid tails that these basses have - either pointy out tails or just where somebody has taken a Batman-size bite out of the bass.[/quote]
In fairness, some of those 'Alembics' are actually the Löwenherz things I posted the link to. Although his actual 'Bics aren't terribly pretty either.

My pass-the-bucket list of shame:
- That stupid Warwick Reverso abomination.
- Alembic Dragon's Wing.
- Big AL
- Bongo
- Everything made by [url="http://www.loewenherzbass.com/english/models.html"]these people[/url] and [url="http://www.dipintoguitars.com/category.php?id=2"]these people[/url].
- Much of BC Rich's output.
- Sparkly Italias etc.


Rich (refusing to 'justify' my 'coffee table' bass to anyone)

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='948646' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:09 PM']Mine wasn't pants, I wish I still had it.[/quote]
Still got mine, it's still pants paid £25 for it. It's worth at least that.

I have [color="#FF8C00"]orange[/color] side LEDs on my Shuker... the colour goes nicely with the baccy sunburst body, I think. The gorgeous walnut Sei Flamboyant I used to own had [color="#0000FF"]blue[/color] ones. They were nice too.
I find the side LEDs a godsend on dark stages, but I wouldn't have front LEDs if you paid me. Well yeah, I would. I just wouldn't switch them on.

I think anyone who ever posts a "thinking of selling up" thread should be shown this, as proof that you'll only end up regretting it.
Welcome home!

Not at all. Whenever I check cab specs these days, weight is the 1st thing I look at.

Goggle did post in this thread earlier on. Perhaps 'dave' is his alter-ego?

It must be incredibly special. It's only twice the price of a brand new custom Elite bass.

The OP is right, an Ampeg is THE only choice for whatever music you play and whatever sound you are after. Look for forthcoming articles on what bass to play, what colour it should be, permitted length of strap and pose to adopt on stage.

Trouble Funk, what an outrageous live band... cooler than the other side of the pillow.

[quote name='dave74200' post='943579' date='Sep 2 2010, 04:15 PM']Nice profile pic. She's certainly like my big rig![/quote]
Au contraire. She'd look at your fridge, and think "Oh yes..? I wonder what [i]he's[/i] compensating for..."

Septic Venereal Tumour [size=1]ew, sorry[/size]

Satisfied, Veall Terminated

Salivating Vampire Tomatoes

Sterling? Very Touchy

[quote name='silddx' post='943428' date='Sep 2 2010, 02:31 PM']Anyway, I still think amps are for people who like...Fiona Fullerton.[/quote]
Care to explain to me exactly how that is a bad thing?

For me, this:[quote name='Low End Bee' post='941789' date='Sep 1 2010, 10:14 AM']I can easily beat an all valve head by pouring a pint of Guinness in the vents. Ka boom.
Obviously the 'Ka boom' has superior tone to a transistor explosion though.[/quote]was the [/thread] moment. Genius.

Sucks Very Thoroughly

Several Vivacious Tramps

Stupid Vatican Twat

Seriously Vanquished Troll

Does anyone know the best treatment for a broken toe?
After reading the other thread, I was so overwhelmed with disgust at myself for having non-Ampeg amplification that I can shift without a forklift truck, that I set fire to my garage containing my rig rather than have to defile my fingers by touching it again. Trouble is, as the fire engine arrived (too late, thankfully) it ran over my foot.