Rich

[quote name='Rettoglide1' post='832976' date='May 10 2010, 12:38 PM']That's prob all youre good for.[/quote] Ooh, nice. And you said [i]he[/i] sounded like a two year old..? [quote]i want to know what [b]proper funk[/b] is....???[/quote] Go and write out 100 times, "I must listen to James Brown".

[quote name='OldGit' post='832239' date='May 9 2010, 02:43 PM']Alan's only 50? Amazing! Great picture [/quote] I reckon Alan looks about 40, never mind 50 was a great night, Al played a song on every instrument in the band he even played sitar on one. It was interesting to hear my bass in someone else's hands. We clubbed together and bought him a trumpet.

From our sax/keys/everything player's 50th birthday party gig-ette last night. Blurry, but I kinda like it actually. Yay, I'm officially a Bass Player In A Hat [attachment=49296:meeeee.jpg]

Le Freak. I'm in heaven

I'm ampGAS free too. I'd like to try a couple of variations, different cabs really, but it's just vague curiosity. My Genz/Eden combination is doing the biz for me at the moment.

Nick Beggs, Kajagoogoo

[quote name='OldGit' post='829329' date='May 6 2010, 09:18 AM']Actually it sounds like an opportunity to offer some classes in "basic PA setting up for mothers and daughters" and " the fundimentals of a band"[/quote] And "Why You Are Too Stupid To Ever Gain Respect As A Musician"

[quote name='gelfin' post='828021' date='May 4 2010, 11:08 PM']Anyone remember the POINT?[/quote] Yes, very fondly. I enjoyed playing there. It was a disgrace the way it was killed off

Brilliant news! Our gig there earlier this year didn't happen due to all the legal nonsense... hopefully we can reschedule it now!

George Gershwin

[quote name='Wil' post='819419' date='Apr 26 2010, 02:25 PM']Brycie left for finnbass around the time the forums changed to Basstalk/Basschat. He's still in Hush I think.[/quote] Yeah, Chris is a nice guy. He bought my Toby 6 and I bought his Hartke amp. I wish he was still here.

17 basses in total, still got 10. 13 amps (incuding combos) and 10 cabs in total, still got 3 amps and 3 cabs. Of course, as we know the [i]real[/i] dreaded question is: "So why have you got so many basses when you've only got one pair of hands?". Experience has taught me that the best answer to this question is NOT "Well, why have you got so many skirts when you've only got one fat arse to wrap them round?"

Well, I thought mine was going to be the first phaser to grace this thread...[quote name='Bassmouseman' post='760492' date='Mar 1 2010, 11:25 AM']MXR Phase 90 - Borrowed from a friend[/quote]...but no. Apart from aforementioned Ibanez PH7 phaser, I also use an Ibanez PD7 distortion, Boss CEB3 chorus and Yamaha octaver. All used very sparingly.

I am going to start a luthiery business purely so I can produce a bass called a OverWoodDingWalembic :lol:

My very first gear: 1964 Höfner Artist 2, purchased for £20 off my metalwork teacher. Still got it. homemade 30w amp, made with help from my physics teacher. no-name 1x15" cab Replaced by my first half-decent gear: Columbus Jazz Phoenix PHA-1 100w amp Custom Sound 4x12" cab

God, is this album [i]really[/i] 34 years old??

[quote name='bassatnight' post='815766' date='Apr 23 2010, 08:49 AM']I am not selling it not sure why everyone feels seeing a picture will improve thier judgements!! It could be a picture of an empty shell! lol[/quote] What makes you think we need the pics to help improve our judgment? We're just nosy bastards, that's all And we like lusting after bass p0rn. The T3 is a modern classic.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='815983' date='Apr 23 2010, 11:31 AM']It's a lot easier to get a good sound out of a bass that plays well and sounds bad than to get a bass that sounds amazing and plays like a dog to play better.[/quote] If it feels nice to play, has a decent neck and good action and blah blah, then go for it. New pickups don't have to cost the earth, and like neep says, if you find it doesn't work out you can always flog the new pups on and minimise your costs. And the best of luck -- looks like an interesting project.

Hell yes* C'mon you Bristol massive, it's only 46 miles. No distance at all, in fact my daily commute is further than that. We have some amazing kit between us, it could be a cracking day Only thing is... [quote name='oldslapper' post='815749' date='Apr 23 2010, 08:38 AM']Shaftesbury Christian Centre[/quote]I'm an atheist. Will I get struck by a huge bolt of lightning when I walk through the door? [size=1]*subject to checking the domestic diary later.[/size]

Going to shift this to the Amp section. I've always found Eden to be very accommodating. Good customer service. The user forum is helpful too.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='810123' date='Apr 18 2010, 10:36 AM']My two favourites are Captain Bassman's GA24 with the pointy head & Moo's Starchild (made recently in 2008.) Apologies for the theft of pictures [/quote] That GA24 is gorgeous. The Starchilalike, not so much.

So many guys go for that -face eq, eradicating everything between 100Hz and 1kHz from their sound, and then wonder why they can't be heard properly. Oh dear [quote name='Conan' post='812253' date='Apr 20 2010, 09:33 AM']A lot of sound guys are not musicians [i]per se[/i][/quote] It's bloody handy when they are though! The best live sound I have ever had -- and one of the very best we've had as a band -- was by our very own Joe Garcia

[quote name='BigRedX' post='812046' date='Apr 19 2010, 10:57 PM']Speak for your self. And apart form the Esprit, Europa and Ventura, in the main the Fret King models are essentially well-known shapes with strangely shaped pick-guards.[/quote] OK. [b]In my opinion [/b]we are a [b]mostly[/b] conservative bunch -- if we weren't, [b]the more unusually-shaped[/b] Fret-Kings would be flying off the shelves faster than they could make them. Is that better? I'm still willing to bet that the majority of players would choose a 'normal' shaped bass over a wilder alternative. Although I am of course just voicing my own opinion here and speaking for myself and so on.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='812112' date='Apr 20 2010, 12:40 AM']On a 4-band bill, the three other bands all used Stingrays/Sterlings (two played with picks, one with fingers) through an Ampeg head and an Ampeg 8x10. I used my Thumb bass through a Hartke LH500 and a Schroeder 1212L. I could barely hear an effing note any of the other bass players played all night - they just blended into the rock sludge of their guitarists. But apparently I was "really loud" and everybody I spoke to said it was nice to hear what the bass does because "usually you can't hear it". Indeed.[/quote] Do you reckon the sonic difference was down to your bass or rig? I'm guessing the latter.