Rich

[quote name='3V17C' post='588166' date='Sep 2 2009, 11:34 PM']...you're quite excited about the first rehearsal for a new project with existing band members, you put in alot of time learning the songs to get them right and then everyone else has only kinda half learnt the stuff!! aaaargh! i think its because being widdly, widdly guitarists they assumed this particular material would be easy and just skimmed over it rather than knuckling down and learning it properly. bah. lousy amateurs!! c[/quote] I hear ya. Still, at least you were able to show them who's the dedicated professional one in the band one-nil to you.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='586811' date='Sep 1 2009, 07:52 PM']Dear me... Tears For Fears, Nik Kershaw, Go West!?! They were uncool back in the 80s and guess what they are still uncool now.[/quote] So what? If I gave a flying fart about 'cool' (who exactly decides what is and isn't 'cool' anyway?), I wouldn't own 80% of my CDs.

[quote name='owen' post='585963' date='Aug 31 2009, 07:13 PM']Pino - bringing bass [b]god[/b]ness wherever he goes.[/quote] Edited to show how I originally read this. Just as accurate, I think

[quote name='purpleblob' post='584988' date='Aug 30 2009, 10:27 AM']And aplogies to 6stringbassist (yes I covert my fellow BC'ers Sei 6 string single cutaway) [attachment=31875:P1010050.JPG][/quote] I covet that Wechter (yes?) acoustic. Want it.

[quote name='dood' post='584416' date='Aug 29 2009, 12:38 PM']Call me a great big softie if you like, I don't care he he he!! I still smile when I open up my cases and see my dream basses in front of me. Simple clean lines, a beautiful peice of maple and a flip paint finish so I never have to think I chose the wrong colour Metallic Purple? Blue? Green? what will it be today?! [attachment=31829:DoodleAndBaby.JPG][/quote] Ah yes, the SallyDoodle nearlytwins

Nik Kershaw. Brilliant.

[quote name='Veils' post='583364' date='Aug 28 2009, 11:13 AM']Which one? I'm lusting after the singlecut that Jon has in stock at the moment........its just beautiful![/quote] Oi, bugger off. I saw it first Here's a couple of my favourite pics... one's mine and the other isn't! [attachment=31793:overwate...ogress_2.jpg][attachment=31794:purple_haze_small.jpg]

When I lived in Swindon, some mates and I used to be regulars at a jam night at The Brown Jack in Wroughton. It was not an entirely blues-free zone, but there was a definite soul/groove bias to the occasions. I remember in particular a very long version of 'Lovely Day' with some nice tasteful soloing from guitar and keys players. Good times.

[quote name='lateralus462' post='580503' date='Aug 25 2009, 06:07 PM']What a load of bullshit[/quote] Ooh, very grown up.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='582092' date='Aug 27 2009, 02:59 AM']A bass amp with a studio quality preamp section.[/quote] If memory serves, this is what Jonas Hellborg was trying to achieve with the mental 36-volt preamp in his old signature Status.

The Sei I used to own had a piezo bridge, it had its own volume control but was independent of the tone controls. I found that if I rolled off all the treble on the Bart pickups and turned the piezo up full, it did a perfect impression of an Ovation ABG. It was a great sound, I never had the chance to use it but it would have been perfect in the right song. I'm thinking about getting one of those eBay piezo bridges for the short-scale Overwater Skool Base I'm (very very gradually) doing up.

The words 'smurf' and 'awesome' do not belong in the same sentence.

[quote name='henry norton' post='579286' date='Aug 24 2009, 05:31 PM']I thought the whole point of having an eq was to use it....[/quote][quote name='chris_b' post='580078' date='Aug 25 2009, 12:23 PM']No. The point of an EQ is that you can use it if you need to. If you don't need to then you don't use it![/quote] Thank you. Yes. A good amp should give you a useable basic tone without having to crank the sh!t out of all the EQ knobs, sliders, buttons, whatever. Especially when you don't have the brain power to figure out a mix of sliders and rotary controls, apparently.

[quote name='Machines' post='578367' date='Aug 23 2009, 05:55 PM']Marmite.[/quote] Very definitely. I have never managed to get a good sound from an Ashdown rig without EQing the hell out of it.

Bump. I can't believe that nobody else wants a read of this! It's well worth a look. Especially when it's not going to cost you owt.

Aha, another member for the I Pull A Slightly Daft Face When I Play Club not as daft as mine though. Nice bass BTW

Hey Nick, what's John doing to my old fretless Roadie 1? Just a refurb, or an upgrade, or whatever? And has he found the ultra-hi-tech precision-engineered pickup mounting system under the EMG yet?? :lol:

Either the blue J or the Aria.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='578901' date='Aug 24 2009, 11:42 AM']Line 6 Bass Pod[/quote] I hear ya. I had a Pod Pro for a while, back when they were fairly new. It was arse, to be honest. Couldn't understand the fuss.

Doc, you forgot to add "and I have no imagination or creativity and cannot be arsed to write my own songs".

[quote name='Linus27' post='576607' date='Aug 21 2009, 12:31 PM']Where as Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and Kagagoogoo looked more like my sisters who had girls hair, hairspray, skirts and makeup which did not appeal to me. [/quote] True, they looked like big girls' blouses, but damn there was some fine bass going on in there! Too Shy and Rio, anybody?

A bit like the good Doc... a sunburst Fender in the hands of a big-band player back in 1970ish was the first to make me really notice the bass. Horace Panter of The Specials and Dave Steele of The Beat made me want to play it, so I did. And then Mark King made me want to really have fun with it.

Finished it on the plane last night. Bloody funny, very definitely recommended. So Who wants it next?

On the Warwick ad, that custom 5 string with the Kahler trem is the first W bass in years that has made me go "phwoarr" I have yet to read it in any detail, but the renaissance appears to be continuing. A good mix of reviews and some decent i/views. [quote name='sk8' post='573825' date='Aug 19 2009, 09:38 AM']i agree both have adverts but i've enjoyed reading Bass Player and not BGM. My choice, my opinion.[/quote] I agree, and I would deny you neither. My point was that you appeared to be criticising BGM for having 'a lot of adverts'.