GarethFlatlands

Or maybe the bass break at 2:58 of this.....

Made a decision and won it, will collect it next weekend hopefully and put some more details on here in the hope it will help anyone looking for info for it. Edit:- any suggestions as to string choices or cheapish bows? For the strings, something fairly low tension that can do piz or arc and work with whatever pickup the bass has.

[quote name='Mike' post='1257062' date='Jun 5 2011, 03:48 AM']Big G ! Great stuff.[/quote] Does everyone called Gareth get called this? Nice playing Bilbo, I know what you mean about DB for this kind of track. Did some recording on a very quiet song a few months ago and borrowed a friends EUB and it sounds soooo much better than a fretted electric it's not even funny. That was the recording session I got bit by the upright bug.

I found a thread elsewhere that says they used to be the ones Harley Benton branded as their own before they moved to the Palatino style one they use at the moment. Thanks for your prompt reply, I might bid on it and see how it goes. My only other EUB reference is Palatino but there's a folding Bassix for sale on here and I'm torn between giving the Artisan a spin or holding out for the Bassix.

Anyone had any experience of these? There's one on ebay at the moment but I can't find much details on reading around. Considering it as it's around the £250 mark at the moment and it's in my home town of Chester where I'm headed next weekend anyway to see the folks.

That's coming along very nicely, can't wait to see the finished bass.

Here's a couple of my guitars:- [attachment=81585:IMGP0270.JPG] My Gibson Les Paul standard. Previously owned by no less than one of the guys from Mansun (no idea which) and bought for a bargainous £500 many years ago. Love this guitar to bits and would never sell it. Really comfortable to play, nice sound, the lot. [attachment=81586:IMGP0271.JPG] 1976 Ibanez Les Paul. Falling apart slightly, needs a re-fret and a few minor jobs that may add up in cost and make it not worth restoring. Still in 2 minds about whether to bite the bullet and sell it or fix her up. Someone buying my Rockbass would assist this! I like Les Pauls clearly. I also own a suburst MIJ Jazzmaster which has many quirks, some good, some bad. Apart from some amazingly daft design faults, a unique looking and sounding guitar.

I admire his honesty.

A friend got me into Metallica when I was 11 and I wanted to be Kirk Hammett, at the front of the stage playing all the awesome solos. After a few dull, traditional guitar lessons failing to learn 'Little Brown Jug' I put my acoustic in the corner and gave up for a year or 2. The same friend mentioned above and a bunch of his friends showed me how to play songs I actually liked on guitar and explained how tab worked and I spent the next few years learning grunge songs from tab books. Got an electric guitar and dabbled on a friends bass over the years, buying myself a 5 string bass just before coming to uni in Sheffield as I figured it might be easier to join a band as a bassist. Been in a few bands over the years playing guitar or bass and have picked up enough skills to get by on other stuff such as keys, mandolin and backing vox over the years. I gave up on learning to solos early on as I realised how pointless and self indulgent it was and concentrated on just making music I was proud of. I think of myself as a musician rather than a bass player but I enjoy bass as it has its own space in the mix of instruments and you can do some really interesting things with it in terms of the feel of a song/section. Oddly, my sister was always the young musical prodigy and now she never plays anything. I've never been naturally talented but have worked hard and put the hours in because I enjoy making music so much.

It sounds really good and transparent, but the price tag... ouch!

[quote name='I am not excane' post='1253437' date='Jun 2 2011, 04:23 AM']Totally agree I'm so glad I got see Botch before they were no more.[/quote] I was very late to the Botch party, they'd been gone for 5 years before I got into them. Gutted as I don't think any metal band since has come close to what they achieved on 'Romans' and the last EP.

[quote name='DangerDan' post='1252440' date='Jun 1 2011, 10:27 AM']I really wanted a set (green for a black bass, naturally), being a sucker for anything neon, but between 'Design the Skyline' destroying any 'cool' factor and losing warmth from your tone with them, i'm finding myself subtly dissuaded from using them. *sigh* and I do [b]SO[/b] like bright colours.[/quote] I don't think their bass player uses them. I'm considering orange myself just to distance myself from that band in any case.

[quote name='I am not excane' post='1252899' date='Jun 1 2011, 05:02 PM']Brian Cook from Russian Circles has a pretty wicked bass tone:[/quote] I was going to suggest Cook but in his Botch days. Best example I could think of is middle of 'C Thomas Howell...' when it's just him and that filthy tone.

Interesting read. A man after my own heart when it comes to bass effects.

[quote name='Maverick' post='1251882' date='May 31 2011, 06:49 PM']One of my favourite exponents of the distorted bass, Caleb Scofield of Cave In: [/quote] Yes to that and Converge. May I also add:-

Love the first 2 albums and the bass playing on them. Really took the songs to another level. The above suggestions seem sensible. Saw them on Jools Holland and it was Jazz through Ampeg.

They're not helping themselves by carrying some oddly chosen stock. I went in for some instrument cable and all they had was own brand or some really tacky make I forget the name of. Nothing decent.

That sounds really nice. You're giving me really bad GAS for a fretless. Impressive playing too BTW.

My landlady and her 4 kids live downstairs so any kind of noise past about 8pm is out. Shame, as I got a speaker cab with an 8" Jensen in years ago that has never been plugged in.

[quote name='Ian Savage' post='910673' date='Jul 30 2010, 08:49 PM']I'm fairly sure they're identical to the Epiphone Valve Juniors - let us know how you get on with it Wayne, I never got on with my Epi as it was TOO loud and clean for home use (and didn't take pedals all that well) but not loud enough for live...they mod up well apparently, but I couldn't be arsed [/quote] They are, I've got one which has been modded to get rid of the hum and provide much higher gain than the stock amp. Still way too loud for home use and now distorts too easily (although very nicely) but a good 2nd recording amp to complement the Matamp. Not loud enough for live.

It's been like that since the other half of the shop across the road shut. Shame, the bass section used to be really good.

I think so. I got rid of the Bad Monkey as it altered my tone too much when it was switched off but I got a nice dirty Cave In sound out of it too. Shame the OD alternatives are all pretty pricey.