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I'm pretty sure that Jon Anderson said that he just liked the sound of certain words so I don't think that many Yes songs that he wrote the lyrics for are about anything in particular

Definitely Fender - the seafoam green on the G is different to the green you get with D'addarios - that's not to say that these weren't made by D'addario depending on how old they are

I've always loved Guns N Roses and enjoy watching Steve Adler play. I think he has a very bouncy disco feel to a lot of his playing. Especially this song:

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I found this video last night and began wondering whose bass it was when I saw Nick playing it

Maybe heard about your dancing prowess and took it literally

Is that a Shergold Modulator? 🤔

Jonas Reingold plays a 4 string bass and 12 string guitar double neck in what is my favourite version of the Genesis song "Firth of Fifth" He doesn't use both necks in this tune but does elsewhere

Did Geddy ever use the guitar neck on his Rick 4080 or was it for show?

Not a bass but I've seen Rick use this live - It was a long time ago but I think that he uses it on "Surrender" which is exactly what my back would be doing if I had to hold onto this thing I'm pretty sure that he used all 5 necks as well

The Prince's Trust Concerts were always the highlight of the musical year for me in the 80s To see Phil Collins, Eric Clapton ,Nathan East, Mark Knopfler, Elton John and many others all on the same stage and often at the same time in an amazing supergroup was just so incredible. Not to mention the millions in Armani suits being worn in one place 🙂

Looks like one of them Sherwood Discombobulators to me

I can't say that I've chosen a bass on whether it was active or not - it's usually based on how shiny it is Most basses I've played haven't had the option of chosing an active or a passive version. The last time I can remember this was the original Bass Collection basses. I had an SB405 passive and later one of the fancy ones with the gold hardware and fancy woods, I forget the model but there was paduak in there somewhere. might have been an SB465

Forget the bass, what's with the chicken neck style impersonation the player is doing?

usually Get Up & Jump by the Chilis or whatever I've been working on at home for my own amusement. Next gig it will probably be Too Shy by Kajagoogoo after all of the Nick Beggs love on here recently. Made me remember what a fantastic bass line it is 🙂

I think you answered your own question when you mentioned the last time you had been there. I dont even recall the last year I went into a music shop. With less footfall, there's going to be less buying so it probably doesn't make any financial sense to have a large area for instuments essentially gathering dust

The width of the VIntera neck wouldn't have normally bothered me, neither would the thickness of it but both together made it feel really chunky and I just couldn't get around it as quickly as I could with other basses before or since I think also I'm that used to Jazz sized necks now. My main basses since 2016 have been Musicman Sterlings and Jazzes of various descriptions.

The only neck I never got on with was the one on my Vintera Precision. It was super chunky. That and the anodised scratchplate worked better than any emery board for removing the skin off your fingers Beautiful bass though

I tend to agree but for me it's probably because I might not have 11 minutes to sit down and listen to Heart of the Sunrise by Yes or Firth of Fifth by Genesis but I do have 3 or 4 minutes to listen to a Chilis song But back to the original thread - I am enjoying watching and listening to Nick's stuff. Even sat through the 40 odd minute VH1 bands reunited video on Youtube and thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't recall the last time I sat down and learnt something for myself and not just for the band before now but I'm having a lot of fun learning Too Shy at the moment

You always want to take it easy on the ringer 🙂 Sorry but that typo tickled my funny bone I've switched from D'addario EXL to nickel Slinkies and found that they are slightly rougher, feel tighter to play and don't last quite as long. The reason I have stuck with them is that they seemed to have someting they add to the fundamental that gives me a punchier sound. I also detune my E to D on occasion and find that they sound better than the D'addarios in that respect as well. Also, since D'addario upped their prices, Slinkies are now cheaper. I always use 45, 65, 85, 105

I run my cable in front of me so it goes down the front of my shirt on the outside as I couldn't get on with the cable behind me unless it went inside my shirt. I used cable velcro things to attach an extension cable to my instrument cable from my headphone amp, all the way up to the end of the strap at the bridge end so that I just plug IEMs into the extension right next to the back of the strap I bought these which are similar to the above ones: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09CQ2PTJD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1

While I was doing what most people were in 2021, doing up the garden, I did away with the old washine line and poles in favour of a whirlygig. I dug the hole and got the bag of postcrete ready first. Gave the spike for the whirleygig a couple of taps, missjusdged it and whacked my finger with a 60 year old wooden mallet. It was incredibly sore at the time and I thought at first that I may have broken it but after a while I just got on with the next task of shovelling and wheelbrrowing 6 tonnes of gravel from the front garden to the back. After the first couple of trips I noticed that one of my grey gardening gloves had turned red so took off my glove to find that not only had I given myself a sore finger, I had torn the skin wide open. I had to finish moving the gravel so washed it, stuck on a huge plaster and kept going. Miraculously, it had healed completely by the time we got to the first gig in August. I still have a line going across my finger where it happened but it healed perfectly as good as new again. This is a picture taken after 24 hours when I was changing my plaster

I wish that you hadn't told me this 😄 I've been thinking about changing out the EMGs in the Jazz for something a bit less polite and I like the sound of the NFP preamp

As a band we all use IEMs with no backline and I've tried a fair few preamp pedals. Also, as a massive Gallien Krueger and Flea fan I always loved the 800RB sound so I went searcing for that sound and came across a small company in the US called DiCosimo. These are all handbuild in the US and until recently had been a one man operation. I took quite a big gamble getting this as, after tax etc, it cost about £340 to get it from the US. I've used mine with a US Jazz, Player & VIntera Precisions and with my current two basses - Warmoth Dinky Jazz with 18v EMGs & Status Graphite neck and EBMM Sterling 4HH I can honestly say that I have never had a bad sound and like the original 800RB I had, I still don't use the voicing filters 🙂 They also make an Acoustic 360+ pedal which is also meant to be great but I haven't tried that one This is my one below set for the Musicman using only the bridge pickup