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[quote name='StevePearceBass' post='1069632' date='Dec 26 2010, 03:53 PM']HaHaHa!.......Sorry, once I wrote one name down, I felt I had to include everyone!....Meaning that Rolf Harris was a lovely, generous geezer who walked in and had a laugh with the band making for an easy and productive session and Natalie Cole wasn't!....So whether you think that Rolf is more of a legend than Natalie doesn't really matter in the end......They're all part of me being a pro muso for 35+ years and I tried to play my best for all of them!......(harder to do for some than others).......Bass is best!....Steve.[/quote] Good luck to you - although it looks like luck has nothing to do with it. Looked at your YouTube vid of the Joni Mitchell song...loved it.

[quote name='yorick' post='1069201' date='Dec 25 2010, 11:24 AM']My first ever gig on bass was with a really sh1te bass from the 70's with the original strings still on it. Half way through the first song i hit a chord of some description and broke the E A and D strings. I hummed the bass lines for the rest of the gig....................[/quote] Alas, poor Yorick.

And his work on Face Value? Thunder and Lightning is a cracking foundation! [url="http://open.spotify.com/track/1AnZbNkyKMLu7XhnECDCBW"]http://open.spotify.com/track/1AnZbNkyKMLu7XhnECDCBW[/url] ps - add me to the Fish album admirers of his bass playing. Wife loves the album.

[quote name='StevePearceBass' post='1069328' date='Dec 25 2010, 08:32 PM']Hi everyone, I've caught up with Basschat a bit late!.......It was, indeed, me on the Saturday Night Fever TV show...A 1976 Fiesta red Precision and a really cheap, plastic little Chinese-made Behringer bass phaser pedal made the bass sound on 'You should be Dancin'....It's really noisy but I love its grunginess...In fact I bought two in case one broke!.....Steve Pearce.[/quote] Apart from playing with Van Morrison,Stevie Wonder,Herbie Hancock,Wayne Shorter,Madonna,Elton John,Sting,George Michael,Bryan Ferry,Scott Walker,Tom Jones,Al Jarreau,Mark Knopfler,Everything but the Girl,M'shell NdegeOcello,Annie Lennox,Joss Stone,James Morrison,Mariah Carey,Rod Stewart,Ronnie Wood,Dave Gilmour,Leona Lewis,Diana Krall,Natalie Cole,Alice Cooper,Orchestra Manhattan,Alison Moyet,Jon Anderson,Diana Ross,Bob Geldof,10cc,Seal,Randy Crawford,Darryl Hall,Toni Braxton,Mica Paris,Sandy Rivera,Hamish Stuart,Cyndi Lauper,Lemar,Anne Dudley,Bryn Terfal,Renee Fleming,Elliott Randall,Tony Visconti,Danny Elfman,Carleen Anderson,The Chieftains,Steve Mac,Mark Isham,Tommy Cooper,Peter Vettese,Laura Michelle Kelly,David Cassidy,Brian Auger,Chrissie Hynde,Take That,Graham Lyle,David Arnold,Mick Hucknell,The Art of Noise,Shakin' Stevens,Rod Argent,Don Airey,Aaron Carter,Howard Shore,Lulu,Westlife,Mel C,EMF,The Senators,Rolf Harris,London Studio orchestra,Emma Bunton,Bonnie Raitt,gO:Audio,Desmond Dekker,Morecambe and Wise,Ray Gelato,Heatwave,Phil Ramone,George Fenton,Nick Glennie-Smith,Maddy Prior,Carter Burwell,Boy George,Heaven 17,Russell Watson,Ian Levine,Cliff Richard,Barry Manilow,Steve Gadd, Vinnie Coliauta, Chester Thompson,Chris de Burgh,Mose Allison,Jim Mullen,Peter King,Stan Sultzman,Elaine Delmar,John Horler,Meja,Steve Harley,Randy Edelman,Patrick Doyle,The Osmonds,Mari Wilson,Marti Pellow,Donny Osmond,Philharmonia orchestra,Clem Clempson,O-Town,Kid Creole and the Coconuts,Boyzone,The Everly Brothers,Michael Nyman,Robin Williamson,Gary Barlow,The Real Thing,Willard White,Andrew Lloyd Webber,Julian Lloyd Webber,John Miles,Barbara Windsor,John Parricelli,Kiki Dee,Finbar Furey,The Three Degrees,Will Young,Ute Lemper,Alan Parker,Dianne Tell,London Chamber orchestra,Cerys Matthews,Jose Carreras,Ken Loach,Richard O'Brian,Nick Carter,Sally Oldfield,Arthur Lowe,David Hartley,Englebert Humperdink,Sam Moore,Curtis Stigers,Pee Wee Ellis,Jocelyn Brown,Michael Ball,Barbara Pennington,Hayley Westenra,Chaga/Asuka,UK studio orchestra,Gordon Haskell,Ronan Keating,Suggs,Billy Mackenzie,Anastacia,Anna Krantz,Meat Loaf,Kate Winslet,London Symphony orchestra,Adrian Johnstone,Steven Poliakoff,Richard Cocciante,Kumiko Yamashita,Showaddywaddy,Antonio Banderas,Elaine Paige,Evelyn Thomas,Bournemouth Symphony orchestra,Placido Domingo,The Wurzels,Reeves and Mortimer,London Philharmonic orchestra,Laurie Johnson big band,Steve Coogan,Rachel Stevens,Adam Faith,David Dundas,Tony O'Malley,Kiri ti Kanawa,Peters and Lee,Sacha Distel,Shirley Bassey,Four poofs and a piano,Samantha Mumba,Nigel Kennedy,Stanley Myers,Ronnie Corbett,Kelly Clarkson,Clay Aiken,Miquel Brown,Abra Moore,Royal Philharmonic orchestra,Brotherhood of man,Lenny Henry,Jimmy Nail,Vera Lynn,Karl Jenkins,Mungo Jerry,Vanessa Mae,Martine McCutcheon,Hugh Jackman,Vanessa Amorosi,Vinnie Jones,Denise Van Outen,Shara Nelson,Eddi Reader,Jools Holland,Georgie Fame,Pepper Adams,Ronnie Scotts' big band,Buddy Greco,Harry Stoneham,Roger Whitaker,Margarita Pracatan,Barbara Dickson,Errol Brown,Vikki Carr,BBC Concert orchestra,Bonnie Tyler,Dick Emery,Burt Reynolds,Charlie Chuck,Ralph Burns,Brian Dee,Cilla Black,Pete Cox,Tony Hadley,Girlthing,Brendan Shine,Enrique Englesias,Victor Silvester,Sarah Brightman,Lesley Phillips,Echoes of Ellington orchestra,Bob Downe,Chris Farlowe,Tammy Wynette,Ruby Turner,Eros Ramazotti,Phil Campbell,Betty Boo,Nick Heyward,David MacAlmont,Yusuf Islam(Cat Stevens),Katherine Jenkins,Nik Kershaw,Chesney Hawkes,Delta Goodrem,RyanDan,Lou Cowell,Il Divo,Josh Groban,Melody Gardot,Sonya Kitchell,Paul Potts,Leon Jackson,Peter Kay,Jason Donovan,Bill Bailey,Rhydian,Kris Buckle,Polina Giffis,Claire Teal,Sophie Ellis-Bextor,Heather Small,Charles Aznavour,Laura Pausini,Sharlene Spiteri,Robin Gibb,Bryn Christopher,Sam Sparro,Jarvis Cocker,Michael Henry,Lizzie Loeb,Owen Gilhooly,Dot Allison,John Barrowman,Liane Carroll,Gabriella Climi,Tim Minchin,Imelda Staunton,Paul Young,Chris Difford,Monty Python,John Hendricks,Will Gaines,Susan Boyle,The Good Blokes,Gwyneth Paltrow,Vusi Mahlasela,Rick Astley,Ethan Johns,Rumer,Roland Gift,Bernard Butler...............................I have also played on the soundtracks of many films including: Evita,The Full Monty,Charlie and the chocolate factory,Big Fish,Lord of the Rings,007-The World is not enough,Shirley Valentine,Sweet Home Alabama,All dogs go to heaven,Carla's story,My name is Joe,The History boys,Dogma,Donnie Brasco,Monkeybone,Lucky Break,High Fidelity,A Knight's tale,Bread and Roses,Flesh and Blood,The Mighty,Hideaway,Born Romantic,Help!I'm a fish,Agnes Browne,About Adam,High heels,low life,Wild West,Night train to murder,The Last Resort,Sinners,Goal!,Heavens prisoners,The Tall Guy,How to get ahead in advertising,Staggered,Pontiac moon,Intimate contact,Entrapment,The Miracle,The life of David Gale,Roseanna's grave,Where the truth lies,A good year,Three and out,Hellboy II,I know you know,007-Quantum of Solace,Looking for Eric,Planet 51,The Twilght saga - Eclipse, The Wicker Tree,No Ordinary Trifle.......................................what have you achieved in music Steve?

Sit back and enjoy the fact that there are others prepared to put their asses on the line to entertain. I even enjoyed a bunch of Tenerifians on a short cruise once as they played Hotel California and such like to a really high standard as everyone else clinked their cocktail glasses! Told the guys at the end I really loved their musicianship and it was as if no-one had spoken to them in years! If I see a young band I will praise them and if asked, give the odd pointer. I just enjoy performers!

Get it embedded! Brill stuff - love Fagan. ps - Who played the original?

Ask the seller to include a wee note saying, 'thanks for the try-out but I am returning the bass herewith and expect a full refund within 14 days.' `You never know...'

Get It Posted! Merry Xmas!

The Jam - Eton Rifles [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG0L86DRuC8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG0L86DRuC8[/url] Spelted wrung!

Gustavo Dal Farrar

Nathan Lamarr Watts

Sara Lee on bass?

[quote name='Darkstrike' post='1062882' date='Dec 18 2010, 08:15 PM']I like this one too, owned by a Tber. [/quote] Stunner - what's a Tber?

Kenny Lewis of Brad Paisley Band.

Just found this too: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=454104"]Mike and his guitar mechanics![/url] [quote]I got a British luthier team called [u][b]Charlie Chandler’s Guitar Experience[/b][/u] to take the 12-string top half of a Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck, and combine it with a Yamaha TRB-4P bass for the bottom half. We went with the Gibson EDS-1275 because there are so very few solid body 12-strings made these days that we could marry to a solid body bass.[/quote]

ps: [url="http://www.shergold.co.uk/thefarm.html"]Shergold [/url]

[quote name='cocco' post='1049033' date='Dec 6 2010, 09:21 AM']What's the story behind the bass? Obviously it's a mongrel. Who built it and from what?[/quote] Allegedly it is a hybrid of a Gibson double neck and a Yamaha TRB or JP, The logo on the bass does not look like Yamaha but the bass does! [quote][/quote]Rutherford played mainly Rickenbacker and Shergold basses. He said (in 1979) of the early Rickenbackers he played that 'they were all borrowed from a friend. We'd borrow one, break it, then borrow another. Up until a couple of years ago, I didn't own one myself'.[citation needed] He also developed the idea behind the M-Series Steinberger guitar with the help of English luthier Roger Giffin and he used this extensively in the '80s and during The Invisible Touch Tour with Genesis. He also had a double-neck Status built for the Mama tour which featured a six string guitar and four string bass placed in a custom body. In the earlier years of Genesis he used to play Moog Taurus bass pedal synthesizer. Rutherford has also been onstage with various Washburn Idol models. Through the late '70s live tours, Rutherford often used a custom built Rickenbacker double-neck that combined a 12-string hollow-body guitar with a 4-string bass (now on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum). For the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway and Trick of the Tail tours, he incorporated a Rickenbacker 12-string hollow-body guitar and a 6-string bass, custom-built by Microfrets, in two different double-necks. A custom Shergold double-neck was made that had modules for 4, 6 and 12 strings guitars. The re-tunings required for early Genesis songs led to the development of Peter Gabriel's stories and introductions. Today with Genesis Rutherford continues to use double-neck instruments, when the arrangements demand quick switches between bass and 12-string instruments. [u][b]His current double-neck model is a Gibson 12-string guitar with a Yamaha TRB-4P bass [/b][/u]while he prefers Eric Clapton signature model Fender Stratocasters when playing guitar on later pieces.

Yamaha BB range are great too. I got one on ebay for £150 and someone bought one the next day for about £130 - BB414. Miles better than my MIM Jazz.

[quote name='gizmo6789' post='1057685' date='Dec 13 2010, 07:18 PM']I have a 1979 Ibanez Roadstar bass. It has horrible fret buzz and i've located the problem. Im sure its the Nut at the top of the neck ( the bit the strings go through before going round the machineheads. Does anyone have any experience in fixing this problem, im not really sure how to approach this. replies will be much appreciated.[/quote] Contact 7string on here, he'll diagnose and repair for a fellow Basschatter for half the price of anyone in the Glasgow area.

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