ARGH

I almost did,but then I thought I'd have one last shot at the fame game....

I miss the cash given the sh*tty financial times we are under,I miss the sets...3 hrs of playing ,now THATS a gig,stamina and strength test,and men from the boys when it came to gear too.....would I do it tomorrow,yeah if I had the space and time....But I havent,and we are playing London this Saturday...Manchester club Academy a week or so later..see the efforts paying off.

Im off to get my back done...and then its back to the books and a bit of educative know how....

Such an influence

My guitarist has lost patience with GAK and the old "it's out of stock right now,can you wait 6 weeks..." type stuff.

Makes you wish you went to a proper Musical instrument retailer dosent it......

..But we didnt...and its closed down.

It pleases me that people actually want to get better at playing...5-10 years ago it was almost anathema to be educated.

Well thats me told...guess I'll get back to learning notation,playing and learning covers,writing and performing original music,gigging,and getting paid.

(Holds hands up...guilty look)

Im trying to learn..Ive got a few books..Im starting....having a little success,acorns and Oaks and all that.

[quote name='Craigmartini' post='483172' date='May 8 2009, 05:55 PM']HEY, I see my fat head in the background!

Paul is the most amazing musician I have ever had the pleasure of sharing a stage with. He plays drums really good too!
I am really excited for him and the rest of the Mr.Big guys. Every guy in that band is super talented!

Craig[/quote]
Welcome to the UK fella..where if you are talented,we bitch about it and slag you off behind your back!!...We will never be as good,nor will we try..but hey..not that thats going to stop us!!!

Dont post ANYTHING about the gear you use because some tossrag will take offence,and no doubt because you may have made a penny from playing that's just ammo for some jealous 'tard to call you a capitalist breadhead....


I on the other hand think,you lucky lucky man!!!

[quote name='metaltime' post='483143' date='May 8 2009, 05:27 PM']Im not anti Sheehan and i don't despise Mr big I just didn't like it. no offense meant I was just passing comment that i didn't personally like it.

Sorry continue with your discussion.[/quote]
You didnt come across as such,it might be a generational thing...grunge killed alot of this type of rock music off,and Im pleased to see it back,at last the solo will return and techniques and afterward boundaries will be pushed......

Grunge,bar Jeff Ament,didnt throw up many Bass heros,and most of the laughably bad musicians did the decent thing and dont seem to be in music any more (Cobain did the right thing IMHO)......

Can I just add,and Ive seen it on other threads the dislike of anything called 'Progressive'...May I say to the anti-'capable' musicians here you have the same problem too...its just called 'Post.....'

Ive never fully understood why some people are so anti-Sheehan (bar the scientology...which is understandable) and despise Mr Big.

Taste is one thing,thats fine,but why waste a comment on it,just let it pass......

This threads going to be negative,I can see it on the horizon.

CGCF

Using 110s.....Its not enough...Im going to go to .125s

Im up for challenging the string makers ala Hellborg,to make a string as tonally responsive as a lighter guage (toppy with a great deal of sustain) but capable of taking a lower tuning,and not losing any of the top end...or said sustain.

That said,Bass strings are still over priced.

Good luck!

[quote name='Kongo' post='481221' date='May 6 2009, 05:29 PM']I didn't realise it went...All I've ever seen my entire time playing is guitarists and bassists tapping.
Guilty as charged too!

And yeah they are oldies but decent and experienced ones. I'd love to have even 1% of the success Sheehan has got...4000+ gigs yes please!
He's 56 now and doing better than alot of bands do.
This justs shows how much an impact they have if they can come back and still have fans waiting.
Modern bands I like often don't last 2 albums.[/quote]
No I didnt mean it as a bad thing..its just now Its BACK....Bring on the shred!!!

Billy IS one of the most nicest people Ive ever had the experience in dealing with,always answers questions,and is generally ..well..brilliant....

I guess thats it...Tappings back.....

Shall I just get the tape measure lads.....

Try..just try and think of it like this...

Bassplaying is a job...I hate to denigrate 'Art'...but its a job,and the more qualified a person is at that job,they tend to get the work,the quality of work is better,and in general they tend to be quicker.

Ok speed isn't always a good thing,there are always exceptions to the rule (for Leland Sklar,there's Mick Karn , for Bill Bruford,there's Dennis Chambers)...If you can make it,and make it well,without having to have the need to read,then fine,great....I bet your ears can burn a landscape.

Walk with me on this one...(as the cobbler says)

I could open a shoe repair shop,without boring you,there tends to be 2 types of stitching on a Leather soled shoe,insole stitches (known in the biz as Blake) and Outsole stitching (Goodyear....where the stitches attach to a welt)...Both require different machines to do the essentailly same job..attaching a sole to a shoe....but some Shoes just HAVE to be attached in a perticular way...Yet you still get some Cobblers that just Glue and Nail...It does the job,but its not as long lasting,is not really a professional way of completion,and to be frank...its a bodge...its not as long lasting...but its to some a satisfactory repair,its cheap,and less time consuming.

Both Blake and Goodyear machines cost a wedge,take a LOT of maintainence,require time and patience to get the best results.....and have to be taught correctly, both in said maintainence and useage....Throw in the cost and the general lack of Leather being worn in fashion,and the costs involved....basically its the law of supply and demand,do you spend the X to have the full,complete,and perfect job,or do you just need the temporary,quick fix....Some people dont need £60 of Rendenbach Leather and 1/4 rubber heel,nailed onto a balanced,ink'd,ironed,buffed,and polished shoe....

But the quality of the finished product is there to see.......


Think of it as another way......Does an infantry soldier go into battle with half his weaponry? No,he is trained to fight in full battle gear,ammo,grenades,Mortars whatever...to fight as part of a team,as part of the battleplan,as part of his-self...in a Life/death situation. A sapper without knowledge of weakpoints or explosives...a Logistics officer without the ability to use alternatives from a compass to find Geographical north.....

Its not to say they aint worth salt,because they are....but they without the skills needed,they aint the finished product,not what Im paying for,and to be honest,If they were trained to a standard where they didnt know the adequate skills needed to do they're job..then its murder,and if in a war....cannon fodder,and good night Vienna for the British army.

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Bassplaying isn't life or death... being able to read isn't life or death,quit arguing,its a bit boring

But learning to read does not take forever,and its always good..better than good,to have all the tools in the box when called upon,you may never need to EVER...But it might be once in a lifetime..in our business..the music business.....that once is often all it takes.....


..............or all you ever get.





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BBC....Loud playing Rock God,drug taking,life at the Max,Die in a strippers arms..coked off your tits,millions of Lps sold and not a soiling of uncool.... The man could read,brilliantly played Many instruments,scored,could improv at a hats drop,and changed the way we play forever....2 words

John Entwistle....

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Good shoe repair is when you can get yourself out of the sh*t your cause.......Music is the same.

Opening hours?..I wanna wander by on a sunday...

[quote name='Adrenochrome' post='477576' date='May 2 2009, 10:20 AM']Looks fun mate!
I take it you get enough bite from the p pup to balance the mud?[/quote]
Not as muddy as you may think..its clearer than a regular Gibson EB neck sound...does shift air though...its quite Moogy..synthy in the lows.

You've got the mk1 and mk2 Sheehan Yammies....

What are the main difference's

All i can tell is the Paint and scratchguards and the P/U's (Dimarzio P and One to Willpower sets)

[quote name='Jase' post='477235' date='May 1 2009, 06:34 PM']Custom? Like whale attracting frequency strings? Scallops I reckon! The one thing I could never suss was how to run a clean channel as well as evil distortion and The Model One whale bass.[/quote]
Scallops are pointless....Just install higher frets.

Stringwise Its something like a 120-125 for the drop C tuning....then slightly higher guage for the A,D,&G. yes I know I could just buy a 5 string set and ditch the regular G,but I dont see the point. Im talking to a couple of people.

The dist/clean,is in Sheehans case..I think from the Pearce thing he has,I dont think they make them anymore...I have an old signal chain diagram in an old issue of Bassplayer ..I'll have a peek. What happend to Pearce anyway?

Im going to run the Fartbucker clean into a compressor...then Glock to a 1x15...and the split P goes to a chorus into the Tech21 into a 4x10.

Custom strings is the next...Im almost being courted...

[quote name='Jase' post='477206' date='May 1 2009, 05:57 PM']Yeah, the Willpower lines up better. What else are you doing to the bass?[/quote]
Flamethrower,Mantrap,Poison dart gun......Mustard gas dispenser....

[quote name='Jase' post='476689' date='May 1 2009, 09:04 AM']Tidy Job Ross! I miss mine so much it's unreal. Did you do it yourself? What do you reckon on the two amp thing? Much massive bass on the way!! [/quote]
Nope,Let Jim onto it....The Neck P/U IS phat..so much so I just let loose on it solo'd and its like having an extra octave down low. I chose a Willpower over a Model one,but kept the regular model P.....Still havent finished modding this Bass mind...

Tonight I Bi-amp,just wondering if Ive enough cables....

This threads for Jase to have flashbacks with....

Co-incidentally,is there any correct way of switching it on,vol off...gain off etc etc..or is it just..PRESS THE ON BUTTON...THERE...ITS ON NOW!.

I know..I know.... VERY lodged....Ive been gazing at the Glock homepage...I'll be honest..its route 1 really,not as if you've got a wall of eq to balls up...

Blame bloody work and bank opening times for the delay,of which I am very very sorry,there's no Natwest in my town...but hey,we made it,and Im a jumping bean of happiness.








Now if you come across a set of Glock Cabs.......