Earbrass

[quote name='4000' post='1241421' date='May 23 2011, 12:14 PM']If we were talking Bilbo's idea of mainstream then I'd like to play with John McLaughlin too. Or attempt to at least. [/quote] If we were talking Bilbo's idea of mainstream then I'd be tempted to swap Rolf for Eliza Carthy. Sorry Rolf.

Invest in some serious hypnotherapy to convince yourself that it's not the double bass you're in love with, but the penny whistle.

Rolf Harris.

[quote name='pete.young' post='1237557' date='May 19 2011, 10:54 PM']Back Door. Ron Aspery, Tony Hicks, and the living legend that is Colin Hodgkinson. Doddy, tell me that the bass isn't a chordal instrument, in the right hands.[/quote] +100 - surprised Bilbo left these guys out!

[quote name='chrismuzz' post='1231528' date='May 15 2011, 12:27 AM']As far as combos go, I can't recommend Markbass enough. Small and light but so so loud, and clear! If you get one of their combos that should be enough on its own, but you also have the option to add an extension cabinet at a later time too. There's a guy trying to shift one here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125920&hl=markbass"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...amp;hl=markbass[/url][/quote] and another here... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125276"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125276[/url]

I just wanted to say what a great username Piggery Bandana is. I may have to type it again [size=4][b]Piggery Bandana[/b][/size] ahhh that's better.

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' post='1228643' date='May 12 2011, 12:24 PM']In your case (if you like the Trace tone) i would go for a Markbass CMD121P. Big sound with lots of punch in a compact and light unit.[/quote] Like this one... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125276"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125276[/url]

Anyway, it should really be called CDO - with the letters in alphabetic order.

[quote name='purpleblob' post='1227365' date='May 11 2011, 12:03 PM']Assuming the musician playing it has something to "say" and is not just in it for the chops.[/quote] mmmmm... chops.... [attachment=79570:chops.jpg]

[quote name='silddx' post='1226037' date='May 10 2011, 12:01 PM']Why anyone would want to expose themselves in such a way is quite beyond my understanding, unless to demonstrate to others how amazing you are in the bedroom.[/quote] Are we still talking about bass solos?

Something a bit different. If you ever get a chance to see these guys live, it's well worth it...

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1220652' date='May 5 2011, 09:32 AM'](health warning: I am being deliberately provocative and should in no way be taken seriously ).[/quote] ...provocative but scarily accurate [quote name='Bilbo' post='1220652' date='May 5 2011, 09:32 AM']You don't need to know jazz theory to like Sketches of Spain. Just listen to it. Its not great because its hard, its great because its beautiful. But making something that beautiful is hard.[/quote] Superbly put. (And I'm not even that big a jazz fan) Bilbo for king!

Possibly my Yamaha PF70 electric piano, bought second-hand sometime in the late 1980's - still the heart of my home studio set-up, although now used only as a MIDI controller.

Nice one, Bilbo. So will you be sticking with the electric and the "three sets of old faithfuls" for the rebook in June, or using the double bass and the tunes you made the charts for?

[quote name='Skol303' post='1200736' date='Apr 15 2011, 02:27 PM']On a more serious note: 'distressed' guitars. I mean, WTF?! That's like buying ripped jeans in the '80s. You've got to be a complete mug to spend money on something that somebody else has messed up on your behalf.[/quote] I wonder if the people who buy those would also pay extra for a 'distressed' or 'reliced' car?

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1200607' date='Apr 15 2011, 01:04 PM']..and also: "Oral tradition, oral culture and oral lore is cultural material and traditions transmitted orally from one generation to another.[1][2] The messages or testimony are verbally transmitted in speech or song and may take the form, for example, of folktales, sayings, ballads, songs, or chants." [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_tradition"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_tradition[/url][/quote] ...so if you pass tunes on by singing, humming or whistling them it's an oral tradition as well as an aural one, whereas if you pass them on by [i]playing[/i] them, it can only really be described as 'aural' (unless you play them on a wind instrument???).

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1200497' date='Apr 15 2011, 11:45 AM']I wouldn't waste my time with them. Others may feel differently (and are entitled to do so) but I would not want to spend time solving the kinds of problems that these people create in their ignorance. Life's too short.[/quote] I thought this was a bit ironic, as it's pretty much how I would feel about doing Bilbo's day job.

[quote name='stevie' post='1199296' date='Apr 14 2011, 12:36 PM']Still, I find it quite wonderful that little Tommy Tucker is threatening to sue you! You'll be able to tell that story to your grandchildren.[/quote] You shouldn't mock - he was a true pro of the old school, having to sing for his supper if the reports are to be believed. Further, his efforts would often secure him only a very modest meal of white bread and butter. Unable to afford even a knife with which to cut said meal, it is possible that his poor financial prospects were responsible for his failure to find a wife.

[quote name='flyfisher' post='1198835' date='Apr 13 2011, 10:37 PM']Amen to that. Each to their own, of course, but hi-fi is just a tool I use to listen to music, not a hobby in its own right.[/quote] I think the same could be said about bass gear, but I get the impression that it is a "hobby in its own right" for quite a few people on here.

Sound is vibration in air, or other medium. It's well known that the nature of that medium has a huge impact on the quality of the sound - try speaking with a lungful of helium if you have any doubts on this score. What is less well known is that adding a small percentage of methane to ordinary air will have a huge impact on bass response, giving extra punch and definition to the lower-mids. In order to guarantee a good level of methane in the atmosphere at your gigs, eat plenty of [b][i]Windhawks Patented Sprout'n'Beans Bassmix[/i][/b] an hour or two before you're due on. You'll be amazed at the difference.

I've heard of "coffee table" basses, but that one looks as if it might still have the fittings for the screw-in legs on the back - "picnic table" bass perhaps?.

[quote name='Musky' post='1194294' date='Apr 10 2011, 08:48 AM']They're an amazing prospect live - chaotic, frenzied and exhilarating.[/quote] Who knows, if they ever decide to try adding music to that heady mix, they could really be onto something.

[quote name='Hobbayne' post='1189448' date='Apr 5 2011, 06:36 PM']Good question! I cant remember anything twangy on the bass on records before 1976. Thin Lizzy and The Stranglers/Jam 1977? but 1975 and before I have no recollection of the twang [/quote] Check out Chris Squire's sound on the Yes albums of the early 70's, or John Wetton with Crimson from the same period.