Bassworm

Well, Rhythm Stick is one that's been regularly confounding me for years. Although there are bits of Le Freak that still elude me.

Jeff sold the business to a good friend of mine, Dave Barlow (Fine guitarist and top bloke). Incidentally, Machinehead are now stocking Overwater in their bass section if anyone fancies one.

Well, here's what I make a racket with. EA iAmp 500 plus 2 x CXL112 cabs. It seems to suffice....

[quote name='mgauction' post='174813' date='Apr 11 2008, 07:55 PM']Great photos! Biking is one of my favorite hobbies, next to basses. I could have passed you somewhere on the trail and we wouldn't have even known! You guys really do get out here! With the dollar so down right now you can come here and live like kings.[/quote] The best thing is I don't pay, my employer pays me to spend a couple of weeks training at Tucson airport so I get my holiday for free, hire a bike and have fun. Although it would be nice to take my Klein out there rather than hire something locally.

[quote name='mgauction' post='174772' date='Apr 11 2008, 06:19 PM']Funny how these things get passed along. I live about 4 miles from Taliesin. This is the beautiful time of the year! Completely gorgeous, clear skies, crisp and about 77 degrees. Want to come out again and bring the bass! I am checking with a buddy of mine in the London area. I have no idea how far you are from him. I think he is coming to Dallas next week for the Dallas Guitar Show (worth all the time & money for all you Brits with the strong pound). It would be cool if I could talk him into lugging it [/quote] Fine by me, I live about a half hour north of London so it would be easy to meet up with him. No idea when I'll next be in that part of the world. I'm long overdue for a visit. I have great memories of mountain biking in the desert west of Tucson, and of going up Mt Lemmon. Also of exploring places like Flagstaff and Globe. Nice part of the USA. Mike E.

[quote name='mgauction' post='174301' date='Apr 11 2008, 02:52 AM']Mike - That is a nice one? Any chance you'd post to the USA?[/quote] You're not going to believe this but it came from the US, I bought it from a guy in Boston! I'm sure that would be possible, not sure what the shipping would be but I suspect it would not be cheap. Scottsdale eh? I went there about 10 years ago to have a look at Frank Lloyd Wright's house while I was working in Tucson. I do like AZ, I've had some good fun there. Cheers, Mike E

Used to own a Status Series 2000 that had been previously owned by Mike Porcaro of Toto. Andre has it now. Oddly, it was in a flightcase that had been owned by Tim Gaines (Bassist with crap Christian metallers Stryper).

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='173495' date='Apr 9 2008, 10:37 PM']Allo! That is a fine bass - it belongs to Mike Edmunds (aka bassworm) - his green one is also delicious! Cheers! Nick (ps - just bought another Vigier!)[/quote] It is indeed mine. It was a tough toss up between selling the green or the red one. I prefer the sound of the red, but the neck on the green one is much nicer and sooner or later I'll fiddle around with it to improve the racket it makes. Decisions eh? Hi Nick, how's life? Mike E.

[quote name='dougal' post='172637' date='Apr 8 2008, 09:57 PM']I can honestly say that I haven't. I've been playing my Atelierz Mini-CUB (http://www.atelierz.co.jp/cubpassive.htm) with a bow as I'm still searching for a decent upright that isn't going to cost the earth. The first thing is actually bowing: for some reason I have much more control over an acoustic: the bow tends to run away much less. Dynamics are easier etc. Secondly is the sound. It's REALLY quiet through the on-board magnetic pick-up. I've attached a cheap piezo to the bridge which makes the overall level (arco vs. pizz) much more level. Interested to see how people's mileage varies: I know the Yamaha Silent Bass is designed to be bowed...[/quote] I found my old NS CR4M reasonably easy to bow (Even with my abysmal bowing technique) and the sound was fairly convincing, especially with the piezo orientation set correctly. But I know what you mean, there's that indefinable something in the sound of a 'proper' acoustic bass when bowed. I get far more pleasure sawing away at my acoustic upright (Not sure about my listeners though) than I did with the EUB. As far as the control goes, could there be a difference in the way your EUB stands and therefore a slight change in the ralationship between your bow and the strings, compared to when you play a traditional bass? I found I could never get the NS to stand in exactly the same way as my acoustic bass due to the different body shape, endpin set up, balance etc. Perhaps that slight difference in position is enough to affect the way you attack the strings? Mike E.

Great night, I thoroughly enjoyed the whole event. Funky, ambient and jazzy all in one set. Thanks for organising that Steve.

I used Carlsson rosin on both my EUB and 'proper' bass (Same bow). Got it from here.. [url="http://www.violinvaluations.com/trolleyed/50/index.htm"]http://www.violinvaluations.com/trolleyed/50/index.htm[/url] Cheers, Mike E.

Peds Vigier which I tried out at a Bash a year or two ago and found a delight to play. Or G77's gorgeous Wal fretless (Drool...)