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had a few drum machines over the years. the best one i have ever had and still use is the Boss Roland DR880 for lots of reasons. 1, The sounds... i have a roland TD12 expanded electronic kit, as good as the samples are in it, the dr880 drum samples sound better and more to the point still bang upto date, 2 editing and programing songs into it is a breeze, the bass pre amp in it is great, you can plug your bass into it and play with the beats via headphones, loads of kits loads of bass sounds as well if you want fat moog its in there, slap bass, double bass, big fat kick a$$ synth rave bass, its all in there, usable guitar fx sound good bla bla bla another great reason you can send the bass drum and the snare and the overheads to dedicated outputs so in your daw or what ever you use you can then record them on to seperate tracks so you can edit the bass drum and snare and eq them or get them up in the mix when you need to without affecting the rest of the kit, just this alone opens up all sorts of doors like sampling a bass drum or a snare and swapping it, or doubling up on a bass drum with another one, adding reverb to just the snare, compressing the bass drum by its self with out effecting the rest of the kit, options are endless. If mine broke tomorow i would have to go out and get another the same day, my studo NEEDS it, most of the tracks i do are done on the dr880 they are that good you can release tracks using them. in fact here is one i have released using it, might give you an idea. good luck with what ever you get but for funk...... try it, you wont be sorry.

The LP for me that took slap to a new level was Level 42 Level 42 i only got the early tapes later on when it was rereleased not even knowing about the first untill i read the foot notes on the LP, i know this is about uk slap players but just as an interesting point, while slap bass has been around a long time for double bass players, the earliest i know of was the ink spots releasing a track called "slap that bass" early 30s and even later on joe haymes released it also, tho on the jo haymes version there is no bass slapping the part was done in finger style tho no doubt on the ink spots version i can hear slapped notes or pulled at least. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRo2Htl73bc

Loads of great covers out there, agreed there is no point doing one unless what you have is something new to hear, i use to do a great cover of a cover of i want it that way by shoshana bean. the two backing guys are bang on. also remember doing a good version of ABBA's summer night city by nils landgren, worth checking out for the cd version from funky abba. a million versions of Crossroads but i think Ry cooders is the one to beat.

James Taylor Quartet, Whole lotta live 1998 Manchester Academy, i was made up when they released the cd seen them about 10 times, this was for me about that time the best line up, tho snowboy was not on percussion, but great gig great vibe and the place was just sparkin.

haha, for you or your partner :-) A tool chest, i struggled for years without one, i ended up with boxes inside boxes of tools , i saved so much space buying a full 3 part halfords industrial, was that impressed i now have two sets, one for tools and one set for electronics, and still saved space, A boss bcb60 pedal board, trashed a few pedals over the years from them just floating around in bags, got this and i do not know how i did without it, lid off plug in and play and they are still like new. A good wide strap. nuff said. A boss DR880 drum machine, for more reasons than i can fit into 5 mins of typing, i cant live without one now.

in the soul band i am in we do " Vehicle" by the Ides of march, which always makes me squirm abit. Hey well I'm the friendly stranger in the black sedan won't you hop inside my car I got pictures got candy I am a lovable man I'd like to take you to the nearest star I'm your vehicle baby I'll take you anywhere you wanna go I'm your vehicle woman By now I'm sure you know that I love ya (love ya) I need ya (need ya) I want you got to have you child Great God in heaven you know I love you

Something a bit more upto date for yall, check these out from Estonia, great stage craft live, and have loads of great ideas, have to say we are doing a cover version of beef grinder its so good. welcome to Lexsoul Dancemachine

enjoy...... and just cus its so funny....

Yes, i think this will fit all the way up Trumps hoop to about...mmmmmm there.

Here is a treat for yall, with one of the best drummers the uk ever produced well worth checking on Trevor's history he really is the drummer's drummer. i Iremember my dad having the Lp 3 in a cell, what an influence, i still have every Lp by them, but to really get a grip of them check out live at the pickwick. when they played live everyone went to see them, the stones the beatles, everyone just gob smacked 3 people could create such a big sound and tighter than a gnats chuff. A real shame Tab died so young, he had the potential of being on everyone's A list and i wonder what else he could of done if only, a real loss to the advancement of bass i think, ahh well ... RIp tab, enjoy all. oh go on then, another influence on my playing was Gaz ( a member on here) you will know him from JTQ, well worth checking out his own stuff, as he has done so much to help push the boundaries of brit funk he deserves alot of kudos and such a great player. if you like your funk raw and "REAL" go search.

A nice day indeed, Thanks to everyone who braved the bad weather conditions on saying that the weather was prity good here on the wirral, it was all clear by 1pm, nothing like up by owen. Everyone brought really nice basses and amps to try and were only to glad to let you try anything you wanted and go through the various set ups with you. Nice pics with tasty bass porn already posted by Alan, cheers Alan mine were about the same so i will just add a few, Great big thanks to Andy "Ruarl" who spent time to bring and show me how that synth pedal worked im still scratching my head andy and your SEI bass is stunning, that thing really sings, thanks. Kev where is that pic of you with your bass, its on your phone... common lets av it... cheers for all your work kev. There was another guy that turned up, Alan who was not a member yet but came because he read about the bash on the forum, He had 3 very nice basses and a stunning sounding jazz, nice talking to you Alan, now sign up, say hello and get a pic of that jazz up here :-) Thanks all i really enjoyed everyone's company, chips buttys and tea were a very welcome aid to my hang over. Nick with wal no matter how hard i tried vinny i could not get a note out of that jazz :-) Alan making pino sound like a beginner, tom with his fridge which helped keep the whole room nice and warm, and that stunning jazz Here is an amazing thing, ... Dave makes these stunning bass amps that you can use for busking, you can do a 3 hour gig with this, and here is the amazing thing... the battery is inside it ! ! yep, inside that ! ! dave you should do a thread on showing us how this is done as im sure this would be of interest to alot of people on here. Dan and his very nice sandberg, instant marcus miller, Dave and his home made cricket bat, is there no end to your talents dave ?

Hi Owen, fully understandable, shame .... al get my hands on your 5 string another time, put ya feet up, get a cup of tea, put on pierre michelot's round about a bass cd and chill :-)

hi all, weather in ellesmere port not bad, light snow, roads clear, nothing like redds or owen's

this, sounds easy, but try it, RIP Eddy.

In my quest to promote modern brit funk. (and scotish ) enjoy :-)

Hi Vinny northwest bass bash is not the same without "it" that "thing" the lurkey one.. Have to change the date guys, we are now looking at sunday march 18, confirmed will amend the Op ..(done)

Hi Guys, sorry its been a while, been mad bizzy and loads of other equally naff excuses. I have Booked The same place as last time The whitby Club in ellesmere port... http://www.whitbyclub.com/ For Sunday 18 march confirmed ( 11th was a no go) from 12 to 5:30 we have to be out for 6. same as last time hot food available to order on the day but fee will cover a few trays of sandwiches, tea and coffee. So who is available, and what would you like to bring ? Has anyone got ideas for this one ? i will start a list off, please just copy past and add too.... SWR RED HEAD, SWR Son of birtha 15 ext cab, SWR SM500, SWR 6x10 golly Wal cust Goodfellow Classic MM Stingray G&L L2000-E ( series E) 81, to show you what all the fuss is about ! G&L L2000 83 HK 6 string fretless. Fender Jazz ...Fotoflame Some tasty Pedals, Can we have synth Pedal shoot out ? if you can bring your synth bass pedal i would be very interested to hear whats out there and try some ? Cheers Guys

most of these guys sound ok enough :-)

Tower of power Back to Oakland Level 42. The early tapes weather report . Heavy weather/black market george benson. The shape of things to come donald fagen . the nightfly wayne Johnson trio Grasshopper Buddy Rich. strike it rich live pierre Michelot Round about a bass brian Culbertson Funk Back Door Back door james brown any good collection but check out the rare stuff like "take a look at those cakes" BB King Now Appearing at Ole Miss Live........ you really can learn alot from this Double Lp motown/stax any good collection

sorry about the late reply, been away, cheers all. i have pre in at the mo with passive pick ups but the pre was designed to just drop in with what ever pups are in there. i think i will look out for an active set with the right pre. thanks for all your help, very much appreciated cheers again

hi yes they do, but they do jazz sets now, here you go. but no mention if you can use the passive ones with an active cct, http://www.mec-pickups.de/?&c=35352344224&modul=shop&site=shop_overview_2&filter=new&nm=D0444213001389959557A15|MEC|D0444282001389959557A15|D0444455001389959557A15

hi all, just a quick question, has anyone used an MEC dynamic silver writing pick up on an active bass ? from what i gather the gold writing on the pick up means active and the silver is passive ? I have been after some MEC pickups for my jazz and been offered a good deal on a silver writing dynamic correction one by a good BC member but my jazz has a pre amp in it,so we are both wondering. cheers for any info

22nd DEC Chester, Telfords Warehouse. the mighty fonix playing all original funky stuff, funk, northern soul, groove, Gospel, Funkjazz, in yourface power funk and other shenanigans, going to try and squeeze an 8 or 9 piece band in there with brass section, should be fun.... and funky. free before 9. if your around pop in and say hello.