Chris2112

I've just bought a fretless Musicman Sabre custom bass off Greg and it has been one of the best sales I've been through as a buyer, if not the smoothest due to the mystery of the online banking! Greg has remained patient with great communication and has been a pleasure to deal with. I would recommend him to any basschatter looking to do a deal. Again, thanks very much Greg!

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='727500' date='Jan 28 2010, 12:55 PM']From Newcastle-ish, Neil Harland & Frankie Gibbon.. awsome.[/quote] Also from Newcastle, our very own Mark Palmer (who also uses this site!). Whenever I've seen Mark play I've always been blown away!

It's definitely a scam - and in my line of work I do see a good few. The sad thing is, people often fall for them and lose huge amounts of money. Give this fella a proper razzing for even trying to rip you off.

I love Overwater's custom stuff, but these jazz copies are looking a little tired...as is the whole "super jazz" thing for me now!

It needs to be thrown in a skip.

I'd usually go for a 34" scale bass for slapping because of the nice tension they have. But my Kubicki Ex-Factor was 32" and sounded incredible slapped. Stuart Hamm has had similarly good results - and the Status Kingbass is 32" scale and has one of the best tones on the planet! Furthermore, listen to Rose Colored Glasses by Animal Logic and tell me Stanley isn't getting a good slap tone there on his 30" scale Alembic!

Looking at bright yellow guitars, it doesn't really get much cooler than the stuff Ibanez did in the 80's... Shame they don't make them like that anymore!

Nice one! The second series had an even better soundtrack, the title track was beyond awesome and the music between scenes was as 80's as hell. They must have had some real pros in the studio then!

I love bright yellow basses! I'm especially taken with bright yellow Kubicki Ex-Factors after seeing Stuart Hamm's fretless on the front of "The Urge". Hippiesandwich also has a nice Kubicki.

And you know it will sound awesome too! Unlike some singlecuts!

Yeah, but not even Sei could compete with Alembic in terms of customisation IMO...and then the Alembic magic and sound is essentially unique to Alembic basses, and that comes at a premium!

I used to work in a big hotel which regularly hosted 5 or 6 weddings a week in the wedding season (summer). A great way to get into the scene is by leaving your details with the hotel, and suggesting the hotel offers prospective customers your details telling them they'll get a "discount" if they book the hotel's recommended band. Then you've got them interested in your stuff and you can give them a "discount" price, which is actually your normal fee! Then take off a small premium for the hotel's recommendation and give them their cut and you're good. Most of the best bands in the scene are hired by word of mouth, so all you need is one good gig to get some repeat performance. It's breaking into the scene and getting a gig as a wedding band in the first place that is the toughest part, I suppose. Going to wedding events is as good a way as any, but you'll need to give it a hard sell or produce something which really grabs the punters, as the pro wedding bands do pretty well to monopolise these events! If you're dabbling your feet in the water, it probably won't be the most productive avenue. Try getting on Facebook and find a friend or family member who is getting married, and play the gig for free. Take some photos, some good video and use that as an advertising platform. You just have to try your best to be professional. The best band I've seen play at a wedding (Bass player is a member here, Mike if I recall, played a lovely Pentabuzz, a Spector and a Marcus Miller 5 string...) never wore suits to the gig or anything but looked like a pro outfit, were as tight as hell and could fairly play, but knew they were hired to play the typical cover tunes. If you can put on a good show and dedicate yourself to the market, you can do quite well locally. That said, I've seen some bloody crap bands playing at weddings. A "revelation" it was not....!

Looks fairly cool, I can imagine it being quite an experience to play with string spacing like that! But if you want to get this vibe... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krj-FCOPaL8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krj-FCOPaL8[/url]

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='721201' date='Jan 22 2010, 02:12 PM']You mean like this? [/quote] Naff as anything! Looks like it came free with a Happy Meal!

I love Mark's tone in the Heathrow clip, it just sounds like the bass is about to explode.

Yeah, it looks like a great bass, much better without the maple inlay though!

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='721868' date='Jan 23 2010, 05:19 AM']I've tried one, it doesn't sound like a jazz bass.[/quote] And if it sounds like an Alembic and not a jazz bass, quids in!

I just get the feeling that Lady Gaga is just ripping off the vibes The Faint had a few years back.

Digging the Sandberg on the end!

More slap heaven from the Man himself... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qxb3P332V4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qxb3P332V4[/url]

Such a terrible shame. It also shows the danger of water, so often under-appreciated. RIP.

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='721069' date='Jan 22 2010, 12:32 PM']They ARE machine made. Nothing wrong with that, [i]per se[/i]. Machines generally don't make "Friday afternoon" specials.[/quote] I think there will always be something attractive about having a "hand made" bass but machine made basses don't tend to bollocks things up, and can generally be relied upon for consistent quality if they are programmed to produce it!

Mine go to my brother, who plays guitar so could probably make use of them without too much effort.

Yeah, I've always been a fan of those Alembic jazz shapes ever after I saw one on Talkbass many moons ago.