Josh

[quote name='Jase' post='214462' date='Jun 7 2008, 04:40 PM']Lamb of God??? Don't know them at all.[/quote] I regard them as "Nu-Thrash", they are probally one of the most interesting metal bands around today and are just amazing live.

Very August Burns Red and As I Lay Dying..........thats a very good thing

[quote name='Macko1968' post='212556' date='Jun 4 2008, 03:48 PM']In the same way all opinions are, yes. The older stuff with the brass nuts, wenge necks & EMGs were consistently exceptional instruments, I just find the current range, whilst still good, lacking that little extra. If I was dropping £1k, my money would be going on an early example.[/quote] Fair enough man

[quote name='Macko1968' post='212326' date='Jun 4 2008, 09:48 AM']Warwick's aren't bad basses, they just aren't as good as they used to be, but the same can be said of most manufacturers. With that budget I'd be looking for an older model with a brass nut & thru neck. I still totally rate Laklands though, a DJ5 or JO5 would be a great choice.[/quote] Isn't that purely subjective? I've met countless Warwick players who own recent W's and love them and highly recommend them. Even a few who have a mix of Late 80's/Early 90's 'Wicks and newer ones and though he can feel minor differences between them, he can still dial in that growl and feels comfortable, thats what it should be about. In regards to the OP, as said, try a bunch, it's the only way you'll see what the fuss is about and determine if they're for you or not.

Congrats man, when you get your amp you'll have to sit down for a while to take stock of what the $$ can do, a whole lot of pulling pushing and switching is in order.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='211838' date='Jun 3 2008, 03:06 PM']Did you sell that through the old BassWorld site? I recall agonising over whether to go for that bass (or one very much like it), mainly 'because' of the finish/colour.[/quote] Indeed I did John, I got it from Sugden, and at the time, Tim (Basszilla) had his for sale as well, his was the natural LX version, I was headed more for that one but I eventually gave in and got the Orange one, and I'm glad I did, it's easily one of those basses which are better seen in the flesh. And now it resides in Scotland....I think.

Funnily enough, I popped into the local music shop and managed to stumble across one of my old V950's, identifiable due to the name "Ashley" crudely grafted onto the truss rod cover. Still have the other one though which was the keeper, she is calling for new strings though, it's been about 4 months since I nicked all the strings from it. But more to the point, I got a Spector Euro for a Christmas present 2 years ago, I paid for it, and it was my first real High-end bass, though through youth-related stupidness and lack of knowledge I sold it on. And latley I've been eriously thinking how it would fare now I'm more focused and havinga much superior amp. Luckily I know where the bass is and who has it: I even miss the colour

Welcome to the forum Mod! Unfortunatley the best advice I can offer from listening to Bloc Party and from seeing various live clips is that a good bulk of his sound is from his Fender P-Bass, and I'm not too sure if it's a Mexican or American either. Sorry man thats the best I can do. Josh

[quote name='simondee' post='209155' date='May 29 2008, 08:56 PM']YES. the guy from Protest is AMAZING. also, I love Brian from A Wilhelm Scream (although they're *technically* a punk rock band). gratuitous tapping video: [url="http://vimeo.com/629705"]http://vimeo.com/629705[/url] [/quote] Arif is pretty underrated amongst most bassists, greatly varied and can dance and growl at the same time, and also his Spectors look and sound georgous!

Love it, played in thrash covers/original band for a while, got the shirts. Though I'd never do it again, maybe a few Metallica covers for kicks. In fact, I played a good amount of 'Tallica songs for the first time in 2 and a half years just the other day, it felt quite humbling actually. When I am inspried to write metal-esque stuff, I tend to draw influence from Mudvayne and Protest the Hero, seeing as the metal side of my bass-vocabulary is a good mix between the 2. Technical yet groovy and melodic.

Also Sean Malone, from Cynic. Cruelly underrated.

Enjoy the amount of tones you'll be able to squezze out of the $$.

[quote name='andy67' post='208147' date='May 28 2008, 04:00 PM']you could do that yourself josh, not a difficult task unless you are me and crap at woodwork! lol andy[/quote] Ohhh I am, so it be down to a luthier. Though I wouldn't know to get a Di'Marzio to match them up but then again their a tad too much on the treble side of thing.

[quote name='andy67' post='207897' date='May 28 2008, 11:01 AM']definitely in the rock context! Am i suggesting it is a on trick pony? maybe? anyone use an attitude bass for other music styles? former band members have used Vai's Ibanez Universe and Gem while my buddy at work has a Steve Morse sig. Musicman guitar which is real sweet. andy[/quote] I definetly be sold on one if they ever added a jazz pick up by the bridge, that would open up it's full amount of tones!

Metal: Ryan Martinie, Sam Rivers, James Leach. Rock: Geddy Lee.

Quick Answer is Hells Yeah! Since I found the sweet spot on both the Eden and my Thumb, the last few months have been tonal Nirvana.

[quote name='Jase' post='207008' date='May 27 2008, 02:00 AM']I can't deny that Billy had an influence on me and I did Start to use some of the solo techniques but slowly realised that it wasn't me at all, like many others I still love it. This is what happens when a player concentrates on only one aspect of Sheehan, I just think it's utterly useless. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY3aPIQ2Q9Q&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY3aPIQ2Q9Q...feature=related[/url][/quote] As I said before, I can respect the amount of influence he has gotten from Sheehan but ultimatley he has very little originality about him. Send in the clones. Though I've always wondered if an Atittude is a good all around bass, as I've always loved the look, what say you Andy??

My orange Spector Euro, it was my first real high-end bass. But being young and stupid got the better of me, hopefully I'll see it again sometime, who knows. And maybe my $$...

[quote name='andy67' post='206403' date='May 26 2008, 10:44 AM']hey josh, yea I agree. At one stage i tried to emulate his style but decided this wasn't me. Love it to death though. There is a guy on YouTube.com, I think his name is Dave Growl who plays just like billy. andy[/quote] I've still got the advanced techniques DVD and still watch it time to time, as it did help a good deal to set me on the right tracks, both soundwise (Compression etc...) and technique wise. I tried the 3 finger approach after heavily modding my P'Up positioning on my old bass to match his, and it resulted in just being a case of not feeling natural and really found that wasn't right for me and started to take a back seat and become more associated with the groove. I still use ome of those exercises still, just with 2 fingers instead and has really helped to no end. Ummm I think it's Danny Growl, I can respect he has learnt a great deal from Billy but in the end he just sounds and looks like a copy to every extent so to me he looses his appeal as an original player.

[quote name='andy67' post='206385' date='May 26 2008, 10:17 AM']billy's style is not quite everyone's bag but...his performance, craft and skill is second to no-one! he has fun when playing, lines are in the bag before the flashy stuff and what a career! andy[/quote] +1 Andy, never a style I could integrate into my own but one I'll always enjoy watching, and also as stated, ee's such a nooiiice bloke!

[quote name='jakesbass' post='206301' date='May 26 2008, 01:16 AM']Classical players are the business when it comes to that discipline and being an ear player who came to reading in my 20s I have never been a top flight sight reader, that said what I trade on is my feel, I have just got in from a gig (2nd of the day) in Barnes I was depping (therefore reading) in an old style R&B band doing bluesy rock n roll there was quite an accurate pad, I missed maybe 10% of the figures but all the chord changes and notation (walking bass) I got 100% and I don't consider myself to be a good reader. Every member of the band came up to me afterwards and said "great feel" and more importantly asked for my number.[/quote] Would you say that that is where some sight reading players fall short? By that I mean, they are almost too "Robotic", they can play whats in front of them exactly, but lack a great amount of feeling which we all well know is crucial in being an established player and can be the selling point for most music-related employers.

[quote name='carlosfandango' post='205976' date='May 25 2008, 02:29 PM']LOL...it takes a bit of effort to learn to sight read...AND you need to keep it up once you learnt it to be fluid. I learnt to play the piano before picking up bass so I "only" had to learn bass clef properly.....that said.......I know plenty of really good players who don't read and they have plenty of work. Sight reading doens't really make up for being musical and having a good ear, but it makes things easier when you are looking for paid work, that's all.[/quote] I'd love to be able to find plenty of work and not have to worry about sight reading, but I guess luck dictates that, whereas, being competent in reading means you'll be more accessible to more people. I can read, but rather slowly and can't read rhythm for the life of me, and alot of the theory behind it still chokes me up. And at college I was one of the few that always struggled in Theory, always, yet for some reason, the ones who could read fluently had a tough time in composing and performing, in which I got the highest marks for. I Guess I see it as a form of Math, and unfortunatley for me, I'm no Mathematician either, I just hope that eventually it'll click and all fall into place.

Well one things for sure, this thread has confirmed my worst fear, and that is Sight Reading is more than essential if I ever want to call myself a Pro. But please say you all struggled like buggery in finally coming to grips with all the Sight Reading and theory lark?

I pretty sure both Warwickhunt and Cetera would be able to give you the full back story and all the little details in between as well. But in short Warwick did "Borrow" the design of the Spector for a few years (In the very early days of Warwick) before it became a law suit and Warwick made some little changes to make it their own. But as BSR said, having owned both a Streamer and a Spector I can happily say they are both different basses but are just as good, just some prefer Warwicks more over Spectors, I'd be happy with both:-)