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  1. Gig some years ago with a space-rock techno band, man approaches me from the crowd gurning like a bastid, huge grin on his face, brain quite obviously in a very happy place. "Oh Man.....what note are you playing right now ?" he bellows at me from a few feet away. "G" "I FECKIN' LOVE G !!!!" he screams /Dances off into the crowd/ Priceless
    13 points
  2. Yep, been through all that, quite a lot. one pub gig we did a bloke came up to us and asked ‘can you play soemthing by the stones?’ We just did Brown sugar ‘oh, i was outside talking ot my mate, can you play it again’ Later, maybe ‘I’m going in about 10mins, can you do it now?’ No ‘Fair enough, i can stand that song anyway....’
    8 points
  3. Thinning down the herd, so selling the basses I don't use, and desperately trying to keep only one ... or two FOR SALE OR (PARTIAL) TRADE BASED ON THE NEW RETAIL PRICE (€5769 EUR for the "same" model in the Masterbuilt series ) : WARWICK Streamer Stage II 4 strings with the rare afzelia body, wenge/afzelia hidden-neck-through and Yin-Yang mother-of-pearl inlays (August 1991) ! Asking price including shipping fully insured with tracking number to your place in these European countries (ask for other countries) : Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding French overseas departments and territories), Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom : £2200 GBP !!! In fully working condition and very good condition for a close to 28 years old bass. Here are the specifications confirmed by Hans Peter WILFER : Body : 3 pieces solid afzelia wood Neck : wenge with afzelia strips in hidden- neck-through construction Fingerboard : wenge with side dots and Yin-Yang mother-of-pearl inlays Frets : 24 bronze Warwick frets (dressed for the last time before I got it) Headstock : 2 + 2 shape Pickups : Bartolini JJ (option) Preamp : Mec 2 bands Controls : volume (active/passive), blend, bass and treble Tuners : Gotoh/Warwick GB7 (2 + 2) Bridge : 2 pieces solid brass Schaller/Warwick Strings spacing at bridge : 19 mm (adjustable) Nut : Warwick Just-A-Nut original brass version Strings spacing at nut : 10 mm Knobs : original Schaller metal Scale : 34" Hardware colour : gold (except for the Straplok that were only available in black at the time) Finish : original oil finish with Warwick bees wax surface finish Land of craftsmanship : Germany (08258 Markneukirchen) Serial number : H 711 91 (August 1991) Weight : 4,5 kilos Action : from 1,5 mm under the G string to 1.8 mm under the E string at 12th fret (without any buzz, the frets dressing job being very very good) Will come with a well padded used Rockbag gig bag or a Tobago leather one if you prefer it (and a soft case if shipped), black Dunlop Straplok flush mount and the 28 years old bees wax hard as concrete in a very nice very well used vintage Warwick can. Non-smoking environment as usual. It has some few marks, mainly on the pickups and fret board which has been dressed before I got it in a trade. I only cleaned it totally, waxed it and played it : very Stuart ZENDER sounding with more versatility thanks to the JJ Bartolini pickups coupled to the Mec 2 bands (active / passive) preamp. The bass is fully original (except for the strings and battery) and has never been touched (except for a new output jack fitted as the original one was dead) : it still has the screws for the pickups height and the screws under the metal dome knobs (no, it’s not a John EAST idea at all 😉). No frets buzz, no preamp noise, no humming noise, no pots scratching… All you have to do is plug it and play without fearing anything for the next 28 years. The bass has been fully set up professionally. It has a new battery and has been fitted with a brand new set of D'Addario EXL165 nickel wound strings (45-105). Link to Warwick Masterbuilt Streamer Stage II series : https://shop.warwick.de/en/Instruments/Electric+Basses/Warwick+Masterbuilt/Streamer/Streamer+Stage+II/Warwick+Masterbuilt+Streamer+Stage+II,+4-String+-+Natural+Oil+Finish,+Gold+Hardware What you see is what you get ! Look at the pictures taken to try to capture the beauty of the woods to see the real condition : some few marks, due to the age, but nothing serious at all. Don't hesitate to ask for more. Dust is offered. 
    4 points
  4. Got asked for Duelling Banjos once. I explained it was tricky to do without a banjo player. Punter said "Just play it anyway".
    4 points
  5. We got a seriously drunk punter slur " Know any Quo mate?". We were a Quo tribute band. * Palm meet face*
    4 points
  6. Well the Veyron finally arrived and I've just given it a blast through the Wharfdale cabs and........ Oh my God it sounds good! The Veyron is superb, it can give you pretty much any (clean) sound you're looking for and the power of the thing is unbelievable. It seems to be a pretty good match with the Wharfdales as they're also very clean and neutral sounding, and leave plenty of room to shape your tone with the amp, guitar and effects. It's an absolute monster rig in both tone and volume, and for a total cost of £425 brand new! That's just ridiculous value! I'm one extremely happy bunny.
    4 points
  7. Ditto that - but did anyone else think that Stewart Copeland looked a lot like Doc from Back To The Future?
    4 points
  8. It's finally arrived! I'm looking forward to putting this through its paces.
    4 points
  9. Alice in Chains - Dirt. That's just perfect to me. Ben Shepherds's bass on Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger, Superunknown and Down on the Upside is all great, fantastic tone and interesting choices, also Hiro Yamamoto's lines on Loud Love. Any of Jeff Ament's stuff with Pearl Jam, fretless awesomeness!
    4 points
  10. Playing a short warm-up/dinner set to a Turkish audience we were asked if we knew any Turkish instrumentals. “You know, one of those ones everybody knows...”
    4 points
  11. It's the same when you go into a music shop. The nice friendly assistant asks " would you like to try anything out?" You pick up a nice bass, plug it in and forget everything you know. All the fancy show off bass licks are forgotten, or you have to try them umpteen times to get them right, even although yesterday, you could play it backwards!
    4 points
  12. One of the first bass of 6 strings in the history of electric basses. Manufactured entirely by Fodera and reviewed by Ken Smith in 1985 in New York. A special and unique bass! In fact, Ken Smith only built 3 basses like this one ......(One of them was acquired by Patitucci, and he recorded with Chick Corea in the first days with the Electric Band) This bass was presented at the NAMM Show in Louisiana (New Orleans) between 22 and 25 June, 1985. Scale: 34" The separation between strings: 19 mm. The circuit : BT (bass/ treble) with 4 knobs and 2 switches (a phase switch and the preamp’s on/off switch). Weight: 5,5 kg. (12lb. 2oz.) Body: flamed maple top and back and a mahogany center piece Neck: five-piece, made of maple and morado; two truss rods; reinforced with a graphite rod. All information and history of the bass is documented and authenticated by Ken Smith. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/336065-ken-smith-and-the-6-string-basses/
    3 points
  13. I've never done one of these before, but I'm just so delighted with this bass that I want to shout from the rooftops! It's incredibly versatile, with a really sensibly voiced preamp. The humbucker has a tonne of poke and there's no drastic volume difference when the preamp's bypassed. It's comfortable, with a lovely neck, excellent finishing and quality parts. If I had to find one quibble it would be the tuners - just not quite as solid-feeling as everything else...but that's pedantry. I know the marmite reputation of green basses, but green happens to be my favourite colour and I just love the styling of this instrument - just unconventional enough IMO. The icing on the cake was a fantastic deal from Sandy at The Great British Bass Lounge, who was a pleasure to deal with from start to finish. This one will be with me for a while. Cheers, Tobie
    3 points
  14. A chap once asked if I could play "Amnesia" Cliff Burton's bass solo with Metallica (actually titled "Anesthesia"). I told him I'd forgotten it.
    3 points
  15. We are a 4 piece band, I am 52, the others are 30-40s - we do love machine.
    3 points
  16. We were playing a typical pub covers set and there was hen night in. They kept hassling us to let their mate sing - "She's really good!" Eventually we relented and asked what did she think she could sing? She looked down at our setlist taped to the monitor. Pointed to Lady Marmalade. "I could do that." We exchanged looks and started the song.... And she was ace. Yes, really. She belted out the lead with a great soul voice and also fitted in to the harmonies with our singer. Turned out she sang that song in her own band. It meant the hen-nighters ended up our best friends and the whole evening was a hoot. It's never happened like that again... Cheers, Graham
    3 points
  17. For Blue's benefit he means a cigarette!😈
    3 points
  18. Oi - put that tea down and get cracking !
    3 points
  19. Is it me, or is grunge a bit of a tricky one to define? I feel like it covers a spectrum where you have very punk-influenced groups like Mudhoney at one extreme, and heavy-metal-in-disguise groups like Soundgarden at the other. If you're particularly interested in working with fast changes, Mudhoney are probably essential listening - and having briefly played in a band with a similar style, nailing those changes exactly in sync with the guitars while keeping locked in with the drums can be an art in itself! If you're looking for something with a looser feel, Ament, Shepherd and Yamamoto are all excellent suggestions...though if you're going down that route I might suggest another look at Geezer Butler's style as well!
    3 points
  20. We were asked for a Ronan Keating song. "you know the one about money being too tight to mention" WTF on so many levels
    3 points
  21. My first thought was, “Well, at least it wasn’t Gibson who bought them...”
    3 points
  22. Up for sale a very nice Limelight 63 Jazz bass. I bought it two years ago here on basschat. I'm selling it because I need 5 strings. Unfortunately, the original bridge becomes too rusty, so I had to change it by Wilkinson, new and shiny (pictures will be later). I will include the original one. Hard case included. 850 euro or 750 GBP. I prefer euros Location: Cracow, Poland. Cheers, Alexander .
    2 points
  23. A slight moanette, although i am amused. Poorer, but amused... I've been faffing trying to get 'that sound' by throwing money at the issue and i find that yes, i can fiddle with my flipping zoom B3n (which is a super piece of kit) and Bigger Louder Amp and get a sound i really like. And still i like the sound of my bass straight into my Warwick BC15.1 the best! I paid £25 for it 4 years ago as i was going on a long work trip and needed something portable. For flip's sake! Gigs aren't really a thing i do and anyway, the BC15 is plenty loud enough for small pub/coffee house gigs and anywhere big enough to need louder probably has a soundguy who'll want to DI anyway... Doh... So the 'big amp' is on gumtree and i'm only not putting the B3n on the classifieds here out of misguided pigheadedness... Argh... Oh well...
    2 points
  24. I have recently been given an artist endorsement deal. I'm actually chuffed to bits about this, even though I'm 50 years old and have been gigging for over 30 years. It's made me all excited!!
    2 points
  25. Lakland Skyline Jazz. Plays and sounds really well, took in a trade against my PJ. It’s in pretty excellent condition and comes with a gig bag. Last one of the cull and I’m finally gas free 😂 can courier or collect Hexham. Comes with a gig bag.
    2 points
  26. Here’s my 52 year old P Bass too 😁
    2 points
  27. I was a fairly avid fan up until the White Album. It's still a great album, but nowhere near my favorite, and after that I completely tuned out. I generally tend to like the first 2-3 albums for most rock acts more than later ones, for whatever reason. But with the Beatles that didn't really hold true. Anyhow, might as well get the T shirt too:
    2 points
  28. Not grunge but similar time period and some cool bass lines (if you don't mind tuning a bit lower): Kyuss, Sleep, Monster Magnet.
    2 points
  29. Sorry, has to be done.... Was it a dance it a raffle? You set 'em up...
    2 points
  30. Funnily enough, I feckin love G too. Actually I most love F# for some reason. But other than that G is just sick. In fact, unless I can play in F# I always play G and if anyone complains I just say I'm playing the Lydian/ Florian / Dorian / Mixolydian wot'ever mode.
    2 points
  31. A dose of real clap is ban enough, why on earth would anyone want to synthesise it?
    2 points
  32. Stone Temple Pilots. Some interesting bass lines courtesy of Rob Deleo
    2 points
  33. Outside of the most obvious ones (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Nirvana), you could check out stuff like Melvins, Green River, Mudhoney, Tad, Screaming Trees which to me are far more of an example of 'Sub Pop' grunge than Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains. You won't necessarily get great imaginative bass lines but you will get cool songs that are fun to play. 'Grunge' was a generic term to encapsulate a bunch of rock bands from the same geographic area. Some were way more or less 'punk' sounding than the other. There is so much Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath influences in parts of Soundgarden and Alice in Chains that I would probably recommend that you listen to them if you are not already.
    2 points
  34. Add Green River and Screaming Trees to that list too
    2 points
  35. 2 points
  36. thats probably cause you never tried a real panettone !!! lets take for example a good artisan panettone , ( Mark bass Amps in this case ) they dont look amazing no chocolate dripping on the box , just a generic paper wrapped around !!! cost around £30 and they woudnt be filled with chocolate but with raisins lemon zest etc then there is cheaper version( all the other shitty but good looking amps ) which they look amazing but like you said "they look amazing on the box but when you opene it is empty inside " I know which panettone i rather have ....
    2 points
  37. To be honest I quite like the 'scattergun' approach of Markbass. Yeah most of the products are discontinued quickly, and yeah some are terrible - but I like a brand that tries hard and makes mistakes, because it's often those brands that occasionally come up with something brilliant. Far better and more interesting as a customer to see this rather than 'me too' designs and safe options. That's why I was disappointed they did a P/J bass. Then again I always like the perky underdog. To me, their approach, marketing and design is very 'Italian'. A bit like a Panettone with a lurid design on the box showing a chocolate filled cake but inside it's dry as a bone and barren like the gobi desert
    2 points
  38. At a pub we only played once, there was a guy who was clearly pharmaceutically enhanced. Spent the whole time either shadow boxing to himself in the corner or pretending to have sex with the bubblegum machine. Runs up to us at half time to insist he gets to spend the interval singing into the microphone and gives us a little demonstration while offering us £20 if we'd let him.
    2 points
  39. I think they are having a hard enough time paying the electric bill, let alone buying other brands!!
    2 points
  40. This is so true. I usually struggle to even remember what songs I can play.
    2 points
  41. Personally, I enjoy music for the whole. Not because it has a complicated or interesting bass line. Some of the best music I know has a plodding, simple bass line. It's the cross between melody and rhythm. Sometimes less is more. I have no problem playing single notes if the song asks for it.
    2 points
  42. Yes, no room left in the car
    2 points
  43. I used to enjoy playing She Sells Sanctuary, not for the technicality but for the energy.
    2 points
  44. Just acquired this ctm100 for smaller venues and home practice... Ibr ally like the tone on this
    2 points
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