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I don't really like any of of the 'big bass names' that get rolled out on BC. Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pasty-Riots, Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller, you know the ones. All very talented but tedious to listen to. I do love a good pop tune though. Maybe I shouldn't be here? 😁

That's because they have more magnets.

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I had a similar experience once in a rehearsal room. It was vile. Anyway, turned out it was actually one of our guitarists

18 May 2007 - joined latest incarnation of Basschat (having been a Member of various short-lived predecessors). Post Count = NIL. Zero. Not a sausage. Bugger all. 18 May 2022 - older, greyer, happier. Post Count = 13,897 So that's 2.54 posts per day every day for 5479 days. I've got it under control. I can walk away any time I like.

I think my band's pretty good. That's clearly and demonstratably an unpopular opinion

Good morning everybody, nice to see you all...(stands up slowly and unsurely) My name is Simon, and I like The Proclaimers.

You are full on Anti-Cool. I'll see your list and raise you a U2.

Basschat seems to have lots of folks who can neither cope with jazz, slap or too many notes bass... Here's a bit of all those 😁

Could you just not all get a big house together? It worked for The Monkees 👍

This has been with me on hundreds of shows across Europe. £140 on Ebay 10ish years ago. I’ve had other copies since, but something about the neck on this one made it special.

Aye, something pretty important. Right hand playing position, simply moving towards the neck or to closer the bridge makes a big difference.

I’m glad you feel this way. However this isn’t a debate it’s an “unpopular music opinion” and mine is I think he was boring. now Mick Karn…

Steely Dan and related offshoots are unlistenable to me. I get that they’re top flight musicians and the recording quality is superb, but Yacht Rock really irritates me to the point where I get a bit twitchy.

Nothing I have ever tried has worked Unfortunately you are dealing with musicians

I can't stand DJ's, and I find it utterly ridiculous that people would flock in their thousands to watch, what is essentially a human CD multi-changer flouncing around on stage like they're actually creating something.

He’s picking on the pizza’s now!

There is no style of music or style of playing any given instrument that I intrinsically dislike. I love music as an activity to play, record and listen to, and like to think I can give anything and anyone a fair shake. That said, there's musicians and/or musical performances that, having heard once, I have no wish to listen to again. This means that (among many other things) I like Jazz in all its many forms, I like slap, I like rap, I like opera, and I have no issues of principle with the use of any specific recording technique or technology (pitch correction software being a case in point that has come under discussion on these forums in recent history). You're welcome.

Probably King Edwards or Maris Piper. Oh, you said tuners. Sorry

I have often wondered whether more people than we would like to admit have an Oppositional Defiance Disorder and don't like what everyone else likes simply because everyone else likes it. The more popular an artist is, the more a certain section of the community don't like them.

This exactly. I can’t stand either solo bass or bass solos. I am also a sucker for a catchy pop tune. Bonus if it has a good grooving bass part.

Last week Ed Sheeran played to massive crowds in Belfast. He writes some decent songs, but I wouldn't pay to see someone with an acoustic guitar and a looper pedal. In my opinion, there's far more life to the music from a full band. Judging by the number at his gigs, my opinion is unpopular. Frank.

There aren’t any specific bands that I dislike, but I intensely dislike rap, hip-hop and music like that. One of the younglings at work likes drill & grime & who knows what else, all I know is whatever he’s played I can’t stand.

Hey Andy, I’ve just remembered that I had these in my string drawer, I’ve been through so many strings but I’m fairly sure they are labella originals and high tension, the silks are a bit frayed but you can have them for nothing if they are any good to you

The La Bella Flats originals Original 52-73-95-110 are very high tension as mentioned by Ricky above i have used these on p basses for 50's 60's genre music and they sound great . but they are very stiff if your not used to high tension flats.

Elton John is really really talented. I understand this. However, I am allergic to his music and anyone who collaborates with him is dead to me.

I have both LM2 (power A/B) and LM3 (D class). In a band setting it's almost Impossible to tell he difference between these two.

Nope didn't get that Stubbsy, sorry. Anyway people who's budget stretches to a Bugera are not costing Genz Benz a penny. They are in different universes price wise. If you can afford a Genz you are very unlikely to choose a Bugera - even if it's just as good

Rolling Stones. Massively overrated hackneyed old drivel. The Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band In The World? My árse. They are the Luckiest Average Pub Band In The World.

Because we're only talking 4 or 5 folk per band, it's a WhatsApp group chat for the 4 piece and FB Messenger for the 5. Plus Google Calendar for both bands for folk to stick in their holidays/other unavailability. Appreciate that's not really helpful for your situation, can't imagine it scaling up.

May I chip in with Phil Collins too?

He’s not convincing me. As you probably know, thicker strings sound warmer than thinner ones regardless of what the fretboard is made of.

Ibanez needs to make a new Fender Bass VI inspired short scale 6 string bass, that is a 30" short scale 6 string bass, meant to be tuned like a guitar, just 1 octave lower, and with narrow guitar like string spacing. Like the discontinued Ibanez SRC6, but with a bit wider nut, for not quite as tight string spacing at the head end of the fretboard, just like on their only current baritone guitar offering, that got a 45mm wide nut. Here's a random Google photo of the Ibanez SRC6, that was a more modern and a bit more bass focused take on the Fender Bass VI concept, released in 2014 and discontinued in 2020: My recently acquired Harley Benton GuitarBass, which is a much more traditional take on the Fender Bass VI concept, really had got me regretting that I didn't get an Ibanez SRC6 while they were still in production, as it is now they are not too common to find used and when there is one for sale it typically goes for prices near double of what they originally costed from new. I did ponder on getting one even back then, but wasn't 100% convinced that the concept would be the right for me, even if intrigued by it, however I love my Harley Benton GuitarBass, and if Ibanez ever takes up the idea again, even if just an identical reissue of the SRC6, without the slightly wider nut that I would love to see, I will make 100% sure to get one. I guess it is a niche product though, and the market is somewhat limited, which is likely why it got discontinued. Still with 6 years actually in production it must still have generated some worthwhile sales statistics, and perhaps with a slightly wider 45mm nut, compared to the original SRC6's 42 mm nut (identical to the nut width of the original Fender Bass VI), perhaps it would draw more attention from bass players (maybe especially with how short scale basses have become in recent years, and the extremely limited options on the market for 6 string short scale basses), since the SRC6 also seemed to actually be a bit more oriented towards bass players than Bass VI type instruments traditionally have been, though I guess the reasoning behind sticking to the 42mm nut of the original Bass VI instruments must have been to get the attention of guitar players. Who's with me? Ibanez product chief manager (or whatever the correct tittle of whoever's in charge of deciding which products are to be released, and which are to be booted, is) are you tapping this line? If you are we want a revisited version of the SRC6, or at least just a reissue! Also now we are at it, personally beside the wider 45mm nut, I would actually prefer a revisited model to just feature one single middle humbucker pickup, like placed pretty much just right in between where the neck and bridge pickup of the original are located.

Yes, so many variables. There are Mesa amps I like (Walkabout, Pulse). There are Class D amps I like (GK Fusion, Legacy). Mesa Subway, I did not like, I tried 2 as I had a niggling thought the first was faulty. Not the case, the best way I can describe in a band setting is gutless. I have approx 30 years of gigging experience and know how to eq a bass sound and a band.

Hi Clarky, your Ampeg is only putting out 250 watts into your BB2, so I'd say you were under powered. If you are fighting against 2 half stack guitarists, I'd vote for an 800 watt amp and suggest a Super Midget to go with the BB2. I use an Aguilar AG700 with a BB2 and SM with my loud bands and I can give a cranked Twin Reverb a run for its money.

There are some jobs that folks think must take a long time - say, carving a neck - and that are actually very quick. Then there are others.... And so, a happy full afternoon just fitting the trussrod - and, if you remember the slot was already routed! But this has to have a recess for the spoke-wheel chiselled and, as with all truss rods, it is aiming for a good tight fit where no part of the rod is above the top surface that the fretboard will be glued to. Anyway, it's done: The slot in the rosewood will be opened up properly to look like it's meant to be there and to allow full swing of the adjusting rod once the board has been glued on, but it's easier to remove some of the bulk before that happens: Final job before the board gets glued on is routing the neck blank to final thickness, including the taper from nut to heel. All being well, that will be tomorrow's job And also soonish, I need to be ordering the fretwire. The plan is to match, as best as can be done, the material and size/shape of the fretwire used in a Wal. Which means that I have to first find out what those details might be

Not TV but a bass special from Vic Galloway on BBC Radio Scotland. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0017cy9 A two hour show featuring some bass-heavy tunes, snippets of Peter Hook, Jah Wobble and Youth among others talking about the low end. Predominantly post-punk era so fans of Jaco, Wooten etc. need not bother themselves with such frothiness.

I 100 per cent agree with this, and said so in the worst amp thread sometime ago. I found the Subway D800 to be completely gutless, a terrible, terrible bass amp.

I can't be doing with any of that wet 70s Americana nonsense... Everything from the Doobies/Allman to Petty, The Band, not-quite-so-American piffle like Fleetwood Kack, blokes/women with a guitar singing emotional stuff I couldn't give a toss about (eg Janis Ian, Joni, Tim Buckley etc). And I actively hate folk, or at least British type folk of the " I sawe a prettye mayde " type. Including Wishbone Ash, Lindisfarne etc even though one of my neighbours is June Tabor (and she's really nice!). And metal bores me stupid, or at least identikit this-is-where-you-sing-this-is-where-you-growl rubbish, but I do like Rolo Tomassi, because they're at least musically interesting. However, I like jazz... Or at least I like proper unlistenable jazz, anything from Coltrane to Bailey, but not big band or elevator ook like Sanborn. And I like The Funk, The Whole Funk and Nothing But The Funk. Including slap, anything with the bass player playing far too many ( or is it just the right amount?) notes.

Why bother with two pick ups when one is enough? I do have a couple of Jazz basses, but invariably have both pick ups on full - can't be doing with fiddling around to get 'the right tone' - if it sounds bassy, that's good enough.

Well, you asked for it.... for me pretty much any music that has vocals in it I don't like! Vocals impose a structure which then becomes repetitive and repetitive = boring. This is compounded when A. the lyrics are banal and B. the musical structure is simple. Repetitive + banality + simple structures = excruciating boredom. Of course these days you can't do anything, like go shopping, without this kind of music being forced on you, so pretty much my life is hell! Of course shops could play jazz but then I guess they want to keep customers in the shop.

Thank God! I thought it was just me. Absolutely agree with this 100% I'd never even heard of Jaco until I joined this forum, so I looked him up on YouTube, and I thought it was a wind up. It's like a bad comedy spoof of a bass player.