stingrayPete1977

The comments about it being ok to take a "few pictures" and "just 2 minutes of footage" make me laugh, if the venue holds 5000 people thats a lot of pictures and footage with a constant flow of folk holding their camera up with the screen glowing rearwards distracting the people behind. Has anyone ever re watched the clips at home after? You cant hear the music and the images are crap at best, just watch the show or wait for the dvd to come out please

I'm a crap player and I'm unattractive so I'm screwed

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1407602235' post='2522246'] What I take exception to is the popular misconception that unskilled musicians are innately more creative, original and "refreshing" than ones that play well. Music is primarily a craft that you learn , not an art form that is the product of moments of transcendent inspiration, despite popular romantic myths to the contrary. [/quote] See loads of bands like the Arctic Monkeys are sh*t players but they speak to a generation, just as the Beatles did, just as the pistols did, just as Oasis did (gigsy on bass man, I mean he was total horse sh*t on bass!) Then over time they often become good players too (not Gigsy), maybe like Macca the natural skill for song writing was already in him who knows? What I do know for certain is that no matter how good Uxia Martinez is 10'000 people paying to see The Arctic Monkeys would not sit and watch her if they had been sold tickets for the Monkeys at MEN arena no matter how good she is, and she is good.

Well this turned out well Lets both stay in the pit after all Ian I think it is safer than we thought down here? Now if we could just get that big cake from the other thread and a few bottles of ale we would be all set up, Lol

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1407599891' post='2522216'] Having a pile of techniques under your belt doesn't automatically make you 'good'. 'Good' is what happens when you choose the right one. [/quote] You have fell into my trap! This is the reverse of where I disagree with Dingus in the other thread, I did not say "good" just like Pixiechick never said "technically great or skilled etc" in the favourite thread, you can be technical without being good and you can be good without being technical. If some people enjoy your work at all thats good if some feel compelled to list you as a favourite in the other thread that is job done regardless of Dingus' opinion IMO?

I think to some extent though we can put people into a technical camp that has no need to factor in if anyone likes them or not though, surely thats what grades do? You can be grade 8 and be boring with little flair, You can have no grades but could fly through them should you wish, You can be terrible but interesting to watch as a performance even if the performance is to your dog only, You can be great to listen to but boring to watch, etc etc etc all with or without an audience really but the graded folk have proven some degree of ability haven't they? I have confused myself now I think

I collected one, set it up, cleaned it and delivered it by hand to a member on here 130 miles away, it was a 2010 bass that came without the OHSC and a 2 EQ rather than the 3 even still it was £580! Unlike an SBMM or any of the others it did not feel just like a Stingray...it was a Stingray

There has been parts that are below standard on the last few Sandberg QC threads that should have stopped them leaving Sandberg's factory never mind where they then got sold on from, that said would Mark at Bassdirect have returned that bass to Sandberg? and if he did would Sandberg have been happy to post it off to Thomann with the hope someone else was happy with it? who knows.

Esta from Haim then, ha.

TBF Doddy I was struggling to think of any other Jewish bassists

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1407573463' post='2521847'] I just don't see the point of this. A bass player is a person who plays the bass. This thread makes about as much sense as a "which male bassist has the best technical ability?" or "which bass is the bestest bass ever?". What next....who is the greatest ever gay bassist?...who is the most talented bassist of Jewish origin? Sooner or later it will descend into "my dad is bigger than yours!" Pointless. [/quote] The thread was started partly in jest because dingus could not grasp the concept of peoples favourite female bass players possibly also being a bit rubbish at the same time. Surely the answer to your question is Geddy Lee anyway?

I like these but I want a five string!

Back on the waggon then, nice one

"game on!" ....."Car!"......"game on!"....

Just played the two octave F scale up and down a few times in a row with the misery stick Jake, and it was OK you know! Going up is pretty tight now even with the focus of the bow, I have discovered like everyone else putting virtually no rosin on appears to work very well. Lol. Going back down needs work but it should really tighten up that area where I am most vulnerable ADGC across the strings going up to the the D neck area. I have been looking at the chords within the scale too, I have been doing them sat down with an acoustic 4 string bass before transfering them to DB and something is trying to click....give me a few weeks

Now if he could find another shuttle to match yours and sell the focus that would work too so that increases the op chance of 4x10 goodness

They are totally different cabs, the focus cabs were less than half the cost of the shuttle ones new, some nearer a third if I recall. That doesnt make them bad cabs but I cant see them being a match, if the shuttle cab was pushed the focus could be destroyed without hearing it dying!

Genz never went bust mate, they were bought out by Fender a long time ago hence why any new old stock gear you might find is backed by a normal Fender warranty as it always was, they were discontinued and a new range of Class D Fender Rumble bass amps have been released, funny that eh? Matching another type of cab would be tricky I think, so hunt another one down used will be your best bet

This is where we disagree again dingus, many bass players have been terrible technically and in note choice etc but many people have gained enjoyment from listening to them, those go in the favourites thread IMO uxia in my clip has a clear understanding of music and the ability to portray it musically with superb accuracy and feel, doesn't mean everyone would enjoy listening to her, technical ability 100% though.

They are ok but there is no way I'd pay £700 for a new one when you can pick from loads of used ebmm ones for less money that won't be worth less than £400 as soon as you walk out of the shop with it!

There's some debate as to whether Tracy wormworth played on the record, afaik it was a jazzer session player from new York that was too busy to play the live shows?

It doesn't look 80's at all does it? Oh hang on...sorry if you close your eyes and think of the 80's.... it is exactly that! I shouldn't but I do like it.

[url="http://youtu.be/u_AI2v-4DTs"]http://youtu.be/u_AI2v-4DTs[/url] She is probably more in her comfort zone here Doddy? OK the lines are not hers anyway, but I like her playing.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1407442331' post='2520671'] I'll go with 2 of your choices Pete.....but the girl off YouTube? I don't see it at all. [/quote] That is Esperanza Paul she is really......ah hang on you mean....