stingrayPete1977

I don't actually mind the look of them tbh.

Of course Leo didn't design it, they stole it from here

I'm surprised you like them, the guy who said he wouldn't buy a 5 string bass that didn't have 2+3 tuners to keep the B and E on the same side giving more room for the smaller strings on the opposite side and a straight string lye, I'd be upset with that Ric5 layout if I'd made it in my shed, you're the first to poo poo Fenders but they've made a much better job of mine.

To clarify my position on Rics why we need to be insulted as to say we've never tried a good one the shoddy frets, shoddy binding,shoddy body colour finish bleeding into the white binding (every blue one I've seen), the shoddy bridge, shoddy sharp body edges, shoddy neck dive, shoddy splits in the head between the laminates, shoddy pickups with shoddy sharp edges has almost put me off trying them but it didn't, I've actual gigged one a couple of times before giving back.

At least it makes sense, lol.

Our lady singer vetoed this song, I had never listened to the words and I had to agree with her.

Really I have never noticed them! I shall investigate.

who said that?

“That is a wonderful joke,” Richie says of the lyrics. “ ‘Tam bo li de say de moi ya, Hey Jambo Jumbo.’ ” He had called a friend at the United Nations to get some African phrases. “The guy said, ‘Lionel, there’s 101 African dialects.’ ” When the singer asked for just a few words, he was told it would take a few weeks. But Richie needed them immediately — so he churned out his own dialect.

Ha what a Guy, I found a snippet that said he asked an African friend who told him there are 101 languages so he just slapped a few "words" in there as they needed them there and then.

Ha that is "African" apparently, well sort of. The word 'Fiesta' is in there earlier though to throw you off scent, Lol.

Ah I shall look.....

If you thought it was a new thing we have been looking at "In These Shoes?" by Kirsty MacColl, here are the Lyrics. I once met a man with a sense of adventure He was dressed to thrill wherever he went He said: Let's make love on a mountain top Under the stars on a big hard rock I said: In these shoes? I don't think so I said: Honey, let's do it here So I'm siting at a bar in Guadalajara In walks a guy with a faraway look in his eyes He said: I've got a powerful horse outside Climb on the back, I'll take you for a ride I know a little place, we can get there for the break of day I said: In these shoes? No way, Jose I said: Honey, let's stay right here No le gusta caminar No puede montar a caballo (I don't like to dance, I can't ride a horse) Como se puede bailar? Es un escandolo (How can I dance? It's a scandal) Then I met an Englishman Oh, he said Won't you walk up and down my spine It makes me feel strangely alive I said: In these shoes? I doubt you'd survive I said: Honey, let's do it Let's stay right here No le gusta caminar No puede montar a caballo (I don't like to dance, I can't ride a horse) Como se puede bailar? Es un escandolo (How can I dance? It's a scandal) The translation is incorrect for every version I have seen so far and it still makes no sense for those that can read it anyway. (@mcnach, ¿Las palabras en inglés son mal sí? No yo, es tú no bailar y montar. ) I always think throwing in some foreign words to make a song sexy is a dangerous game, the charts have a few nonsense ones in lately. Anyone got any others that come to mind?

When you think about how many idiots there are in the world, myself included, and that everyone is included in that list of protected characteristics then it's not that surprising to find an idiot at the centre of this.

It's not difficult watch, they are junk!

She was there to accompany her daughter hence my comment that she isn't actually a fan and doesn't know the words.

I think the Fishman helps a lot, I use mine on the suggested setting for double bass in the little booklet, I use mine with my mag pickup on my actual double bass rather than my EUB.

I heard a lady talking about how they do it on radio 4 earlier, she says is takes a fully qualified signer around 30-40 hours to prepare for a show, just the main act the other problem being quite often the support act often isn't even announced until just before the show. Any genuine fans will know the words to the songs so maybe just a screen notifying the tracks would be good, this woman is just a Richard, She's not even into the band.

It looks missing in that picture to me?

Would you like them to make a better job of it than this one though?

The nut slot cuts look both 'interesting'in their execution and much further apart on the G-D than the B-D?

The small piece of nut next to the B string will last a few weeks at best with the B trying to pull to the side like that.

I knew someone with one of these, I never worked out the reversed logo, is it so you can look at yourself in a mirror and pretend to be Jimi?

I've said it before but if your songs need a specific bass sound to work live then you have bad songs.

Well then... How was it?