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If you wanna be good you gotta put the work in Dave. Did you get any VIDS of the gig. ? Dave

I love it when a gig just comes together nicely. Congrats sir. Dave

Guy added a touch of extra life to the live Floyd sound at the beginning. He didn't go daft with it but played some songs with a bit more energy and the occassional ad-lib fill. Its what got me back into Floyd when i bought the VID for Delicate Sound of Thunder. His bass playing using a Spector bass i think was simply outstanding on that tour plus he was doing some great vocals on Run Like Hell. Def one of the best bassists around. Dave

Same for me Mark has replied at all hrs of the day. I've also had replies from him thru BC PM's. He's usually pretty good. Don't think this is normal. Dave

Don't think the Briwax has lemon oil. I remember it has a mix of Carnauba and beeswax tho. I use that on my Overwater, Warwick and Rosewood necks and Autoglym car polish on my lacquered finished basses. That's because i had run out of guitar polish and brought it in from garage and its remained in the bass cave since.

Maple or Rosewood neck ? Rosewood then i use Briwax as recommended by a well known luthier to some very famous people. Chris McIntyre. Doesn't leave a sticky feeling like beeswax which Warwick recommended to use. Dave

A Peter Gabriel song with fretless bass and octaver.

Another wee compilation of fretless bass

Came across this and was quite enjoying it till the singing started but the fretless bass is pretty impressive

I'm not a huge fan of the music Mick Karn gets involved in but i do like his own personal style. His left hand technique is simply amazing. One of the legendary fretless bass players without doubt. He's one of those guys i would buy an album no matter how bad it was just to listen to his bass playing. That for me says a lot for any bass player. Dave

Depending on music style i generally think 4 mins for average cover song and 5mins for rock covers. 45min set i would be looking at somewhere between 10-12 average songs allowing for a little banter now and again. Dave

Was that the initial tone or after 3-4 weeks when strings lose some of their treble twang as mentioned by others. ? Dave

Superb. Forgot all about that album. Good choice.

Or some nice relaxing Marillion

What didn't you like. I'm curious and thinking of maybe trying them if i can get a set of strings to last 8-9mths it might be worthwhile. Dave

Lovin that. Takes me back. What a great bass tone for a rock band. And he's a pure showman too. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing this one. Dave

Ah much sneakiness Cuzzie. i like your style. A bit like TOTP then

But you're a legend in bass. Surely no-one can say anything negative especially when you are helping others learn some very difficult basslines. I wouldn't let them put you off. Think most players have such a high regard for you even those that aren't into rock music regard you as one of the best bassists ever. I certainly haven't seen a bad word against you Neil. All positive and high praise. Ignore the idiots and please the fans. Dave

Will have a lok at them as DR make quite a few different strings. Not used the Amazon Global Store just the UK one. Dave

If you're getting 9mths out of a set then its worth the extra cost but mine generally last up to 2-3mths and i just didn't find that much difference between the Sunbeams and the D'addarios i was using apart from tension which i quite liked on the DR's but not enough to warrant the extra cash. If you're getting 9mths from a set are the Fat Beams faltwounds ? I'm using Sandberg steels at the moment so that's got me changing from nickes back to steels again. I hate this choice its brain damaging trying to find that perfect string. I usually end up going back to D'addario nickels but i keep trying. In the old days you had Rotosound rounds or Rotosound flats. It was easy in those days.

Yep i'd be up for that too. My 2 bigest influences on how i play were Neil and Jack Bruce. Loved the Cozy Powell albums they both took part in.

Others that influenced me over the years of varying degree Jack Bruce having the biggest influence :- Jack Bruce Percy Jones Pino John Giblin Mo Foster Michael Manring Steve Bailley Mark Egan Mick Karn Jaco Alain Caron Steve Lawson

Saw him with The Firm back in mid 80's and was hugely impressed by him. Think he was using Jaydee basses at that time. Loved the sound on the album with Jimmy Page and Paul Rodgers. Exceptional bassist. Little odd at times but can't take away his ability on fretless. Very aggressive style. Dave

Think they make good strings but a bit over-rated for the additional cost. I've gone back to Fender nickel strings at half the price of the D'addarios i had been using for several years and they seem to be doing pretty good. Just bought a Sandberg which came with steels and oddly enough they feel really good. Out of curiosity what strings are you using at the moment ? Dave

Don't know your ability on fretted bass so its a little more difficult to suggest something that you are comfortable with plus i don't know what style of music you listen to altho having Mr Sheehan in your name i'm guessing its more rock based. How about some Tony Franklin