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[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1357736401' post='1927440'] I just heard "Men in black" by Will Smith for the first time in years, and realised how funky the bassline in that was [/quote] That song samples Patrice Rushton's 'Forget me Nots', with Freddie Washington on bass, if you're interested. When I was young, my parents had a tape of Andrew Lloyd Webber songs - not my bag at all, stuff like Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Send in the Clowns etc. Then, BOOM, this gem.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvVr2uks0C8

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[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1357731778' post='1927313'] Any Gretsch [/quote] +1 Gretsch are gorgeous things

Well, this thread has pretty much covered them all! Is there ANY bass that is universally liked, or at least not hated, aesthetically speaking? Stingray? Gretsch?

Buckeye burl

Nice muted tone, and I think the little slides you throw in work really well :-)

Poplar is also pretty soft stuff, so with a mere oil or wax finish, you may find it dings easily

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1357653502' post='1926030'] There's a bit of a debate about breaking speakers in on basschat.... [/quote] Try nine pages of debate :-) http://basschat.co.uk/topic/193085-new-speaker-playing-in-period/page__hl__breaking

I'd have hoped that the OP is sorted by now. It's been nearly four years! :-D

Hi Phil, Fair enough if you don't have the inclination to do it yourself. Another thing to consider - is it a solid finish currently? If so, you don't know what the wood will look like under the paint. Luthiers will keep the prettiest wood for natural finishes, so stripping a bass can be a bit of a lottery. The bass will probably be made from two or three pieces of wood, and complimentary grains or even colours is not guaranteed.

Really good, Nigel. Love the arrangement/structure of the song, good lyrics, and a great fun video. Fingers crossed that things move forward this year! ps, needs lots of slap bass

The body shape of the Vigier Excess always bugs me. The top contour is too shallow, compared to the rest of the body, to have any kind of visual flow/balance.

Warwick Vampire and Dolphin. A couple of months ago I'd have said the Fodera AJ sig, but have warmed to its simplicity.

Strip, then oil your own body ....oops, sorry, wrong website :-) Stripping is relatively easy, and oiling is even easier. So if going for oil, try to do it yourself. Refinishing with a gloss lacquer is the hard part, as it needs a grain filler, and lots of time and elbow grease to get right. If you're going down that route, probably best to get a pro to do it. Maybe £250? People seem to rate Martin from The Gallery in Camden Btw, there is no bass in your avatar, as your sig suggests :-)

Seems expensive for a coffee? Anyway, people will pay that for coffee because they can't get it for free. If there was a way to get it for free easily, how many people do you think would pay? I have paid for any songs that we're covering, so can take the moral high ground. Secretly, the real reason is that I don't know how to download music for free :-) If i did know how to do it, I'd like to think that I'd still pay.

Ah, ok, reading HighFox's post again, I can see the confusion. I read his post as meaning that flats ARE slidy and silky. It would be pretty hard to argue against flats being the smoothest of the string types. They are flat after all :-) Obviously, some flats are smoother than others, and some may say that they prefer rounds for whatever reason, but in terms of smoothness, and lack of friction when sliding, I can't see anyone disagreeing that flats are where it's at * *Actually, scratch that, this is Basschat after all :-)

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1357376730' post='1921700'] Why can't a decent set of flats be easy to slide though? that's all i'm wondering. [/quote] Smoothness/slidiness/silkiness are what good flats do best. Much more so than rounds or half rounds. Or am I misinterpreting what you mean by 'easy to slide'?

Massive difference, ie a difference in mass. :-)

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1357303162' post='1920598'] I have tried both high and low mass bridges.... and a lot of the time I don't think they make a massive difference [/quote] Technically, they do ;-)

Yes, oiling it will darken it to a certain extent. There's no guarantee that it will match the existing finish, as it could just be a bit aged, ie darkened due to exposure to light. If you want to gloss it, I'd advise against oiling it anyway. I'd say you have several options, in descending order of effort: - sand the lot so that the colour is uniform, then lacquer as planned. This will give the best results. If you like the darker colour, use a tinted lacquer. - add some dye to get a matching finish on the pale bits (experiment with some of the off cuts) then lacquer - sand the remaining top edge pale. once the lacquer is on, it may not be that noticeable, and besides, it should all even out over time as it ages.

The Faces, Stay With Me. Possibly one of the best rock songs ever recorded.

Great review. Glad you're enjoying it. My experience of cabs is way less than yours, so I'm glad that we've come to some similar conclusions re. dispersion, evenness and tone. Btw, it looks like it was made for that amp! Looks great

Bumping this, as I recommended BC to Rich as a good way to find a bass player, and am slightly embarrassed that there have been no replies :-) No one want to rock out in Sheffield?

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1357118659' post='1917579'] Yeah, i get the meaning of the thread, but I honestly can't see why anybody would say that a P suits the sound of every song whereas a Ray doesn't. They are both incredibly distinct sounding basses that any of us could spot a mile off. They are both incredibly similar in terms of what they offer, so how can you honestly say that one is more of an all rounder than the other? I think people are just more used with hearing a P being used to play everything, so they think that it suits everything song better than a similar bass with the same abilities and qualities (like a ray). [/quote] You had said that you don't see how a bass with one pickup and one tone control could be an all rounder, I was pointing out that it can, if the tones that it produces still sit really well in the majority of genres. You think that the Ray sound is as versatile as a P, and that's fair enough - I disagree. I had a ray for a few years (mid 80s 2EQ) and couldn't get on with its tone when playing many different genres. It was great for some though. I traded it in for a P and have had no such issues. As I say though, it's subjective.