KevB

Sorry if this has come up before. Anyone played along to this? Does it sound out of tune to you? It's in a set of stuff I'm doing for a new project. I thought my bass was out of tune but checked and it was fine. Had one of those 'Jumpin Jack Flash' moments when you play along with the original and it doesn't seem to be quite in proper key but not an entire semitone out either. Maybe they were still messing about with tape speeds even in the 80's....

I've gigged in a 5 piece (twin guitars) rock covers and I know what you mean. Can be quite difficult getting that niche in the tonal range that doesn't overlap too much. I tend to use my jazz (if PU's are separate) on 75% neck and 25% bridge, tone usually about half way. However I got a US jazz with S1 switch and often ended up with it in S1 mode all the time, certainly gives it a bit more balls for rock. As for EQ on the rig I haven't played through a rig yet that didn't sound better with a bit of extra definition from my Hartke VXL Bass Attack, thoroughly recommend these.

This has come up on here lots of times before but yes I'm another predominantly lefty playing righty. I bought a cheap bass of someone and it was RH so that's how I taught myself. More dextrity in the fretting hand made perfect sense to me. However I do a lot of other things RH (mainly two handed things like cricket and golf when I played were always RH) but single handed things like writing or holding a spoon is LH (though knife and fork is always RH). I usually pick up a drinking glass with RH too. Lee Pomeroy has an odd set up on bass, he plays left handed but with strings on 'upside down'. I assume he started off playing RH instruments flipped upside down but didn't restring and then when could get hold of a proper LH instrument never went back to the normal string pattern.

[quote name='thebrig' post='1300132' date='Jul 11 2011, 05:54 PM']All the hardware on the P is chrome, and all the hardware on the jazz is gold. I think you might be getting confused, as the third photo is of the jazz tuners. Maybe I will have to delete it, and upload it again.[/quote] Sorry, must have skipped thru the pics wrong. Chrome tuners on P as you say, very nice bass indeed.

I know Maplins do speaker grills but I think they only do the square hole cross mesh type? I guess you could always replace the other current grill as well so they both match.

[quote name='cytania' post='1300608' date='Jul 12 2011, 08:18 AM']Thinking again, maybe next rehearsal I'll suggest doing it slower with the riff double time, maybe our drummer will pick up on the proper feel and it'll mesh more.[/quote] What's the band cytania? I'm in Nottm too and would like to pop along to a gig some time. Always good to put local faces to names.

I had an old Columbus jazz copy which I revamped with new bits until only the body was original, used a MM neck for that and it was a huge improvement. If I was being picky about your pair I would say that gold tuners on the P when the cover plates and knobs are chrome doesn't look that great, chrome tuners would be better. Other than that good looking basses.

Saw Frank Marino several yrs back on a package deal with Jack Bruce and Glenn Hughes also on the bill. I think Marino got about 40-45 minutes and managed to play about 5 songs in that time..

To to get back to the OP's point I think someone hit the nail on the head early in the thread with 2 basses. One tuned to Eb tuning and the other in standard tuning for those songs where the guitarist has shifted back up a fret on a detuned guitar to effectively get back to standard tuning. As it was a tune specifically mentuioned, when I have to play SCOM at jam sessions it is always in C, that took a bit of getting used to!

[quote name='Conan' post='1299896' date='Jul 11 2011, 01:47 PM']Interestingly, I think some of their best ever stuff was done with Danny Miranda on bass! Bouchard ain't no Wooten, but his style very much suited the band in their earlier incarnations...[/quote] Yes Joe laid down some great lines but he's not been involved for probably over 20yrs. I thought Danny Miranda fitted in really well too. I think he got lured away by a regular theatre gig (may have been We Will Rock You?). Some of the stuff on Heaven Forbid and Curse of the Hidden Mirror was the best they had done in a long time.

Who's the guy playing keyboards sitting behind Eric? Don Roeser's piled on a few pounds too!

The only practical down side is they won't slide. Make sure you are not going to move your stack after setting up. I had a couple of gigs where I set up and then the drummer insisted I move about 6 inches to one side or the other of where I was. If the stack had just been sat on the floor I could have nudged the whole lot but you risk damaging the upright edges of the pad if you try that with the pad in place so I ended up stripping the whole thing down to move 6 inches and then set up again. In the end I just used to wait until the drummer had set up first but he was frequently last to arrive so it got a bit annoying. They might slide if on a polished/shiny floor surface but on wood that has been covered by carpet it's not recommended with a fairly heavy stack on top.

[quote name='Paul S' post='1291134' date='Jul 3 2011, 04:17 PM']At the moment I am going from extremes. 'Paranoid' Black Sabbath, which took about 1 min to actually learn, having listened to it all my life. And 'Into The Arena' by Michael Schenker Group which I am still working on. It seems to me to be the bass playing equivalent of a tongue twister.[/quote] I recall there is a pretty accurate GuitarPro file available for Into The Arena.

And of course anyone who used to listen to Tommy Vance on Friday nights will be familiar with Theme One!

It's not really old but I picked up a t shirt on ebay several years ago which seems a bit rare. I believe it stems from when Led Zep's back catalog got reissued in Japan in small mini album CD format about 10 or 12 yrs ago. There were promotional t shirts to go with them and I got one for Led Zep III. It is like this; [url="http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=357825"]http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=357825[/url] A bloke in a pub once asked me if I wanted to sell it to him!

I picked up the first album on vinyl on a whim in the early 80's as I was discovering the more progressive end of rock. Subsequently got all the other studio output. Lawson's voice is a bit of an acquired taste but he doesn't sound quite like anyone else that's for sure. They knitted double keyboards, bass and drums together really well. I loved the pic of Tony Reeves in the gatefold of the first album, looked like somebody who lived on the streets (sorry Tony if you are reading). Played like an absolute monster though. Looking at Briley's wiki entry he's not even really known as a bass player, more guitar and keys. Obviouisly a talented guy too.

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='1291857' date='Jul 4 2011, 10:07 AM']He's tight, in the pocket and funky. I would be very pleased to have recorded that track.[/quote] Agree, though slap's not my thing. Not the strongest choice of tune yet it still seemed to have more melody than god knows how many of Wooten's clips that have been posted on here.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1288982' date='Jul 1 2011, 01:28 PM']Well,the track and album were named after the Archbishop,so....... That's a good interview. The 'Tutu Revisited' is great,and I'll need to get the anniversary edition of 'Tutu'.[/quote] Thank gawd for that, if he'd done an album about ballet skirts I'd really start to worry...

And there was I looking forward to Miller's appraisal of the achievements of Archbishop Desmond and I find this! Bah...

[quote name='Johnston' post='1287678' date='Jun 30 2011, 01:31 PM']I usually go through the GP files first and change the finger positions to what looks more comfortable. Some can be quite mind bogglin' , they look like the notation has been done and the software sorts the tab.[/quote] Yeah I wonder if some tracks are fed in via a midi interface and the choice of fretboard positioning sometimes isn't necessarily very 'natural'? Still on the whole a worthwhile program to have for me. Even if I think i have something down by ear it's nice to dial up a second opinion. Wish the copyright nazis hadn't screwed up my songbook. com though, that was a really handy archive.

Yes I'm pretty sure that Phil started out as a rhythm guitarist in the band that TL eventually grew into. Maybe 'grew' isn't the right word as there were only 3 of them at the start!

Glad you got it sorted. It's ages since I did it but I think I changed some of the note positions from the ones that are in GP version (play same notes but not necessarily on same fret/string combo as is on the original GP file) maybe on the 2nd half of the verses IIRC which made it easier for me, once I'd got it down OK. It was a more interesting line than I was expecting it to be, shows what a talent Lynott was. I think even Phil simplified it a bit for live work where he was singing along as well though!

Very selective about what I'll attempt to sing lead and play bass at same time on. I quickly know if a song is doable with work or it'll be a non starter. Every respect to those that do it so effortlessly. Go on, try doing All My Loving with proper bass and vocal part with correct timing (beats me every time!)

Rays of that age in good condition with all original parts would probably be around the £1500 mark I think. Once various bits are lost eg string mutes or if the pre has been replaced then values drop.

I didn't even realise he had retired, shame as he was a good player. Apparently since his wife passed away his life now revolves around horses and restoring horse carriages.