Linus27

This thread has so given me gas to get a white SUB

I started for a different reason. I was 15 and I was watching Live Aid. U2 came on and Adam Clayton was strutting around stage, not giving a crap about anything but looking super cool with a beard and black Dr Martin boots. I didn't know it was U2 at the time but this guy just looked cool. For me, in the 80's this was just symbolic and I just wanted to look as cool as Adam. Over the next two years I started to listen to more music (heavily into Madonna) but still had no drive to play bass. I then started college in 87 and a friend had a bass. I had managed to get a guitar which I had borrowed but had no interest in playing as I could not make the hand shapes for chords so it just sat in my room collecting dust. I liked the look of my friends bass as it had black strings and looked chunky and my friend always wanted to own a guitar so we swapped. We then bashed about making some noise but we had no idea what we were doing as neither of us could play. My friend gave up but for the next two years, I played along to every song I could find. My two sisters had a massive record collection but it was all eighties stuff like Duran Duran, The Police, Depeche Mode, Kagagoogoo, Spandau Ballet, Talk Talk, Inxs, A-ha etc but rather than know who these bands were or the bass players, it was just an excuse to play along with my bass. Skip to 97 and a few bands later, I was fortunate enough to get a record deal and had negotiated some new gear so I went to the Bass Centre in Wapping to spend my £5k. I bought my dream bass, a Stingray which to this day, I have no idea why it was my dream bass as the bands I was listening to (Pearl Jam and U2) were not using them but I think it was because John Giblin used one when he was in Simple Minds and I liked the look of it I also bought a 77 Precision which was my main gigging bass and 72 Telebass as it looked like a nice bass. I also bought the top of the range Hartke 900w rig with the alluminium 4 x 10 and 1 x 15 cabs on the back of Sting saying they were good I remember the day like it was yesterday when all my gear turned up at the record company rehearsal studio. I was so excited. I set everything up and oh my god, my dream bass, the Stingray sounded utter gash. I was totally gutted and nearly in tears. It sounded thin, twangy with no bottom end or balls. Well, if I was niave to basses, do you think I had any idea on how to set up a 900w Harke bass rig The Precision I must say sounded awsome with that famous boosted lows and high sweep settings and so I ended up using that live. I started to record my first album and I had started to notice different bass tones and talk to the producer about what I wanted although the only tone I liked was the Precision tone of Garry Gary Bears from Inxs on the Inxs album, The Swing and Listen Like Thieves. I didn't even realise that the tone of a fretless bass (Pino's tone and Paul Webb of Talk Talk) was done on a fretless bass despite recording one of the tracks on an acoustic fretless. Yep, still oblivious at that point Now skip to around mid to late 2000 and since joining basschat, my eyes have been very firmly opened. I have discovered things like flats, Motown, the Warwick tone, the difference between a Jazz and a Precision and what it was that I liked about the original Precision tone and how to achieve that Jaco tone on a Jazz bass. More importantly, how to make my Stingray sound great and what a bass, mid and treble dial does where as before it was full volume and full tone I've never had a bad tone as thankfully I have always kept it simple and tried to get that large punky tone with a bit of bottom end that you get from a Precision. If I knew back then what I know now then boy, things would had been different for sure but I am happy that I was niave or oblivious to so many things back then. I've also never tried to copy a certain bass player but probably unconciously been a sponge when playing along to all my sisters records, picking up a mix of great playing styles. There would had been bands like Duran Duran, Kagagoogoo, Culture Club, The Police, Level 42, Inxs, Japan, Talk Talk, Paul Young, Tears For fears so bands all with great bass players. So, I blame my naivety when I first started to play bass on basschat for not being around in the 80's and 90's to help me out Anyway, here is a picture of my old setup whilst recording some B-sides. You can see I made such an effort with the graphic EQ [URL=http://s85.photobucket.com/user/Linus27uk/media/Picture001.jpg.html][IMG]http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k46/Linus27uk/Picture001.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1366156640' post='2049160'] All except me, what happened? Trans teal, maple neck, one of the nicest finishes to any bass. [/quote] Have to agree with you there sir. [URL=http://s85.photobucket.com/user/Linus27uk/media/Stingray.jpg.html][IMG]http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k46/Linus27uk/Stingray.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Looking for a drummer who might be interested in a gig in a couple of weeks time. A friends band is looking for a drummer to dep for them on Fri 3rd May at the ARchway Theatre in Horley near Reigate. Its a charity gig and the set is all covers, playing for about 45 minutes. Let me know if you can help out and I'll get you more details. The set list is below, 01 - Let's Work Together 02 - Wake Me Up When September Ends 03 - Can You Give It (macabees) 04 - All Right Now 05 - Should I Stay or Should I Go 06 - Keep Your Hands To Yourself 07 - Give Me Novacaine 08 - Marblehead Johnston 09 - 20th Century Boy 10 - Teenage Kicks 11 - White Wedding 12 - Dakota 13 - Molly's Chambers 14 - Bad Case of Loving You There is the option for more gigs if interested or you can just do the one off dep gig. Thanks.

I've still got mine Nick along with the Reidmar and Classic cabs. How do you find the NS NXT? Thats on my shopping list someday.

Sold my Fender Jazz to Tricky. Great guy to deal with. Great communication and quick payer. Very happy and would deal with again without hesitation.

Steve bought some strings from me. Paid super quick as per usual and great to deal with.