RaNoFuNkY

YO! God help me I'm moving down to Exeter Uni in October for a 1 year masters course. This means I've had to leave my hip hop/funk/indie band in oxford. However, playing bass is simply my most favourite thing to do, and I desperately need some peeps to play with down south next year or my fingers and thumb may well fall off. I'm a 22 year old guy prone to mild eccentricity and spontaneous jamming. I've had loads of experience in many, many genres and I've loved them all. Lots of studio experience too, and well over 200 gigs in the pocket to date (ranging from EPIC to shocking!). Always up for a laugh, but still serious about my music. Have got all my own gear and transport, just desperate to play! Ideally looking to complement ANY kind of music with some funk rock bass, but I'm versatile Get in touch ya hear?! Bert

Top man!! If any of those 57 basses are put up for sale (heaven forbid) consider them bumped! I'll have a crack sometime this week Cheers again!

Hi all, Need to re-string my kubicki x-factor for the first time after some extensive studio work. Just eye-ing up the unique bridge and was wondering if anybody out there has some tips for stringing up this particular bass? Any experience with string types also welcomed! Ta B

I have tiny hobbit hands! And I play a Mexican Fender Urge I MIM. The scale is 32" but most importantly it has a such a slim neck that I get my whole hand round it with ease, so much so that I'm quite happy fretting the E string with the thumb of my left hand. Plus, this thing weighs absolutely nothing, yet has a really good wide-ranging sound. Its so easy to play, I must be cheating! One was on ebay last week, went for under £250 I think. Can't recommend them enough. Alternatively, I'd always like a Fender Mustang. Best of luck mate Forgot to mention, the Urge also has the benefit of looking like a proper fender bass, and has the full 24 frets despite such a scale length of 32"

Thanks mate, thats been really helpfull. The Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer looks like the badger's nadgers on their website. I'll def give that some thought. The guitarist in the band is currently using a freq-box, so I'll run my bass through that later this week. Lemme know how the pulsesynth works out for ya, money is no object is I can get that monosynth sound going on! Cheers again B

Howdy all, I'm looking for something close to the following phat synth bass sound out of a single/series of pedals (i.e. not rack): [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqxnm6t3QMw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqxnm6t3QMw[/url] The appropriate pedals I currently have are the Akai Deep Impact, Woolly Mammoth and EBS Multicomp. Am I on the right lines here? Any ideas? Definitely up for buying any gear that would help me get closer to this bass sound, so open to all suggestions! Anyone out there reckon they've got this sound down? Gotta love that track/band! Cheers everyone B

Love that sterling, and that rig! I especially enjoy the unique LED on the warwick......on the 6th fret too!

Hail to the King baby!! Simply stunning. Damn the slings and arrows of outrageous financial misfortune at present! Do you have a personal favourite?

Hi mate, my Urge II doesn't buzz/hum, but the Precison pup doesn't work. Consequently I haven't played it in a while (too skint/busy to have a look whats wrong with it). Any luck so far? I'm sure Ive read something about this online, I'll try and find it 2moz. Any luck when switching the 5 way selector around? I also have a kubicki exfactor, and a modded mex Urge I. Cracking basses! Never realised I was such a Stu Hamm fan until I wrote that sentence, I seem to have his entire back catalogue building up here!! Would love to grab a piccolo and fretless kubicki as heard on the Outbound record! Ayway, I ramble on. Good Luck!

yeah yeah, i know!! Just looking for an inspiring slap groove to learn from and thought this was ace and worth sharing. Regardless of it being played on keys, its still providing the bass line and shouldn't be disregarded just because its played on another instrument. The song has that Louis Johnson feel I reckon, and it's definitely something to try. And with my bedroom walls as my witness I'm guna try and get some parts of this track down!! After all, this is the section for "those who want to push the boundaries a bit". Anybody given it a go?

Yeah for sure!! But there's something special going on under those keys and afterwards, and if not there [u]could[/u] be!! I'm sure the whole song could be adapted and done (by better bassists than me). Would be an absolute belter to do live, just wondered if anybody'd had a go? Cracking groove throughout, spesh the middle 8 - its ace to play to in my room (badly!), what a groove!

Hi all, was listening to MJ's bad album the other day and was stopped dead by the chorus on the appropriately titled Speed Demon! What a masterpiece- I can't believe I never spotted this til now! Was just wondering if anyone here knows whose majestic thumb is on this record? Sounds like Louis Johnson to me.... Any one had any experience covering this stunner?! Have a gander: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOWkBI8a23A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOWkBI8a23A[/url]

Consequently a 32" bass feels more like 34".... +1 on that. Although I'm guna be awkward and suggest it feels somewhere in between. Doesn't quite feel like a 32" like my Stu Hamm Urge I does. I'm a happy owner of one of the first Fender Custom Shop models (WITH Phil Kubicki's 6-way preamp). Slap tone to die for and it was fantastic in the studio. Top bass. Not looking forward to changing the strings anytime soon though.

That's the lad! I just wikipedia'd him, and there's a lovely little plug for our band on there! Praises for whoever wrote it!