KingBollock

I have always used a smiley face on my eq. I keep going back and trying to redo it with "only my ears" but it always comes out the same, but, even though it sounds good to me, the comments here keep knocking my confidence in it. Although, thanks to the resonant frequency of this room, it's now a smiley face with a buck tooth, my amp looks like a bloomin' Hillbilly.

I don't know how you classify a Rock Opera, but I have been thinking of trying to write some stuff based on the books of Richard K Morgan, starting with the fantasy books - once they're finished - and then the sci-fi books. The worlds/universes he creates are amazing. The music inspiration for this would be The Vision Bleak with a sort of Static X cross for the sci-fi stuff.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1369224346' post='2086476'] I once had an idiot tell me that they were "the king of tone", which is a moronic thing to say, even if it were true. This was the same fella who said all 4x10 cabs were "sh*te" and for "pussies", noting even those incredibly terrible Gallien Krueger ones, and insisted instead that you need a 2x18 cab, like a real man. Lemmy fans, eh? [/quote] Lemmy doesn't use 18s. He uses 2 4x15s and 2 4x12s. And I'm a huge Lemmy fan but I use a 4x10. Though I did used to own a 2x18. Your mate isn't a Lemmy fan, he's just a knob.

I only have more than one bass because I had to sell the one I loved the most. I didn't even consider having more than one bass when I had that one (except when someone gave me a P copy for free, but then I sold it on a few months later). I now have 4 basses, but they've accumulated while searching for the next One True Bass. I have now found that bass. The only reason I don't sell the others is because they're not worth enough to go through the hassle of selling. Mind you, I'd probably keep the 5 string anyway, just for the versatility, but I rarely bother with it to be honest and the other two just gather dust and get in the way. Mind you, I don't gig.

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' timestamp='1368571994' post='2078821'] The lass on the left was in the phantom menace Awesome film though- I must watch it again! [/quote] Gah! That's what I was going to say! Now I can't remember if she's the very first or the second person to speak in the film. I think it's second because I think she replies to an order given by the captain of the star cruiser she's piloting.

I once managed to rip the innards of a pot out because I had superglued the knob to the shaft (I had repaired the knob and not let the glue set for long enough before putting it back on), that wasn't fun. Someone on BassChat recently did the same thing with their Cort T-34. I wondered if he'd accidentally left the grub screw tightened. before I posted to suggest as much I and went to have a look at my Cort T-35 to see if they had grub screws on the knobs. They don't. I gave mine a little tug to see how tight a fit it is and it is very tight. I am now scared witless that I will one day have to remove the knobs from it for some reason.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1367538931' post='2066789'] I'm not a great fan of Country Rock, but these guys totally own that stage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgFLdewM1ys [/quote] I remember my wife and my best mate walking in on me bouncing around the room, [i]really[/i] going for it, playing alone to that tune on guitar.

My first proper amp was a Laney Klipp. They were meant to be a guitar amp but were more popular with bassists, it sounded good through the 60s Marshall 4x12 bass cab I had. I've also had some very usable sounds through a Laney Linebacker 100R combo, through a 1x15 bass cab instead of its internal speaker.

[quote name='Myke' timestamp='1367174100' post='2062178'] I was surprised to see this tbh. [/quote] 20 years ago, while working in a guitar shop, I was asked to describe my ideal Bass, and what I described was that Bass (though they didn't actually make that model back then). After dreaming about it for all that time I finally got that model last year, and everytime I look at it it still takes my breath away.

Just utterly perfect. Someone on BassChat posted a picture of a white Cort Curbow fretless that was rather lovely but I have been unable to find a picture of it since.

I normally play some scales and arpeggios, stuff that covers the whole fretboard. Though I do find myself playing songs too, usually Megadeth's Five Magics and Peace Sells, Slayer's Black Magic and Seasons in the Abyss and Metallica's Orion and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Old school, but stuff I am comfortable with, matches my style and I know how it's supposed to sound and feel.

Seven nation army.

Drop tuning doesn't bother me. What bothers me is when people lump all of metal music into one group. It is a massive and many varied creature and to dismiss it as any less than that shows a huge lack of understanding.

I play with my Bass hanging between my legs, only the tip of the bottom horn rests against my left leg, the Bass neck angles up in the classical position. When standing the Bass sits in the same place at the same angle.

I have no live shots, but I do love me a good hat. Unfortunately, due to the humongous proportions of my noggin, most of my hats are woolly ones. Though I do have a couple that fit, even if I did have to make a stretcher to get the leather one to fit. This used to be my favourite: Please excuse the abomination that I am holding in my hands, terribly sorry it's not a Bass. This is now my favourite: I can't remember how many times I've posted this picture on here now. I took it to show off my beloved Warlock when I first got it. Quite partial to a Buff too: And then there's my dead sexy fishing peak: Blimey I've had to trawl back through some years to find some of those.

I used to play in metal and thrash bands. Would love to do something more extreme, blackened death metal would probably be ideal. Unfortunately, the chances of finding anyone around here that would be interested are very very slim. When we moved here a few years ago I went into a guitar shop in a relatively large town, where I mentioned the sort of music I would like to play and the chap behind the counter actually said "Yeah, we had a bloke in here talking about that stuff a few years ago."... Really enjoying the OPs tracks, especially the vocals.

This question keeps bouncing around me bounce, too. Wish someone would do a YouTube video where they wind their own pickups and then compare them. Starting with different amounts of winds, different kinds of winds and thickness of the wire, then going on to different types of magnets. I would love to have a crack at winding my own and something like that would help me to choose what to have a go at. Edit: Thanks for that xliddx, that goes a long way to helping me understand the differences.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1365715689' post='2043531'] Don't tell us. Tell him. [/quote] Fine, I will! After I get Liam Neeson to hide all the guns he's got under his bed...

Bah! When Chuck Norris goes to bed he checks under it for Liam Neeson! And Chuck Norris is a rightwing, bigoted fruitcake...

I can't believe that I missed Rammstein out!

I am a failed guitarist, though I didn't take up guitar until a few years after starting to play bass, I am, however, rubbish at it. I tend to play it like a bass, although having been without a band for the best party of 20 years I tend to play the bass as a solo instrument (please don't throw rocks at me!). If you we're to see or hear me playing my banjo or my ukulele, you definitely recognise me as a bass player. I HATE the "Bass is easier because it only has 4 strings!" Thing. OK, here play this violin, cello, banjo, balalaika... Incidentally, what's the best way to differentiate between a bass and a guitar when taking about them on BassChat? See, I've done it in my question, but not everyone does it the same way, there's no standard. It was easier for me because I mentioned both in the same sentence. Some would say that the bass is a guitar and you can't just say 6 string because there are 6 string basses. Perhaps "the thin stringer"? Though it's rather inelegant.

A couple of years ago I popped into a guitar shop in a town just up the coast. I commented, quietly but not quietly enough, to my wife that the place only had one bass in it. The shop owner, having heard me, commented that he knew I was a bass player the moment I walked in. I took it as a compliment, whether it was meant as one or not.

Got to add some more. Carcass or Arch Enemy. Cradle of Filth. Bolt Thrower. Would love to tour with Willie Nelson too.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1365254444' post='2037248'] I'm sure it's a given that we'd all like to play in our favourite band but, for me, the ultimate fantasy would be to have played at some of the milestone gigs. So, off the top of my head: Woodstock - playing with Santana, The Band, The Who or Jefferson Airplane IOW - playing with Jimi Hendrix The Beatles at Shea - just to have been there Queen at Live Aid Playing to 1m+ people with the Stones in Rio The Wall - with Roger Waters in Berlin (er, OK, we'd have to fight over the bass parts ) I think that would be enough for a decent memoir. [/quote] Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock is a cracker, though I'd probably go with Canned Heat.

WASP if Blackie didn't so desperately need a slap. Megadeth if Mustaine didn't so desperately need a slap and a kick in the balls. Or maybe Slayer, which is odd because I rarely listen to them but I just love the riff basedness of their music. Or Pearl Jam. I can't say Motörhead for obvious reasons. Actually, the ultimate for me would be The Vision Bleak if only their live shows matched their music. A frilly shirt and a waistcoat, on just the singer and lead guitarist, just doesn't live up to the grand theatre of their music. I'm not very good at this.