Kiwi

Our 'manager' aka the percussionist has been very harsh and defensive in his emails to me recently which has upset me. I just disagree with him about what normal, successful 4-5 piece function bands can get away with charging. He went off the deep end and took that as a criticism of what he's charging out the band at. It bears little relationship to what our band charges because we're bigger and I thought that was already clear. He also says he is trying to protect the singers against a threat he thinks I pose to the stability of the band when there the singers are probably quite capable of protecting themselves (especially with what we went through with the previous band). I'm not so sure, from what the singers say, that such a threat actually exists. Business wise he's doing a superb job, but our band is seems increasingly less like a partnership and more like a benevolent dictatorship where the percussionist decides what's going to happen and defends that decision against comment from others. EDIT: He's just apologised, the world is good again.

[quote name='steantval' post='184202' date='Apr 23 2008, 11:03 PM']The bass playing was great because the guy was not slappin. As I said a really great groove, not all bass lines have to involve slappin.[/quote] I didn't like the groove at all I didn't say all bass lines have to involve slapping So there therefore I think: BRING BACK THE SLAPPING!

[quote name='Alemboid' post='173723' date='Apr 10 2008, 10:16 AM']Cue a pic from CrazyKiwi....?[/quote] Ahem! Sorry for being late Sir! Pics duly supplied: Status MM neck (woven fabric) MM Cutlass neck (similar woven fabric) Alembic Series 1 graphite (lots of chopped strands) Modulus "Thousand Ladies Dancing" Moses neck (mostly resin, designed to sound like maple) Of course the outer appearance is not necessarily an indicator of how the neck has been built inside. As I've stated in other threads, the big issue with the Musicman Cutlass necks and the Modulus fretless bass I owned was the lack of a rigid fingerboard. The phenolic resin recipe used on some of the necks was critical to their rigidity.

Bring back the slapping from the original track!

Oh yes, Jon was cutting back the finish while I was there last week. He's particularly impressed with the rich colour of those blue tints. The pics really don't do it justice.

I switched to bass from drums after getting injured wrists playing high school volleyball. Got the local multi instrumentalist teacher to show me the basics of bass and then I left him after a few months and went to a specialist bass teacher. Ironically, my first lesson with him was the week that Jaco died and he opened my eyes up to Jaco, Mark King, Stanley Clarke, Flea etc. The rest of the time I was just jamming with other musicians, I've never really had specialist lessons since then - it probably shows! lol

I've asked Jon for the mono rail units - same as used by Status. Are they made by ABM? I've also asked him where the onboard tuner is going! (Can't see any allowance for it in the top horn yet - hope it hasn't been forgotten!)

New pics at last! Taken by myself on Friday while Jon was teaching me how to refret my guitar neck. [attachment=8068:Picture_472.jpg][attachment=8069:Picture_473.jpg] Its roughly shaped and already feels great for ergonomics, although it seems a little heavier than Johngh's. Perhaps because of the heavy mahogany body wings? You can see the chambering in the top wing already. The bass has matching control cavity covers cut from the rear facing for the back and the electric blue LED's are fully functional too!

lol Looks like a story that you can dine out on for years!

If compression was already on the amp, a pitch shifter. That would give me a detune chorus and octaves.

I've found myself going from thin neck profiles to chunky profiles because of the cramping issue on my left hand. The neck I cramped on most was a super slim Modulus Quantum neck. It felt like the angle of my fingers was too shallow and my muscles got tired very easily. I get less cramping on more substantial necks and it feels like my fingers are at a more natural angle in relation to my palm. Because I don't have hitchhikers thumbs, my right hand has to pivot more to reach the upper strings on a 5 or 6 string bass (or I use the floating thumb technique). So narrow spacing at the bridge is comfortable as well, something like 17mm because it means less reach with my fingers.

is it one of them green carpeted ones? got any pics?

I'm not even going to go there. It's hard enough keeping it down to 9 as it is.

this bloke plays like a guitarist too. and this bloke

[quote name='s_u_y_*' post='178896' date='Apr 17 2008, 02:55 PM']I'll simply post links to what was said here and reference them. I'll go and quickly edit out what could be seen as defamation. Do you think this is okay? I've tried to be as factual as possible.[/quote] Ideally this is the sort of thing you should be taking up offline, don't forget this IS a publically viewable forum and Basschat ranks fairly high in search engines for many bass related terms. I've edited the quote so just the facts remain, but it might be worth having a word to Syed (The Funk) too. I'm a little out of my depth on this one.

[quote name='s_u_y_*' post='178877' date='Apr 17 2008, 02:35 PM']Do we have a boycott on our hands. I've been spreading the message to other forums.[/quote] I suggest you be very careful about how you do that if I were you. There's a thing called defamation that can be applied if you're making any untrue claims about them.

Are they relying on court settlements as a source of income?! I've never heard of such a litigious company! EDIT: I think some of the demands made by Monster Cable's lawyers are outrageous!

here's another one, Cannonball. I remember this one used to get used a lot as incidental music on TV motor racing programmes as they drove around the track on a flying lap... ...it might have been on the Red Arrows performance as part of the Farnborough Air Show highlights as well [i] "and... ...here we are... ...cruising at an altitude of approximately 1300 ft and ...a speed of 650 knots as... ...we go into formation... ...for the first of 106 loops... ...Mrs Flight Lieutenant Sanderson has packed a nice chicken salad for having on the way... ...unfortunately she's put sugar in the flask of coffee... ...a court martial offence I believe in the days of the British Empire..."[/i]

[quote name='OldGit' post='178539' date='Apr 17 2008, 08:34 AM']It never stopped! Herby is one of the coolest guys on the planet - even playing a tuba wrapped in (mains) fairy lights...[/quote] Well crikey flip and call me Grandad, lets have a youtube clip of them. I wish they'd stand up and move about a bit but there's no faulting the musicianship.

I haven't had time to read through 9 pages, so sorry if I repeat: Dry Cleaner From Des Moines - Jaco and Joni Love Games - Level 42 You Keep Me Hanging On - Supremes (w/ James Jamerson) If Thats Your Boyfriend - Meshell Nedgeocello (although you could pretty much include the whole album Plantation Lullabies) You Make Me Wanna Holler - Meshell Nedgeocello Open Letter To A Landlord - Living Colour Toccata in Dm - Sky (with Herbie Flowers, I loved the drums and the bass on that whole Sky II album long before I even started learning a musical instrument. One day its going to be cool to like them again) U Make Me So Hot - Sunburst Band (with Julian Crampton) +1 Good Times - Chic (of course) +1 What's Goin On - Marvin Gaye (w/ Jamerson again) I thought about adding School Days by Stanley but he doesn't really groove like the others.

has anyone told her she's got a fan club on this forum?

he's got hitchhikers thumbs, I hate him.