rushbo

A back catalogue full of well written, supportive and melodic lines makes her great for me. A personal favourite is "Don't Worry about The Government". Not flash, but all her lines are really considered and never get in the way... and yet the song would collapse if they weren't there. She's a sort of New Wave Duck Dunn.

[quote name='Rik (ESA)' timestamp='1485622430' post='3225407'] Ordered me one of these today, looking forward to A/B'ing against a g30! [/quote] I found the SmoothHound to be way more reliable...not as much range, but no drop outs and a really solid performance.

Another vote for the adapter dealio. You can get handy little pouches which sit on your strap, but I use a rather low fi, hair tie method...scroll back a page or two for pics of both methods.

You won't regret it...although I'm more of a "P Bass with Flats" kinda guy, my Jazz sounds lovely with the Smooth Hound. I've had mine for about a year and it's never faltered.

"Gold Afternoon Fix", by the Church. They were under such pressure to follow the platinum album "Starfish" that they had a real wobble. Not even the band like it and refer to it as "Gaff". I think it's ace. And it was nearly produced by John Paul Jones..

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1484610006' post='3216895'] If i hated a crowd, my set list would be: 1. Metal Machine Music, Parts 1 and 2. 2. 4'33" 3. Metal Machine Music, Part 3. 4. Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree. 5. Uruguayan national anthem, played at 1/2 speed. 6. Metal Machine Music, Part 4, twice. [/quote] That. Sounds. Brilliant.

[quote name='julesb' timestamp='1484592293' post='3216630'] http://youtu.be/RXRuWshJH0c [/quote] The Rushbo family saw Paul Nicholas in Panto in Cambridge at Christmas last year. He was ace.

I put a bitsa bass together using an Encore body and it's lovely. If you're feeling adventurous, keep an eye out for a cheapo Squier or Harley Benton neck...they should drop in with the minimum of fuss.

Apart from letting my first bass go- a rather lovely, Hondo II R*ckeb@cker copy, in the words of Edith Piaf, "Je ne regrette rien". That may change, as my most recent instruments have been ones that I've Frankensteined together myself and as such, I'm a bit more attached to them. Hand on heart, aside from the first bass, I don't miss anything I've sold or traded.

It's a great noise. For my current band, it's 90% fingerstyle, but I love digging in with a pick on appropriate tunes. We do a revved up version of "Paradise" by Dr Feelgood and the plec bass just drives it along in a way you'd struggle to achieve with your fingers. Whatever gets the job done, I guess...

[quote name='Burrito' timestamp='1483746593' post='3209897'] If Johnny Cash can use one they must be acceptable. [/quote] Agreed.

Another vote for the B1. For about £45 you get a brilliant fx pedal with the ability to add another input. You might miss the ability to whizz around the patches as it has two pedals rather than three on the B3, but it crams tons of useful stuff in a compact, airport security friendly package.

"I never travel too far, without a little Big Star" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RYQ8Y-ObMw

My favourite band sing about one of my favourite vocalists. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va2TPejDvpA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA21dyNY3V4

Little Angels- "She's a Little Angel".

I use the Zoom R16 all the time. It's ace. I tend to use it just as a recorder and then dump all the wavs onto my PC and throw 'em into Cubase LE4. A relatively cheap set up, but with a bit of care, you can get great results. I still get a bit nostalgic for my old Fostex X15 now and then...

I remember watching an old video where he was interviewed about his life and technique. He came across as a guy who hadn't slavishly practiced the instrument, but thanks to years of hard gigging, a brilliant, musical pair of ears and some early training as a chorister, everything he did was interesting and melodic. And that tone...

A bit of Uke and Mandolin, although in a Psychedelic Folk-Rock band I was in a few years ago, I got to play Dulcimer on a tune.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1480935554' post='3188109'] Why would you want to? [/quote] Most of my gigging basses are bitsas, so the facility to swap necks over makes a huge difference to me. I've had neck through instruments and not noticed a massive difference in sound quality, but I'm not the most discerning of musicians...I had a lovely Spector five string which was a set neck and the neck to body was transition was beautiful. As I make infrequent forays to the dusty end, it was a wee bit wasted on me....and it weighed as much as an aircraft carrier.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1480850565' post='3187494'] Need to teach our drummer that trick, he turned up at last night's gig with several vital bits of kit missing, resulting in a 50 minute drive for the guitarist to collect them (the drummer doesn't drive!). [/quote] I think you need to have a word with your Pop Combo. Mr FinnDave - one week its plectrums, the next week it's drum bits...you could always try the classic "I'm not angry...just disappointed.." shtick.

[quote name='CrackerJackLee' timestamp='1480677088' post='3186281'] Here's the extent of what any band should be doing : [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVrVuOzk3z8"]https://www.youtube....h?v=lVrVuOzk3z8[/url] Simple guitar movements are enough. They aren't shakin' the fat. [/quote] Pale photocopies of the real thing. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoN6AKPGkBo[/media]

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1480566537' post='3185452'] Apparently YouTube frowns on humping invisible bears. Blue [/quote] This is the thread that keeps on giving.

[quote name='stinson' timestamp='1480545651' post='3185384'] That's horrifying. [/quote] Yes. Yes it is.

My favourite video of the last few years and one of my favourite songs too. No pants in this, I'm afraid. I don't think ambient will like it, either. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7hkO8v9aiI